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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:05 PM
here are some of my pictures from this weekend. we had a blast!
we got there friday morning and set up the "914Club Tech" trailer (curtsey of Joe Sharp 
) and watched the guys do their practice laps all day and finished the day with a small party at the trailer ...
for some strange reason, people kept on referring to our little celebration as "rowdy" the next day ... 
saturday, the morning was spent getting ready for the parade laps.
Mr. "X" will hopefully chime in here and give us a detailed description of the "Follow the Pace-Car" incident ... 
after the parade laps, we all gathered back in the paddock and invited all the racecars over for a photo-op. it turned out really well and we had 14 914s lined up. 
a BIG thanks to Victory Lane Magazine for their sponsorship and their help to set this up. thanks Pam! 
and another BIG thank you to Bruce Goronsky from the San Francisco SCCA region for the reserved space in the paddock and for making the parade laps a reality!
another BIG thanks to all of you who showed up and showed their support, it was very much appreciated! 
and of course lets not forget the 6(!) 914s that actually participated in the races. hats off to you, gentlemen! 
tired, but happy,
Andy
PS: oh, and a very personal thank you to Jim for letting me ride shotgun down to laguna and to Jay for letting us spent the night at his house and to Joe for being such a generous host!
Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:06 PM
friday morning, setting up the "914Club Tech" trailer ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:10 PM
another view, we were right next to the track, near turn 4 at the end of the first straight between turn 3 and turn 4 ...
we had a HUGE section of the paddock, we could have easily fit 100 cars in there.
when it became clear we would not need quite that much space, we happily gave up some space for other people as the paddock was filling up quickly friday night.
the official number was 275 confirmed race cars on saturday ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:12 PM
all this empty space was initially reserved for us! we asked for a few cones to set up a mini AX course, but they didn't let us ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:21 PM
very nice 2.0L race car ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:22 PM
cool sticker ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:22 PM
one more ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:24 PM
Dave's /6 ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:24 PM
the banner ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:25 PM
the trailer ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:26 PM
the lineup on saturday ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:26 PM
more ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:27 PM
more ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:27 PM
more ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:28 PM
more ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:28 PM
some of the drivers ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:29 PM
string of candy bars ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:30 PM
artsy ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:30 PM
buttocks ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:31 PM
one more of the lineup ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:32 PM
#8 on track (turn 4), original /6 with m471 option, painted to match the 3 "marathon de la route" cars ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:36 PM
#52
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:37 PM
#55
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:40 PM
and this i saved for last. this car puts an end to the debate if there actually ever was such a thing as 9" and 11" factory STEEL flares for the GT ...
i present to you, "the proof™":
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:41 PM
one more ...
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:42 PM
that's it from me ... i know others took a lot of pictures and video as well ...
i'm going to bed now ...
Andy
Posted by: neo914-6 Oct 30 2005, 09:43 PM
| QUOTE (SirAndy @ Oct 30 2005, 07:10 PM) |
| we had a HUGE section of the paddock, we could have easily fit 100 cars in there. the official number was 275 confirmed race cars on saturday ... |
sounds like it could accomodate a future WCC... Thanks again for insuring this happened.
Posted by: Dan (Almaden Valley) Oct 30 2005, 09:44 PM
The Blue #52 is owned by Greg Braun. He has owned that car for 10+ years now. He bought it from my neighbor back then when it was a street car. The orange 6 sitting next to it in the pictures is probably his wife Tricia's car which she bought from Sergio Meza about a year or so ago. It has a very nice 3.2L conversion in it. Very clean car.
They live down in Central Cal now. Near Santa Maria I believe. They have been GGR members for years and TT with us still at least once or so per year. Nice folks.
Posted by: Leo Imperial Oct 30 2005, 09:47 PM
I just wanted to point out the hard work Andy did in putting this all together. Thanks
I hope to see this event continue to grow.
Posted by: SirAndy Oct 30 2005, 09:58 PM
| QUOTE (Dan (Almaden Valley) @ Oct 30 2005, 08:44 PM) |
| The Blue #52 is owned by Greg Braun. The orange 6 sitting next to it in the pictures is probably his wife Tricia's car |
yes, Greg it was indeed! very nice fellow. his wife didn't bring her teener, but she showed me pictures of it ...
i hope they'll show up here soon!
the orange street /6 is olav's car. it don't recall the name of the owner of the orange m471 car (sorry, i'm getting old
) ...
Andy
Posted by: olav Oct 30 2005, 10:22 PM
Thanks again Andy for organizing the event it was a lot of fun.
How was the party on Saturday BTW?
Posted by: theol00 Oct 30 2005, 11:18 PM
thanks Andy - great job!
Ahndy for President! 
Posted by: McMark Oct 30 2005, 11:29 PM
This event definitely needs to grow. My car will be there next year if we're invited back. There were FAR more Minis than 914s. Of course there were two other events that "stole" a few people. Thanks to Andy, thanks to Brad, and thanks to Victory Lane/Pam for making this happen. I had a great time for the few hours we were able to attend. I even got to help Leo push start his van! True Type IV style (1.8 bus). 
Sorry Leo, I had to say something.
Posted by: markb Oct 30 2005, 11:32 PM
| QUOTE (SirAndy @ Oct 30 2005, 08:40 PM) |
| and this i saved for last. this car puts an end to the debate if there actually ever was such a thing as 9" and 11" factory STEEL flares for the GT ... i present to you, "the proof™": |
Wow. They look good with the right sized wheels & tires in there.
I wonder if I could get the submarine back.......
Posted by: neo914-6 Oct 30 2005, 11:33 PM
| QUOTE (SirAndy @ Oct 30 2005, 07:42 PM) |
| that's it from me ... i know others took a lot of pictures and video as well ... i'm going to bed now ... Andy |
yeah, where's the VL party and tequila pics. Did you offer the Mini club
?
Posted by: jimtab Oct 31 2005, 12:02 AM
| QUOTE (neo914-6 @ Oct 30 2005, 09:33 PM) | ||
yeah, where's the VL party and tequila pics. Did you offer the Mini club ? |
"MINI WORLD" as we came to call it was a ways away in the paddock, so we didn't see so much of them, our "next door neighbors were the blue 2.0 racer, a 1963 Brabbham BT-8 (won his race, USRRC seniors tour) and his OTHER car a black Lola/bmw...tough huh...he drove in in his street car..a ferrari 456...really nice. On the other side of us was a guy with a Tiga sports racer powered by an sohc 4cyl ford (pinto engine) he did ok tho...and on the other side of the fence were two fiat-abarth cars that never really got running well but they were cool to look at ....think hot-rod fiat 600 topolino....oh and since we lead the parade laps I guess you could say we showed the minis our
. I will try to post some of my pics tomorrow...tired now.
Posted by: schweggy Oct 31 2005, 12:05 AM
A few more... entry to the corkscrew
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Posted by: schweggy Oct 31 2005, 12:06 AM
Hit the apex...
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Posted by: schweggy Oct 31 2005, 12:07 AM
Ummm... they were just there
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Posted by: schweggy Oct 31 2005, 12:09 AM
Clowns
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Posted by: Elliot Cannon Oct 31 2005, 12:14 AM
Did anyone notice? All nicely framed and IN FOCUS. Nice job Andy.
Cheers, Elliot
Posted by: Andyrew Oct 31 2005, 12:18 AM
Woh, I've never seen andy in anything othe than camo pants....
I guess he dressed up!!
Looking sharp !
Nice pics. Did Chris Julian show up? I know he really wanted to come.
Posted by: billswim Oct 31 2005, 12:26 AM
Great pics! Looks like you guys had a great time!
Posted by: VegasRacer Oct 31 2005, 04:11 AM
Next year
Posted by: Jeroen Oct 31 2005, 05:11 AM
Thanks Andy for pulling through with this event
So... what happened during the parade lap?
Posted by: rick 918-S Oct 31 2005, 08:02 AM
| QUOTE (VegasRacer @ Oct 31 2005, 02:11 AM) |
| Next year |
Posted by: jonwatts Oct 31 2005, 09:56 AM
| QUOTE (Jeroen @ Oct 31 2005, 04:11 AM) |
| So... what happened during the parade lap? |
Yeah, what he said.
Posted by: scruz914 Oct 31 2005, 10:24 AM
| QUOTE (SirAndy @ Oct 30 2005, 08:05 PM) |
| .... finished the day with a small party at the trailer ... for some strange reason, people kept on referring to our little celebration as "rowdy" the next day ... |
The sign of a good party!
Thanks for sharing your photos. Looks like a pretty good turn out. Sorry I missed it - so close to home too.
Posted by: JohnnyX Oct 31 2005, 12:01 PM
| QUOTE (jonwatts @ Oct 31 2005, 07:56 AM) | ||
Yeah, what he said. |
We finished one parade lap and then as we were coming up upon the racing pits the guide car sticks a finger out for what I initially thought meant one more lap but right at that moment a track worker started waving/gesturing etc... so it seemed like she was signaling me to come in. With this then I thought that the guide car by pointing his finger may have been handing me off to the her so I pulled into the racing pit entry. By the look on the track worker's face I could see she realized that she had inadvertently signaled me in, and so she then waved me through the hot pits. So we got to see what the hot pits looked like. I didn't just take it upon myself to take that exit I assure you all that I had some help from that track worker. Anyway it was not communicated how many laps we were going to take, where we would exit, etc.. so I was just following the signals the best I could. The lead 914 with the guy who knew the plan decided at the last moment to take trail position leaving me up in front. Always follow the pace car was some advice a club member gave me later-- but what if a track worker is waving you in? A bit embarrassing but I enjoyed the opportunity to get on the track nonetheless. John
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Posted by: Scott Carlberg Oct 31 2005, 12:12 PM
What event was this again???
THANKS for sharing the pics!
Posted by: JohnnyX Oct 31 2005, 12:20 PM
Mine with the cork screw in background. Neat event- great race track. Would make a nice annual for us West Coast guys. If it happens again I will plan on going. Got to do some endurance driving. 421 miles each way: took 6 hours going up leaving at 1AM arriving 7AM. 8hrs going back with traffic on Sunday leaving LS at 2PM home in San Diego at 10PM. Made it on one tank of gas each way!!!!!
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Posted by: TRE Cup Oct 31 2005, 12:38 PM
Great to meet the other 'teeners that came out to the races. I had a blast running against all that americun iron- got to blow off a few (and wish I had a carpoon for some of the others!). John's orange car had better gearing than I in Sunday's race and though my #52 car was still pushing too much, IF i could have gotten by, I would have hoped to make it into the top ten. No regrets though, it was by and by a great weekend with fun close racing. Hope to see it as part of the WCC for 06?
Posted by: SirAndy Oct 31 2005, 02:02 PM
| QUOTE (Elliot Cannon @ Oct 30 2005, 11:14 PM) |
| Did anyone notice? All nicely framed and IN FOCUS. Nice job Andy. |
haha, well, this time, i just didn't post the blurry ones ...
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Posted by: siverson Oct 31 2005, 02:09 PM
Nice pictures, looks like fun!
> this car puts an end to the debate if there actually ever was such a thing as 9" and 11" factory STEEL flares for the GT
How do you know they are factory flares? I've never heard of such of thing, and lots of people (Dekman down here) have built flares like that from stock GT flares...
-Steve
Posted by: jgara962 Oct 31 2005, 02:33 PM
| QUOTE (JohnnyX @ Oct 31 2005, 10:01 AM) | ||||
We finished one parade lap and then as we were coming up upon the racing pits the guide car sticks a finger out for what I initially thought meant one more lap but right at that moment a track worker started waving/gesturing etc... so it seemed like she was signaling me to come in. With this then I thought that the guide car by pointing his finger may have been handing me off to the her so I pulled into the racing pit entry. By the look on the track worker's face I could see she realized that she had inadvertently signaled me in, and so she then waved me through the hot pits. So we got to see what the hot pits looked like. I didn't just take it upon myself to take that exit I assure you all that I had some help from that track worker. Anyway it was not communicated how many laps we were going to take, where we would exit, etc.. so I was just following the signals the best I could. The lead 914 with the guy who knew the plan decided at the last moment to take trail position leaving me up in front. Always follow the pace car was some advice a club member gave me later-- but what if a track worker is waving you in? A bit embarrassing but I enjoyed the opportunity to get on the track nonetheless. John |
I think the confusion was because I was sitting in the paddock and she was actually signalling me to come on to the track and join the group since I was late. They told me to cut across the pit lane and blend in, and as I was pulling out, everyone came rolling down the pit lane. Oh well, small detour.
Here are a few in-car photo's of the lap
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Posted by: jgara962 Oct 31 2005, 02:34 PM
123
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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 31 2005, 02:40 PM
| QUOTE (siverson @ Oct 31 2005, 01:09 PM) |
| How do you know they are factory flares? |
well, first of all, i have a copy of a original porsche brochure that lists available tire/wheel options for the 914/6 GT race-cars.
included in that list are 9"/11" wheels to be run under 9"/11" factory flares.
according to this document, there *was* a factory option for those flares.
second, the owner of the yellow car told me that the flares were original factory GT flares.
third, i looked at them from underneath and they didn't show any signs of "widening" in the flare itself, plus they were welded to the fenders just like the original GT and m471 flares, very smooth with almost no visible seam ...
all this leads me to believe they're the real deal ...
Andy
Posted by: SirAndy Oct 31 2005, 02:45 PM
| QUOTE (JohnnyX @ Oct 31 2005, 11:01 AM) |
| A bit embarrassing |
it's all good!
i wasn't trying to blame you or anything, i just thought it was funny, jim and i were laughing for the rest of the laps.
actually, when i talked to bruce afterwards (the guy in the pace-car), he said that it was his fault and that as soon as he signaled the grid-master, he knew you guys would probably think he was signaling you ...
worked out just fine, plus, you got to go through the *hot* pits!
Andy
Posted by: schweggy Oct 31 2005, 02:54 PM
And besides... I needed to see exactly where "my" pits were.
Posted by: jimtab Oct 31 2005, 10:04 PM
Okay, here are a few of mine that are a little different from the ones everyone else posted....bottom line...you guys that didn't show up....screwed up...it was a gas... my wife has good taste eh? (I guess we all knew that...)
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Posted by: jimtab Oct 31 2005, 10:05 PM
another
oops
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Posted by: jimtab Oct 31 2005, 10:06 PM
again...told ya she has good taste....says I should get her one to replace her Miata....
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Posted by: jimtab Oct 31 2005, 10:08 PM
nother
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Posted by: jimtab Oct 31 2005, 10:09 PM
Minis on our tails....lots of em
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Posted by: jimtab Oct 31 2005, 10:27 PM
| QUOTE (redshift @ Oct 31 2005, 08:23 PM) |
Too much self-control required. I could never drive a parade lap.. M |
It's simple, if you screw the pooch....no more parade laps...even slow laps are better than NO laps.....
Posted by: Leo Imperial Oct 31 2005, 11:51 PM
Jim,
Thanks for posting the spinout on the cork screw. I have been witing for days for you to post it. Talk about good timing.
I would have 
my pants if I was the driver.
Posted by: jimtab Oct 31 2005, 11:57 PM
| QUOTE (Leo Imperial @ Oct 31 2005, 09:51 PM) |
| Jim, Thanks for posting the spinout on the cork screw. I have been witing for days for you to post it. Talk about good timing. I would have my pants if I was the driver. |
My pleasure, just dumb shithouse luck, I wanted to take a pic of him at the apex and when I was about to click I noticed the backend coming around...so I just waited....if I'd had my 35mm I'd have gotten several....
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