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El Mirage => El Mirage General Chat => Topic started by: fredvance on August 24, 2015, 11:08:30 AM
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I am thinking about coming to run El Mirage in November. I have a couple of questions for the bike guys. Do you run an air filter and do you run ballast like at Bonneville?
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Yes and yes.. :cheers:
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Thanks John.
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What is the closest town with decent motels?
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Victorville
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Thankx Stan. :cheers:
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The Del Taco crew stays at Hesperia LaQuinta
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New to El Mirage here as well (spectator) so I'm gonna piggyback in this thread.....Sorry Fred - I owe you one! :cheers:
I'm toying with coming out from NC for the November meet and have a couple of questions.
I read on the SCTA site:
There are four (4) one day races per year, June/July/Sep/Oct and two (2) two day races in May/November.
Vehicle inspections begin on the day prior to the race (Saturday) and the racing begins early Sunday morning.
With November being a 2 day meet, am I correct in that inspection is Friday and racing is both Saturday and Sunday?
Also, is there any cell service and if so is it fair, poor, spotty, etc. I have Verizon.
Would LOVE to see what the dirt is all about! :-D
Any info will be greatly appreciated,
Gregg
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Let's see . . .
There's inspection on both Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.
Phone reception? Don't know. My cord isn't long enuf. Who you gotta call?
And make sure your air fare is refundable. The November meet doesn't always happen and ol' El Nino may take precedent.
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(I learned this the hard way!) Please keep an eye on weather conditions and
lakebed conditions before traveling so far, in case the meet is rained out.
I've been to El Mirage twice, as a spectator. The first time, it was too windy and nobody
was allowed to race. I did, however, very much enjoy looking at the wide variety of vehicles.
The second time, about a year ago, the racing did happen. For much of the time, I sat parked
in my car, "beside" the finish line (a "safe" distance away -- I think it was about 500 feet),
listening to the radio broadcast of the speeds. It was quite nice. The acceleration is for 1.3 miles,
and some of the vehicles exceeded 200 mph. Most did not. There was a food vendor (for
hamburgers, etc.) and an adequate quantity of porta-potties, and a lot of room for racers and
spectators. Nice. Friendly people (no surprise). There was also a fee to get onto the dry lake
area, which is controlled by the BLM. I think it was about $15 per vehicle. No major complaint
from me about that.
Traction on the dirt has been an issue for some, as one might expect. There's a video on
youtube, showing a Honda car (an Insight, as I remember) going pretty fast -- I think it was
close to 200 mph --, losing traction, spinning around and rolling/flipping over lots of times!
Fortunately, this did not cause serious injury to the driver.
There has also been an issue about the BLM not allowing racing if the BLM finds too much
moisture in some part of the lakebed (regardless of whether it is near the racing area).
Controversial and sad . . . another reason to keep an eye on whether the event has been
cancelled (before flying out to California). In fact, since most people make their travel and
lodging plans well in advance, my advice to you is to have a "plan B" in place -- alternate
activities and places to see, while in southern California. There are a lot of automobile-related
things, as well as entertaining places, etc. you could research. Good luck.
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Let's see . . .
There's inspection on both Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.
Phone reception? Don't know. My cord isn't long enuf. Who you gotta call?
And make sure your air fare is refundable. The November meet doesn't always happen and ol' El Nino may take precedent.
Does that mean sept meet is now two days?
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I am thinking about coming to run El Mirage in November.
I'm toying with coming out from NC for the November meet and have a couple of questions.
Gregg
Let's see . . .
There's inspection on both Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.
Does that mean sept meet is now two days?
Dean,
I think they are all talking about the November Meet.
Tom G.
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:-o