T hill: private day: 3/13/14
03-22-2014, 10:14 PM
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Funny thing is didn't care about scraping the tirewall but was freaking embarrassing try to get back into paddock so the grp can run more minutes. Turned in fk missed turning circle of car - ended up reversing back and reversing back into pregrid. And it's a chore with a full manual rack!!! Mike
03-22-2014, 10:32 PM
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03-23-2014, 12:55 PM
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Not as Ambitious as Peter as I can't take that much time, but I can get the month of May for fun. Bringing da Civic Si TTD car not the GT3 
85gold aka The Farmer LEFT COAST TRACK SCHEDULE
April 28 or 29 depart Florida for my Bucket List trip.
MAY 3/4 Sat/Sun Spring Mountain NASA TT
May 7 Wed Willow Springs Open Track Racing
May 9 Fri Thunderhill HOD then 350 miles to Buttonwillow overnight drive OR May 9 Fri Buttonwillow PCA Central Coast
May 10/11 Buttonwillow PCA GGR
May 13 Tuesday Portland, OR Beers with Steve Weiner
May 15 Thurs. Ridge MSP HOD
May 16/17 Fri/Sat Ridge MSP Turn 2 lapping
May 19 Mon Laguns Seca HOD
May 23 Fri Thunderhill Trackmasters and May 24/25 NASA TT
May 26/30 Tourist with wife flying out. Possibly May 27 Thunderhill with Golden Gate Lotus Club
May 31/June 1 Sears Point Speed Ventures
June 2 depart for FL with huge grin on my face.
I know NASA isn't the greatest but I need some NASA TT events to qualify for NASA Nationals this year and at least TT is gridded by lap times and open passing.
The one ? I have concerns Buttonwillow. I can do Sat/Sun with PCAGGR and the Friday before with PCA Central Coast or Friday at TH with HOD. Which is better more TH or BW as a track.
Peter
85gold aka The Farmer LEFT COAST TRACK SCHEDULE
April 28 or 29 depart Florida for my Bucket List trip.
MAY 3/4 Sat/Sun Spring Mountain NASA TT
May 7 Wed Willow Springs Open Track Racing
May 9 Fri Thunderhill HOD then 350 miles to Buttonwillow overnight drive OR May 9 Fri Buttonwillow PCA Central Coast
May 10/11 Buttonwillow PCA GGR
May 13 Tuesday Portland, OR Beers with Steve Weiner
May 15 Thurs. Ridge MSP HOD
May 16/17 Fri/Sat Ridge MSP Turn 2 lapping
May 19 Mon Laguns Seca HOD
May 23 Fri Thunderhill Trackmasters and May 24/25 NASA TT
May 26/30 Tourist with wife flying out. Possibly May 27 Thunderhill with Golden Gate Lotus Club
May 31/June 1 Sears Point Speed Ventures
June 2 depart for FL with huge grin on my face.
I know NASA isn't the greatest but I need some NASA TT events to qualify for NASA Nationals this year and at least TT is gridded by lap times and open passing.
The one ? I have concerns Buttonwillow. I can do Sat/Sun with PCAGGR and the Friday before with PCA Central Coast or Friday at TH with HOD. Which is better more TH or BW as a track.
Peter
03-23-2014, 01:09 PM
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I can't do all of them, you are going for a month, I just fly in and out.
Hoping for the better tracks at least 2-4 days the lesser ones a day is fine.
I'm trying to find out the teneral consensus on what tracks are great, good, ok and bad.
Either way I want to try them all but I may have to choose and 1 day is not enough unless a short boring track.
Streets of willow might suck like PBIR, so 1 day is enough.
Driven about 20 tracks plus 6 laps at the ring so far, so adding 6-7 tracks to my list is cool!
Hoping for the better tracks at least 2-4 days the lesser ones a day is fine.
I'm trying to find out the teneral consensus on what tracks are great, good, ok and bad.
Either way I want to try them all but I may have to choose and 1 day is not enough unless a short boring track.
Streets of willow might suck like PBIR, so 1 day is enough.
Driven about 20 tracks plus 6 laps at the ring so far, so adding 6-7 tracks to my list is cool!
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03-23-2014, 01:12 PM
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Not as Ambitious as Peter as I can't take that much time, but I can get the month of May for fun. Bringing da Civic Si TTD car not the GT3
85gold aka The Farmer LEFT COAST TRACK SCHEDULE
April 28 or 29 depart Florida for my Bucket List trip.
MAY 3/4 Sat/Sun Spring Mountain NASA TT
May 7 Wed Willow Springs Open Track Racing
May 9 Fri Thunderhill HOD then 350 miles to Buttonwillow overnight drive OR May 9 Fri Buttonwillow PCA Central Coast
May 10/11 Buttonwillow PCA GGR
May 13 Tuesday Portland, OR Beers with Steve Weiner
May 15 Thurs. Ridge MSP HOD
May 16/17 Fri/Sat Ridge MSP Turn 2 lapping
May 19 Mon Laguns Seca HOD
May 23 Fri Thunderhill Trackmasters and May 24/25 NASA TT
May 26/30 Tourist with wife flying out. Possibly May 27 Thunderhill with Golden Gate Lotus Club
May 31/June 1 Sears Point Speed Ventures
June 2 depart for FL with huge grin on my face.
I know NASA isn't the greatest but I need some NASA TT events to qualify for NASA Nationals this year and at least TT is gridded by lap times and open passing.
The one ? I have concerns Buttonwillow. I can do Sat/Sun with PCAGGR and the Friday before with PCA Central Coast or Friday at TH with HOD. Which is better more TH or BW as a track.
Peter
85gold aka The Farmer LEFT COAST TRACK SCHEDULE
April 28 or 29 depart Florida for my Bucket List trip.
MAY 3/4 Sat/Sun Spring Mountain NASA TT
May 7 Wed Willow Springs Open Track Racing
May 9 Fri Thunderhill HOD then 350 miles to Buttonwillow overnight drive OR May 9 Fri Buttonwillow PCA Central Coast
May 10/11 Buttonwillow PCA GGR
May 13 Tuesday Portland, OR Beers with Steve Weiner
May 15 Thurs. Ridge MSP HOD
May 16/17 Fri/Sat Ridge MSP Turn 2 lapping
May 19 Mon Laguns Seca HOD
May 23 Fri Thunderhill Trackmasters and May 24/25 NASA TT
May 26/30 Tourist with wife flying out. Possibly May 27 Thunderhill with Golden Gate Lotus Club
May 31/June 1 Sears Point Speed Ventures
June 2 depart for FL with huge grin on my face.
I know NASA isn't the greatest but I need some NASA TT events to qualify for NASA Nationals this year and at least TT is gridded by lap times and open passing.
The one ? I have concerns Buttonwillow. I can do Sat/Sun with PCAGGR and the Friday before with PCA Central Coast or Friday at TH with HOD. Which is better more TH or BW as a track.
Peter
03-23-2014, 01:22 PM
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For socal: people seem to like buttonwillow a little more than chuckwalla. chuckwalla is very new, somewhat technical, some speed, but no long straights, lots of sweepers, a couple somewhat technical spots. BW is more of that, but more speed, more variation.
Big willow is very fast, 9 turns, not technical, but stupid fast (just watch the video of jack olsen in his vintage 911 hot rod). Streets is a fun, small technical track. I think 1 day is good for either of these since you have all the others on your list. Some say chuckwalla is like a big streets (not a bad thing).
Big willow and streets are probably the least liked here between the 5 (big willow, streets of willow, button willow, chuckwalla, fontana).
For Fontana speedway with the roval/infield, you will have serious speed as you're using 1/2 the nascar track.
I'll guess many in Socal would rank the tracks like this:
buttonwillow > chuckwalla > streets of willow > fontana roval > big willow
The one not mentioned here is Thermal raceway which is a private track. Some local shops here do events there. I've not been, supposedly it's nice.
I've only got my schedule booked through May:
3/29-30 BMW CCA at Chuckwalla
4/12-13 NCRC at Buttonwillow
5/3-4 PCA SDR at Chuckwalla
5/10-11 PCA GGR at Buttonwillow (Reg opens 3/29)
May add something in there, but traveling a bunch for work right now making it tough to do more than 1-2 per month.
After that not sure, may do POC 5/31-6/1 at Fontana
Big willow is very fast, 9 turns, not technical, but stupid fast (just watch the video of jack olsen in his vintage 911 hot rod). Streets is a fun, small technical track. I think 1 day is good for either of these since you have all the others on your list. Some say chuckwalla is like a big streets (not a bad thing).
Big willow and streets are probably the least liked here between the 5 (big willow, streets of willow, button willow, chuckwalla, fontana).
For Fontana speedway with the roval/infield, you will have serious speed as you're using 1/2 the nascar track.
I'll guess many in Socal would rank the tracks like this:
buttonwillow > chuckwalla > streets of willow > fontana roval > big willow
The one not mentioned here is Thermal raceway which is a private track. Some local shops here do events there. I've not been, supposedly it's nice.
I've only got my schedule booked through May:
3/29-30 BMW CCA at Chuckwalla
4/12-13 NCRC at Buttonwillow
5/3-4 PCA SDR at Chuckwalla
5/10-11 PCA GGR at Buttonwillow (Reg opens 3/29)
May add something in there, but traveling a bunch for work right now making it tough to do more than 1-2 per month.
After that not sure, may do POC 5/31-6/1 at Fontana
03-23-2014, 01:45 PM
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http://www.autoclubspeedway.com/Gues...rack-Maps.aspx
The sports car track is usually called the Roval. POC used to run the infield track. 5/31-6/1 POC will be running the Roval.
03-23-2014, 01:59 PM
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So like Homestead and Daytona.
Not bad but not my favorites.
I have July 12th 1 day with HOD.
May31st-june1 I should go to Sonoma I think.
Only have 4 days total as Sonoma so far, 2 seems not enough..
Not bad but not my favorites.
I have July 12th 1 day with HOD.
May31st-june1 I should go to Sonoma I think.
Only have 4 days total as Sonoma so far, 2 seems not enough..
03-23-2014, 05:21 PM
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In bold what I will try to do;
What is POC? They have a website more dates?.
May 2+3 Friday+Saturday…………………… Thill…………….…… NCRacing ==> if no truck and trailer and no transport avail to Chuckwalla
May 3+4 Saturday+Sunday...................Spring Mountain.....NASA
May 3+4 Saturday+Sunday…………………..Chuckwalla…………PCA San Diego ==> Need truck and trailer or transport
May 7 Wednesday..................................Willow Springs......Open Track Racing ==>Too far for 1 day?
May 9 Friday……………………………………… Thill………………..… HOD
May 10+11 Saturday+Sunday……………… Bwillow…………….. PCA GGR
May 10+11 Saturday+Sunday................ Thill.....................Audi GG
May 13 Tuesday…………………………………Thill……………………. NCRacing
May 17+18 Saturday+Sunday................SpringMountain.......speedventures ==> Need truck and trailer or transport. Maybe drive overnight to LS. See if I can do Corvette day the 16th/ or 19th.
May 19 Monday………………………………… LS………………………..HOD
May 23+24 Friday+Saturday……………….Thill…………………….. TrackMasters
May 25 Saturday+Sunday.............. Willow springs..........Speedvenures => Streets or big?
May 25 Sunday.....................................Thill....................... NASA
May 27 Tuesday....................................Thill........................ Lotus
May 31+1 Saturday+Sunday……………….Sonoma…………..….. TrackMasters
May 31+1 Saturday+Sunday……………….Chuckwalla………..… Star car sports
May 31+1 Saturday+Sunday.................Autoclub Fontana.....POC
June 7+8 Saturday+Sunday………………..Thill…………………….. HOD
June 14-22 Porsche Parade Monterey PCA
June 19 Thursday……………………………… LS…………………….….. HOD
June 20 Friday…………………………………… LS……………………….. NCRacing
June 20+21 Saturday+Sunday……………. LS………………………… PCA
==> LS NCRacing and PCA combined?
June 28+29 Saturday+Sunday……………. Sonoma …………….… Track Masters
June 28+29 Saturday+Sunday……………. Thill……………………… NCRacing
July 11 Friday………………………………………Thill……………………… NCRacing
July 12 Saturday………………………………….Autoclub Fontana ..… HOD
==> Too far for 1 day, but need to try.
July 12+13 Saturday +Sunday...............THill...........................PCA
Aug 2+3 Saturday+Sunday………………… Thill……………………….. NCRacing
Cant find anything else on HOD, NCRC and Track masters.
Ship car / truck and trailer back or grab a couple track days before Aug 13th.
What is POC? They have a website more dates?.
May 2+3 Friday+Saturday…………………… Thill…………….…… NCRacing ==> if no truck and trailer and no transport avail to Chuckwalla
May 3+4 Saturday+Sunday...................Spring Mountain.....NASA
May 3+4 Saturday+Sunday…………………..Chuckwalla…………PCA San Diego ==> Need truck and trailer or transport
May 7 Wednesday..................................Willow Springs......Open Track Racing ==>Too far for 1 day?
May 9 Friday……………………………………… Thill………………..… HOD
May 10+11 Saturday+Sunday……………… Bwillow…………….. PCA GGR
May 10+11 Saturday+Sunday................ Thill.....................Audi GG
May 13 Tuesday…………………………………Thill……………………. NCRacing
May 17+18 Saturday+Sunday................SpringMountain.......speedventures ==> Need truck and trailer or transport. Maybe drive overnight to LS. See if I can do Corvette day the 16th/ or 19th.
May 19 Monday………………………………… LS………………………..HOD
May 23+24 Friday+Saturday……………….Thill…………………….. TrackMasters
May 25 Saturday+Sunday.............. Willow springs..........Speedvenures => Streets or big?
May 25 Sunday.....................................Thill....................... NASA
May 27 Tuesday....................................Thill........................ Lotus
May 31+1 Saturday+Sunday……………….Sonoma…………..….. TrackMasters
May 31+1 Saturday+Sunday……………….Chuckwalla………..… Star car sports
May 31+1 Saturday+Sunday.................Autoclub Fontana.....POC
June 7+8 Saturday+Sunday………………..Thill…………………….. HOD
June 14-22 Porsche Parade Monterey PCA
June 19 Thursday……………………………… LS…………………….….. HOD
June 20 Friday…………………………………… LS……………………….. NCRacing
June 20+21 Saturday+Sunday……………. LS………………………… PCA
==> LS NCRacing and PCA combined?
June 28+29 Saturday+Sunday……………. Sonoma …………….… Track Masters
June 28+29 Saturday+Sunday……………. Thill……………………… NCRacing
July 11 Friday………………………………………Thill……………………… NCRacing
July 12 Saturday………………………………….Autoclub Fontana ..… HOD
==> Too far for 1 day, but need to try.
July 12+13 Saturday +Sunday...............THill...........................PCA
Aug 2+3 Saturday+Sunday………………… Thill……………………….. NCRacing
Cant find anything else on HOD, NCRC and Track masters.
Ship car / truck and trailer back or grab a couple track days before Aug 13th.
03-23-2014, 05:42 PM
#254
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Poc is porsche owners club
Http://Www.Porscheclubracing.org
Ncrc is northern ca racing club
http://www.ncracing.org
Hod is hooked on driving
http://www.hookedondriving.com
Http://Www.Porscheclubracing.org
Ncrc is northern ca racing club
http://www.ncracing.org
Hod is hooked on driving
http://www.hookedondriving.com
03-23-2014, 06:13 PM
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Not as Ambitious as Peter as I can't take that much time, but I can get the month of May for fun. Bringing da Civic Si TTD car not the GT3
85gold aka The Farmer LEFT COAST TRACK SCHEDULE
April 28 or 29 depart Florida for my Bucket List trip.
MAY 3/4 Sat/Sun Spring Mountain NASA TT
May 7 Wed Willow Springs Open Track Racing
May 9 Fri Thunderhill HOD then 350 miles to Buttonwillow overnight drive OR May 9 Fri Buttonwillow PCA Central Coast
May 10/11 Buttonwillow PCA GGR
May 13 Tuesday Portland, OR Beers with Steve Weiner
May 15 Thurs. Ridge MSP HOD
May 16/17 Fri/Sat Ridge MSP Turn 2 lapping
May 19 Mon Laguns Seca HOD
May 23 Fri Thunderhill Trackmasters and May 24/25 NASA TT
May 26/30 Tourist with wife flying out. Possibly May 27 Thunderhill with Golden Gate Lotus Club
May 31/June 1 Sears Point Speed Ventures
June 2 depart for FL with huge grin on my face.
I know NASA isn't the greatest but I need some NASA TT events to qualify for NASA Nationals this year and at least TT is gridded by lap times and open passing.
The one ? I have concerns Buttonwillow. I can do Sat/Sun with PCAGGR and the Friday before with PCA Central Coast or Friday at TH with HOD. Which is better more TH or BW as a track.
Peter
85gold aka The Farmer LEFT COAST TRACK SCHEDULE
April 28 or 29 depart Florida for my Bucket List trip.
MAY 3/4 Sat/Sun Spring Mountain NASA TT
May 7 Wed Willow Springs Open Track Racing
May 9 Fri Thunderhill HOD then 350 miles to Buttonwillow overnight drive OR May 9 Fri Buttonwillow PCA Central Coast
May 10/11 Buttonwillow PCA GGR
May 13 Tuesday Portland, OR Beers with Steve Weiner
May 15 Thurs. Ridge MSP HOD
May 16/17 Fri/Sat Ridge MSP Turn 2 lapping
May 19 Mon Laguns Seca HOD
May 23 Fri Thunderhill Trackmasters and May 24/25 NASA TT
May 26/30 Tourist with wife flying out. Possibly May 27 Thunderhill with Golden Gate Lotus Club
May 31/June 1 Sears Point Speed Ventures
June 2 depart for FL with huge grin on my face.
I know NASA isn't the greatest but I need some NASA TT events to qualify for NASA Nationals this year and at least TT is gridded by lap times and open passing.
The one ? I have concerns Buttonwillow. I can do Sat/Sun with PCAGGR and the Friday before with PCA Central Coast or Friday at TH with HOD. Which is better more TH or BW as a track.
Peter
do BW fri-sub
we will b there