Weather is looking a lot better for Saturday when I just now checked.
Rob - Let's roll on Sunday. I am getting some VIP passes from Flow BMW that include a hospitality tent and food. Lee Davis is da man.
JRR: Just sent you a PM. If the VIP passes are perks because you buy so many Bimmers then get all you can. Otherwise, I will be sluming with the rest of the other frugal/impoverished Ferrari owners.
1) I'll be bringing my pick-em-up as well as the Ferrari and there's always something in there to help park a bike. In the worst case, you can just lean it against my bumper. 2) My son & son-in-law are camping with me and if Lee has some extra passes for them as well, they're both potential BMW owners. I used to own a 7-series Bimmer myself and am still in the Mini market.
Bob - The Lee Davis things are somewhere around $50-$75 for three day passes, plus food in the BMW tent. I'm sure they'll have a brochure or two. FWIW, I have had nothing but great experiences at Flow BMW with both the 5 & 7. BUT... wait till you see what I bought last night from fellow fchatter khughes!! Mine is green, 144,000 miles, cigarette burns in the seat, manual everything. 38MPG and cold A/C !! Whoo hoo!! The total P.O.S. has arrived. Park it anywhere, drive it into the ground, blow it up and walk away! The new Ricambi-mobile is here. It is poetry on wheels: Image Unavailable, Please Login
Talk about frugal/impoverished Ferrari owners. I can't believe Luca is the cause of all of this! Surely his diaper budget has not gone over the top. Or are you keeping some to use as detailing cloths? You will probably need them on your new ride. Knowing your detailing skill you decided to get a fixer upper at a bargain price and plan to have it in pristine condition by Thanksgiving. I wish I had a tenth of your skill. You should see what the remains of a blown truck tire can do to the front nose of a Ferrari. The stone chips are nothing.
Do they make wheel spacers for your new ride? I put the new spacers on my 348 but now I can't get it out of the garage.
Good to see there will be a good Fchat turnout. As for the tickets anyone know where to score a pass for Sunday, if you have an extra one ya know....................just lying around that will work too.
If you can't find one, you will be able to buy tickets at the gate... but they are $50 for sunday only...
With some wheel spacers, carbon fiber aero kit and F1 wing, we'll allow you to run the "touring very light class" in November. Image Unavailable, Please Login
ah! I guess I just can't avoid charges to matter what. $35 just for getting in Saturday and parking, $35+ for fuel... I should really stop adding it all up.
I Love VIR as well... and just to give ya fair warning, we've got a friend there with a team running 2 Mazda RX-8s in the ST class (which I assume is the same one the RS-X is in?)! Hehe Should be a blast to watch. There will be some great racing this weekend.
I'm just bummed that I'm not racing this weekend. On the RX-8, don't all the cars in ST have more torque than that car? Sorry, had to rub that in. Great handling car, though. Should be some good racing. If you happen to see Povoledo, just tell him that Brian said to say "hi" to the "cowboy". He'll know...
Aaron is a good friend of mine. We ran some BMW's at VIR a few weeks ago. On the RX-8, every car has more torque than ours. As a matter of fact, the RX-8 doesn't have any torque, although, it outruns virtually every car in the series in terms of handling. As a matter of fact, it handles even better than the 360 and the 355 challange car I have driven here at VIR...sorry just had to rub that in...lol!!! In all seriousness, the RX-8's are fantastic cars as are Ferrari's. To the fans of NRG Motorsports, both our team cars were in the top 10 in practice today. We made some changes tonight and are looking for another strong day of practice tomorrow (hopefully dry). Stop by and say HI! Car #'s 25 and 26. Nick
I'll probably take the TR up there. I'd be interested in hooking up with anybody leaving Sunday from the Raleigh area.
I'll be leaving from the Raleigh area. You want to meet at the McD's off of Harrison Ave (I-40 Exit 287)?
I'm out now. The chances of bad weather are too iffy now it seems. I could do with no rain but could have a muddy area to walk around and that is the last thing I want. I hope you guys have fun, maybe I'll catch you some time else, like the track day in the spring which I hope to drop by again. I'll be sitting in some stands watch a football game instead.
Hey Nick, I didn't realize that it was you he was working with down there. Say 'hi' to the cowboy for me. I'll be in Toronto all weekend. Good luck this weekend, Nick! Brian
I'm gonna make the call Sunday morning as well. Don't mind a wet ride so much as muddy slogging around. If I go I'll hook up at McD's. Will keep posted.
