Thunderhill 5 mile 10/18-19 w Shelby Club
 

Anyone here going to this:

http://www.norcal-saac.org/fallclassic/

I've been on the 5 mile course for two sessions, it's the closest thing we've got to the 'Ring in this country. I'm going to sign up ...

Edit: I'm signed up for both days. I think I saw a familiar name already on the entry list :)

Please check with Greg Weld to validate your attendance at this event. He may appear with a car that will be shinier and faster than ever before...

It will look something like the following:

http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/u...inkie-open.jpg.

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Actually signed up to run with checkered flag
the next day. Only three run groups so more
Track time. 20th year running and started by a few
Pantera guys. They no longer have panteras so
love it when we show up. I will be up there Sunday
so I can Bs with you lateral g guys and find out if
Welds new motor holds up or is overheating like his LS

Want to see that orange camero-had a 69 Z28 when I was a kid

Panteracer

I really want to make this event but I have been working 7 days a week and am on the schedule to do so until the end of October. In addition I have a detached shop/garage being built at my house that is taking up my time.

Crossing my fingers that I can squeeze this one in but its not likely.

Both my cars are signed up for both days. We'll mostly be working with the Mustang set up... and when I feel that's under control -- I'll run the little Lotus a bit on Sunday.... or if the new motor can't make a full weekend (once again),

Looks like Willows is 7 1/2hrs from Portland...if I'm looking at it right. I may blast down Saturday night and check out Sundays action.

I imagine spectating and wandering the pits would be worth the drive, does the event allow passengers?

Yes it does allow passengers. Bring a helmet and driving suit and gloves if you have them. Your outfit has to match what the driver requirements are.

You'll have friends there that will give you a ride.



Come gets your tires and wheels.

Sounds good, it'll make for a fun weekend. Should I bring yellow pants or green pants? :knokwood:

You know GW doesn't have passenger seats in his cars right?

I can't sit on the cooler?

You know how these things work, I figure I'll show up with my gear and if anyone wants 245lbs of ballast I'll be good to go!

You gonna be there?

SEMA is the same time as our anniversary and with kids in school and sports........T-Hill could be a career limiting move.

It's certainly not lack of desire!

If they allow or have a viewing area up on the hill between the new and old tracks a pair of 10x binocs could make it a great viewing spot.

I'm happy to take passengers for whoever shows up. There aren't many orange 69 Camaros at these things, so you'll find me :)

Looking forward to meeting you, famous Mr. Weld :)

Scott

As long as you haven't sh!t in them == don't know that anyone would care beyond that.

Being new at this I had to go back and read through your mustang thread....you know I don't wanna look silly:lol:

"I was looking at the safety requirements for the Northern California Shelby Club Thunderhill event... and noticed that I had to have cotton pants (long) in Yellow, Red and Green.... Also a long sleeve cotton shirt - same colors..... and a 4 point harness in Green...."

Glad the lil scoot worked out. With the AEV jeep, mountain bikes, old skooly truck, Gwen's 33 and skis.... you've got it all covered! Now you just need a house!

:cheers:

I was wondering if that was your reference point.... But you'd missed a color.




I have a HOLE..... But no house yet.




http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...g/IMG_6266.jpg







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So Greg what's the sign say out front
We can only see the back side

Staying with the theme Weld Sucks?

Panteracer

It's not a sign -- it's a mock up build of a corner of the house so we could see the stone work with the siding and the roof material. The excavator operator was going to let me crush it -- but the builders didn't want me to destroy it yet. You're seeing the back of the scaled down roof.

No doubt someone will spray paint Charley's favorite saying before the job is done.

This is not the thread for this - but here's the "not to scale" mock up that you thought was a sign.





http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...g/IMG_6458.jpg






http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...g/IMG_6459.jpg

Just look for the slow one at the back of the pack. You will be very disappointed I can assure you.



PS --- Danny B.... Lillard should be there and so far I see Chet is signed up as well as Pete and Mike... and they'll take you for rides. Mike runs his NASCAR and it's amazing to ride in. The thing is on rails! Sittner might be there as well and he'd also let you ride. You just need the appropriate gear to match the driver requirements of Green Group for ride alongs as we all run that group.

:thumbsup: PRO3 Enduro on Saturday at PIR, drive through the night....should be down by the time you've got the first pot o'coffee brewing!


Edit; Sieg now you know a trucks rollin south Saturday night......just sayin.
Thanks for the offer Scott (PTAddict) I'll come find you!

:thumbsup:

:secret:

Have a great time girls!! Me cars a broken, she had a hard time coming home from Texas....No time to beat on her, bummer, cause that weekend in May was one of the best in my life.

What broke ? And don't say the hood latch....

The headers wore thru, cracked developed in Texas so shes running waaaaay rich. Hooker headers i put on it (via what i saw at SEMA last year) hung bout an inch/inch and half lower that what they had on their display....So middies are on there way. Went from 24 mpg highway to 16 and no power....

I hope you didn't glaze the cylinders....


You'll have to watch for excessive oil use now...

Great day at the track on Saturday. The new two mile section of the track is very technical and pretty tight. Due to the elevation changes with blind turns on the new portion of the track it is way easier to run in a lead/follow format with someone in front of you that knows the track well.
I really enjoyed it and it reminded me of driving down a windy mountain road only on this mountain road it was legal to put the pedal to the metal and hammer through the sweepers. :thumbsup:

My first time on that new section of track. Not much fun at first until you start to get it memorized. Very tight turns that really make me wish I had power steering in my Shelby. Chet killed two power steering pumps and I suspect it was the new section of track.

Glad I made the drive down for Sundays action, bummer I missed out on meeting Ron and Charlie....maybe next time. I worked with Chet on his ps issues, him and his wife are great people, a mad man behind the wheel! Complete blast riding shotgun for the laps he was able to put in before the flag came out.

First time for me at Thunderhill. I loved the entire track! Two totally different courses that connect well and challenge any level of driving skill.

Dan

You rode with Chet! :confused59:

J/K Chet and his wife are great people, and yes the mild mannered man can wheel that pony......when it isn't broken!

How were T5 & T9 riding shotgun?

The up and overs, the blind drops, the, "oh **** what have I gotten myself into" turns? LOVED EM! I think my feet came off the floorboard! I liked 9 more just because of the approach. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems 5 is a lift, roll through and power down the backside deal. 9, the car is angry and violent, bangin gears and heavy on the throttle. Both the car and driver are really working, the banked turns are a rush!

I thought 14-15 were sketchy as a passenger. It's the fastest part of the track with heavy braking...you just gotta trust the equipment and the guy behind the wheel, that's what I was telling myself anyways!

Lots of fun!

I was glad you came down Dan! Nice to meet Dad as well.


Charely isn't much to look at..... so you didn't miss anything there.


It was a very fun event!

Great event. Weather was basically perfect, the corner stations were almost fully manned, the run groups were small enough to have plenty of room on the 5 mile course (at least mine was). The first day, some folks were pretty slow on the new section, even in our Green/Blue advanced group. But the pace picked up a lot the second day.

I really like the 5 mile course now. Compared to the Northwest tracks I'm used to, it has something for everyone. The old section is fast and mildly technical, but much more entertaining than, say, Portland International. The new section, as Gaetano says, is tighter, slower, and a lot more technical - like Oregon Raceway Park. The thing I like about the new section is, there really is no "school line" for much of it. I was chasing down a couple of Miatas early the second day, and then just sat back for a couple of laps watching their lines. The "momentum" line was clearly quite different than the "horsepower" line through a lot of the back section.

And I got to meet Greg, Charlie, Gaetano, and Run Sutton. Four members of the Lat-g All Star team :) I saw Charlie in the registration line, and said, "you must be Charlie Lillard". His response was, "That depends. Do I owe you money?" When I told him who I was, and what I was driving, he said (presumably tongue in cheek) "I hate Camaros". Which explains why he only has like 10 of them :)

PT, every time I made the trip down to your end of the paddocks, either the car or you were gone....maybe you saw me coming and realized I was just too much ballast!
Really nice car you have, looks like a lot of fun.

I'm home and already looking through the parts and pieces I picked up from uncle Weld...looking forward to driving instead of riding!

:thumbsup:

Time to get that build thread going soon dude. :thumbsup:

Never! I've seen what build threads do to cars....I wanna drive this one! :underchair:

If I had owed you money I was going to have Greg pay you.

I should have recognized that opportunity immediately. At very least I might have wangled a ride home in Greg's rig, aka the Queen Mary.

The road noise inside that thing makes it tough to talk........

:peepwall:

Sorry we didn't meet up, I was usually right next aisle with some new friends from Oregon. Next time!

It's not the build thread... it's the idiots owning the cars. :lol: