Gymkhana at Mineral Wells...

[HondaRue]

I told Benjamin Braden of Cloud Factory that I would re-post the info of his upcoming Gymkhana here...

7-18-09 Texas Gymkhana Event @ Mineral Wells!!!


Welcome Friends!!! Its time for Gymkhana racing in Texas!!!

For those that don't know, Gymkhana is the Japanese version of autocross, in which drifting is allowed and your main goal is efficient technical driving and car control, to allow you to navigate through the course in the quickest time possible.

Tech inspection starts at 9:00am, driver's meeting will start around 9:45am. Please be there early enough for this if you intend to drive.

Runs will continue throughout the day, probably until shortly before sunset, or until everyone is tired and no drivers wish to make any more runs for the day, whichever comes first.

All runs will be timed, but only your fastest run will count.

This course will be huge by gymkhana standards taking an avg of 2 minutes to complete.

The course will include auto barrel racing, reverse section, 180's, and a stop box.

There will be a tech inspection of each car before it is allowed to go on the track, which will include a quick lookover of the car and safety equipment (ie helmet, seat belts, ect.. )

The inspection will also include a J turn. We need to see that your cars suspension is up to the task of keeping you from rolling over so a quick 15 mph j turn will give us a chance to make sure everyone will be safe and have a fun day..

Tech will be strictly enforced to weed out high CG vehicles. Those vehicles that fail tech due to high CG will be allowed to run but will not be allowed to use the reverse section.

Prices for the event are as follows:

Drivers entrance fee - $40

Pit access (if you are not driving but are with a crew or want to hang out in the pits with the drivers) - $5

General spectators area - Free!!!

The top 3 finishers will recieve half price admission to the next Cloudfactory sponsored Mineral Wells event, and we aim to make these a regular thing.

The #1 finisher will recieve free admission to the next event.

The track will be located at Mineral Wells Airport.. In the back on the old tarmac...

Thanks and I hope to see you there!!!

[mexellent]

I wanna do this SOOO bad....

[HondaRue]

Me too... they are offering BIG prizes for winning the competition class. This month they are giving away a NEW GT35 or smaller turbo. You pick the size.

Next month Ben is trying to get some sort of suspension package put together but I'll find out the details on Saturday.

I'm going out there for a few hours and checking out how they have everything set up sooooooo...

[pecx]

There a drifting on Sunday. I and my friend might be there but not my 86.

[HondaRue]

Pecx... I'd like to meet you so let me know if you are going to be here on Sunday

[HondaRue]

I would say "For those of you who didn't make it..." but that would cover everyone except Joe and Alex. The gymkhana was AWESOME!!! Not a big turn-out but it's still new so I didn't expect much. I'm stealing a couple of clips from other forums but I don't think they'll mind

http://www.youtube.com/v/XmR13d82_IA&hl=en&fs=1&

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcA0pfFrlcI

http://www.youtube.com/v/K3PfT5XD_Mw&hl=en&fs=1&

[landslideATX]

SICK!!!!! i can't wait to get my car going.

[mexellent]

Quite disgusting indeed!

I need to get mine going too. Aaron is going to yell at me if I dont.

[HondaRue]

Quite disgusting indeed!

I need to get mine going too. Aaron is going to yell at me if I dont.

I won't yell at you... just point out how lazy you are being.

[mexellent]

I just hate putting my sheeeet together if it aint 100% right.