Well, looks like I CAN do it.

I called my boss at the smog shop yesterday and told him to put me back on the schedule for the 18th. I told him I just couldn't swing the cash+lost day of work. He called me today and told me he would pay my entry fee, cause he knows how bad I wanted to go, and he appreciates how hard I work! :drink::drink::drink::drink:

^^^ yes... :penguin:

Now that's a cool boss.

Seriously, my boss isnt even that cool and he's my Dad :huh:

Maybe if ya didn't fill his shop with broken cars, he would be nicer ??:D

Oh snap :smack:

Good man good man...but now your most likely gonna die... guy is crazy!....and he loves kittens!

MEEEOW.....

I was actually required to keep the cars there. You know what they say, no one screws you like family...


And yes, i hope my old POS ford's brakes work the next time I park behind your camaro :smack:

Hey hey now, until there is clinical proof i'm going to call you a liar sir :D

Smart boss too. Betcha you keep working hard. :drink:

Your right you are allegedly crazy, But I know for a fact that you love kittens! Nice big fluffy ones.

Gawd if you guys are going to try and razz me step up your game.

Chuck has undeniable evidence that he loves nemo. Probably all disney movies.

Okay ill admit I have some dumb tattoos the results of living across the street from your roommates tattoo shop. Many nights spent there drinking till 4-5-6 am and it was hard for me to turn down a free tattoo. But it has nothing to do with finding Nemo it was going to be an underwater scene but like many things it is unfinished.

AT LEAST I DO NOT LOVE KITTENS!!!

Dude, I dont have to defend myself about my girlfriends post, you willingly let pixar brand you :D

That is sooooooo awesome man. Great to hear!!!! Keep up the good work, your boss sounds like a good guy.

And man... I haven't checked this thread in a while... you guys are so off topic it cracks me up :laugh:

2 weeks to go!!!!! can't wait!!! :thumbs_up:

I know huh. Things get weird here quickly. I’m getting my car checked-out tomorrow so I should be okay to just show up & park.
[Edit] Tech done. Wow, that was easy.

Last minute bump. See you guys on Sat :)

Mike, you have a P.M.

Are we going to roll in at 6:30am to get our pit area set up, or are you guys sleeping in?

We can all meet up at the gas station right by the airfield entrance a little bit before 6:30 and we can roll in together. I'll post up some details on where to go either later tonight or tomorrow sometime. There's a couple of us locally in the South Bay that will caravan out and we can meet you guys there.

Here's the gas station:
14886 Sand Canyon Avenue, Irvine, CA 92618-2101 (Sand Canyon Services Station)
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=AMCI+D...29,-117.758567

Map showing the airfield and the gas station is on the left hand side. Maybe later I will post another map that shows the directions on how to get into the airfield.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=AMCI+D...ornia&t=h&z=16

There is a forum where some questions/answers are posed/answered. Check it out: http://www.pcaocr.com/forum/viewforu...6009ca5fa84c7d

Basic directions to air field/driving event area:
http://www.pcaocr.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12

I'm down with this.


I do hate that this is so damn early!

lmfao ^ yes, it sucks. I hate getting up early too if I can avoid it. You'll be happy you did it, trust me :thumbs_up:

I'll try marking up a map later to show exactly where to go on the airfield. When I look at the map I thought to myself "duh" it's not that hard :smack:

Hey paul it looks like we are in the same group!

Yes, I saw that ! Love the description of our day ! This sounds like work :D

How do you guys know that you’re in the same group? Where / what are you looking at? :confused:

Look at your email.

From Dennis Neff. 3 attachments with all kinds of good info !

Guess I should check my email occasionally... :o
Ahh, I’m green; I don’t have any friends in green. :( Sad Christmas. See you guys tomorrow.

Go red team! See you guys at the gas station in the morning.

George

Damn it i forgot to print a tech sheet at work!

That was FREAKIN AWESOME !!!!!

I was stoked to have all of you guys come out. I had a great time, aside from having to fix my heat shield rubbing my tires issue :) I was a little disappointed how the communication was between staff and students, they didn't have a PA/megaphone working. There was some lopsidedness in how many runs for a given event depending on what group you were in. I enjoyed the costco pizza, however ;)

My favorite event was definitely the figure 8, esp on the dry, I had the instructor with the red shirt who was encouraging me to drift, I learned more in 2 minutes with that guy in my car than I have in the last 6 years of driving it lol. The skidpad was really fun too, it really gave me a feel for the under/oversteer.

The braking one was retarded. I got totally different tips from different instructors. Oh well.

Look forward to another one, keep in mind these guys put autocross on almost monthly!

Glad you had fun :) There were a lot of people checking your car out BTW. Clean as hell man, good job. Sounds mean as shit too :thumbs_up:

It was a huge ego boost, having instructors fight for my ride along

I had the same experience with the accident avoidance exercise; three different instructors, three completely different sets of instructions. That coupled with an almost useless flag-person… :tongue: However, set aside that one exercise and the rest of the day was tremendously fun! My favorite, by a huge margin, was the skid pad. Strangely enough, that was the one event I was most concerned with. I just pictured myself continually spinning out and not being able to do it but the minute I relaxed and felt how the car was responding, it was like the sky opening up before me. I couldn’t be any more pleased with my progress. The mini auto-cross at the end of the day was a thousand tons of fun too.

I’d like to thank you again Mike for posting the initial info and for all the work you put into the organization; maps, times, meet spots, etc. And of course to those who attended. The event was made more enjoyable by you being there. :drink:

Is is sad i cannot attend

Today was a blast thank you Mike for inviting us! I also loved the figure 8 and for some reason my group didn't end up doing the braking exercise. Oh well I don't need to brake anyway.:thumbs_up: So when's the next one?

George

Pics and vids ya'll.