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Re: F1 Boston Turkey Day Shootout 2005

no no doug thanks for the response though. i meant if anyone was interested in a dinner in boston afterwards. i went to school in boston for 4 years, so i have been to f1boston probably more times than most of the people who will be there for the turkeyday shootout. i asked b/c i know a good chinese restaurant that will take a big group and i've been itching to eat there for a while.
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Do we have an official arrival/start time? At track at 9:00, race at 10:00?

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Re: F1 Boston Turkey Day Shootout 2005

BTW, Happy Turkey Day Week to all. Up here in Canada we had our turkey--and ate it too--six weeks ago

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Re: F1 Boston Turkey Day Shootout 2005

UPDATE: SNOW IN THE FORECAST

We are expecting snow in the next few days but the garage doors WILL BE OPEN and the tracks will be connected for our event. [The snow will be removed, UNFORTUNATELY, if it remains on the ground till Saturday]

For Saturday's event the F1 Boston will open at 8:00AM for those arriving early. Target is to get on the track as soon after 9:00AM as possible. (Anyone who knows they will arrive after 9:00AM please let me know.

We can do what we want regarding the actuals races. In the past we have run both Grand Prix or Endurance formats. We'll take a vote at the driver's meeting so everyone has a say.

BTW there are two spots open so anyone wishing to attend, please give me a holler.
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Re: F1 Boston Turkey Day Shootout 2005

Donald

I always forget this until it is too late... so I will put it in your court! The last two years, I have looked at the price board as we were leaving. It seemed that the price of two mini grand prix' was less than we paid to rent the track and offered as much seat time. We ought to make sure we are getting the right deal.
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Re: F1 Boston Turkey Day Shootout 2005

see you all around 8:00 then

MacDod, you got my email my friend Bob can't make, right?
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Re: F1 Boston Turkey Day Shootout 2005

Phil L. and Rick D. would like to compete in your turkey event at F 1 on Sat. What time does it start?
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Re: F1 Boston Turkey Day Shootout 2005

Phil and Rick,

Delighted you can join us!

Doors open at 8:00 AM
Drivers meeting at 9:00AM
Snow Removal 9:10AM (If necessary)
Racing 9:15

If you would like to do some additional races (when F1 opens to the general public) you can sign up when you get there Saturday morning. Everyone typically stays for lunch so if you can stick around its always alot of fun :>) This year we'll be giving out prizes as well.

P.S. Doug i got your message thanks!
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Phil's coming? Hmmm.... There's a bar there, so this could be very exciting. Phil, please pummel whichever poor soul deserves it AFTER the karting. It'll be tough to drive the kart with a swollen hand.

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Just don't pummel my family....they're rookies
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Re: F1 Boston Turkey Day Shootout 2005

Well we just heard that a few more Skip Barber dignitaries (Mark and Todd) will be joining us tomorrow. Good news!

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving.

Everything is a go for tomorrow. Prizes are wrapped and ready to go.

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I had a great time with everybody. I think this should become bi-annual instead of annual because I had so much fun. Or maybe a weekly thing. Anyway, I have run both of the tracks but never together and it makes a big difference when they are connected. The racing was tight and hard but nothing that I didn't expect other than a lapped car slamming the brakes when he was given the blue flag while directly in front of me. I'd like to thank Donald for organizing the event. Other than a few rogue "corner" workers the races went off great. Also, Pat Daly's daughter Julia did a great job going thru the results and doing the group photos. One more thanks goes to Michael Auriemma for leaving his booties at home. I don't know what the corner workers must have heard about you to warn you every time you passed a kart, but someone must have said something.(Iway inkthay itway asway Ysay)

Oh, the overal winner was MHP. Congrats to him and Sy and Michael for getting podiums overall. Although, to toot my own horn, I did finish only 2 points behind Michael in 4th overall. The 3rd spot was lost in a move that shall not be spoken of by a driver who shall not be named.

See you all at the next race!

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Hey Guys:
Just wanted to let you all know what a terrific time the kid (Matthew @ 250 Lbs.) and I had today. As one of the lucky guys who got to drive one of the karts on nitrous I learned yet another lesson in power understeer.

Special thanks to Donald for setting this event up and all the guys who, in spite of what I read previously, drove as if there might be a crash damage charge.

It never ceases to amaze me how you guys go so fast. I drove my buns off and the best I could manage was a mid 39 second lap. Later at lunch I found out a couple of the guys drove sub 38!

So thanks again for a great time and better medicine than I got at the drug store over last couple of weeks.

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Re: F1 Boston Turkey Day Shootout 2005

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I think this should become bi-annual instead of annual because I had so much fun.
Hey, Ari, I've been waiting for Michael to jump on this one, but he let me down. If you want to double your fun, then you need semi-annual races. Bi-annual would be every two years. (Those of you old enough to have witnessed the bi-centennial will relate to this. ) Sounds like you all had a blast.
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Ahh, yes. I should have jumped on it. Alas, I was only semi- paying attention!
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Very quickly....

Thinking about another F1 Boston excursion the week between x-mas and NYE. Who would be interested? Post here or email me.
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I'm good for the 26th.
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If David Casey is coming count me in.

P.S. Can I work Turn One of the Country Course while he's on the track?
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sorry, i only went to english class bi-weekly not semi-weekly
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And Bill Hammer can't come. Unless of course he'll be a "no show" like he is for most other events - then he's more than welcome.
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so you guys are doing another combined track event again in december?
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I'll try to come, the closer to NYE the better.
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Re: F1 Boston Turkey Day Shootout 2005

There's a "I always suspected you were bi-something..." joke in there but I'll let someone else finish it off.

BTW Ari knew his way around F1 Boston pretty well. A force to be wreckoned with. :-)

I'm working up a post about the day with the group photo and possibly some video that Julia shot, so if anyone has a special moment you want me to include send me a private message or call me @ (212) 678-1003 and I'll do my best to work it in.

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ouch pat, nice pun with "wreckoned" thanks for the comment, you didn't do so bad yourself. i checked my video and nothing came out. it appears the battery life on the 8 AA's for the bullet cam is only 8 hours not 12 hours. it died just about when we started. sorry guys. although i did go back on sunday for some more racing, i didnt bring the video camera unfortunately b/c you guys would have seen why i should have gotten ejected from the facility.
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My "special moment" was spinning out of sixth on the pace lap. I would request that you do not include any reference to that! Thanks!

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F1 Boston Turkey Day Shootout '05 Crushing Word Count Recap

It's been a while since we did an "Opus" post, so we beg your indulgence as we live up to our avatar. Michael and Bruce Hampton suggested the opening quote.

"And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart to see if it was safe outside." ... Manfred Mann

Billed as the 3rd Annual F1 Boston Thanksgiving Weekend Karting Extravaganza, it was my first visit to the facility and this young tradition. Escorted by Julia, (my 12-year old daughter) we got 100 feet into the place and Julia exclaimed, “Whoa… Dad… This place is way cool! I whole-heartedly agreed.

Thanks to excellent advance work by our organizer/host Donald MacDonald our private racing sessions were held on both the “City” & “Country” tracks merged into one with the aid of large garage doors thrown open to connect the two buildings.

We signed forms, suited up and were sent out for yellow flag warm-ups where no time was wasted in completely pissing off the staff and track manager. We were supposed to be learning the track, feeling out the karts and warming the tires. We probably weren’t supposed to be passing or racing. However, our collective excitement resulted in some red-mistification mayhem. Donny Mac did his finest impression of Juan Pablo Montoya on cold tires, flying past a row of nose to tail karts heading into turn one on the city course, before executing a lovely pirouette that split the line and ended with him into the outside wall facing backwards. (However the judges did award 10 style points for not hitting anyone.:-) With Donald facing backwards they turned on the red lights but no one saw them. (Too busy racing on cold tires.) The dicing and spinning continued down through the hairpin where Michael Auriemma moved a couple of inconveniently located participants (anyone in front of him :-) out of the way to improve his track position. We were instantly brought to an unceremonious halt in mid-lap by the track manager, who used every bit of his very impressive outside voice to read Michael and the rest of us the riot act, explaining that if one more racer passed another kart under yellow or red lights during our private session, we would all be sent home without supper or another second of seat time. That has to be some kind of a record as we’d only completed the first half of our first warm-up lap! :-) The manager’s outside voice did the trick and magically hands went up and speeds came down every time the yellow came on from that moment forward.

Having come to terms with the ground rules, our good Skippy training exhibited itself for the most part with tight clean exciting racing. The course was challenging with a good variety of fast and slow corners including elevation changes. The job became maintaining balance while keeping the revs up. Their 6hp karts are very similar in dynamics to the Endurance Karting karts. Brakes are on the rear wheels only so it’s easy to lock ‘em up and over-steering the kart jacks the tires up off their optimum contact patch and slows you down with excess push or slide.

We drove five (5) six-lap timed heats on the combined course and Julia Daly. :-) our point’s collector/tabulator claimed everyone was a winner but some did score a few more points than others…

So the pointiest were:

1.) MHP - 30 pts, (2nd, 3rd, 5th, 2nd, 5th)
2.) Sy Aryeh - 29 pts, (7th, 1st, 4th, 7th, 1st)
3.) Michael Auriemma – 24 pts (1st, 7th, 7th, 1st, 12th)
4.) Keith Lorentzen (3rd, 8th, 2nd, 4th, 8th, ) &
Ari Gatoff - (6th, 4th, 6th, 6th, 3rd)tied w/20pts
5.) David Giofriddo (4th, 9th, 1st, 5th, 9th) with fastest lap on the long course 37.986!) &
Paul Bordieri (12th, 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 4th) tied w/19 pts
6.) Donald MacDonald – (5th, 5th, 10th, 3rd, 7th) 16 pts

MHP deserves special mention for his stealthy consistent performance. He was fast from the start and kept his nose clean while carving through the pack in every race. Mark scored the most points of the day without a single win. (He did go on to win our second public afternoon session). Mark was always close to the front and his consistency ultimately proved the difference.

Sy & Michael both won 2 races with David Giofriddo also winning one race and walking away with fastest lap of the day!

The rest of us (Abhijeet Ghatak, Bob & Mathew Manzella, Bruce Hampton, Craig & Bruce Lorentzen, and Pat Daly) all had way more fun than points and left with smiles on our collective faces as well. And Bruce Hampton’s request not to mention his spin out of 6th place on the pace lap should be honored… So you didn’t hear it here. :-)

Between the 4th and 5th heat a single louder faster kart turned up on track. This thing sounded like a small block V-8 compared to the 6hp karts we were piloting. Sy, more accurately described it as the sound of an ATV, however the steel walled building enclosure really amplified its acoustic bark.

During our 5th race this louder kart appeared in our midst. It turned out to be F1 Boston owner R J Valentine, checking us out from the back of the pack. He passed all of us (Running about 4 seconds a lap faster than our best times) except for Sydude who held him off at the finish line! ;-)

After race #5 R J surprised us with 4 of the 13 hp karts for our 6th heat and I got to drive one. (Because of the mixed kart classes the finish order was score-boarded but times were not posted or printed up.)
R J advised working up to speed gradually over 3 laps to build heat in the tires. That sounded wise. They waved us off and we hit the gas. Woof… The difference between a 6 and 13hp launch was like flooring a tired ‘59 34 hp VW Beetle (my first car) vs. launching that same vehicle from a carrier deck with a catapult. Big Difference! With a solid rear axel it pulled like a rocket and cornered like a slot car, requiring considerable extra effort at the steering wheel. On the 2nd lap I slid wide and bounced it off the outside wall leading uphill to the hairpin (Opps, RJ did say 3 tire warming laps didn’t he…) and was immediately passed by the two 13hp karts behind me. I’d like to say that I then set off and ran them down like dogs but the truth is it was taking all of my physical strength to simply turn and hold the kart on line. That bad boy just did not want to turn and my upper body reserves were quickly maxed out. This was humbling & frustrating. As I gained confidence to explore the higher capability of the kart, I used up the physical strength to accurately control it. After the session I mentioned to RJ (A few years my senior) the extra effort required to steer the more powerful kart and he stuck out his bicep, “Feel This!” he said, flexing a rock hard muscle mass clearly up to the task. (Note to self… Schedule more gym visits for upper body and aerobic work…:-) And while I was feeling my age and upper body conditioning deficit a younger, stronger driver who shall remain nameless (Michael Auriemma) was catching four-wheel air and hardly breaking a sweat. (I hate him :-) It was a wonderful experience and thrill to drive the stronger kart, but I’ll eat my spinach and pump some iron in advance to enjoy it more the next time. :-)

After our private session Todd arrived with Linda and friends. He joined us on track for the last three of four public sessions on the “Country Course” that most of our group had signed up for. Finishing 3rd in his first race behind MHP & Michael, Todd must have gone to school on them, as he then beat them both in the next heat and won his 2nd race.

Starting the 3rd and final race deep in the field, Todd missed out on most but not all of the race mischief. I was started 4th, behind 3 unknown drivers, but ahead of all the Skippy/Juicy faithful. We passed one or two of the unknowns early on and then Sy cleanly slipped past. (bye bye Sy :-) I began feeling regular heavy bumps from behind. (I later learned that one of the unknowns (driving lucky #13) made it his practice to use whoever’s back bumper was in front of him as a brake point to disrupt their flow. (Others also accurately reported the bumping only occurred going into corners, never coming out, so the offender wasn’t faster, just more irritating) The hits were also harder than any of the incidental contact bumps we’d experienced in the private sessions. I’m not sure that #13 was actually my culprit, but someone turned me, killing my momentum heading through the tight switchback before start/finish. A train of at least four karts flew past including #13, Michael, Paul, and David. We then caught that pack and watched Michael battle #13. Michael had also received the rear bumper banging treatment and decided to deputize himself as etiquette enforcer. He moved inside #13 while entering the sweeping left-hander that crosses the start/finish line and pushed him progressively to the right until the outside wall attenuated lucky 13’s forward motion. That move earned him a quick trip to the penalty box. (And being right behind them I got 2 positions back!) Michael not only gladly accepted his penalty but also, immediately returned to the track and ran down good ol' #13 again, passing him cleanly before the end of the race for 6th place.

Shortly after Michael’s penalty I felt bumping again from behind…

When what to my wondering eyes should appear, but Todd Snyder’s front bumper and leering-smile-sneer.

He pushed and he prodded both sides of my back, and I gave it my all to hold off his attack.

With steady hard pressure he hounded my ass, when I made a small bobble Todd motored on past.

I wondered who’d next feel his hard driving credo? Who’s next in his sights? David Giofriddo!

Todd chased David down and tapped on him too. David pressed harder still, but Todd stuck there like glue.

David thought number13 was on him again. He had no idea it was his Skippy friend.

So he drove two more laps and then threw up his arm. Diving into the pits, safe from further bump harm.

He blamed number 13 for committing bump sin. Never knowing Todd’s pressure was what did him in.

David never found out who the real culprit was. And the truth shouldn’t hurt but it might give him pause.

Now be sure not to tell, so he doesn’t get miffed.

Todd finished in 4th and I’m taking the Fifth!


We gathered for lunch afterward in the Ascari restaurant where Donald awarded appropriate prizes for various achievements.

MHP was awarded a large Speed Racer model car for collecting the most points. Sy received a mini version of the same car for his 2nd place effort and Michael was given a copy of the Racer Magazine with his first win photo in it. (Autographed to himself :-) David Giofriddo won a collectors edition (Cheesy) double cherry “Juicy” hat reportedly from Las Vegas, for, among other things, fastest lap of the day. Bruce Hampton received a lovely pair of fuzzy dice to dangle from his rear view mirror, for selflessly boosting the standings of so many others. And though Sy didn’t technically have the most penalty points he was also awarded the “Most Penalized” prize for his unscheduled meeting with a uniformed representative of a local constabulary on his way up to F1 Boston.

In summary, Donald did a great job setting it up and pulling it off. We were treated professionally, even after our initial indiscretion during the warm-up, and everything ran like a Swiss watch. The staff took good care of us. RJ pleasantly teased us with the 12hp karts, the track was challenging and the racing a blast. There’s already discussion about going back between Christmas & New Years… Sign me up! :-) (With hopes that Doug Harrison, who had to cancel at the last minute this time, will be able to make it! :-)


And finally, to flesh out this skimpy post, we leave you with the list from Sy’s “Most Penalized” gift. A large tumbler embossed with:

“ 20 Things Not To Say To A Police Officer”

1. Oink, Oink!
2. No! YOU assume the position!
3. Aren’t you the guy from the Village People?
4. Didn’t I see you get your butt kicked on Cops?
5. Do you have any idea how much of a hurry I’m in?
6. I hope you realize you are about to ruin a perfect record.
7. Sorry Officer, I didn’t realize my radar detector wasn’t plugged in.
8. I thought you had to be in relatively good physical shape to be a police officer?
9. What do you mean, “Have I been drinking?” You’re the trained specialist.
10. I can’t reach my license unless you hold my beer.
11. Gee officer, your eyes look glazed, have you been eating doughnuts?
12. Hey, can you give me another one of those full body cavity searches, please?
13. Whoops, that’s the fake one… Here ya go, this is the one.
14. Yes, I saw your lights on, but I thought you were going to get a doughnut.
15. Come on! Write the stupid ticket, the bars close in 20 minutes.
16. You’re lucky this car needs a tune-up or you’d have never caught me.
17. If you tried the stuff I just had you wouldn’t be so damn up-tight.
18. What exactly is, “Legally Drunk?”
19. So what’s a good bribe go for around here?
20. Well, when I reached down to pick up my crack pipe, my gun fell off my lap and got lodged in the gas pedal, forcing me to speed out of control.


Below is our group mug shot, a shot of the warriors in waiting, and me in my Tsunami ready racing gear.
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Fabulous write up Duo! Thanks for capturing the good bad and ugly!

While I can not plead total innocence, I must say that the red flag incident wasn't really my fault. MHP and I were told simultaneously that we were "free to go" by a corner worker that had stopped us at the scene of an earlier incident. We took off and promptly ran into the gaggle around a blind corner. Dang.

Well, that apparently labled me as a trouble maker. As MHP will atest, (somehow, MHP started every one of the first 4 races directly behind me) I received a warning EVERY time I passed someone for the rest of the day. This was true whether there was contact or not. It was amazing... I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong! MHP was laughing hysterically after one race about the whole thing!

Also, one minor clarification... Sy was the lucky recipient of the second model car. For third place I received an autographed copy of January's Racer magazine. Autographed by whom? Why the driver photograghed on page 88 of course!

As Pat said... a GREAT time! This was the third T-day trip, and the 4th overall. F1Boston has delivered the goods each time. We are indeed planning another outing during the holiday break... a guaranteed good time. Hope to see you there.
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Re: F1 Boston Turkey Day Shootout 2005

Thanks Michael,

Yes, I omitted your gift and gave Sy's prize to you. Correction in the works...

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Also, one minor clarification... Sy was the lucky recipient of the second model car. For third place I received an autographed copy of January's Racer magazine. Autographed by whom? Why the driver photograghed on page 88 of course!
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Re: F1 Boston Turkey Day Shootout 2005

Fantastic writeup Duo. Donald did an exceptional job putting together the whole thing. He even mailed me all of my lap time sheets. Thanks buddy! My only two complaints are that I had to leave so promptly, and our private races were too short in length. I liked the format we ran last Easter Saturday. If we had the longer 20 minute races, there would have been more of me at the front of each race
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