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Donnie has asked me to be his campaign manager for his presidency. I gotta tell ya, he has some great ideas for the club when he's president in 2007. Something about umbrella girls and THSCC club spec Cayman S cars being available.

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Mike Whitney
whit32@gmail.com, 919-454-5445
V10, V8, V8t, I6, I6, V6, F4t, I4, I4, I4, I4, I2, 1, 1

Dammit, Mike, if you're going to leak my great ideas, you have to leak in their entirety. The new spec class *system* is a graduated one. You have to start in the club spec HS Civic. As you pax higher and higher, you get to move up classes. Obviously we will have as many Porsche products as possible in classes where they fit.

The bitch of the whole plan is that I get to maintain complete control of the sliding scale that we use to decide who gets moved up and when. Those who have ever posted pictures of David Hasselhoff on the forum are automatically excluded from all spec classes. Anyone who ever mentioned writing a book about me isn't excluded so much as they are likely to be stuck for life in the newly defined Z-stock (the spec car for that class is yet to be determined, but it's probably something along the lines of an early El Camino, Pinto, or perhaps as bad as a Pacer). Whoever nominated me for office gets lifetime duty manning the kiddy corral at all events, though in the interest of letting you "race" we will set up a few cones and see if you can whip anyone's kids in Big Wheel Class. I'll probably bring my kid just so you have no chance, though.

You people won't be so quick to volunteer for secretary when you see how I run the meetings, either. Ever hear of Parliamentary Procedure? Or the Dewey Decimal System? Those aren't nearly as rigid as what I've devised. Oh, and if you've ever posted pictures of David Hasselhoff on the forums you have lifetime duty manning the dunking booth we'll be having at all meetings from now on.

That's just the tip of the iceberg of my camPAIN platform. Saddle up, it's going to be a bumpy ride.


--Donnie

Mister Barnes...Jim Pastorius of the Mullet Weekly Dispatch...is it true you are promising an awning for every trailer and a generator in very pit area?

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Jim Pastorius
2008 Silverado VortecMax
1992 Camaro CMC#92
2002 BMW R1150R

2009 3rd Place CMC Mid-Atlantic Championship
2009 CMC Hyperfest Winner

Nasty stupid rumor.

We're much smarter than that on MY staff. Instead of lots of awnings and lots of generators, we'll be getting a big circus tent and a HUGE generator and LOTS of extension cords. The generator will be one of those big 18-wheeler models, so of course we'll need a Peterbuilt to pull it. And a second one for the tent. And another one for the air conditioning unit for the tent.

The graduated scale will be used to let *some* people pit under the tent, too (hey, gotta keep the riff-raff out). Fortunately, again, I control the scale.


--Donnie

Will the two Semis also be available as Spec racers?

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Marty Howard
2011 NASA SE Factory Five Challenge Champion
Track Events Logistics Coordinator - TZC/THSCC
2007 Factory Five Challenge Car.
http://www.mh-motorsports.com

It depends. How good you are with 9, 10, and 13 speed non syncro gearboxes?

I guess this thread has been thoughly hijacked now.

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George Bright Member # 141
One of the youngest of the old farts.
Yes I voted against you joining the club.

If I'm president, all threads will be about ME. To quote my favorite professional athlete of all time, "I love me some me."


--Donnie

Looks like Donnie's coming around! He's changed from "no way!" to "If"....

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In need of car.

I'm coming around, alright. Coming around to...


--Donnie

Eric, Did I ever tell you I have a copy of that NWO tape?

nWo?

Hey yo.

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So, you other z06 guys, do you run the extra quart of oil that is reccomended for track use for autocrossing? Also, do you actually use the "competition" mode of active handling, or just turn it all off?

as for the extra quart of oil i did add it for the track but not for autoX. i have not noticed any oil usage for auto X.

i have tried full off and comp mode for autoX. i prefer comp because full off makes it really easy to spin the car. (see Sanford non points event last season) however Adam has told me he runs full off. skill may have some bearing on that decision. you will still get some tail waggle with comp mode engaged but it is harder to loop the car with the nanny on.

You only need the extra quart for track use. Long sweeping turns where high G's pull the oil away from the pickup. Autox doesn't last long enough for this to be an issue.

Steve has an 04. It goes into Comp mode quickly. You'll find the 02 doesn't. It works very well on track. I use it less and less on track now as it is getting in the way. But it is great for learning new tracks or just learning in general. The only time you want AH/TC completely enabled is on track in the rain or on the street.

For autox I found just as I finished my run it would say "Warmup Completed". It will still help you from looping the car but it will also start pumping the rear brakes and cutting out the throttle. That's no fun. For autox just learn to drive the car with it Off. You'll definetely get it loose and find yourself chassing your tail. But then you'll know where the edge really is. Plus it's much more entertaining for the course workers

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Goodness knows I never have done that before.

I figured you wouldn't want to run anything in autocross, but have been amazed at just how unintrusive the system is, even when on fully. Maybe mines just broken. It certainly seems to let me get away with alot.