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**Sieg** · #**301** 08-10-2014, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by GregWeld

and I let Sieg wear the cooler summer single layer... which would be far more comfortable. I'm just too nice. LOL

That suits 34" inseam has nothing to do with it. Honest.

**Flash68** · #**302** 08-10-2014, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Track Junky

That place is Mare Island. The EPA put a stop to the scrapping of the ships and now what they do is bring them to Mare Island just to make them sea worthy enough to get them to Texas and then they scrap them there.
The Navy did a lot of damage to the waters in that area not to mention the surrounding land on Mare Island where they were based. Lennar Homes now owns a huge piece of the area and have put up a few housing developments there. Often during excavations for infrastructure we come across silver dirt buried below the surface. The silver dirt is lead paint that was sand blasted from the ships hulls.
I've been told that there is a lot of ammunition from the war ships that was dumped into the waters there. Story has it that war ships would be sent out on training missions and if they came back to Mare Island with any ammo left on board they would lose funding to buy more ammo so they started dumping the ammo before docking.

Mare Island Golf Course is the one my dad and I always play when he comes to visit. There are some cool old bunkers and military somethings all over that course. Feels like a time warp playing parts of that course.

Track Junky · #**303** 08-10-2014, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Flash68

Mare Island Golf Course is the one my dad and I always play when he comes to visit. There are some cool old bunkers and military somethings all over that course. Feels like a time warp playing parts of that course.

The military still owns a large portion of Mare Island. Further north of the golf course there are areas that are fenced off with huge signs that say to stay off the property all around the perimeter. Rumor has it they used to do some sort of nuclear missile work and that the areas are radio active.

Richio1 · #**304** 08-10-2014, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Track Junky

The military still owns a large portion of Mare Island. Further north of the golf course there are areas that are fenced off with huge signs that say to stay off the property all around the perimeter. Rumor has it they used to do some sort of nuclear missile work and that the areas are radio active.

Well that explains all the craziness in Vallejo.

Now

358Mustang · #**305** 08-13-2014, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Sieg

First session on Saturday in green group during lap 2 or 3 everybody was reminded that this is a dangerous and expensive hobby. Story is he spun in his own fluid coming out of T8. Mike in our group was a couple cars behind and said he had to catch his car coming through the section and was pretty sure something was on the track.

From what I heard the car let go then hooked up and shot left off track and moved a 7,000 pound K wall and thankfully the driver was fine. I'm guessing the speed through that section is 80-90 mph and the K wall is 50-75' off the track.

What this reinforced for me is the first session is an acclamation period for the driver and car. Pushing 9 or 10 tenths first session out isn't in anyones best interest IMO.

What's the track like today?

Are you on your game or maybe feeling slightly off?

Is the car near a 100% or was it apart prior to the event and not tested or thoroughly safety checked?

Could that fluid leak issue have been detected prior with a couple easy laps or could the crash have been prevented running the first session at 70-80%?

All speculation but worthy of consideration.......again IMO.

Hey thats my trailer in the back ground to the left of the car.. We talked to the guy and he sounded like an experienced guy, it was just one of those things that happens...

358Mustang · #**306** 08-13-2014, 04:16 AM

http://youtu.be/_20Hp85Cm0AHere is my little footage... Car was handling like crap, but I had fun.

I posted in the introduction section but Ill type it out here again... Long story short my shocks ended up getting lost in shipping. I was getting them revalved. So I was about to call it quits because this is a rear coilover shock. (and it is friday night). Well I ended up stealing the penske coil over shock I was using in the front (still regular coil spring though, not using as a coil over). Had to redo the shock mounts friday night, rig up some blown 40 year old koni's for the front but we made it there. Front end was all over the place but it was great to drive the car again. Then I got home and cut the front end off

**GregWeld** · #**307** 08-13-2014, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by 358Mustang

Here is my little footage... Car was handling like crap, but I had fun.

I posted in the introduction section but Ill type it out here again... Long story short my shocks ended up getting lost in shipping. I was getting them revalved. So I was about to call it quits because this is a rear coilover shock. (and it is friday night). Well I ended up stealing the penske coil over shock I was using in the front (still regular coil spring though, not using as a coil over). Had to redo the shock mounts friday night, rig up some blown 40 year old koni's for the front but we made it there. Front end was all over the place but it was great to drive the car again. Then I got home and cut the front end off

Fixed it for ya!!