Nissan Owner's Festival 11/29 Cali Speedway!

[wylin]

question for alex chang, regarding the meets starting time:Alex what is the window for a meet registrant on saterday to bring their car and perform parking and administrative duties? Basically is there a limited time that registered cars can arrive and be parked.

The overboost ticket says registration begins at 8:00AM. My questions is 8am till when?

[holisticbeatz]

Originally posted by mav1178
Drive safe at touge? HAHAHAHAHHAHA.

Sorry but if you need touge to learn or improve your skills you are looking in the wrong areas to learn how to drive. Not to mention you put yourself at risk and others at risk.

-alex

Yes, drive safe on touge. What's so funny?

I enjoy driving on canyon roads, it's a lot of fun. The more I drive, the more I improve. I don't think it's cool that you reply to my post acting all holy and shiEt telling me that I put myself and others at risk. Unless you're going to go over risk assessments and statistics on the dangers of driving; a person puts themselves and others at risk everytime they put a car in drive.

Get off my ass.. I'm not here to start a debate about touge with you.


-kenny

[nokeone]

Originally posted by holisticbeatz
Yes, drive safe on touge. What's so funny?

I enjoy driving on canyon roads, it's a lot of fun. The more I drive, the more I improve. I don't think it's cool that you reply to my post acting all holy and shiEt telling me that I put myself and others at risk. Unless you're going to go over risk assessments and statistics on the dangers of driving; a person puts themselves and others at risk everytime they put a car in drive.

Get off my ass.. I'm not here to start a debate about touge with you.


-kenny

you missed his point completely...oh well..ur loss..

[mav1178]

Originally posted by holisticbeatz
Yes, drive safe on touge. What's so funny?

I enjoy driving on canyon roads, it's a lot of fun. The more I drive, the more I improve. I don't think it's cool that you reply to my post acting all holy and shiEt telling me that I put myself and others at risk. Unless you're going to go over risk assessments and statistics on the dangers of driving; a person puts themselves and others at risk everytime they put a car in drive.

Get off my ass.. I'm not here to start a debate about touge with you.


-kenny

This will be my last post on this subject...

My point was that you said "drive safe" at touge, yet the ONLY REASON why people go up to the mountains is to drive to the limits. How can you learn anything if you drive safe? HOW?

Sorry, but my point was towards MINIMIZING risk. I pay money to go to the track so that risk is minimized, so I can run and not worry about oncoming traffic or fallen rocks or deer or other things that get in the way of my driving.

I drive on the track because I can get instruction such as this when I go to Laguna Seca on Jan 3rd 2004:
http://www.pca-ggr.org/pdf/Tracks_LS.pdf

Driving is dangerous, but at least when I go on a track many unknown variables are factored out and if I do end up screwing up I know that it is me, as a driver, that screws up. And I learn from my mistakes, not from the mistakes of others.

Yeah perhaps I was holy and shiet, but hey, someone's got to lay out the verbal punishment before it becomes physical punishment. Let's not forget the guy who died a few months ago at GMR and also the guy who died after the M3 meet in Newport Beach... both took unnecessary risks that every driver faces on a public road.

No amount of "it was safe and there were NO CARS" can justify aggressive driving on a public, OPEN road as "safe". NOTHING. Even if there were no cars, what's to say there are no animals? No patches of oil? No patches of dirt? If you can control your car like Ueo then perhaps I can give you the benefit of the doubt, but since you are using it to LEARN I strongly suggest trying other venues to learn before you destroy your car.

I speak from experience: the first (and only) time I got into an accident that I caused, I was showboating to a friend on a deserted road 7 years ago about how cool RWD was. I hit a patch of oil that seemed dry on the road, and ended up with a $1400 suspension bill.

-alex

P.S. I wrote what I wrote for a point... and like someone else said if you miss my point it's your loss.

[mav1178]

We currently have over 180 people confirmed as registered for this event, along with an expected 200-300 spectators... guaranteed to be a big event!

Nissan Owners Festival 11/29/03 10AM-4PM for spectators
California Speedway in Fontana, 40 mi. east of L.A.

California Speedway
9300 Cherry Avenue
Fontana, CA 92335

Lot 11&12 is the location where this is happening!

All Nissan owners are invited! Please visit the SoCal 240SX Club's site
for registration info. www.socal240sx.org/

All proceeds will go toward the recent SoCal fires' Red Cross relief
fund, and we will also be collecting food for the L.A. Foodbank**
www.lafoodbank.org/ (Foodbank needlist is at the bottom of this post)

Thanks you for your support & helping make a difference for those in
need during the holidays!

SoCal 240SX Club & ALL NISSAN OWNERS!

** Here's the FOOD WISH LIST from LA FOODBANK:

CANS:
beef Stew
ravioli
cannelloni
tuna
soups
yams
chicken or Beef
fruits
veggies

*also peanut butter in plastic jars

PACKG'D ITEMS:
hot cereals
mashed potatoes
stuffing mix
powdered eggs

DRINKS:
coffee (any type of container)
juices (plastic bottles only)
daily supplements (Ensure, Ovaltine, etc)
baby formula (powder or canned)

PERSONAL NEEDS:
bar & liquid soap
toothbrushes & paste
laundry detergent
shaving supplies
feminine hygiene products
deodorant & perfume/cologne
tissue (toilet/facial)
assorted cosmetics

Thank you for your support!!

www.socal240sx.org

[curbhuggerrps13]

hmmm i tried to register but u need a credit card...n e way they take cash?>

[Fibercus]

Will there be window registration available at all for those not registered?

Or will other 240 people be excluded for not registering thru the site. (Event ticket for shirt / rafle)

[holisticbeatz]

It's on! It's on! Just woke up and it's 3:30 am. Just double checking the directions to California Speedway and making sure I packed all my gear. Today should prove to be a fun day! How exciting, first time drifting on a track event.

[S13SilviaGirl]

YAY!!!! Today was a huge sucsess! Thanks Alex! It was a blast...even being your slave labor for the day! Ohhh and BTW Happy Birthday! Buahahha...

[curbhuggerrps13]

hey hats off to u! hehe thanks for havin a such a wonderful idea of bringin nissan owners together...hehe actually im happy cuz i got a tshirt and lunch...n e ways thanks to u guys for have this show off my gf is like in love wiht the s14 now!!! and she doesnt want no dumb honda civic with euros n e more..instead she wants a sr20det powered s14 like the blue falken one and me to get the strawberry face..=( too bad im poor and cant afford it...n e one see me there...wearin a black afi shirt and with my gf? n e ways it was cool gettin to know those peeps and my gf enjoyed it to...once again thanks and i hope u guys suceeded in what u wanted it to be

[kat240]

hey lisa, i saw your car there, but i don't know what you look like, but yeah it was really fun ! i learned a lot of things even though i drifted my automatic

[revat619]

The event was dope! Track events are awesome!!! This was my first one, now i'm hooked!!!

Oh yeah, hey kat240, i was drifting my automagic too! and i have an open diff! I was in the black s14 kouki with mesh wheels in the front and s13 tear drop alloys in the rear. My drifting skills are total weak sauce, but it was fun just being out there! I'm looking foward to more track events and just getting better at my driving skills.

P.S. Hey you're in San Diego too? Cool! Have you been to any of the SD meets or anything?

[kat240]

hey revat, it's cool i wasn't the only one w/ the auto ! what did you think of it ? was it easy ?? and i've been to a few meets, like the mossy meet up in oceanside, and some mini-meets from nissan forums, hehe

[fakts13]

props for the auto-drifters! i think i'd have a hard time drifting an auto. as long as you're having fun, that's what's important.. kat240, i saw you down at the skidpad i think a couple times. you were looking pretty good out there btw, anybody have photos and plan on posting?

[s13chica]

The meet was super fun...thanks for putting it on socal240sx! It was really nice to finally be able to put a few new faces to names, and to see many of my socal friends. Congrats to Glen for winning the award for best engine bay! Also congrats to Danny for winning best of show with his datsun 510 with sr!

It was well worth the drive!

[revat619]

kat240:

Drifting an automagic wasnt too bad. What IS hard is the open diff thing. Breaking lose was the easy part, bringing it back and maintaining long drifts and linking turns was tricky. It wasnt very smooth. Other than it was fine. However, I'm still gonna swap in the 5-speed at the end of the year though.

By the way, what model 240 did you drive?

s13chica:

Was your car the hot pink one with the s13 silvia front end? That car was badass! One of my favorites of the show actually! Nice Job!!!

[kat240]

yeah, but i had a VLSD and it was still hard to maintain my drifts.. arrghh.. i had a lot of help from the instructors though, and i learned a lot ! i was the one with the blue s14, the only one that color, and one of the only two girls there

i wish i had known you, cuz i woulda watched and see what you did !

[charlie@justdrift]

s13chica: you're taking your hot pink car this friday, right?

kat240: you should go with us at buttonwillow this friday... stay away from the light pole!!! you make my heart jump everytime! good job tho...

[s15driftdreamer]

Jay:

You have to represent automatic pride at least one more time at a track event. i say screw finals and go to DD11. . you were tearing it up for an auto before your coilovers got all screwy.

Kat:

if you were in the blue s14, im pretty sure i saw you around a couple of times. its very cool to have females represent drifting, and with an auto no less. my hats off to you. when i had an auto all i ever did was powerslide around. im in san diego too. i hope to see you again at an upcoming event.

jason

[revat619]

Automagic pride! lol!!


Jason:

Actually though, i am seriously considering it. I really want to go to dd11!!! My drifting was sooo weaksauce, but i enjoyed it nonetheless!!! You did really well yourself.

kat240:

Now i remember! I saw you out there, you were doing really well!!! Especially on the main course.....you did a helluva lot better than me! I got OWNED on that course and so did like 10 cones! Like Jason, (s15driftdreamer) said, its really cool to see females out there drifting and tearing it up!! Good job. Hope to see you at the next SD meet.

[chokudoriS13]

Originally posted by fakts13
btw, anybody have photos and plan on posting?

I've got 85 crappy pics (took them with a camera with no optical zoom, and the sun was killing the pics)... I'll post them after I blur out all the plates.

I can't believe someone showed up in a GC10 Skyline. That alone made my day.

[dvdevo]

hrmm too lazy to post pics..will do it tomorow.

[dvdevo]

here ya'll go http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4288442515

[FriscoMgM2]

Great event! My pix are here:

http://www.friscomix.com/DD10_index.html

I think I have plastered them over the forums enough for one day lol.

Sample shot:

[s13chica]

Yes...my car was the hot pink one with the silvia conversion.

Of course I will be taking the pink car to the track Driftheaven!!!

[charlie@justdrift]

hehehehe i knew that... and you told me you're gonna let me drive it too! heh-heh-heh.

[s13chica]

Originally posted by driftheaven
hehehehe i knew that... and you told me you're gonna let me drive it too! heh-heh-heh.

hehehehe...we'll see...hehehe...once I get onto the track I might never want to get off!

[charlie@justdrift]

i want a picture drifting a pink sil80! yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah...

[s13chica]

then you'll make me look bad when you out drift me in my own car! hahaha...j/k...of course you can take my car for a spin...the only requirement is that I get to ride along!

[GotDriftS14]

yo. the festival was great! i had a real good time, although the weather was a bit hotter than i expected hehehe. some nice classic datsuns, a bunch of good lookin 240's and even a couple maximas and various other nissans. it was well worth the $25 registration and then some. o yeah, and i was the one with the one-and-only silver "rear-wheel drive maxima coupe", hehehehehe.