Lone Pine 2008
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Lone Pine 2008
Great fun, Great weather, Great people, No drama!
Here are a few shots from today...
Here are a few shots from today...
Last edited by Grant Heathman on Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Lone Pine 2008
If you say so .Grant Heathman wrote:No drama!
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Re: Lone Pine 2008
Nice shots ... any wide shots showing the landscape and mountains?
btw. just click on "Img" and insert your photo link to post photos instead of just links. ;)
btw. just click on "Img" and insert your photo link to post photos instead of just links. ;)
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OMG!, I can;t believe how much grass was growing through the pavement.
Is this the only event that is ever run there?
Sorry I missed it. Yeah right.
Is this the only event that is ever run there?
Sorry I missed it. Yeah right.
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Re: Lone Pine 2008
The 38th Annual Lone Pine Time Trials is history. Another great weekend, great weather and great friends. However, this year several of the KEY staff members were not available and put a little snag in the works. Those who attended had a great time and it was good to see several new Solo 2 competitors make the trip to Lone Pine. Hope you come back next year and bring your friends.
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Thank you for the great weekend! It was hot, dry, dirty and definitely Lone Pine.
You know the Santa Barbara crew will be back next year and we will have reinforcements!
-Matt
You know the Santa Barbara crew will be back next year and we will have reinforcements!
-Matt
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View was VERY NICE - especially for ppl like me who live under the rock of OC life, haha.
Despite some minor difficulties, the event was totally awesome considering the small number of people we had.
Before going to this event, I was concerned about all the posts (from what I could find) about the very nasty pavement that will eat up your tires & paint job.
I was even more worried once I reached the "track."
It was very nice seeing a few familiar faces; most of the people attending were road track guys/girls - they were nice too, though .
Although the surface looked scary and dirty, the 15-20 minutes or so of parade laps & 5 timed laps (and another 2 re-runs for me) we got w/ me spinning out the first lap, my tires didn't look too bad at all. I'd say about the same amount as a regular practice at El Toro. Of course, I'm only running street tires (Federal 595RS front, Hankook RS-2 back) & drive slower than most people. No one else @ the event complained about their tires chunking from what I remembered.
The grass & gravel were fun - it was really interesting on the track - you can see the general lines everyone was taking because there would be no grass/gravel in that area; go out of line, whether it was a better line or not, and you faced the consequences w/ a nice lil spin.
One tip: bring bug spray, good lord those lil pests are hungry @ Manzanar Air Strip - I put on a light layer of bug repellent, should have doused myself in it - came home w/ bites right around the areas I missed, dang.
Can't wait for next year!
Videos:
My personal fastest run on Saturday - 151.xxx
Christian's slower run (Integra Sedan pictured above) - 137.xxx
Here's a couple pictures I took - don't mind the crappy photography:
view to the west:
view to the east:
want to save money? or be romantic? free camping!
looks really bad, but it wasn't too harsh, haha - this is from the parking area, the actual track was a lil nicer.
Fastest Raw Time of the Day:
Your Favorite Resident Orange Tigger Helmet Wearing Automatic Driving Slow Convertible Guy:
End of the Day Tire Wear (Sidewall markings are from me not checking my tire pressures & running really low)
Tires survived pretty decently, no chunking that I could detect.
No official measuring or anything, but much better wear than I had originally thought.
Despite some minor difficulties, the event was totally awesome considering the small number of people we had.
Before going to this event, I was concerned about all the posts (from what I could find) about the very nasty pavement that will eat up your tires & paint job.
I was even more worried once I reached the "track."
It was very nice seeing a few familiar faces; most of the people attending were road track guys/girls - they were nice too, though .
Although the surface looked scary and dirty, the 15-20 minutes or so of parade laps & 5 timed laps (and another 2 re-runs for me) we got w/ me spinning out the first lap, my tires didn't look too bad at all. I'd say about the same amount as a regular practice at El Toro. Of course, I'm only running street tires (Federal 595RS front, Hankook RS-2 back) & drive slower than most people. No one else @ the event complained about their tires chunking from what I remembered.
The grass & gravel were fun - it was really interesting on the track - you can see the general lines everyone was taking because there would be no grass/gravel in that area; go out of line, whether it was a better line or not, and you faced the consequences w/ a nice lil spin.
One tip: bring bug spray, good lord those lil pests are hungry @ Manzanar Air Strip - I put on a light layer of bug repellent, should have doused myself in it - came home w/ bites right around the areas I missed, dang.
Can't wait for next year!
Videos:
My personal fastest run on Saturday - 151.xxx
Christian's slower run (Integra Sedan pictured above) - 137.xxx
Here's a couple pictures I took - don't mind the crappy photography:
view to the west:
view to the east:
want to save money? or be romantic? free camping!
looks really bad, but it wasn't too harsh, haha - this is from the parking area, the actual track was a lil nicer.
Fastest Raw Time of the Day:
Your Favorite Resident Orange Tigger Helmet Wearing Automatic Driving Slow Convertible Guy:
End of the Day Tire Wear (Sidewall markings are from me not checking my tire pressures & running really low)
Tires survived pretty decently, no chunking that I could detect.
No official measuring or anything, but much better wear than I had originally thought.
Last edited by Q V on Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:15 pm, edited 5 times in total.
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That looks like a complete blast! I may have to do that next year! Great pix too.
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It's actually 138 seconds, not 1:38, and if you turn you mirror sideways (or lower the camera), you will get better video.
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This was my second year at Lone Pine and once again it was worth the 4.5 hour trek. Nothing quite like 75mph offset gates on a loose surface.
My pictures are here:
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My pictures are here:
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Samples:
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I had hoped to make it this year but, alas, it was not to be......some weird vibration in the car to look at first....so I didn't want to chance the longish trip.
Now with the loss of the job (anyone need a civil/project engineer?), I may not get the chance again. But we'll see.
Reijo
Now with the loss of the job (anyone need a civil/project engineer?), I may not get the chance again. But we'll see.
Reijo
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good times @ lone pine
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What happened with Mike's Supra???
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Just let me tell you that I am glad the motor didn't expire on my runs, though I was a little disappointed that I did not get to make my last two runs!!!
The basic lowdown... part of the connecting rod decided to exit the block.
The basic lowdown... part of the connecting rod decided to exit the block.
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Ah crap.... I was afraid that looked like a terminal situation under the car.
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That's the coolest MK3 Supra I've ever seen. It's done just right!
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Re: Lone Pine 2008
were the results posted anywhere?
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