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Auto Club Roval (Fontana, CA) this weekend, anyone going?

I signed up for Sunday to run the Roval for the first time. Extreme speed track events is the organizer. Probably the cheapest price to run the Auto Club Roval you will find and with the low number of cars currently signed up I'm guessing there will be lots and lots of clean track time.

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Fontana is where Extreme Speed Track Events will be at this weekend, where will you be? Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 come on out and join us at Auto Club Speed Way. We will be running Infield + Roval both days. Don't wait until the last minute to register and be the only one to miss out on all the fun.
As a bonus for jointing us, Sunday 23 we will be hosting Mitsufest. Make sure to stop by and check out what they have to offer.
See you guys soon!!

here are the details:

$160 @ Autoclub Speedway Infield + Oval (Roval) November 22-23 2014

Extremespeedtrackevents will be at Autoclub Speedway in Fonatan
in SoCal-
November 22- 23rd for a track day, Special track day price of only $160 for the whole day on track .
DISCOUNT CODE IS ( ACS16)
Any Questions email [email protected]
Register here- www.extremespeedtrackevents.com
Must register before November 18 for the discount

Free Basic on track instruction for beginners, All driver levels welcome.Beginners are welcome.
Extremespeed will be running special private run groups for beginners who want to get familiar with on track essentials and car control at highway speeds.
Free timing for all drivers

Oh and while looking up track videos of the Roval I came across this hilarious video. You are welcome.

Sounds fun Chad but we're already signed up for Chuckwalla this weekend

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Originally Posted by LM7_67 (Post 582141)

Sounds fun Chad but we're already signed up for Chuckwalla this weekend

Nice. I was very tempted to sign up for Chuckwalla but the price and distance for Fontana was too good to pass up. Hit me up the next time you are planning to run Chuckwalla. Do you camp or stay in a hotel?

That vid was hilarious Chadski. Fontana is a GREAT track and you will love it!

I'll seeya both out there next year. :cheers:

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Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal (Post 582219)

That vid was hilarious Chadski. Fontana is a GREAT track and you will love it!

I'll seeya both out there next year. :cheers:

Looking forward to it Ron. No tempting you out this weekend eh?

Oh I'm tempted Chad...but heading up North on Friday :headspin:

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Originally Posted by Chad-1stGen (Post 582212)

Will do. We just camp out in the paddock. Closest hotel is 50 or 80 miles away.

Here is my quick after action report:

Whew!!! What a great day! Its been a while since I've had this much fun. Its been a while since I've been this nervous/scared out of mind ha ha. The Auto Club Sports Car course (aka Roval) is one intense track!

I ended up being the only Pro-touring / classic muscle at the track today. Its a bummer no other PT cars showed but it was kind of neat being the sole outlier too. I did see Jake running his daily driver Mustang in the time attack competition. Good stuff.

This was a real test for me and the car as this is the first track day I've done since getting the TCI Engineering subframe and torque arm installed along with the 427" LS3 motor. After many setbacks it was awesome to have a 99.9% trouble free day. I only had two gremlins. 1) My license plate didn't like 150mph and was hanging by one bolt after the 1st session. 2) My ignition relay melted down after the first session (not sure what to make of that yet). Otherwise the coolant temps were 195-200 the whole time and oil temps hovered a hair under 250*

By the numbers:
- 33 Laps driven
- 25 timed
- Over 1 hour of seat time (left early too)
- 6.6mpg on track
- Over 100 miles driven on track
- Fastest lap time 1:59 (ran at least one 1:59 lap in every session so at least I was consistent).
- Highest top speed 151mph

I didn't push the car nearly as hard on the brakes and corners as its capable of but the Auto Club is so damn fast I wanted to still drive home. Yeah I didn't trailer the car!

Here is some data from my fastest lap:
https://scontent-b-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/...49&oe=551A30C7

And a video of my highest top speed and some passes.

Overall the car felt great and though I had some pretty conservative brake zones and g's in the corners I was far from the edge. Its so much more fun to drive a balanced car than my old push monster!

I might do some more video and pics but for now I'm off to bed!

Awesome Chad. Love that track! :thumbsup: