This Saturday is the Grass Valley Speedway Z car run. Meet time is 9:00am in the parking lot of Beaches (near I-5 and on the waterfront) in Vancouver Washington. The joining Z cars will take off at 9:30am.

As set up by Greydog:

This is short notice, we'll sort of "play it by ear", there are some great roads, lots of small towns and some country we seldom drive.
Should be fun!
Possibilities along the way are Shaniko, picture ops at Bonneville, Hood River, Maryhill Winery, Dufur, Maupin, the road along the Deschutes, Shearers Falls on the Deschutes, Stonehenge and more.

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 7:06 PM, <greydog> wrote:

Hi all.
Thanks to Gordon I've been in touch with the people at the Grass Valley Raceway. It's looking like we'll be able to get a tour of the track and perhaps a parade lap!
We're planning on leaving Beaches and heading up the Washington side of the Columbia to Highway 97, then heading south to Grass Valley.
Tentatively we'll stop a couple places along the way, most likely Stonehenge for some photo ops and one or two other spots, We'll probably grab lunch at Biggs (truck stops and fast food joints) then get on down the road.
The trip back offers some flexibility, we can cross the Deschutes at Shearers Falls or follow the river access road up to Maupin. Then it's either south to Tygh Valley or back through Pine Grove Government Camp.
Us Washingtonians can drop off on Highway 35 through Hood River and home or?

This is gonna be a good trip!




I'll be wheeling out Z Sport and taking my girlfriend on this Z cruise and looking for some great photos,
See you guys there!

 

poop, i'll have to miss it, got work on sat.

 

Hm, this could be a good time, and the weather should be alright. This may be one of the last drives before winter starts to cause issues.

 

This looks like an awesome drive. Too late of notice though.

 

But we've got the Griot's Garage Sale on that day..I gotta buy stuff.

 

Some of us would rather drive our cars than garage queen them. But I understand if you need save up a couple rolls of quarters.

 

touché !!





or is it "Touchy" ?
I forget...

 

From what I've heard this is an all brand new road course/ racetrack and the drive is being made to see it in person as it is said to be very exciting to run.
Sounds like we might be able to check it out ourselves by putting our Z cars on the track and running the course. This maybe a rare chance to run this new smooth track ourselves - in our own sports cars.

Bring your cameras!!

 

Yeah, well, IN!

What's the address for the meet up point?

 

The address for the meet is the parking lot of Beaches Restaurant located at 1919 SE Columbia River Dr. Vancouver, Wa.. (360)699-1592. Take off time is 9:30am sharp

See you guys there

 

^^ Thats reary reary eary fo Scottro, ha ha hah ah! have fun dudes!

 

Haha, yeah it is. I may be going to the fair on Saturday now though. So, we'll see.

 

So far we have 9 people who have stated they are coming on this Z car cruise

 

With no locals to cruise down with I'm gonna bow out.

 

Its raining - so likely fewer cars will show - but it is still a go

 

Yeah, sucks that the weather didn't cooperate. Could have been a fun drive.

 

IT WAS FUN! 9 Z cars still showed up and heading east we found no rain - dry roads and plenty of sunshine. We did get to drive the road course - behind a pace car to regulate our speed. Known as "The Oregon Speedway" This road course is pretty impressive: Blind turns - off camber angles - ups and downs (300 foot elevation changes) and a sharp "S" turn with very high banked sides which track officials call "The half pipe".
You would have to see and run it to believe it.

Photos to come....

 

A couple of photos. I'm waiting to see what photos others got of the Z cars on the race track