When can we expect the 2010 schedule? ...and a few other ?'s. (Page 3 of 5)

If we could get a race here in North Texas at Eagle Canyon or MotorSports Ranch - Cresson then we would be within 12 hours of KC. Gotta love that Kansas Turnpike...

Seems I'm in the same boat, er crappy racecar. Trying to pull everybody together to attempt the October Houston race is like herding chickens. We're also hemorrhaging money on other hobbies like crackheads and the wives are becoming suspicious. We do have a real cherry hot rod and three great themes to choose from, but it doesn't look like we can make the deadline so we're gunning for Houston next spring.

It would be nice to get the Lemons schedule out soon. The chump cars guys have their 2010 schedule posted.

If the Lemons guys are reading....it would be nice to see a race at Summit Point, WV.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTT!!!!!

Claimed as our theme!!!!

Twice as many races!!!

Holy brake rotors with burnt clutch discs on top!

Can't wait to see the schedule.

Regarding Chump, there schedule has already changed.  Gateway ain't on the list any more.

The October SCCA date was cancelled too due to "economic" issues.  Wonder what's up.

Hey Jay, Ya know there are a couple of good tracks near Toronto, i.e. just north of Buffalo....Shannonville (ideal for Lemons), Cayuga (multi-purpose facility) and Mosport, which now has a short oval and a training road course...ever driven Turn Two at speed? Fantastic!

Yeah, insurance should be do-able....Canada is nothing like as litigious as the U.S. and besides, Jay and Co. would be leaving the country post race!....and there's lots of club racing going on so it's hardly an unknown concept....what could go wrong? Besides, if the payout is in Canadian nickels, it's 8 or 9 percent cheaper!

So is NJMP on the schedule!?  Come down to NJ so we can really show you how bribery and corruption are done! 

-Scott

Turn 2 at Mosport is  EPIC.   It's even more so in the dark. It's one of those corners that seperates the real racers from the wanna be's.   

I did a 24 hour race there 'back in the day' in a second generation RX-7, you know, the one with the spooky rear suspension.  I am convinced I saw God in that corner more than once during my night stint.

Everytime I came over the blind brow that little voice in the back of my head was screaming like a terrified little school girl 'YOU ARE GONNA DIE !!!.  Man it was hard to get her to shut up.

Ah, great memories.  Work like a dog on to get a race car together, haul it up to Canada, drain you bank account for entry fees, parts and tires and then go out and scare yourself shitless! It doesn't get much better than that.

Those of of you who are coming to the Lamest Day at Nelson's Ledges will get a tamer version of that experience out in the Carousel turn durinig the night. 

Here is how you drive the Carousel.

Enter as fast as you dare. Flat foot it until your sphincter tightens and makes you start to bubble foot it. Hang on for dear life while the car starts to rotate and then makes up it's mind if it will stick or throw you off into the swamp. Once it's rotated, hammer the throttle again and try to steer down for the apex all the while hoping that the idiot next to you has far better car control than he really should be given credit for.  Clip the apex and then let it drift out to (but not over, God don't go over) the edge of the track at the track out point. Then, exhale and try to start breathing normally again.   Go another 50 yards, upshift to the next gear and then make a conscious effort to get your poop shoot to relax enough to let go of it's death grip on the driver's seat cushion.  Then repeat the same process next lap again and again for 24 hours. Ah, good times.

Remember.... you DON'T want to go off in the Carosel because if the swamp monsters don't get you the misquitos will.  Hell, the misquitos are so big out there that they have been know to carry off a whole Spec Miata, driver and all, strip them for parts and or blood and then sell off the bits on eBay !!  They are NOT to be messed with.

Spud

How about GingerMan? It's a great track with manageable straights, great staff, and oh yeah, closer to home!

OMG, those of us who love Grattan know better than to send the Lemons crew there. May as well dig a pit out of turn three and install a laundry in the clubhouse for the underwear of those who survive it.

Grattan turn 3 = blind downhill off-camber left-hander. Good luck with that.

Yes,  GingerMan eats brakes, but otherwise, it is a great track for this stuff - gentle elevation changes, easy to enjoy slowly, and plenty of run-off space.