4/3/10, Thompson

[a_d_a_m]

I think I'm the only person here who ever goes.

Regardless...if anyone is free/bored on Saturday, come on out for test 'n' tune from 10am-5pm.

[Motorhead350]

Do they have a middle of the week special? If so I'll join ya.

EDIT: Just noticed it's not open until the following saturday. Dang!

[a_d_a_m]

Huh? It's open on the 3rd. Following Saturday my ass.

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[Motorhead350]

Ya I can't make the third silly. I was looking for another date when I would be near you. Nothing works.

[a_d_a_m]

Bump.

Seriously.

Nobody in the greater Cleveland area wants to spend a gorgeous spring Saturday at the strip, even just to watch some cars?

Sad, sad, sad. :alone:

[a_d_a_m]

For those who didn't/couldn't attend, it was a great day. Weatherwise, I wouldn't ask for much else except maybe a little less wind, because everyone was having issues fighting the 30mph gusts. Management-wise, I would have liked a little less selective policing. '78ish Chevy Malibu that looked like it was pulled out of a field the day before - covered in mud and rust and with dry-rotted tires was allowed to run without question. Every time he did a burnout, it took the track crew 5 minutes to clean up the burnout box/staging. Then he'd litter the track with rocks and dirt. However, apparently a very small amount of dirt on my rear tires (from the kart track next door) was problematic and I got into an argument with one of the employees in the staging lane (pictured below).

I did notice that the Malibu did not run after I bitched about it, so maybe they parked him.

Met another Marauderer with a very sharp and clean EARLY car (#20, I think) - no paint issues at 56k miles. :eek:

Lady I work with's son was running over at the kart track. He and his dad came over and apparently took a few shots, and she brought me a CD of them this morning. They were most interested in the VW van (pictured below) and the fire truck Studebaker (not pictured below). They got some of my 2nd-to-last run.

This thing was sick as hell.
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This is the beginning of the argument that ensued over the tiny amount of dirt on my rear tires. Do you see anything wrong here? Jeez.
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