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Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:48 pm
by twistedwankel
Solar wrote:rojeho wrote:If anyone would like to trade a work assignment for arranging lunch, send me a pm. If anyone has a recent favorite, feel free to publically guilt that person into taking it.
If the budget allows, I could set up BBQ from Smokin' J's again.
This BBQ is totally awesome and makes the far away cone chasers drool. No one can beat this!! SPC King of lunch.
Maybe opt for two or three vegetarian meals for the carnivorous impaired?
Doug
Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:52 pm
by twistedwankel
jev61 wrote:I cancelled my registration this morning, there is one driver and one guest slot available. I've not located a rear brake bracket yet, so I don't have working brakes.

So who uses brakes and wins? I thought my rotors were totally insane but was informed by the professionals they are merely warped - so I will continue to use them until they squeal (like pigs).
Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:48 am
by aparke
rojna wrote:
Hope you can make it ... lets try to get more neons then miatas at a autox

Good luck with that, Greg. I doubt many neon owners have put as much effort into one as you.

Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:22 am
by TheBeak
Well by an act of grace and a little luck I was able to snag a spot, so there will be at least the two of us there showing some Neon love.

Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:30 am
by rojna
Anthony will be there with his red Neon so make that 3

Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:53 am
by Lava Speed 05
If we had a brooksville drag event I'm sure the neons would out number the miatas. Present company excluded most people driving performance neons/srt-4 that I've run into are scared of turns...
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Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 1:11 pm
by Native
3 neons?
There goes the neighborhood...

Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 3:08 pm
by Cpt_Rum-bo
rojna wrote:Anthony will be there with his red Neon so make that 3

3 Neons??????

Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:01 am
by rojeho
Hey all,
The time is drawing near. There are three areas that I would still like to have covered before the weekend.
1. Lunch
2. Supplies
3. Teardown
If you can volunteer for any of these, please let me know.
Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:53 pm
by TheBeak
Lava Speed 05 wrote:If we had a brooksville drag event I'm sure the neons would out number the miatas. Present company excluded most people driving performance neons/srt-4 that I've run into are scared of turns...
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Not sure why, they are darn near impossible to launch well at a drag strip. (Youll find that most NSRT drivers aren't too forthcoming with their 60' times, its all about trap speed and ET...)
Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:02 pm
by snookwheel
We'll pick up supplies, let me know what is needed.
Scott
Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:58 pm
by Loren
Anybody wanna see the course?
Hi-Res Print PDF

Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:37 pm
by puncturina
Reminder for SPC forms...

Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:18 am
by rojeho
snookwheel wrote:We'll pick up supplies, let me know what is needed.
Scott
Thanks Scott! I looked back through the post-June event and the trailer cleaning and didn't see anything listed. Anyone know?
However much water you get, I'm guessing we'll need more.
And a request for some Diet Coke or Coke Zero
Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:19 am
by rojeho
Still looking for someone that wants to arrange lunch and some help for teardown.
July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:48 am
by Lava Speed 05
rojeho wrote:snookwheel wrote:We'll pick up supplies, let me know what is needed.
Scott
Thanks Scott! I looked back through the post-June event and the trailer cleaning and didn't see anything listed. Anyone know?
However much water you get, I'm guessing we'll need more.
And a request for some Diet Coke or Coke Zero
I found it buried in the post even thread, thanks Steve for making a note of it. Remaining supplies are 8 cases of water, no soda.
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Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:26 am
by aparke
I don't get too excited about course maps, but this one looks familiar. did it come from the archives?
Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:38 am
by Lava Speed 05
No. I made it... but it's been tweaked a lot from the original idea due to safety standards. Maybe it wound up melding into something similar?
Edit: I wanted something that didn't feel like a general SPC course too, oh well I'll have to do something a little more complicated next time. Someone showed me a map concept they had that I really liked and may ask them if I can play with it to make it safety approved for SPC.
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Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:06 pm
by Loren
aparke wrote:I don't get too excited about course maps, but this one looks familiar. did it come from the archives?
No, you've just been autocrossing at SPC for too long. They all sort of look the same after a while. I'm sure we've done something similar to it before, and we've definitely used all of the elements before.
Re: July 22nd at SPC
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:13 pm
by Loren
"More complicated" on a small site like SPC usually = too tight. Trust me, the site used to have a really BAD reputation for courses that were too tight. Took us years to get past that.
The site is basically 500x300 feet... because it's surrounded by hard obstacles, take away 75' on the outside of turns on one end and at least 50' on the other end, and you're looking at a maximum usable space of about 375x175. It's wider on one end, so you have a LITTLE more flexibilty than that, but not much.
I think you'll be surprised at just how technical this course will feel. It has a couple "fast" parts, and some really good needles to thread. Should be fun to drive.