Who drove their car from New England to Calabogie?

skivittlerjimb · Post by **skivittlerjimb** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:26 am

I know there are a ton of benefits to trailering, but I doubt I'll go that route anytime soon. I have no delusions about the good old days of motor racing where you ran what you drove to the track, but I like my car and I like to drive it.

Plus, with 40-step range of stiffness settings on my shocks and spring rates that aren't ridiculous, my kidneys are intact even after spending lots of QT on Montreal's crappy interchanges.

Course, if I had stuffed it at Calabogie I suppose one of my friends could have driven one of his Spec. Miatas home and put the GVR4 on their trailer... 8-[

-Jim B.
'92 GVR4 280/1000

enjoythemusic · Post by **enjoythemusic** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:28 am

skivittlerjimb wrote:I have no delusions about the good old days of motor racing where you ran what you drove to the track...

Smart man, color me delusional early on with arrive and drive, plus was an old school romantic i guess back then.

turtlevette · Post by **turtlevette** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:14 pm

This club started as a bunch of guys just out playing with their mostly stock vettes on a real roadcourse ( i think, correct me if i'm full of crap) and it was fun.

The mentality seems to have changed over the years to where its getting to the point that "too much ain't enough".

I'm just wondering if there is still a place for the guys that run their grocery getters on regular unleaded a few times a year. I feel like i'm in people's way.

People have suggested i buy a race car but i don't have the money to do that. I wouldn't even have a place to put it. And the wife already complains about how much time i put into the vette and i barely do anything to it.

I don't have room for a trailer and i don't want to have to buy a tow vehicle and be forced to use that as a daily driver, I detest driving big hunking vehicles around. I like driving my old beat up vette.

StephanAlfa · Post by **StephanAlfa** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:37 pm

I guess we then need to have race tracks that are closer ... that's how it was in the ol' days...
This is not country fair where farmers gather and have demolition derbies guys

... we race in legendary racetracks and some of our equipment does not permit us to drive, that's all.
Driver's choice I guess. I am using a loaned trailer ... and I am very thankful for that... :thumbleft:
When it's time to go race at NHIS I'll be driving to and from. :salute:

brucesallen · Post by **brucesallen** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:39 am

turtlevette wrote:This club started as a bunch of guys just out playing with their mostly stock vettes on a real roadcourse ( i think, correct me if i'm full of crap) and it was fun..

Corvettes of Mass started with autocrossing in Seabrook, NH.
I believe the club will be much more healthy when we can have most events locally.
1. We lose money on distant events.
2. The new club members we get to these away events help pay the cost of the event but they are not able to help run the club by being officers, Board or chiefs of specialties.

Pray for the success of Palmer Motorsports Park. Town wetlands approval has been received.

StephanAlfa · Post by **StephanAlfa** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:06 am

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rajito · Post by **rajito** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:33 am

If Palmer gets approved and they build a rinky dink like NHIS there, I personally would kick the designer in the junk.

We need more of the Canadian style race tracks closer to home.

Raj

Crusin · Post by **Crusin** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:14 pm

Was watching a program on Speed one evening. Covered the F1 races in the 60's. There's more high tech equipment in the paddock at a COM event than F1 at that time. Factory cars being offloaded using wooden planks for ramps. Simple open face helmets and a Marlboro hanging from the lower lip.

Post by **chaos4NH** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:19 pm

Ya, those were the good old days, right Frank? Only mine was a Camel. And no one knew about camber, caster, turbos. and R rubber.
I like the new wave of equipment and the never ending new stuff!
Oh, and I snuffed the Camels 20 years ago.

enjoythemusic · Post by **enjoythemusic** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:46 pm

chaos4NH wrote:...Only mine was a Camel.

Nice choice! Smooth flavor, no stupid filter to get in the way and nice 'round full-bodied' flavor.

turtlevette · Post by **turtlevette** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:43 pm

its not the distance to the events that bothers me at all. I don't mind driving my car. Its fun when the weather is not hot as my a/c was ripped out long ago. I really like the Canadian tracks a lot. NHIS and Lime Rock are getting too crowded IMO.

I guess the implication i was trying to get at with the trailer question is how many people are running race cars vs. street cars.

I guess the questions should have been

1. Are you over or under 500 hp.
2. Do you run race gas?
3. Race tires
4. Over or under 40 track days a year
5. Yada yada yada

Its just hard for a guy like me who runs 2-3 events a year and an antique heavy low hp car to keep up....scratch that....not get run over by all the speed racers.

i've got a dry sump rodeck aluminum block in the garage that can be stroked to 434ci but i'm sure that won't be enough. Then i'll get bigger wheels and tires. Then the next thing. Then something else. I don't know if i want to play that game.

skid vicious · Post by **skid vicious** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:36 pm

The club is always going to have room for people driving their daily driven, 230k on the clock, not that fast to start with, street car, to and from events. I think its pretty much in our mission statement. Most of these people dont go to the long haul away events though. You see a lot more of them at New Hampshire events.

lou m · Post by **lou m** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:36 pm

I used to drive to events, up to canada too. As my car became less of a street car I started to tow it with a dolly (fwd).

Alot of the newer cars are really good dual purpose cars. Sam's Mazda, Dan's S2000, Mike's 350Z , Raj's and the other many WRX/STI's, Jame's Mini Cooper S.

The only real issue is $$$. In MA, insurance will not cover any on track damage. Even though it's a school, it does not matter. Other states may be different, check with your agent.

BTW, I love seeing the old vette show up. This is COMSCC after all!!!

jrussell · Post by **jrussell** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:57 pm

Occasionally it's better off financially to trailer. Like when you have a diesel F250 that gets 20 MPG (about 18 MPG towing) and a RX7 that gets maybe 12 MPG on the street.

Plus you have more room for fuel jugs, spare wheels/tires, tools, etc.

If you don't already have or can't find use for a tow vehicle though I agree it's a big step to make.

Personally I drove to my first COM event at Tremblant in 1998 and many "other club" events. Now I'm trailering.

I hope to finish the car up in time (next week or so) to make it back to Tremblant again this year. Back where it all started for me.

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Who drove their car from New England to Calabogie?

Who drove their car from New England to Calabogie?

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