Croc Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 bball7754 said: Need to increase the number of low-hp Crossflows attending. The Lightning circuit at NJMP is well made for Crossflows as you can still monster any car - demonstrated last year by Kitcat and Sabbot. Even if they get away on the main or back straights you are back giving them a colonoscopy at the first braking area.
DaveD Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Fortunately I am no where near as tall as Steve. I can get a good picture of me at Summit Point with my helmet on that shows the hoop is above my helmet if needed. http://www.usa7s.net/vb/picture.php?albumid=29&pictureid=200
yellowss7 Posted January 25, 2012 Author Posted January 25, 2012 Croc said: The Lightning circuit at NJMP is well made for Crossflows as you can still monster any car - demonstrated last year by Kitcat and Sabbot. Even if they get away on the main or back straights you are back giving them a colonoscopy at the first braking area. Steve, hope you can join us. However, I disagree with Croc, I think TBolt is the track where you can get blown away by the big HP cars down the front and back straights and still be on their tails by the begining of the front straight. The back half of TBolt is very twisty and plays to our cars strenght. Up to 11 potentials in 24 hours, not bad. We just need to get Mazda, and Al motivated to get their cars done and join us. Oh, and I'm sure Boxologist will become a track rat and give up Autoxing once he stops being a chicken.:rofl: Right Box? :jester: I can see us potientially getting to 15++ cars on track with a little luck. Only five more months... to get your cars ready and clear your schedules. Come on Mazda and Al. Speak up.:seeya: Tom
crewst Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 My S1 is under 200hp as well, but having no roll bar is an issue, regardless of if I could set that date aside. Regardless, I will attempt to spectate.
yellowss7 Posted January 25, 2012 Author Posted January 25, 2012 Crewst, your S1 roll hoops are ok by SCDA standards as long as you head is below them. I checked with Ian last year and he ok'd it for track use. Tom
racerlrp Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 I have a yellow & carbon fiber 2010 Duratec Stage 2 Birkin and intend to be there. I live near Limerock in Connecticut and will arrive on my own wheels. Only driven Lightning once and never Thunderbolt. Looking forward to being there and meeting you guys. Robert Willis
yellowss7 Posted January 29, 2012 Author Posted January 29, 2012 Great Robert, Yellow 7's are the fastest of all and the best looking too. Stay tuned as we will try to coordinate rooms and other details as the date gets closer. Tom
Croc Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 racerlrp said: I have a yellow & carbon fiber 2010 Duratec Stage 2 Birkin and intend to be there. I live near Limerock in Connecticut and will arrive on my own wheels. Only driven Lightning once and never Thunderbolt. Looking forward to being there and meeting you guys. Robert Willis Excellent! Another hardcore car guy like me who believes in driving himself to the track!
Kitcat Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 I posted this event on a Birkin list serve that I belong to. Hopefully more Birkin owners will join us.
blubarisax Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 I just droped my car off at Exoticars - USA to get prepared for the season. (special mods to keep up with Croc). I also invited Bill Thomas to join us in his Lotus. He declined to take his 40th Annivarsary Caterham on.the track.
yellowss7 Posted January 29, 2012 Author Posted January 29, 2012 Karl, tell him to bring it out. It's been autoxed in the rain before. It's not a virgin by any means. Tom
MichaelD Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 No one said he has to take it on the track. Just bring it to the track and hang out. The more the merrier. :cheers:
Kitcat Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) My Birkin's builder faithfully ripped off the 40th color scheme (imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, etc.). Tom: In visiting the SCDA website I see they offer a 10% discount to the featured marque. Any chance of getting the generic "7" nominated? The 2 day cost of the event is a hefty (tho fair), $550 so every little bit helps. Edited January 30, 2012 by Kitcat
yellowss7 Posted January 31, 2012 Author Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) Just heard from another Seven owner out in State College Pa. Jim, has a Caterham SV and he has convinced the wife that this is a MUST Do event. He will be joining in on the trackday fun in June. :hurray: We still haven't heard from all the potential Sevens drivers in the area yet. We have 15 sevens expressing interest in attending and at this point, 13 are drivers. I honestly think we have a shot at close to 20 sevens. Come on guys Step up! Tom Edited January 31, 2012 by yellowss7
crewst Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 yellowss7 said: Crewst, your S1 roll hoops are ok by SCDA standards as long as you head is below them. I checked with Ian last year and he ok'd it for track use. Tom I am fairly certain there's no chance of my head being below the hoops. I'm not as tall as Steve, but still think I'm too tall. I will check to be certain. Status: hope to spectate, slim chance to race. :-)
bball7754 Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 Tom - Looks like registration has opened: http://www.scda1.com/schedule Did everyone signup for the same run group last year? Steve
blubarisax Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 As I recall we all ran in the intermediate run group and it worked out well. This year I'm goiong to keep up with Mike!
Croc Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 (edited) Thats right we all signed up in intermediate group and ran together. Ian Prout (the organizer) was keen for us all to be together and it worked surprisingly well. Speed differential for the sevens was fairly close. It was only that blasted Infiniti that was the mobile chicane! Register before May 25 and save 10%. Tom monitors the sign up rate to make sure we do not get left out. So I would not sign up urgently - you have time. Like Karl, I want to keep up with Mike (Kitcat) too! Edited February 21, 2012 by Croc
DaveD Posted April 26, 2012 Posted April 26, 2012 How is the sign up rate going? Any estimate on when would be a good time to sign up? Can anyone give me information on reserving the rooms at the track and when to reserve them too? Thanks, Dave
yellowss7 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Posted April 26, 2012 Hi Dave, I was going to revive this thread, in a week or so. I think that if we start to register in the next week or so we should be good. I'll give Ian at SCDA a ring and check in on the current signup rate for the intermediate run group. As for places to stay, the track has 20 Suites at Thunderbolt that work great. You can reserve one on line on the NJMP website. That's where a bunch of us stayed last time. There is also a new Fairfield in in Vineland that is also close to the track. I forget where Karl has stayed in the past. Karl? Tom
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