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Road & Track's Ride & Drive program is coming to Dallas/Fort Worth (the Ballpark in Arlington, to be exact), the weekend of July 24/25. The 25th is an SCCA event at Pennington, but I'm thinking it would be fun to get a group together for Saturday. Anyone interested?
Sounds like a blast, I'm in. Gotta love thrashing someone else's car. :twisted:
Let me know what time and I am there. Early afternoon as in 12: or so is best for me, as I need to back on this side of town to go to work at 4 or so.
Sounds like fun. What time slot are you shooting for?
Sounds like fun! (sammm posting at 1:30am?!?!? I love my job! :roll: )
I voted for 11am BTW.
I've edited the original post to include a poll on what time we want to go. PLease vote, and once we've decided on a time, we can register.
I want to go! 8)
But if we go out there on Saturday, we'll miss the SCCA AX School! :shock: :lol:
I might be interested. I'll have to find out what the event is all about... if "thrashing" means anything like what Mazda set up for it's Mazda Rev It Up, then I'm probably not interested. Not that Mazda's thing was bad, but other than the two "cold" (no course walk, no time in the car to figure it out) autocross runs, everything else was seriously controlled. :roll: It was fun, and I give Mazda a ton of credit for doing it, but it wasn't what I'd call "thrashing"... :P
BTW, I "voted" for I'm free whenever.
Man, I'm glad you got your long and inaccurate list of excuses out of the way! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kestrel
I'd bet it will be a very controlled test drive scenario! Sounds like fun!
What excuses? All I'm saying is that if they are going to have folks yelling at me to slow down, what's the use? :roll: Heck, I get that from the passenger seat all the time, and I don't have to drive to Arlington and wait in lines to get it... :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
Aw come on out and play! It will be fun! 8)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kestrel
You are less likeley to have an instructor wreck your car :nutkick: than at the SCCA AX School. Not to mention there's a H :shock: ters less than 5 minutes away.Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
From the previously linked website:
So it sounds like you'll get to push it to the limits at least a little bit (threshold braking and accident avoidance).Quote:
...experiencing acceleration, braking, handling, and accident avoidance situations and forming your own opinions...
So, the question remains: 11 am or 12 noon? What's the consensus, or do we all just want to pick our own times and have a little overlap from one session to the other?
Dont get me wrong, I am coming, but I do agree with Kestrel.
I have been to a Merceds "c-spot" event. You get to drive a c class around a crappy narrow autoX course with cars let go 10 seconds before you. I have also done GMs version with their cars and others. This experience taught me not to bring along your girlfriend, as she thinks every car you drive will roll. Or maybe that was just my driving... :twisted:. However, since this is free and a good excuse to drive someone elses car hard atleast for a second, it is worth it so Ill see yall there.
I'm leaning towards 11:00!Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
I'm in for 11. Where are we going for lunch after?
No, she thinks every car YOU drive will roll, and I know why :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Majik
Sweet! :DQuote:
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I'm in at 11am.
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I just tried to register and it said the 11:00 was full I am sure there will be spots, so I registered for the 12 and I will just show up early and tell them something came up.
Yep, 11am slot is full. Melissa and I signed up for 12 pm.
Who all is bringing an SO?
I probably am.
My friend Tom is in for 10. I will probably show up early to watch him.Quote:
Originally Posted by onething
OH my goodness Onething actually has a friend. :D Who Knew!!!! :flower:Quote:
Originally Posted by onething
I'm registered for Noon :D
TD
Cassie and I are in for noon as well
I'm in for noon also. :D
Holly Cow! :pig: :shock:Quote:
Originally Posted by IMVivid
Between onething having a friend and now the fact your actually planning to attend this event, It's just tooo much! :geek: :wink:
He and I have protected each other from bad influences since the 7th grade. That is why you didn't know, IMVivid :PQuote:
Originally Posted by IMVivid
Well obviously he is not doing a very good job after all you are now hanging around POS. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by onething
Finally, I am officially in!
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Thanks for registering, Hal.
You are registered for the 11:00 AM session of the Car and Driver / Road & Track event in Dallas on July 24, 2004. Rain or shine.
Nope, yer out now, aren't you? As I recall from the SCCA Solo Meeting, you'll be instructing at the SCCA School that day.Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
Hell, I don't know what I'll be doing that day, to be honest. I'd like to do this, I volunteered for the SCCA school (although I've yet to get an email or phone call form Mr. Bellamy), and Melissa is trying to get in for some minor surgery that Friday, so I may end up spending the day at home taking care of her.
:shock: Hope it's nothing serious. No need to discuss it here in "open forum", but she has my best wishes for a speedy recovery. :thumleft:Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
Hey Sparky - give Melissa my best and tell her she's in my prayers. She's one of my favorite people. She came to my birthday party when all she had to base an opinion on was one brief meeting and your input :lol:
Thanks guys, I'll pass your well wishes along. She's one of my favorite people too. :wink:
No, it's nothing serious, but it will mean being off her feet for a couple of days.
Which reminds me - if it does fall on that weekend, I'll be coming out to the SCCA event to work Tech, but I'll probably need to plead my way into running 1st heat and heading home after that. Does anyone here in C Stock have a problem if I ran in an earlier heat than the rest of y'all so that I could go back home and take care of my wife?
Nope, I happy for you to run Heat 1. But CS is in Heat 2 anyway, so if they don't budge (and I'm sure they will), at least you won't have to hang around too much longer.
Altiain are you in or out for Saturday?
What about the rest of you cone Smacking yahoo's! :P
The SO and I are in. We are supposed to be there 15 minutes or so early (10:45am for some of us).Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing