BIG NEWS!!!!

The schedule has been changed slightly. Renting the autocross course for a private event wasn't possible for the number of cars we will have in attendance. So now we are piggybacking onto the Empire Sports Car Association (ESCA) AX in Santa Rosa on Saturday. Because this change unexpectedly increases the cost, there will be $30 track fees if you want to autocross. I will be contacting everyone who signed up to notify them of this change. I will need to know AHEAD OF TIME if you will be participating. The ESCA insurance will only cover club members. I will be paying all of the join-up dues for those who will be participating. This also means that spectators are unfortunately not allowed unless they pay $20 to sign up. This will be a great alternative and the ESCA people are a great group of people. We just didn't have enough signups and staffing to run a private autocross when decision time rolled around.

So, the new schedule is:

Friday - Arrive, Meet & Greet, Beer-N-Brats
Saturday - ESCA Autocross
Sunday Morning - Wash-N-Shine, Car Show, Tech Quiz
Sunday Afternoon - Coastal Drive and Group Pictures
Sunday Evening - Closing Dinner, Raffle, Thanks
Monday Morning - Goodbyes



The official participant sign up sheet is now available. You must register for the event to participate. Please sign up on this page.

ALSO: I have decided to run the event under the PCA 914 SIG umbrella. The SIG will supply event insurance, funds, as well as other benefits. I'm very excited about this move! So the West Coast Classic is now known as the West Coast Ramble!


HOTEL
The Sonoma Double Tree is the hotel for this event and is now set up to accept registrations. Here is the info straight from the horse's mouth...



Rooms are $155 per night, which is the going rate for a decent hotel in NorCal.


DATES & SCHEDULE
Dates are June 15-18. This is fathers day weekend.

The schedule of events is:

Friday - Arrival, check in, hang out.
Saturday - Drive
Sunday - Wash-N-Shine Show, judging, tech sessions, dinner, awards ceremony
Monday - West Coast Classic only AX




I will add details as they become available.




It's gonna be a great event!

Where at exactly??

6 months away!! ahh!!

"where?"

and why did bill give you internet access? LOL

ill be there!

Gotta rep the 94.... try again 94... dammit

914 club

that sounds soo familiar....

What did I do now???

Uggg.. I need more hours in the day...

Only 5 replys?? Did you tell them it's going to be at your house?

That's it, WEP going back up in 5....4....3...2....

Hehehe, Hi Bill!

BTW, I remembered other Bills, specifically Bill Pickering. But Bill is still a weird name.

The event will be in Rohnert Park, CA. Lots of great roads and scenery. I'm so excited to have the hotel locked down. Now I can get on the planning 'the fun stuff'

You gonna tow it up?

any chance to point this out on a CA-map - for guys which are not so familiar with this area

Gustl

Yahoo, let's get the countdown started.

way to go Mark!!!

many thanks



I've no idea about the distance to San Francisco ... how long would a road trip take?

Gustl

I think that depends on the time of day. Mapquest says 48.5 miles, 78.3 k, 1 hr.

Dave

Gustl,
SF is just outside the bottom edge of the picture

many thanks

thanks Jeroen,
that was pretty clear for me - but the map has no scale info, so I didn't know if it's 50 miles or 500 miles

but now this mystery is solved

Gustl

Congrats for the decision and getting 2007 going

We came out there for a trip couple of years back and went up HWY 1 to Mill Valley and cut back over to San Rafael through Fairfax. I think I about killed the rack and pinion on the rent car More twists than Chubby Checker doing his dance. "Thats Twists for you younger guys"

I ain't much for "drives" & drinkin'/BS sessions....call me anitsocial if you will, but I am big on AX. If there is an AX on Saturday/Sunday in the bay area, I could make this and the WWC AX on Monday......I need a plan

JP I would bet my helmet between the 'CCA and the PCA and even the ESCA and other clubs, you may be able to autocross the tires off that Yeller Beast... All these clubs should be publishing schedules soon.

Now I've heard it all: JP "ain't much for BS". Ya sure!
Since I have moved south, Rohnert Park is only 360 miles away. Need to mark the calendar.

only 74 miles away !!!!

that means that if my 914 breaks down, AAA can tow me back home, hahahaha

Aw crap....I'm in.

I can help trailer up Howie or SLITs. Having a support vehicle and trailer will prolly help.

BTW...when ya says "Monday - 914Club only AX"

Care to expand?

I think my wife has plans for us to be in Turkey visiting her folks.

I never stay as long as she does so hopefully I'll be able to schedule my trip around this.

Let me know when you will need sponsors.
Lets see Fathers Day, Wifes Birthday, L.A. Roadster show, WCC.
CCLINDECISIONSDECISIONS

Z, my only implication of the AX at this point is to say that we are not piggybacking on anyone else's event. We are renting the AX space ourselves and we'll be the only ones out there.

I see a road trip in my near future... a road trip with high speed sections followed by very twisty roads.....I see vineyards to drop my wife off for the day.... I see....a new set of tires shortly after. I am going back to the garage to get the latest round of cleaning done.

I should clarify.
I got nutin' against BS when booze isn't involved.
To paraphrase an old bartender friend.
"I can't stand drunks unless I'm drunk too"

WHOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!
i can't wait...Sher and I will be there....
we would like to contribute some how....

Steve

Bring Groceries Grocery Boy!

I agree. I bartended in college and after seeing how stupid people who were drinking were acting I did a lot less drinking myself.

JP I perused the obvious Nor Cal Autocross sites to see who has a schedule up and only SCCA SFR Sacramento Chapter has anything on the schedule so far and it doesn't line up. But the good news is no one has anything on the schedule yet so surely something will line up for you. ESCA and Redwood Region both use Charles Schultz so the chances of them having an event on Saturday and or Sunday are fair as well...

Bummer - The absolute worst weekend during the summer for me.

So much already booked for the 16th and 17th.

T

dun't think i can bring veggies through the quarantine ....
but if we are doing a barbie...i can bring some great farmer sausage...
its harder to keep stuff cold in a cooler when the oil cooler is going to be running hot...perhaps i 'll tow the harlot behind the jeep.....mmmm short wheel base jeep with a full loaded trailer.....36hours of driving...we will see...

except, you didn't count for the bay area traffic ...

gustl, if you flew into san francisco (SFO) which is south of the city, you would drive up 101, get off on 19th street which takes you through the city (golden gate park), back onto 101 and over the golden gate bridge and all the way up to Rohnert Park. 101 narrows down from 3 lanes to two lanes after Novato and traffic on a weekend will be horrible, all the way from the airport up to Rohnert Park ...

you'd be lucky to make the trip in 2 hours ...
Andy

PS: having said that, just fly in a bit early, get a nice rental car, spend a few hours in San Francisco, walk the Golden Gate Bridge, and then head up to the WCC.
if you get in early in the morning, you can spend all day sight-seeing and you don't have to rush things ...

Oh shnap, that's a ways up there.

I'm only going this year if:

1.) I get the new engine in my 914
2.) I get the bodywork done (and primed)
3.) I do not, absolutely do not have to drive through fucking San Leandro.

Sounds fun

So, when is the SWCC07?

THANK YOU for once again making the WCC in my backyard! n

Looking forward to it!!

Andy, if I really could manage this, be sure that I won't fly 10 or 12 hrs in one direction just to visit the WCC'07 and nothing else ... this event would have to be embedded in a 2 (or 3?) weeks holiday ...

But there's a lot of time till the WCC - and lots of things might happen ...

anyway, many thanks for explanation

Gustl

Only 2,943.36 miles.

Looks like I'll be flying in again.

Can I borrow a car for the a/x???

Bring me a gallon or two of bondo and I might have a 944 for you to borrow

Since ya didn't beat me at the last WCC AX you can have another chance at this one

BTW, you're one of the few....maybe the only, that hasn't beat me in my own car

So what Hotel did ya lock in with? The Double Tree???

.....b

OK, I'll try again. This time I'll use the brakes.

Mark,

Let me know if I can help in any way. I'm only 5-10 minutes up the road in E. Santa Rosa.
I may even have my car running with a little luck!

A/X to be held where??? Mark? I thought you were working on track time at Infineon Raceway? "Fathers Day"......how about picking a non-holiday?

Track time at infineon would be my choice by far!!! Heck.. I'd pay 200 more for that..

I'm ready for the details now.


KT

totally unrealistic, guys. there are plenty of other options for people to get track time at infineon, anyway. if the AX is where i think it's at anyway, it will be extremely cool and potentially very fast. Sounds like Mark has planned out an awesome extended weekend for everyone!

infineon is waaaaaay out of our league at this point ...


the AX *will* be great, and yes, the location allows ofr some rather fast sections ...
Andy