Orange County Great Park
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Orange County Great Park
Hi-
First question: when did El Toro become "Orange County Great Park"? (not that it really matters)
Second: Is there any issue with entry or other for a visiting SCCA Soloist to come down and run with Cal Club at El Toro? Any weekends better than others? Can a visitor run both the practice and points days? (OK, technically that was question 2, 3, 4 and 5)...
I'm thinking it would be fun to run with the SoCal CM folks and it would be great to run at a real site, for a change of pace.
Thanks
Mike
First question: when did El Toro become "Orange County Great Park"? (not that it really matters)
Second: Is there any issue with entry or other for a visiting SCCA Soloist to come down and run with Cal Club at El Toro? Any weekends better than others? Can a visitor run both the practice and points days? (OK, technically that was question 2, 3, 4 and 5)...
I'm thinking it would be fun to run with the SoCal CM folks and it would be great to run at a real site, for a change of pace.
Thanks
Mike
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Re: Orange County Great Park
A few years ago. Was supposed to become a park and a bunch of housing but the economy killed most of it, at least for now.Michael Wood wrote:Hi-
First question: when did El Toro become "Orange County Great Park"? (not that it really matters)
No issue, the site is not that heavily controlled. There is a gate with Irvine Police, but if you know where you are going you don't even have to stop (except for the stop sign), just wave and drive on in. Practices can be a bit harder to get into depending on time of year (like right before the Pro or Nats). Who you know can make a difference ;). No restrictions on Sundays.Second: Is there any issue with entry or other for a visiting SCCA Soloist to come down and run with Cal Club at El Toro? Any weekends better than others? Can a visitor run both the practice and points days? (OK, technically that was question 2, 3, 4 and 5)...
I'm thinking it would be fun to run with the SoCal CM folks and it would be great to run at a real site, for a change of pace.
Thanks
Mike
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Re: Orange County Great Park
I guess that's one upside to the crappy economy.Rick Brown wrote:Was supposed to become a park and a bunch of housing but the economy killed most of it, at least for now.
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Re: Orange County Great Park
Thanks. I will see if I can rally the other couple of CM cars in SFR to come along
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That would be great Mike. Come on down!Michael Wood wrote:Thanks. I will see if I can rally the other couple of CM cars in SFR to come along
Are you planning on going to St George in May?
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Irvine City Council voted last week to fire the PR firm, change the composition of the board and conduct an audit of the Great Park's books. Could add a few months or more to the life of the site for us.
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I used to work with some of the site developers a couple of years back, all I ever heard about that place was how the Irvine residents opposed doing anything with it.
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Looks like it was moved to Oct?George Schilling wrote: Are you planning on going to St George in May?
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That's a bummer.......cold tires, short days.Richard Jung wrote:Looks like it was moved to Oct?George Schilling wrote: Are you planning on going to St George in May?
http://www.scca.com/solo/content.cfm?cid=51267" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Orange County Great Park
SoloMatters lists it as May. I'll ask them on FB.
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From SoloMatters :
Currently is is planned for May 10-12. However, there may be a site conflict that would push it to October. We are hoping to have this resolved as soon as possible.
Currently is is planned for May 10-12. However, there may be a site conflict that would push it to October. We are hoping to have this resolved as soon as possible.
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Just a reminder that the first event at El Toro isn't until March, then May thru July.Second: Is there any issue with entry or other for a visiting SCCA Soloist to come down and run with Cal Club at El Toro? Any weekends better than others? Can a visitor run both the practice and points days? (OK, technically that was question 2, 3, 4 and 5)...
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Not sure about St. George. Not sure about the Match Tour format. I don't buy PAX and that's a long way to tow to be subject to an index.George Schilling wrote:That would be great Mike. Come on down!Michael Wood wrote:Thanks. I will see if I can rally the other couple of CM cars in SFR to come along
Are you planning on going to St George in May?
Other hand, I'd love to take the RV and include a couple of days in Zion, so I may end up going.
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Nah you just have to find someone with a good paxing car willing to let someone co-drive
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Re: Orange County Great Park
Is RV camping still "no go" at El Toro? I think it was being looked into before the Pro last year, but can't remember if anything happened...
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Just hope St. George isn't in October.... All the golf courses are closed in October for overseeding.
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I'm not aware of any changes.Michael Wood wrote:Is RV camping still "no go" at El Toro? I think it was being looked into before the Pro last year, but can't remember if anything happened...
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The artiicle in the Register that explained who the new rulers of The Great Park are alluded to (hinted at) having folks deal directly with the city of Irvine for lot rental instead of AMCI. In the same article, the guy that's the new Chair of the Great Park charade also hinted at tearing up the runways so folks would know 'we really are going to build a park". When local politics and outside dollars are in competition it's a crapshoot as to how long anything may take.
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Here's a link to the article of which Steve speaks. The gist I get is that things are still very up in the air with no funding eminent. Anyone know this guy who wants to tear up the runways to prove a point?Steve Towers wrote:The artiicle in the Register that explained who the new rulers of The Great Park are alluded to (hinted at) having folks deal directly with the city of Irvine for lot rental instead of AMCI. In the same article, the guy that's the new Chair of the Great Park charade also hinted at tearing up the runways so folks would know 'we really are going to build a park". When local politics and outside dollars are in competition it's a crapshoot as to how long anything may take.
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Someone needs to "take care" of him! ;)George Schilling wrote:Here's a link to the article of which Steve speaks. The gist I get is that things are still very up in the air with no funding eminent. Anyone know this guy who wants to tear up the runways to prove a point?Steve Towers wrote:The artiicle in the Register that explained who the new rulers of The Great Park are alluded to (hinted at) having folks deal directly with the city of Irvine for lot rental instead of AMCI. In the same article, the guy that's the new Chair of the Great Park charade also hinted at tearing up the runways so folks would know 'we really are going to build a park". When local politics and outside dollars are in competition it's a crapshoot as to how long anything may take.
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Is he related to Mayor Daly, perhaps?
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Actually, it was a different article.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/amci ... -park.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/amci ... -park.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Reading that left me with an empty feeling.Steve Towers wrote:Actually, it was a different article.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/amci ... -park.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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