Robert Patton Meet and Greet - TUES 2/26

#1

Please join us as we welcome Sir Robert Patton, SpecE30 champion, legend and future Hall of Famer. Great food, margaritas and lots of stories.

When: Tuesday, 2/26

Where: On the Border at Mansell Road, Exit 8 off GA 400

Time: 7:00

#2

Count me in!

#3

Okay, I’ll be there too.

That “sir” thing sounds kinda English. Cool. I’ll tell Laura and we’ll see how that works with inter-family relations.

RP

#4

I am trying to change my schedule to attend this. It seems timely given the fact that I have to fly to Mexico City the next day…it will prepare me for the awful food down there!

#5

Sounds good… see you guys there!

#6

Bump

#7

It depends if its raining. I don’t care to brave 400 during rush-hour in the rain.

#8

Same here. I do need to bring some stuff up to Patton and OPM so this might be good timing.

#9

Afraid of a little precipitation… Sounds like you need to be running in thunder instead of Spec E30

:lol:

#10

Julio -

Thanks for putting this together. It was great to sit down for some food, lies, laughs, stories, discussion of vehicle dynamics…

It was like a race weekend without all the hard work.

Successes from the evening:

  • I walked away with some cash in exchange for 3 full tread 888s.
  • Robert assured me I am not the only moron who spent way too much making a street E30 too nice.
  • Matt Harness has a sweet, original FJ45 that he plans on spending way too much to make too nice.
  • Eric will soon be kicking everyone’s ass on iBiking.
  • Julio’s wife is more lenient than anyone else’s.
  • Following Ranger’s lead, Kelly abandoned SE30’s open trailer roots.
  • Next time I get married, I’m going to pick a father-in-law like Danny did.

PS - Matt - Since you wrapped up your E30stang project, here’s the next target:
Harness’ next project

PPS - Just like every race weekend, M3Bill was not in the pack. :evil:

#11

Nice, Steve, nice…

#12

[quote=“M3Bill” post=71043]Nice, Steve, nice…[/quote]I left a message on someone’s cell phone last night encouraging you to show up. I can only assume I had a wrong number since I didn’t hear back. :stuck_out_tongue:

Have fun in Mexico City. Are you meeting with Telmex about a Spec E30 sponsorship deal?

#13

But every cloud has a silver lining. Did I mention I love my new daily driver (thank you Robert!) :wink:

#14

[quote=“Fred42” post=71045][quote=“Steve D” post=71040]

  • Robert assured me I am not the only moron who spent way too much making a street E30 too nice.
    [/quote]

But every cloud has a silver lining. Did I mention I love my new daily driver (thank you Robert!) ;)[/quote]The new DD is donating it’s engine for the good of the race car, right?

#15

Just so everyone is clear on this: Matt Harness was NOT in Georgia yesterday. That was Michael.

We may look similar and drive the same race car, but I assure you, we are different people.:wink:

Matt

#16

Oops. :blush: Sorry. It’s just that you are both tall, fast, and have great toys.

M. Harness was a pleasure to be with last night. M. Harness was missed terribly.

#17

A few additions to the findings last evening:

  1. Danny has great potential as an iRacer, I think he’ll be good at it and is hooked
  2. Robert $ucks as an iRacer - he’s a true example of “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” :cheer:
  3. The group eagerly awaits Road Atl predictions from Steve “Carnac the Magnificent” D
#18

[quote]
3. The group eagerly awaits Road Atl predictions from Steve “Carnac the Magnificent” D[/quote]
The good news is McKay will run a 41 flat.

The bad news is it will be on a Hall County breathalyzer.

#19

[quote=“ctbimmer” post=71047][quote=“Fred42” post=71045][quote=“Steve D” post=71040]

  • Robert assured me I am not the only moron who spent way too much making a street E30 too nice.
    [/quote]

But every cloud has a silver lining. Did I mention I love my new daily driver (thank you Robert!) ;)[/quote]The new DD is donating it’s engine for the good of the race car, right?[/quote]

Actually I seriously considered the motor from my youngest’s 325is DD (don’t tell him I said that). Luckily the Mobergs found me a (well-used) motor in Asheville.

#20

[quote=“Fred42” post=71131][quote=“ctbimmer” post=71047][quote=“Fred42” post=71045][quote=“Steve D” post=71040]

  • Robert assured me I am not the only moron who spent way too much making a street E30 too nice.
    [/quote]

But every cloud has a silver lining. Did I mention I love my new daily driver (thank you Robert!) ;)[/quote]The new DD is donating it’s engine for the good of the race car, right?[/quote]

Actually I seriously considered the motor from my youngest’s 325is DD (don’t tell him I said that). Luckily the Mobergs found me a (well-used) motor in Asheville.[/quote]

That really was dumb luck how that all worked out. I was kinda hoping Bob had sourced you a motor so I might be able to hoard that one for myself. What a sweet deal.

Hope Bob has got everything finished up so you don’t miss RA. Is the tranny in Rock Hill?