The Mitty - Road Atlanta - April 27-29
 

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This is my favorite spectator event at Road Atlanta.

Historic Sportscar Racing Mitty Challenge
April 27-29

"The Mitty Challenge will again offer an incredible variety of historically significant race cars - both on display in the paddock and racing once again at Road Atlanta. Sanctioned by the Historic Sportscar Racing association, the Mitty will include IMSA Camel GT, SCCA Trans-Am, Can-Am, Formula One, CART and even NASCAR Winston Cup cars. For more information visit www.hsrrace.com.

Featuring Grand IMSA Reunion - IMSA Cars from the ‘70s-’90s GTU/GTO/GTP, including original IMSA staff and teams. Historic Grand Prix Cars including Formula Atlantic reunion, 3-Litre F1, F5000, F2, Historic Single Seat Can-Am. GTP/WSC Series, B.O.S.S. Super Cup, Jo Bonnier Cup, Championship of Makes, Historic GT Series, Historic Stock Cars, Klub Sport Porsche Challenge, Anglo-American GT Challenge, ROLEX Endurance Challenge Series Races and Feature Races."
(source: Road Atlanta website)

Tickets

Last years Mazda Race: Vidio

Attending:
SilverEIGHT
Olddragger (and family)
L8APEX
nashirak
TorqueAholic
Ivan
BOOSTD 7
2Many _RX_s (and GF)

I am getting my family to come to this!
olddragger

umm...hmmm....let me think about it...OK, Im in. :)

OD told me about this the other day. I think I can swing that off.

Add me to that list.

Will people be staying overnight? Should I be prepared to bring a tent or track down a motel nearby?

it is local to most of us, so i will be driving to the track both days.

Same here. They do have camping on the infeild if you like though.

Time to order your tickets if you haven't already.

http://www.themitty.com/tickets.php

The order form only allows one entry when you click the "add to cart" for your ticket. It takes you to a pay pal page you need to hit the back button to go back to the mitty page and click on the parking add to page then it will put both on your pay pal list. I'm sure they will catch a little flack about that not being obvious. It looks like you can only purchase one item.

Only a month away...

No Brainer.. I am there. Have not missed one in about 8 years..

Are you putting the EasyUp in the standard location?

Sure, we'll most likely bring my cheapo one and Ivan's (It's just like the club's) I guess we could bring the club's as well if we are expecting a bunch of folks.

I wonder if they will have a race that was half as exciting as the Mazda race last year.

well, Mazda is still the sponsor, so I would not be surprised if they do. I still need to get my tickets, I will be buying them next week. And if I am lucky,the car will appear a little different for the Mitty this year... :)

Whaaaa?

im not tellin, im pullin an OD.

Looks like I'll be coming again this year!

Ryan, I gave my N80 to my son and bought a D200. After seeing yours I had to have one.

Haha, pretty sweet huh? I better not let you use my Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 lens ... unless you have some money burning a hole in your pocket.

I still owe you a few bucks btw, for that tent you bought last year.

I'd kill for a 2.8 300! The camera is always the cheep part of the purchase.

That be the clubs EZ-Up. Any acquired $$ go to the kitty.

If you want I'll let you play with this thing. You should try it Saturday so you can look at the pics before Sunday and let me know what you think. It's big, but not too big to hand-hold. I also have a 80-200/2.8 I can use, so it's no problem.

BTW - Bill from Grassroots told me this year the Tent Party is open to everyone. There's an aution that starts at 4pm Saturday, then the parts starts at 6pm ... they'll be selling food and beers there. So maybe we can all do that instead of going to dinner out Saturday night. Although I sure did like that sushi buffet last year!

Bill also told me there's a MX-5 cup race this year. Anything competitive is fun to watch.

Damn, I can't make it - sounds like a great weekend.

If I am able to make it out this year, it will only be for Sunday. It seems, that I failed to remember a family event on Saturday. So, I might try for Sunday, but don't know.

My GF and I will be traveling down for this; hopefully we'll run into you guys.

Hey, we are less than a week away. This one has snuck up on me.

Any else planning on being there Friday? I will probably get there around 10am. I'll do track touring with my daughter and head home by 3pm to miss the traffic.

No way will I get off Friday. I asked for the 18th off.

Yeah, we'll be there. Though I doubt it will be easy to find us; look for a Winning Blue RX-8.

I'm in a gray RX8 with a big NASA Pro Racing decal on the rear glass.

I won't be able to make it out there at all. :( Too much going on.

Drove over to purchase my ticket this afternoon. Putted around the infield and when I got to the skid pad... my heart started beating real fast and I almost went for it but I saw two RA guys sitting in a golf kart watching it very closely. That was my cue to stand down. TA took his daughter over today and drove the touring laps... I will be out there tomorrow. Any track time is happy time. Look forward to seeing you guys and maybe driving a mini around the autox track.

Hey Silver. I'm a little late to this thread, but my wife and I will be there tomorrow. I'll be parking in the infield with the Miatas probably. I'll have my RX-8 there because I couldn't get my Miata repaired in time. Look for me and I'll keep my eye out for you.

By the way - no Minis this year. They are having MX-5's instead.

MX-5's fine. Drove them at ZoomZoom Live for the past two years. Guess I'll just have to do it again. Look forward to seeing you again Kurt.

My daughter and I had such a great time yesterday, she is joining me again today. She is looking forward to riding with me in an MX-5 on the autocross course. I don't think I'll drive the touring laps. Maybe OMS will let us ride with him????

Yea! I'd love that!

Great day at the track today. Saw some good friends, drove Miatas on the AutoX course and tooled around looking at some neat old cars. Did you know they cram Honda VTech engines in the original Mini? :SHOCKED: How the hell would you keep that on the road?

Tried to do track touring with TrackAddict and daughter but they were sold out of tickets so I bought a ticket for Sunday and we will do it tomorrow. TA Jr'ette told me she is looking forward to driving on Road Atlanta.

Flagged down a Nordic Green 8 and gave the guy driving my card and told him to log onto the RX & GA RX 8 clubs, he said "do you drive an 8" and I said yes. He said, I have something you need to look at and he revved his engine which took on a unmistakable whine that made me almost have an organism. He got out of the car and opened the hood and exposed a supercharged RX-8 with "Pettit" on it. Then started talking about his new developments. At which time KurtBob, 2Many _RX’s and I realized we were talking to the owner of Pettit Racing, Cameron Worth. 2Many took pics and Kurt and I asked a barrage of questions. Then Cameron asked if I wanted to take a ride! eh.... YEA! :bowdown: OH MY GOD! He drove out to the highway and we went down the road about 3 miles and onto a back road before turning around and heading back. That car had some serious torque. You know, that thing we don't have! He shifted much quicker than I would have expected. Usually around 5-7K. Cost is right at $5K. I asked if he had Dyno charts and he went to his trunk and pulled Dynojet results out. I will post them when 2Many gets me the photos. This was just toooooooo cool! He wants all the RX's to go out together tomorrow for track touring.

Shot a few movies with my little point and shoot digital camera. I'll post them later this evening. My wife took my real camera with her so I had to settle for the little guy.

That is just too cool. Jealousy abounds.
Damn work!

I don't care who you are, that's funny right there!!! :rofl:

SilverEIGHT, check your email, I sent the pictures of the SC to you.

It's been great to meet all of you!

We'll be there in the morning for a while before we head back to Ohio.

OK, I'll check them out. I'm watching the Rolex from VIR right now. Speedsource GT #70 is awesome!

Here are a few of 2Many's photos of the SuperCharged Pettit car.

Engine Bay
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Relocation of coils with holes drilled underneath for air to circulate to keep them cooler.
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Dyno: HP notice his numbers are at 7000 RPM
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Dyno: Torque
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ooooooooooooooooooooooohhh nice!!!!!! good #s!!!!! im savin up for the sc, but im a long way from it... ::sigh::

Wow - thats a serious torque shelf!

You basterds, yeh all of you there. I have the supercharger on my car but doc wont claer me to drive it for 2 weeks, ?uck. Cam wanted me to go but couldnt. Rub it in LOL

How lucky can you get - meeting up with him there! :yesnod: ...not to mention the ride :Eyecrazy:

Checking out one pic - It looks like the OEM strut bar is slightly bent around the SC plenum - did you notice that and then there is that attachment to the passenger side of the strut bar? ...plus that little canister over there?

Looks all he had to do was to shorten the IC a tad bit and we could have kept the MS bar... damn.

Spin, I got more pics. I'll post em later. I gotta take the wife out to dinner right now. Took bunches of photos of cars also. We went for another ride with Cameron again today. TrackAddict and TorqueAholic got some seat time with him. Great races today, wish more of you guys could have made it down/up/over.

A stock one will fit, that ones been tweaked a little throught the R&D.

well my daughter sure owes me a lot now dammit! well-- come to think of it --she already does--and when i hit the nursing home she had better fess up(and she will:). Sure wish I had not missed this good time---but more will come.
Wonder why the petit car didnt have more rpm's? Maybe he does --just doesnt need to use them. Wonder if the upper bands are harder to tune? Wonder what pressure he is using? Temps he is running? etc-etc wonder a hell of a lot.
My daughters new $14468 Mazda I touring, auto, abs, all power is sure nice. Couldnt turn it down for that price--plus her s-40 was starting to blow turbo smoke(147K)---cost a lot to try and keep your daughters safe.
Oh well --out to the shed to blow rotor sounds through my viking horn midpipe.
olddragger

er thats a mazda 3--- slap self on head:(
olddragger