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What HC is all about...
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ovrkll said:Don't know how I missed this thread :scratchhead: . I look forward to seeing everyone again, also. Was a great time and made some good friends!
Hey 20Ducks, where are the rest of the pics?
Later today....I think. Been to a car show and 4 of us BMW's got zip. Not happy campers
Even with the Zaino advantage? :scratchhead:
Okay, here we go...............
Registration time at the host hotel (Embassy Suites) we had a hospitality suite set up with finger food. Ovrkll hovered and ate until they asked us to leave. This ice sculpture was the only thing left on the table:
Part of the atrium, after IMZ4N and Fire n Ice drank all the beer, most people left for the parking lot or went to their rooms:
The next day, those that passed the breathilizer test could got to the BMW Performance Center to drive, guess what?, BMW provided cars on several different course layouts. Here is the entrance, Ovrkll didn't eat or drink anything here because there wasn't anything there to eat or drink. I managed to take a picture and spent some money at the Lifestyles boutique.
Here we are at the slalom. IMZ4N is to the right looking wistful because someone barged through the line and jumped into this blue car. I took a pic of it and reported it to the BMW slalom police. They said they couldn't do much to the queue jumper because of his age. John is also in the middle of the pack wearing a white t-shirt looked like he wanted to jump ahead of everyone else but was chicken so he didn't.
The driver <guess who> didn't do so well. I told them to lie about his time and call out a really good time just to make him feel good and not to hurt his feelings and look like a spaz...so they did.
IMZ4N couldn't hear the instructor so he got real close. He also wanted to show off his new t-shirt. I stole it off him later that evening. Thanks, Bob.
Here the female instructor kept on singing "...I'm to sexy for this radio, tooo sexxxxy", you know the song. She kept on asking me if her butt looks good in those slacks, I didn't think so, but I lied to her anyway. I didn't want Ovrkll to get into any more trouble than he already was. She has solid gluteal muscles.
Here is a useless photo of Z4's lined up for their run. Useless.
Here is Ovrkll smiling because this is his last run out of 44 that he had to do as penance for queue jumping. Naughty, naughty. He managed a smile because during the previous run when the driver shifted from first to second, the gear shift knob came off. It fell in Ovrkll's lap so the driver, not wanting to lose his excellent run time, groped for the knob for quite a while before he found it. Hmmmm? Perhaps that is the real reason for the sheepish grin, huh?
Later that evening, BMW hosted a dinner with live band. This sucked because there is nothing worse than seeing white boomers dancing their hearts out to "brick house". I had to leave the ballroom.
Later they had a fireworks display. I was worried that my PTSD might kick in. After I found that there were no VC in the local area and thoroughly checked the grounds for tunnels I enjoyed the smoke choking experience of stuff like this:
Wait, all together now.....OOOOOOHHHHH.....AAAAHHHHH......bang, thump.
The next segment (I am a post whore) will be of the Panoramic Photo Event, so hold on to your score cards ladies and gentlemen.....
Registration time at the host hotel (Embassy Suites) we had a hospitality suite set up with finger food. Ovrkll hovered and ate until they asked us to leave. This ice sculpture was the only thing left on the table:
Part of the atrium, after IMZ4N and Fire n Ice drank all the beer, most people left for the parking lot or went to their rooms:
The next day, those that passed the breathilizer test could got to the BMW Performance Center to drive, guess what?, BMW provided cars on several different course layouts. Here is the entrance, Ovrkll didn't eat or drink anything here because there wasn't anything there to eat or drink. I managed to take a picture and spent some money at the Lifestyles boutique.
Here we are at the slalom. IMZ4N is to the right looking wistful because someone barged through the line and jumped into this blue car. I took a pic of it and reported it to the BMW slalom police. They said they couldn't do much to the queue jumper because of his age. John is also in the middle of the pack wearing a white t-shirt looked like he wanted to jump ahead of everyone else but was chicken so he didn't.
The driver <guess who> didn't do so well. I told them to lie about his time and call out a really good time just to make him feel good and not to hurt his feelings and look like a spaz...so they did.
IMZ4N couldn't hear the instructor so he got real close. He also wanted to show off his new t-shirt. I stole it off him later that evening. Thanks, Bob.
Here the female instructor kept on singing "...I'm to sexy for this radio, tooo sexxxxy", you know the song. She kept on asking me if her butt looks good in those slacks, I didn't think so, but I lied to her anyway. I didn't want Ovrkll to get into any more trouble than he already was. She has solid gluteal muscles.
Here is a useless photo of Z4's lined up for their run. Useless.
Here is Ovrkll smiling because this is his last run out of 44 that he had to do as penance for queue jumping. Naughty, naughty. He managed a smile because during the previous run when the driver shifted from first to second, the gear shift knob came off. It fell in Ovrkll's lap so the driver, not wanting to lose his excellent run time, groped for the knob for quite a while before he found it. Hmmmm? Perhaps that is the real reason for the sheepish grin, huh?
Later that evening, BMW hosted a dinner with live band. This sucked because there is nothing worse than seeing white boomers dancing their hearts out to "brick house". I had to leave the ballroom.
Later they had a fireworks display. I was worried that my PTSD might kick in. After I found that there were no VC in the local area and thoroughly checked the grounds for tunnels I enjoyed the smoke choking experience of stuff like this:
Wait, all together now.....OOOOOOHHHHH.....AAAAHHHHH......bang, thump.
The next segment (I am a post whore) will be of the Panoramic Photo Event, so hold on to your score cards ladies and gentlemen.....
That vehicle had the timing/speed register for the Drag Strip off to the side.
Great pics there 20Ducks!! Glad to see you finally posted some, for everyone to see. :happyclap:
I will have to dig through some other pics, so that I may contribute to the running commmentary
Great pics there 20Ducks!! Glad to see you finally posted some, for everyone to see. :happyclap:
I will have to dig through some other pics, so that I may contribute to the running commmentary
Great pictures and commentary! (1000 post by Sunday)
"Course workers". In SCCA Autocross the course is littered with course worker ants. They report when a vehicle kills a cone and is charged to the driver.They run and set the cone back up in its original position. They stand there for the entire heat which usually takes an hour or so. Here in BMW Peformance Courseland those course workers sit in a SAV. Hmmmmm.sp3ctre said:
You can see the Z's returning down the strip for the next run.The next day we went to be in the historic panoramic photo. There were 600 Z3/Z4's in HC 07 pano shot, or so they say. As of today Sept 8th, I don't have my copy yet. When I do get it I will count every Z in the photo. It takes 5 minutes for the 1930 circa camera to go from the left side to the right side. The camera dude takes 2 shots hoping that one of them comes out better than a Kodak Brownie. It better because I paid him $50 for a copy. I will know which one came out because in the first take I wore my sunglasses the other I didn't. Clever huh?
Lessee....if the photographer charges $50 each postage included and sells say roughly 500 of them, ummm....he nets a tidy sum. He is much more clever than I am.
Here is my pic of some of the participants...my camera isn't 1930's technology so I can only get 50 or so. Ovrkll and I left the hotel at 5:30am. We wanted to get closer to the camera so we don't look like a small bug in the photo. Unless one is very close, we all look like bugs. Some bugs might have sunglasses on, some won't.
Before I forget, here is a picture of the coveted Official BMW Performance Driving School pen. I got one from a dude in the Lifestyles boutique on friday. I stole 2 more and couldn't find anymore. I even had one of the event people looking for me. None left. I wanted these so no one else would have the rights to say they owned one. Selfish act that I am quite proud of actually. :evil:
I have some other pics taken at the pano shoot, they will be posted later in another thread...
Okay, now back to the mesmurizing action pics:
Here is Vendor alley...not much to look at since BMW Mfg is gouging the crap out of anyone that wants to set up a booth. LeatherZ and a few others really make this worthwhile, otherwise it ain't worth diddly.
Here is a photo of a Z3 engine compartment, the driver that has no life:
Here you see Ovrkll getting his Dinan strut tower brace installed. Minutes earlier the same guy was commenting on how he just spent a load of $ at LeatherZ. Then he goes and gets this. His wife will be neutering him any day now.
Meanwhile, I went to the BMW Zentrum and took a few unedited arty-type shots.
I have a few from the Saturday banquet but they are either way too ordinary :tumbleweed: or suck, so I won't post them.
All in all great fun...the best fun came with we all took our clothes off in the Verdae Room bar. Wait, that was last year..sorry no pics.
Lessee....if the photographer charges $50 each postage included and sells say roughly 500 of them, ummm....he nets a tidy sum. He is much more clever than I am.
Here is my pic of some of the participants...my camera isn't 1930's technology so I can only get 50 or so. Ovrkll and I left the hotel at 5:30am. We wanted to get closer to the camera so we don't look like a small bug in the photo. Unless one is very close, we all look like bugs. Some bugs might have sunglasses on, some won't.
Before I forget, here is a picture of the coveted Official BMW Performance Driving School pen. I got one from a dude in the Lifestyles boutique on friday. I stole 2 more and couldn't find anymore. I even had one of the event people looking for me. None left. I wanted these so no one else would have the rights to say they owned one. Selfish act that I am quite proud of actually. :evil:
I have some other pics taken at the pano shoot, they will be posted later in another thread...
Okay, now back to the mesmurizing action pics:
Here is Vendor alley...not much to look at since BMW Mfg is gouging the crap out of anyone that wants to set up a booth. LeatherZ and a few others really make this worthwhile, otherwise it ain't worth diddly.
Here is a photo of a Z3 engine compartment, the driver that has no life:
Here you see Ovrkll getting his Dinan strut tower brace installed. Minutes earlier the same guy was commenting on how he just spent a load of $ at LeatherZ. Then he goes and gets this. His wife will be neutering him any day now.
Meanwhile, I went to the BMW Zentrum and took a few unedited arty-type shots.
I have a few from the Saturday banquet but they are either way too ordinary :tumbleweed: or suck, so I won't post them.
All in all great fun...the best fun came with we all took our clothes off in the Verdae Room bar. Wait, that was last year..sorry no pics.
