For those of you not familiar with it it is a giant "parking lot" with a course lined out made of cones and you attempt to drive the course as fast as you possibly can without taking out cones. It is simply the most fun I have ever had behind the wheel and you guys know how much I love drag racing. So for those of you that are into corner carving this is the event for you, and for those who are interested in testing the limits of their car or their driving skills this is the place to go. There plenty of people to teach you how to drive a course correctly and even ride with other drivers.

It will be held in Marina Ca. near Monterey and there will be plenty of Norcal members going also so getting hooked up with a caravan should be easy. You can find info at the Norcal-LS1 site in the Road Racing and Racing GTG sections.

http://forum.norcal-ls1.net/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=20

If you want any other info feel free to email me or post on our board.

[ February 26, 2002: Message edited by: 2000BlackGT ]

Lots of BMWs, imports (not riced), Vettes, Mustangs, Jettas, etc. Just about any car that seems like it can handle goes out there and races.

HP is not as big of a deal either. A good driver and a decent car will take a high HP anyday.

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Originally posted by F8LPONY:
Eric, this guy is selling Lindseys old 99 Z28 for about that. It is an awesome car with good mods, headers, lid MAF etc. 18" Boyds, 1000watt PPI stereo system. If you are really serious let me know. You need to go to the autox too!

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What you explain is very similar to what you see at an autox. Although it may look sad it is totally a blast. Depending on the size of the course you usually wont leave 2nd gear but turning though the wide turns sliding sidways amidst a bunch of tire smoke is fun to me.

Don't confuse this with road racing where you reach high speeds. This is more technical driving and is actually very good for learning manuvering skills. Its one thing to watch it, its another to drive it. Kinda like driving fast go carts, looks stupid but it's hella fun.

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Originally posted by 95Camaro:
I need to get a faster car I'm trying to figure out what I should get. I figure I'll be spending the the range of low 20's, if anybody can help me out, that'd be great also. Its tough to find good deals on cars.

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[ February 27, 2002: Message edited by: 2000BlackGT ]

Edit: My point is arent you going out there to test the limits of your car? IMO the only way to become a better driver is hands on and taking it to the limit and even sometimes braking the limit. how are you ever gonna learn how to get out of hair ball situations if you have never been in one. The line between screwing up and railing hard is thin and knowing that feeling that you get when spinning out and still keep control of the car is fun but not one to learnm on the street. I under stand this is not a road race kinda thing but I would hope that i could go faster then that. Well who knows maybe I'll learn some new tricks at this event!!!

[ February 27, 2002: Message edited by: ihatethesesns ]

Ok I was reading this thing title you know your a road racer when and this one kills me every time.
-You complain when cars in front of you on highway off-ramps don't stay on the line, causing your exit speed to drop.

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...Anyone else around here want to head down and run em?

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Its a deep drive for Sacto people but its worth the drive and its a no brainer for Bay area folks.

I'm fairly certain speeds will be higher than 25mph on more than one occasion as the course is being designed by a Muscle car driver . There may be a couple corners that are less than 25, but those are a good chance to practice steering with the right foot .

Next, there is nothing to hit on course except cones(usually don't hurt anything), course workers (they usually get out of the way before you get to them, and the timing lights (please don't hit them). Plus there is only one car run at a time ( there is usualy a 20 second gap between cars or there wouldn't be enough time), so risk to the car is minimal.

Unlike drag racing, a V6 Camaro or Mustang with a good driver can beat a V8 car (my Mom ran pretty equal to an IROC Z at the last event, she was in her '94 Saturn SL2).

ihatethesesns, Shifter Karts will be allowed at this event, and if you are pretty good in it, and you adapt fairly quickly to the conditions, you'd have a pretty good shot at top Time of Day. But for this event you may wanna bring the 'Stang, just to try it (or bring both)

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too bad i didnt see one thing mentioning other cars besides z28, ss, trans am, and corvette, or else i probably would have been interested

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I was reading the solo hand book from one of the links on nor-cal, Do you know why they mark your tires with chalk?

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I haven't read that whole site yet, I just wanted to give people an idea what to expect. No one will mark your tires with anything at this event. SOme people do put shoe polish or something on their tires to help monitor air Pressure.

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I'll try it out, but I dont see why you would spend all kinds of money on suspension just to go slow, I mean there were some nice cars there that I know can rail through turns faster then 25 mph.

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You don't need to spend any money on your suspension to go fast, A good set of tires will help though. Just ask anyone that went for a ride with me last year. You can go faster with the right mods, but they won't help as much as 1. learning to drive, 2. a really good set of tires.
And you don't have to be doing 100+ to test the limits of your car .

The trip down there isn't too bad, it takes my just over an hour in the morning from Fremont, no more than an hour and a half if I stop for gas and that's driving close to the speed limit.

ihatethesesns, if you can find me (shouldn't be too hard), I can put you on my potential list of passangers . (I'll be in the 5th run group)