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Posted by: ppickerell Apr 16 2005, 08:11 PM

Went racing with the family. Present were:
Me
My son
Nathan B
McMark
Dean in his stunning 356
Trek
B

Many other familiar faces on a beautiful Cali day
My son and I ran the Boxster S and the C4S as our teeners are currently non-op. Here is my boy applying numbers:

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Posted by: ppickerell Apr 16 2005, 08:13 PM

McMadmaxmark's stealth ride

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Posted by: ppickerell Apr 16 2005, 08:13 PM

Trek1

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Trek2

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teen1

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teen2

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teen3

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Posted by: ppickerell Apr 16 2005, 08:16 PM

Dean in good form

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Posted by: ppickerell Apr 16 2005, 08:17 PM

Black beauty

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Posted by: ppickerell Apr 16 2005, 08:17 PM

His wing couldn't save him so tiptoe thru the tulips he went. A 360 and 30 yards of off through the wildflowers.

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Posted by: ppickerell Apr 16 2005, 08:18 PM

Uhhh, watch out for the bees

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Posted by: ppickerell Apr 16 2005, 08:18 PM

gtlid as 2nd spoiler

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Posted by: ppickerell Apr 16 2005, 08:19 PM

whoops! My son was running a white boxster today, but he swears that this is someone else.

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Posted by: ppickerell Apr 16 2005, 08:19 PM

intersesting line considering a sharp left is right up ahead

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Posted by: ppickerell Apr 16 2005, 08:20 PM

Whoa nelly!

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Posted by: ppickerell Apr 16 2005, 08:21 PM

BADASS 911S

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Posted by: ppickerell Apr 16 2005, 08:24 PM

Big turnout, only 5 runs as a result. I ran a 37.110 which was competitive for the 996-997 stock guys. My son was a little frustrated with the Boxster today but he looked smooth to me. Loved the new ride. Nothing like waiting until the last minute and mashing on the brakes and hauling that thing down from speed. Still missing my teener, but memory is fading fast........

Posted by: sixnotfour Apr 16 2005, 08:40 PM

Looks like a great place for an Autocross.

Is the Orange 911 , the guy they call the flying wrench, mechanic / autocrosser ?
Likes Zenith carbs, VW Porsche mag years ago.

Can't remember his name

Posted by: ppickerell Apr 16 2005, 08:46 PM

I didn't meet him, but here's a picture of his rear

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Posted by: ppickerell Apr 16 2005, 08:51 PM

It was an interesting venue. People parachuting in all day, suicidal rabbits, creative driving techniques, wildflowers everywhere. Hot sun, I am crispy as I forgot my hat. Course was quite intuitive, no guessing about where the next turn was. Course for me was very short. I like the longer courses. Firday night we stayed in the old district of Santa Rosa off of Railroad which has some great restaraunts. I would have stayed and raced tomorrow but im goin fishin.

Posted by: McMark Apr 16 2005, 09:21 PM

Fun fun fun. My first time out and it was a blast. I'm tempted to come back tomorrow, but work beckons...

Posted by: Mueller Apr 16 2005, 09:27 PM

thanks for the pictures.....looked like a blast...I like that course, I've only been there once, I look forward to going there again.....had to work today, got here at 8am and I probebly won't leave until 1am or 2am....

Posted by: ppickerell Apr 16 2005, 09:37 PM

As far as I know, a 914 (Steve N) was TTOD at 33 something. I thought I had a 35 and was all bragging it up to my son and I misread it and it was a 38!

Posted by: grantsfo Apr 16 2005, 09:57 PM

Great day! I thought I was going to beat Trekkor after a fast run but he got me in the PM runs. Nathan was flying in his new car no chance of touching his times. Great spin accross the line for Nathan on his best time too. Funniest thing was when I was watching a red 914-4 and he was getting into 3 rd gear before anyone else. I assumed it was a modified gearbox. Nope he had a 2.3 in the car.

I ran a 36.5.

Will post my pictures Sunday

Posted by: Randal Apr 17 2005, 10:26 AM

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I didn't meet him, but here's a picture of his rear

That is Pat Costin's 911. In the morning session he had top time of day, with me in the car.

I won't mention his speed on the straight, as this was an autox (right), but trust me this car is really FAST. I couldn't stop smiling.

And Pat is an exceptional driver.

Next time you see Pat, introduce yourself. He is one of the world's nicest people.

He is the past President of the Reno Chapter of PCA. He usually organizes the Reno AutoX event, which was a bust this year, but we are going to get him some help next year. Right Brad?

Brad also saved the day for another notable driver in our club. Not one but two major problems were solved by Mr. Roberts. I'm sure Steve is very happy now that he has probably found the problem that has been causing him problems for some. Great for Steve, but bad for the rest of us.

Unbelievable beautiful day. Way to perfect.

Posted by: Randal Apr 17 2005, 10:40 AM

Pat's car -

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Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 17 2005, 10:41 AM

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Is the Orange 911 , the guy they call the flying wrench, mechanic / autocrosser ?
Likes Zenith carbs, VW Porsche mag years ago.

Yes. That was Dwight Mitchells ex SCCA rocket ship.

What a mess. SteveN backed the blue 914 rocket ship out of the trailer and the master cylinder took a crap. Steve and I jumped in his tow vehicle and drove to St. Helena over the Guirnville grade to pick up a new MC from a fellow 914 racer/buddy of mine (Ron Wicker) I knew Ron had one in his trailer (I have spent quite a bit fo time in and out of that trailer..ha ha) Picked it up from Ron and drove back to the event site 2 hour round trip. Got the MC installed and bled... headed out on course and Steve takes TTOD on his second run (he never walked the course..he thought he was done for the weekend)

Now here is the funny part:

Coming into the last turn on his second run before the timers.. I notice the rear end starting to come around on him... he crosses the lights and we are all stunned with his TTOD so quickly. I notice him jump out of the car and start pushing. The friggin car died in the corner (which is why I saw the rear end start to come around and he corrected with the wheel) He coasted more than 50 feet to take TTOD at that time. Pushed the car back to the trailer and found NO voltage at the coil. Started tracing wires... and found a bundle shreaded RIGHT in front of the fan ..hum... his car hadnt ran well for almost a year and a half with a intermittant miss... found it. Cleaned all of the wires, installed a butt connector on the coil wire that broke and taped everything up that I could. Ran great.

SteveN took TTOD with a 32.4

B

Posted by: Randal Apr 17 2005, 10:44 AM

Steve problem one - blown master cylinder - Mike Ambrozewicz jumping in to help while Brad and Steve were out locating a new MC/

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Posted by: Randal Apr 17 2005, 10:49 AM

Steve's problem #2 - Actually the problem that has likely been casuing his issues for some time - but now fixed.

Guess where Brad is?

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Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 17 2005, 10:49 AM

People,

This is what it is all about. 914 people helping other 914 people. MikeA. didnt have to crawl underneath that car to yank the MC out... he did it becaus we have saved his ASS at other events in the past. He took the iniative and helpd out when he knew what needed to be done. He saved us a whole bunch of time.

Yesterday was a prime example of why the 914club is so strong.

B

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 17 2005, 10:58 AM

I also wanted to thank my friend Chris at S-Car-Go in San Rafael. I called SCG and Chris answered. I told him I was looking for a 19mm MC.. they didnt have one in stock. I told him WorldPack takes Sat. orders until noon. He called them while I was talking to Ron Wicker and had one on Will Call for me at the Novato WorldPack distribution wharehouse for Marin county. So.. in less than 15 minutes... out in the middle of BFE.. I had located two brand new MC's. I called Chris back and canceled the order with WP. I felt Ron Wicker was a tad closer than Novato.

Thanks MikeA. and Chris...

B

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 17 2005, 11:29 AM

Pics from Randal:

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Fellow redneck.. NathanB. (Nate)..(Nathaniel)

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 17 2005, 11:31 AM

Another shot of Pats orange rocket..

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 17 2005, 11:33 AM

Trekkor showing us how it is done. He did really well. A few more events and Trekk will will have a handle on his new found power.

B

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 17 2005, 11:38 AM

Some of the "gang"

Posted by: McMark Apr 17 2005, 12:07 PM

Not to nit-pick (okay I'm nit-picking) but that's not Nathan, that's the Excellence car (de-chromed). Nathan lined up two cars behind Trekkor. What a blast. When I got out of bed this morning, I almost jumped in the car and headed out to race, but with the WCC so close, I have to go to work. Oh well.

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 17 2005, 12:13 PM

You are correct. Nathan *wishes* his car was that nice. I always forget that guy's name. I have never seen him wear anything but sweat pants.. LOL

B

Posted by: nine14cats Apr 17 2005, 12:21 PM

Sheeeettt,

Every time I hear about this I start having withdrawls... I hope I'm able to get in a few runs this year at the end.

That's great the Steve N.'s car was finally fixed by B. That car has been missing off and on for well over a year. I bet he's pretty happy now.

Someday....Someday....

Bill P.

Posted by: grantsfo Apr 17 2005, 12:50 PM

QUOTE (McMark @ Apr 17 2005, 10:07 AM)
Not to nit-pick (okay I'm nit-picking) but that's not Nathan, that's the Excellence car (de-chromed). Nathan lined up two cars behind Trekkor. What a blast. When I got out of bed this morning, I almost jumped in the car and headed out to race, but with the WCC so close, I have to go to work. Oh well.

Thats the car that was pulling 3rd gear through the first corner after start/finish. Having that much torque must be nice. I still think that car must have a lower 3rd gear than stock, but he said it was a stock gearbox. He was one of the few 914's I watched that was in 3rd gear through that section. And he was on rev limiter by about 3/4 way down the slalom. I could only dream of going that fast in 3rd in that section of yesterdays course.

Posted by: Randal Apr 17 2005, 12:59 PM

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Every time I hear about this I start having withdrawls...

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger.

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 17 2005, 01:17 PM

I was just thinking about how "scary" it is going to be with 3-4 914's vying for TTOD at EVERY event in NorCal. Should be interesting.

Can we kick everyones ass ?

B

Posted by: trekkor Apr 17 2005, 06:55 PM

Thanks for the pics and compliments.
Great weekend of racing. I learned a bunch from the 911 guys.

Rode shotgun with Pat Costin. That was AMAZING!!
His first run of the day had a near spin-out and miraculous recovery. Still carded a 45.xx, which was better than nearly all drivers after six runs. Cold tires, first run and 200#'s of me. He can drive.

He showed me where to put on the power.
Advice is great, seeing it is better.

Howard Yao treated me to a morning of rides and ride-alongs. Thank you for that.

he picked up better than a second in the afternoon.
( Again my 200#'s, this time removed )

KT

Posted by: trekkor Apr 17 2005, 07:03 PM

Steve

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Posted by: trekkor Apr 17 2005, 07:09 PM

Grant

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Posted by: trekkor Apr 17 2005, 07:14 PM

Grant, you were carrying the front wheel quite a bit.
This one is hard to see.

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Posted by: nine14cats Apr 17 2005, 07:41 PM

Yep...Steve hauls ass....it sure is fun watching him drive

It will be interesting to watch these guys run next year:

Steve with his lightweight small displacement 4
Randal with his lightweight Raby 4
Tom Provasi with his 3.4 Orange Crate 914-6 (if he runs the zone events)
Andrew Blyholder with his featherweight auto-x killer 4
Demick with his ode to stock FM 4 cyl car that kicks ass
Trekkor with his 914-6 soon to be pure track car ( yeah for the sixes!)

6 cars holding up the 914 name right there!

Bill P.

Posted by: chilli Apr 17 2005, 07:54 PM

BADASS 911S

Great car, Dwights old car, which I had pleasure of driving for two years.
mike

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Posted by: kermit Apr 17 2005, 07:58 PM

Here are a few of my pics. Unfortunately, I was only able to take pictures in the B run group.

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Posted by: kermit Apr 17 2005, 08:01 PM

Here's Nathan, showing that youth and talent can sometimes be faster than experience and treachery.
The slacker was too busy swapping tires and batteries in the morning, so he missed the morning runs. But with only three afternoon runs (and not walking the course), he posted some pretty hot times.

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Posted by: J P Stein Apr 17 2005, 08:02 PM

I'm looking for an open weekend to get down that way for an AX. I see that Redwood has a non conflicting date on the 23rd of July....plus, my car should be done by then

Where is the venue...somethin' I can look up on mapquest?
Their website ain't much help cept for dates.

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 18 2005, 12:56 AM

Um... JP.. may I suggest you show up to a Alameda event ?? RR region site leaves something to be desired. On Sat. they had 3-4 OFF course excursions. It is the only venue we have that you can totally "F" your car up. Just a suggestion.

B

Posted by: Steve_7x Apr 18 2005, 09:33 AM

***** My first Opportunity to chime in ******

Brad,

You were a total life saver on Saturday. Without your connections and help my weekend would have been a bust. I was sizing up packing up and heading home shortly before you cam sauntering down the grid line. You are a true champion!!!

I owe you big time. It is to bad you could not be at dinner with us on Saturday!

Kudos to Mike for stepping in and getting the failed m/c out of the car. Your proactiveness made the re-install go a lot faster, and allowed Joy and I to at least have our afternoon run. Thank You.

You and the others truly show the spirit of Porsche and 914 ownership and comraderie!
You are the real winners of this past weekend!

I would also like to add that Redwood region did a heck of a job hosting this two day event. A very big tip of the hat to them. The event was fun, low key and yet the competition was there. There isn't a wine glass emoticon for the Wine Country guys... so I will have to make due with this one! Thank You!

Steve

Posted by: Joe Ricard Apr 18 2005, 10:40 AM

QUOTE (Brad Roberts @ Apr 17 2005, 09:33 AM)
Trekkor showing us how it is done. He did really well. A few more events and Trekk will will have a handle on his new found power.

B

Dang Trekkor what you set that air gap set at for the right front tire. Cool

Posted by: nebreitling Apr 18 2005, 11:27 AM

just got back home this morning...

it was a good weekend, despite my truck breaking down on the way up sunday (and back numerous times -- ignition control module went out), making me late, then missing the driver's meeting, then getting fairly chewed out and not being let run in the AM. did well in one of my 3 runs, though... i don't think RR likes me very much... lol... they asked me NOT to work on sunday afternoon, but rather pack my shit up (i guess i'm slow) so as not to 'hold them up'. lol, oh well. sorry, RR.

track was more fun on sunday, or maybe it was that my tires were sticking better after their first day! still awaiting definitive air pressure guidance... new engine did great, although i REALLY think i need a rev-limiter and a tach that works

all the 914 guys did really well. trekkor REALLY smoothed out on sunday and brought his times down. howard just went damn fast all day sunday. we missed you on sunday, grant -- btw, got those pics of my wheels lifting?

good times, good sunburns..

Posted by: ppickerell Apr 18 2005, 01:11 PM

Yea I got the rayban racoon eyes myself. Forgot sunscreen and Hat.

Posted by: Randal Apr 18 2005, 02:32 PM

Here is a link to a google map of the site.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Santa+Rosa+Ca&ll=38.506458,-122.821956&spn=0.004828,0.006759&t=k&hl=en

The grass was very high in places, so you couldn't see around all the corners. Lots of time was lost if you didn't turn in before the corner opened up, i.e., the reason for walking the course and figuring out where to turn in based upon some landmark.

Anybody keep a map of the course flow?

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 18 2005, 02:36 PM

Here you go.. they dont have to hit the link now.

B

Posted by: Brad Roberts Apr 18 2005, 02:41 PM

This was Saturday... ha ha

B

Posted by: trekkor Apr 18 2005, 02:44 PM

That overhead shot is great, thanks.

KT

Posted by: Randal Apr 18 2005, 07:16 PM

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This was Saturday... ha ha

As course workers, Pat Costin and I were standing at the end of that little road where Brad's arrow on the right side is pointing.

Great position to check everyone’s lines going into that next corner. Just a few people, in this run group, got the right line, which was pulling way to the left before taking a very late apex going right. You could just see the difference in speed when they exited that corner for the short straight.

Terry Zarconi (SP?) in his red 911, some guy in a 996 and Grant, driving the blue 914.

When I told Terry about his great line he said, "I have to find some way out there to carry momentum."

Posted by: J P Stein Apr 18 2005, 10:32 PM

QUOTE (Brad Roberts @ Apr 17 2005, 10:56 PM)
Um... JP.. may I suggest you show up to a Alameda event ?? RR region site leaves something to be desired. On Sat. they had 3-4 OFF course excursions. It is the only venue we have that you can totally "F" your car up. Just a suggestion.

B

Thanks Brad, but thr kid & I would like to avoid driving into the
SanFran area from Yuba city. The one in Stockton looked like a possibility, but don't *seem* to have anything after the May 8 jobbie till September......we have an AX on May 8 also and I would like to get some butt time before going afield.

All I really wanna do is come down & see iff'n I can scare some of your local hot dogs I learnt last yeat not to expect to beat the local guys at their venue when Eric Fry kicked my ass at Bremerton. Local guys learn the patterns that designers at a venue fall into.....even I'm tough at home

If I was worried about "offs" I'd keep the car in the garage, tho I didn't like the sound of gravel hitting Trekkor's car in that vid....even with his hardball tires

I ain't ruling out either GGR or PLR.....just lookin for alternatives.

Posted by: trekkor Apr 18 2005, 10:49 PM

Some people tape the inside edges of their fenders to protect the paint.

I really like this venue. fast course. Challenging. Nice scenery, too.

They usually have thirty drivers.

They spent a little time sweeping the gravel aside.

KT

Posted by: grantsfo Apr 19 2005, 12:41 AM

QUOTE (Randal @ Apr 18 2005, 05:16 PM)

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This was Saturday... ha ha

As course workers, Pat Costin and I were standing at the end of that little road where Brad's arrow on the right side is pointing.

Great position to check everyone’s lines going into that next corner. Just a few people, in this run group, got the right line, which was pulling way to the left before taking a very late apex going right. You could just see the difference in speed when they exited that corner for the short straight.

Terry Zarconi (SP?) in his red 911, some guy in a 996 and Grant, driving the blue 914.

When I told Terry about his great line he said, "I have to find some way out there to carry momentum."

Yeah thats one corner I had nailed pretty well. I figured I was making some time on faster cars there based on watching everyone go through there.

Posted by: grantsfo Apr 19 2005, 12:57 AM

My editing program isnt working so I loaded large images on my FTP server

Trekkor smoking the last corner:

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Nathan lifting front wheel:

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Posted by: grantsfo Apr 19 2005, 01:17 AM

Nathan finishing his fastest time of the day on Saturday! I'm sure the start/finish flag guy was excited to see you coming though the lights sideways!

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