51 Reply by etb1009 (edited by etb1009 2024-03-04 08:11 AM)

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Re: 2024 Schedule Complaining Thread

Jimmy wrote:
chaase wrote:
therood wrote:

It's on our list of possibilities, but there's not much space in the schedule for it right now.

Pocono would be fun!



I know of at least 2 ancient, underpowered, poor handling, two door luxury coupes that will definitely make POCONO if it gets on the list!!


Jimmy, it seems now that you have 2 cars we now have 2 cars that will be at Pitt race, in adding to the "beer bet" we have come into our possession a mint condition 1994 Dale Statue/trophy that we maybe turning into a award for our race within a race... the "Cordova Cup" if you are interested, sorry to "steal" your name but mustang and GTI are just not as fun sounding....

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Re: 2024 Schedule Complaining Thread

KeiCarMike wrote:
Stan in Bham wrote:

Not a complaint, but curious -

Barber is 240 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, but is in the "South" region rather than the "Gulf".   Hallett is in land-locked Oklahoma, 550 miles from the Gulf but is in the "Gulf" region rather than the "Midwest".  ???

Maps R Hard...

I confess that it has been a year or two (or 40) since I took geography, and was just wondering if I'd slept through a major New Madrid event or something.

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Re: 2024 Schedule Complaining Thread

Emulating the NFL?

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Re: 2024 Schedule Complaining Thread

Stan in Bham wrote:
KeiCarMike wrote:
Stan in Bham wrote:

Not a complaint, but curious -

Barber is 240 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, but is in the "South" region rather than the "Gulf".   Hallett is in land-locked Oklahoma, 550 miles from the Gulf but is in the "Gulf" region rather than the "Midwest".  ???

Maps R Hard...

I confess that it has been a year or two (or 40) since I took geography, and was just wondering if I'd slept through a major New Madrid event or something.

Gulf in this instance applies pretty much Texas and Louisiana, based on where we were going when we started having regions in...2010? 2011? In the absence of an actual Dallas race, Hallett is as close as we can reasonably get to appealing to Dallas-based teams. There's your extremely exciting inside baseball.

For whatever it's worth, Oklahoma is--depending on the context--part of the South, the Midwest, the Ozarks, the Great Plains, and/or the Southwest. From my experience, it's nowhere and everywhere, culturally and geographically. That said, Hallett is in one of the prettiest parts of the state.

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55 Reply by Lemon_Newton-Metre (edited by Lemon_Newton-Metre 2024-02-26 11:54 AM)

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Re: 2024 Schedule Complaining Thread

therood wrote:
Stan in Bham wrote:
KeiCarMike wrote:

Maps R Hard...

I confess that it has been a year or two (or 40) since I took geography, and was just wondering if I'd slept through a major New Madrid event or something.

Gulf in this instance applies pretty much Texas and Louisiana, based on where we were going when we started having regions in...2010? 2011? In the absence of an actual Dallas race, Hallett is as close as we can reasonably get to appealing to Dallas-based teams. There's your extremely exciting inside baseball.

For whatever it's worth, Oklahoma is--depending on the context--part of the South, the Midwest, the Ozarks, the Great Plains, and/or the Southwest. From my experience, it's nowhere and everywhere, culturally and geographically. That said, Hallett is in one of the prettiest parts of the state.

Exactly the promotion PSU uses to applicants; in response to, "It's in the middle of nowhere.", their response is, "Actually, it's in the middle of EVERYwhere!.
(Ex.: ~4 hours to: Pittsburgh, CLE, Buffalo, Rochester NY, NYC, PHL, DC, Indianapolis;
~ 8 hours to: Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Montreal, VT, Boston, Atlantic City, Charlotte / Durham.)
... not to mention the sporting and cultural resources in State College.
So, if on ANY given weekend you can't find somewhere to go to do something interesting, you're not looking hard enough."
I hear Austin is similar.

Hallett is ~1300 mi. and <20hrs. from me (near PHL), but I've driven PHL to Ft. Myers before (similar) for an event.

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In the opposite of a complaint, it's nice to see that Sebring is back on the schedule.

Was it difficult to get a Lemons race booked there again?

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Re: 2024 Schedule Complaining Thread

etb1009 wrote:

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Jimmy, it seems now that you have 2 cars we now have 2 cars that will be at Pitt race, in adding to the "beer bet" we have come into our possession a mint condition 1994 Dale Statue/trophy that we maybe turning into a award for our race within a race... the "Cordova Cup" if you are interested, sorry to "steal" your name but mustard and GTI are just not as fun sounding....



Yes,  yes and more yes!..... sorry been traveling .....missed your post earlier

"Cordoba Cup" ......  Like the Winston Cup but from another dimension.  Instead of  being created by a bunch of 1950s bootleggers...... our founders were 1970s real estate agents and Vinyl Siding salesmen .

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I feel like the "Cordoba cup" needs to involve something embarrassing for the losers. Maybe they have to dress up as ballerinas and perform the Ode to Joy from the Nutcracker at the beginning of the awards ceremony...  You both should start practicing and plan your outfits.

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Jimmy wrote:
etb1009 wrote:

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Jimmy, it seems now that you have 2 cars we now have 2 cars that will be at Pitt race, in adding to the "beer bet" we have come into our possession a mint condition 1994 Dale Statue/trophy that we maybe turning into a award for our race within a race... the "Cordova Cup" if you are interested, sorry to "steal" your name but mustard and GTI are just not as fun sounding....



Yes,  yes and more yes!..... sorry been traveling .....missed your post earlier

"Cordoba Cup" ......  Like the Winston Cup but from another dimension.  Instead of  being created by a bunch of 1950s bootleggers...... our founders were 1970s real estate agents and Vinyl Siding salesmen .


not a problem, my buddy who thought it up has been working on it and ir is coming out great! the wood base was even stained with used motor oil lol

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Re: 2024 Schedule Complaining Thread

CaptainRichard wrote:

In the opposite of a complaint, it's nice to see that Sebring is back on the schedule.

Was it difficult to get a Lemons race booked there again?

Yes, though I did none of that particular work.

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Re: 2024 Schedule Complaining Thread

@therood Is the Road Mangler cup drawing for free Yoko's no longer a thing?

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@therood Is the Road Mangler cup drawing for free Yoko's no longer a thing?

They gave it out February at Thunderhill.

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timburrman wrote:
rb92673 wrote:

@therood Is the Road Mangler cup drawing for free Yoko's no longer a thing?

They gave it out February at Thunderhill.

Thanks.

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Re: 2024 Schedule Complaining Thread

timburrman wrote:
rb92673 wrote:

@therood Is the Road Mangler cup drawing for free Yoko's no longer a thing?

They gave it out February at Thunderhill.

Thunderhill in February was the final Road Mangler Cup.

We were recently informed that Douglas hasn't sold the Xtra Trac in a few years, so there goes our backup pitch.

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Re: 2024 Schedule Complaining Thread

therood wrote:
timburrman wrote:
rb92673 wrote:

@therood Is the Road Mangler cup drawing for free Yoko's no longer a thing?

They gave it out February at Thunderhill.

Thunderhill in February was the final Road Mangler Cup.

We were recently informed that Douglas hasn't sold the Xtra Trac in a few years, so there goes our backup pitch.

Time to call up cosmo and start the Mucho Macho Memorial Prize

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KeiCarMike wrote:
therood wrote:

We were recently informed that Douglas hasn't sold the Xtra Trac in a few years, so there goes our backup pitch.

Time to call up cosmo and start the Mucho Macho Memorial Prize

YES!!!