May 28 and 29 Vintage racing with Intermeccanica

I stopped in at IM the other day and Henry mentioned that he is one of the sponsors of the vintage race weekend May 28th & 29th at River

Bruce, thanks for the reminder. I plan to be there Sunday.
Rick

I just talked to Henry and the schedule is as follows:

Saturday: -Racing starts at 9am
-The local Porsche dealer is giving rides in their new cars by licensed drivers at speed on the track. There is talk of them having a new Carrara GT for rides as well. The rides are not open to the general public so you may be able to get a couple.
- They will take you for a ride in your car.
-You can do some laps in your car if you have a race license
-At 4pm Henry is hosting a dinner / BBQ

Sunday: -Racing starts at 9am
-at some point there will be a parade were you get to drive your car on the track.

If you want to go, let Henry know and he will get you some tickets free and make sure there is a spot for you at dinner and in the corral for your car.

I

I thought this was going to be at the drag strip in Mission... Oh well, sounds like fun anyways, just not what I expected. More fun if I had a racing license....

Can I go please???

Bruce, what time are you heading out on Saturday? Call or email me and let's see if we can coordinate out drives out.
Ron

David:
WHo makes that cool clamshell? Is it just for looks or coudl I convince my wife that it has a built in roll bar?
Cool looking Speeder

I ended up going on Sunday...didn't read this thread until after the weekend. What a great day! The 917 did some 'slow' laps. What a sound that engine makes! Speaking of engine sounds, the Porsche guy fired up the new GT....WOW, does that engine sound great.
I got to go for a ride in the 2005 Boxster and the Carrera....very nice. I wish I could drive half as good as those guys. Guy's carrying on a conversation with me as we blast,flat out, through the corners.
Did you guys see that very fast silver 356 coupe on Saturday? He got the car absolutely sideways through one of the corners....went on to the grass, and managed to save it. That's skill!

That's why I enjoy going to Watkin's Glen for the Zippo Grand Prix. Lots of great old race cars from the 60's and 70's, sort of like me.

Mosport here in Ontario has a vintage race coming up in June that I will probably attend also.

On Saturday, the guy driving the red Carrera was one of Porsche's factory drivers who has won both Daytona and LeMans. It was an amazing few laps around the track. And as Ron says, the radio is on and he's talking away answering questions while matching revs on downshifts and hitting apexes.

There was a guy there demonstating "drifting" as well. He was sponsored by Yokohama. Not a big surprise. The whole sport of drifting was probably invented by the tire companies.
Ron