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Reno-Fernley Sun May 28th

Old May 8, 2006 | 09:50 PM
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Hey guys, checking in to see if any of you are going or want to go to this event. It's being organized by Northern California Racing Club. If you are a first timer with the club this event will only cost you ~$125 with the 33% discount. Check the details here. I'm alreay signed up.
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Old May 9, 2006 | 12:56 PM
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I'll be there; for the first time at that track.
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Old May 9, 2006 | 03:01 PM
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Will be at thunderhill that weekend with NASA.
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Old May 10, 2006 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by dnguyent
I'll be there; for the first time at that track.
Nice, you going to be there for the 28th? So far I got two G's and two Evos.
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Old May 11, 2006 | 08:23 AM
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I'll be there for the whole weekend since it's going to cost me a good wad of money just driving to the track and back home. Fortunately, I have a friend who lives in Reno, and he's letting me crash there. There will be two Z's (mine and a friend's). We'll probably be driving in the group 2 (4 groups total) since neither of us are familiar with the track. It looks like a fun track; lots of what looks like tight turns + esses.

How is the track run? CCW?
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Old May 12, 2006 | 04:17 PM
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Nice, I'll be sure to say hi if I see you there. I got an instructor this time just because I've never done this course before. Hopefully the novice group won't be crowded. Not sure how the track is run.
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Old May 12, 2006 | 04:32 PM
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The track is indeed run counter clockwise. I've run it twice, both times before they added the whole back section. The shorter version that I ran was a blast, very fast with no scary walls. The new section is all hilly and looks to be much more technical and low-speed. There are a ton of configuration possibilities as well, so you could be running any number of them.

As was told to me, the track facilities are like Thunderhill was 10 years ago -- no permanent structures to be found. Make sure you bring some chapstick, it can get windy and that desert sun is unforgiving.
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Old May 15, 2006 | 11:30 PM
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So I got two G35's going including myself and two of my friends with EVOs. Should be a fun day at what looks to be a fast track.
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Does anyone know of any in-car video of the whole track?
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I've done a search on google videos, and haven't run across any videos of the full track. Dave indicated that we're going to run config H in the morning, then config A (full track) in the afternoon. Then, we're going to vote to see what config we want to run on Sunday.
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Old May 25, 2006 | 12:49 PM
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Ok well you guys can take some video for me so I will have it for my trip to Reno.
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Originally Posted by daveh
Ok well you guys can take some video for me so I will have it for my trip to Reno.
Hopefully one of the other NCRC members will post their vids on their forum. I know a couple of them are set up for it. This track is new to them as well. I just haven't pulled the trigger on a miniDV camcorder setup yet. Besides, my videos would be so boring to watch. I don't get those tail happy clips like you capture.
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Yeah, too bad I can't find any video online. Would like to do some studying before the event this Sun. I'll be in a white G35 Sedan. See you guys up there.
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Old May 25, 2006 | 08:15 PM
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See y'all there! I'll be in a silverstone Z w/silver enkei wheels
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I'm missing out....I'll be back in about a year though.
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Old May 30, 2006 | 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by daveh
Ok well you guys can take some video for me so I will have it for my trip to Reno.
Dave,

Jason (blue elise) took a video of Config H. You can find it here:

http://www.justracing.com/galleries/....php?pos=-1449

We did Config J in the afternoon on Sunday. Both were great courses, and I had a blast!
-Don
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