2011 SC Shootout Success - Thanks to all!

Damon,

I'm glad you enjoyed the Shootout, and since you attended I'm planning to be at Carlisle in 2012.

David

David,
I did mention to Kurt; now that Damon made it to the Shootout, you had to come to Carlisle. I really hope you can make it out. I hope to make it back to the shootout.

Ken
 
I guess the real question Damon, Would you go again?

Well,

Time permitting (meaning a full friday-monday off) I would make the trip again. I had tried in the past but it never panned out for me. Admittingly I probably wont race my car but it be nice to not have to worry about getting back for work in time (OR THE SAME DAY!).

Be it the shootout or Carlisle I just love seeing SC's in general. Its funny because I have always been a racer and more into power than car shows..Its just that carshows to me allow time to really appreciate all of the cars involved in a stress free environment. Basically my priorities have changed over the years. The shootout is a different experience. Not better or worse fo rme...Just different. If we could get all the guys and gals to go to both events it would be huge but its allot to expect of anyone.

In the end Im all about promoting the SC to the non believers as silly as it sounds. And the only way to do that is to attend events that have all makes and models of cars. All Ford events such as Carlisle are the ultimate as you are more likely to convert a Ford guy than a Chevy guy...Imagine if Casey had spun a 805rwhp on the dyno at Carlisle where thousands of ford nuts go to see whats there...And it would probably get magazine coverage even in Camo Green. Unless you been to Carlisle you cant understand what teh potential for publicity an event liek that can bring. But we just dont have enough enthusiasm in it.

Bottomline is that if I can make the shootout next year ill do it...I'll also see if I can rustle up some of my magazine buddies. Ill offer the invite and see what they say
 
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My thoughts and observations

Well now that I have back for several days now, i am reflecting on this years shootout and I can't remember when it seemed so organized.

Phillip, I must say you ran that Dyno portion of the weekend like a pro and a lot of folks really appreciate all the effort you put into that. Congrats young man it was well done. I don't remember a Dyno Day from previous shootouts that was over and done well before nightfall.

My hats off to all the behind the scene folks that work so very hard to make each and every shootout a pleasure to attend. Dawn and I will be coming to as many of these events as we can in the future. We had fun getting re-aquanted with old friends and meeting new ones.

Dawn brought up a suggestion that I think would go a long way in making new Shootout attendees feel a little more welcome and accepted. Sometime Friday evening or Saturday morning it would be nice to get all first time shootout folks together to let them know how things work for the weekend. Perhaps have a quick introduction period where everyone could put a name to a face and perhaps a Q/A session for the new shootout folks, so they could feel more up to speed about the whole weekend. I just know how I felt during my first shootout in OK. Just a thought.

Anyway now that I have been back for a few days I am really looking forward to the KY Shootout next month.

The only issue I had was with the racing on Sunday. We really got a late start, which for whatever reasons seemed to put a damper on things as people where ready and waiting to get down the track, and it seemed to rush folks to get as many runs as they wanted to get before competition. Other than that it all seemed to go fairly well.

A Special thanks to Chris Vining for taking his time to help out with a tuning issue I was having and made my runs better and better as the day went on.

I had one other issue with the class changes, and qualifying but those are for another day.

Anyway, great to see everyone again, and I look forward to next years shootout.

Smitty & Dawn
 
Well now that I have back for several days now, i am reflecting on this years shootout and I can't remember when it seemed so organized.

Phillip, I must say you ran that Dyno portion of the weekend like a pro and a lot of folks really appreciate all the effort you put into that. Congrats young man it was well done. I don't remember a Dyno Day from previous shootouts that was over and done well before nightfall.

My hats off to all the behind the scene folks that work so very hard to make each and every shootout a pleasure to attend. Dawn and I will be coming to as many of these events as we can in the future. We had fun getting re-aquanted with old friends and meeting new ones.

Dawn brought up a suggestion that I think would go a long way in making new Shootout attendees feel a little more welcome and accepted. Sometime Friday evening or Saturday morning it would be nice to get all first time shootout folks together to let them know how things work for the weekend. Perhaps have a quick introduction period where everyone could put a name to a face and perhaps a Q/A session for the new shootout folks, so they could feel more up to speed about the whole weekend. I just know how I felt during my first shootout in OK. Just a thought.

Anyway now that I have been back for a few days I am really looking forward to the KY Shootout next month.

The only issue I had was with the racing on Sunday. We really got a late start, which for whatever reasons seemed to put a damper on things as people where ready and waiting to get down the track, and it seemed to rush folks to get as many runs as they wanted to get before competition. Other than that it all seemed to go fairly well.

A Special thanks to Chris Vining for taking his time to help out with a tuning issue I was having and made my runs better and better as the day went on.

I had one other issue with the class changes, and qualifying but those are for another day.

Anyway, great to see everyone again, and I look forward to next years shootout.

Smitty & Dawn

Dawn let the cat out of the bag and I found out she has an sc!!! She beter be racing next year, no excuses! Hey I thought bink's girlfrined to go down a couple times in my car. If she can do it so can she and last year was my first year, she just has to get out there.

Mel
 
She has and can!

Dawn let the cat out of the bag and I found out she has an sc!!! She beter be racing next year, no excuses! Hey I thought bink's girlfrined to go down a couple times in my car. If she can do it so can she and last year was my first year, she just has to get out there.

Mel

She has raced her car locally here a few times, but it needs a little suspension work before she will try now. It actually runs very well for a fairly stock 94 SC. She came in fourth in the points for the season a few years back with her car in the trophy class!

I will certainly try and get her to drive hers up behind me next year, so she can race, that way we have a trailer in case anything happens to one of them.

Smitty
 
I know we don't see or know what goes on when trying to put this event together. They're are many people I'm sure that are involved that we don't even know or see and thanks to them. For the ones in the forefront that we do see at the event, all I can say is that you all do a hell of a job. Between the entire Dalke and Oatway families, they handle the most difficult tasks with enthusiasm and my hat goes off to you. Your efforts are well apreciated by the many who attend and enjoy the festivities while you tirelessly cook, set up and run the events in a professional manner. To all of the others who support with their help thank you also, you know who you are. I don't know how others felt but I was really happy for Brian for winning his class and setting some pretty spectacular personal best times at the track, you deserved it my man. Now on the lighter side I'll have someone to race (with a rollbar next year) besides that Vinning character who seemingly has my number in whatever state we race in........:rolleyes:
 
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I don't know how others felt but I was really happy for Brian for winning his class and setting some pretty spectacular personal best times at the track, you deserved it my man. Now on the lighter side I'll have someone to race (with a rollbar next year) besides that Vinning character who seemingly has my number in whatever state we race in........:rolleyes:

Thanks Keith.....rollbar research has begun. Holy crap tubing benders and notchers cost a fortune!!!!

I'm pretty sure it was the TBU sticker on my helmet that made the difference.
 
Harbor Freight has a cheap notcher that works pretty well. Bender just find a local shop that can do a few bends. Just buy a kit from S&W then the only thing you might need to bend is the door bars.
 
Just my Thoughts

I have had a great time at every Shootout I have attended. I have met some of the best people around at it. I know it takes a lot to put this all together. David & Connie Dalke and their family put in a lot of time as do the Oatways and their family. Sally Arnold taking all those great pictures. There are lots of others that put in time and effort to make this event come together I can't remember or name them all.

Over all 3 days of the event I saw attendee's helping other attendee's whether they knew them or not which is not a surprise to me. This group has always seemed more close knit and willing to share information to keep these cars improving. Then getting to see the vast array of different builds and fantastic work by guys like Ken Wagner and others. You don't see that in a lot of other clubs.

From the Friday night parking lot party with the TBU box o crap auctions, Saturdays car show, seeing how fast people can disappear when they hear a car on the dyno, food and friends that night. Sunday to the racing and if anyone has a problem more than enough people willing to stop and give others a hand or a needed part.

So, just a tip of my hat to everyone who made this happen and everyone who came. I had a great time and I'll be back next year
 
I got charged twice from the hampton 230 bux, then next day i saw my statement just had one hampton for 200 bux, idk ~~~ they are doing.
 
We paid cash for our room @ the Hampton, and they still insisted on authorizing our debit card for the full amount of the room. The hold on those funds has still not cleared yet:mad:
 
We paid cash for our room @ the Hampton, and they still insisted on authorizing our debit card for the full amount of the room. The hold on those funds has still not cleared yet:mad:

Ph yeah..you had to remind me...I guess will looked pretty wild...what did they think we were gonna do order a bunch o porn, trash the room...good grief...I didn't realized they had held the money on our account...lovely...stupid bastards...it's called cash!!!:eek
 
Yeahhhh, crazy people. lol oh well. we may have taken up a lot of space, but we cleaned up our mess and stayed pretty quiet :confused:

I wonder how many of us called confused because two of the ladies there were NOT very nice to me then 2 of the extra charges meraculously disappeared the next day :D
 
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