USCA at Texas Motor Speedway...Who's going?

[chichirone]

USCA at Texas Motor Speedway is only 3 weeks away. Who's in?

The shop is thrashing to get our Trans Am KLRBRD ready for the event and if our 69 Camaro does not sell, I will be driving it.

Last year was a BLAST so really looking forward to what is in store from the USCA crew this year.

[Rag Top Rob]

I've got a 2013 ZL1 convertible and would love to play........

[rickpaw]

I'm in. Signed up and booked hotel. Still need to have the car aligned. This is my first track event so I'm both excited and nervous.

PS: I'm staying in Hotel 6 across the freeway from TMS. Where's everyone staying?

Tu

[carbuff]

At the moment, I'm still planning to attend both GG and USCA. I'm also staying at the Motel 6 across 35 from the highway. If you haven't stayed there before, be forewarned that it's pretty bare bones. You have to pay an extra $2 or $3 a day for WiFi even. That's ok, it's a lot cheaper than anything else around there, and I generally just want to pass out at the end of each day! :)

[Rag Top Rob]

Just read the rules, no convertibles with out a roll bar, I'm out..

[gerno]

I'll be there for sure. Debating the Motel 6 or not but the event is for sure..

[So Cal Camaro]

Just read the rules, no convertibles with out a roll bar, I'm out..

The roll bar might only be for the road course as higher speed there, I would send a message to USCA and check with them, because you might be able to do day 1 which is autocross, speed stop, road rally and Holley Welcome Party...

I'll be there, flight booked, HIE...

[Gscherer78ta]

I'm confirmed! I'll be staying at home, about 7 miles away from the speedway! Finally, something close to me!

[GrabberGT]

I'm in. Still don't know about the car though. I should be wrapping it up tomorrow then out for some test, tune and see if anything shakes apart. Lol

[Rag Top Rob]

The roll bar might only be for the road course as higher speed there, I would send a message to USCA and check with them, because you might be able to do day 1 which is autocross, speed stop, road rally and Holley Welcome Party...

I'll be there, flight booked, HIE...

Will do....Thanks

[chichirone]

The Camaro and the TA are officially registered.

Chris, I've seen Mavy shake itself apart before. Kind of like my alternator housing blowing apart last fall at the GG's event. Get it buttoned up and some testing in this weekend at SCCA.

For those interested, a group of us are renting Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, TX on Tuesday, March 24th for a test and tune day before the event at TMS. Let me know if you want to join us. ([email protected]) The cost is around $100 and there will be only 12-15 cars so you will get a ton of practice and tuning time.

[silver63c10]

Registered! About 30 minutes from home for me, so no hotel needed. Kicked myself last year for missing it, so I can't wait.

Looking forward to the test day at Lone Star, too - we definitely need it since I've gotten a total of 8 runs, 4 of which were wet, on our new combination.. Optimistic that we've moved in the right direction, though.

[rickpaw]

For those of us who will be trailering the car, and arrive Friday afternoon/night, will we be able to park the car/trailer inside the garage at TMS? Watching last year's event on MavTV, I remembered them mentinoning have the cars parked in a secured garage overnight. I contacted TMS, and they said to contact USCA. I sent an email to USCA via their contact page as well.

Any ideas?

[GrabberGT]

The Mav is finally street legal. Unfortunately, after checking my tire tread, I am already at 2/32 depth. After this Goodguys weekend, they likely wont pass inspection for USCA. Anyone have a stockpile of Rivals, Falkens, or RS-3's you are willing to sell? All anyone has available is Nitto NT05's. All other brands are out of stock. Kind of pathetic that we are already starting our season and all the 200tw tires are gone. I can use 265-275 front and 275, 285, or 295 rear in an 18". Discount tire can get me the NT05's in a couple days so I'll wait till Thursday to place my order just in case something else comes along.

[tmadden]

Hopefully my health will allow. If I can get all the young people off the scooters

[carbuff]

Chris,

I checked earlier today and Discount Tire Direct had a pair listed on eBay. Before when I purchased mine, they didn't show any on eBay, but I emailed them and they put a pair up for me to purchase.

Actually, I just searched, and they show a listing for 4 of them:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-NEW-275-40-17-FALKEN-AZENIS-RT-615K-40R-R17-TIRES-/310901803671?vxp=mtr&hash=item4863310a97

When I emailed them they responded quickly. Perhaps you can call or email through eBay to confirm they are available, but the listing shows 2 sets...

Good luck! See you this weekend, weather permitting.

[Gscherer78ta]

I have a question about the rules....

The way I read the rules for the novice group in the speedstop and autocross events that I won't need to have driving shoes and gloves and a neck device. I would need a SA2010 helmet and long pants and sleeves.

For those who went to Thunderhill- what did the novices do there? I think the requirements for the road race are slightly different.

Greg

[Panteracer]

I only ran the first day.. autocross and stop box.. no requirement
for anything other than helmet and long sleeves and pants

good luck and have fun.. a good place to really
run the car as much as you can and dial a few
things in as you go

Bob

[chichirone]

Saturday night Holley welcome party is at Pole Position Karting. This will be a blast. We had a stop there during last years road rally. It's on the USCA FB page.

Anyone hear about Advanced Auto Parts having spectator tix available at their stores? I called the local AAP and the manager said he received an email and a box but did not have any details. Took my name and was supposed to call back but never heard anything. Called another store today and they had no clue and in fact the manager told me they were not aware of AAP sponsoring any events at TMS. Oh well...buying spectator tix online instead.

[Panteracer]

Jay
I bought spectator tickets for two of my
buddies at the event at Thunderhill with no
issues. Not like the event in Vegas where they
can sell out

Bob

[GrabberGT]

Saturday night Holley welcome party is at Pole Position Karting. This will be a blast. We had a stop there during last years road rally. It's on the USCA FB page.

Anyone hear about Advanced Auto Parts having spectator tix available at their stores? I called the local AAP and the manager said he received an email and a box but did not have any details. Took my name and was supposed to call back but never heard anything. Called another store today and they had no clue and in fact the manager told me they were not aware of AAP sponsoring any events at TMS. Oh well...buying spectator tix online instead.


I called the Denton location within hours of the announcement. They knew exactly what it was about and said they have tickets.

[chichirone]

Thanks for the heads up Chris.

[chichirone]

Just read the rules, no convertibles with out a roll bar, I'm out..

Rag Top Rob...a friend wants to run his Miata with no roll bar at TMS. We emailed Jimi Day and he replied "we will allow a one day entry for autocross, speed stops and road rally with the Miata". Send him a message and see if you can do the one day if still interested.

[tmadden]

Had a blast today watching the cars. Wish I had competed. Great job guys.

[rickpaw]

Had a blast today too. Did my first auto-x and speed stop. Overall I did OK, I think.

Can't wait for the road course tomorrow.

[chichirone]

Great weekend with a bunch of Lat-G pals. Enjoyed hanging with friends, old and new. These USCA events do not disappoint. I'm worn out from a ton of seat time the past 2 days. Hope all required to travel, Tu, Bryan, Steve and others made it home safely. I'll post some pics soon.

Seriously, if you are contemplating attending a USCA event, GO DO IT! Jimi and the team put on a great time.

[GrabberGT]

Great weekend with a bunch of Lat-G pals. Enjoyed hanging with friends, old and new. These USCA events do not disappoint. I'm worn out from a ton of seat time the past 2 days. Hope all required to travel, Tu, Bryan, Steve and others made it home safely. I'll post some pics soon.

Seriously, if you are contemplating attending a USCA event, GO DO IT! Jimi and the team put on a great time.


Echo... "GO DO IT!" I Had a great time. I feel for you guys driving home after this event . Im flat worn out. I fell to sleep at 8 on the couch and was in bed by 9. I wish I didnt have to work today. I need to recover. WHAT A WEEKEND!

The Mav survived the road course with no damage... that I know of yet. Need to get under it and inspect EVERYTHING. I dont think I've ever pushed it that hard. I had one "off track" if you want to call it that. I missed a shift and felt it better to take the paved shortcut/runoff than try to make the turn and end up sideways.

Future upgrade list is being created now. Upgrades to include beefing up the panhard bar setup and cooling system. After 10 minutes in 80 temps, the car was running close to 230* which is 20* more than I like to see.

The new tires did well. I cant say they did better than the falkens as I was able to get larger sizes in the NT01 that arent available in the Falcons but I noticed no degradation in traction. On the roadcourse, they held well and provided plenty of confidence to keep pushing harder.

[Gscherer78ta]

Ditto the above sentiments! I had a blast and this was my first time and I'm wondering how I can scrap up enough cash to travel to another event. A great event and great people all the way around! I was very happy with the TA and the instruction I got on autocross will really give me some things to work on the rest of the summer so I can get my times down a little...

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[dontlifttoshift]

Why were Tucker and Popp in exhibition class?

Smitty, nice job on the sweep!

[wiedemab]

Why were Tucker and Popp in exhibition class?

Smitty, nice job on the sweep!

Based on a post from the Facebooks (can't remember what your derogatory term is for it off the top of my head.)

They were running the new Rival "S"......which aren't available to the public yet, therefore they had to run in the exhibition class.

[GrabberGT]

Why were Tucker and Popp in exhibition class?

Smitty, nice job on the sweep!

Just speculating here... Tucker was running the BFG RivalS but since its not yet "commercially available", its not a legal tire for use. On the road-course, an entire team of would come out and check his tire temps (using probes) and pressures and logging them every few laps.

Not sure about Popp. He was driving "Snoopy", which, though driven by Rumpke at Thunderhill, was also listed as exhibition class. So the real question is, why is "Snoopy" in the exhibition class.

[rickpaw]

Based on a post from the Facebooks (can't remember what your derogatory term is for it off the top of my head.)

They were running the new Rival "S"......which aren't available to the public yet, therefore they had to run in the exhibition class.

Just speculating here... Tucker was running the BFG RivalS but since its not yet "commercially available", its not a legal tire for use. On the road-course, an entire team of would come out and check his tire temps (using probes) and pressures and logging them every few laps.

Not sure about Popp. He was driving "Snoopy", which, though driven by Rumpke at Thunderhill, was also listed as exhibition class. So the real question is, why is "Snoopy" in the exhibition class.

What I heard Saturday night at the welcome party was that Kyle and Danny were running the new Rival S.

[gerno]

Great meeting more of you guys out there. I had a blast as well. Found a few of the limits on my car too and now ready to start a few more upgrades. I really wanted to see the video of my spin coming in to turn 1 on the road course but apparently something went wrong with my VIRB and it only recorded one of my sessions. Oh well.

Hope to see y'all out for more events in the future.

Tu - Can you post up some of the pics you were taking?

[chichirone]

Why were Tucker and Popp in exhibition class?

Smitty, nice job on the sweep!

As mentioned above, it had to do with their tires. May just be a rumor but...Rival S should be out shortly, as in a couple weeks :stirthepot:

[silver63c10]

If there's a better way to spend a weekend, I'd really like someone to tell me about it. The only downside was coming back to the real world this morning.

My girlfriend was taking pictures Saturday, I'll get through them this week sometime and post some up.

[GrabberGT]

As mentioned above, it had to do with their tires. May just be a rumor but...Rival S should be out shortly, as in a couple weeks :stirthepot:

Not that you need them Mr. I-Got-a-New-Corvette. Just curious, did you run faster than the guy with the C7 z06? I didnt even notice it until we were leaving.

[rickpaw]

Not that you need them Mr. I-Got-a-New-Corvette. Just curious, did you run faster than the guy with the C7 z06? I didnt even notice it until we were leaving.

Chris, you mean the yellow Z06? Not sure if it was in multiple groups, but it was driven by a very nice lady in my group (novice group 2). She really liked my Firebird, but she wouldn't do a straight trade. :)

[Ron in SoCal]

As mentioned above, it had to do with their tires. May just be a rumor but...Rival S should be out shortly, as in a couple weeks :stirthepot:

It is available to order at tirerack.com. They're backordered, but production is ramping up for April delivery I'm told.

I'd love some real world / non-hype feedback on the tire's performance!

[rickpaw]

It was a great pleasure to meet fellow lateral-g members at the event. I had a great time. For sure I'll be back next year.

Here are some pictures that I took. Too bad I did not have time to take pictures of all the actions.

Bryan's (carbuff) 71 Firebird, my 67 Firebird, and Steve's (gerno) Camaro at the hotel parking lot. We happened to stay at the same hotel.
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Bryan and Steve getting ready for the road course.
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Chris' (grabbergt) beautiful Maverick.
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Jay's (chichirone) Firebird. The car sounds awesome.
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Random pictures of the roadcourse.

Steve (gerno) going thru the "carousel"
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Bryan's TOW.
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Velocity Camaro.
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Awesome 610hp (at the wheels) Neon
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48hr Corvette
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[Gscherer78ta]

Not that you need them Mr. I-Got-a-New-Corvette. .

I agree with you grabber but, u gotta give it up for a guy who buys a new vette Friday evening and tracks it all day Saturday and Sunday. That's the way to break a new engine in.

[carbuff]

Great seeing everyone and meeting some new folks as well! Tu, thank you for the pictures as well.

What a fun event, although I'm also pretty wiped out today. I'm glad I spent the extra night and drove back this morning instead of last night. The only bad thing I can think to say about this event is that I have to wait 363 more days before I get to do it again! I just don't expect I'll be able to make it to another one this year, although there are a couple I might try for.

Thanx to everyone who is part of the organization which puts these together and to the volunteers who helped make it happen.

[chichirone]

Congrats to Amy and KLRBRD for taking home some hardware. She won the Participant Choice Award. Thanks to all who voted for her car. We are thankful for how much support the car gets. Especially considering all the awesome cars at the event! Special thanks to Mike Dusold. He delivered the car to us "concierge" style on Saturday morning. He and his guys worked until midnight Friday night to make sure it was ready for auto-x and speed stop challenge.

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Here is a short video of the Intermediate class running. Bryan, Steve, Duston and I were hammering away in this group with a handful of Mustangs and a new Viper TA. This is our 5th run session. We did close to 70 laps for the day. Duston and I ran super close times in this session. He had a 42.982 and I had a 42.980. As you can see he was on my tail. Great times!

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[GrabberGT]

Congrats to Amy and KLRBRD for taking home some hardware. She won the Participant Choice Award. Thanks to all who voted for her car. We are thankful for how much support the car gets. Especially considering all the awesome cars at the event! Special thanks to Mike Dusold. He delivered the car to us "concierge" style on Saturday morning. He and his guys worked until midnight Friday night to make sure it was ready for auto-x and speed stop challenge.

Here is a short video of the Intermediate class running. Bryan, Steve, Duston and I were hammering away in this group with a handful of Mustangs and a new Viper TA. This is our 5th run session. We did close to 70 laps for the day. Duston and I ran super close times in this session. He had a 42.982 and I had a 42.980. As you can see he was on my tail. Great times!



A well deserved win for KLRBRD. On the surface alone it was a shoe-in for the win and then you add in the what we know to be under the car and there was no doubt.

With those lap times, I'd you guys are ready for the expert run group. Thats some serious driving.

As the guy in the Hellcat Charger mentioned... take the vette back to the dealer and tell them there is something wrong with the tires. They look like they have a low melting point and wont make it through the summer. :thumbsup:

[GregWeld]

Sweet Jay! I really missed not being there this year.

Tough to find a nicer guy on the planet than Mike!

[chichirone]

Sweet Jay! I really missed not being there this year.

Tough to find a nicer guy on the planet than Mike!

100% agree Greg. Mike is a great friend, awesome guy with a huge heart and has a wonderful family. His talent, work ethic and skills are off the charts. The new 3-link he designed is fantastic. Linear power, predictable, and terrific road manners. Here is a cool pic from this weekends auto cross.

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We also missed seeing you as well. Was looking forward to Weld Financial Partners meetings between runs. HA!

[chichirone]

Great seeing everyone and meeting some new folks as well! Tu, thank you for the pictures as well.

What a fun event, although I'm also pretty wiped out today. I'm glad I spent the extra night and drove back this morning instead of last night. The only bad thing I can think to say about this event is that I have to wait 363 more days before I get to do it again! I just don't expect I'll be able to make it to another one this year, although there are a couple I might try for.

Thanx to everyone who is part of the organization which puts these together and to the volunteers who helped make it happen.

Bryan, how's TOW doing from the event? You ran hard and pushed yourself and TOW to the limits. I know I told you at least 10 times this weekend, but the car sounds awesome, especially from 4 ft off your back bumper. :innocent:

It sure is a bummer we have to wait to next year. HOPEFULLY WE GET A 3RD YEAR OF THIS AWESOME SERIES IN TEXAS!

[chichirone]

Chris, you mean the yellow Z06? Not sure if it was in multiple groups, but it was driven by a very nice lady in my group (novice group 2). She really liked my Firebird, but she wouldn't do a straight trade. :)

Tu, you are cracking me up. The Meeker's were a cool family. Dad and son in the Mustang's and Mom (Tina) in the Z06.

Chris, I am not sure what Tina was running in her Z06. I was definitely having a blast in the new Vette. Amazing car right out of the box.

The road course instructors were really helpful. I learned a ton on entry points, braking zones and throttle control as a result of them being in the passenger seat. I boiled the brake fluid in session 5 and pretty sure need to replace the tires and brake pads. I counted close to 75 laps run on Sunday! One of the highlights for the Optima event is the driving instruction. It's priceless.

[carbuff]

Bryan, how's TOW doing from the event? You ran hard and pushed yourself and TOW to the limits. I know I told you at least 10 times this weekend, but the car sounds awesome, especially from 4 ft off your back bumper. :innocent:

It sure is a bummer we have to wait to next year. HOPEFULLY WE GET A 3RD YEAR OF THIS AWESOME SERIES IN TEXAS!

TOW made it back to Austin in one piece, and she's been parked in the garage since being unloaded. I haven't washed her yet, and since I leave for vacation tomorrow, that will wait until next week. I've got time scheduled on Eric's lift to check and make certain I didn't do any real damage under her with my offs this weekend.

Glad you got a good listen to my exhaust. :action-smiley-027: And yes, it sucks we have to wait a year to do this again. There's a little part of my brain that's been trying to figure out if I could make Vegas in a few weeks, but I know it's not going to happen...

[silver63c10]

Duston and I ran super close times in this session. He had a 42.982 and I had a 42.980. As you can see he was on my tail. Great times!

That last session was a blast! Wish I could have gotten gridded up there earlier in the day, but it was fun either way.

I managed to finally get my datalogger and the GPS on speaking terms for that one, but had switched modes on the GoPro at some point so I only got a single photo of my glove in the pre-grid when I hit record..sigh. I have this to remember it by at least?

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Still lots of video to edit, but I did get to the pictures my girlfriend got of the odd-number run group Saturday. Shoot me a PM with your email if you'd like a hi-res of any of them.

Fully gallery is here: http://shutterspeeddesign.zenfolio.com/p290782978

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That'll be 2 seconds, thanks.

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http://shutterspeeddesign.zenfolio.com/img/s12/v186/p1088342222-3.jpg (http://shutterspeeddesign.zenfolio.com/p290782978/e40dec8ce)
So much more in love with this car after watching it in person. My god..

http://shutterspeeddesign.zenfolio.com/img/s10/v111/p1088344759-3.jpg (http://shutterspeeddesign.zenfolio.com/p290782978/e40ded2b7)

http://shutterspeeddesign.zenfolio.com/img/s2/v58/p1088347734-3.jpg (http://shutterspeeddesign.zenfolio.com/p290782978/e40dede56)


Between this and spending Valentine's day at Texas World Speedway last month, I think I'll hold on to her :headspin:

[GrabberGT]

That last session was a blast! Wish I could have gotten gridded up there earlier in the day, but it was fun either way.

I managed to finally get my datalogger and the GPS on speaking terms for that one, but had switched modes on the GoPro at some point so I only got a single photo of my glove in the pre-grid when I hit record..sigh. I have this to remember it by at least?

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8692/16994605222_ecd189cf01_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rTKN3S)



Had I seen this photo earlier I may have ventured into 4th gear earlier. It wasnt until the last session did I start using 4th. Nice work

[rickpaw]

Congrats to Amy and KLRBRD for taking home some hardware. She won the Participant Choice Award. Thanks to all who voted for her car. We are thankful for how much support the car gets. Especially considering all the awesome cars at the event! Special thanks to Mike Dusold. He delivered the car to us "concierge" style on Saturday morning. He and his guys worked until midnight Friday night to make sure it was ready for auto-x and speed stop challenge.

http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/image.jpg4_zpscdbddd0f.jpg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/image.jpg4_zpscdbddd0f.jpg.html)



Congrats to Amy for the award. Sorry for photo bombed the picture with my pos Firebird in the background

Tu, you are cracking me up. The Meeker's were a cool family. Dad and son in the Mustang's and Mom (Tina) in the Z06.



Tina was very nice. We chatted about our cars in the garage towards the end of the day Sunday. Too bad I did not get to meet her earlier.

[silver63c10]

Had I seen this photo earlier I may have ventured into 4th gear earlier. It wasnt until the last session did I start using 4th. Nice work

Thanks! Yeah, my faster laps I was shifting in the transition onto the straight, and even used it on the back through the kink a few laps as well.

[gerno]

Thanks! Yeah, my faster laps I was shifting in the transition onto the straight, and even used it on the back through the kink a few laps as well.

Duston - You were flying out there on the road course. I was behind you for a few laps and thought you going to lift your front inside tire on turn 1. It was barely touching the track. You were certainly balanced near the limit of adhesion and working it well.

[chichirone]

Anybody else having USCA withdrawal? We cleaned up the cars today only to once again realize these events are simply a blast. Hanging with you guys and running the snot out of the cars is just so much fun. I wish we could do it 2x's per month...if only all the other events were closer. :grouphug:

[carbuff]

Yes, me! I get back to Austin on Monday and will clean up TOW. I removed the banners, but she's still filthy. Then over to Eric's this week to make sure there's no damage from my off's. I do have a track day planned for the 17th, so I'll get a small dose of track, but without all the same camaraderie! Las Vegas is 3 weeks away. ;)

[silver63c10]

Anybody else having USCA withdrawal?

Yeah, the only problem with this whole deal was going back to work on Monday :headscratch:

I posted two gigantoid recaps of our weekend in my project thread, if anyone cares to check them out - http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=15395&page=11

Also found this looking the car over - 'street' tires!

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7718/16847082427_c01fd473f3_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rEHGEp)

[GregWeld]

Mothers Wax makes a fantastic product called 3R...... Racing Rubber Remover. Takes that right off and doesn't hurt your finish at all.









Also found this looking the car over - 'street' tires!

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7718/16847082427_c01fd473f3_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rEHGEp)

[GrabberGT]

Felt odd not touching the car this weekend. I've been steadily working on the car for 6 weeks straight and now nothing. I found myself trying to think of things to do to it while working on my backlogged list of honey-do's. "must not touch car". I could prob spend a month straight on those and still not be done with them. :waveflag:

As far as upcoming events are concerned, Im going to try and hit as many SCCA events as I can. Maybe I can clinch the CAM-S class trophy this year. (I don think there is anyone else running it) Pro-SOLO is 6/6 and 6/7. Im planning on being out there. I'd like to fit a track day in somewhere. Im not looking to turn the hot rod into a full on racecar and be a track junky but a couple track days a year would be fun to do.

[Gscherer78ta]

+1!

I had a very busy March and now nothing for April and I'll be searching high and low for events in May and June. I cleaned the TA up this weekend and it sat, what a shame.

We could organize our own day out in Mineral Wells for not a lot of money, get 5-10 cars together and I think we could do it. AutoX in the morning and time trial in the afternoon... Just an idea.

[silver63c10]

Mothers Wax makes a fantastic product called 3R

Thanks, Greg, I'll have to look for that.

I had a very busy March and now nothing for April

For some reason April is pretty sparse? The BMW Club is running on the 18th, and NTAXS is on the 25th, but I can't make either one, of course.

A double event at Mineral Wells would be a blast..

[chichirone]

Greg, 2x the thx for the R3 suggestion.

Greg, Duston and Chris...we need to get an event scheduled for us to go run. Greg, did you make any headway with ER for a Camaro Club event? We could also get a speed stop and autocross going simultaneously ay LSP or Mineral Wells if we want. Think of it as a mini USCA platform.

[carbuff]

Another thanx for the R3 recommendation. I will need it. TOW was filthy when I washed her yesterday, and today I took her to Eric's to make sure everything looked ok underneath. No real problems although lots of rock chip damage. But I had rubber everywhere! That track was seriously abrasive. My tires look pretty worn, and I think I'm going to be digging rubber out of places for a while.

I stripped down the front spoiler to prep for recoating since I destroyed the plasticoat. I'll pick up some of the R3 to get the rest off the paint on the sides. And I'm still ready to do it all over again. ;)

[glassman]

+1!

I had a very busy March and now nothing for April and I'll be searching high and low for events in May and June. I cleaned the TA up this weekend and it sat, what a shame.

We could organize our own day out in Mineral Wells for not a lot of money, get 5-10 cars together and I think we could do it. AutoX in the morning and time trial in the afternoon... Just an idea.

Sic avatar pic btw. In the words of the wise, "Vegas baby"....I'm withdrawin, from nor-cal

[Gscherer78ta]

Greg, 2x the thx for the R3 suggestion.

Greg, Duston and Chris...we need to get an event scheduled for us to go run. Greg, did you make any headway with ER for a Camaro Club event? We could also get a speed stop and autocross going simultaneously ay LSP or Mineral Wells if we want. Think of it as a mini USCA platform.


Waiting for LSP to confirm 9/26. Autocross and speed stop.

I think we should get about 10 of us and go out to Mineral Wells and have another day event! Do autocross in the morning and set up a larger time trial kind of course in the afternoon.

Hey Dustin- PM me please- I want to know what suspension stuff you're running.

[GrabberGT]

Greg, 2x the thx for the R3 suggestion.

Greg, Duston and Chris...we need to get an event scheduled for us to go run. Greg, did you make any headway with ER for a Camaro Club event? We could also get a speed stop and autocross going simultaneously ay LSP or Mineral Wells if we want. Think of it as a mini USCA platform.

Im campaigning hard with the wife to get out to MW for the Pro-Solo event. 2 days of Drag style, head-to-head, mirrored autocross racing. I didnt see anyone running CAM class and besides Dusold, there was no other Classic Muscle out there. Should be fun. We could do Northstar Dragway the Friday night before to get used to launching from a tree and then cruise out to MW Saturday Morning as a group. I'll likely be camping at MW State park with the family to make it even more fun.

[Gscherer78ta]

Im campaigning hard with the wife to get out to MW for the Pro-Solo event. 2 days of Drag style, head-to-head, mirrored autocross racing. I didnt see anyone running CAM class and besides Dusold, there was no other Classic Muscle out there. Should be fun. We could do Northstar Dragway the Friday night before to get used to launching from a tree and then cruise out to MW Saturday Morning as a group. I'll likely be camping at MW State park with the family to make it even more fun.

When is this event? I'm interested in this event! Sounds like a blast. Chris, my son and I have camped out there several times before/after/during the autocross events and it is a blast! He loves it, race during the day and camp at night doesn't get much better for a boy!

[GrabberGT]

When is this event? I'm interested in this event! Sounds like a blast. Chris, my son and I have camped out there several times before/after/during the autocross events and it is a blast! He loves it, race during the day and camp at night doesn't get much better for a boy!

June 5-7

http://www.scca.com/solo/content.cfm?cid=44512&tag=62

[Gscherer78ta]

Thanks Chris. ER is also running a mirror cross on May 31st. Sounds like a similar deal...

I made it to Hawk Performance's facebook Page!

https://www.facebook.com/HawkPerformance/photos/pb.75065712002.-2207520000.1428602459./10152659234627003/?type=1&theater

[GrabberGT]

Thanks Chris. ER is also running a mirror cross on May 31st. Sounds like a similar deal...

I made it to Hawk Performance's facebook Page!

https://www.facebook.com/HawkPerformance/photos/pb.75065712002.-2207520000.1428602459./10152659234627003/?type=1&theater

I didnt know ER was doing that. I may have to go out to that one as well as a warm up. I see Mike D registered. Technically I should be in CAM-S but I wonder if Mike would cry foul if I registered to run against him in CAM-T. :lmao: