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I can host on 10/12, if we hold the race around 4 pm. We have guests leaving at 11 am, so we can be done with the cleaning by 4.

Finally!! Those of us chained to our houses over the weekend were dying to hear ANYTHING about the race. With Antifa and the Proud Boys sucking all the air out of the news cycle, it's as if nothing else happened in Portland on Saturday. Congrats to the entire Scuderia Kouba effort! They're going to have to retire the trophy!

With regard to the Carrera DTMs, are they going to be raced stock, or will there be mods allowed? I would prefer stock, since I'm cheap...

Doc, we need your steady hand and expertise! The more the merrier, and I have no doubt we have equal or better drivers than any other team we can expect. That being said, Alan will likely be his usual, unpredictable and frustrating self (we got hand-out tires for the BRM Trans-Am and Mini race without any forewarning), but as long as we expect to be frustrated, things should be okay.

I was very fortunate to be paired with Pat Clifton ("Cartnick" on the message boards), one of the best of the Washington racers. I raced with him once before in one of the pre-24 hour races in Tacoma, and we finished 3rd, so this was an improvement. It also helped that we raced one of Al's brilliantly prepared Porsches in the Group C race (we finished 2nd). All in all, we finished 3rd once, second once, and first in 3 of the races that were run. It was a great time (for me, especially—I hope others enjoyed it as well), and was something I hope we can repeat. The Tacoma tracks are a lot of fun. It just made me nostalgic for the fun (?) of the 24-hour race in November...anybody interested? It will happen on Nov. 8-10 this year.

Zack, a few questions:

1) Do I need to bring car(s)?
2) What's the address of your shop, and could I carpool with you?
3) What time do you expect to be back in Portland?

I have permission to participate...so I'm ready to go!

Stan

..we have no bananas?

I am in. It's on my calendar. I can take one other person if needed.

Bill:

Would Goose have had a Strombecker Lotus 19 by any chance? That you'd be willing to part with?

I know many of you must be sick of me talking about "the old club in SoCal", but we solved the "classic" car issue by requiring cars to be "box stock," i.e., just as they came from the factory, with just weight and typical tuning (trued tires, etc.) being the only mods. Sure, the cars were slower than they could have been with the "right" modifications (pods, aftermarket tires, etc.), but then again, they were also "class competitive." That means that they were as closely compatible as they could be. Slow, yes. Squirrely, yes. But also very closely matched, which led to some very tight racing.

Perhaps such rules might be introduced here?

(P.S.—also cheaper than modifying your cars up the kazoo...)

Looking very nice, Bill!