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NCDA Inaugural Open Track Event
Drift training

Date: January 17, 2004
Location:
Thunderhill Park - Main track
5250 Hwy 162
Willows, CA 95988

Open track event focused on "Grip" driving, with an emphasis on learning the lines, and decreasing lap times,open to Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced entries on the East Loop.

On track drift lessons and practice on the West Loop, for Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced entries.
Beginner training on skidpad with J-turn, U-turn and 180 degree practice areas.

Maximum Entries: 80

Registration Deadline:
January 12, 2004

Cost : $120 (pre-registration, ending 12/19/2003)
$160 regular registration

todd@ncda.net
donaldahn@ncda.net

is this being held by the same people who did this in january last year?>

The simple answer to your question is, yes. Thunderhill, is working with some of the same individuals. The format is improved over last years success. Many of the key players from last year are involved with NCDA.net.

How did you like last years? We are doing this years, at a significant discount in price, to promote the Northern California open track scene, and NCDA.net. The event will aim to be spectator friendly as well, invite your friends, if not to participate, at least to spectate and learn to love the sport.

Thanks for the inquiry!

NCDA

I went to this event last year and it was great, lots of track time. Are they only running half a track for grip and half for drift or will it be half/half in the morning and full track in the afternoon like last year?

It will be Half/Half the majority of the day, then a late afternoon full track session. There will be more track time then last year as a result.

Thanks for the inquiry!
NCDA Staff

I am looking forward to this event. :)

We had a WRX out at our last event. He was very fast when he was hot-lapping. Then a drift instructor went out with him, and man, that thing can DRIFT! Was amazing. So drift or grip, come on out, drive to your prerogative.

So far 1 STI and one WRX signed up!

See you all out there!

NCDA Staff

I will bring the shop car ( well one of them, MINE ;) ) out.

I emailed you guys about it, good warm up for more later this season, its been a little bit since I was on a track.

thx
-Nate
S-Squared

can you participate/get instructions on both grip and drift?
or are you locked into one side of the track w/ that style for the day? and how would one go about registering?

Dan, you can register by clicking the link in the first post, then registering for the site myautoevents.com. Then you can follow another link to registration. Unfortunately, the early sign-up discount has expierd. :( It's now $160+fee.

I dun signed up paw!

there we go...the first time i went to the sign up page, it only had the view entries list. now i see it. thanks

ttt

are there any lodging deals or suggestions for the n00b?

The AmeriHost Inn in Willows gives a small discount for people going to the track, but if you have AAA or any other associations you might be able to score a little bit better discount. I think I paid $65 for the night I stayed in November.

thanks, i was looking at that, i'll just call to make the reservations instead of doing it online then

:banana:

i think i may go check this event out.. :p

there's still space for 8 people...72 outa 80, as of 11:00 1-8
registration ends on the 12th

so whose going? and when? i'm too lazy to check the registered list :) and here's the next question, anybody wanna drive up together?

i'm planning on leaving friday night...just found out that i go the day off, so i'll be heading out of stockton during the evening. i might be able to take w/ me a friend from work whose interested, but that's if she gets her axle fixed before thursday :rolleyes:

The S-Squared guys will be up there, along w one of our loyal customers who is going to play support vehicle in his outback ;)
Of course we are leaving out of sac, and I plan on heading up sat morning.

thx
Nate
S-Squared

:D i thought i saw nate's name somewhere,

i will be heading up saturday mornin' :p
but probably will get there too late for ppl's tastes :D haha

Bump! 2 more days.

Bump! Come on out i-clubbers, admission is free.

bump I cant sleep

bump i pee freely

Well, that was fun.

Originally posted by NZO
Well, that was fun.

so i dropped by randomly to check it out and i have to say it was definitely an interesting setup... not quite wut i expected, but seemed to work relatively smoothly :)
(kind of sad i didn't get any track time.. but hey.. i was there to bum anywayz :p)
wut i WAS curious about was why people were taping x's on their plastic headlights.... and only x's... ??? any thoughts?
and how did the rest of the day go? any exciting news? :p

yeah i molested this one blue car, but when i turned around the car was gone?

yeah, that was cool :D had the subie instructor be a passenger and throw out orders like a damn good co-driver, i was on the drift side though so i didn't see any of the other subies that much. what i saw at the eastern side was awesome though. congrats to the s-squared guys for looking sweet.

Originally posted by dorifto88
yeah i molested this one blue car, but when i turned around the car was gone?
yeah.. the car felt so violated it had to run away... :p

Originally posted by danhtao
congrats to the s-squared guys for looking sweet.

:D

thanks

Originally posted by babysmurf
yeah.. the car felt so violated it had to run away... :p

yeah i noticed, couldnt even say goodbye :(

Originally posted by dorifto88
yeah i noticed, couldnt even say goodbye :(
so sorry! i was sooo bored i had to get outta there :p haha

Originally posted by babysmurf
so sorry! i was sooo bored i had to get outta there :p haha


lol and you didnt think i was bored too?!

glad you got back safe

I need to go back again soon. 5 laps on the full track just wasn't enough, especially with slow ass drift guys clogging it up for 4 of them. :p

Originally posted by dorifto88
lol and you didnt think i was bored too?!

glad you got back safe
sorry! :p next time i'll be sure to say bye if you don't molest my car :p haha :D

Originally posted by babysmurf
sorry! :p next time i'll be sure to say bye if you don't molest my car :p haha :D

lol some of us thought you were MIA, or worse, dead. :(

I need to go back again soon. 5 laps on the full track just wasn't enough, especially with slow ass drift guys clogging it up for 4 of them.


:( :monkey:

What? No pics of said event?

The guys up at SECCS got some
http://www.seccs.org/gallery/index.php?gallery=//gallery/Race%20Events/2004-01-17%20S-Squared%20day%20at%20Thunderhill

-Nate
S-Squared