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  1. rob lay

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    #1 rob lay, Oct 1, 2008
    There will be several groups and classes from open wheels, spec miatas, to our class of Ferraris, Vettes, and Porsches. Of special interest to this community there will be 3 Ferrari Challenge 355's racing in Super Touring 2.

    Mark McKenzie - 6th of 31 Overall and top rookie in the 2008 North America Ferrari 430 Challenge series
    Colin Cohen - Grand Am Koni Challenge pro
    Rob Lay - nobody, expect one time FCA DFW go kart champion :D

    Some other users on here that will be racing are Rob Cohen in his GTS 3 Porsche and Keith Verges in Spec Miata. Any others?

    Come watch the racing or for those wanting to run the track in your street car there are Driver Education groups. Those are called HPDE in the registration.

    Let me know if questions.

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    http://www.eaglescanyon.com/
     
  2. redcar1

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    #2 redcar1, Oct 2, 2008
    Hey Rob,
    I'm looking forward to the weekend. I'll be there Friday afternoon, and all day Saturday, but not Sunday.
    Have you seen the weather forecast? Meteorologically it is a ways off, but it looks like it may rain. Are you bringing rain tires?
    I don't even have any treaded tires, but I might get some, if most of you guys will run in the wet?

    See you then,

    Mark
     
  3. LamboLover

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    #3 LamboLover, Oct 3, 2008
    My buddies are taking me to H.I.N. (terrible, but meh, they're paying for my crap) Sat., but I will def. try and make it out Sunday. Any fees just to get in and watch?
     
  4. rob lay

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    #4 rob lay, Oct 3, 2008
    I have some Pirelli rains, but I think they're 5+ years old and I've never used them before. I would give them a try though, I like running in the rain, after all the carnage at TWS I would be even that more carful though. I love Hoosier rains, but that isn't in the budget yet.
     
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    #5 rob lay, Oct 3, 2008
    Usually not, just sign a waiver. If there is, it would be small.
     
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    #6 WJHMH, Oct 3, 2008
    What a better reason to finally head out there, count me in.
     
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    Cool. I'll bring $50 just in case for anything being sold on Sunday. :)
     
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    #8 TurboTodd, Oct 3, 2008
    Arrgh.. OU-Texas Saturday, Audi Experience on Sunday at TMS... hmm..

    Might see you folks out there on Saturday.
     
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    #9 redcar1, Oct 4, 2008
    Latest at weather.com shows only a 10% chance of showers Fri,Sat&Sun.
    See you Friday,
    Mark
     
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    #10 jakermc, Oct 6, 2008
    I'll have the hi-def tv running in the trailer to watch football during downtime, so that is not an excuse for anyone.

    If it does rain I am going to have a very interesting set-up. I have some treaded street tires mounted on 16" rims that I ran one time on my car long before it became the beast it is today. It will be pretty funny to see 205/225 tires under my turbo flares. Next year I'll make the investment in proper rain tires as I have a set of 18" rims waiting for them. The budget gets thin by the last event of the year, I won't even be running fresh dry tires for this one.

    Will - I could use a radio man if you are interested.
     
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    #11 kverges, Oct 7, 2008
    This is the absolute last local race by any sanctioning body I know of in Texas for 2008, so come if you have any interest at all or you will have to wait until March 2009
     
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    #12 WJHMH, Oct 7, 2008
    I'm planing to be out there with Nicola with Saturday morning & setting up. I'll see what I can do to help you out as well.
     
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    #14 rob lay, Oct 8, 2008
    what, not bringing an Indy car? :D
     
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    Car looks great! Any idea how many have registered?
    Weather should be beautiful. I'll be there late Friday.
    See you then,
    Mark
     
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    #16 DIGMAN52, Oct 10, 2008
    Looks like Carney and I will be cruising up there mid morning. Look forward to seeing the
    track for the first time.
     
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    #17 jimpo1, Oct 10, 2008
    Lucky empty-nesters.......
     
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    #19 DIGMAN52, Oct 12, 2008
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    It was a nice 1 hour run to Eagles Canyon, with an orange beast prodding me along the whole way. The racers were suiting up, and Will was ably assisting. Nice grouping of different cars, and up top you get a decent vantage point of the track.
    Look forward to getting on it sometime soon. Here are some pics from the pits.

    Our 2 Robs, Lay and Cohen, had a spirited battle as they got started, but horsepower prevailed
    for the Ferrari. Some nice sound from the 3 -355's out on the track.
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    #20 rob lay, Oct 12, 2008
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    A long good weekend, I always like the challenge of learning a new track. I’m liking our race group of Ferraris, Vettes, Porsche, BMW’s and other higher HP sports cars. As expected Mark was very sharp, years ago we use to be about even, but Mark has taken his driving to the next level through the 430 Challenge Series while also doing a few little things to the car. Colin is down on power right now that Norwoods will soon fix, but Colin continued to close the gap through the weekend. Enjoyed Nicola running in the DE and Will out to crew. Other visitors were Phil, Mark in the Murci, Rich in his 360, Stew from Boardwalk, and a few others sorry if I missed you. Also big thanks to James at Norwoods who supplied me a 355 water cap late at night Saturday! Below are qualifying and race results, I have decent video from the Saturday races I will post within a few weeks.

    Saturday - ST2 Qualifying
    1. Mark McKenzie (355 C) 1:55.446
    2. Rob Lay (355 C) 1:57.233
    3. Colin Cohen (355 C) 2:02.322
    4. Sean Farrah (350 Z) 2:05.144

    GTS3 - Rob Cohen (Porsche 911) 2:01.246

    Saturday - ST2 Race #1
    1. Mark McKenzie (355 C) 1:55.976
    2. Rob Lay (355 C) 1:58.915
    3. Colin Cohen (355 C) 2:02.625
    4. Sean Farrah (350 Z) 2:03.018

    GTS3 - Rob Cohen (Porsche 911) 2:01.927

    Saturday - ST2 Race #2
    1. Mark McKenzie (355 C) 1:57.477
    2. Rob Lay (355 C) 1:58.741
    3. Sean Farrah (350 Z) 2:02.617
    4. Colin Cohen (355 C) 2:04.088

    GTS3 - Rob Cohen (Porsche 911) 2:02.485

    Sunday- ST2 Qualifying
    1. Rob Lay (355 C) 1:57.039
    2. Sean Farrah (350 Z) 2:00.572
    3. Colin Cohen (355 C) 2:02.751

    GTS3 - Rob Cohen (Porsche 911) 2:00.950

    Sunday- ST2 Race #1
    1. Rob Lay (355 C) 1:58.433
    2. Sean Farrah (350 Z) 2:01.291
    3. Colin Cohen (355 C) 2:00.794

    GTS3 - Rob Cohen (Porsche 911) 2:02.128

    Sunday- ST2 Race #2
    1. Rob Lay (355 C) 1:58.442
    2. Sean Farrah (350 Z) 2:01.276

    GTS3 - Rob Cohen (Porsche 911) 2:01.684
     
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    #21 redcar1, Oct 13, 2008
    Hey Rob,
    It was good to see all of you guys.
    I'll make a point of choosing some 2009 NASA dates that I can commit to, so we can try to get together again.
    I really enjoyed running the 355, but if there's a gap in Challenge, maybe I'll try to bring the 430 so as to keep up with those pesky GT3Cups!

    See you soon,

    Mark
     
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    #22 jakermc, Oct 13, 2008
    Great weekend and lots of fun seeing everyone out there. Some great photos here, thanks for posting. I particularly like how much faster I look than Rob as we apex the same corner. :) Of course the lap times don't lie, I certainly did not have the pace to stay with him.

    Rob did not post the full GTS standings but I took two 2nd Place finishes on Saturday and two 3rd place finishes on Sunday. My Sunday could have been a bit better but in the first race I was following a car that was spilling fuel out the rear and I spun when I drove through his mess in a high G corner (corner #10), losing a position and hurting my grid spot in the next race.

    Colin picked up 2 seconds off his previous pace in the last race, which was awesome to see. I'm looking forward to seeing that car up to full speed once power is restored.

    Mark was blindingly fast. I wish I had a chance to follow him for a few corners so I could watch. We'll certainly have to do a Harris Hill weekend this winter.

    I did not see the Miata results. Keith - how did you do?
     
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    #23 DIGMAN52, Oct 13, 2008
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    A few more pics from a fun day.
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    #24 Jagbuff, Oct 13, 2008
    I was out there too with my lowly Spec Miata, and while the turn out of only 20 cars was low for Miatas, it was just about right especially when figuring out a new track. The track is definitely interesting and technical with good elevation changes but pretty bumpy surface and lots of rocks - so offing can be painful. Again the Spec Miata group showed more brawls than brain by going three wide in turn 1 which ended up tire smokes and spinning cars... Good show - still glad those are Mazdas not a Ferraris!
     
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    #25 jimpo1, Oct 13, 2008
    Carney still has the Murci? Hasn't it been over 6 months? Strange......

    ;)
     
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