# 10/27-10/28 WNY's Great Pumpkin
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-27-10-28-wnys-great-pumpkin/19073
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [October 20, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-27-10-28-wnys-great-pumpkin/19073 "2006-10-20T18:03:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-27-10-28-wnys-great-pumpkin/19073/1 "2006-10-20T18:03:53Z")
[http://www.wny-scca.com/content/gpflyer06.pdf](http://www.wny-scca.com/content/gpflyer06.pdf)
I’m going, doing both the sprint races and enduro. I guess last year they did fun runs for a few bucks a lap during lunch. Not sure if they are doing that this year or what.
If someone want’s to ride down Friday afternoon I have room for two people, bring your own tent. Josh ( **ecoshardcore** ) may be coming down Saturday and may have some room.
> [@sr20de](#):
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> **Nelson Ledges**
> [http://www.nelsonledges.com/](http://www.nelsonledges.com/)
> Garrettsville, OH ( **191 miles from Buffalo** )
> [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&country=US&popflag=0&latitude=&longitude=&name=&phone=&level=&addtohistory=&cat=&address=10342+State+Route+305&city=&state=&zipcode=44231](http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&country=US&popflag=0&latitude=&longitude=&name=&phone=&level=&addtohistory=&cat=&address=10342+State+Route+305&city=&state=&zipcode=44231)
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### Author:  [@RedrRocket](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedrRocket)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-27-10-28-wnys-great-pumpkin/19073/2 "2006-10-24T12:02:34Z")
gonna be a bit chilly for a tent.
sounds like a good time tho.
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### Author:  [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-27-10-28-wnys-great-pumpkin/19073/3 "2006-10-24T12:18:57Z")
> [@RedrRocket](#):
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> gonna be a bit chilly for a tent.
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> sounds like a good time tho.
The forecast a couple days ago was snow, it has gotten a little warmer. Letting the van run is still cheaper than a hotel room.
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### Author:  [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-27-10-28-wnys-great-pumpkin/19073/4 "2006-10-30T15:05:11Z")
cliff notes:
The good:
-I survived
-I learned
-I broke my old track time of 1:23.085 new 1:22:339 (in the cold (lame excuse))
-Finally fulfilled requirements for the license
The bad:
-Open diff on the van, towing uphill on grass, after 153 hrs of rain, in the pitch black
-Setting tire pressures like an idiot
-Rain
-Not putting on tires with 2/32nd of tread on over V710s
-Rain
-A section of tire wall got in my way
-Sleet
-Driving like a n00b
-Snow
-Still driving like a n00b
-Finally realizing what I had been doing wrong with 90% of the weekend behind me
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### Author:  [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-27-10-28-wnys-great-pumpkin/19073/5 "2006-10-30T15:07:20Z")
So, it wasn’t a road race, it was a rally this year? :tup: 😛
Post the in car vid, I know you have 'em.
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### Author:  [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-27-10-28-wnys-great-pumpkin/19073/6 "2006-10-30T15:19:54Z")
> [@Rx3](#):
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> So, it wasn’t a road race, it was a rally this year? :tup: 😛
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> Post the in car vid, I know you have 'em.
My car got very muddy this weekend.
One off included a “river” on the outside of the corusel. It was literally 1000 ft long, 8 ft wide and 1 ft deep. That was just preceded by me facing the wrong direction, looking at traffic coming towards me.
No in car, apparently my camera doesn’t like the ride quality, it has been acting up. It is just one less thing for me to worry about.
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### Author:  [@ecoshardcore](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ecoshardcore)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2006, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-27-10-28-wnys-great-pumpkin/19073/7 "2006-10-31T05:44:36Z")
> [@fairgentleman Z](#):
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> My car got very muddy this weekend.
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> One off included a “river” on the outside of the corusel. It was literally 1000 ft long, 8 ft wide and 1 ft deep. That was just preceded by me facing the wrong direction, looking at traffic coming towards me.
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> No in car, apparently my camera doesn’t like the ride quality, it has been acting up. It is just one less thing for me to worry about.
You went off at the carousel? Yikes!
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### Author:  [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-27-10-28-wnys-great-pumpkin/19073/8 "2006-10-31T18:12:53Z")
I had a feeling that the conditions were not going to be optimal for using V710s. How bad is the damage from the tire wall?
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### Author:  [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-27-10-28-wnys-great-pumpkin/19073/9 "2006-10-31T19:55:23Z")
> [@neurokinetik](#):
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> IHow bad is the damage from the tire wall?
Well, the section of tire wall was already damaged. If it was properly stacked I wouldn’t of hit it at all. I was running parallel with the wall and a a section of ~10-20 tires was down.
So I guess I really didn’t damage it too much more. The real damage to the tire wall was when I dragged a tire 1.7 miles.
Oh, did you mean to the car? Hay bails at Dunville do more damage. I hit the same spot on the fron, car jumped up a couple feet and that was it. I was sure something was going to be all twisted up. It’s kinda funny the abuse that I dish out and the car still keeps going.
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### Author:  [@eMKay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/eMKay)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2006, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-27-10-28-wnys-great-pumpkin/19073/10 "2006-11-05T09:34:15Z")
You gonna have the SE-R ready in time for me to rent/buy that POS NX off you in the spring?
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### Author:  [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2006, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-27-10-28-wnys-great-pumpkin/19073/11 "2006-11-05T10:14:12Z")
I need to have the SE-R done for next year, too much money in it for it to be sitting around.
Yeah, my plan is to keep the NX2000 as a rental/back-up.
I’m going to have to update the NX cage to the 2 door bar for 2007. I’m not really looking to make money off of it, just enough to keep reinvesting into equipment.
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### Author:  [@eMKay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/eMKay)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2006, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/10-27-10-28-wnys-great-pumpkin/19073/12 "2006-11-05T10:18:37Z")
> [@fairgentleman Z](#):
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> I need to have the SE-R done for next year, too much money in it for it to be sitting around.
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> Yeah, my plan is to keep the NX2000 as a rental/back-up.
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> I’m going to have to update the NX cage to the 2 door bar for 2007. I’m not really looking to make money off of it, just enough to keep reinvesting into equipment.
Perfect, I’ll be in touch about the car, and I can probably help with the cage unless Hybrid will be doing it. Let me know if you need a hand working on either car, my new job gives me a lot of free time (4 days a week off) and now I’m able to afford to race 🙂