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![]() Join Date: 12-12-2006
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Chuckwalla Valley Raceway, So Cal
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It's Who You Know That Counts
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"1 hour" east of Palm Springs? That is way out there.
It might be 3 hours from LA at 2AM on a Wednesday...
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posing for the camera
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now why can't they all go down as smoothly as that.
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The hype is low.
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Because they built it in the middle of the F-in' bleepin' desert where the landscape is so devoid of life that no greenie will be able to put up a fight.
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its like when I first drove into Calabogie I thought who the hell is gonna hear anything out here. You can muder someone and no one would find out. On my GPS the road ended about 3/4 of a mile before you got to the track. You're in the middle of the freaking woods, who is the sound gonna bother? the friggin deer?
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The hype is low.
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Living out west and growing up out here, you should hear some of the arguments these folks use.
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Tough economy to be starting up a new track business...
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Actually they do have to do a study for the desert tortoise. Supposedly they have enough land that if they find some all they have to do is relocated them to a protected habitat on the property. |
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The star school is going to run there in Dec.
I googled "Chuckwalla Valley Raceway" and mcadx was the first link to pop up. still wondering what the track will look like though
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Their web site says its at the old Desert Center airport. Google earth pics of that area are very out of date, I know at least one of the runways were repaved about 10 years ago, but it is still an abandioned airport. I believe the county or Riverside owns the land, I wonder if they sold it or are leasing it. The FAA records for L64 list the owners as:
Ownership: Publicly-owned Owner: CHUCKWALLA VALLEY ASSOCIATES LLC PO BOX 714 PALM DESERT, CA 92261I'm curious how much they are going to maintain the airport and keep it open. |
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Been on a whisky diet... so far I've lost 3 days
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Looking at the contours of the map, it looks like they'll have something similar to Laguna Seca's "Corkscrew".... I circled it on the map
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Not quite like the Corkscrew, but that track is actually pretty similar to Laguna's layout. You'll definitely have some speed going down that hill into the corner after the kink.
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Turning is for p***ies
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I'm on that train...Now to mod a 182 to carry a CBR1000RR...
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Who's driving?
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This guy is ahead of ya: Cargo Pod/Motorbike Combo Coming Soon for RV-10
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Been on a whisky diet... so far I've lost 3 days
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from the bike's specs, it sounds like an old Yamaha 225 Serow... I don't recall them being that expensive...**EDIT** I just watched their promo video.... it IS a bloody XT225 Serow with some fancy fold up handlebars!! **EDIT number 2** The XT225 was sold in 2007 with an MSRP of $4199.... that some damn expensive handlebars!!
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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein Last edited by Yamasuzi; 07-06-2009 at 09:59 PM.. |
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Been on a whisky diet... so far I've lost 3 days
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oh.... I must have read it wrong... But in the promo video they have, they show a Yamaha bike being loaded in the box
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Micky Granna, co-operator of SoCal Trackdays is one of the principles of Chuckwalla. Great guy. Makes me look little. This is one big dude, and pretty damn fast on two wheels notwithstanding. His SMMR events in Pahrump, NV are some of the best track events on the west coast, imho.
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An addiction no rehab can cure
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Word is that it won't be ready until the end of October. They had a WERA race scheduled there that will have to be moved or cancelled.
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Mommy and Mason!
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Hey....MrSilver.....
I will be okay with us going to this race track. I won't even complain about the money. Let me know when I need my suitcase packed!
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Turning is for p***ies
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no THIS is the one MrsSilver!
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Yeah, the semi is a moving semi with all our furnature loaded up to move back to AZ. Suitcase.. what about HER luggage?
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Palm Springs is about as overrated a place as I've ever been, except for the food.
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