NorCal road trip thread for RTTC II

[ironworks]

Trying to make dinner friday night thru LA might be tough.

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by ironworks

Trying to make dinner friday night thru LA might be tough.

What are you thinking would be a good plan then?

[CRCRFT78]

I want in even if I can't watch the event. The drive down with some of you guys and the stop at Rodgers would be good enough for me. I'll have to see if I can volunteer to put out cones or something. I'm good at that working at CalTrans. Put out cones, screw up traffic & sleeping in the cone truck on the side of the freeway is all we do.

[ironworks]

My thought is that going through LA after 4 pm would suck. We could meet at my place Thursday for some kind of early evening meeting at my place. Then Leave about 6pm from here and should have smooth sailing to El toro when we reach LA at about 8 pm. Then arrive about 9pm. Otherwise you guys would have to leave Sac really really early to be through LA by 4 pm.

[Blake Foster]

it's more that 2 hours from your place to Eltoro??? isn't it?

I would say lets set up some definate meeting places and times!! that way it is up to different ppl to be there ON TIME or miss the ride, if you sit arround too long it messes up everything.
i am comming from the furthest, i will stop in Redding on Wednsday Night. and head out from there at 7am. so i would be in Sacremento by 10 am then to Rodgers by 4 pm (counting on stopping in Sacremento for 1/2 hour to group up).

if ppl picked places to join up along the route and just fill in that may work.

then leve Rodgers at 6 pm and be at the hotel in Irvine by 9pm.

[Cris@JCG]

Let me throw something out their for you guys!

On Friday.. you can leave in the morning.. stop by my shop during lunch time & JCG will host lunch for you guys.. get us going by 2:00 or 2:30 to avoid heavy traffic thru LA.. No matter what.. you hit traffic into LA but @ those times it is not that bad.. You guys coming in the 101.. Scenic drive on the coast!!

I will be trailering my car if completed!! I don't know if it will be street legal by then...

Blake- It is going to be cold in Feb... so don't forget to bring your long-johns & your Elmer Fud hat to keep your ears warm!! LOL

[Flash68]

Good ideas.... might be prudent to have a Thursday group and a Friday group with agendas. I think there will end up being some traveling on Thurs and others on Friday.

The plans for stopping at Ironworks Thurs or stopping at JCG on Friday both sound good to me. Thanks fellas.

[Blake Foster]

Flash!!
you started the post you need to make the schedual otherwise it will be a total Cluster %#@&
i am willing to help and set the schedual as i am comming past EVERYONE!
i would like to be in Irvine Friday PM i know not much happens dealing with the event till friday afternoonish. but i HATE rolling in late.

let me know
i think a late "Lunch stop" at Ironworks is a good idea, i would kick in a couple hundred bucks for burgers or something??? guys gotta eat!! give the poor guys in the trucks/trailers time to catch up. and then on to Irvine?

[ironworks]

If we had a 4-6pm meeting spot at my shop, we could leave here and travel 156 miles to El toro. It says 275 hours. So just after 9pm. Then on Friday we could see about doing some things like maybe some shop tours. So Cal Speed shop, Walden Speed shop, Foose Design, NHRA Museum, etc.

I'm sure we could come up with a few more things to do. I made Hotel reservation for Thursday thru Sunday.

Rodger

[Blake Foster]

that sounds good to me sign me up.