Grip Event - Buttonwillow - September 25-26

[xpertsnowcarver]

Hosted by Speedventures, there will be a two day event on Sept. 25-26 for $170 each day (or $330 for both).

Direct link to information: Speed Ventures - Track Event Detailed Information (http://speedventures.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?id=290)

BBQ!!!

Grill - Me
Tables - Me and Jorge
Chairs - Me and Jorge
Tent - Me
Plates - Me
Utensils - Me
Napkins - Me
Cups - Me
Trash Bags - Me
Bowls - Me
Meat - Me <<<<<<< Carne Asada
Meat - Nathan <<<<<< Pollo Asada
Onions - Nate and Ken
Beans - Jose
Rice - Allan
Tortillas - Jorge
Chips - Nate and Ken
Salsa/Dip - Nate and Ken
Water - Vatche and his friends
Soda/Juice - Vatche and his friends

On the side/Back Up:
Salvadorian Chorizo - Edgar
Weenies and Buns - Craig (Vatche's Friend)
Ketchup/etc -Zojer

Generator - Big John

[bardabe]

edgar was telling me about this hmmmm

[ronmcdon]

I'd surely consider it, haven't been back to Button-willow for awhile.
A discount might be incentive enough to go.
What savings are we looking at?

Might steal my mom's civic hybrid for this event.
(threw in a full Si suspension & nicer tires, so it drives decent)

[TravisSW]

I may be interested. Car has stopped overheating.

Still need a helmet.

[Vatche]

yeah that day were headed out with a few people from irvine

so it will be an excellent day.

[ayuaddict]

oh cool, i may be interested.

[articdragon192]

You know I'm down for this. Been wanting to do the whole track for a good while now

[Vatche]

i registered today as blue group.

been doing black and i feel comfortable there but i think im too slow. i would rather pass people to boost my ego :D

[xpertsnowcarver]

edgar was telling me about this hmmmm

Yea, I had mentioned it on facebook, and he said you and a few others were already consider going. He knows I'm down, so I'd like for us to go as a group.

I'd surely consider it, haven't been back to Button-willow for awhile.
A discount might be incentive enough to go.
What savings are we looking at?

Might steal my mom's civic hybrid for this event.
(threw in a full Si suspension & nicer tires, so it drives decent)

I've been told that 5+ will get free timing (confirmed) or $20 off each person (not confirmed).

Not sure what 10+ will get us, but I'd really like to dedicate a session to ourselves.

I may be interested. Car has stopped overheating.

Still need a helmet.

They say you should buy a helmet of equal value of your face. :p
Should be pretty cheap. JK!!! lol. Someone told me that at the track. Thought it was pretty funny. They were poking fun at my cheap ass open face helmet. :p

yeah that day were headed out with a few people from irvine

so it will be an excellent day.

Nice! Hope the weather doesn't take a shit on us like it has been.

You know I'm down for this. Been wanting to do the whole track for a good while now

You're not down!! Don't forget! I want a chase cam this time!! :2f2f:

i registered today as blue group.

been doing black and i feel comfortable there but i think im too slow. i would rather pass people to boost my ego :D

Wait! We all need to register at the same time! I need to let them know that I have a group and tell them our names. :)

[[email protected]]

Can't wait to be there

[articdragon192]

Down for chase cam :)

[Vatche]

joel, me and aoshi112 already registered. so your gonna have to tell them were part of your group and didnt know.

a few other people are gonna sign up too... like tacotacotaco, and a few of aoshi's friends. and one of my friends wants to go but his g37s with 40k miles on it spun a bearing... so he doesnt know if he will have his car back by then.

and edgar is in our group.

so yrah...talk to them. theyre pretty cool guys.

[Aoshi112]

Ok I registered, my friend with his ITR registered, and my friend with a s2k registered. They also have a few more friends that want to register too.

-Jason

[xpertsnowcarver]

I just emailed them. Waiting to hear what they say about 10+ people and the requirements to have our own session.

[Yeap]

I want to go but I need a trailer.

[articdragon192]

I posted on the Z32 forum. I got interest!

[xpertsnowcarver]

^^Awesome!

Just received an E-Mail from Dave.


A run group can take 30 drivers so for Aaron to sell you one, the price is going to be in the neighborhood of what we would get selling that group to 30 drivers, even if you're only ten cars on track. If that's something you'd like to line up, I can have Aaron quote you a price for it.

Otherwise, we are glad to do a deal of $10 off for all of your drivers. That's what we usually offer instead of free timing so if one of your drivers DOES want the transponder, I can do that instead. If you reach 10 drivers registered by the deadline, we might be able to sweeten the deal. Here are some guidelines for the discount:

1. All drivers must enter "PM ME FOR PROMO CODE" in the comments field during registration.

2. If they indicate they want a transponder, they'll get it for free. If not, they'll get $10 off.

3. There must be a minimum of 5 sign-ups.

4. Registrations must be in no later than Friday, September 10.

5. Please don't advertise this deal beyond the Zilvia.net forums--no other message boards or open forums.

6. The discount is off the base price at the time of sign-up. I wouldn't expect the base price to go up before Sept. 10 but it can rise when all early sign-up spots sell out.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

[articdragon192]

Dude, PM me the code :)

[xpertsnowcarver]

There you go sir.

[DreEzed]

hmm... hopefully i have enough cash.
Just put some new hankook rs3's too.

[Vatche]

this is gonna be epic. soooo many cool people going.

[xpertsnowcarver]

Alright, PMed some more people the discount code. I want to get at least 10 of us!

[articdragon192]

How are we gonna be grouped in the same run group?

[xpertsnowcarver]

^^Unless we get 30 people to race with us... that's not going to happen. Chances are, they're just going to have the Expert class, Advanced class, Intermediate, and another Intermediate. No beginner class; they'll just smash the two together.

I'm usually in the intermediate because of my low HP, but they'll let me in the advanced if I keep passing people. If the advanced group is too small, they'll put the faster intermediate drivers in that group as well.

[articdragon192]

NO no, I know we aren;t getting our own run group, but is there a way we can all end up in the same group?

[xpertsnowcarver]

Oh yea. I'm sure that is no problem. They switch people around all the time.


Let's put a BBQ together. It's Debby's Bday that weekend too. If she goes, I'll bring a cake. :p

[articdragon192]

Im convincing her to go since she wants to do road racing events haha

[Silviaoneday]

Whos got some track wheels I can borrow? :D I wanna take my beast out there!

[xpertsnowcarver]

Im convincing her to go since she wants to do road racing events haha

:2f2f: + Debby + Bday = BBQ Bday at the track.

She has to go now. :p

[Vatche]

just sign up for blue intermediate.

speed ventures works with the drivers pretty well. they are very flexible

[S14Cuhh]

put me on interested.. gotta get a fuel pump and front tires then im set

havent tracked since 08 :[

[jmabo205]

i have an rx7 i can track

[xpertsnowcarver]

Alright. It's for sure. I'm registered.

[xpertsnowcarver]

You guys have about a week left to register!! Please put ZILVIA DISCOUNT when you register for the event!

[xpertsnowcarver]

Alrighty. Just two days left to sign up! Try to get in before Friday!!

[articdragon192]

I'm registering Friday and doing a shit ton of work to my car lol

[xpertsnowcarver]

What work do you have to do?

[articdragon192]

What work do you have to do?

New seat, differential bushing install, subframe lca mount modification, new radiator hoses, swap over new rear tires, alignment.

[xpertsnowcarver]

Nice. Yea, that's definitely a lot to do. I just started my job, so the mod bug should bite me sometime in December. Man... When I was laid off last year, I went through pretty bad withdrawal. lol

[articdragon192]

Registered in blue. Hopefully moving up into black depending on the speed of the drivers in blue.

[xpertsnowcarver]

^^Yea, I'm pretty sure we'll get bumped up. We were pretty agressive at the TeamDriftChampionship event.

So are you heading over the night before or in the morning? I'm almost certain that I'll be heading out the night before around 8PM. I always wear myself out trailering at 4AM.

[articdragon192]

^^Yea, I'm pretty sure we'll get bumped up. We were pretty agressive at the TeamDriftChampionship event.

So are you heading over the night before or in the morning? I'm almost certain that I'll be heading out the night before around 8PM. I always wear myself out trailering at 4AM.

Girlfriend is originally from Bakersfield, and her mom has a place there, so I'm crashing the night in Bakersfield and driving out in the morning since it's only like 30-45 mins away.

[xpertsnowcarver]

Aww nice man. Yea, I'm a cheap ass.. I don't want to burn money on a hotel. Besides.. I can't stand being more than 20ft from the car when it's on the trailer. Would be nice to have an enclosed trailer.

I'm so fucking stoked man.

[articdragon192]

New seat installed :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/ArticDragon192/IMG_20100911_162255.jpg

[xpertsnowcarver]

I know! I saw your FB post. Fucking sweet man.

I went around the car and tightened all the nuts and bolts down real quick. Did a compression test. Looks like I need to replace my spark plugs, then pick up some fresh fuel.

[ttLOVEjh s13]

damn only if i still have my 86 Rolla

[articdragon192]

New rear tires are in. Just have alignment, rad hoses, and diff bushings left.

[bardabe]

I still Need Tires, Seats, aligment, and Diff Bushings. FML

[xpertsnowcarver]

Lol... I just need to get fuel and put air in the tires. :p

I'm so lazy to follow through with the BBQ idea right now. I guess I'll get started asking people if they're going for sure and if they're bringing something.

[articdragon192]

Lemme know if you do bring the bbq. I don't want to bring the chorizo for nothing.

[xpertsnowcarver]

I will. At least two days in advanced. I'm trying to get a list of who is bringing what, and it's looking good for a BBQ. I'll have a number of people to expect.

[xpertsnowcarver]

Alrighty, I'm going to start the list to make note of who is bringing what. I'm pretty much bringing most of the things, so there isn't much left for you guys to pitch in.

I'll actually have this list updated in the first post.

Grill - Me
Tables - Me and Jorge
Chairs - Me and Jorge
Tent - Me
Plates - Me
Utensils - Me
Napkins - Me
Cups - Me
Trash Bags - Me
Bowls - Me
Meat - Me
Onions -
Beans - Jose
Rice -
Tortillas - Jorge
Chips -
Salsa/Dip -
Water - Vatche and his friends
Soda/Juice - Vatche and his friends

[articdragon192]

I'm bringing Chorizo and my friend Criag is bringing Hot Dogs and some drinks

[Vatche]

im bringing a cooler with gatorade and water and prolly some sodas

[bardabe]

it's all on the tires now!!!! lol fuck these bald ass Sumitomos i'll keep you guys posted... on a side note if I make it I'll bring BBQ RIbs

[xpertsnowcarver]

Sweeeeeet!!!! :D

[xpertsnowcarver]

Would any of you guys mind if I borrow your helmet, so I can lend mine to my friend when I provide him track instruction? It would just be for his first and second session.

[S14Cuhh]

Would any of you guys mind if I borrow your helmet, so I can lend mine to my friend when I provide him track instruction? It would just be for his first and second session.

i have an extra here im my garage if you wanna come get it
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac16/domkouki/61143_1437958065291_1123185504_31199732_7847537_n. jpg
YAAAAY

[xpertsnowcarver]

^^You have a SA05 helmet? Awesome, I'll pm you my number. Let me know if I can stop by tonight.

[articdragon192]

i have an extra here im my garage if you wanna come get it
http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac16/domkouki/61143_1437958065291_1123185504_31199732_7847537_n. jpg
YAAAAY

Wow, R comps. Nice. Hope you're experienced enough for them

[xpertsnowcarver]

I can't afford those tires. Those are the size of my front tires too. :p

Camera setup is pretty much done. I just need to borrow a camera from my gf.
Need to put some air in the tires, get the BBQ equipment together, then pick up some fresh fuel.

So stoked! :2f2f:

[xpertsnowcarver]

Alright so the BBQ is a 100% go. Looks like there will be at least 15 of us at the track. =]

[S14Cuhh]

mounting tires tmrw.
got another relay overnighted to me, praying to the racing gods my car starts tmrw
:[

[articdragon192]

That was A LOT of fun!

[xpertsnowcarver]

That was definitely the most intense track day I've had yet. I never drove my car as hard as today.

It may be a while till I get any footage up. Maybe even weeks. So bar with me. I still need to collect everybody's photos and videos (like Criag's footage if he has any of us).

[articdragon192]

Dude, I can meet up with you at Poly or osmething to get the GoPro video of my car from that last session. I know you got a ton of footage, so lemme unload some of that footage from you, haha

[jspeedm]

damn Joel, after a ride along in your car, I have a whole new respect for you. That was AWSOME!!!

[xpertsnowcarver]

Dude, I can meet up with you at Poly or osmething to get the GoPro video of my car from that last session. I know you got a ton of footage, so lemme unload some of that footage from you, haha

It would be a little inconvenient for me because I have a super tight schedule during the week. Working from 4AM to 9AM. School from 10AM to 3PM. Back to work from 4PM to 7PM. It would have to be on a Saturday. Sorry man.

damn Joel, after a ride along in your car, I have a whole new respect for you. That was AWSOME!!!

Lol. Thanks man. I honestly didn't push as hard as I did in the last session with Jorge. I mean, you saw my rotors smoking, lol. When do you need your GoPro and Generator back? Thanks for bringing them.

[articdragon192]

It would be a little inconvenient for me because I have a super tight schedule during the week. Working from 4AM to 9AM. School from 10AM to 3PM. Back to work from 4PM to 7PM. It would have to be on a Saturday. Sorry man.



Lol. Thanks man. I honestly didn't push as hard as I did in the last session with Jorge. I mean, you saw my rotors smoking, lol. When do you need your GoPro and Generator back? Thanks for bringing them.

Ah gotcha. Weekend it is then. Just lemme know when you're free.
And man, that last session was indeedn intense. I was hopping over birms like no other just trying to make up for my power disadvantage hahaha.

[xpertsnowcarver]

Lmao! Thanks to you hopping birms, we wouldn't have shortened our lap time from 2:32 to 2:13.

Hey, I found that photographer's website: Vanhap.com

DUDE!! Our pictures from the TeamDriftChampionship event are in there too!! Hahaha.

[articdragon192]

Haha yeah! But man, pricey!

[DreamN]

:cry:

Wish my car was running and more moniez.

[xpertsnowcarver]

Haha yeah! But man, pricey!

I suppose. You're getting about 40 pictures (Even though every 3 or 4 pictures are the same from the multi-burst).

I think I'll get them.

The guy said he is putting all our Saturday pictures up tomorrow. Can't wait to see those. I hope there are a bunch with us battling. If not, I'll be sure to bug him for those and add them to my disc.

:cry:

Wish my car was running and more moniez.

There's always next time man! I won't be going for a while. I'll most likely participate after spring break comes around.

[DreamN]

I keep telling myself that... Car hasn't seen a track since '08 since things just keep coming up.

[jspeedm]

There's always next time man! I won't be going for a while. I'll most likely participate after spring break comes around.

I think I'll be running by then.

[Om1kron]

how are the brakes on everyones car's holding up after the track event, do you normally change your pads and rotors after a track day? Or does the driving not get that intense that you're worried about pad and rotor wear/warpage?

[Vatche]

ive had the same brakes on my car for 5 track events and daily driving of many miles.

its fine.

but alot of times after a track event friends cars have warped rotors. depends on car to car and driver to driver

[articdragon192]

how are the brakes on everyones car's holding up after the track event, do you normally change your pads and rotors after a track day? Or does the driving not get that intense that you're worried about pad and rotor wear/warpage?

My rotors were warped before I got to the track, lmao.
But seriously, track events don't usually wear out the pads as much as you think. Hell, my car abuses brakes on the track, but they still last me more than 6 months. Just gotta get the right street/ track pad set up. And as long as you don't come to a full stop while on the brakes, you're not gonna warp them.

[Om1kron]

I guess just seeing the posts by my honda friends about always changing rotors and pads every track day kinda turns me off from the whole thing. But I'll try to register for the next event and pop simones cherry.

[articdragon192]

I guess just seeing the posts by my honda friends about always changing rotors and pads every track day kinda turns me off from the whole thing. But I'll try to register for the next event and pop simones cherry.

If you run super aggressive track pads, then yeah, I'd be swapping too. Those pads are really abrasive, loud, and really dusty. I'd hate to street drive on them. However a good street/ track pads will still do the job on track, and drive you home in comfort. As well as not eat up your rotors.
Two brands that come to mind are Project Mu and Endless, pads I've had experience with. I had my rear pads last over a year. The rotors with those pads lasted over 2 years. My front pads lasted 8 months. The front rotors, 2 years as well.

[xpertsnowcarver]

I think I'll be running by then.

Sweet! I get to instruct you!! Hehehe :Ownedd:

how are the brakes on everyones car's holding up after the track event, do you normally change your pads and rotors after a track day? Or does the driving not get that intense that you're worried about pad and rotor wear/warpage?

I'm using R33 GTS-T brakes with DBA4000 rotors in the front and OEM rotors in the back with stock pads. Because my car nearly weighs 900lbs less than Edgars, I can brake just as hard and aggressive as he can. The rotors are not warped yet. Been using them since I finished putting the car back together last year. They are super quiet. It's a must to have slotted or else you'll suffer from brake fade.

I guess just seeing the posts by my honda friends about always changing rotors and pads every track day kinda turns me off from the whole thing. But I'll try to register for the next event and pop simones cherry.

Yea, what Edgar said. Most of the Honda guys don't increase their brake size. They just get more abrasive pads, which means higher braking temperatures, resulting in rotor warping.

[articdragon192]

I run blanks with minimal fade. You don't really need slotted.

[Vatche]

you dont need slotted.

i was always told to get blanks.

[xpertsnowcarver]

I meant for daily use with OEM pads, then going and racing with them. (Which was my original intention with this car). Slotted = Must!! You guys aren't using OEM pads! Lol.

[xpertsnowcarver]

Oh I put a few pics on my FB. I'll wait till I get home to put some up on Photobucket.

[Vatche]

oem pads for track is dumb. they fade right away. :P

[xpertsnowcarver]

I must be a special case then, cus I'm still braking harder than you guys anyway. :Owned: :Ownedd: Lol

[ManoNegra]

where

are

the

pictars!?

[S14Cuhh]

^^You have a SA05 helmet? Awesome, I'll pm you my number. Let me know if I can stop by tonight.
im so late on this...oops
Wow, R comps. Nice. Hope you're experienced enough for them
and they were 125 for the pair. i drove 120 miles to pick em up. definitely worth it. ive never ran the car with performance tires, just all season left overs from america tire co.

how did everyone do???

[S14Cuhh]

damn Joel, after a ride along in your car, I have a whole new respect for you. That was AWSOME!!!

Lmao! Thanks to you hopping birms, we wouldn't have shortened our lap time from 2:32 to 2:13.

Hey, I found that photographer's website: Vanhap.com

DUDE!! Our pictures from the TeamDriftChampionship event are in there too!! Hahaha.

that is pretty awesome.
i went from 2:21 to 2:10 after putting newER rear tires and learning lines.
first time at BW and im in love:cj:

[articdragon192]

I meant for daily use with OEM pads, then going and racing with them. (Which was my original intention with this car). Slotted = Must!! You guys aren't using OEM pads! Lol.

I daily and track on blanks :ughd:

I must be a special case then, cus I'm still braking harder than you guys anyway. :Owned: :Ownedd: Lol

Being fully stripped interior definitely helps, lol. I gotta get harder on my brakes next time, because I know I wasn't braking as hard as I want. Stupid rotors were warped before I got to the track, so anytime I'd get on the brakes hard, super steering wheel shake, lmao

[xpertsnowcarver]

Event footage!! I know its late. But I am just so busy all the time..

Edgar and Vatche are in this video as well. :)

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