Just checking to see who else may be joining
rustomatic and myself for the Laguna event on Sunday
My tire guy who is also Otec was telling me Viper club is
going to be there.. I see a lot of them signed up
Pantera is pretty much ready to go.. just a test ride tonight
and then change the exhaust to the 4" straight pipes and load
her up tomorrow.. hopefully my buddy will bring his go-pro and
we can shoot a few videos... one other Pantera running but
in another group
New carb, new oil lines, new fuel lines, new tires
so hopefully she will be good all day
Cool will look for it tomorrow
I just covered mine for the night
Trailering down with all my tools etc
and Straight exhaust .. Had two cops
Waiting on the end of my street with the
street exhaust on...they just smiled as I drove
to the shop
Also bringing my Pantera buddies race tires
This was a great event with many many fast cars
SCCA Nationals are running there in two weeks and
we had a bunch of guys testing, tuning and working on
their lines. I ran Blue group and have never been passed
so many times in my life... those boys fly... full race vipers,
vettes, winston cup cars.. there was one guy with a Mercury
montego that was modifed with an offset motor, flairs, cooling
in the back.. just an awsome car that I believe was the fastest
Total control car lost something on the snout of his crank that
got tangled up and broke the crack.. Fairmont that is qualified
for Optima challenge thinks he lost something in the valve train
He has a little over a month to get a new motor
I had two guys pass me going into turn 2 really hard.. I was in fourth
bearing down hard and they both went hopping by me barely keeping
the car together
I dragged my tiedown loop on the rear of my front A-Arm around the
track the first session.. carb might need a little tweaking ... need to
talk to Don
Poor guy next to me in a really clean 65 mustang had a rear end and
valve cover leak and worked on the car all day.. finally ran part of
the last session
Talked to Rustomatic briefly.. he has a really trick shock to rearend
brace that comes off of his rollcage inside.. saw Chet with my
old mustang.. really did not venture out too much as I left the house
at 4:30 with about 3 1/2 hours of sleep
Great day, great weather and really fast and loud cars
Time to get ready for Thunderhill in October
Should have a couple of pics from one of my Pantera buddies
in a couple of days
Merc9
Flash when he went by you are wondering
what the hell is it?..then he just checks out
I could at least follow most for a little while
Not that bad ass beast...love it
Sorry my video buddy is moving and cancelled
on me at the last minute. My go pro worked like
Garbage (first one they made) when I ran straight
Pipes at firebird and I have not replaced it yet
Yesterday was a little pricey with new tires (fronts twice since
the first ones were an issue, carb rebuilt and tweaked, new
Teflon braided fuel lines, oil lines,plugs,wires and cap, $200 in
Race gas etc. Time on the track-priceless so no go pro yet
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
First Hemi 'Cuda Convertible Ever Built
Short clips: Goodguys Pleasanton autocross and pit videos
Laguna no sound limits
& "Warhawk" 
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