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We are all set up here in the pits. Two sessions in and people are having fun. We be are running with the open wheelers today to make up the numbers. Sadly one car died. Initial diagnosis is oil pump driven engine failure.

Closing this organization thread to migrate to posting photos of the event at:

But breaking an oil pump pulley is very special. Never seen one disintegrate on a seven before. I think Vlad will cope with minimal tears.

And we have a winner - first breakdown of the event. Also second breakdown of the event. (Misfire then threw an oil pump belt then thre a rod through the starter).

I have a reservation tonight (Thursday September 5) at the Green Olive in Vineland (near Holiday Inn / Fairfield) at 7pm for 8ppl. Its been hard to guess who is coming in or not tonight. If you want to join the dinner tonight please chime in here or text me (most of you have my cell phone by now). For Friday night (September 6) we will be at the NJMP clubhouse. Easier to roll off a track and into a refreshing beverage. For those staying over Saturday night we will put something together once we know who is staying.

Joe Mills of NJMP Drivers club has just emailed around the schedule for Friday. If you registered and do not see an email then please check your spam folder. Pasting from that email below: Thursday, 9/5: Trailer drop-off/unloading at Thunderbolt will be permitted after 7:00 PM. Friday, 9/6: Gates open at 6:30 AM NOTE: This event will be a LATE START Breakfast will be available from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM at the Finish Line Pub. Lunch will be available also at the Finish Line Pub. Registration and Tech Inspection will open at 8:30 AM. All Drivers and Guests/Crew must check-in at Registration. All cars must be inspected prior to running on the track. Please arrive early. It is NOT reasonable to arrive at 9:15 AM and expect to get through Registration and Tech Inspection prior to the 9:30 AM Drivers Meeting. Please be sure your vehicle is in proper order when presenting to Tech Inspection. Your helmet is required at Tech Inspection. The Mandatory Drivers Meeting will begin promptly at 9:30 AM. All Drivers MUST Attend. No Exceptions. I will note that if you say you are headed to garage 367 you will be allowed in early rather than held outside the NJMP property until 7pm. I can then sort out early trailer drop off on Thursday at the pits. Tom, Simon and myself are testing on Thunderbolt on Thursday and will be in the pits. Use our names at the gatehouse if needed.

Fairly simple. People with yellow cars are exempt.

With thanks to Justin @DatsunRBZ he has kindly contributed a bunch of swag for participants on Friday and Saturday! First one to breakdown forfeits. I have my hunch I know who….

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It was there Graham....but thank you for the timely reminder as there is always one person who forgets. For those who forget their arm restraints I have some pink fluffy ones to shame you with. Simon donated them.

For those arriving on Thursday, while it is worthwhile checking in at ECG garage 367 on the Thunderbolt access road, I have three cars on a test day at Thunderbolt so please come over to the Thunderbolt pits where I think you will find us based in the big event garage adjoining the classroom. I expect to finish up there at 4pm and shuttle things back to the garage after that.

Excellent. I'd put her to work driving Uber to pay for your hobby.

@BlakeJ Are you bringing the better half?

@Vovchandr You are showing up as a having registered twice on Motorsportreg.com? Look at the entries screen. Please check that its not duplicated on one day and empty on the other? If you need a fix please let me know so I can loop in Joe Mills.

That seemed to work. Thank you! You can also share the image by embedding just by copying and pasting the link.

Getting a note I need to be signed into Flickr to see these photos? Maybe me but....

There are no more Arnie Loyning engines being built. He's retired and shut up shop sadly. Brilliant engine builder. Treasure that one.

Skip Harris "The Marina Man" has spares for the Ital/ Marina axles. Half shafts, casings, etc. Arkansas. http://marinaman.org/blog/

Oh that is special - even by Caterham standards.

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Welcome to USA7s @Bombardius I quote from the original instructions to this thread - first page - its se7ens only. NJMP are not comfortable with se7ens running with regular cars (2 or 4 doors, roof, enclosed wheels) on the events they organize. This is particularly so for large groups of them. This is for safety reasons of their choice which they have the right to make - I respect that - its not a topic for public debate here. They do allow other organizers to run different rules but its their risk if it goes wrong. Given we are their guests we follow their rules. If we do not like it then we are free to go to another track day organizer or a different track. That means an S1 Elise, no matter how much I genuinely love them, is not eligible to run with se7ens at this event. In the event we do not get our own run group then I expect (as with prior years) se7ens will run with the open wheelers and the rules for open wheelers are identical to se7ens - no running with regular cars on track. Can you please Private Message me offline with a name/phone number so we can talk offline by phone. I am sympathetic to your position but want to explore if there is another solution.

Best of intentions but sometimes you cannot avoid the rain. I think you have less issues from the water into the exposed air filter intake than you do from water leaking down into the well where the coils drop into the engine. In heavy rains my last four Caterhams have all developed engine misses in heavy rain - usually from the front most coil. Four different engines - regular Zetec, SVT, 2.3L Duratec and 2L Duratec. Two different cam covers on the 2.3L Duratec made no difference. If your engine was not missing then the car will be fine but wet, along with you. It took a sump pump to drain 3 inches of water out of the Caterham cockpit after this maritime expedition. I discovered I had no drain holes - oops. Still one of my favorite all time drives in a se7en. Still you can easily dry the car out and do it all again.

First world problems?

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Yes I expect they will probably put us with open wheelers.