East Tennessee Region SCCA

TonyBolton wrote:His car is BLACK. Wal-Mart sells black gloss Krylon for .89 cents a can. What's to lose?

Actually, it's blue.

Hard to brake when you are airborne then land in the dirt.

That sucks. That's one where you know you are in trouble a long time before you actually hit anything.

Robert Carpenter always told me, "The cars that are the most fun are the ones you don't hafta let off the gas" :) So you went and bought a car that you have to park in the turns. :roll: :P The only parkin' that car does in the turns.......is when I'm turnin' back into grid after puttin' t...

TonyBolton wrote:Robert Carpenter always told me, "The cars that are the most fun are the ones you don't hafta let off the gas"

So you went and bought a car that you have to park in the turns.

Discussion on SCCA Forums with links to pictures:

http://www.sccaforums.com/cgi-bin/ultim ... 000897;p=0

If the sizing on the two aerial photos is the same, I can't see how this is a good thing unless they plan on paving a huge chunk of land somewhere.

Hmm, not to be a downer on this, but I have been to the paddock area of Heartland Park and I have a hard time believing this is a good thing unless they are planning on paving more area. From what I remember, the paved area is smaller than the concrete areas where the two courses are currently locat...

I usually give the short explanation of: We take a lot of cones and set them up in a big parking lot to make a course. Then we run one car at a time through the course and the best time wins. To the people that think it's easy, I would invite them out. I've never talked to anyone that thought it was...

Wheels that aren't hubcentric tend to have a little vibration at highway speeds since they rely on the studs (or bolts) to center the wheels. The vibration issue is something that some people wouldn't notice but I'm picky. I noticed the difference when I left the wheel spacers on my car with the str...

LeadSSled wrote:And to top things off, I "corded" both front tires.

That's a good thing. Now you can buy some 710's.

Some street tires are faster than old Victoracers.

thrdeye wrote:hrmmm....willing to separate?

Too bad the wheels don't fit a Suburban.

CABoegemann wrote:If that's not reason enough to drive from Knoxville, or where ever, I don't know what is.

Ditto that. You guys that didn't show missed out on a great event!

Ditto all that above about the course. Great job Mark. That was definitely the best course we have had at that site.

Thanks for letting me drive the "drift mobile", too. That car is a blast and watching you drift it around the course was very entertaining.

TonyBolton wrote:Naaa........I'll pass. Thats alota drivin' just to co-drive something for "the fun of it". Thanks though...

Hey Tiger, I don't have a car either and I'm driving one of those slow FWD things for the fun of it...

thrdeye wrote: <----FTD in the rain on half wonr Azenis.

sorry, had to.

Me too!! Thanks James!!