Willow Springs Big Track PRIVATE RENTAL Friday/April 26, 2013
 

Posted this ish on my facebook. All you guys who do track events... this is the way to go. Private rental biacth. Traffic? No such thing. Run groups? WTF is that. PM me if you can commit. I need to know ASAP otherwise we will lose our spot. :nod: Same place as Mazfest/SS last year. Track is badass. "Fastest Road in the West" :)

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I need your committment ASAP. If you're not a car person, but have "car friends", let them know! Reason being is that we have just over month to reserve the track. If they don't get their 20 ppl, the date will likely be moved to the right or just cancelled. LMK if you're interested and I will put you on the email list.

Couple of my corvette buddies are proposing a PRIVATE track day at Willow Springs BIG TRACK on FRIDAY April 26, 2013. This is no speedventures or extremespeed event... this is a private event. We pretty much own the track for the day. This is great for drivers, because we limit the number of cars and also we pretty much do whatever the hell we want! These guys normally rent out Buttonwillow Raceway, but they wanted to change things up this time. 20 cars total... the ENTIRE DAY. You get all the track time you could ever want. There are no "run groups". It's very relaxed, you can run laps all day if you want or just chill and take video lol. Snack bar, tire shop will be running. They should have high octane race gas if you need it (110 octane leaded if you need it).

If your car is a track monster, great! If you're out to "test and tune" equally awesome. If you're just trying to see "what your car car can do" you are in the right place. It could be a Bugatti or Civic, we don't care!

One thing I want everyone to realize is that IT'S NOT A F*CKING RACE. We are not going to have official timing. You drive as fast as you're comfortable. Explore the limits of your car, safely. We will talk about passing, and driving etiquitte during our drivers' meeting. Spectators, girlfriends, kids are welcome. There are some pretty awesome places to watch the action at this track.

Please, only respectful drivers. No one that has a chip on their shoulder or something to prove. This is not the place for that. We are there to have a good time, that's it. Don't forget your go pro camera, helmet, and lots of water! This track makes for great video due to to the high speeds and elevation changes.

Great group of guys to hang out with. I've done 3 or 4 events with these guys, great time every time. Much better than your typical Speedventures or Extremespeed event. Everyone has a very different setup. I can't wait!

FRIDAY; April 26, 2013
$250
open track all day: 8AM-5PM (we'll have a drivers meeting probably around 7AM)
20 cars TOTAL (entire day we own the track)
Willow Springs International Raceway | Since 1953
Great track for full speed, max effort. This is a very fast track.

Any questions, LMK. If you have "car friends", PLEASE SHARE THIS!

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1362962401

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1362962408

If my car wasnt under construction ill be all over this. Ive never been on the big track and im down to learn it. Maybe next time

Damn, what a bummer. Would be great to have you out there bro. :)

If no license is needed, then I would be completely down for this.

Will both of you guys PM me your email addresses? Both of you should be on our email list! :cool:

Mike when do we have to pay

Hey alex not sure. We have to get 20 ppl before the vette guys put down the (huge) deposit. So far we have about 10. Once they pay the deposit we pay them. Pm me ur email dude.

Guys! Date change! April 26 is taken. April 19 is new date.

Interesting.....

20 peeps for the whole day? that's freakin awesome. wish i could go.

My Shakedown track day?!! I'm pushing Mike!!!!!

UPDATE: track has been booked for April 19
 

UPDATE:

We've had a lot of interest and the track has been booked. Now everyone has to send the organizer their money to claim their spot. Will update as I get more info.

Yep sure is hehe :icon16:

Yeah dude.... unreal. It's like no one is ever in your way. It's so much fun, trust me. You do pretty much whatever the hell you want! Don't have to wait for "your run group" or worry about how many minutes are left in your session and all that crap. And you get to know the group of guys driving too, it's like we're all hanging out together. Loads of fun bro.

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No way.... if you made it out that would be awesome. You're right down the street man :cool: BUT: if you're not ready this time, no worries.. they try to put stuff on twice a year!!!! PM me ur email bro so I can get you on their email list.

damn no lap timing :(

Start practicing. This is a very fast track!

damn only if was on the 26th.. that weekend is coachella.

i'll probably be spectator, or if i can get ride alongs, would like to feel v8 torque :)

you guys should come to the track with us!
 

Dino!!!!! Yeah bro... no official stuff. Some of the guys bring their own gear to do that. We have at least one s2000 guy who has his own stuff. Man it would be great to have you out there with us. :icon_tup: But hey... I will offer to time anyone who wants it. Stopwatch style. LMK!

^ Yeah Armen... it's very fast. The track is really wide too, kind of hard to see in videos and pics but when you're out there... you realize how much room you have to play with. Hope to get you out there too bro :)

Really??? Dammit... sorry man. The track was booked on that day before we got sufficient interest :(

Henry!!!! No way man, you should be driving!!!!! Out of all the guys with a "not super crazy" FD I think you ran some of the fastest times at Mazfest/SS. Please hit me up man.... you should be driving that day. And if not that day, some other time, give me ur email address and I'll put you on their email list.

That is one awesome video dude. Great post.

my cars on its last leg with the compression numbers :(, but i think i can get a track day or two out of it. I am honestly not a fan of big willow, but 20 cars the whole day sounds like a good time to mess around :) haha

my emails dragntek@hotmail.com

Damn... :( OK. I hear you. I'm not a huge fan either but it's still fun to get out and see how fast you can go. And yea.. the 20 car limit... is just awesome, perfect to mess around! :)

Anyway... four spots left guys.

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1363828054

I wish I was able to go with you guys. Big willow is awesome, just watch out for turn 9. I've seen too many cars go hot into it and roll. Stay safe guys!

pics and report
 

Bummer man... yeah that track is something else. You can pretty much go as fast as your balls/brains will let you lol. Scary track though. I worked my way up to it. It's kinda weird, for most of the track, I'm thinking to myself "I know I can go faster"... and then I go "maybe I shouldn't lol". Yeah Turn 9 is scary alright... the lady at the paddock diner was talking to us about where the worst wrecks are and she said that part of the track is THE worst.

Good news is we all had a blast. We had THREE rx-7s there, all FDs. Two with LS1s and one rotary! How awesome was that! We got a lot of comments on the cars. The most common one, "what a cool looking car" lol. We had a lot of vettes (ZR1, carbon Z06, etc), mustangs, and a bunch of other cars. The only real casualty was an Evo X that blew his motor up, still not sure what the cause. Two guys went off the track, one just after turn 4 and another in turn 6. They and their cars are fine.

I'm attaching some pics. There was an NSX that showed up, what a gorgeous car.

This is all we had that day. About 25 cars. THE ENTIRE DAY. Traffic was not an issue! No run groups, you can go out whenever you want and do as many or as little laps as you want!
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1366864726

One of the el es juan FDEEEZ :icon16:
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1366864726

The beastly Zr1. This guy was easily the fastest car all day long. You should have seen how late he was braking into turn one. And how fast he was going into it!
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1366864726

The other EL ES JUAN FD :nod:
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1366864726

FDs next to the NSeeeXXXXX
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1366864726

a few more pics & vids
 

The NSX and FDs
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1366865699

Ferrari 360 Modena vert
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1366865699

Nother shot of the NSX
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1366865699

A few videos. When you open it up, if you can handle the bandwith use the highest res possible. Looks better :)

Going home right afterwards, roll by of CYM FD and the super vettes

Fun lap, following CYM FD, S2000, and NSX (in front)

Front straight and turn one shots

Paddock walkaround

NSX & z06 carbon pullaway

Sample lap, later in the day, felt a little more comfortable (inside view)

Sample lap, right after lunchtime, still kinda figuring out how to drive lol (outside view)

Looks like you guys had a blast. How about next time you guys get some lap timers, then I'll be game.

nice shots! looks like your missing a vr, mb and bb FD there :)