Burn sessions>bench racing sessions.

We appreciate your efforts to warm up the globe in these parts.

:thankyou:

:secret: :unibrow: :gitrdun: :censored:

Come on guys! Who else is signing up??

103db sound....


Great track that's hard to hurt yourself on...



Driving school if you want it...


Various levels from beginner to intermediate to advanced... so choose which group you'd be comfortable in. I'm living proof that you can go fast enough in Yellow to spin....


$460 for about 10 x 20 minute session over two days... By the time they call for the 4th session on Sunday, you'll be too tired to answer the bell.



Fuel right there on the premises.... and a Race store in case you need something (sadly - they don't sell talent...or I'd have bought a case)

Thread? :sieg:

That's an eloquent way of describing it. :D

Track Time coming! :excited:

#1 -- It takes some of these slugs awhile to get their "sh!t" ready to go.... so giving them PLENTY of advance notice. Come to think of it - I shoulda started earlier


#2 -- Thanks for agreeing to come help! You have no idea what you've gotten yourself in to.


:>)

I'm on a self imposed ban from track events until I safety my car up a bit, but this one almost sounds like it would be worth the 1,755 mi, 26 hours I-80 W one way road trip to join in the fun...

:drive:

Lance! That ain't nuthin'..... I'm going from Seattle - to Laguna Seca - to Fort Worth, Texas and back and I'm not even entered into the events! WTF.... Just shoot me! LOL

Yeah but... I still work!!! :D

and have responsibilities that need tending too...

Hey Lance,
You were out here last summer ... but of course that was for a Napa wine country excursion with your wife.

Ah ha!! So he'll come out to get drunk but not to run with his buddies! I see how it is now....

lol... :D I already google mapped to see how far Thunderhill is from Glen Ellen... It just over 2 hours...

Not sure Barney will fit in my suitcase on a SWA flight...but that doesn't mean I can't swing out and just spectate (read supervise) for a little while though.

Have to run that one by the missus...see if she's ready to head back to Wine Country.

No need to squeeze it, weld would have come get it for you just to try your local BBQ joints.

Yooooooooooo hoooooooooo Oh L A A A N N N C C E.......







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Sounds like a fun weekend plan. Hanging out with the guys, getting in some track time, and watching Sieg drive the Lotus :sieg:

Thunderhill is on my list for doing a track day event. I'm not sure I'll have the car all back together in time for May... we’ll see how it goes. I’m a maybe.

Come on Dale! Put down the keyboard and get out there and put her together. Tick tock... tick tock...


Would be fun if you can make it!

Quick jaunt to the west gets you to Napa

I don't think Lance really likes his wine.... I showed him my Balthazar of Quintessa (my son Alex paraded it around trying to steal it!) - etched, autographed, and everything as an enticement and he never so much as commented!

Reminds me of the saying - The beatings will continue until moral improves! LOL

Speaking of moral.........I'm ready for appetizers!

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I know you know a lot of people, Greg, but I didn't think Borat was one of them.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

BTW....Sieg, Lat-G make some new stickers? That Lat-G sig is cool :thumbsup:

New logo in process, but it won't look like that. :lol:

No comment about the food?!!

I can't wait for T-Hill and Casa Ramos!

Funny thing about the Casa Ramos name is my Mother In Law's maiden name is Ramos.......which she "claims" is Portuguese descent. :secret: :D

Says something about my premature "artwork" experiment.

Could be. It's not an uncommon name in Portugal. Pronounced sorta like "Rahmozsh". My Mothers side of the family is Portuguese. Surname Dominguez pronounced sorta like "Domingzsh"

Keep us posted Jody.....need a couple for my car.

What good is that going to do Jody... sitting in a garage??

So as i'm reviewing the data for this first track day event of mine, in the vehicle inspection section it says that if your batteries in the trunk (which mine is) it has to be in an "container". Mine is bolted down (pics on my build thread comin up this weekend), but do i really really need a container? Cause of sparks? impact? close to the fuel tank? what is the purpose of this? i am a "safety" first kinda guy and understand the "theory", just not on this one. Please "enlighten" me, thanx....

Even though these aren't "boxes" per se, they are just still called that as an example.

http://www.ubmachine.com/batteryboxes.html

Actually that is a pretty good question. Why would they not require a container for a battery that is under the hood. NASA doesn't require the battery in the trunk to be in a container but they do require that the tops of the terminals be covered and allowed me to use duct tape. I never did ask them why even though at the time I thought it was odd but never really gave it much thought. :headscratch:

Trouble maker...:bitchslap:

Great, you all pick a get together the weekend of a big dwarf car race and my B day. Wonder If I can sneak away :peepwall:

Maybe it's the fumes if any acid leaks, IDK ..NHRA doesn't require it and they are the king of rules lol

Isn't that an oxymoron? :stirthepot:

Isn't that what a blue camaro with ford stripes is?:mock:

How's it going Dave?

Yes, yes it is. :smiley_smack:

It is going quite well, thank you for asking. :)

Hope to be doing more driving and less mouthing off soon. :stirthepot:

Good to hear Dave, I have to do less sitting around and start working on my car more.

I can't remember where I read it but I thought if you have a sealed battery you didn't need a container. On the covering of terminals, it is intended to try and protect the battery from shorting out if some thing came in contact with the terminals, possibly in a crash.

Edit:
Per NASA CCR:
Jon

Now to actually answer your question Mike.


NO it does not have to be in a container. Mine is not - it is however - securely fastened. The car has passed TECH about a zillion times.


You should be good to go.


In the days of LEAD ACID batteries - containers were used to keep the battery from being punctured and throwing acid all over the place. I think that's a rule that harkens back to the 70's.