Run & Gun 2006 for Kit Cars

[powderbrake]

This is a little early, and all the details have not been totally firmed up yet, but Run & Gun is scheduled for Oct 12-14th, 2006. For those of you who don't know about it, it's about the most fun you can have with your clothes on.http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/smiley2.gif This event is a Triathalon for Kit Cars.http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/smiley32.gif

The event runs on Thursday, Friday,& Saturday, so you can have Sunday as a travel day. It is held at the Gateway International track, just across the river in Illinois from St.Louis.

>http://www.gatewayraceway.com/track/map.php

We will run the road course over the first two days, in your own practice group of Street, Prepared, or Pro or Pro Power Adder classes. You will get a couple solo timed laps to determine the Road course winners, and they are supposed to supply transponders this year. The second day there is an Autocross, set up by the local SCCA guys, and the third day is Drags. We get the dragstrip for almost all day, and you can make as many timed runs as your car can stand. Your best times go towards the "Top Gun" trophy, for combined Road Course, Autocross, and Drags. After timed runs, they set up bracket drags to see who is the "King of the Hill" Last year it was down to a super hot cobra, and a fiero with a dragging front brake, but he could really hit his times. The Cobra finally won.

See the article in Kit Car Mag

>http://kitcarmag.com/eventcoverage/0601kc_rgun/index.html

It is a ton of fun, and last year there were (5) se7ens there. We can really blow off many Cobras in the twisty parts, but the oval and straight gives them a chance to catch up. The Cobras didn't catch the supercharged Stalker though, as he had the fastest road course time of all.

If you have the guts to keep your foot on the floor around the big end oval and down the straight, into a 45 degree lefthander, you can really get the adrenaline pump going!

For those who have never had their car on a track, there will be a new novice class which will have a "Lead-Follow" session, as well as their own class to run in, so you won't have to worry about some hot shoe drivers bearing down on you on your first time on the road course.

There is supposed to be a new separate web site set up for the event, but until that occurs, you can reference the old web site ( warning , there may be some small rules changes, they have decided that Street Class tires are 200 treadwear rating and above, 199 and below are Prepared class, and Slicks are Pro class)

>http://www.gessford.com/runngun/page2.htm

This is a very, very driver friendly event and facility. You can rent a garage space which is in a very large concrete pad with a roof, and it has electicity and air. ( see the track map) You can leave your car there and park your trailer on the surrounding paddock, you can sit around after the event, work on your car, cook barbeque, and drink adult beverages all night. http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/smiley20.gif ( Two years ago, a guy bought a frozen margahrita machine, and fired it up after the event) They don't thow everybody out after the event, like many tracks. No lying in the dust in the hot sun, working on the car, it's really nice. Fuel is available at the track.

I will post more info as it become available. There is also supposed to be a cruise to a local ice cream place one night for those who wish to participate.

Look at your calendar, and schedule in this event. You won't be disppointed. You get lots of track time, autocross and drags, all at one facility. Lets get some more se7ens at this event, and show those Cobras, Superformance coupes, Dragons, and other big V8 kits,&nb

[slngsht]

Oh man, that sounds like a blast!

 

 

 

I can definitely do the drags and autox, but I'm not sure I'll be man enough to keep my foot to the floor on a wide open track smileys/smiley9.gif[/img].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Maybe a summer under my belt with the car will change my mind.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Thanks for the post. </p>

[powderbrake]

slingsht... you don't have to keep the foot to the floor. It is just that the road course includes one end of the oval, then down the straight, and you get to choose your own level of excitement, depending on where you lift and where you brake.

The groups, determined by tire capability, all have slow, medium and fast drivers. It's for kit cars, some guys are racers, some are there just for a good time. The road course is really where you can have some fun.

[slngsht]

It would be a great time. I'll see if I can work in into the sched.