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Hosting Organization: Lone Pine Time Trials Committee

Event Type: Hillclimb/Time TrialEvent Date(s): 02-Jun-2012 to 03-Jun-2012

Event Description/Schedule:
The 42nd anniversary of the Lone Pine Time Trials is dedicated to the remembrance of Renee and Craig Angel. Their love, support and contributions to this event and to their entire motorsport family will always be remembered. Speed safely, Renee. You will be missed!

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Late entries will be accepted at registration/TECH on Friday June 1st from 5:00PM-11:00PM in the Sierra Cafe' parking lot next to the Dow Villa Motel. Late entries will also be accepted from 6:30AM to approximately noon at the event site Saturday, June 2nd. If you plan to compete on Saturday you must complete your registration before the Start of the first Run/Work group.

If you must register late in Lone Pine, the entry fees are as follows:

Register on site (both days)

$80.00

Register on site (Saturday or Sunday, one day only)

$55.00

Payment by cash or check only, please.

Pre-registration online will save you some bucks so enter early!!

*Additional entry details are explained when you log on to register.

TECH INSPECTION / LATE REGISTRATION:
Friday, June 1st from 5:00PM to 11:00PM. Located in the parking lot of the old Sierra Café right next to the Dow Villa Hotel/Motel in Lone Pine.

Saturday, June 2nd from 6:30AM to Noon at the event site (Manzanar Airfield)

COMPETITION SCHEDULE: TENTATIVE

Saturday/Sunday parade laps: 8:00AM-8:20AM

A mandatory drivers meeting will be held each morning at approximately 8:35AM immediately followed by run/work group assignments and staffing of the course worker stations. If by chance we able to post the run/work assignments in advance, please come to the drivers meeting prepared as we will be taxiing you to the North and South course stations. This is often fairly time consuming so please do you best to hustle.

Saturday/Sunday- First car out at 9:00AM sharp!

RUN AND WORK GROUPS: **All participants are REQUIRED to perform their assigned work duty for the duration of one run group.

**This Time Trial event is only possible with the help of everyone in attendance. All worker positions must be filled to ensure that the event is conducted in a safe and timely fashion. Please do not skip your work duty! Awards, entry fees, run results and eligibility to compete in next year’s event will directly reflect your decision… and not in a good way! If you are unable to work the course for any reason, please contact the Event Chairman in advance to ensure a suitable work duty.

ELIGIBILITY: MUST BE at least 16 years of age and hold a valid driver’s license. No membership required. Due to the high speed nature of this even, it is recommended for experienced competitors.

SAFETY: COMMON SENSE! MUST WEAR SEAT BELTS AND APPROVED HELMET (some loaner helmets available). Helmets must be SNELL 95 or newer. No DOT helmets. NO alcoholic beverages or other intoxicants may be used by drivers, crew or spectators before or during each day’s competition. After the course is closed, have a blast! Please observe a 5mph speed limit in the pit and grid areas.

VEHICLE CLASSING: Solo, Club Racing, SCCA, IMSA, VINTAGE, NASA, Spec E30, RallyCar, Lemons, the family sled, whatever. We will find a class for you. 5 or more pre-registered drivers who want to run their own class may do so. OPEN EXHAUST is allowed if your class permits it. Basic car classification per the 2012 SCCA Solo rule book. Still not sure what class? Provide details on how your car is prepared and we will find a place for you. Unsafe vehicles will be turned away at TECH so please review the safety guidelines in the Solo rule book!!! This is not an autocross event. It is a high speed time trial.

Please go to http://www.lonepinetimetrials.com for more information and updates as they become available. You will also receive email updates through this online registration service.

Event Location: Manzanar Airfield

Street: AddressManzanar Reward Road

City: Independence (just north of Lone Pine)

State or Province: CA

Postal/Zip Code: 93545

Country: USA

Location Description:
Driving DirectionsMazanar Airfield: Located 10 miles north of the city of Lone Pine, CA at Manzanar Reward Road. The airfiled is approximatel 1/4 mile east of US 395. GPS: 36.734620, -118.149719 [+36° 44' 4.63", -118° 8' 58.99"]

The Dow Villa Motel loacated in the center of downtown Lone Pine is hosting the event lodging. 20 rooms have been blocked so please make your reservations as soon as possible! Parking is limited to individual cars. There is no space for parking trailers directly in the Motel parking lot. However, there are several other hotels in town that have a bit more room. All rooms in Lone Pine are filling up quickly this time of year so get your reservations now.

This high speed time trial is held on the abandoned Manzanar Airfield located in the Owens Valley, 10 miles north of Lone Pine. It was built in the early 40’s primarily for military training purposes. Roughly a decade had passed and the base was abandoned. Since then it has been used for a handful of military activities, TV commercials and special motorsport events such as this. The surface consists of the original asphalt and aggregate and prior to the annual clean up effort, can be partially overgrown with seasonal weeds as well as a particular contribution from both the indigenous and domesticated wildlife. This event has always had a surreal aura to it. The mysterious Airfield is bordered to the West by the snowcapped Sierras and Mt. Whitney. To the east, the far more arid Inyo Mountain range overshadows the foreboding Death Valley National Park.

For a number of regular competitors, this is the only motorsport event they attend all year. For others, it is a unique opportunity to “stretch the legs” of their vehicle of choice in a picturesque yet raw event location. The course is fast and flowing with sparsely spaced pylon chicanes down both sides of the 5000' runway and taxiway. Most vehicles will negotiate the majority of the 2+ mile course in third and fourth gear, only downshifting to 2nd to negotiate either of two slaloms and the start/finish area. The surface is fairly abrasive with heavy marbles off line, but there is quite a bit of traction to be found for those who drive a clean and tidy race line. The surface characteristics just add to the challenge and unique nature of this event.

Maximum Entries: 100

Online Registration: Opens 01-Mar-2012 1:00 AM

Online Registration: Closes31-May-2012 1:00 AM

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Officials and Contacts:
Event Chairman: Bret Norgaard yawsport@gmail.com (619) 261-1201
Co-Chairman: Jennifer Messervy
Chief of Timing & Scoring: Rick Brown
Chief of Registration: Jennifer Messervy
Chief of Course: Pat McBride
Chief of Course: Brian Moon
Promotional Coordinator: Neil Alexander
Competitor Relations: Candice Alexander
Webmaster: Quoc-Viet Dang

The Lone Pine Time Trials is coming up quick so please log on to the Myautoevents.com entry page and get registered. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to email the event chairman in advance. You will find the contact info on the LPTT website and at the online entry page. Don’t miss out on this really fun event! Twenty rooms have been blocked at the Dow Villa Motel and these are filling up quickly. Be sure to mention that you are there for the Time Trials to get your room discount. You can also reserve rooms in the historic Dow Villa Hotel that is connected to the Motel. Friday night TECH/Registration will be right next door in the open parking lot right next door to what was the Sierra Café and most everything in town is within walking distance from the Dow Villa. As usual, we will have Room 32 reserved for the Friday night hospitality suite where you can meet and greet fellow competitors, enjoy free Pizza, Soda and of course the ever popular beer keg donated by Lee’s Chevron and Deli.

Check out the Lone Pine Time Trials Facebook event page to see the latest word on the streets. https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/200225923423877/

I should be showing up Saturday night with my race car in tow. Is there 'rig' parking at the hotel?

JAy W

Jayson Woodruff wrote:I should be showing up Saturday night with my race car in tow. Is there 'rig' parking at the hotel?

JAy W

There is a big lot where we do tech just down from the hotel.

Rick Brown wrote:There is a big lot where we do tech just down from the hotel.

Down North, or down South of the hotel?

Thanks

Jay W

There is parking very close to the hotel if there isn't room on the street. As you come into town, there is an empty lot big enough for several semis then a smaller parking lot at the cafe next to the hotel.

Jayson Woodruff wrote:

Rick Brown wrote:There is a big lot where we do tech just down from the hotel.

Down North, or down South of the hotel?

Thanks

Jay W

Just south of the hotel on the same side of the street.

here is a google earth view. open parking lot is between 385 and S.Lone Pine Ave. Dow Villa has the pool in the middle of the parking lot.

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Thanks Earl. I showed up last year in just a rental car and the hotel parking was tight for that.

Just registered up (Sun). Bringing the RallyMiata this time. Might even take the hard top off for the first time ever! Might be draging some friends, we'll be the EXTREMELY dirty ones from playing in the desert all Saturday.

Jay W

Results:
Saturday
Sunday

Okay, I was told by two different people in Timing and Scoring that the times were min:seconds, but it appears they are simply seconds right?

Jay W

Jayson Woodruff wrote:Okay, I was told by two different people in Timing and Scoring that the times were min:seconds, but it appears they are simply seconds right?

Jay W

Ah, but did you ask me? Yes, seconds.

You were definitly my first choice, but not around when I poked in.

Rick Brown wrote:Ah, but did you ask me? Yes, seconds.

Lone Pine is definitely a hoot..........albeit more conducive to cars more than an inch and a half above the ground. It was a bit weird hurtling down a straight away at 110 or so on a surface more conducive to a rally event and having some sort of creature decide to scurry out of the weeds and stop right in the middle of my line. I'm thinking this is going to be nasty. But whatever it was, it wisely decide to very quickly return from where it came, never to be seen again. But aside from some damage to the car due to a rock strike, we had a blast. Will return with a car more appropriate next time, probably a front wheel drive rental of some sort........or our "rally" Nissan Altima.

The drive is easy, the event is a blast, the people wonderful. Kudos to Brett and the volunteers who did a great job organizing and running the event. Thanks to Rick for getting the CTV to the site and handling the scoring and CTV set-up. All in all, a great time.