JEM

A group of us (mostly Taurus SHO owners, actually...) are going to Speedring in San Jose this Saturday. There are still some slots available. Email me for contact information if interested.

WHEN: If you want to eat there, plan to arrive around 12:00. They have a deli on site for salads and sandwhiches, soft drinks, etc. otherwise plan to arrive no later than 12:45 so that we can get organized. Suit up is 1:00, track time from 1:30-3:00.

WHERE: From 101, take the Great America/ Bowers exit South. After you go under Central Expressway, take the second right onto Mead. If you get to Monroe you've gone too far. Speedring is the second building on the left (2900 Mead). Or from 280, take Saratoga Ave. north, left on San Thomas, left on Monroe, right on Bowers, left on Mead. Zip code 95051-0805 if you want to get a map from the web (thanks for the link, Paul!)

COST: $75

BRING: Snell 95 or newer helmet if you have one (motorcycle helmets OK). All other safety equipment will be provided.

SESSIONS (S1-S6):
S1/S2: practice, arbitrary split between participants

Based on best lap times, bottom half use S3 for qualifying, top half use S4 for qualifying.

Based on best lap times from qualifying, bottom half use S5 as their race, gridded according to qualifying time. If we have less than 24 people, S5 will be an elimination heat, with the top finishers going through to the final race.

S6 is the final race for the top half of the qualifiers gridded according to qualifying time. If we have less than 24 people the top qualifiers are followed by the top finishers in the elimination heat gridded by position in that heat. So there will be 12 contestants in this final race.

EQUIPMENT PROVIDED:
Helmet size 6 3/4-7 7/8. Or bring your own Snell 95+ helmet (motorcycle OK). They also provide you with a Balaclava for hygiene reasons.
Driving suit sizes 46 to 64 (has to be Kart-specific...resist abrasion,not fire).
Gloves have to be abrasive-resistant. Regular racing gloves won't work.
Cervical collar provided.
Shoes not provided: bring your own (no open toes).
Karts can definitely take people from 4'11" to 6'4". If you are outside this height range, you may still be OK. If you are over 250 lbs, seat width could be a factor.

KLittle

John:

I'm sure that you will enjoy the Speedring facility. Speedring is owned by several former Applied Materials exec's. One of my
colleagues just retired here and is also a part owner. They have done a great job with the facility and track. What a novel concept, bring the european indoor karting concept to the US. Let us know how the event turns out. The facility is actually in Santa Clara.

We should plan an event for the local E39/E34 M5 owners. Barry has recently gone to an outdoor facility near Sacramento and had a blast.

I know this is going to be an investment opportunity I should have not passed on as they are planning additional facilities throughout the US. URL link below to the Speedring website for those interested.

Are you going to make it to the upcoming repeat of the north bay event?
http://www.speedring-kartracing.com/

Regards,

Ken Little

'91 M5 Mauritius Blue
'91 M5 Alpine White
'96 DINAN 8 Arctic Silver

Barry

John,
You'll have a blast. I've done indoor carting before and it's alot of fun, BUT, not truly the real thing though. Speedring make it look very impressive thought with tthe gear & all. They use 4 stroke engines & can't rev too much.
I will be getting a group of us together ( date to be determined, to do the Sprint Kart track school in Sac'to March or April. 2 stroke racing karts 3.5hrs of track time and not restricted (you sign your life away).
Have a good time and keep us posted.
Sorry you'll miss the 2/3 get togther.

JEM

Barry - keep me informed re the Sac kart-racing event, if I'm not mistaken that's part of the school/group that's HQ'd in Dixon/Davis/Woodland/something like that? If you need add'l participants some local Shelby Clubbers or SHO owners might be up for it as well.

Kevin - 2/3 may pan out after all, it's taking me longer than expected to get the Mustang back together (I Sawzalled the dash out of it Saturday - it's now a full-time track car, not street-registered any more - and need to rewire it) and the Shelby Club event at Laguna has pretty much filled up.

bobafett

WOAH! that's so funny, because I remember calling them in december and they werent setup so a friend and I planned on going on saturday durin g the afternoon!

Unfortunately, I'll be up in SF with Ferrari people and then washing cars until about 4. Perhaps next time!

--Dan