Anyone building in the Socal area?

#1

If anyone is building their car in the socal area and wants to talk/work on cars lemme know. Two beemers are better than one! Email me @ espphotography@gmail.com

#2

I was thinking about having a sunroof removal/panel install party sometime soon. Just fininshed gutting the lower half of the interior; seats, carpet, door panels, back half of center console, rear shelf minus 3rd brakelight. Anyone???

#3

Where do you live? My schedule is pretty much full until after the NASA event at Cal Speedway (21-22 March). Are you planning on being there?

Mike

#4

Yeah, I should definately be there. Hey a ?, since Ryan never responded to my email. Do I have to get my physical before showing up to the HPDE events? or is that just for racing? And if I have had several track days under my belt, do i still have to start out in HPDE 1? Thanks. I live in Hawthorne, which is just south of LAX airport.

#5

esphoto wrote:

No, you don’t need a physical for HPDE. That’s just for racing.

If this is your first NASA event you’ll start out in HPDE 1. Here in SoCal, HPDE 1 and 2 run together. For NASA SoCal, HPDE 1 requires instructors whereas in HPDE 2 they are optional. You might get promoted from HPDE 1 to HPDE 2 after the first day but don’t sweat it. Your lead instructor (for HPDE 1/2) is a guy by the name of John Matthew. He’s a good guy and runs a tight ship.

Just make sure your car is ready to go and that you are well-rested. Also, get to the track early and get your car teched. You can also get it teched at select garages before Friday. See this list for tech inspection stations in California: http://www.nasaproracing.com/events/hpdetechstations.htm

Don’t be late for any of the meetings. We should get a schedule emailed to us any day now.

I’ll be in HPDE 3 driving a white E30 (#511). Stop by and say hi!

Mike

#6

Did the schedule for this weekend show up yet? I am going to be bringing the M3, and it needs to be tech’d. I wanna know how early i am going to have to get there to tech, if not, I will try to take it to that shop in LA to get it done on thursday.

#7

I haven’t gotten anything yet, either. But I was able to pull this off of the main NASA website: http://socal.drivenasa.com/events/Sched-CSMar08.pdf

Gates open at 6 AM and tech starts at 6:45 AM.

What’s your number and color of your M3? I’ll be in a white E30 (#511 or 51).

Mike

#8

I have a white 95 M3. Don’t know my number yet. I will try to find you. I am going to be running HPDE1 so I will have plenty to time to get the tape out for numbers haha.