Oh my gosh Steve, we are so excited you are planning on being there. Did not think you would get Michele back after the first event at Gingerman in the snow!!!!!!!! Even with a chance of not so good weather this weekend, it should not be as bad as the first year.
Looks like you have a new addition also (or is that Aaron?).
Looking forward to seeing everyone there.
Mrs. bolt-on

Steve! It's been a long time and it will be good to see you. This is going to be a great weekend.

Janice, that's Aaron, a while back...LOL. No new rugrats here!

Tom, it has been a while.

Other than not towing the car up, we figured it'd be a good weekend to catch up, and having to maintain the car all weekend might cut into that. It's a social "catch-up" for us.

car show question
 

I see the car show costs $20 to enter. Is there any additional charges for passangers (spouse, kids)?

It is a little difficult to trash talk when the Cobra is still a pushmobile (broken cam chain at Barber) and only a 50/50 chance of being ready for GingerMan. Then again you can be pretty brave with the trash talk when you have the perfect excuse for not being able to back it up. So here goes. White Cobras are the fastest Cobras. They are much faster than red Cobras, especially red Cobras with those antique pushrods ;) .

Beezer,

If you enter the car show then the entire family gets in without any additional cost. If you enter the "on track" portion then the entire family gets in without extra cost. If you are coming to spectate and are not entering the show or driving on the track then there is a $10.00 gate fee per person.

If you are an SCMC member then all you have to do is show them your membership card to get in to the event at no charge.

Thanks,

Tony

You don't want to go there.... :rotf:

Larry is right about the color comment, don't agree about the pushrod part though. ;) :thumbsup:

Brian

PS: I will "go there" :rotf:

As most of us know, titanium parts are the ultimate in go fast goodness. The pigment in white paint is titanium oxide. So you see, white cars ARE faster than red.

Red pigment often contains iron oxide. No further comment is necessary.

Black, being the absence of light is, of course, the fastest color of all.

Oh but I do want to go there!!:D There being around the red rolling road block pushrod Cobra.:eek: But guys we need to be fair here it is not really the Red Cobras fault!! You put fighter pilots in fighters and freight haulers in big slow freighters. It is not the Red Cobra fighter's fault it has a freight hauler for a pilot!!!:shtowned: :banana: :headbang: :woot:

:007:

Y'all don't scare me one bit! :eek:

I know how my Cobra handles in the rain and it's not good. This weekend shoud be very interesting to say the least.

See ya'll in 48 hours.

Hey, Jeff, ready to go for a spin?

Brian,

Hopefully you read your PMs. I have to back out of this event. Sorry.

A Spin, I was thinking more like multiple Spins!

Speaking of the weather, I'll bet Tony's got wiper blades and bottles
of Rain-X as raffle prizes. :D

The temp is 38 right now:eek: I'm about 30 country minutes from gingerman.

I'm doing my sun dance... :banana: :banana: :banana: :moon: :headbang: :banana: :banana: :cheers:

Thanks for the info Tony. As long as there's no rain I should be there.

can't wait to see everyone again!! damn- have to come all the way to MI to see my neighbors!! I am in Kalamazoo tonight, and will be at the track tomorrow!!! :D :bounce: :bounce:

Hello Lisa
What time are you going to head out to the track? I live on the west side of kalamazoo and can show you how to get out there if you would like. I am a stay-at- home dad (fancy name for a house husband) and if you need any help around town let me know.
Kalamazoo is about 45-50 min from the track. I'm thinking of heading out about 1pm just to take a look at the other club.

There is construction on I94 starting at exit 66 westbound one lane. I dont know where it start coming from the east bound.

Joe
if anyone else needs any help call and I will do my best.
269 217 5101

Joe- Hi! I am also on the west side- pretty close to the university. Not sure when I will head over. Depending on the weather, I may go into so. haven to do some shopping.

my ph is 704 450 2582 I'll give you a call later!

greetings from halfway there from NJ (ohio rest stop #2)

see ya this afternoon! :thumbsup:

I can't wait!!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

I will be coming down in the morning on Saturday, and will be staying at the Hampton Inn, doesn't look like my husband has to work, so he will be coming along too :D

I am going to look back through the threads, I am not a member yet, but would like to be, I plan on entering the car show, if I can get there early enough :thumbsup:

Can you Pm me some info on prices etc. ?

Susie- the show is $20 to enter; Registration starts at 10.

Hope to see you there!! :thumbsup:

PS- I have a sonic blue escape as a daily driver too!! Great minds! :bounce:

Thanks a Bunch! Getting ready to leave now :D

I wanted to let everyone that so far everyone has made it in tact. I live in Paw Paw which is also about 30min. if help is needed call 269-720-3276

all is well, we survived some heavy rain friday evening, saturday went well, barely a few drops fell, and held off til the end of the day....we got lucky! hoping it will head out tonight, and a nice day (well ok, we'll settle for cloudy but no rain) :thumbsup:

How many race cars showed up?

About 60 cars plus instructors so around 75 total with about 10 racers! Having a really good time with a dry track and cloudy day. We had some rain but no torrential downpours till after 5:00 p.m. My phone got water in it so I couldn't call you back John! I'm hoping it will be dried out by tomorrow.

We had 14 cars registered for the car show even with the rain! I thought that was pretty good but I'll be requesting our normal track week for next year even if they have the NASA Nationals on the same weekend. They really did not affect our event at all! :thumbsup:

Video of the race weekend 4:56minutes and 20Meg. Standing on Rehagen motorhome in turn#1. Thanks Rehagen.
http://www.dariusrudis.com/videos/20...V8SS_movie.wmv

Bummer I didnt have the CF card in the camera for race#2. Shooting photos... realized no film! Would have had awesome photos of the start...

Had a great time opentracking with SCMC club. Weather was drizzly/rainy all weekend, but track dried up enough to salvage a decent weekend.
Had a worn tire showing threads on left rear (looped it coming outta 3), so I put tire on right-rear (looped it again in #6). DOH! Never left the track, just pointed backwards, and got to watch ScottW laugh/waive as he went by. :o

Pitted right next door to Darkhorse Racing, with the "old school boys" from SAAC-MotorCityRegion (1986, 1989, 1990, 1991 Mustangs). Sleeping in the truck (cheap b*stard) got a wee bit chilly saturday night as it went into the 40's 'F with rain.

Favorite quote of weekend was Cindy commenting about Cliff's driving:
Cliff, you were going really fast... right up until the point where everyone else turned!!!:D Cliff went off DEEEEP into the sand on #3. Probably got that on video too, as I was right behind him. Have to digitize that too, so I can share... :p

Cliff, thanks for the hospitality and the Kentucky Moonshine, all 3 mason jars worth!

cool! thanks for sharing....did you get any photos on the weekend? or were they all on the empty card? :rotf:

It was so wonderful to see everyone! both friends that I have already met, and new friends as well!!

It is way too difficult to say how much everyone here ( and not here, I guess) means to me! this was a very bittersweet week for me and I absolutley loved every single second of it!!- despite the uncomfortable couch!! :rolleyes: ;)

It was one that I will always remember! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :bounce: :bounce: and very little that I would change!

A top notch event!
Much Thanks to Brian who pulled off a terrific weekend!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Yep, Brian did a top notch job!

But I would also like to thank others too, like the people that personally helped at registration, the event instructors, Scott Whitehead, Pete the cook, others who chipped in to help like Janice Bolton and Larry Meyer, Burke Dawson, Dave, Bettina, and anyone else I may have missed. Thanks to all for a fun weekend! :thumbsup:

hmmm like the people, who did lots of stuff all over the place? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

hey toni- sure was strange seeing a RIO RED F-150, pulling a certain biege trailer just as I left work today!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: it was darn near exactly 24 hours since I had seen it in Michigan!!:eek::eek::eek:

Looked really good! Will look even better with some club logo's on it!! :bounce: :bounce:

Thanks Brian, for planning and running a smooth event. Thanks Pete and Bruce, for grilling. Thanks Tony, for building the club that brought us all together. Thanks to EVERYONE else that made the weekend great in spite of the interesting weather patterns.

Oh, and special thanks to the FAST guys that let me share the track :cool:

I also would like to say thanks to everybody that made this past weekend a great event. I had a fricken blast at my first open track event. Learned a ton about the car, and about how to drive it!

I finally can put some names with all the faces that I have only known as call signs on the forums. And finally thanks the amazing group of guys that I drove up with, and come home with this weekend. Once again, I am just blown away by how amazing you guys really are. I simply am speechless! THANKS!

This was my 3rd time to Gingerman with this club and I've always had a great experience. The events are always safe, well planned, and fun. The people are friendly and helpful and the track is a blast wet or dry. I'm looking forward to next year already.

Does anybody know how to reach the photographers that were at the event? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.