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Lunatic · 01-04-2015, 07:23 PM

I love ORP, by far my favorite track. I did 14 track days there last year and will do that if not more this coming year. Looking forward to meeting you.
Now, on to the important stuff. Speaking of the Monte Carlo Rally, look who signed Linda's dash!

torqdork · 01-04-2015, 08:16 PM

Forgive my dropped jaw and drool, wow.

Lunatic · 01-04-2015, 08:26 PM

Paddy Hopkirk was in Calif this past year and signed Linda's car. We also met Timo Makinen but didn't think to get his autograph.

torqdork · 01-04-2015, 08:54 PM

I once had the experience of riding along with Taisto Hänninen in his Group B Corolla during part of a stage of the Olympus Rally at a press event.

As he chain smoked on the freeway enroute to the forest start, engine screaming at high freeway speeds, he yelled how a rally driver must be out of control most of the time to win. I sort of got it until we set off and he pretty much scared the crap out of me. Airborne over blind hillcrests with nothing but sky and the tops of old growth fir trees whizzing by, I was thinking Taisto had a secret death wish. Pro rally drivers are different, maybe the most skilled of any other motorsports type.

So, ORP is your favorite? I've heard that from many other track junkies who rate it above Thunderhill and Laguna Seca that are usually on the top of most lists. Hopefully, with development planned for the near future, ORP management can attract a nationally televised event there. It would make for great viewing. Speaking of that, someone posted a video of you banging gears around ORP and your car sounded and looked very fast. Can't find the link right now, but hope you saw it.

Lunatic · 01-04-2015, 09:24 PM

I have run almost every track on the west coast, and every track has it's fun parts. I also like Luguna seca and Thunderhill. I have only done a pace lap at Thunderhill West but that is going to be one awesome track. I am currently down in CA for the winter so I'm doing Chuckwalla and Willow Springs as much as I can.
Here's the video you were asking about. (I'm number 24)

torqdork · 01-05-2015, 12:11 AM

That's the one. About the best illustration I've seen of the elevation changes at ORP. On my first couple of stints there I was lost despite watching videos and studying the track map beforehand. It's the blind, cresting turns that made me tentative. Then my ORP experienced friend Jon @jblmr2 let me shadow him and that made the rest of the day enjoyable.

Lunatic · 01-05-2015, 02:13 AM

ORP is quite the track. 400 feet of elevation change and 14 blind corners. Took me the better part of a summer to learn it. Now I love it. Every time I'm on track I learn something new.

01-04-2015, 07:23 PM	#15
Lunatic Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: 2015 Raven FRS Location: Indio, CA. Just an Old Fart in a Automatic!. Posts: 1,614 Thanks: 7 Thanked 1,056 Times in 488 Posts Mentioned: 40 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	I love ORP, by far my favorite track. I did 14 track days there last year and will do that if not more this coming year. Looking forward to meeting you. Now, on to the important stuff. Speaking of the Monte Carlo Rally, look who signed Linda's dash! Attached Images

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01-04-2015, 08:16 PM	#16
torqdork Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: RV-7 Location: Out West Posts: 1,818 Thanks: 1,042 Thanked 893 Times in 562 Posts Mentioned: 45 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Forgive my dropped jaw and drool, wow.

01-04-2015, 08:26 PM	#17
Lunatic Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: 2015 Raven FRS Location: Indio, CA. Just an Old Fart in a Automatic!. Posts: 1,614 Thanks: 7 Thanked 1,056 Times in 488 Posts Mentioned: 40 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Paddy Hopkirk was in Calif this past year and signed Linda's car. We also met Timo Makinen but didn't think to get his autograph.

01-04-2015, 08:54 PM	#18
torqdork Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: RV-7 Location: Out West Posts: 1,818 Thanks: 1,042 Thanked 893 Times in 562 Posts Mentioned: 45 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	I once had the experience of riding along with Taisto Hänninen in his Group B Corolla during part of a stage of the Olympus Rally at a press event. As he chain smoked on the freeway enroute to the forest start, engine screaming at high freeway speeds, he yelled how a rally driver must be out of control most of the time to win. I sort of got it until we set off and he pretty much scared the crap out of me. Airborne over blind hillcrests with nothing but sky and the tops of old growth fir trees whizzing by, I was thinking Taisto had a secret death wish. Pro rally drivers are different, maybe the most skilled of any other motorsports type. So, ORP is your favorite? I've heard that from many other track junkies who rate it above Thunderhill and Laguna Seca that are usually on the top of most lists. Hopefully, with development planned for the near future, ORP management can attract a nationally televised event there. It would make for great viewing. Speaking of that, someone posted a video of you banging gears around ORP and your car sounded and looked very fast. Can't find the link right now, but hope you saw it.

01-04-2015, 09:24 PM	#19
Lunatic Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: 2015 Raven FRS Location: Indio, CA. Just an Old Fart in a Automatic!. Posts: 1,614 Thanks: 7 Thanked 1,056 Times in 488 Posts Mentioned: 40 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	I have run almost every track on the west coast, and every track has it's fun parts. I also like Luguna seca and Thunderhill. I have only done a pace lap at Thunderhill West but that is going to be one awesome track. I am currently down in CA for the winter so I'm doing Chuckwalla and Willow Springs as much as I can. Here's the video you were asking about. (I'm number 24)

01-05-2015, 12:11 AM	#20
torqdork Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: RV-7 Location: Out West Posts: 1,818 Thanks: 1,042 Thanked 893 Times in 562 Posts Mentioned: 45 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	That's the one. About the best illustration I've seen of the elevation changes at ORP. On my first couple of stints there I was lost despite watching videos and studying the track map beforehand. It's the blind, cresting turns that made me tentative. Then my ORP experienced friend Jon @jblmr2 let me shadow him and that made the rest of the day enjoyable.

01-05-2015, 02:13 AM	#21
Lunatic Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: 2015 Raven FRS Location: Indio, CA. Just an Old Fart in a Automatic!. Posts: 1,614 Thanks: 7 Thanked 1,056 Times in 488 Posts Mentioned: 40 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	ORP is quite the track. 400 feet of elevation change and 14 blind corners. Took me the better part of a summer to learn it. Now I love it. Every time I'm on track I learn something new.

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