2010 San Diego National Tour Discussion

[Aaron Goldsmith]

Registration has opened for the 2010 San Diego National Tour

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2010 San Diego National Tour
Qualcomm Stadium

Site Address: Qualcomm Stadium*9449 Friars Rd*San Diego, CA 92108

Entry Cap: 325

Staff Hotel: Holiday Inn* 3805 murphy Canyon Rd* San Diego, CA 92123*858-278-9300* Mention SCCA to get a rate of $109/night.
Site Restrictions: Sound limit is 93db@50'. This sound limit supercedes the sound limit listed in Appendix I of the 2010 Solo rules.

RV Camping is allowed in the pit area. No hookups available. A trolley is available on site to go to meals, shopping, etc.

Local Classes: SK1 & SK2 will be allowed to run at this event. To register for these classes you will need to select AM as your class and leave a note to the registrar. You will appear in the AM entry list but will be placed in the correct local class at the event. Please call the national office if you have any questions - 800-770-2055.



Evolution Performance Driving School: Evo is the official driving school of the SCCA Solo program and will again host the EVO Advantage program at all 2010 National Tour events. Pre registration is required and available on the Evolution website.

[Kurt Rahn]

Registration has opened for the 2010 San Diego National Tour

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Has anyone heard definitively whether 140+ treadwear-shod cars will be allowed to run as separate SK classes, or whether they'll have to run in their respective stock classes against R-comped opponents?

[Adrian Covert]

MINI drivers want to know!

[Aaron Goldsmith]

MINI drivers want to know!

Should probably ask on the SD forum. They'd know better. ;)

[Mark Duerst]

Yes SK1/SK2 will be running at the tour.

This has been posted here several times.

Soon there will a tour post with info.

[Chad Stubblefield]

Yes
and now to get SK people to attend

"Local Classes: SK1 & SK2 will be allowed to run at this event. To register for these classes you will need to select AM as your class and leave a note to the registrar. You will appear in the AM entry list but will be placed in the correct local class at the event. Please call the national office if you have any questions - 800-770-2055."

[Steve Towers]

I'm thinking I'd like to do this event but don't want to drive to San Diego and back on 710's. Anyone willing to take tires/wheels and jack from Garden Grove to SD and back?

[Chad Stubblefield]

I'm thinking I'd like to do this event but don't want to drive to San Diego and back on 710's. Anyone willing to take tires/wheels and jack from Garden Grove to SD and back?

SK1

[Steve Towers]

Yeah Chad, just what I need, to get smooshed in a class that I wasn't competitive in to begin with.

In any case, I'd like to find out how I stack up in AS.

[George Schilling]

I'm thinking I'd like to do this event but don't want to drive to San Diego and back on 710's. Anyone willing to take tires/wheels and jack from Garden Grove to SD and back?

Steve, we'll have room in the truck.

[Steve Towers]

George,

You have PM.

[Aaron Goldsmith]

Looks like they need a youth steward Steve.

http://www.sdsolo.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2302" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Steve Ekstrand]

I let Mark know on the SD boards that I could do the YS if he still has a need.

[Jason Uyeda]

I'm thinking I'd like to do this event but don't want to drive to San Diego and back on 710's. Anyone willing to take tires/wheels and jack from Garden Grove to SD and back?

I wish Thomason thought like that (chance of rain excluded)..........

[Jonathan Lugod]

Hey guys,

With the SD Tour coming up, I was just wondering if we had a sound meter in the Trailer? Just thought for those who plan on attending that are new or having trouble with sound (like me) can use it to get a good idea of where we are at. I've been having trouble down in SD during regular events and am losing "opportunities" to adequately pass sound down there. Since we're not as strict up here i thought we could measure harm free. Does anyone have one? I believe the one we use in SD is a regular Radio Shack unit.

[Eric Clements]

We do have a sound meter. I think we (calclub) should adopt the national db limit at all sites, sound sensitive or not.

[Aaron Goldsmith]

Hey guys,

With the SD Tour coming up, I was just wondering if we had a sound meter in the Trailer? Just thought for those who plan on attending that are new or having trouble with sound (like me) can use it to get a good idea of where we are at. I've been having trouble down in SD during regular events and am losing "opportunities" to adequately pass sound down there. Since we're not as strict up here i thought we could measure harm free. Does anyone have one? I believe the one we use in SD is a regular Radio Shack unit.

Well, i'd hope they aren't using a Radio Shack unit, it's been a while since I've done sound down there, but I had heard they had gotten a used Type 1 unit when they started doing sound down there. The inexpensive sound meters are all type 2, type 2 units aren't accurate in the frequencies that cars create most of their noise in. I'm sure that the national staff will be using Type 1 meters for the national events.

Buying a type 1 meter isn't the big issue, the stand alone units can be had for 300 or so bucks. The big problem is that to run a sound meter correctly we need to put it on course, which means 2 more workers per group on course. We can't staff our groups as it is. So we'd want a unit that would remotely display sound readings in the motorhome, that way there would be no spotter needed. I found several solutions both purchasable and homebrew to make this work really well with Type 2 meters. Having to use a Type 1 meter is the problem, they seem mostly designed for lab use with poor rs232 connections with terrible software for their outputs at best. There is a company in England that makes remote sound metering tech for motorsport but it's piiiiiicy. I've even considered just throwing a Type 1 meter out on course with a remote camera on the display, but i'd much rather be able to log the data so you can scroll back in case you've missed something.

Mike and I did a bunch of research on this at the beginning of the year. I spoke with folks that sell the units and did a lot of looking.

I've got a cheap type 2 that I got off amazon for general readings. We just make sure we're way under on that and we made a trip down to SD to check if we were legal last month.

[Bob Beamesderfer]

San Diego used to have a good Type 1, but I think it was stolen.

[Marshall Grice]

San Diego used to have a good Type 1, but I think it was stolen.

it probably died like the printer did on office space.

[Steve Ekstrand]

So is that why SD sound has been kinda flaky lately? They aren't using a type 1 meter?

[Justin Tsang]

Hello, I am from the SF region. Me and my brother are planning on running FSP in the SD tour.

Are there any FSP cars down south that is going to run in the tour? I don't want to drive down there for nothing, actually we may cancel if there isn't at least 1 more person in FSP.

Hope to see you guys next month,

Justin Tsang

[Jonathan Lugod]

Hello, I am from the SF region. Me and my brother are planning on running FSP in the SD tour.

Are there any FSP cars down south that is going to run in the tour? I don't want to drive down there for nothing, actually we may cancel if there isn't at least 1 more person in FSP.

Hope to see you guys next month,

Justin Tsang

There are a couple of FSP cars that participate in the tour. Nathan Roof would be the one to count on for competition. He drives an AE86 Corolla.

[Jayson Woodruff]

A lot of the historic guys run FSP. Doug T (VW), Steve G (Triump) and John E (Fiat) are probably Tour/Pro bound

Jay W

There are a couple of FSP cars that participate in the tour. Nathan Roof would be the one to count on for competition. He drives an AE86 Corolla.

[Aaron Goldsmith]

Sent a message to ken about if parking at el toro would be the same as last year, he said yes. Here is what he posted last year.

Sorry for the delay. For anyone interested there will be storage offered between the SD Tour and the El Toro Pro. Same deal as the past 2 yrs: $25/week. I will be taking care of that so if you have any questions feel free to email or call me.

kenmotonishi@gmail.com

714-925-9473

[Mark Duerst]

Tour update - yes SK1/SK2 are running at the tour and the pro solo
Normal San Diego sound rules apply

Friday 4/9 Test n tune (Southeast lot) 11 - 5
Tech 10 - 7
Registration 3 - 7
Welcome party 5 -7

Saturday 4/10 Start time 9:00 am Registration & Tech 7 - 8

Sunday 4/11 Start time 8:00 am

Early registration price is $94.00 good till 4:00 pm (central time) March 26
After that price is $130.00
Jr. Carts are $50.00