GT LIVE/Grand Am Cup at VIR Oct 6-8
The gimpy juggernaut
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Thanks. Luck. All luck. Higher ISO, lots of panning as cars go by, and photoshop 
. Since I used a high ISO the still shots came out fairly well, although at full size they are grainy. Making them smaller hides that problem 
. I have plenty of chopped off cars, blurry, overexposed, underexposed stuff that I didn't put online.
. Since I used a high ISO the still shots came out fairly well, although at full size they are grainy. Making them smaller hides that problem . I have plenty of chopped off cars, blurry, overexposed, underexposed stuff that I didn't put online.
Man I missed yall once again. I saw all the 7's in the paddock on Sunday but no one was there. During the race I saw Greg standing up against the fence a ways down, but I was kind of stuck where I was in the pit lane.
As for the ST race we were leading at one time and running a solid 3rd or 4th most of the race. During the 6th hour a coil pack went bad and the car was only running on 2 cyliders, pulled in to the pits, changed it back at the trailer and went back out. It took 7 minutes to change. Finished in 11th place.
As for the ST race we were leading at one time and running a solid 3rd or 4th most of the race. During the 6th hour a coil pack went bad and the car was only running on 2 cyliders, pulled in to the pits, changed it back at the trailer and went back out. It took 7 minutes to change. Finished in 11th place.
Originally Posted by GTUser
I am amazed that he got his wallet back with everything except the cash. I'd still be worried that whoever took the cash still had the chance to copy all the information off of the credit cards including the 3 digit confirmation #. He should let the companies that issued the credit cards know that he'd misplaced his wallet for a few hours and that the credit cards could have been copied or at least the info stolen. Anything else in the wallet with his personal information could've been copied as well. At least he should then be protected and be issued new cards.
I've never heard of MazdaSport magazine but glad to know there is another magazine that covers our cars because RXTuner has had a rough time getting off the ground. I think I only got 2 or 3 issues out of last year's subscription. Your car should be the cover shot and I don't know how many people I saw stop and admire it while it was parked in the north paddock and down at the drifting area. You did a fantastic job putting that car together and its nice to see people appreciate what you've done.
We'll be driving down to Wilmington November 4th for the Brits and Battleship Car Show. This year they are having a category for Japanese sports cars and you should enter your FD in that show and represent us rotaries and I'd like to see Nick enter his RX8 and Johny and Rodney Byrd enter their FCs. It is a great show with some beautiful old British cars on display
I've never heard of MazdaSport magazine but glad to know there is another magazine that covers our cars because RXTuner has had a rough time getting off the ground. I think I only got 2 or 3 issues out of last year's subscription. Your car should be the cover shot and I don't know how many people I saw stop and admire it while it was parked in the north paddock and down at the drifting area. You did a fantastic job putting that car together and its nice to see people appreciate what you've done.
We'll be driving down to Wilmington November 4th for the Brits and Battleship Car Show. This year they are having a category for Japanese sports cars and you should enter your FD in that show and represent us rotaries and I'd like to see Nick enter his RX8 and Johny and Rodney Byrd enter their FCs. It is a great show with some beautiful old British cars on display
I have seen MazdaSport Magazine in few of selective book store before but I think there aren't many around plus their publication schedule is bi-monthly.
i also heard about RX tuner, I love all of contents in that magazine, too bad it didn't worked out as originially planned.
The Wilmington show look to be a fun event. It'll probably be my next RX7 outing.
If I can get more interior work complete, I may consider to join the show. My only concern is it's a classic car show and my car is "too modify with strong tuner influence look" which may give Japanese car a bad reputation.
Bobby, your picture was very funny!! This Christmas, I really want a Canon SLR type camera, compare that to my 3 years old Sony T1 point & shoot camera, it's like night and day difference. I think invest in a good camera is worth the price of admission since we are capturing our memory within plus special moment that can't be replace (such as photo beautiful machine, girl and famous drivers).
Too bad we didn't have the opportunity to ride in GT live Spoon car. Don't forget to post your positive experience on GT live site as to encourage them to bring it back in 2007!
Rotary Freak
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Not a bad result for y'all, at least your car made the whole race. Hate we missed you on Sunday but the times I went down to pit lane I stayed around the SpeedSource pit. Hope you had a great time.
The gimpy juggernaut
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Originally Posted by riceman1998
Bobby, your picture was very funny!! This Christmas, I really want a Canon SLR type camera, compare that to my 3 years old Sony T1 point & shoot camera, it's like night and day difference. I think invest in a good camera is worth the price of admission since we are capturing our memory within plus special moment that can't be replace (such as photo beautiful machine, girl and famous drivers).
Originally Posted by riceman1998
Too bad we didn't have the opportunity to ride in GT live Spoon car. Don't forget to post your positive experience on GT live site as to encourage them to bring it back in 2007!
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Originally Posted by mrthundercleese
Where can we leave feedback on the gtlive site? I haven't found anything there.
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Originally Posted by mrthundercleese
On that same token though, everyone leave a comment on the MazdaSport website about MazdaDays thanking them for the meet (and saving us from parking in the mud)! Clicky Andy has the right idea, lets make sure they know we enjoyed it!
I send a feedback to Randy yesterday and below is his reply:
I know if this is true, I will be back there next year for sure. Let's keep sending the positive feedback and encouragement!!
Andy,
thanks for the kind words and thanks for coming out. We all appreciate it. We'll be back October 5-7, 2007, so please mark it in your calendar.
Randy
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Randolph Grube
Paramax
3435 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 208
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310.450.5156
310.220.6655 fax
randy@paramaxusa.com
http://www.paramaxusa.com
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On Oct 10, 2006, at 11:51, Andy Lee wrote:
Hi Randy,
Just want to drop you a note to tell you how much we (Raleigh Mazda group) have enjoyed this event. Althrough the weather is a bit wet and cold, I am super happy to this type of event finally happening at East Coast. We need to have more event like this to promote JDM life style. Keep up the good work and I sincerely hope to see GT live return to VIR in 2007!!
Thanks & Regards
Andy Lee
thanks for the kind words and thanks for coming out. We all appreciate it. We'll be back October 5-7, 2007, so please mark it in your calendar.
Randy
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Randolph Grube
Paramax
3435 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 208
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310.450.5156
310.220.6655 fax
randy@paramaxusa.com
http://www.paramaxusa.com
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On Oct 10, 2006, at 11:51, Andy Lee wrote:
Hi Randy,
Just want to drop you a note to tell you how much we (Raleigh Mazda group) have enjoyed this event. Althrough the weather is a bit wet and cold, I am super happy to this type of event finally happening at East Coast. We need to have more event like this to promote JDM life style. Keep up the good work and I sincerely hope to see GT live return to VIR in 2007!!
Thanks & Regards
Andy Lee
The gimpy juggernaut
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I just got the same news from Randy myself. He has told me all the truth thus far so I have no reason not to believe him this time. I was coming here to post about it but it looks like you beat me to it. Excitement runs rampant! 
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I talked to both of the GT Live girls (don't ask how I ain't telling) and they said they would be back next year. Oh yeah, the event also will be back...
Randy Grube at GT live emailed me and would like us to provide some feedback on their newly set up survey as to do a better job for next year's event, please give few minutes of your time to participle and show support so they can bring the event back next year again at VIR: http://www.isurveyinc.com/phpsurveyor/index.php?sid=5
Thanks again for your attention and support!
Thanks again for your attention and support!
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