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Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

THIS EVENT IS ON!

DATES: August 6,7 & 8, 2010
LOCATION: Mid America Motorplex, Pacific Junction, IA

PARTICIPANTS:

Rasta Monsta, traveling from Portland, arrival noon Thursday
Paul & Sharon, traveling from Milwaukie, arrival late Thursday
brupska, traveling from W. Indiana, arrival Friday AM
Flosho (+1), traveling from Milwaukie, arrival late Thursday
Grenadiers (+1), traveling from W. Wisconsin, arrival Thursday PM
thirdgenbird, traveling from Pella, IA
bnoon, traveling from West Des Moines
jakkq, traveling from Norfolk, NE
bcblase, traveling from Winchester, VA

OMAHA CREW:

Tom Cooper
Rob Eacker
Don Hook
Stan Hoppe
Rob Swerczek

POSSIBLE CARAVAN ACTION:

Paul, Flosho & Grenadiers
Rasta & His Invisible Friend
thirdgenbird and bnoon

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

Porsche Parade Chicago 2010. Unfortunately, I'm booked for something else that weekend and won't be able to attend.

Another possibility might be having the Omaha crew host something...they're not too far from the geographic center of the US...

Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

Have they got a track out there? All all-toofah track day would delight the crap outa me!
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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

Mid America Motorplex in Pacific Junction, Iowa, ~30 mins north of Omaha.
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Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

That looks like a great place for a Toofah Trackday!

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Grenadiers · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:21 am Post subject:

Nice looking place, just spent some time on the website. I'd be interested in coming down for a weekend. I'd have to take in their friday orientation session, since I"m a comple noob.
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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

Time to get ahold of Don & Tom & Stan & Jim.

That track did some Porsche-specific stuff for the local PCA last fall...

I'd need the noob course too...

I might be able to get 3 '31s there if I could talk my boy into coming and the new Euro turns out to be close to road worthy...
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Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

Here's another one in Colorado. We might consider it if nobody east of the Mississippi is attending. . .geographic center may be less important.
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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

Well, I'm east of the MS, but that's still doable. Omaha is like 11-12 hours, that's about another 4. And the Denver area is GREAT.
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Nein37 · Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 513 Location: New London, CT

The problem with those of us in the Northeast is we tend to view anyhting more than a 4 hour drive as too far... forget 10-12 hours.

Hershey PA is about as far as I can see myself actually driving.
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tuurbo · Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:33 am Post subject:

Colorado would be cool!
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tomcooper · Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 301 Location: Waterloo, Nebraska

The "Omaha Crew" would be more than willing to host a gathering this summer.

Mid America Motorplex, MAM, is about 20 minutes south of I-80 on I-29. They have something called "Fast Friday's" most weekends of the season. I think the cost was $110 last year. They do have an orientation the first Friday of the month, but if we got a large enough group we might be able to do something on a different weekend. The Great Plains Region of the PCA will probably have a DE event in late July at that venue. The plus with that is the GPR has a great group of instructors and a outstanding novice program.

There is also a track at Hastings, Nebraska, Motorsports Park Hastins, http://www.racemph.com/, about two hours west of Omaha, that is fun to drive. I don't know of a DE event a that location this summer, but it could happen if everyone wanted to do something there.

We can do about anything somebody wants to do just give me enough time to make the arrangements.

Tom
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jazz guy · Joined: 26 Nov 2002 Posts: 434 Location: Colorado

Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

Well, here's my preference in regards to club track days. . .if we can get enough drivers, I would like to approach whatever track we elect to use and rent it privately instead of through PCA. The main reason. . .per national PCA rules, only PCA instructors can have passengers (NO FUN). They tend to have somewhat restrictive passing rules, as well. It would be better if we could just run our own lapping day. . .we would just need payment up front from all participants to cover track rental, and hire a flag crew & EMS.
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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

Sounds good to me.
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