Anyone that wants to caravan up to VIR for the SCCA's Oak Tree Nationals, we will leave the Briar's Creek Shopping Center, off of Glenwood Ave, at 9:00 AM for the drive up to Virginia International Raceway. Tickets are $15 for the day. Go here for more details about VIR:
http://www.virclub.com/cms/index.ph...ntpage&Itemid=1

It normally takes us about an hour and twenty minutes to drive up. If some want to meet earlier for breakfast at the Cracker Barrell in Morrisville then we can do that about 7:30. I will be at the Cracker Barrell at 7:30 AM on Sunday, August 7.

Bert

 

I'm there and game for the breakfast deal. Lets also plan on maybe taking a cooler or two for making lunch and drinks during the day once we get an idea on how many are going to make it. It would be great to get a nice caravan going up there and take over a corner of the parking lot once there.

 

everything, Greg said.

 

This is the day after the GRR, right?

 

yes sir.

 

That is a good idea Greg, we just might have enough food left over from the GRR to take along. We get 3-4 coolers we ought to be in good shape.

 

Alrighty, I'll come up for the GRR and find some place to spend the night, then I will go to VIR with you guys. Sounds like a plan.

 

Ill already be a VIR for the Oak Tree National. My dad is running his F production Austin Healey sprite and ill be crewing all weekend. Everyone feel free to stop by, #26 navy blue with a white stripe. Ill prolly have my silver FB up there too. Later, Carl

 

Some of us will be seeing you on Sunday. I don't know how many will be coming up but it looks like we'll have 6-7 cars in caravan for sure. We'll find y'alls paddock and visit for a while.

Everyone remember its going to be 7:30 at the Cracker Barrell in Morrisville for breakfast and if you don't make it there then be at the Caribou Coffee shop in Briar's Creek by 9:00 AM with a full tank of gas and ready to roll. Tickets are $15 for the day.

 

Just a reminder that there will be a group leaving Raleigh Sunday morning to drive up to VIR for the SCCA Oak Tree National Race Sunday morning. If you want to eat breakfast at the Morrisville Cracker Barrel we'll be there between 7:30 and 8:00 and will be leaving from the Briar's Creek Caribou Coffee shop no later than 9:15 AM, that is FCST not FDAT(FS Daylight Time which is the time standard 99.5% of the world goes by, FDAT is FD Arrival Time or when the FD's show up for a group event and make their entrance) There won't be any entraces Sunday morning, if you get there after 9:15 then you better be prepared to catch us on Hwy 70, I-85, or the backroads of Durham County.

Bert

 

Bert call me Sunday morning on my cell 434-572-0517 I lost your #

Johny

 

I hope everyone had a great time. We were not able to make it up there to race. I was only there on Saturday crewing for someone and I even got a couple of hot laps in the RX7, burned up the tires pretty good

 

We missed ya! We turned in a few hot laps when we first got there. Hot as in it was 101 degrees where we parked the cars when we left. Man the guys racing were just dripping, I don't know how they take it. We ran a few laps when we first got there like I said, along with every nut in a mini van, pickup truck, etc.... no fun following people running 25 mph pointing out their windows at stuff and riding their brakes! Otherwise it was a good day and we saw some good races. We ended up with 1 1st gen, 4 2nd gens and an 8 there. I think Bert, Doug and Jason got some pics of us and some of the racing. Have to see it we can get 'em posted.

 

We all met at the Cracker Barrel in Morrisville and had breakfast together Sunday morning and actually got to see the Beltline and I-540 without any traffic. They both make a great race course without all the traffic, not that we'd know anything about that kind of thing. After a nice, leisurely breakfast we drove over to Brair's Creek to wait for others to join the caravan. No one else showed, Jason called Josh and I called Christina's cells but neither of us got an answer. Left the Caribou Coffee shop at 0930 and had a nice drive up thru Roxboro to VIR. If it wasn't for all the Sunday drivers it would've been a creat drive, but whatcha gonna do it was Sunday after all!

called Johny when we went thru the gate and he said that they were having a fund raising event for Breast Cancer research and to go to the back of the paddock area if we wanted to run some parade laps. Well, knowing what a great cause it is and how charitable we all are I led everyone up to the signup queue to make a donation. We signed up and went directly on the track, didn't get a chance to unload or make a pit stop. Guess what, we had Sunday drivers on the course as well! Can't get away from them! The track watchers began waiving the tourists off the track after a couple of laps and we got to run a couple with just the sports cars on the course. The mini Coopers wouldn't come out and play, they had their own track time later that afternoon.

More to come with pics, later. . . .
I promise I'll post up tonight if I can get on the internet.

 

This is the hardcore RRDI drivers, Saturday at the GRR and Sunday up bright and early to meet at Cracker Barrel for breakfast, then a nice drive up to VIR for a day of watching SCCA races and cheering for anything rotary that was running:



The got more exciting as the day progressed, here is a jag in full racing colors on the prowl. It was the fastest car on the track but speed only counts if you stay on the course. He lost it in one of VIR's trecherous curves and finished out of the top 3 for the GT-1 class:



Here a pic of the only FD in GT-2 class. It was carb'd and ran all 14 laps:



There was even a cute little Neon SRT on the course and it had a very energetic showing:



And to all our surprise Jesse had brought his camo drifter up and I was fortunate enough to get a shot of it as it cruised the course:



To finish off the recap of our trip, here is a cool pic of an FB in full racing colors. He had a hard fought duel with 2 late 70's Z cars the entire race. He held them off until the final few laps and they took first and second places but the FB held on for third. One of the best races of the day.



It was a great time, and a beautiful day for racing. I want to thank everyone one for making the trip and sticking out the day.

 

I plan on going to the event this year for 2006, anybody want to carravan? I'm in Statesville, NC and will be taking my 7.