2011 Lemons schedule? (Page 3 of 7)

My area, yes repeat these!
1st choice: Sears Point(less) and workers that join in the fun, plus a track where driving skill means more than having a V-8 Volvo (which has both skill and a V-8)

2nd choice: Buttonwillow in the heat, the cold, the middle of nowhere... don't much need to say more - but if you can find the track and get there, and you needed spares, enjoy the beer ;-)

3rd, but actually close to 1st: Thunderhill, more than in the middle of nowhere, but with a Wally-world down the street for all the oil and cleaning supplies you (will definitely) need -- BUT, I want a chicane in one or both of the straights to even up the 120mph cars with the 80mph ones - it's like reading a phone book with someone pointing a gun at your head when you have a 'real' crap-can of a car at the end of those... and even *more* fun if you don't really need to lift for the following corners :+P

On the "I'd never" list: Willow Springs 2.5m original This course has only 2-1/2 turns if you have less than a gazzilion hp and the off-course excursion is into grapefruit sized kitty-litter.
~that said, The Streets of Willow is a cool, tight and a bit frustrating course...(in traffic) ...with off course obstacles of peach-sized kitty-litter.
~dunno 'bout the newest incarnation of Willow, as I have no desire to go back there until I can afford a gazzilion hp.

Also "Never" but for entirely different reasons: Laguna Seca - they have curfews. Major Curfews - I'm surprised they don't make cars running there have a radio-controlled cut-off so they can shut down at precisely 5pm. or is it 4:30?

the ones that got away:
-- for those in the other half of CA, If I could guarantee my tow-vehicle, income and time would allow, I'd love to do Coronado, Pomona, Country Club, and even Las Vegas...

Bumperoo!

It's mid September, and we are waiting for the 2011 schedule with "Bait on our breath"

+1! geez, practically in our backyard... sorta....

I would like to see a race at Beaverun.  NW of Pittsburgh, SE of Nelsons.  Nice track too.

Elkart Lake Please!
To be  on a track that has featured NASCAR (1957)  INDY CAR, Trans AM, CanAM, Plus now it's the Home of the  SCCA Run Offs.
  3 nice long straights with 14 corners that will cook anybodies brakes.. ,  The rush into Turn 5 and then charge up the hill to Blind turn 6
    The Hurry downs and carousel. leading to the fastest part of the track the run into Canada Corner..
The pits are fantastic!  Plenty of  hard spots  to park on or if you prefer (as I do)  the grass is soft and comfortable.  The amenities are great (Hot showers in the infield) 
AND!  the absolute best track food in the country.. 
  Family and friends can wander about 500 acres of woods and meadows..  With great viewing from a number of spots and locations..
     The absolute finest 4 miles in America.. (oh and the town itself is worth a trip alone)
Spend an evening at Siebekins and all three bars on site.. IF you're lucky one of the great chiefs of Chicago will come up and prepare meals for you..
Without exception the best race track in America.

Decent track and pretty good facilities, but if it is the case that Jay had safety concerns at nelson (again, don't know if that is true) then there is no way he'd be ok with beaverun.  The kink on that track with 80+ cars....... :-)

I'm wating to plan my vacations around Lemons, so a 2011 schedule would be nice!

Come on guys, WE NEED A SCHEDULE!!

Not much time to plan things if your race is in January (Like last year).

SCHEDULE!, SCHEDULE!, SCHEDULE!

Build 5 complete cars? . You mean start from scratch and build 5 complete cars?
  Er,  why? 
  Why not build one good chassis and develop it  so you know for example that the alternator bracket will break every 3 races,, the radiator isn't good enough and the  brakes need a blast of cooling air to survive the race?   (or whatever details there are to finishing) IN addition once you build one good cage that should be all you need to build. Build the car rugged enough to take hits etc. and still run to the finish..
   OR is the challenge to you anticipating every potential weakness and deal with it prior to failure?  . 
  You have to admit it's an interesting subject!
Always run Saabs, BMW,  or Honda's etc.. and over time you collect enough parts so that little time is wasted scrounging.  Chassis wears out and simply move the roll cage to the new Chassis..
   
I've raced Jagaurs and the shop has been filling up with Jag spares etc.. for decades..
  It's the same way with most of the guys I know who race extensively..
  By the way, I'm not telling you that you're doing it wrong!   I'm asking.. Chances are you have a reason and I'd love to hear it..

Lemons would be an even more awesome series if more people thought that way, Spank.

Don't be in awe of me yet: I've only got 2.8 cars built in the last year thus far. The others are just idling in the backyard at the moment. You want to be in awe of someone, look East to Speedycop.

And cashflow? Uh, we're a 1 income family. Not much cashflow here and I have the credit card debt to prove it. However, in my insatiable appetite for Lemons candidates I've come across a couple of cars that I was going to Lemonize but ended up selling for a healthy profit which has helped. That and I get a good deal on DOM tubing from (warning, shameless plug approaching) www.summitsteel.net in Oceanside, CA. Plus I don't do anything but run the stock vehicle for the most part-- so what it came with is what I use (if it's still usable). I bought my own JD2 tubing bender and a notcher for $200, a welder for about the same, and started doing my own cages thanks to some 1-on-1 instruction and far too many late night readings of the FIA cage specs.

I've also had a lot of moral support and guidance from the folks on this board (and skilled material support from pendejo and magnus of the Jag team) and some good friends who live nearby.

So please, don't be in awe: just be excited to see what I bring next (one of which is no secret-- I'm going to have a twin-engine classic mini at some point in 2011-- it was supposed to be Buttonwillow of this year, but it's been bumped and once I see the schedule I'll have a better idea of a target date).

Now enough about me: Let's see the schedule!