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registration is up for VIR-North in late july. bring on the stevie wonders!

i've signed up to instruct

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OK. So I'm probably in the market for something new. 2004 - 2007ish. Looking for something in the $25k and under range. I kind of like the idea of AWD - so I could probably pick up a suby of some sort - what else out there is AWD? I went looking around today..so many choices, I dont really know where to start. Today I went and looked at some WRX's, a 350Z or two, Cobalt SS, Pontiac G6 GTP..blah. Suggestions/recommendations? TIA

Hello everyone, my name is Qasim, or Q for short. I went to VT and am an old school CCVT member and graduated a couple semesters ago. Ive met a couple MM members last year at Ride Revolutions in Bristol, I think one of them drove a red sn95 Mustang, can't remember for sure.

Anyways, I have started setting up shop here, on 700 west market st. (next to the big tractor place, Rockingham New Holland). Im starting an All Tune and Lube auto repair shop along with a speed shop with a 2wd dynojet, DRYFT Motorsports.

I have been working on setting the building up for the past month and hopefully should have it running by July. Looking forward to meeting the members on here, and hopefully developing a good relationship with the club.

Personally, I drive a 2002 Corvette Z06 (full bolt ons + nitrous) and a Saab 9000 Turbo (bpu). If any of you are around town over summer you've probably seen the vette parked outside the shop if youve driven past it.

The vette, from ccvt's fall car show.


The saab, no recent pics but looks the same minus tinted lights.


The place still needs another few weeks of work (painting, plumbing, moving in equip etc.) the only pic I have showing the front is this to kind of help show you guys which building it is. Just hanging out with a couple ccvt friends there:



Feel free to ask any questions or stop by the place and say hi if you see the vette outside this month before the place opens. If I have half the fun I had with the CCVT guys Im sure this will be a great place to work.

I have a habit of collecting rare and hard to find things, so here is my latest purchase....

As you may know (or not, I have my secrets) the Ferrari F50 is my ultimate favorite supercar. Though its not the fastest, nothing else compares to it in my mind...I believe it to be the ultimate supercar because of the sheer amount of F1 technology in it. I also believe it to be the most beautiful thing made my gods own hands. Pity i'll never own one....so I decided to buy the closest thing to it, the Tamiya 1/12 Scale diecast F50 display model.

I actually decided to buy it three years ago, but it has taken me until today to find one and buy it. They are VERY rare, and currently discontinued by Tamiya. They are perfect down to the last detail, with heat treated paint, metal springs, working everything and they are a true collectors item. When it comes to car models, there really isn't anything "better" than a Tamiya 1/12. Heres some pics of the model I bought....note the miniature luggage and Ferrari toolset included. Can't wait to get it. I'm so anal, i'll treat it as if it were the real thing

We have thousands of Hfest rave cards that we would love for people to hand out, place on car windshields, and place at various convenience marts, auto part stores, places of business, etc. If you can help out in the Northern VA area, southern Maryland area, Winchester, or WV, please list your address here! Let me know how many you think you can distribute..........100, 300, 500 or 1000. Any help is much appreciated!
Any grassroots advertising ideas are welcome as well!
You will start seeing/hearing the radio and TV ads about 10 days to 2 weeks before the event.

Laura C.

that's right kids, i smoked him in the tundra while he was in the rx7.

Sylvia's dad is looking for a cheap small truck. We don't have anything for him right now so I figured I would ask around. It cannot be full-size, only small trucks need apply. Dakota, Ranger, Toyota (T-100, etc). No S-10s or Nissans. Must be in the 80s-90s and CLUB CAB. Trans and engine are free reign except no V8s. 4 or 2wd. Let me know what you guys see around, under $3000.

NOTE- Ideal would be an 89-96 Dakota Club, 2wd, automatic, 3.9 V6. Mid 90ks in miles.

AMA released this statement on 05/30...

(FYI - front wheel speed sensors have never been allowed in AMA)

Quote:AMA Pro Racing will cease to police traction control in the Superbike class starting with this weekendÔÇÖs fifth round of the AMA Superbike Championship, a source familiar with the decision said.

The action will be taken for the rest of this season, the source, who asked not to be identified, said. The decision on whether to continue to allow traction control in 2007 and beyond will be based on the outcome of the Superbike commission meeting in Rome early next week.

The immediate affect will be a boost to Parts Unlimited Ducati, which has used a Magneti Marelli traction-control system during tests, but isnÔÇÖt allowed to race it under the current AMA rules. The advantage in lap times is about a second to a second and a half, itÔÇÖs believed, depending on the track.

With the benefit of the system, Xerox DucatiÔÇÖs Troy Bayliss is running away with the World Superbike title and Airwaves Ducatis are one-two in the British Superbike series, which also allows traction control. ItÔÇÖs only in the U.S. that Ducati has struggled this year.

Parts Unlimited DucatiÔÇÖs Ben Bostrom said that heÔÇÖd rather see it banned completely, which would allow his dirt-tracking style to flourish.

ÔÇ£I really like sliding the bike,ÔÇØ he said. ÔÇ£If everyone else didnÔÇÖt have it on already, it would be pretty nice. The bikes are sideways, smoking the tire.ÔÇØ

But he acknowledged there are places at Road America where it would be beneficial.

ÔÇ£ItÔÇÖs not easy getting on some of the straightaways and itÔÇÖs definitely not easy coming around that Carousel,ÔÇØ he said. ÔÇ£Coming off turn 14, that last corner, thereÔÇÖs tire wear to be saved.ÔÇØ

And he also said that there are a number of AMA tracks, including Barber Motorsports Park, where it would be helpful.

Kawasaki embarked on an entirely new Superbike project this year and the ZX10R is very much a work in progress. Allowing traction control, which means fitting a front-wheel sensor, means more work for the team.

Kawasaki team manager Mike Preston was less concerned with traction control than how it was implemented.

ÔÇ£My biggest concern is the AMA,ÔÇØ he said. ÔÇ£Again, their credibility is shot. I was told face to face thereÔÇÖd be no more rules changes, nothing would be happening until we get some new people running the AMA.ÔÇØ

The AMA announced on February 18 that the Pro Racing Board was being abolished and that it would be replaced by ÔÇ£a new rulemaking procedure for its professional-racing programs.ÔÇØ The Pro Racing Board would ÔÇ£be replaced by independent working committees that will propose equipment standards and rules for on-track competition. Proposed rules would then be ratified by the AMA Board of Directors.ÔÇØ

Since those committees have never been announced, and the manufacturers had no say in this rule change, the AMA has chosen to act unilaterally, without regard for the stakeholders.

ÔÇ£I was told by people very high above, until we get this under control, no rules changes,ÔÇØ Preston said.

Preston was among the race team members who attended last weekendÔÇÖs meeting at Infineon Raceway where traction control, among other things, was discussed. No decision was taken, he said, because of the impending Superbike commission meeting in Rome.

ÔÇ£Maybe they want to get rid of it,ÔÇØ Preston said. ÔÇ£We donÔÇÖt really have a rules committee.ÔÇØ

Messages left on the cell phones of the AMAÔÇÖs Director of Communication Kerry Graeber and Road Race Series Manager Ron Barrick, and on BarrickÔÇÖs home phone, werenÔÇÖt returned.

Quote:The following information is in response to recent media reports regarding the status of traction control rules in AMA Superbike.

AMA Pro Racing remains committed to the enforcement of all rules specified in the AMA Superbike Championship Rulebook.

As stated on page 36 of the 2006 rulebook, Telemetry and Traction Control are prohibited (Section E, General Equipment Standards, subsection 23). AMA Pro Racing technical staff will continue to perform routine pre- and post-race technical inspection of selected equipment. Any machine suspected of utilizing prohibited traction control devices is subject to impounding for further technical evaluation at AMA headquarters (Section C, Equipment Offenses and Penalties, subsection 2, page 61.)

AMA Pro Racing also remains committed to the proactive governance of new and emerging technology as it relates to its racing disciplines. The newly formed AMA Racing Standing Committee will evaluate such technology on an ongoing basis and provide strategic counsel to the AMA Board of Directors. Additionally, as part of AMA Pro RacingÔÇÖs new rulesmaking procedures announced in February, all new rules and changes to existing rules will be scrutinized by discipline-specific rulesmaking committees before being forwarded to the AMA Board of Directors for ratification. Any changes to traction control regulations fall under this procedure.

Quote:There has been a bit going on lately in regards to traction control. Can somebody please tell me why we shouldn't be using traction control? The whole idea of racing in the first place is to develop tomorrow's street bikes for the consumer

:!: hock: :!:

The Ducati Desmosedici RR has been unveiled:
-Over 200hp with racing exhaust kit provided
-989cc L-Four cylinder, Twin Pulse configuration
-Desmodromic, with 16 titanium valves
-Quadruple 12 hole 'micro-jet' fuel injectors
-Cassette transmission
-Sand cast engine cases with magnesium covers
-Dry slipper clutch
-Ohlins nitrogen pressurized reservoir FG353 PFF GP spec forks
-Ohlins four- way adjustable rear shock with GP6 linkage
-Brembo front radial calipers
-Forged and machined Marchesini magnesium wheels
-Full carbon fibre body.

supposed to start at 65k