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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

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Thank you.  I guess I could purchase a condo with a garage for the weekend and flip it afterwards.

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

Tiptoe the rat wrote:

I will be there, not with the Tiger Camaro...but with yet ANOTHER new team.

The car is a VW Jetta, and they are going to let me paint it orange.

May I suggest an array of oranges that basically glow in the dark?

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

autoxmike wrote:
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Heywood is usually good for some, too.

This is true, however it usually ends up in your trunk.  I will try to smuggle some extra down tho.

Excellent!!! A case or 2 would be most appreciated I'd offer beer from Georgia but it is all crap. What part of Cheeseland are you from? I'm from Hayward and went to to school in Madison.

Disagree!!  You have Monday Night Eye Patch IPA, Terrapin Hopsecutioner, Sweetwater of choice.  Plenty!

We can bring some of each to trade!

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

devomgd wrote:

Disagree!!  You have Monday Night Eye Patch IPA, Terrapin Hopsecutioner, Sweetwater of choice.  Plenty!

We can bring some of each to trade!

I had the Terrapin Chocolate Peanut Butter porter yesterday…   would make a great beer for dessert!

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280 Reply by TeamLemon-aid (edited by TeamLemon-aid 2015-07-05 06:20 PM)

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

It's sold out... Yeah!?!?   smile

I suppose it's a first for Autobahn.

Looking forward to driving in traffic with all of yous guys!!!

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

TeamLemon-aid wrote:

It's sold out... Yeah!?!?   smile

I suppose it's a first for Autobahn.

Looking forward to driving in traffic with all of yous guys!!!

!!!
Sold out? Any idea how many cars that means?

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

cabinboy wrote:
TeamLemon-aid wrote:

It's sold out... Yeah!?!?   smile

I suppose it's a first for Autobahn.

Looking forward to driving in traffic with all of yous guys!!!

!!!
Sold out? Any idea how many cars that means?

California sold out is 160+ cars. At least I'll feel at home.

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

cabinboy wrote:
TeamLemon-aid wrote:

It's sold out... Yeah!?!?   smile

I suppose it's a first for Autobahn.

Looking forward to driving in traffic with all of yous guys!!!

!!!
Sold out? Any idea how many cars that means?

Last I counted there was 125 teams.

Fourteen time loser. You'd think I'd know better by now.

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Maverick74 wrote:
cabinboy wrote:
TeamLemon-aid wrote:

It's sold out... Yeah!?!?   smile

I suppose it's a first for Autobahn.

Looking forward to driving in traffic with all of yous guys!!!

!!!
Sold out? Any idea how many cars that means?

Last I counted there was 125 teams.

There were 102 cars at Autobahn in '12 and 98 at the 14 hour straight race last year, so 125 shouldn't be that crowded.......

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

cdickman12 wrote:
cabinboy wrote:
TeamLemon-aid wrote:

It's sold out... Yeah!?!?   smile

I suppose it's a first for Autobahn.

Looking forward to driving in traffic with all of yous guys!!!

!!!
Sold out? Any idea how many cars that means?

California sold out is 160+ cars. At least I'll feel at home.

So are you still in need of a lift?

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

cabinboy wrote:
cdickman12 wrote:
cabinboy wrote:

!!!
Sold out? Any idea how many cars that means?

California sold out is 160+ cars. At least I'll feel at home.

So are you still in need of a lift?

Got the from airport to track situation covered at this time. Thank you.

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

cdickman12 wrote:
cabinboy wrote:
cdickman12 wrote:

California sold out is 160+ cars. At least I'll feel at home.

So are you still in need of a lift?

Got the from airport to track situation covered at this time. Thank you.

No problem. If anything changes let me know.

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

125 cars on the south track is going to be real busy by MidWest standards.

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289 Reply by derekste (edited by derekste 2015-07-07 08:28 AM)

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

majo wrote:

There were 102 cars at Autobahn in '12 and 98 at the 14 hour straight race last year, so 125 shouldn't be that crowded.......

125 cars on a 2.1 mile track at the same time (and evenly dispersed) comes out to be one car every 89 feet.

Not sure of the exact numbers for the world record event, but 225 cars on a 5 mile track is one car every 117 feet-- 25% more free space.

Obviously, thinking that all 125 cars will be running simultaneously for any prolonged time is optimistic.

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

derekste wrote:
majo wrote:

There were 102 cars at Autobahn in '12 and 98 at the 14 hour straight race last year, so 125 shouldn't be that crowded.......

125 cars on a 2.1 mile track at the same time (and evenly dispersed) comes out to be one car every 89 feet.

Not sure of the exact numbers for the world record event, but 225 cars on a 5 mile track is one car every 117 feet-- 25% more free space.

Obviously, thinking that all 125 cars will be running simultaneously for any prolonged time is just ludicrous.

FTFY

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

We've never had all the people show up.  Seems like we've had over 100 cars registered for each race but have a handful never show up, so if that holds true we may have a bit more space on the track.

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

It's just more suckas to pass.

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

chadadams59 wrote:

It's just more suckas to be passed by.

FTFY

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

We hope to be the passer more than the passee at this point.  Being a class C car in this type of race with this number of cars would be hard work.

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

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We hope to be the passer more than the passee at this point.  Being a class C car in this type of race with this number of cars would be hard work.

Yeah, we will probably be seeing you once every 6-8 laps in the Dustbuster.  Ours is a two vehicle race within a race...we only wish to beat the other plastic minivan.

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OnkelUdo wrote:
TeamLemon-aid wrote:

We hope to be the passer more than the passee at this point.  Being a class C car in this type of race with this number of cars would be hard work.

Yeah, we will probably be seeing you once every 6-8 laps in the Dustbuster.  Ours is a two vehicle race within a race...we only wish to beat the other plastic minivan.

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

Brett85p wrote:
chadadams59 wrote:

It's just more suckas to be passed by.

FTFY

If you think so.  Cheaty bits.

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

I will say it is a challenge to see around that van.  It seems gigantic compared to our car.  If we magically ever get in the race lead I encourage you and the other van to race side by side as an enormous rolling road block.  smile

OnkelUdo wrote:
TeamLemon-aid wrote:

We hope to be the passer more than the passee at this point.  Being a class C car in this type of race with this number of cars would be hard work.

Yeah, we will probably be seeing you once every 6-8 laps in the Dustbuster.  Ours is a two vehicle race within a race...we only wish to beat the other plastic minivan.

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

You guys are already talking about racing?  My team is busy discussing the various menus for the weekend.

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Re: Counting your chickens early: Autobahn 24-hour race in July

chadadams59 wrote:
Brett85p wrote:
chadadams59 wrote:

It's just more suckas to be passed by.

FTFY

If you think so.  Cheaty bits.

Do I smell a challenge?

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