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Old 05-08-2009 | 09:28 PM
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Thanks for organizing Bruce! What a fabulous day. I think I ran almost 75min straight this afternoon until the gas light came on I was having so much fun.

Marc gave me a tour of the new building - granite and monogrammed pillow cases in the guest suites! And the view! It will be a unique drawing card that is for sure.

I noticed the balancer and Snap-On Tool chest getting set-up for the trackside service and practically drooled over the slicks, R-comps, and wets in the garage. Guess I need two more sets of rims now!

Great day, great track as always - I can't believe the changes in the past 6 months.


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Old 05-09-2009 | 12:46 AM
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Originally Posted by acadian_dad
Hey Bruce - thanks for organizing a great day ! Calabogie was (as always) a complete and utter blast.

It was nice to put some faces to some of the names from the forum. I'll be down at the PCA UCR DE at Mosport at end of May - so hope to see some of you again then ! I'll be the one in the silver boxster not quite sure where he is on the track !
Thanks for the kind words Dave, it was a blast today.

You will love Mosport. The difference between Calabogie and Mosport is that Calabogie takes a day to learn, but you stop scaring yourself after 20 laps. Mosport takes 20 minutes to learn and then you start scaring yourself more and more and more as you get better at it - you will love that place, it has some of the fastest corners you'll ever do.
Old 05-09-2009 | 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by EX1K
Thanks for organizing Bruce! What a fabulous day. I think I ran almost 75min straight this afternoon until the gas light came on I was having so much fun.

Marc gave me a tour of the new building - granite and monogrammed pillow cases in the guest suites! And the view! It will be a unique drawing card that is for sure.

I noticed the balancer and Snap-On Tool chest getting set-up for the trackside service and practically drooled over the slicks, R-comps, and wets in the garage. Guess I need two more sets of rims now!

Great day, great track as always - I can't believe the changes in the past 6 months.


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Thanks Chris, we aim to please. I'm hoping to put together another Rennlist day in August, when I get a free minute next week I'll check the dates and post a couple.
Old 05-09-2009 | 01:33 PM
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Great day, lots of

The track facilities have really came along and look great! Hope the grand opening is a hit. Hopefully next time we can get more cars out. It was pretty lonely on the track.

Thanks Bruce
Old 05-09-2009 | 02:06 PM
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I will definitely do August.
Old 05-09-2009 | 02:40 PM
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A perfect day - unlimited track time, relaxed atmosphere, professional staff and an amazing track.

My favourite sequence is the rollercoaster sequence of turns 12-14. You get to try to induce some oversteer into 12 then dive down into 13 and fire up and out of 14.

Calabogie is the #1 driver track in my mind.

Thanks Bruce and congrats on making your dream a reality.
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Here are the photos I took.

































































Old 05-09-2009 | 03:16 PM
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Old 05-09-2009 | 03:19 PM
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Old 05-09-2009 | 03:43 PM
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Default What a day - thank you Bruce!



Simply Fantastic.....

I clocked 422 track kms - er that's 80+ laps or 1600 corners - no wonder your tires are sha..ged Greg.

Left Calabogie in a trance state.

Only thing missing...more folks, the track got very lonely at times.

Kev
Old 05-09-2009 | 05:13 PM
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To bad the mic sucks bad on the $130 camera I bought. You would hear the reason why the got shredded.

Here is some video:





Some back end wiggle


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Old 05-09-2009 | 10:28 PM
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looks like you guys had a blast! I should be able to make it out for a weekday event in August. glad you guys had fun.



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