SPDA VIP Night at Delaware (London Ontario) - You're Invited [Archive]

JoeT

07-02-2009, 10:29 PM

Hi All,

July 10th is the VIP night at the Oval for SPDA, sponsored by Fenwick Subaru. All attendees will receive free entry and free food for the evening.

Unlike Barrie Speedway, Delaware is a large over with 2 distinct straights, meaning, cars with HP will easilly have an advantage on this track, and the straights are long!!

Fenwick is putting on the black tie to support SPDA in it's activites. SPDA is looking for people to attend this special night. You'll be treated to "Preferred Parking", Hosted by Fenwick Subaru in the VIP Airconditioned lounge overlooking the oval, and all the food you can stuff into your belly.

This is a family affair so bring the family and enjoy the show.

In addition, SPDA is looking for volunteers to run at the King of the Hill. Prize purse is $1000.00 but there's a catch. We want to give the Delaware spectators a show so there will be something special for the people running the KOTH.

So far - Running at the King of the Hill
JoeT - Legacy
Steve D - STI
Ivano D - WRX
Jennifer - WRX, KOTH + VIP
Caveman - VIP Only (needs trailer)
Mike W VIP + possibly KOTH stock miata (Very slow)
Maurizio - VIP + Show
Jason V + 2 others for VIP + Show
Tashko - (Confirmation Required)
Melanie - Show + VIP (Mel and Adrian)
Quentin - ???

Please post here if you either want to enjoy the VIP or do both the KOTH and VIP.

We also need show cars to park in the show area.

Please post:

Name - VIP + KOTH
or
Name - VIP Only
or
Name - VIP + Show

Thank you

isopropyl_z24

07-02-2009, 10:44 PM

Ok I got the day off work so
Jen VIP + KOTH

Rob (aka video) VIP Only

Rob will be out in Sep to run in KOTH Need to find a trailer first.

mikewolf

07-02-2009, 11:10 PM

Mike W VIP + possibly KOTH in my stock miata (Very slow)

Maurizio

07-03-2009, 06:57 AM

I will come done for spectating, what is VIP+Show?

JoeT

07-03-2009, 07:33 AM

VIP + Show = Access to VIP area (Free), Food, and parking inside the spectator area so the crowd can look at the car.

Maurizio

07-03-2009, 08:12 AM

VIP+Show then :-D

AndrewR

07-03-2009, 09:10 AM

What is the time for this event?

JoeT

07-03-2009, 09:22 AM

The event starts around 7:00 Ish, PM. But we have the run of the track prior to that, if we want to play.

JoeT

07-06-2009, 01:18 PM

Hi All,

I'm getting confirmation as to what time we can be there to have some lapping time. This will provide us guys (new to the track) some time to get acquainted with the nuances of the HUGE oval prior to competition.

So even if you're coming for the show portion, you're welcome to come out and have some lapping fun at the oval.

JoeT

07-06-2009, 11:39 PM

Hummmmmm

http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Venom525rwhp/?action=view&current=DelawarepracticeAug2007-1.flv

Maurizio

07-07-2009, 08:15 AM

that looked quick...

What time do you think we will be meeting/leaving to head to the track.

JoeT

07-07-2009, 09:03 AM

I'm just waiting for confirmation, because depending on their reply, we may have free reign on the track to do some lapping. If not, it's no use getting there early.

I should be able to let everyone know this evening.

Navigator

07-07-2009, 10:17 AM

I wont be able to compete, waiting for parts that I broke on the weekend. I am coming down to cheer for sure.

Cavemanrjc

07-07-2009, 07:31 PM

Found A trailer :-D
However car was a little loose on the way home sunday from the TLMC event
I Ripped the right rear upper control arm off the body
:-(
So Im still just coming to watch and video the event

kfarquhar

07-08-2009, 08:10 AM

Hey Joe.
It is going to be a great event. Nice to see SPDA support.
Hope the weather holds. No fun in the rain with the old 83 Mustang.
If you get permission for a pre-show lapping section, would love to join in.

JoeT

07-08-2009, 09:53 AM

Hi Guys,

A little update. We will not be able to do any lapping on Friday, so that idea is out.

All cars should plan on being at Delaware at 5:15 PM so we can park at the inner gates for display.

Meeting Spot will be at:

Mississauga Rd & 401 North East corner, Tim Hortons

Departure time will be 3:15 pm, that should be enough time.

See Y'all there.

STeveD

07-08-2009, 10:05 AM

What's the tire change protocol, Joe? Drive on the tires we show up with?

1sti2nv

07-08-2009, 04:29 PM

anyone got CAA just in case someone hits something

JoeT

07-08-2009, 04:42 PM

Hi Steve,

Its arrive and drive, that way we don't discourage the locals. BTW, the locals run V710's and Hoosiers on that track, so I suggest bringing your intended tiresa with you and changing them when we get close to the track.

John,

Ya there will be people with CAA Plus, but I don't think anyone will be hitting anything.

See y'all soon

1sti2nv

07-08-2009, 04:44 PM

so we could pretty much run any tire

idk if the star spec will hold out to your r1

hmm

JoeT

07-08-2009, 05:34 PM

I'm not using RA-1's actually. I may not even have a car there depending on how things go, but my fingers are crossed. For this event, it does not matter which Subaru wins, as long as a subaru wins. My car is not the one to beat, actually, there's a certain STI which has lighter weight, stickier tires and more power than mine coming out to play.

Come out and play and I'll explain the game plan.. LOL, yup there will be tean orders, but it will benefit all.

1sti2nv

07-08-2009, 05:45 PM

care to explain the game plan more here ?
:)

miatagirl77

07-08-2009, 07:47 PM

3:15?? But I work until 4! Hahahaha, looks like I'm not going to make it out for this one. I thought when you said 5:15, it meant leave GTA at 5:15.

kfarquhar

07-08-2009, 10:06 PM

You can run any tire that has a DOT number on it.
They WILL check the winning cars tires before they consider it a win and pay out the money.

kfarquhar

07-08-2009, 10:16 PM

5:15 would still be okay to come to the event.
You should arraive around 7;30.
7 to 8 is practise for the racing classes
8pm is race starting time.
KOTH is at the end of the program normally.

isopropyl_z24

07-08-2009, 11:13 PM

Up date on the tow for Robs car. He bought a 91 F350. Now we just have to get a hold of the guy with the trailer and put them all on the road and we will be set for Sep.
1sti2nv I thought you were not going to make it?? I guess you got tires? Have you run at Delaware before because you'll love it. We will see ya there.

miatagirl77

07-09-2009, 07:58 AM

If we arrive later, can we still park in the VIP area with our cars?

mikewolf

07-09-2009, 08:40 AM

I will not be making it. Why do people have their stupid birthdays during racing season?

STeveD

07-09-2009, 08:40 AM

Steve +1 VIP

JoeT

07-09-2009, 09:17 AM

miatagirl77 wrote:
If we arrive later, can we still park in the VIP area with our cars?

Yes

Maurizio

07-09-2009, 03:42 PM

Joe, can you add a +1 for me. A friend just confirmed that he want to come along.

1sti2nv

07-09-2009, 03:45 PM

ok I don't understand why we have to leave so early if the koth wont start till after the racing

either way i'm going to try and make it hopefully

btw if I do show I'm bring someone with me

tashko

07-09-2009, 04:07 PM

Looks like I'm in but I won't be leaving the t. until 5ish.

Tashko +1 - VIP + KOTH

I'll be running my RA-1's. To lazy to bring the V710's.

Fentin_Fury

07-09-2009, 06:29 PM

stuck in Vancouver :(

kfarquhar

07-09-2009, 08:37 PM

I will be there, plus my wife and Ted (the other 5.0 Mustang)

Looking forward to seeing everyone.

Tasko, those RA1's are plenty fast!!
Hope the car is running well.
I new your car must of had problems at Barrie.
It is much faster then that.

Navigator

07-10-2009, 11:15 AM

Update on Joes behalf. If anyone cant be there early show up when you can and head up to the VIP area. The more the merrier.

isopropyl_z24

07-10-2009, 11:28 AM

Are we there yet?
Should be able to make Tim's.
Hopefully Rob won't need to many pit stops. He don't like driving with me because I won't stop till I get where I am going or need gas. I thought that boys could hold it better then girls??

jasv11

07-11-2009, 09:35 AM

Hey Joe, had a fantastic time last night at the track. The event put on by Fenwick Subaru was awesome. Very glad I went. The wife and kid had a blast. running in the KOTH was a real rush even though I only got one run in and then had either a pilot bearing go or my throwout bearing took a dump. Hopefully thats all it is thats wrong with it. I wish I could have continued on but figured I better stop before I couldnt drive it home.

Its amazing how just one lap around the track at full tilt brought me right back to 20 years ago when I drove stock car back at Flamboro speedway although this time in a much quicker car today. It was fun and scary at the same time. I think the car I ran back then was maybe 250hp at the wheels in a big sled of a pontiac.

Congrats to 1sti2nv for doing an amazing driving job all night to take it home for team subaru and to make us all proud. Great Job man!! Driving around a feild of 34 cars was no small feat.

Over all it was a great showing by all the subarus at the event as they were beating up on some serious powered local cars all night.

It was great meeting alot of you guys and girls last night as well, what a great bunch of people they all are. See you at the next event.

Jason

JoeT

07-11-2009, 10:00 AM

It was quite amazing how many were eliminated during the first rounds, with 34 cars in the field, it quickly got thinned down. All the Subaru's did extremely well, and the crowd was actually surprised when JasV's car didn't move off the line.

John's car with that 18G was working really well inspite of the BOV tube slipping off all the time. From the announcer booth, it was pretty entertaining talking about all you guys. For the most part, the gaps between the Subaru's and the others were quite significant. But for a few it was pretty tight.

Riian in the cobalt in an exhibition of poor judgement, the Lexus trying to do a drift and broadsiding the pit entrance, the Viper late braking and almost throwing it all away 2 times, the "Grocerygetter aka Station Wagon" the local favourite getting beaten on the first round.

All in all, the hospitality exibited by Fenwick was amazing. The VIP area was an excellent viewing vantage point in the center of all activity, food, drink, a HUGE thanks goes out to Fenwick for a great time.

I hope that the Subaru's winning along with translates into Subaru sales for him.

Thanks to everyone that participated for making this evening a success, it was great to see all the fast cars out, playing at the King of the Hill at Delaware. The next event at Delaware is in September, but we'll see if we can have a club track day at Delaware sometime in hopes to attract more people to this type of event.

Thanks again all for coming out and having fun!!!

Thanks Fenwick for hosting the event!!

1sti2nv

07-11-2009, 11:08 AM

Great event

A lot of fast cars but to bad the coablt got into me that wasnt cool at all, I'll make sure not to race him again

thanks to fenwick for holding a great event

Long live the KING :)

Maurizio

07-11-2009, 12:05 PM

What A fantastic night. I personally enjoyed the drive there since I did not compete. Fenwick was a spectacular host, and got to share lots of laughs all night long.

The one thing that I like the most when spectating is hearing all the locals smack talk the "imports" (Subaru's), until Jason and John did a full acceleration pull in the warm up lap. That quickly shut them up. Then the 4 wheel spinning, jumping off the line like a cheetah, quickly drew the Subaru's to be greatly favored by the locals. This is why I like to come out.

Once again it was a great night, with great people, great entertainment, and hosted by a fantastic dealer. Tilll the next KOTH.

Cheers

STeveD

07-11-2009, 12:57 PM

Earl and I send our thanks to Fenwick Subaru as well. That was a nice treat! And Earl says that amenities at the tracks sure have changed since he raced... ;-)

It kills me to lose to a Viper by that small a margin, but at least the crowd enjoyed it, and I can remind myself what Rob keeps saying...

... it's better to drive home thinking "I could have gone faster..." than ride home in the cab of the flatbed thinking "my wife is going to kill me."

STeveD

07-11-2009, 01:27 PM

BTW, I know I was smoking badly on start-up, but did anyone see / smell anything when I was going for it?

JoeT

07-11-2009, 01:39 PM

From the MC Control Tower your car looked fine. The only comments being made was for the sparkler show that your front brakes were producing.

It was kewl!!

kfarquhar

07-11-2009, 01:49 PM

Great night at KOTH.
Special thanks to Fenwick, SPDA and to Joe T.
The final was exciting, tough to get that Subaru off the line.

Looking forward to some videos.

STeveD

07-11-2009, 02:38 PM

Woulda coulda shoulda..

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isopropyl_z24

07-11-2009, 03:26 PM

Thanks to all for a great night out. Looking forward to next time.
Steeve I think Rob got that race vid but I don't know where he put it and I'm off to Barrie Speedway. But I will post it. Are you going to Peterbrough ?

STeveD

07-11-2009, 07:19 PM

Yep! See you tomorrow in Peterborough.

Marsh

07-11-2009, 07:51 PM

I warned you Delaware had some fast cars. Who ended up winning? The locals I talked to could only tell me it was a Subaru, not which one.

1sti2nv

07-11-2009, 10:13 PM

hey marsh i took it all

btw where are the rest of the videos

kfarquhar

07-11-2009, 10:52 PM

Hey Marsh, you missed one of the best KOTH to date
AS 1STI.. just said, he won it all.
I raced him in the final. Good race, Lost 2 straight, 2nd one close.

The guys are bringing out some pretty fast and expensive cars to run for the big $'s on a track circled with concrete walls???

Was a lot of fun.

isopropyl_z24

07-11-2009, 11:28 PM

Steeve
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGGCVE_9UXk&feature=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSuyX5Q_VAQ&feature=channel_page

STeveD

07-11-2009, 11:28 PM

Hey, K! My neighbour was wondering what kind of power you're putting down...? Nice driving! The sparks from the back of your car... was that from the panhard rod scraping the ground?

Jenn: Had to edit out the middle part, eh? ;-) Thanks for the videos!

isopropyl_z24

07-11-2009, 11:45 PM

No that was Rob. He must of turned it off for some reason. I think that was to close race and they should have run you again.

PS I didn't get it on tape but I put Ricky Bobby around at Barrie between 3 and 4.
I did win 2 out of 3 over a 07 Charger RT with a hemi
On All Seasons yeah baby
:cheer:

Cavemanrjc

07-12-2009, 12:34 AM

Hay your lucky you got what you got
Battery in the camera is not much for stamina
it turnd off by it self

I think There is a 1 video of each of the subarus from SPDA I think
Check Jennys you tube

Thank You for an awsome night
It was a good time for sure.

Ill be out for the fall one, and well see if we cant streach the sevens legs a little (Giggeling the entire time) Im thinking its going to nead some some compresion in a can for it though :)

Agane Great night
Thanks

venom

07-12-2009, 01:03 AM

1sti2nv

Closer inspection revealed more damage to my front bumper than I originally thought. I am sure you must be missing paint also.

You raced clean and held your line, it was me that screwed up.
I just want to make things right, please PM me.

Riaan

our vid
http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h199/Venom525rwhp/?action=view&current=MVI_2424.flv

tashko

07-12-2009, 02:01 AM

Hey guys, that was one awesome night. I wish I made it past round two but at least losing to a car that made it to the finals is consolation! Thanks for Fenwick Subaru for the hospitality, it was much appreciated!

Riaan, Jon, I'm sure no harm was meant, just a racing incident. Hopefully it's all good for you guys.

I really enjoyed Delaware! What a great track and facility!

Thanks to Fenwick for having us. I'm going to have to beat that darn Mustang next time!!! <shakes fist>
t.

kfarquhar

07-12-2009, 11:09 AM

"The sparks from the back of your car... was that from the panhard rod scraping the ground?"

No, that was from the battery on the metal floor as the battery box broke lose on the launch. That won't be happening again!!

No ideal of what the hp for the old girl is, never been near a dyno. It runs pretty good.

1sti2nv

07-12-2009, 12:00 PM

couple nice videos but i'm sure theres more

wheres all those pics :)

btw kfar my blow off tube came off again the last race thats why it was a lot closer

kfarquhar

07-12-2009, 07:52 PM

1sti2nv congrats on the win... great race.
Sorry I did not get there to personally cangratulate you.
Did not expect it to be as close as it was.
I was good that a Subaru won on Fenwich night.

Hope there are more vid's coming.

Maurizio

07-12-2009, 11:18 PM

The pics will be up shortly, I got a first glimpse of them this afternoon. Just so people dont ask later, there are no pics of the KOTH, conditions were too dark to take pictures.

JoeT

07-12-2009, 11:38 PM

evometrix

07-13-2009, 10:31 AM

First teaser pictures from Friday are in. Thanks again for an awesome event. :-)

http://spda-online.ca/modules/xoopsgallery/cache/albums/albun94/Delaware_1.jpg

http://spda-online.ca/modules/xoopsgallery/cache/albums/albun94/Delaware_2_001.jpg

http://spda-online.ca/modules/xoopsgallery/cache/albums/albun94/Delaware_3.jpg

http://spda-online.ca/modules/xoopsgallery/cache/albums/albun94/Delaware_5.jpg

JoeT

07-13-2009, 10:40 AM

That's not a teaser pic... LOL

evometrix

07-13-2009, 10:44 AM

Joe, I know which pictures you want ;-)

evometrix

07-13-2009, 04:14 PM

Here are some more:

http://spda-online.ca/modules/xoopsgallery/cache/albums/albun94/Delaware_6.jpg

http://spda-online.ca/modules/xoopsgallery/cache/albums/albun94/Delaware_7.jpg

http://spda-online.ca/modules/xoopsgallery/cache/albums/albun94/Delaware_8.jpg

http://spda-online.ca/modules/xoopsgallery/cache/albums/albun94/Delaware_9.jpg

http://spda-online.ca/modules/xoopsgallery/cache/albums/albun94/Delaware_10.jpg

http://spda-online.ca/modules/xoopsgallery/cache/albums/albun94/Delaware_11.jpg