Since Mike is holding firm in his "anti-organizing" stance, I'll let everyone know about the next autocross event. It's at the LVMS Drift Lot, and it's on Mother's Day. For more info click here.

1. Rob

 

<<--- Maybe...

 

LOL thanks Rob. I won't know if I am going to this one until a few days before. Some of my family is coming down from Cali for mom's day, but we may be celebrating it on Saturday so they can drive home on Sunday. Or they may want to celebrate Sunday and drive home Monday.

1. Rob
2. Aarif (Maybe)
3. Mike (Maybe)
4.
5.

I really hope I can make this so I can have a better shot at the trophy at the end of the year.

 

Mothers day... definite maybe.

 

Lol, What a day to pick it.

 

1. Rob
2. Aarif (Maybe)
3. Mike (Maybe)
4. Ty (Maybe)
5.

 

1. Rob
2. Aarif (Maybe)
3. Mike (Maybe)
4. Ty (Maybe)
5. Brian (now that I have my car back)

 

What's up wit dat? Mike is THE organizer, right? The only thing that I can think of is that he's feeling the frustration that we are feeling in the G35 part of the world right now...lack of participation. I've tried to get a few things together and noone (barring Mr. Roneski) seemed interested. (the dyno day being the exception to the rule. The after dyno BBQ fizzled though.) There was alot talk about getting some things together for the Extreme Autofest about a month or so ago. Then everything fizzled. Our group was getting together about twice a month (with some Z guys there) and that seems to have fizzled. Tech sessions...fizzled. Things were looking like we were getting a good group together about 2 months ago. What the heck happened?

I think it was the fact that so many people have different ideas about what they want from a car club. Some people are interested in performance, some are interested in looks, some just want a social outlet. I think that's why the BWW group is still going strong. They have enough people showing up to make the group appeal to everyone, no matter the reason. The Z group and G groups are small so if you have an event that focuses on racing and you lose the casual and appearance-oriented people, you only have a few people show up.

I have made the suggestion to Mike we might want to start combining together for some meetings, events, etc. to try to get a steady group going. I know from our side, Ty and I are open for most events. Everyone else is pretty hit-and-miss.

Sorry to hijack the thread, I just noticed Rob's comment and felt the need to put in my one cent worth...

Brian

 

Don't worry Brian, I am not feelin the pressure. I did this for a couple of reasons. One, to get more people involved in bieng a part of the club, not just someone who posts up on the boards, and two, I am just too busy right now. I have 8 shopping centers that I am trying to lease out right now at work on top of working on 3 vacant land sales. Then on top of that I have finals in two weeks, and trying to be Mr. Home Improvement before the fam comes in from Cali. Once summer hits and school is over I will probably have time to start organizing things again. Thank you for your concern though.

 

^^ Damn I wish I had some shopping centers to do! LOL

That reminds me, I gotta go study for the test again, lol

 

And I, literally, am a hit-and-miss. My schedule is just as f'd up as everyone else's. Three on, three off, 12 hours each.

But, as promised, I will enter our club for this year's JGTC.

 

I pre-registered to run the SCCA autocross in my 350Z, but now I see that I will not be able to make it. Again. The PCA is going to be at the outside road course that same weekend. It was a tough choice. NOT. Less than 10 minutes of seat time at the autocross or more than 2 hours of track time with the Porsche Club.

 

The outside road coarse at LVMS?

 

The 2.4 mile road corse is located just to the south of the Big Speedway Track. (Kind of in between the big track and the Bullring.)

It is shown in an old configuration in the 2nd photo, but you can see where it is in relation to the big track.

 

There are not many events that are open to everybody drive this course. Why do they schedule all of the good events on Mother's Day? Bastards...

 

Mike, do you have any space in the northwest. I know a guy who wants to open another real estate office in that area. PM me if you know of anything.

 

Damn that course looks fun... mmmm straightaways... *drool*

 

Hey John - is that open to the "Non-Porsche" crowd? Can I go, is what I'm saying....

 

Sure you can come out and play in the Drivers Ed groups. All it takes is $125 / day, a SA helmet and a car that will pass tech. Here is a link to the Intermountain Regions web site with all the registration info you need. http://vista.pca.org/int/clubracing1.htm

 

You've got a PM

 

Hmm.... looks like autocross might not make the cut.

 

I'll be at the track all 3 days for the Porsche Club race & drivers ed.
Look for me in the black 914/6.

 

Looks like no one went for the autocross today??

 

I went! It was a long fast course with average time around 70 sec. We got 4 runs. I thought we had 5 runs so I was pretty disappointed when I pulled up for for my final "*****-out-I-dont-care-if-i-DNF" run and was told I could not go again. But oh well. The best cars (like Ray and others) were in the 60-62 sec. range. I hit a 68.0...and I never hit a cone on any of my runs! I wish some of you guys would have been there to tell me to turn the damn VDC off. The first two runs had the VDC on. The last two I did not. I was able to shave 4 sec off of my time by throwing the car around with it off. Also, I almost rearended one of the S2k guys. (Not Kareem) They were staggering starts by like 15-20 seconds and I was gaining ground on him the whole course. I came across the finish line about 1 second behind him. It was kinda scary, but I was having a good run and was not going to let a damn S2k get in my way! Haha!

I've decided that when my wife's Miata is retired from daily driver status in a few months, I'm going to turn it into an autocross beast. I will say that I have a new respect for my G now. It handles so much better than I realized once I was able to push it this hard.

 

Awesome! I love the longer courses. I wish I could have made it.