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Old 05-05-2016, 10:19 PM
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One week. Grand Bend Raceway first car lapping starts Thursday May 12th.

I hope to be there. I have to take my wife to an important doctor's appointment at 3 pm that day and it will depend when the appointment is over. She had a major stroke in December and presently we are going to Parkwood for outpatient therapy.

I will most likely run my Honda S2000 CR because the RS needs more Kilometers as well as trip to Pfaff Tuning for the Roll Bar.
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Originally Posted by John Elliot
One week. Grand Bend Raceway first car lapping starts Thursday May 12th.

I hope to be there. I have to take my wife to an important doctor's appointment at 3 pm that day and it will depend when the appointment is over. She had a major stroke in December and presently we are going to Parkwood for outpatient therapy.

I will most likely run my Honda S2000 CR because the RS needs more Kilometers as well as trip to Pfaff Tuning for the Roll Bar.
Best wishes to you and your wife.
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We appreciate that, thank you. We are blessed that our daughter and grand daughter live just down the street and are a tremendous help.

All four of us plan to attend Grand Bend Track Days just like we did last year. Great to have their support of my hobby.
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We appreciate that, thank you. We are blessed that our daughter and grand daughter live just down the street and are a tremendous help.

All four of us plan to attend Grand Bend Track Days just like we did last year. Great to have their support of my hobby.
All the best, John, I hope to see you next week. I'm over 2000km, so I'm going to go for it.
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2,000 KMs - that's good. I have 450 KMs but I'm going out tonight to attempt to pile some on. Only 6 days left.
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Originally Posted by John Elliot
One week. Grand Bend Raceway first car lapping starts Thursday May 12th.

I hope to be there. I have to take my wife to an important doctor's appointment at 3 pm that day and it will depend when the appointment is over. She had a major stroke in December and presently we are going to Parkwood for outpatient therapy.

I will most likely run my Honda S2000 CR because the RS needs more Kilometers as well as trip to Pfaff Tuning for the Roll Bar.
John, please give my best to your wife on this very special mother's day and hopefully she recovers 100% from her stroke.
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Thank you. Health should never be taken for granted. We are blessed to have so many excellent Doctors and Nurses helping us here in London.
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Thursday May 12th

780 KM on the RS, not ready yet. The S2000 CR is ready for an initial run.
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Originally Posted by John Elliot
Thursday May 12th

780 KM on the RS, not ready yet. The S2000 CR is ready for an initial run.
See you tonight, John. Looking forward to watching you do your magic!
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Great night at Grand Bend Raceway. Doctor appointment went late so I didn't get there until almost 7 but still got in three sessions with the CR. I was terrible in my first session but improved in the next two but still was off Todd's time with the other Honda House CR. Our best Laps were just below 1 Minute - we got into the 59s.

We ran the Modified Circuit.

Ben's Cayman S looked really good and ran well despite having old tires. Ben, Todd ran out of gas before we reached the Bend.

I saw a beautiful White GT3 close to the Track heading back to London. Sorry I missed you.

I need to get the Kilometers on the RS as soon as possible. I'm really anxious to get it on Track.

Next run Thursday May 19.
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Originally Posted by John Elliot
Great night at Grand Bend Raceway. Doctor appointment went late so I didn't get there until almost 7 but still got in three sessions with the CR. I was terrible in my first session but improved in the next two but still was off Todd's time with the other Honda House CR. Our best Laps were just below 1 Minute - we got into the 59s.

We ran the Modified Circuit.

Ben's Cayman S looked really good and ran well despite having old tires. Ben, Todd ran out of gas before we reached the Bend.

I saw a beautiful White GT3 close to the Track heading back to London. Sorry I missed you.

I need to get the Kilometers on the RS as soon as possible. I'm really anxious to get it on Track.

Next run Thursday May 19.
John, I thought I saw a white S2000 as I was on my way home! I had to get back before 8, AND I found myself feeling motion sick (which has happened to me a few times in the past - next time I'll have to take a scopolamine patch).

The car was absolutely fantastic on the track...point it where you want it to go and it goes there. And the sound is incredible.

Sorry I missed you!
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Mike, I'm happy you are enjoying the GT3.

I was back at Grand Bend today to see Paul Cudmore's Formula V do some shakedown runs. Paul was the one who got me interested in Track Days. Another beautiful day at the Bend.
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The drive to the Bend helped to add some KMs to the RS. Now over 911 KMs.
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I know of two Porsches from Chatham that will be at Grand Bend Raceway this Thursday Evening.
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Grand Bend Motorplex now has an App.

Weather looks perfect for tomorrow.


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