Fall Classic at Thunder Hill with Shelby Club (15/16)
 

Anyone going? Greg / Charlie?

I'm heading up Friday morning and will be staying in Chico.

Greg and Charley will both be there!

Gaetano (Track Junky) is working on his as we speak so he plans to be there.... Sieg will be there with the Hobaugh race prepped Miata.

I think FETornio (Rob Dickey) will be there with his AI car.... Braga and My brother in law Rudy will be there (sans cars).... because they're bringing down my Lotus. Not sure who else has signed up.

:lmao: Stock race prepped Miata and a yaught load of LOFT. :sieg:

Thunderhill
 

Actually running the Pantera there on Monday the 10th... we are using the 5.1
track with Checkered Flag Racing... I was originally thinking the Norcal
event was the weekend before like last year and was going to run both


Bob

I'll be there, probably in the most annoying, non-cool, anti-touring car on site. I'll be visually assaulting people in the red group, with four big doors, riding on seats that are like old yard sale furniture (but with power adjustments). :disgusted: Sometimes, you just need a track day . . .

I might be dragging a friend with me--he's got a first-gen RX7, to add to the confusion of the red group (hopefully). His '64 Comet is not there yet . . .

Speaking of doors, I did just finally put the doors and trunk lid back on my Falcon . . .

Awesome looks like a fun event! If you roll in early throw a cone out next to you guys for me. :flag2:

I am watching the weather. :goggles:

If the forecast cleans up I will drag Agent Orange :flag2: up there for some fun.:thumbsup:

the weather man is showing 70% rain Fri/Sat/Sun according to weather.com


Ugh! i'm not exactly setup for wet weather conditions nor do I want my second time out in the car on a wet surface.

Weathermen have been wrong before. And nobody makes you drive in the rain.

It never rains on Saturday. We're good.

If you're on a road trip driving from point A to point B and encounter snow, do you turn around and go home?

..........and get a pedicure instead? :sieg:

Wait you guys have been getting Pedicures this whole time! dammit I knew I was doing something wrong :EmoteClueless:

Epic fail!!

See you guys there !

I vote for Casa Ramos saturday night !

:cheers:

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT!! LOL


Where else should we go -- that dump that $1 per plate Mexican dump Thwaits eats in?

If it rains, it's definitely the Miata's fault.

Really, the value of this event has already been reduced to overpriced burritos? You should be ashamed.:bitchslap:

Don't bother bringing the cheeseballs, Dave will never show.

.......But then again the jackstand poser class does need to validate themselves from time to time.

ABS and Falken 615's for the win......who needs wheel horsepower. :sieg:

I don't know if that sounds like it's worth the 516 mi drive.:headscratch:

He has been doing native rain dances for weeks in hope the rain would slow everyone else down enough for his tic tac to be competitive.:stirthepot:

I'm all about a low hp platform like 340hp not lawn mower hp levels. :flag2:

I'm still watching the forecast and hoping it clears up some.:relax:

Mr./Mrs. Sieg,

We were disappointed to hear the news of your Miata acquisition. Your membership has been terminated effective immediately. Please return your official badge and wallet ID card to our home office.

Respectfully (although much less than previously),

Chuck Norris
President
Man Club

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Oh ... that was bad. Real bad. It was cool Thwaits was buying everyone dinner. Just a bad choice of restaurant if I can use that term.

Now Casa Ramos on the other hand. They have good, authentic Mexican food. Highly recommend anything they make with carnitas.

:thumbsup:

I still chuckle to myself when I think about that little "mix up". LOL


For those that don't understand --- the town is rather "small". We told Thwaits to meet us at the Mexican restaurant..... thinking that everyone knows Casa Ramos! But no....... he finds this terrible little dive directly across the street from the hotel (which I'd never noticed was even there!).... and it's like $2 a plate - styrofoam plates - and plastic silverware..... and well.... it was cheap for him to feed his crew that night. My apologies to the crew.

Thunderhill
 

Weather was perfect this past Monday
Was there with Checkered flag racing on
the modified 5.1 course.. clutch slave
was heading south but I managed to run
5- 30 minute sessions with the Pantera
and a clutch on the floor.. some of the 4th
to 3rd shifts took just a moment longer but all good

We usually go to dinner past thunderhill towards the west
about 15 miles to a little lodge with hunters, etc.. Elkhorn or something like that
Hit the stop sign and turn left go a mile or so and it
is on the right.. does not look like much but great
Steaks, salid bar, baked potato, deserts, etc

Have a great time.. remember running the cars in the
rain is a hell of a lot better than working

Bob

Great time on Saturday rain stayed away up until the last session!

It makes the 7 hour drive in the rain, the long week at work all worth it.

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Who's in for Laguna!

Good weekend buddy!! Glad you came out.... ran your car - and even managed to have lunch with "us". (sorry for you).


Even with the rains and wind and colder weather ------ the weekend managed to turn out great!

I accidentally ran into the track CEO and kind of jokingly asked if they were still sold out on the shop spaces.... and he said "as a matter of fact we have 2 or 3 open for rent"! I said ----- I'll take one -- show me 'em. I have space #21 right down buy the fuel station and facing the skid pad. I'm THRILLED!!! You can park a whole 24' trailer inside!! It's about 40' deep. So the Lotus is happily sitting at a race track now!

It was a tremendous amount of EFFORT for Bob Braga and my brother in law Rudy to bring my car all the way down from Portland for me. I can't thank them enough! That's a long round trip when all you're going to get to do is hang out and watch others have a good time. So I really appreciate them!

It was good seeing you out there, Greg. We both failed to have cars that adequately represent this crowd, but it was a pretty damn good track day on Saturday--I got four sessions down before lunch, without incident (aside from the incidentally slow cop car). Get us some pictures from DirtFish!

Glad to see you Paul!! Love the cop car!!! Seeing it on track was just a hoot!

As you know we packed up and bagged it.... and then we split Sunday morning after going out to the track to see what was going on... and to give Sieg some additional "support" (spelled C R A P).

OK, try not to fall asleep. Stimulants might be advisable. They ended up grouping Red+ and Green groups together which was great for driver predictability but a little intimidating as I was probably spotting the next lowest hp car in the field a 145+ hp (Greg's Lotus that's 800 lbs lighter) vs the Miata's 116 hp and 2300 lbs. As it worked out I ended up with the most clean run time of any track day I've ever ran in a car, which was great for working on techniques. And, I didn't have to worry about passing sound.....or passing anyone unless they broke down or went off. :sieg:

Hey Greg no problem. I'm always willing to help a friend, especially when its to stop a sale of a race car and to get it back to its owner.LOL
I'll have a car on the track in 2017. The adventure is about hanging out with friends and the camaraderie that this message board has given us all.

Bob

P.S. I need to change my avatar pic now, you have the car back and kicking cancers ass.

Exactly! Even if it is a Miata (it won't be....ever). :action-smiley-027:

I just this afternoon got home from my epic road race - DirtFish week of driving. Many miles put on the street car but that's what it takes some times.

Here's one session of the Lotus for this super cold track weekend.








And a little taste of DirtFish




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Love it!

:lol: :lol: :rofl: :rofl:

Yeah that would be when (NOT) Sieg passed my Lotus on the outside after T13...... Or was that when I was blowing by him inside after T13.... LOL


Classic capture of a classic point by.

Nice, Greg looks like you and the gang had some fun on your road trip!

Man that Dirt Fish looks fun as heck!

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If you'd ever attend a drivers meeting you'd understand that the person being passed is the one who gives the point by. :sieg:

I have issues......

That's why I always let you pass me. :captain1:

We all have major issues, Greg--that's why we're here instead of on some nutty therapist's couch (or prison). Thanks for the DirtFish pics :flashie: . That experience, even if D.F. goes out of business, is a must-do at some point in my future. Four-wheeling in my yard just won't cut it . . .