COBRA OPEN TRACK EVENT, Kershaw SC, Aug. Registration Form attached

[Cobraearl]

Originally posted by Johan


Earl, what are the passing rules in group A ? Your event sounds like fun. Spyderman told me about it , and if that does not scare you, you have not met him.....
Johan

The exact details of the passing have not been finalized.. there will probably be about 3 areas where passing is allowed.. BUt only after confirmation from the driver being passed.

earl

[RACERAL]

Dan.. I can tell ya right now!! my wife has a short leash on me

[Eat Mice]

Earl -

I'll see you guys at the end of August. Looking forward to meeting lots of new people as they pass me on the track ...

You already have my registration and my check is in the mail...

[Gatorac]

You have a fax.

The Blue Monster has more than one gear now and I'm working at disconnecting the mosquito fogger..

Passing in only 3 areas may seriously affect Spydermans lap times.

[CobraDan]

Originally posted by RACERAL


Dan.. I can tell ya right now!! my wife has a short leash on me

Al, I met you in Ohio at the DFSVIII was your wife out of town. I won't be in town for the Reptile Roundup but Ed Kamptner wants to meet you guys, it's turning out to be a large event.
Dan

[n559br]

I hope to be there to run. Still convincing my wife that I won't kill my self while on the track on coming/going. This looks like it will be a blast. I was planning on a campling trip this Summer but didn't think it would be at the track.

If you're within 300 miles you should be planning on attending.

ben

[Cobraearl]

DAN, its not the wife with the short leash....

Actually, ive met Ed.. I watched him build DINO's Dash at the two day build.

WE will TRY to get down for the cobra round up..

where can we find more info??

earl

[Cobraearl]

OK, JEFF AND I rented the TRACK TODAY for AUG 30-31... ITS A DONE DEAl..

HOPE TO SEE EVERY ONE OF YOU THERE... at KERSHAW, SC... Aug 30-31.

Jeff said today that HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING DOWN FOR THE SNAKE ROUND UP....

ME too.

[Agingracefully]

Earl=-

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED ALLOWING OPEN PASSING WITH A WAVE-BY IN THE ADVANCED GROUP? THAT WOULD PROBABLY INSPIRE MORE FOLKS TO SIGN UP AND FOR THAT GROUP, IT REALLY ISN'T A PROBLEM. AS LONG AS THE CAR BEING OVERTAKEN POINTS THE FASTER CAR BY, EVERYONE IS AWARE OF WHATS HAPPENING AND THE TRACK DOESN'T GET ALL BUNCHED-UP. jUST A SUGGESTION, EITHER WAY IS COOL WITH ME AS LONG AS i GET ON THE TRACK

SEE YOU SOON

RICK

[Cobraearl]

Dan Elam tells me there are normally 4 passing places at Kershaw.

Details to follow.

earl

[Agingracefully]

Hey Earl--Is there an "official" hotel for this shindig? Sounds like the group is filling up nicely.

Rick

[Cobraearl]

I have had the Executive in highly reccommened by Dan Elam...

They have very reasonable rates and are not caught up in the Darlington Race price Jack UP. 803-475-7575.

The motel is actually in Kershaw, 4 miles north of the track.

1 king sized bed, 1 or 2 occupants... 48.60 total
2 queen beds. 1 or 2 occupants... 54.00 total
3 occupants 59.40 total
4 occupants 64.80 total

MAKE SURE YOU TELL THEM you are running at the Carolina Motor Sports Park.

They have plenty of rooms, for now.

The other place a lot of us are staying is.... camping at the track.!!!

earl

[Agingracefully]

Earl-

Any update on how many cars/types are coming? I'm really l.ooking forward to this shindig.

Rick

[Cobraearl]

we have 56 drivers, so far. 20 ffrs, 15 spfs, 2 uniques, 1 shell valley, 1 back draft, some cobra and non cobra mustangs, and a half dozen chebies plus some other misc cars. All rear wheel drive and all fast.

FFRs that are planning to be there include one Coupe, one spec racer, 18 roadsters and the pace car will probably be the laguna spider..

SPfs include one S-1 about 14 roadsters, including Dennis Olthoffs Run and Gun green/blue monster.

We are still looking for a dozen or more folks to register... Its gonna be a great weekend.

If you want to come and observe, we need you to down load the registration form and volunteer. We will put you in the best seat in the house for a 2 hour shift as a corner worker... from there, you can see it all.

If you decide late to drop by, or even register to run, we will have registration forms AT THE TRACK.

earl

[excelguru]

I am SO looking forward to this. Yes folks, the excelguru will be there. Wife and kid will be there at least for a short while. I don't plan to actually race at the moment. I'm just a volunteer. But you know how peer pressure can be...

[Cobraearl]

THANK YOU CLUB COBRA for making this thread a Sticky Note Post... It was great of you to help us generate the interest in the event. 99.9% of our "advertising" of this event was done on the forums and the internet .. could have not done it with out your help.

I want to PERSONALLY say THANKS to all the VOLUNTEER WORKERS it was YOU that made this event a success.

It was people JUST LIKE Phillip Deal and Tom Smith that came, Camped all weekend and Volunteered.. I guess you guys pulled four 2.3 hour stints as corner workers. AND Phillip AND KAYE took care of getting the TEE SHIRTS picked up and DELIVERED to the track.

And Scott and Carla Wydra Picked Barrowed 75 traffic Cones and delivered them to the track and picked them up when the event was over and took them home to where ever they barrowed them. AND SCOTT AND CARLA with some timely help from some others put on a TERRIFIC FEED for the Volunteer Appreciation Supper.

And Greg and Gerri Warden Barrowed Cones for us to use because we did not know that Scott and Carla was going to come through. And Gerri helped anywhere she was needed. She was a great corner worker.

AND Leah Nix worked ALL WEEKEND from 5:00 Friday nite until the last person left, as Volunteer Coordinator.

AND BUZZ Reynolds Stepped up the plate and supervised the Tech Inspection area with the help of several guys, John Phillips, Greg Warden, Gary Groce (my brother) Jon Felton, Wade Chamberlain and others, I cant remember, cause they took care of it... Jeff and I were a quarter of a mile away in the Registration booth.

AND Ralph Button worked behind the scenes on computer problems.

AND Jon Felton did a GREAT JOB as Track Marshall.

AND DOZENS of VOLUNTEERS came and went all weekend and gladly pulled one, two, four and even more stints in the best seat in the house.... THE CORNER WORKER SHED. We only had a few experienced corner workers, NOW we have a HOST of experienced folks. One guy, stayed out ALL day Saturday. We had one young college student from UNCC help in the corners. My CPA came up with his son and they both were right there doing what ever needed don. My best friend from home came down and helpd on Sunday.

My Wife Juanita and Jeff's Wife Suzy and thier two girls were all over the place, doing what ever needed to be done. and taking care of registration on Saturday Morning.

And Ben Ramsey stepped up to the plate with radios for the event.

AND JEFF COLLINS LEARNED HOW TO SEW Especially for this event... HE GETS THE BETSY ROSS AWARD for making the 40 + flags we used.

And GUY, John , Barry from Whitby Motors were there doing what ever needed done. AND GUY DID NOT WRECK THE PACE CAR!!!!!!

AND our 6 Volunteer Instructors.... I hope everyone that wanted instruction Got it... THANKS GUYS

TURNS OUT THAT NO DRIVERS HAD TO WORK AS A CORNER WORKER. That was one of our EVENT GOALS.!!

I know ive left out some folks that deserve Special MENTION... THERE WERE SO MANY and My Memory is SOOOOOO BAD.

And GREG WARDEN GETS THE FARMER AWARD... for doing the most PLOWING over the weekend ... FLYING FREDDY RICE get the award for the LONGEST SKID and the Dirtyist Laundry Award for his TREMENDOUS EFFORT on the back stretch.

I want to thank the Superformance guys for their support. It was great to see Bob Olthoff Sunday Afternoon with their GEORGEOUS SPF COUPE. Thanks GUYS.

I want to thank the CORVETTE z06s that put on such a show on sunday TRYING to run down that FFR Spec Racer . And the Mustang guys, THANKS.. All the cars were great, and they were all well matched. And all the drivers were great gentlemen on the track, (except for the ladies )

No one got Hurt.
No one Broke anything Serious.
There may be some flat spotted tires, there may be some brakes that need new pads, there may be a couple of disgusting Laundry bills, but all in all all the equipment and drivers got home in one piece...

Jeff and I are very happy to have sponsored this event.

AND, a special THANKS to the Man in Charge of THE WEATHER. It was hot, but only about 90, and low humidity, always a nice breeze and some clouds, and NO RAIN at the Track.. even though a Nice thunder storm went west of us Saturday night to give us a Fire Works display while we ate. And Saturday SOME KICK ASS storms were about 60 miles to the north. FOR KERSHAW, FOR AUGUST, THe weather was WONDERFUL.

AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO JEFF COLLINS, who, while being as Car Crazy as I am, lent Credibility to the event and worked his ASS OFF for about a month, planning, scheduling, sewing, getting meat balls, etc, etc, etc, etc,. With out jeff's help and mature judgement and financial backing, this event could have never have happened. Jeff also broke his butt all weekend. THANKS JEFF.

A friend of mine says "you cannot throw the same Party Twice". SO next time we will have a bigger party, bigger crowd and a LARGER TIME.

Any one want to do it again??

Earl

[Agingracefully]

Earl-

Myn thanks to you and all who made this great meet possible. Even though I had to leave after only the third session due to business commitments, it was well worth the trip.

If you ever do this again, I'd love to take part. Who knows, maybe I'll have another cobra by then in stead of my little 4-banger!

Rick Brownyard

[jlphill]

EARL, JEFF, and Fellow Cobra drivers/enthusiasts: THANKS for a wonderful weekend at Kershaw!!! I had a blast, the track is wonderful, weather was just right, car ran fantastic, other drivers were helpful and safe and courteous, we got to go FAST for MANY MANY MANY laps (I got in 300+ track miles during the weekend), and I think I was getting better there toward the end. No rain until I got home and had my car back in the garage. It doesn't get better than this in my experience.\

THANKS again for such a great event. I hope to be invited back!!!