USA7s at Lime Rock, Sept 1 & 2

[Boxologist]

So i'll be the one w/o the Caterham this event.

[Al N.]

A beautiful day at Lime Rock. I think 8 Se7ens made it out today, including some folks I'd never met before who seem interested in the club. Great to meet xflow7 and see his lovely live axle. And Karl D., from my neck of the woods, I finally got to give him the bottle of wine I owed him from a few falls ago - when he saved my bacon when I blew a hose on a local blat with him. Ken G. was there too, with his "farthest driven to 7-7-7" S4. Ken and his group of friends are a fun group. Where was Bruce W? I wonder if he got his car together in time? And if not, I'm sure he would have come in Nancy's Mini anyway....hmmm, I hope he's alright.

 

Mostly Caterhams, with 2 Birkins, including one from NJ that showed up after the "parade" lap. I use quotes because the pace wasn't all that slow. I will refrain from further detail on the grounds that it may incriminate many...let's just say certain gaps opened up in the formation that had to be closed, quickly

 

I'm going to be at the car show tomorrow from 10 to noon, leaving Orange in the corral. Then an afternoon doing something the women want to do.

 

Oh, I forgot to mention there was a photo finish between a Seven and an Aston Martin DB in the 6th race of the day...they traded leads a bunch and it literally came down to the wire. We left before the final result were announced.

 

FWIW, I could see a regional next fall based around the LRP Vintage. Some great country roads up here. No SUPER SCENIC vistas or major elevation changes like PNW, but fun nonetheless.

 

 

[Boxologist]

yes, i was there despite not being found. nice show, though for all intents and purposed LRP staff on Sunday in the Park are knobs.

[xflow7]

Great weekend and I had a ball. It was great to finally meet some of the crew and ogle at your cars. Al politely neglected to mention in his post the fact that my car was positively filthy and generally a pariah on the attractiveness of the Corral.

 

I was impressed by the turnout for the Corral on Saturday. That was great to see.

 

The Seven/DB battle was terriffic, although I am embarrassed to say I don't remember who won!

 

Dave

[Al N.]

Dave-I heard from someone that the Seven won!-:hurray:

[Al N.]

SE7ENS AT LRP VINTAGE PHOTO DUMP...too many and too little time to caption, sorry!

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/95349854_Se7ens at LRP Vintage - 03.jpg

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1512982540_Se7ens at LRP Vintage - 04.jpg

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1570817832_Se7ens at LRP Vintage - 05.jpg

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/579561453_Se7ens at LRP Vintage - 06.jpg

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/112934966_Se7ens at LRP Vintage - 07.jpg

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1135660873_Se7ens at LRP Vintage - 09.jpg

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1125712019_Se7ens at LRP Vintage - 10.jpg

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/518493238_Se7ens at LRP Vintage - 11.jpg

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1791182080_Se7ens at LRP Vintage - 12.jpg

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1003782478_Se7ens at LRP Vintage - 13.jpg

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1317009896_Se7ens at LRP Vintage - 14.jpg

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1576298808_Se7ens at LRP Vintage - 15.jpg

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/2060549183_Se7ens at LRP Vintage - 16.jpg

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1226133895_Se7ens at LRP Vintage - 17.jpg

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1696163628_Se7ens at LRP Vintage - 19.jpg

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/594004203_Se7ens at LRP Vintage - 21.jpg

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/576964416_Se7ens at LRP Vintage - 23.jpg

[solder_guy]

I think 8 Se7ens made it out today

 

From your pics .. I count more than 8 .. maybe 10+?

 

Is the one with the sideways headlights a S1?? Are they skinny and is there any advantage to turning them sideways anyway??

 

Rob

 

[Al N.]

Rob-The cars near the end of the photo dump are racers, so I didn't count them as they were not up in the Lotus car corral, but rather down in the paddock. I actually didn't talk to any of the racers. I assume the lights thing is for aero reasons...Bart Lami doesn't run lights at all o his track only Caterham.-Al

[Boxologist]

looks like saturday was the day to be present. ihave a bunch of pics to resize. a bunch of the Cossies. Dave, thanks for following me and my friend leaving LRP and down US7 for a while.

 

edit: as for a long weekend meet, i have not really found Ct cops to be forgiving as what we expeirenced at TotD. from what i've seen the area is not really geared for us, unless Bruce and some other locals say otherwise.

[xflow7]

Dave, thanks for following me and my friend leaving LRP and down US7 for a while.

 

No prob. Didn't realize that was you. Hope I wasn't driving like an a-hole.

[11Budlite]

Well, I didn't quite get my Birkin done in time, but I was able to make it up for the car show on Sunday. Nancy and I drove up in our '64 MGB and my youngest Lauren and her boyfriend also drove up with us. We parked in the British car corral near the Lotus corral and hoped to run into Al and the rest of the gang, but never saw anyone. We were bummed!!

 

Well, there was a pretty impressive bunch of cars in the show AND the parking lot!! Thought I would share a few.

 

Here's a shot of Nancy and Lauren near Al's car just to prove that we were there (sorry about the finger prints!)

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1242721337_IMG_1017.JPG

 

Here's a few pics of se7ens in the car corral:

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1555000451_IMG_1000.JPG

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1291153100_IMG_1007.JPG

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1238085346_IMG_1002.JPG

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1655877091_IMG_1003.JPG

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1975572565_IMG_1004.JPG

 

Lotus Eleven from the car show

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/323288236_IMG_1079R.jpg

 

Lotus 19

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1209200097_IMG_0948.JPG

 

Lotus 23 Engine Detail

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/732001879_IMG_1120.JPG

 

Lotus Elite parked in the "Plastic Fantastics" Area

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/97923794_IMG_1098.JPG

 

A couple of nice Aston Martins, the Zagato version is one of my personal favorite coupe designs!!

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/2069500618_IMG_0978.JPG

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1817550514_IMG_1078R.jpg

 

A Lister Jag and a Lister Chevy

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/323639681_IMG_1075.JPG

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1406940263_IMG_1073R.jpg

 

A pretty Maserati Birdcage

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/119289364_IMG_1070R.jpg

 

I believe this is the 1961 LeMans winning Ferrari

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/618307916_IMG_0910R.jpg

 

Another Italian beauty, I believe a Maserati 300S

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1446216372_IMG_0926R.jpg

 

And a little American HP in a British chassis. A pretty original 289 Cobra

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1277374715_IMG_0890R.jpg

 

And one more, a detail shot of a Scarab F1 car

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/580344565_IMG_1133R.jpg

 

I talked to the driver of the Seven and he did win the race on Saturday after what he said was a "great" battle. I had a friend from work who went to the Monday race and he said he remembers him passing a Corvette and he thought he won the race on Monday too!!

 

Bruce