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Hello everyone

I've been a lurker around here, and i was thinking of heading out to watch the HC race at Thunder hill next weekend, to see how everything works and maybe meet some of you.

My main question is, what day/time should i try to arrive at the track? i'm not sure when the HC classes go out there

-Weston

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The schedule is posted here

http://www.nasaproracing.com/norcal/events/schedule.htm

 

HC is in group A

 

I would probably come sometime before qualifying if you want to hang out and talk. hang out as long as you like, all the Hc guys usually pit together. After the track closes we usually hang around and watch that days videos, you should hang out for that!

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if you get to the track saturday evening, you can set up a tent, and hunker down for the "Lock's video hour" and a beer and possibly barbeque. thats optimal schmooze time. then you wake up in the morning to the sound of the american iron guys , because theres no chance you will sleep through that... (or if your rich like mike quan, you sleep in the hotel in willows with the attractive ladies at the front counter) but if your like me, you get out of your tent at 8 and drive into willows and eat some burger king and try to make it back before qualifying.... with some coffee and a whopper. then sit on turn 15 to watch the races with your king-like meal, so you can watch the HC guys set pole ahead of the USTCC guys! (haha)

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well, i'm in chico, which is about a half hour east from Willows, so i can probably just drive up in the morning

hopefully i'll get to meet everyone there and put a face to the name (I'd seen Andrie on another forum), it really sounds like a fun group.

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defently come out and check things out, its a blast and all the guys are cool.

 

hey i live in chico too, and ill be going to the race. there fun to watch, chit chat and what not. most of the time if your freindly and have a helmet you can find a group3-4 guy that will take you for a ride, this is really fun, not as fun as driving but you can learn alot

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then sit on turn 15 to watch the races with your king-like meal, so you can watch the HC guys set pole ahead of the USTCC guys! (haha)

 

Exuse me!

 

2:02.4... I don't see and Honda running those times that weekend. And that was without the "New and Improved GOTO:Racing WRX."

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ok, i will change me previous statement to say that brian (godlike wrx pilot) lock didnt turn slower laps. that being said, i also remember him passing all the HC guys even after starting behind them... INSIDE ON THE DIRT IN TURN 7!!!! that was funny...

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ok, i will change me previous statement to say that brian (godlike wrx pilot) lock didnt turn slower laps. that being said, i also remember him passing all the HC guys even after starting behind them... INSIDE ON THE DIRT IN TURN 7!!!! that was funny...

 

I think we will have to go to video for review.. but I believe that was Tom that went to the inside for the pass in seven... Brian tested out the WRX's rally abilities in 12-13 ..

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Yes yes yes... I thought that I would give the dirt a try since I ran out of track. But when Honda's are three wide in front of you, that is the only place to PASS!!!

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Yes yes yes... I thought that I would give the dirt a try since I ran out of track. But when Honda's are three wide in front of you, that is the only place to PASS!!!

 

keep telling your self that! lol

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Yes yes yes... I thought that I would give the dirt a try since I ran out of track. But when Honda's are three wide in front of you, that is the only place to PASS!!!

 

I thought you went in the dirt so that you wouldn't mess up our race

 

Paladin, come on out & say Hi.

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you wake up in the morning to the sound of the american iron guys

From the schedule, it looks like group A is the first group, but thats HC?

 

Don't worry, nothing Brandon says makes a lot of sense...

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Yes yes yes... I thought that I would give the dirt a try since I ran out of track. But when Honda's are three wide in front of you, that is the only place to PASS!!!

Which in most series is illegal. You can't gain a position my cutting a corner.

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Yes yes yes... I thought that I would give the dirt a try since I ran out of track. But when Honda's are three wide in front of you, that is the only place to PASS!!!

Which in most series is illegal. You can't gain a position my cutting a corner.

 

Interesting rule point. I don't think it is specified whether "gaining a position" only goes for class cars. The USTCC field was doing alot of "passing in the grass" that weekend, mostly to avoid collisions with the erratic HC and PS1 race. Thanks for not hitting us guys!

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Yes yes yes... I thought that I would give the dirt a try since I ran out of track. But when Honda's are three wide in front of you, that is the only place to PASS!!!

Which in most series is illegal. You can't gain a position my cutting a corner.

 

Well I wasn't really trying to pass the HC car in the dirt, I was just joking. I got loose in the dust and marbles off line and went off. It was not intentional. In fact, I lost positions to both HC cars and USTCC cars when I went off. But yes, you can't gain position off track.

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Yes yes yes... I thought that I would give the dirt a try since I ran out of track. But when Honda's are three wide in front of you, that is the only place to PASS!!!

Which in most series is illegal. You can't gain a position my cutting a corner.

 

Well I wasn't really trying to pass the HC car in the dirt, I was just joking. I got loose in the dust and marbles off line and went off. It was not intentional. In fact, I lost positions to both HC cars and USTCC cars when I went off. But yes, you can't gain position off track.

 

I know, I was just joking too.

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