Link to SCCA's site for the Houston National Tour
Just a friendly remonder that early registration ends this Friday, March 4th. After that, the entry fee jumps to $130. Register early and often!
See ya there! :burnrubr:
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Link to SCCA's site for the Houston National Tour
Just a friendly remonder that early registration ends this Friday, March 4th. After that, the entry fee jumps to $130. Register early and often!
See ya there! :burnrubr:
I think I am going to pass.
fixed!Quote:
Originally Posted by ken o
So Dave, other than this unfortunate rule...No outside alcoholic beverages allowed... what is the word on this site? Size, surface, etc...?
Thanks
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It's a little larger than Pennington but has light poles so course length will be short (30-40 seconds). And it will likely be courses where you drive down one side then make a U turn and come back on the other. The surface is unsealed asphalt with good grip. It's SUPER flat with no potholes anywhere, and it did not seem to rubber in or gravel up at all.
Oh yeah... I hope you like paddocking in the grass!
Thanks. I will bring my plywood, tarp, and mudders....
Wow. Sounds like a winner. :( Tell me again why we aren't going back to GGP?Quote:
Originally Posted by Davidss
Some Houston guys at the TXAMSCC event a few weeks ago told me that GGP is in really bad shape. Other than being on the south side of Houston, I really liked that venue.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
Wish they'd been able to use the Riverside Annex for this Tour. sigh...
Me too. I always liked GGP. I even liked that seafood joint Matt always wanted to go to on the bay, although I heard it wasn't so good last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by jrj512
I figure they are saving it for the Div, or maybe the site restrictions do not work for the requirements from the Nat office. Probably the latter.Quote:
Originally Posted by OZMDD
You guys will like this site. The surface is grippy, it's not hard on tires, and it's a dedicated race facility so the neighbors aren't going to gripe about us being there.
On paper it's only slightly bigger than Pennington, but it felt much bigger than that. There are only three poles, and they're easily worked around. It would be nice if it was bigger, but you probably won't complain about the size. The only real downside I saw was the paddock/parking in the grass. No big deal as long as it doesn't rain.
Don't forget - if you sign up for the Tour and the Pro, we'll give you $30 credit to use for any TX Region event or merchandise. If you can't make the Tour, we'll also give you a $30 credit if you sign up for the Pro only, and it's your first time running a Pro.
I've been asked by Zack Barnes to post this info about the Houston National Tour -
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From Zack:
Let your club members know that this is our food/drink plans for the Houston NT - and ask them to leave their diets in the DFW metroplex-
FRIDAY's menu: http://www.berniesburgerbus.com/
Pick one of these:
1) The Principal: Traditional approach to the classic American burger with mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, pickle, thin sliced onions, shredded lettuce, and slow roasted garlic tomatoes. Electives: Texas Cheddar • Bacon • Bernie’s Caramelized “Tipsy” Onions
2) The Substitute: Burger topped with a bleu cheese , thick sliced crispy bacon, burgundy laced mushrooms and Bernie’s Tipsy caramelized onions
3) The Bully: It is finally your time to take this bully DOWN! Two of our signature burger patties both topped with Texas Cheddar, mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, pickle, thin sliced onions, shredded lettuce, and slow roasted garlic tomatoes
And pair it with one of these...
1) Hand-Cut French Fries w/ Homemade Ketchup
2) Sweet Potato Fries w/ Chipotle Aioli
Come early and hungry because when he is out of food, he is out of food!!
SATURDAY: Saturday's menu from http://3cajunpigs.com/menu/ , http://3cajunpigs.com/catering/
Cajun Brisket - low/slow smoked 14 hrs
Pulled Pork - low/slow smoked, then hand pulled
Drumsticks - slathered in a sweet/spicy BBQ sawce
Gumbo - Gram'Maw's secret recipe - there'll be 40 QTS of it.
Red Beans - Again Gram'maw's recipe
Dirrrty Rice
Hush Puppies and French Bread.
BOOZE!
Due to Dry-county-ness - "no outside alcohol on site" - there is a $1 "membership fee" to join the Royal Purple Tower Club" and HouSCCA is paying for 1 keg each night, when they're gone, so are the free drinks...
KNOCK OFF THE GROANING.
...there will be a fully operational CASH BAR right there in the club, run by the track, with the usual $3/$5/$6/$8 - whatever pricing scheme. Otherwise, pretend you're in college again = KEEP IT OUT o' sight = plausible deniability (*cough*SOLO CUPS*cough*).
If you can't handle that return to the hotel or Iguana Joe's.
THANKS!
-Zack Barnes
HouSCCA Rookie, Social, and Street Tire Host.
The Houston crew are good hosts, so it should be a good time. I wish I was going, but too many other expenses popped up in the past few months. You all have fun and bring back some trophies!
What time is everyone leaving?
Mike and I are headed down there about 8am tomorrow.
Hoping to make some practice runs?
Run Heat 1: SSL, BS, CSL, DSL, ES, FS, GS, HSL, STSL, STX, STU, BSPL, CSPL, DSP, XP, DPL, GPL, SM, SMFL, AML, BML, CM, DM, EML, FML, F125L, FJA, FJB, FSAE
Run Heat 2: SS, ASL, CS, DS, HS, STL, STS, ASPL, BSP, CSP, ESPL, FSPL, CPL, DP, EPL, FPL, GP, SMF, SSML, AM, BM, EM, FM, F125, IDX1, STRL
Course open for walking
Run Heat 3: AS, BSL, ESL, FSL, GSL, ST, STXL, STUL, ASP, DSPL, ESP, FSP, XPL, CP, EP, FP, SML, SSM, CML, DML, FSAEL, IDX2, STR
Work Heat 1: SS, ASL, CS, DS, HS, STL, STS, ASPL, BSP, CSP, ESPL, FSPL, CPL, DP, EPL, FPL, GP, SMF, SSML, AM, BM, EM, FM, F125, IDX1, STRL
Work Heat 2: SS, ASL, CS, DS, HS, STL, STS, ASPL, BSP, CSP, ESPL, FSPL, CPL, DP, EPL, FPL, GP, SMF, SSML, AM, BM, EM, FM, F125, IDX1, STRL
Course open for walking
Work Heat 3: SSL, BS, CSL, DSL, ES, FS, GS, HSL, STSL, STX, STU, BSPL, CSPL, DSP, XP, DPL, GPL, SM, SMFL, AML, BML, CM, DM, EML, FML, F125L, FJA, FJB, FSAE
You can cheer on your favorite driver by watching the live timing at.
http://sololive.scca.com/
Good luck guys and the rest of y'all going! Keep us posted.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
That's the plan. What time are you and jon heading out? Where are y'all staying?Quote:
Originally Posted by ratt_finkel
Made it down, and the site is interesting. Very grippy and smooth, consistent surface. Tomorrow's course is "diabolical," to quote Jim H. Gonna be a hoot!
The venue itself is pretty cool, with great spectator areas close to the course. Narrow lot, so its an out-and-back design. They were having Friday Night "run what you brung" drag racing, so a few of us got sucked-in. Piper and another guy raced their F-mods! The NC is not all that fast in a straight line: 14.92 sec 1/4 mile @ 94mph :(
Good luck tomorrow mike. Sorry I couldn't make it. :(
Imagine what it would do with a better driver!Quote:
Originally Posted by OZMDD
::BaHump::
http://sololive.scca.com
Live results
Brianne Corn - FTW!! BM
Nice job, OZMDD!
Also good job David in sts.
DavidSS was crazy-fast in STS today; he put almost a full second on the field. Faster than Andy Hollis too.
JFo and Wagner are also leading their respective classes. Good day all-around for TX Region. Now to figure out how to make-up a second on Pedroza... ::Rant::
Some of the craziest stuff is in B Stock. In the tours b stock has been close to straight timing super stock.
Final day completed - Results
Congratulations to all who participated!
Looks like they needed some more competition in ES.
Congrats to all the trophy winners!
Houston Region went all out and worked their butts off to make a great event. Congrats to them. Especially Clint Williams who was there Thursday thru Sunday, and most especially reset the course at midnight Fri night after the drag races made them take the course up. So everyone was able to walk Sat morning on schedule. Above and Beyond for Clint and his crew!
And Roger the Real for fun courses that gave you plenty of opportunities to mess yourself up.
And to Vorslag for being a primary sponsor. Thanks Terry and Amy.
I'm hyper critical on event admin stuff and have some gripes but I'll go again to an event there.
Grip is more than bus lot but less than MW and wierd. Did a bunch of setup changes and landed on something we've never done before that finally worked great on Sunday if the nut behind the wheel had delivered.
DavidSS kicked our butts in STS and did a great job. And Kim did the same in ladies class.
One caveat is be careful if you eat Bernies Burger Bus stuff and if you want to live. Tasted great, looked better, was FREE but for 12 hours I couldn't get far from a toilet.
Maybe just me, but don't want to live those 12 hours again.
Good event. Marginal eats. Roger 'the real' courses!!!
Reminder to event planners, humans prefer enclosed spaces to relieve themselves. Two porto-cans at the far end of a narrow double grid and site facilities on the other side of the course don't make it, especially with paddock a quarter mile away.
Team Whitener was flying and lots of rocks came back to the FTW area. Madarash covered CP and pax'd the field. So what else is new.....
Good to see national finally enforcing penalties against those late to grid and work assignments. Unfortunately it appeared a bit selective. Obvious problems with sound monitoring at this one. Top of the pile was that a weenie protest was upheld. One quatro car and driver(s) should be parked by national for their antics but doubtfull anything will happen.
Missed the set-up, drove like crap, hotel flooded, ............ glad I'm home....
Anything to do with this?Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve E
::Banana::Quote:
Originally Posted by nealb
Congrats to all the trophy winners, especially ozmdd, who managed to trophy in STR at his first National event. Good job guys!
I'm really sad I couldn't make it. Instead of leaving for Houston Friday morning I ended up in the emergency room at Baylor Plano instead... :(
Are youtalking about the protest against J-Fo? More info on the "quattro car"?Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve E
so Steve, that is two Houston Region events in a row that you aren't thrilled with
will there be more?
TX Region represented very well in Houston this weekend. I can't find results online yet that are in an export-able format, so I did this the old fashioned way - putting an eyeball on the results:
34 Classes overall
69 Trophies Given overall
TX Region Trophies: 16
- 1st Place: 11
- 2nd Place: 3
- 3rd Place +: 2
YMMV
The bathroom situation was pretty retarded. It was a long walk from anywhere besides the timing trailer. Worse, the paddock was at the opposite end of the site from everything else, and not a single port-a-potty was placed down there. Dumb.
The dinner Saturday Night (sponsored by Vorschlag) was fantastic, and was the highlight of the event, socially. Really well-done. Of course, the Houston Region was very cool to provide free beer each evening in the Tower Club, but they only bought one keg, so it was floated before dinner even got served.
Another gripe is that they scheduled the course to be open for walking and tech/registration to be open from 5:00-7:30 pm on Friday, but they actually had to tear-down the course and close everything at 6 because the drag races were using the space. How does something like that get overlooked? It was a major pisser to anyone who drove in to Houston that afternoon expecting to get time to walk course. I got there a little after 5 and barely had time to tech register and get in one quick walk.
Still, a good event and great weather.
Great job by OZMDD. The lot was notably less grippy than LSP last weekend, which threw our setup out the window, but good challenging courses for sure. And wonderfully mild weather :)