Club Race at Road Atlanta with VDCA

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Saturday February 20 through Sunday February 21, 2010: Sponsoring Chapter: Peachtree Chapter
Please join the Peachtree Chapter BMW CCA for our first race-only event, with our hosts, VDCA (a vintage racing group). Those of you who have participated in Tar Heel chapter Club Races will be very familiar with the excellent organization and camaraderie of the VDCA folks.

For our local competitors, it's an early-season chance to scrape the rust off and test out all those improvements you've made over the winter. For our snow-bound friends from up north, it may not be sunny and warm, but odds are we won't be racing in the snow.

The temperature averages for the weekend are 57/34, but no promises of nice weather are expressed or implied!

As is done with Tar Heel, we are organized as a run group within the vintage event weekend.

Schedule
Both Saturday and Sunday's schedule will include practice, qualifying, and 40-minute (first car on to last car off) sprint races, with a total of 3 hours of track time for the weekend.

The tentative schedule has Saturday's race in mid-afternoon, and Sunday's racing concluded by about 4:00pm.

Tire Service
At this point, we are not expecting to have Tire Service available.

Registrar Information
Our registrar is Patty Sledge, and she can be reached via email, at patty@peachtreebmwcca.org
Registration opens: Jan 2




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[zracre]

no enduro??

[dtothepowerofp]

Will there be a pig/oyster/beer party like at Roebling?
Good times!

[jcrist]

I'm in, Dan???????????

[MAkard]

Should be yet another great Tarheel event!

[ctbimmer]

Originally Posted by zracre

no enduro??

Not this year. If successful we will likely play with the format in future years, possibly adding a 3rd day or making one of the weekend races an enduro. -- $325 for 3 hours of tracktime at Road Atlanta? That's one heck of a deal!

Originally Posted by dtothepowerofp

Will there be a pig/oyster/beer party like at Roebling?
Good times!

There will be something Saturday evening, but will not be as grand a spread as at Roebling...Details not solid enough to announce yet.

Originally Posted by MAkard

Should be yet another great Tarheel event!

Appreciate the enthusiasm Mike, and every Tarheel event I've attended has, in fact, been great, but please note this is a Peachtree event!

Everybody, set your reminders and please register early and often, starting this Saturday. The more entrants that Peachtree and VDCA receive, and the earlier we receive them, will have a direct bearing on the Saturday night 'spread'!

[dtothepowerofp]

Jason....of course I'm in. Like in Oktober I intend on dominating 4th place in JP.

[jcrist]

Originally Posted by dtothepowerofp

Jason....of course I'm in. Like in Oktober I intend on dominating 4th place in JP.

Me too! Bill, Vern, DBud,........
4th will be my goal for sure! Maybe Bill or Vern won't show up, I know Wonger isn't.

Originally Posted by ctbimmer

Everybody, set your reminders and please register early and often, starting this Saturday. The more entrants that Peachtree and VDCA receive, and the earlier we receive them, will have a direct bearing on the Saturday night 'spread'!

Look forward to it Chuck, see you at the sports bar again?

[zracre]

Sounds like it will be a good time but my car will not be done in time...hence the enduro question (codriver). Good luck!

[ctbimmer]

Originally Posted by dtothepowerofp

Will there be a pig/oyster/beer party like at Roebling?
Good times!

Different format, but yes. Will be a little more low-key than the traditional Roebling spread.

Saturday Night Party
Plan to stick around Saturday night for Mexican food, beer and soft drinks. Yes, we will be indoors, as Dick Barbour is graciously opening his shop next to the track for us.

Quantities will be limited, so we are restricting this to a maximum of driver and one crew member, please.

Annual Tech
Also, pay attention to your annual tech. You must have a current annual tech. I know that NASA's all expire each year on 12/31 so you must get your NASA annual before the race weekend.

Balanced Performance in Sugar Hill does NASA inspections by appointment, by the way.

If you're planning to participate but haven't registered yet, please hit the website and get registered!

[tigruppe]

See you there!

[Chuck Baader]

Uh....Chuck...why would we need a NASA annual tech to run CCA? Chuck

[magnetic1]

Originally Posted by jcrist

Me too! Bill, Vern, DBud,........
4th will be my goal for sure! Maybe Bill or Vern won't show up, I know Wonger isn't.

Normally Id have to cancel VIR and come lay the smack on you, but youre lucky Roman and I have been talking trash. So we gotta battle it out now.

[JClark]

Originally Posted by magnetic1

Normally Id have to cancel VIR and come lay the smack on you, but youre lucky Roman and I have been talking trash. So we gotta battle it out now.

Whoa trash talkin? Count me in. Roman racing?!

[jcrist]

Originally Posted by JClark

Whoa trash talkin? Count me in. Roman racing?!

the Rman is making his debut at VIR with NASA. I'm going with him tomorrow to pick it up from the BW!!

[JClark]

Originally Posted by jcrist

the Rman is making his debut at VIR with NASA. I'm going with him tomorrow to pick it up from the BW!!

Fantastic!

I'll buy you gas/lunch/dinner/strippers if you bring my car back from BW. Seriously.

[jcrist]

And Wonger, I know ur scared of me at Road ATL wif my news cams....

Roman will be towing his back, I'm staying in Blacksburg tomorrow night but I could get it to Lynchburg Friday.

[thejlevie]

Originally Posted by Chuck Baader

Uh....Chuck...why would we need a NASA annual tech to run CCA? Chuck

As far as I know that would only apply if the car is running in a "guest class" (Spec3 or SE30)

[tigruppe]

NASA and SCCA tech forms do nothing for me...........or for the participants. Must have BMW CCA Annual tech before you come.

[Jmabarone]

Originally Posted by JClark

Whoa trash talkin? Count me in. Roman racing?!

need a crew?

[ctbimmer]

Originally Posted by tigruppe

NASA and SCCA tech forms do nothing for me...........or for the participants. Must have BMW CCA Annual tech before you come.

Patrick, that's not how SpecE30 was handled at Ofest. SpecE30 competitors supplied NASA logbooks with a NASA annual and a CCA event tech form.

I reference section 4, page 29, paragraphs 2 and 3 from the 2010 rules, which is reinforced by clarification 09-0001:

4 NON-BMW CCA CLUB RACING CLASSIFICATIONS
1. BMW’s, defined to be BMW-manufactured chassis and engine
combinations, prepared to and competing in other non-vintage
regional or national sanctioning bodies programs may participate in
BMW CCA Club Racing adhering to the applicable sanctioning
body's class preparation rules and within the class for which they
are prepared.
2. Competitors must be able to present an official copy of the most
current rules and regulations applicable to the declared class.
3. Competitors must present a logbook complete with a current annual
inspection issued by the sanctioning body for the declared class at
Technical Inspection.

[tigruppe]

The NASA book is only a part of the formula. All safety gear must meet BMW CCA Standards so I have to inspect all cars that do not have a BMW CCA Club Racing Annual tech form and Log Book. Also please check all dates on your belts and nets since this is the first event of the year for a number of you. I pasted the second half of the section since you ran out of room in your post
Look forward to seeing all of you in a few weeks!!!


4. Competitors must comply with all of the declared class vehicle
preparation rules without exception.
5. Personal safety gear (including but not limited to: head and neck
restraint, suit, shoes, gloves, helmet, arm restraints, etc.) must
meet or exceed BMW CCA Club Racing requirements.
a. Interior nets are highly recommended