[Wichita-SCCA] Last Weekend HPT

[Tom Zickuhr]

A friend in the Porsche club was telling me HPT is charging $75 for RV
hookups and $50 to use your own pit vehicle (mini bike or golf cart).  And
they're saying HPT will chase you down to collect the pit vehicle fee.

Tom


On 4/18/07, Brian Meyer <brian at fiberdynamics.net> wrote:
>
> I also had a great weekend.  I spent Saturday at the AVRG race on Corner
> 8.  It was cold, and windy, and wet, and cold.  Still I had fun.  Saw
> some good racing and some amazing cars.  The sounds from the AS Mustang
> and the Wilcox Toyota Atlantic were worth the trip alone.  I wish I
> could have stayed to work on Sunday but I had committed to running at
> the HPT autox event because I knew the KS region needed all the entries
> they can get to try and break even with the stupid expensive lot fee
> they're being charged.
>
> The solo was a lot of fun.  They used segments from both of the
> Nationals courses to make a good course.  My MS6 didn't like the short
> interval between runs.  The intercooler kept getting more and more
> heatsoaked to the point where it just wasn't working and the timing was
> cut to the point where it wasn't making any power at all.  Each run was
> about .2 seconds slower even though I know I was driving a better line
> every time.
>
> Just the opposite happened when I ran Dave Green's Z06.  I picked up
> about .5 seconds every run as I got more and more comfortable with the
> car.  It is amazing how much torque and grip those Z06's have.  The
> concept of momentum driving goes completely out the window.  You want to
> be faster there, just press touch the gas and boom - you're up to speed.
> And it brakes just as well.  Wonderful car.
>
> I really wish we had a site that nice, but I'm glad we don't have to
> deal with the lot fee.  Most of the price increase from last year is due
> to having an ambulance there for the whole day.  That is just
> ridiculous.  I'm still upset because I'm paying for a stupid ambulance
> and it's personnel to sit around all day waiting for the nothing that
> will happen.  What a waste of their time and my money.  I understand the
> requirement was made by the site owner and there was no talking him out
> of it - but I don't have to like it and I do have the right to complain
> about it.
>
> -Brian Meyer
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wichita-scca-bounces at wichitascca.org
> [mailto:wichita-scca-bounces at wichitascca.org] On Behalf Of Lawrence
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 9:35 AM
> To: 'Wichita Region SCCA.'
> Subject: [Wichita-SCCA] Last Weekend HPT
>
>
> I had a wonderful time for my first trip up to HPT. I was really worried
> about the weather, since we still had remnants of snow on the ground,
> but it turned out to be a really nice day. The Kansas Region did a
> really nice job, and kudo's to Ms. Avard for what I understand to be her
> first (?) chairing at a solo. I only hope my first time goes as well.  A
> couple of things I thought were nice was having a person at the end of
> the run hand me a sticky note with my run time. And also the FM
> broadcast is wonderful for us hard of hearing drivers. I now anxiously
> await the results to be posted.
>
> Lawrence Duty
>
>
>
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