The Mitty

[Nascar Mini]

This Coming weekend Apr 26-29th is the annual ''Mitty''at Road Atlanta,lots of Historic and Vintage cars.There are club parking areas,demo's, parts for sale and of course lots of racing.The big deal is ''MINI'' is this years featured marque!They're calling it MINI weekend,with free parade laps on Sun.or i think $30-35 for track touring laps all weekend during lunch break.I try to make this every year,its a blast.I know its only days until the Dragon,but i can't miss this event unless emergency.Hope some of you can join me at the Mitty!
Bill

[MidnightDave]

Hey man, I've been trying to solicit people to go. What day(s) will you be there? Here's the schedule. I "might" go Sat or Sun, but not both.

Wednesday, April 25
12:00 - 5:00 Parking/Registration
Thursday, April 26
7:00 - 5:00 Registration
8:00 Test Day and Track Orientation
Driver’s Meeting
9:00 - 5:00 Test Day/Track Orientation/Tech
Friday, April 27
7:30 - 4:00 Registration and Tech
Practice by Groups
8:00 Practice, Group 5, Classic GT, IMSA GTU
8:30 Practice, Group 7, Championship of Makes
9:00 Practice, Group 3, Historic Production
9:30 Practice, Group 6, Historic GTP/WSC, IMSA
10:00 Practice, Group 2, Vintage Production
10:30 Practice, Group 9, Historic GT, IMSA GTO, GTX
11:00 Practice, Group 4, B.O.S.S. Series
11:30 Practice, Group 8, Historic Stock Cars
12:00 Mazda MX-5 Pro Series Qualifying
12:30 Awards - WMC (Base of Tower)
12:45 Mandatory All Driver’s Meeting (Base of Tower)
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
12:30 Track Touring
Practice By Groups
1:30 Practice, Group 3, Historic Production
2:00 Practice, Group 7, Championship of Makes
2:30 Practice, Group 5, Classic GT, IMSA GTU
3:00 Practice, Group 6, Historic IMSA GTP/WSC
3:30 Practice, Group 2, Vintage Production
4:00 Practice, Group 9, Historic GT, IMSA GTO, GTX
4:30 Practice, Group 4, B.O.S.S. Series
5:00 Practice, Group 8, Historic Stock Cars, Qualif. 1
5:30 Klub Sport Porsche Challenge
6:15 Welcome Party, Sponsored by
Mission Foods
Saturday, April 28
7:30 - 2:00 Registration and Tech
Qualifying By Group
8:00 Qualifying, Group 5, Classic GT, IMSA GTU
8:30 Qualifying, Group 7, Championship of Makes
9:00 Qualifying, Group 3, Historic Production
9:30 Qualifying, Group 6, Historic IMSA GTP/WSC
10:00 Qualifying, Group 2, Vintage Production
10:30 Qualifying, Group 9, Historic GT, IMSA GTO,GTX
11:00 Qualifying, Group 4, B.O.S.S. Series
11:30 Qualifying, Group 8, Historic Stock Cars, Qualif. 2
12:00 Mazda MX-5 Pro Series - Feature Race - 45 Min.
12:45 - 1:45 Lunch
12:30 Car Club Parade Laps
1:00 Track Touring
1:45 Rolex Classic GT Enduro - 1 Hour
Qualifying Races
2:45 Qualifying Race, Group 6, Historic GTP/WSC,IMSA
3:15 Qualifying Race, Group 2, Vintage Production
3:45 Qualifying Race, Group 9, Hist. GT, IMSA GTO, GTX
4:15 Qualifying Race, Group 4, B.O.S.S, Series
4:45 Qualifying Race, Group 3, Historic Productiion
5:15 Group 8, Historic Stock Cars, Feature Race 1
5:45 Qualifying, Group 5, Classic GT, IMSA GTU
6:15 Qualifying, Group 7, Championship of Makes
6:45 Event Social
Sunday, April 29
8:00 - 12:00 Registration
8:00 Rolex Vintage Endro - 1 Hour
Feature Races
9:00 Feature Race, Group 7, Makes
9:30 Group 8, Stock Cars - Feature Race 2
10:00 - 12:00 Quiet Time (Track Closed to Open Exhaust)
10:05 Chapel Service (Base of Tower)
10:00 - 11:00 Car Club Parade Laps
11:00 - 12:00 Track Touring
11:00 - 12:00 Lunch
Feature Races
12:00 Rolex Historic Enduro - 1 Hour, IMSA GT
1:15 Rolex Historic IMSA GTP/WSC Enduro-1 Hr.
2:15 Feature Race, Group 2, Vintage Production
2:45 Feature Race, Group 5, Classic GT, IMSA GTU
3:15 Feature Race, Group 4, B.O.S.S.
3:45 Feature Race, Group 3, Historic Production
4:15 Feature Race, Group 9, Hist. GT, IMSA GTO, GTX
Groups and Classes
Group 2 - Vintage Production
1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, 1G, 1H, 1J, 1K, 1L, 1M, 1N,
2H, 2J, 2K, 2L, 2M, 2X, 3D, 3M, 3N, 3O, FIA3.0
Group 3A -Historic Production
2C, 3K, 3L, 3PT, 3X
Group 3B -Historic Production
FIA3.1, 2B, 2D, 2G, 3R
Group 4 - B.O.S.S. Series
F6a, F6, F7, F8, F9, F10, F11, F2, Fm. ATL.
Group 5 - Historic Production
2E, 2F, 3E, 3F, 3G, 3H, 3I, 3J, 3Q, 5X, FIA5.0
Group 6 - Historic GTP/Group C, WSC
GTP1, GTP2, GTP3, GTP4
WSC 1, WSC2, WSC3
Group 7 - Championship of Makes
2A, 2A7,3AT, 3AS, 3A6S, 3A6T, 3A7T, 3A7S, 3BS, 3BT,
3CT, 3CS, C1, C2, C3, C3A, 3PS, S2, 7X
Group 8 - Historic Stock Cars
Vintage, Historic, Late, Busch,
Group 9 - IMSA Historic GT
C4, C5, C6, C12, C14, C15
Vintage Enduro Race Classes:
V1, V2, V4, V5, V6, V7, V8, V9, V10
Classic GT Enduro Race Classes:
GT1, GT2, GT3, GT4, GT5, GT6
Historic Enduro Race Classes:
H1, H3, H4, H7, H9, H10, H11
Klub Sport Porsche Challenge: 2 Litre 911, 914; 356; FIA
Anglo-American GT Challenge: British sports and GT cars over
1500 cc vs. American Muscle Cars to ‘73 non-tube frame
3/22/07
Presented
By: 2007 Mitty
Provisional Schedule

[Nascar Mini]

I'm leaving early Sat AM,spending all day there,then coming back to Commerce so wife can do the 'outlet' thing there,price i have to pay!
You going?
Bill

[MidnightDave]

I may have a fear of it, but it's time to commit! ;-) Yes, I'm going, Saturday, long day trip. Will be on channel 7 on the FRS, and will PM you my cel.

Some M2C2 folks may be going to...Anybody else from THMMC?

[Nascar Mini]

Glad to hear you're going, see you there,i''m sure you'll enjoy it i'll should be in the Mini Corral.BTW, i got the PM about cell.
See you there.
Bill

[MidnightDave]

Time for pics, pics, pics!
Here are the Walter Mitty Historic Race pics from Road Atlanta, Saturday. Mini/MINI was the featured marquee--unfortunately there was not much fanfare around it. It was still worth the 450 mile round trip day and the sun burn—I also put the new V1 to good use.


There were lots of vintage Minis.
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[MidnightDave]

One even held its own on the track…
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And a few new MINIs.

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[MidnightDave]

And one celebrity!
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I'm not sure I REALLY believe the Viper kills? ;-)
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Yes, there were cars on the track, my zoom lens sucks…
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Flat Stanley in the foreground, the Rhino owners approaching, and Khumo's auto-X track in the background.
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[MidnightDave]

There were great engines there, too! That's a 426 Hemi in the Mopar, and a Jag engine in a custom built '65 Jag that had never left CA until this weekend. <HA! Just saw the windshield when I went back to check my edit...>

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[MidnightDave]

What the heck is a "YES?"
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Is this blasphemy to the vintage faithful?
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[MidnightDave]

The usual suspects were there…
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[MidnightDave]

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[MidnightDave]

And a few unusual ones…

Had to be a fun drive from Montana!
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This guy was ready for happy hour
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The only vintage Volvo we saw racing and a nice one
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The only vintage SAAB we saw racing, and a nice one, too
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[MidnightDave]

That winch could pull up a cliff or out of quicksand!
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Dad, I don't need a lecture, now get back to the burger stand, I need fuel money…
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Anybody in the market?
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[HPUdrew]

Great pics Dave!!!! Looks like you had a great time, sorry to hear about the sunburn though.

Drew

[MidnightDave]

It comes with the territory when you have a chrome dome! ;-)