2009 El Toro Pro Solo Thread

[Mako Koiwai]

versus the usual $40 we pay for the Hilton or similar hotels through priceline.com. Some of those hotels are charging up to $12 for parking though.

[Kurt Rahn]

I didn't actually reserve a room yet, but I found a lower price on La Quinta's own website using a AAA discount. I'm not sure how much taxes and other fees will be, but based purely off of room prices it was $89 on Priceline and $80 on La Quinta's website.

On Priceline, they have two different ways to get a room. First is what you saw: a listing of discounted rooms, basically like Travelocity or one of those type sites. The second is where you specify the location and quality of the room you're willing to purchase, and name a price you'd be willing to pay, and it searches their database of hotels with excess inventory willing to rent a room at the price you quoted. Obviously, the prices you pay using the second method will be lower the closer you get to the date you're staying, since what the hotels are selling off is unused inventory that they're not going to get anything for.

That $89 room at LaQuinta reserved today might end up costing $30-40 if you can wait until a day or two before you're staying. Or it may not. That's the risk you take using Priceline...you get what you get for the price you bid.

[Kurt Rahn]

I'd do workers, Tom.

[Ethan West]

Thanks for the explanation there Kurt, I was wondering how that worked. I also noticed that Priceline requires you to be 21, when I believe you only need to be 18 to rent a room. I'm 18 by the way.

[Tom Berry]

Amazing how fast that thread got hi-jacked.

[Kurt Rahn]

Amazing how fast that thread got hi-jacked.

Actually it took 8 posts. That's pretty good for us ADD types.

[Tin Bui]

I can help with gate again this year. Also I can do course setup.

[Lily Liu]

I can do gate, registration or tech, Tom.

[Pete Loney]

Course again Tom. Working with you on course is the best!

[Tom Berry]

Just to keep everyone posted here.... I am keeping track of who asks for what for now even if I am not responding to each of you individually.
I will get most of the way through the list and then post it and start begging for the last spots to be filled.
Thanks for everyone for responding.... we have a great group of racers here in our region and it showes by the number of people offering to help.
If you havnt jumped in to let me know what job you might want...please do so !
Thanks
Tom

[Ken Lord]

Tom
I can be there on Friday. Things work out that it is my regular Friday off. Let me know where you need help.
SSS on Friday - Gate, early tech - whatever

[Brian Peters]

Will there be Saturday morning registration?

[Aaron Goldsmith]

Will there be Saturday morning registration?

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[Brian Peters]

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Ooops, thanks.

[Rick Brown]

I should be available on Friday also, though maybe not until noon. Gate, setup..... I'll be there anyway to sell shirts.

[Tom Berry]

I should be available on Friday also, though maybe not until noon. Gate, setup..... I'll be there anyway to sell shirts.

Thanks Rick.... t-shirts would be a cool thing.

[Annie Bauer]

Hey Tom, I'll be on site by early afternoon (assuming my flight's not late) so if you need some extra hands later in the day, let me know!

Annie (still a Cal-Clubber at heart) :gpower:

[George Schilling]

So the decision's been made.......we are letting Annie in. :gpower:

[Annie Bauer]

*Batting eyelashes appropriately*

What, you weren't going to let lil' ol me in? :gpower: :gpower:

[George Schilling]

Some of us guys were just thinking, do we want to be spanked and humiliated, only to have you return to Washington in your time of glory, leaving us to pick up the pieces..........?

Hell YES

[Annie Bauer]

Ha ha - well, just to make it MORE fun, I'll be down for the event at the end of the month, too... you just can't get rid of me that easy!!

I need to shake some of the Seattle cold out of my bones

[Tom Berry]

Ha ha - well, just to make it MORE fun, I'll be down for the event at the end of the month, too... you just can't get rid of me that easy!!

I need to shake some of the Seattle cold out of my bones

Ah... so you are a "fair weather" cal clubber ?

[Steve Ekstrand]

My trailer is heated. }:)

[Kurt Rahn]

Ha ha - well, just to make it MORE fun, I'll be down for the event at the end of the month, too... you just can't get rid of me that easy!!

I need to shake some of the Seattle cold out of my bones

With the weather we've been having, it might be a good idea to go see if Hawaii region is having any events

[Aaron Goldsmith]

Only 4 SK people signed up so far... Certainly not making a national case that the SK classes are a draw. Come on folks, it's probably the best local event of the year.

You get as many runs as at a Practice at a minimum, plus you get to launch the car and do a burn out if you want. Launching and racing head to head with the person on a mirror coarse is awesome.

GP folks and all Prepared competitors, sign up for P1.. I'd love to have an actual Prepared class rather than have to run in the bump class.