Summer Scenic Drive to Road America July 7th UPDATED

[B C]

I had such a great time today, thanks so much for everyone who came out to enjoy it! It was my first time at RA and it was like visiting heaven for a little bit. 

A few tidbits from the day:

The drive to the track was very good, the roads were exceptionally smooth and freshly paved with minimal traffic and the pack stayed together without too much difficulty.

This is what it looks, feels, and sounds like when @i_love_cars is behind you.

I freaking love your car

This happened because I was in a 335i.

Clear skies, perfect weather, and the view from the lunch spot. The Gearbox Melt could have been better but I had to give it a try.

His an hers GT3 Cup Porsches

We wandered through the paddock criticizing everyones cars and then some of us went to the Sargento bridge to get a better view. RA is a much more beautiful place than video games make it out to be haha!

 Great to meet you @wally509, that E21 is just gorgeous and its great to see it being enjoyed! 

Hope everyone else enjoyed the day as much as I did

[Earl]

I had an absolutely fantastic time. It was also my first time at RA and it was super rad.

[SteelBlue]

You nerds need to come an actual event.

[Bassboy3313]

First time at RA for me as well. Super awesome time!!!

[B C]

SteelBlue said:

You nerds need to come an actual event.

Ive been to ALMS at Miller Motorsports Park which was cool, but I get a bigger thrill seeing regular folks building regular cars and driving them for some reason.

[wally509]

snap said:

I had such a great time today, thanks so much for everyone who came out to enjoy it! It was my first time at RA and it was like visiting heaven for a little bit. 

A few tidbits from the day:

....

 Great to meet you @wally509, that E21 is just gorgeous and its great to see it being enjoyed! 

Hope everyone else enjoyed the day as much as I did

Great to meet everyone as well.  Thanks for being friendly to the new guy (me), who also happens to be the old guy (me).

I wish I could have driven up with you guys, that mishap boils down to me being an idiot.  RTFM, in this case read the f-ing MAP, I went back and looked at it this morning.  Where I pulled over to wait for the last group was already North of the exit from 45, which is why I never saw anybody.

Later,
Wally

[i_love_cars]

Definitely was a perfect day for it and a lot of fun. 

Unfortunately it made me realize how much I need to force myself to dedicate time for track days again. Especially since we ran in to some of my old track buddies who were on track yesterday. I've clearly been focusing too much on money and not enough on fun. I am now officially looking for a ragmuffin trackrat E46 M3.

Thanks for organizing this, it was great to see people, fast cars, hundreds of missed apexes at Canada Corner, and a muffler flying off of an E30.

[Rekpoint]

i_love_cars said:

Definitely was a perfect day for it and a lot of fun. 

Unfortunately it made me realize how much I need to force myself to dedicate time for track days again. Especially since we ran in to some of my old track buddies who were on track yesterday. I've clearly been focusing too much on money and not enough on fun. I am now officially looking for a ragmuffin trackrat E46 M3.

Thanks for organizing this, it was great to see people, fast cars, hundreds of missed apexes at Canada Corner, and a muffler flying off of an E30. 

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https://www.copart.com/lot/33035828

[i_love_cars]

Rekpoint said:

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https://www.copart.com/lot/33035828

haha not exactly what I'm looking for but I like where your head is at. Snapsby already linked me to a car in Crystal Lake today that I am reviewing right now

[m42b32]

So bummed I couldn't make it out to this, sounds like it was an awesome time!

[jc43089]

snap said:

Ive been to ALMS at Miller Motorsports Park which was cool, but I get a bigger thrill seeing regular folks building regular cars and driving them for some reason.

Come to the Hawk vintage races in less than 2 weeks, it's a lot of regular folks.  I will have a campsite and there is a large group of Wibimmers folks in the carousel too.

[straight6pwr]

+9 on this being a good time, thanks Brian for setting it up.

is this the e30 that lost its muffler?

Mustang HDS (home depot special)

Because Shelby club

[straight6pwr]

just noticed something.

jason, here's an unblurred version of the photo so you don't feel left out.

[Earl]

I didn't see that active compact there. I wonder if it was a slicktop too=0 The crazy thing is that makes three of us there lol.

[The Full Banana]

This was fun, even if I left with a strong desire to buy another car. Thanks for organizing, Snap!

[YoungCR]

Great pics Dan! Thanks for putting this on Snap, I vote to make this a new tradition. Or even better a cruise to October fast, the only club event I haven't been to 

Also yes that's the 318 that chucked it's muffler off on Canada. It was quite amusing.

[P_Roloff]

Thanks snap, this was an amazing first time at RA. I also vote that this should become a tradition.

[Jdesign]

This was a great event, the weather was perfect, and I had a blast.

I also have to say thanks to all of you that helped push my FORD powered car back to life.    (both times)

When I made it back I checked and I have a good battery and good voltage when running, the starter definitely failed.

[Jdesign]

straight6pwr said:

just noticed something.

jason, here's an unblurred version of the photo so you don't feel left out.

This is great. 

[YoungCR]

lol I didn't catch that viewing on my phone earlier