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Invade One Lap of America 2017?, LOOKING FOR A GOOD . . . 914s |
stevegm |
Sep 6 2016, 12:53 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,111 Joined: 14-July 14 From: North Carolina Member No.: 17,633 Region Association: South East States |
My son and I are thinking about doing the One Lap of America next May? Anybody else considering it or interested? Wouldn't it be cool to show up with a half dozen or more 914s entered.
We have been talking about doing the race since he was old enough to watch the movie Cannonball Run (I think I showed it to him when he was 1). But, it is the first week of May, and when he turned 18 (old enough to enter) he went to college which has finals the first week of May. Since he decided to take the year off of college this year (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) we might as well do something constructive. _______ 9/28/16 - Just an update. We are waiting to see the announced courses for 2017. I spoke with Brock today and they will be announced soon. Once we see the courses we can decide whether we think the type IV might be able to do it. Another idea has come up - if we don't do the official One Lap event, we could get some 914s together to create our own one lap of America-style drive. Or do the One Lap event without the full track days. I am looking into that now. |
tomeric914 |
Sep 18 2016, 10:43 AM
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One Lap of America in a 914! Group: Members Posts: 1,263 Joined: 25-May 08 From: Syracuse, NY Member No.: 9,101 Region Association: North East States |
1. You can repair the vehicle along the way either with parts you bring or parts you acquire locally. Good luck though because there is NO TIME to fix stuff unless you don't plan on sleeping. Oh, that reminds me, don't plan on sleeping.
The very first checkpoint was at a Harley Davidson dealer in Cleveland who was sponsoring the Brock Yates Tribute Fund for Alzheimers. The dealership let one of the entrants bring their vehicle into the shop, use the shop's tools and get the vehicle back on the road. 2. If you miss an event, you can still go on to the next event, but it's not likely because now instead of being 600 miles behind, you're 1200 miles behind. Again, don't plan on sleeping. One Lap was no problem for me. Eric was thankful that I can function very well on little to no sleep. From Steve's PM: My main concern right now is durability. I have a couple questions that I don't seem to be able to get info on elsewhere: 1. You can repair the car along the way, right? Can you only use parts you carry with you? Or an you buy parts if you need them? 2. If you had to repair the car and miss a track event, can you still keep going to the next track event and carry on? |
Cupomeat |
Sep 18 2016, 11:32 AM
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missing my NY 914 in VA Group: Members Posts: 1,338 Joined: 26-November 07 From: Oakton VA Member No.: 8,376 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
1. You can repair the vehicle along the way either with parts you bring or parts you acquire locally. Good luck though because there is NO TIME to fix stuff unless you don't plan on sleeping. Oh, that reminds me, don't plan on sleeping. The very first checkpoint was at a Harley Davidson dealer in Cleveland who was sponsoring the Brock Yates Tribute Fund for Alzheimers. The dealership let one of the entrants bring their vehicle into the shop, use the shop's tools and get the vehicle back on the road. 2. If you miss an event, you can still go on to the next event, but it's not likely because now instead of being 600 miles behind, you're 1200 miles behind. Again, don't plan on sleeping. One Lap was no problem for me. Eric was thankful that I can function very well on little to no sleep. From Steve's PM: My main concern right now is durability. I have a couple questions that I don't seem to be able to get info on elsewhere: 1. You can repair the car along the way, right? Can you only use parts you carry with you? Or an you buy parts if you need them? 2. If you had to repair the car and miss a track event, can you still keep going to the next track event and carry on? SO True, We usually broke the nightly driving into 3 shifts. Tom drove the first shift until dinner or so. Then I drove until, say 10PM, then when I could not safely drive anymore, Tom took the last shift. He is impressively able to keep awake! A regular ironman. If you are not one of the fastest, expect to get to your destination after midnight each night. (The fastest run first, and therefore leave first) Now off to work on my Cayman (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
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