[maddrtwinkletoes]

The twin turbo is languishing in the garage ... Work's been nuts with some crazy hours, and I've barely been able to see my kids over the last little while. Now I am being tossed to Silicon Valley for a biddness trip ... and all of a sudden I am feeling a little better about work. ;-)

Is there anything going on in the San José area, or at Laguna Seca? It's been a long time since I've even been able to hitch a ride as a passenger, and I'd love to attend an event on the weekend. Even if not, I still plan to drive down to Laguna Seca, just so I've seen the place.

Pointers, suggestions, invitations (? (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) ), all are welcome!

Nik

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[maddrtwinkletoes]

What a treat. There's nothing like dropping your work for half a day and heading out of the hotel in San José for some impromptu race track exploring in California, even if you can't do any on-track driving.

Saturday, I drove up to Sears Point via San Francisco and caught the tailend of the CMC race. What a treat! There's just something about watching a bunch of Mustangs and F-Bodies dogging it out. I have some nice shots of the yellow and red Unbalanced Engineering cars, of Julie's Trans Am and of a couple of black 4th gen Camaros (one missing a piece of front fender at the end). I think I even spotted Alan Blaine talking near Julie's car. There were quite a few other cool F-Bodies there as well and I was walking around some of them looking at the installed cages. There were lots of cars of all varieties: An orange '69 Z28 parked in front of a track-prepped white and blue '65 or '66 Mustang, the odd Lotus, anything between Midget cars and Ferraris. It was a real treat to walk around in that sea of cars and snap some pics of build details here and there. It seems folks were generally having a great time at the track. Afterwards, I trolled around to higher ground at Sears Point just to see what's up there.

Sunday, I drove down to Laguna Seca, and it was the complete opposite of Sears Point. Since there was nothing going on other than a bunch of unfinished construction, the place was virtually deserted. A few campers, and that was pretty much it. After driving around the perimeter for a bit getting a feel for the layout, I parked behind the stands in the shade and trolled around on the infield. I saw a triplet of red Vipers with Michigan plates sitting outside the Skip Barber school. Since the souvenir store is right next door to the school, I now have a picture of 3 red Vipers sitting in front of the souvenir store, with the store's sign clearly visible. Unfortunately, the souvenir store was just as closed as the rest of the track, so I wasn't actually able to buy any Vipers. :-)

I've got to finish the twin turbo soon and do some shakedown runs, so that I can drive down to these fantastic racetracks from British Columbia sometime for some on-track fun!

Nik

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This post has been edited by maddrtwinkletoes: May 1 2006, 04:03 AM