Goodguys 5th Bridgestone Nashville Nationals
 

Goodguys 5th Bridgestone Nashville Nationals

Well the Nashville event is shaping up to be another great one. Goodguys is mixing things up and the swap meet will be moving to make room for a larger AutoCross track. This will give Goodguys the room needed to stage cars in the pits and make for a longer more difficult track.

Need to know who is coming and who will be running in the AutoCross.

I am sure Brian Finch will be bringing some cool rides to run in the AutoCross and Bret with RideTech will be debuting the 48hour Camaro at this event. Look for Bret to really work this car over in the AutoCross.

Bobby Alloway will be picking the “Goodguys Builders Choice” winners and we will have plenty of Vendors for you to talk with.

Look forward to seeing you all at the event and remember if you are going without a car there is a $3.00 off coupon for members.

Goodguy Ed

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I plan on being there.I had to miss it last year due my wife being sick.If I can get my rear sway bar on I'd really like to run the AutoCross.

Nashville event
 

I hope to make it this year... dont have a car to run, but looking to maybe find a car to purchase! I am in the market for a 69 Camaro, so hopefully I can maybe find a few to choose from! *crossing fingers*

Goodguys Nashville should be a good one. It's just around the corner. I can't wait!

Hope to see more '69 Birds this year. :D

Nashville
 

I'll be there, haven't missed one yet. Lookin forward to seeing everyone.:thumbsup: Wiedo

we will be there , no autocross this year .

Hey Everybody,
If you are planning on going to Goodguys Nashville next weekend, I would like to invite you all to come to the kick-off party we are throwing at Advanced Plating. It will be Thursday May 18th, from 4-8pm. There will be BBQ for participants, giveaways, live bands, and tours of our totally remodeled facility. See flyer below for additional info. Look forward to seeing everyone there
Thanks,
Josh


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Goodguys
 

Any of you guys that are gonna be at this show stop by and say hi. I will be in the Builders Choice area. Shay


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The weather for this is not looking so great. Rain is predicted all weekend. I'm lucky in that it's only a few hours away and I can play it by ear, sorry for you long haulers that have been planning this for months...:(

Hope those lying ass weathermen get it wrong :thumbsup: .

Jeff-

didn't know weather could be predicted that far out. but anything is possible.
i guess

Hey hifi are you hitting the Auto-X again this year?

going
 

Yes
I will be there.. Meeting up with Scott Mock and family
:woot:

Tom

Yep slowly but suerly

I heard the track is going to be longer this year.

Nashville AutoCross
 

We did have to move the AutoCross to where the 2010 Swap Meet was as they have built a water park in the old AutoCross lot. So now we have all of the lot for the track and the pits. Should make for a better longer track with more excitment for the viewers and drivers.

I hope you all can come to the event and check it out and have some fun.

Goodguy Ed
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I have not been by the Stadium lately so I did not know about the water park. Is a permanent water park or just for the show?

Will there be a Swap Meet this year? If so where will it be?

Plan on being there tomorrow to check out the rides and autocross action!

We ( wife and i) plan on going. Maybe we can meet some more :lateral: 'ers. Any info on the "coupon" is it for Goodguys members or Lat-G members?

autocross fun
 

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Kevin Miller was really fast today .kept getting quicker and had a best run 33.9 and it got hot. held fast lap over everyone for most of the day.. Finch edged him out at the end of the day...Tommorow should be interesting.
Mike Ring wanted to ride with Kevin.. So i snapped a pic.

Tom

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Kevin Miller was really fast today .kept getting quicker and had a best run 33.9 and it got hot. held fast lap over everyone for most of the day.. Finch edged him out at the end of the day...Tommorow should be interesting.
Mike Ring wanted to ride with Kevin.. So i snapped a pic.

Tom[/QUOTE]

Yeah, he was really haulin' the mail out there today. I think I spent about 2 hrs watching the autocross, good stuff.

I used it today, and I am not a Goodguys member. Worth printing out and taking with you, $3 is $3 in my book.

Was definitely a nice day to be out... I was there from about 11-2 maybe. Definitely a large show, took me a while to preview the whole thing. Hoping to go back tomorrow... trying to find a '69 Camaro in the $25k area to buy. Definitely saw a few for sale, but not as many as I had thought.

Saw a nice blue (white racing stripes) SS with a 350 and 700 overdrive tranny for $27,500. Looking for manual tranny but cant be too picky Im beginning to learn.

Also saw a few hugger orange ones for sale. Hoping to see a few more tomorrow!

Yeah, he was really haulin' the mail out there today. I think I spent about 2 hrs watching the autocross, good stuff.[/QUOTE]

hey thanks for the kind words guys. yeah i gave it all i had this weekend and we were able to stay on top of finch most the day today (saturday) with a 33.3 and about mid afternoon he clicked off a 33.1 so we will have one more shot tomorrow morning with cool temps to get back on top. It doesn't help i kinda brought a knife to a gun fight lol but we are having a great time and finch is a heck of a wheel man so im happy we are as close as we are...although it would be really cool to get a win. we will see how tomorrow plays out.

kevin

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hey thanks for the kind words guys. yeah i gave it all i had this weekend and we were able to stay on top of finch most the day today (saturday) with a 33.3 and about mid afternoon he clicked off a 33.1 so we will have one more shot tomorrow morning with cool temps to get back on top. It doesn't help i kinda brought a knife to a gun fight lol but we are having a great time and finch is a heck of a wheel man so im happy we are as close as we are...although it would be really cool to get a win. we will see how tomorrow plays out.

kevin[/QUOTE]

Good luck man, I'd say you have alot to be proud of.

Here is a video that we made of our Sunoco Camaro being run. Kyle Tucker of Detroit Speed was riding along to give us some tips.

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Tell us what you think

Mark Jr. made the video

Great job Mark I knew you would kick some butt.

Greg
PCC

cool video
 

Mark

:thumbsup:
very cool watching the video


Tom

I spent some time on sat. visiting w/Mike Ring what a super nice guy:thumbsup: .So down to earth.I hope everybody gets the chance to meet the Ring bros. some day.AAA+++ folk's.

Goodguys Nashville
 

both myself and my son Mark jr. learned a bunch at our first event. many thanks to Kyle Tucker with DSE for the help and advise on the Sunoco Camaro. we started today on the upgrades to help plant the car. Mark ran 3 rd in his class which I thought was super for his first event. now its my job to get him more seat time and make the car the best it can be. once again every factory we spoke with about changing the car was more help than you could ask for. we hope to have the car back together in 3 weeks for a SCCA event in Birmingham to test our work. Performance Car Craft now has the car and apart it goes. hope to see you all soon at the next Goodguys event. thanks mark

whitlock family
 

mark jr did a great job this weekend. you guys had a great showing for your first goodguys autocross. it was good seeing you guys and the sunoco car again. hope to see you guys again soon at another event.:thumbsup:

kevin

Goodguys Nashville AutoCross Results 2011
 

Sorry that we did not get these up sooner.
Here is the results from Nashville AutoCross 2011.

Goodguys Nashville AutoCross Results 2011

Class Number First Name Last Name Car Model Car Color Raw Time
SM 19 Brian Finch 71 Chevy Camaro silver 33.142
SM 290 Kevin Miller 69 Chevy Camaro silver 33.35
SM 1077 Mark Whitlock 69 Chevy Camaro blue 34.461
SM 999 Ken Hiebert 72 Triumph TR6 green 34.772
SM 768 Mark Turner 69 Chevy Camaro green 35.038
SM 1190 Bill Howell 72 Dodge Charger silver 35.351
SM 1207 Brad Coomer 68 Chevy Camaro gold 35.413
SM 1021 Tom Farrington 66 Chevy Chevelle silver 35.921
SM 1051 Steve Merryman 66 Chevy Chevelle Red 36.085
SM 1071 Albert Melchior 70 Chevy Camaro blue 36.186
SM 411 Jim McDaniel 55 Chevy Bel Air silver 36.289
SM 1092 Mark Turner 69 Chevy Camaro silver 36.451
SM 983 Jeff Peoples 72 Buick GS silver 36.745
SM 116 Tim Slager 67 Chevy Camaro silver 36.985
SM 1036 Raymond Higginbotham 69 Chevy Chevelle green 37.591
SM 1053 Seth Wagner 64 Chevy Chevelle black 37.75
SM 813 Keith Keele 69 Chevy Camaro black 37.805
SM 911 Kirby Kennedy 65 Chevy Nova Green 37.977
SM 781 Tim McGilton 67 Chevy 2 gold/black 38.068
SM 326 Shane Davenport 66 Chevy 2 blue 38.703
SM 1183 George Poteet 66 Chevy Chevelle maroon 38.944
SM 409 Mike Cornelivs 69 Chevy Camaro silver 39.21
SM 1005 Bart Morison 72 Chevy Camaro black 39.217
SM 718 Jason Thompson 72 Olds Cutlass orange 40.282
SM 353 Bill Baird 67 MG-B red 40.334
SM 698 Greg Callahan 67 Chevy Chevelle blue 40.41
SM 909 Brian Kellison 64 Ponitac GTO blue 40.607
SM 401 Lloyd Gaskins 57 Chevy black 40.716
SM 1037 Vic Torasso 69 AMC AMX red 41.114
SM 417 William Vandiver 66 Pontiac GTO copper 41.436
SM 1184 Steve Legen 65 Chevy Corvette red 41.608
SM 997 Bobby Jackson 72 Datson 510 white 41.706
SM 1027 Michelle Harvey 68 Chevy Camaro orange 41.787
SM 24 Alan Hutchison 61 Ford Starliner black 43.1
SM 680 Robbie Pritchard 71 Buick Riviera yellow 43.101
SM 37 Nathan Cook 65 Mercury Comet blue 44.397
SM 196 Roger Minyard 55 Chevy 210 green 45.082
SM 503 Tim Davis 66 Ford Mustang Red DNS
V 1386 Kyle Tucker 70 Chevy Camaro blue 33.178
V 1387 Britt Marolf 67 Chevy Camaro yellow 34.368
V 1392 Brandy Morrow 70 Chevy Camaro black 34.429
V 1395 Jason Childers 68 Ford Mustang yellow 34.757
V 1389 Brett Voelkel 69 Ford Mustang silver 34.971
V 1398 Jim Ring 65 Ford Mustang blue 35.581
V 1388 Greg Schneider 67 C-10 Truck blue 35.804
V 1385 Stacy Tucker 65 Chevy Chevelle tan 35.818
V 1390 Jason Brady 66 Chevy Chevelle blue 35.84
V 1381 Mark Bowler 70 Ford Torino Green 37.284
SR 1102 Lowell Grooms 32 Ford Roadster blue 37.406
SR 767 Mark Turner 33 Ford Roadster black 38.889
SR 441 Micheal Warren 1933 Ford Coupe black 40.506
SR 1141 Jason Barringer 1924 Ford model T yellow 41.019
SR 959 Greg Blaydes 41 Chevy Multi 41.442
SR 969 Dion Willcox 32 Ford Roadster black 46.985
FUN 475 Brad Granger 67 Chevy Camaro orange 34.861
TRK 769 Mark Turner 70 Chevy truck green 35.57
TRK 1194 Kevin Bapst 68 Chevy Truck C-10 blue/rust 35.911
TRK 1032 Dan Barnett 72 Chevy Cheyenne blue 36.756
TRK 789 Gary Warren 35 Ford red/gold 38.218
TRK 1001 Eric Peterson 57 Chevy green 40.48
TRK 1132 Robert Green 67 Chevy C-10 iced dream green 41.481
TRK 770 Camden Griffen 66 Chevy C-10 red 44.289

Thanks Goodguy Ed

Mr. Finch takes fast time of the event, .036 seconds ahead of Kyle Tucker. Way to go Brian! Hope you have enough room in your closet for all of those jackets.

The guys had an awesome time out on the track. Jim was grinning ear to ear - or so I'm told. They left me behind.
Thank you to Robert McGaffin for the photos!!!
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Thanks Chris, I am starting to get them in other sizes for the wife and friends.:cool:

The fun part of the weekend was that I drove 15 different cars so had tons of seat time. The times I ran in other peoples cars did not count as it would be unfair but I kept track as I had a personal goal in mind. Below are the key cars and times.

Street Rod Class
Driving Mark Turners 33 Ford Roadster my Best time was a 36.4

Truck Class
Driving Mark Turners 70 C10 Truck my best time was a 35.1

Vendor class
Driving the Spectre Camaro my best time was 33.4

Way to go Brian! Not sure if we should start calling you "Broken Record" or "Record Broken". Either way it works!:bow: