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posted August 20, 2010 02:00 AM
 Edited By: entropy on 25 Sep 2010 03:13
Mojave Mile is ON!!! Sept 25-26
Outstanding facilities, great people, beautiful 12000' runway
who is going?
ozonkiller - ZX14
the lovely Karen - pit crew
entropy - green bike
Brenda Sue - pit crew
California Bill - pit crew
Tim Chin - pit crew
others??
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from the organizers:
We are still moving along preparing for the fun September 2-day race weekend. As of now, we have confirmed that we WILL be able to leave all of our trailers/cars/equipment on the Grid at Taxiway Bravo for the entire weekend once you set up. The Airport has agreed to this, and we are paying for the extra security to watch over it all in the evenings. You will not be able to camp there or sleep overnight there, regretfully, but at least you can set up your “home base.”
The Airport has told us that they do not have an area where RVs can “dry camp” which means if you plan to stay in an RV or trailer, you will have to stay at the Mariah Inn & Suites back lot, or make other arrangements.
We will again be using the Mariah Inn & Suites for our Registration and Friday Tech Inspection, plus we will host the “welcome racers” finger-food meet & greet there on Friday night. This time, we will be using the larger Dining Room area for this, which should make things a little easier.
We are told that the Airport might POSSIBLY be doing some runway improvement while we are there, specifically, smoothing and recovering the concrete areas at each end of the runway. If they are, we have been assured that it will not affect our event. We at MKM have a few options here in adjusting our race course to make sure we do not get into any construction zones. We always knew they were going to do this, and it actually is a good thing for us, because once they are finished (almost certainly before the 2011 race season!) we can use the full 12,500-foot length of the runway for acceleration and slowdown. This opens up the possibility of 1 1/3 mile events for you El Mirage racers, gives us more flexibility, and, of course, more safety with a longer run-out for the ultra-fast guys.
We are definitely on for being able to select our run direction at the beginning of the weekend to take advantage of any wind, or, more importantly, to make sure we aren’t racing in the teeth of a headwind! We expect to see many, many more 200-mph-plus runs in September! If we run north-to-south this time, instead of south-to-north as we did in March, we will still operate from Taxiway Bravo. The only difference in switching directions is that you will drive down the parallel taxiway from the Grid and stage at the other end.
We will have a tentative weekend schedule posted on the website by next week, plus I will add a summary of the changes we have made to our program since the March event. Most of these are small adjustments, plus incorporating many suggestions we received from you guys to help us improve.
For those of you going to Speed Week next week, GOOD LUCK!! Be safe there, and let’s see some new speed records! Once you get back, wash off the salt and come out to Mojave for some more speed fun!
If anyone reading this wants to copy and repost it to their forums or car clubs, please feel free to do so, and use this link http://www.mojavemile.com to connect to the website.
Mike, Keith, and Marsha (MKM)
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Ozonkiller
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posted August 20, 2010 08:55 PM
Karen and I will be there.
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Johnnycheese
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posted August 21, 2010 03:21 AM
Gary and I will be there
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posted August 25, 2010 05:17 AM
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Gary and I will be there
JC, you guys getting yr bikes ready??
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posted August 25, 2010 02:00 PM
yep I have the new tire and just trying to get the leather settled and working on Garys tonight
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posted September 20, 2010 04:24 AM
Looks like the flooding of Cheese's shop put the kibosh on JC & Gary heading out to Mojave. 
Dang it!
Also, California Bill won't be running.
Seems he has developed some arthritis in his knees and has lost his 2nd income for a while so he'll be a spectator at Mojave.
Dang it!
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rtbain
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posted September 20, 2010 06:46 AM
Tim Chin - pit crew
Karl, you the man! Who is backup; Erv Kanemoto?
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entropy
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posted September 20, 2010 07:18 AM
Edited By: entropy on 20 Sep 2010 15:21
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Tim Chin - pit crew
Karl, you the man! Who is backup; Erv Kanemoto?
Tim basically taught Erv everything he knows (knew?)
TFA is DAMN lucky to have Tim coming to the event.
We'll reward him in the normal TFA manner; induce him to eat and drink to excess.
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posted September 20, 2010 10:32 PM
Karl ,
I don't have arthritis in my knees , and its you second time running your Busa , so I wanted to be on the pit crew to help you out because that is what team members do for each other .
GoFast
Bill
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entropy
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posted September 21, 2010 02:29 AM
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Karl ,
I don't have arthritis in my knees , and its you second time running your Busa , so I wanted to be on the pit crew to help you out because that is what team members do for each other .
GoFast
Bill
no arthritis in knees = no excuses, go make a few bux!!!!
Hey Mr TFA pit team member i sure appreciate your team sprit!!
Brenda & I and very likely going down to APE in Rosmond about 10am on Fri,
Jay is having an open house, all you can eat lobsters and 2" thick rib eyes.
You up for it?
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posted September 21, 2010 03:29 PM
Kick some ass folks!
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rtbain
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posted September 21, 2010 03:50 PM
Have fun, go fast!
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posted September 21, 2010 08:39 PM
You guys have fun, I sure wish I could come and play. Say Hi to Jay for me.
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entropy
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posted September 22, 2010 01:13 AM
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You guys have fun, I sure wish I could come and play. Say Hi to Jay for me.
hey Doug, we also wish you were going but Texas is coming up fast! I've started tweaking the 12 in prep for it. Nice fresh motor 
We'll give Jay yr regards.
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posted September 23, 2010 04:19 PM
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Tim Chin - pit crew
Karl, you the man! Who is backup; Erv Kanemoto?
Tim basically taught Erv everything he knows (knew?)
TFA is DAMN lucky to have Tim coming to the event.
We'll reward him in the normal TFA manner; induce him to eat and drink to excess.
You guys are too funny! And what happened to the trailer full of hookers?
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entropy
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posted September 23, 2010 07:15 PM
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Tim Chin - pit crew
Karl, you the man! Who is backup; Erv Kanemoto?
Tim basically taught Erv everything he knows (knew?)
TFA is DAMN lucky to have Tim coming to the event.
We'll reward him in the normal TFA manner; induce him to eat and drink to excess.
You guys are too funny! And what happened to the trailer full of hookers?
the hookers are in my room at the hotel right now.
noisy & messy, makeup and thongs scattered everywhere.
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posted September 24, 2010 03:17 AM
Good luck and have fun guys. Are you all going to Jays (APE's) open house? Wish i was going, maybe next year.
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entropy
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posted September 24, 2010 03:53 AM
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Good luck and have fun guys. Are you all going to Jays (APE's) open house? Wish i was going, maybe next year.
hey Jim,
yup, we are going down to Jay's openhouse at about 10:30 today.
APE has a lotta cool stuff so i'm wearing my pants with the biggest pockets.
Doesn't look like a lot of entrants, I hope there is a "next year" event.
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posted September 24, 2010 12:18 PM
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posted September 24, 2010 07:14 PM
Edited By: entropy on 25 Sep 2010 03:17
Guess who showed up at tech with his filthy turbo Busa???
Yup, the ever "shy & retiring" John Noonan.
Seems he pried himself from the dust & dirt and is gonna get back into a lil bit of asphalt.
Good to see him and his bottomless supply of Mexican beer.  :
tech and drivers meeting over, 1st passes start at 8am.
Nice to be going thru tech today rather than working, yes indeed.
Also, Brenda Sue & I had a GREAT time this morning touring APE with Jay and his wife, a true class act they are.
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posted September 24, 2010 08:08 PM
Very cool, good luck tomorrow Karl. Get some pics if you can.
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posted September 24, 2010 08:29 PM
Good luck Karl!! Go fast!!
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posted September 25, 2010 04:47 AM
good luck guys, go fast!
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posted September 25, 2010 06:13 AM
Good luck guys. Keep the rubber side down.
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entropy
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posted September 25, 2010 04:35 PM
only 35-45 participants, this is good, could hot lap at the end of the day,
100F, 6000' DA, DAMN its hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wind is variable, 5-10mph on the nose or on the side, no tail at all.
John Noonan did a 251 pass when i was behind him in the grid.
GODDAMN can that guy get out of the hole.
Did a 211 off the trailer, then 212, then 211.9, I started to get used to the bike.
Then we got a bit more aggressive on my gearing (thanks Tim Chin) upped the shift point from 9k to 10, gave 'er more fuel and got a 215 at the hottest point of the day. YAY!
Tomorrow I'll up the shift point again, and with better temps, might be able to up that a bit.
This bike is a beast, 2nd gear traction issues
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