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Here's the schedule off the SNORE site. I'm gonna head down there tonight and take some pics. THUR 03/26/09 Fremont Street East 6 PM - 8 PM - GENERAL TIRE MINT 400 FANFEST MEET & GREET We will be kicking off the street party and FanFest for the 2009 General Tire MINT 400 with food, drinks, race vehicle displays, and more!! Team owners are invited and encouraged (all classes) to participate in this fabulous opportunity. Please make arrangements with me to have your vehicle and team showcased at this event for the fans and media to enjoy. Bring a table, hero cards, posters, team swag - and of course, autograph utensils. We encourage you to dress in your team attire as well. This is a great opportunity for major exposure for your team!! Vendors are also encouraged to open for this event, as there will be throngs of public and fans attending. New Wave Video Productions is taping Tech, the party and the race for 2 television shows to be aired on Versus and Speed, sponsored by General Tire. TORR (Totally Off-Road Radio) will also be covering this event live both on Web TV and radio via the internet! Please contact me if you wish to participate in this portion of the event. Hope to see you there! NOTE: Load-in time for participants is 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. THUR 03/26/09 9 PM - MIDNIGHT -GENERAL TIRE & RED BULL MINT QUEEN CROWNING PARTY The 80’s themed General Tire Mint 400 kick-off party will be at Gold Diggers inside the Golden Nugget on the Fremont Street Experience. Come witness the crowning of the 2009 General Tire Mint 400 Queen and her court! Wear your best 80s garb and win fabulous prizes from General Tire! All costumes will be judged! Must be 21. FRI 03-27-09 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM SIGN UP/REGISTRATION El Cortez Hotel and Casino, 2nd Floor. FRI 03/27/09 - DRIVER’S MEETING 6 PM - BINION’S GAMBLING HALL Binion’s Hotel and Casino Banquet Room, Mezzanine Level. There will be a sign-in sheet for each class. You must either be present or have someone sign in as your representative. No Excuses!. If you do not have a representative there, you will start with a 15 minute penalty. FRI 03/27/09 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM TECH/CONTINGENCY The staging area for Tech/Contingency will be the 3 parking lots provided by Boyd Gaming located on Main Street north of Fremont Street. Vendors and displays will be set up with 10 x 10 EZ ups scattered along Fremont Street through Las Vegas Blvd as well as the Third Street Expansion. Trailers and large displays will be installed on Fremont East from Las Vegas Blvd to 8th Street. Sign up/Registration hours will be 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the El Cortez Hotel and Casino. Load-in day and time for all trailer vendors is THURS 03/26/09 11 AM TO 3:00 PM. Load-in day and time for all EZ up/table display vendors is FRI 5:00 AM TO 8:00 AM - NO EXCEPTIONS! Load-out time will start at 7:00 p.m., with all loading-out to be complete no later than 8:00 p.m. STAGING & VEHICLE TRANSPORT ROUTE – 03/27/09 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM Race vehicle staging will take place in three parking lots provided by Boyd Gaming located on Main Street. The vehicles exit on Main Street heading southbound to Fremont Street, turning eastbound and will travel across Las Vegas Blvd, proceeding eastbound through the Fremont East District, with your chase vehicle waiting in the parking lots on the south corner of 8th Street & Fremont. REACT volunteers and/or Metro will be posted at the exits of all Boyd gaming parking lots that cross traffic, as well as at the left turn onto the Fremont Street Experience from Main Street. Metro will also be handling traffic control at the intersection of Las Vegas Blvd and Fremont Street. No vehicles will be allowed to exit the staging area after 6:00 p.m. to ensure that the street route, Fremont Street Experience and Fremont East District will be clear of race traffic by the designated times. A staging map and parking lay out will be forthcoming. SAT 03/28/09 - 7:00 AM START - RACE DAY Start/finish is located off I-15, about 25 minutes north of Vegas, at the Moapa Travel Plaza, Exit 75. There is a HUGE spectator area there, as well as off Pabco Road. SUN 03/29/09 11 AM - 2009 SNORE/GENERAL TIRE MINT 400 AWARDS BANQUET We will be hosting our Awards Banquet Sunday at 11:00 am - 1:00 pm at the Four Queens

huh? :?:

Chop shop? It looks like a lot of stolen chit. :ah:

Easter has never been a big one. It should be well into the 90's or more by then. You guys have fun!

I'm serious. It really doesn't show up. Cheese texted me earlier today to tell me I'm not crazy and he couldn't see it either. "WFC>>>> Who the F*ck Cares." I do! I wanna see the pic of me eatin chit on the 70! And as long as were pullin brand new acronyms out of our , that would be WTFC. WOFB...whacked out fuggin broad! j/k

Earlier today I read that tech was until 7PM on Friday.

Looks like she caught a wiff of sumthin.

Sweet! Doesn't it feel good makin your own stuff and it ends up turning out nice? Good job Nick.

oh christ, if it was a problem I would have taken it down myself. You always completely miss my point when it comes to avatars, Tim.

Mid to upper 80's and JOE DUNER thinks that's killer weather? I thought 30-50 degrees in your eyes? Should be pretty nice out there this weekend. Other than some day trips, I think I am done for the season.

really? The pic shows up for you? What is WFC? Would you preview & proofread your posts for god sakes!

Thanks Lee. Means alot coming from a guy that knows so much about this chit. You're one fuggin smart fellow. :atc:

I did. It doesn't show up.

"engine architecture"

I let the pic slide this time and then Tim goes and puts it in his AVATAR. Fuggin jackass! oh well Perfect example of give an inch they take a mile.

It was indeed some good times.

You mean the lack of flourecent lighting? yeah, I had to have the aperature all the way open, bump the ISO all the way up to 3200 at times, and even adjust the exposure a lil bit. It was a b*tch, but they came out "ok" I think. This camera is incredible at high ISO settings. Usually there would be a ton of grain or noise at that high of an ISO setting but it's pretty minimal in these shots thanks to this camera. Thanks Jack. I found the sweet spot in the saturation settings to get the colors to stand out but not be too much.

RK's boy, Kyle Johnson...holds the fastest lap time at the track his victory lap

Here's Pastrana signing an autograph racing the karts 99.9% sure this was Jolene from Nitro Circus TP & Jolene

Tonight I went and met up with Kenny (rhino king) and his son Kyle at Pole Position. I wanted to check the place out and watch Kyle run the track. I also wanted to try and get some Well, I'm glad I did. I had the opportunity of meeting Travis Pastrana. He was there with a few of buddies. No camera crews, no crowds, no attention whatsoever. It was way cool. The place was empty. It was his group of friends (some of which looked like some of the Nitro Circus crew) and like ONE other group of teenagers in the whole place. I gotta say, he is one cool dude. I pretty much just introduced myself and said hi. We didn't chat much, but he was very friendly & well mannered. I told him I was a big fan, nice to meet ya yada yada and he seemed very happy to hear it. I quickly threw him my card that has the website info on it and told him if he ever goes to Dumont to hit up the site and say hi! Not sure if that will ever happen, but I thought I'd throw it out there. What was really cool was he was kinda in a hurry since he was up next to run the track and almost seemed like he was being called to hurry up, BUT he still took the time to read the card I gave him. He thanked me in his typical kinda hyper super excited voice, "hey thanks man and nice to meet you too!!!" I was grinning all night. I look up to that guy- he is super talented! pics are coming of the karts....

great shots, Tyler

f*cker ok, that one can stay *edit....what happened???? LOL

so where's the pic of me bustin my azz???

1) no big BLM dollars were used for any sandrails that the BLM has. One was donated by the Gesualdo family and the other (white Funco) is property of the San Bernardino County Sheriff. The last one (old azz beatdown VW)...well I can assure you no big dollars were used for that thing 10 or 20 years ago. :freakin_nuts: 2) the concrete pads were funded my a grant for Dumont maintenance and only that. So yes, it was "use it or lose it money". It seemed rediculous to me at first, but when certain funds can only be used for certain things, I guess it was smart to use it the way they did to have a better organized command center. It might make the difference of a few minutes in an emergency, so yes to me it's worth it. On the other hand, maybe that maintenance money could have been used for critical area fencing though. Maybe not.

LS2 base? Then it would be aluminum. :freakin_nuts: Maybe you meant LS2 "setup" or "casting configuration". It's funny how so many people call thier motors LS1's or LS2's only because they resemble the same shape. :stir: todays lesson... LQ9 & LS2= same shape, but very different OK, I'll stop gettin so picky and technical now.