captmike13 wrote:
Word of the Day Monday, February 10, 2014

blatherskite\ BLATH-er-skahyt \, noun;

1. a person given to voluble, empty talk.

Ultraman wrote:

Must not take much to slam the throttle down and hold on...geez those cars are fast.

BillH wrote:
Pro Stock runs the 1/4.

I like Force, they spend a lot of time here at Tahoe.

Alrighty then, lets talk weather.

As always the weather here doesn't screw around, the term used here is "really" as in really nice......and at times really nuts.

It's been really windy and it really rained for the last 3-4 days, didn't bother me cause we're in a drought and it was in the 50's when it rained.

So:
The ski slopes above my house got 38 inches of snow (I got 0).
The mountain peaks got 5 feet,

The rain/snow on Lake Tahoe raised the water level 4 inches

Which equals........13 billion gallons.

Really

Ultraman wrote:

Soooo....now California would be more than knee deep in water if the lake ever drained out and flooded it....?

istter1 wrote:

If the bill passes, Obama says he'll veto it

Ultraman wrote:
Bill when you go to the racetrack where do you go? Willows?
that seems a long way over there from your place.

Ultraman wrote:
I'm surprised the Reno area doesn't have a track....

BillH wrote:
Gary's a HPDE driver, he said "guess we have to get a hotel for 2 nights." , I laughed and said "I'll drive home that night."
If I did a test day there when I was racing, I'd leave here at 3 a.m., run the race car all day and then drive home.

BillH wrote:
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Ultraman wrote:
Bill when you go to the racetrack where do you go? Willows?
that seems a long way over there from your place.

Yea Willows.

The guys who run their street cars on the track think it's a long way too.

For the racers, towing to Willows is like running over to the 7-11.
It's only 4 1/2 hours for a normal tow (4 hours if I'm driving the tow vehicle

Gary's a HPDE driver, he said "guess we have to get a hotel for 2 nights." , I laughed and said "I'll drive home that night."
If I did a test day there when I was racing, I'd leave here at 3 a.m., run the race car all day and then drive home.

Sears Point in Napa takes the same drive time.
Laguna Seca is 6 /12
Las Vegas, Willow Springs and ButtonWillow are 8 1/2.
And I always left the track at 5 p.m. and drove home, go to work the next day.

Portland International is 12 1/2 but we use 2 drivers.

istter1 wrote:


Finally got you Buttonwillow is 30 minutes and Famosa 45
Kern county Race way 10 min and the Bakersfield Speed way 20

Guess a Summit racing would be nice

TommyT-Bone wrote:

I'm with Gary on this one. I would go to bed at 06:00 the evening before getting up and leaving at 03:00 AM. Take a nap when I got there, drive, load up , find a motel, take a nap, go out to eat, go to sleep, wake up the next morning, drive home, take a nap, then unload everything that needed unloading. Then DNBFS.

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TommyT-Bone wrote:

I'm with Gary on this one. I would go to bed at 06:00 the evening before getting up and leaving at 03:00 AM. Take a nap when I got there, drive, load up , find a motel, take a nap, go out to eat, go to sleep, wake up the next morning, drive home, take a nap, then unload everything that needed unloading. Then DNBFS.

Yes, the sit & stare crowd feels the same.

Thought most would:

Think about going

Say they're going......someday.

Say their going to the next one.

Then forget about it cause someone asked them if they wanted to sit by the pool.

TommyT-Bone wrote:
For me, Homestead-Miami, 10 min., Palm Beach Intl., 2 1/2 hr., Sebring, 3 hr. I'm planning to the 12 Hours of Sebring next month and camp out in my Yukon. That's the plan as of now. Might be joined by a friend that has a pop up camper. We'll see. I 've been looking at Class A motorhomes again.

TommyT-Bone wrote:
For me, Homestead-Miami, 10 min., Palm Beach Intl., 2 1/2 hr., Sebring, 3 hr. I'm planning to the 12 Hours of Sebring next month and camp out in my Yukon. That's the plan as of now. Might be joined by a friend that has a pop up camper. We'll see. I 've been looking at Class A motorhomes again.

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TommyT-Bone wrote:

I'm with Gary on this one. I would go to bed at 06:00 the evening before getting up and leaving at 03:00 AM. Take a nap when I got there, drive, load up , find a motel, take a nap, go out to eat, go to sleep, wake up the next morning, drive home, take a nap, then unload everything that needed unloading. Then DNBFS.

Yes, the sit & stare crowd feels the same.

Thought most would:

Think about going

Say they're going......someday.

Say their going to the next one.

Then forget about it cause someone asked them if they wanted to sit by the pool.

(I need to find a motel at Homestead.)

TommyT-Bone wrote:

Keep bustin my balls Bill.

KPotter wrote:
I'll be looking for you Tommy. I have everything all lined up already except my rental car. Hope you will consider joining us for supper. You know the place, it has become a tradition.

TommyT-Bone wrote:

At least I'd be able to go as fast as my abilities would take me. Fast enough to be slow on the track. ......... I still enjoy driving spiritedly.

BillH wrote:
If you want to drive 60 mph on the straights, so be it.

TommyT-Bone wrote:
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BillH wrote:
If you want to drive 60 mph on the straights, so be it.

Bustin balls again.

BillH wrote:

But with your autocrosss (ugh ) experience, I think you'd surprise yourself.

TommyT-Bone wrote:
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BillH wrote:

But with your autocrosss (ugh ) experience, I think you'd surprise yourself.

Now my balls are aching

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BillH wrote:
If you want to drive 60 mph on the straights, so be it.

Bustin balls again.

Guess that C4 with the huffer on it could run a little faster.

Cerally, you run the way you want to, especially in the first event.
We have people come out that just want to drive the track in their Corvettes, not to reduce their lap times at every event.

But with your autocrosss (ugh ) experience, I think you'd surprise yourself.

Matatk wrote:
Hope you feel better, TB.

Matatk wrote:

I want to drive as fast as I can...I'd even settle for a purple c4 to do it in

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TommyT-Bone wrote:
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BillH wrote:
What's faster than a 383 ?

A 108 HP Pinto

Matatk wrote:
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BillH wrote:
What's faster than a 383 ?

A 108 HP Pinto

Pinto bean powered? So it runs on natural gas?