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  Hello Everyone

We have been members in this club since 2006.  During that time,  I don't remember any official notification to the the members about  a nomination for Officers.  I do  remember a post about nominations on our site.
I am not trying to upset the flow of what is going to happen in 2014.  The pre determined officers that have been waiting  on the bench for the 2014 positions for a long time will be an asset to our club.  However,  I have to say that we need to be more open to our "New" club members and let them know that this is not a "Good old Boy's club" AKA  the "Click" with a VCA mentality.  So in all fairness, we should have an Election with everyone  involved that have paid their dues to the So Cal Club via....( You Know)  to cast a Nomination and/or vote  for new  open positions for officers in 2014.  Times are a changing and we will lead the rest of the pack... SoCal Vipers Rock....

"IF YOUR HAPPY SITTING ON THE BENCH THEN DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT THE RESULTS"


Cheers!  Glenn

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALA!     <w

        Cheers..... Team Izard.   <L.  <9.   <q

We should try to make a group outing for Long Beach    <1



2013 SRT Viper GTS-R / American Le Mans series calendar:

March 13-16, 2013 - Sebring, Florida - 12 hour race
April 19-20, 2013 - Long Beach, California - 2 hour race
May 9-11, 2013 - Monterey, California - 4 hour race
July 5-6, 2013 - Lime Rock, Connecticut - 2 hour 45min race 
July 19-20, 2013 - CTMP, Bowmanville, Ontario - 2 hour 45min race
Aug 9-11, 2013 - Road America, Wisconsin - 2 hour 45min race
Aug 30-31, 2013 - Baltimore GP, Maryland - 2 hour race
Sept 19-21, 2013 - Austin, Texas - 2 hour 45min race
Oct 3-5, 2013 - Alton, Virginia - 4 hour race
Oct 16-19, 2013 - Petit Le Mans, Braselton, Georgia - 10 hour race

  I know lots of the Sidewinders are hooked up to NARRA E-Mail.   But I just had to share this one.
 Watch this Video when you can give up  30 minutes of your time.  Very Cool...  B T W one of our So Cal
members did quite well...  <1


http://youtu.be/wEhz75miJoI

Happy Birthday Dan    <w


Cheers! from Team Izard   Glenn, Steph &  Odie <L  <9   <q

      ^2    A senior citizen drove his brand new Viper convertible out of the dealership. Taking off down the road, he floored it to 80 mph, enjoying the wind blowing through what little gray hair he had left. "Amazing," he thought as he flew down the freeway, pushing the pedal even more. Looking in his rear view mirror, he saw a state trooper behind him, lights flashing and siren blaring. He floored it to 100 mph, then 110, then 120. Suddenly he thought, "What am I doing? I'm too old for this," and pulled over to await the trooper's arrival.

Pulling in behind him, the trooper walked up to the Viper, looked at his watch, and said, "Sir, my shift ends in 30 minutes. Today is Friday. If you can give me a reason for speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you go."

The old gentleman paused. Then he said, "Years ago, my wife ran off with a State trooper. I thought you were bringing her back."

"Have a good day, sir," replied the trooper    <1

TEAM VIPER ACHIEVE GOAL – BOTH CARS FINISH ALMS RACE

LEXINGTON, OHIO (Saturday, Aug. 5, 2012) – SRT Motorsports' Team Viper was candid about its mission in Saturday's American Le Mans Series event at Mid-Ohio.  The mission – have both SRT Viper GTS-R race cars running at the finish of the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge in the GT class.  Mission accomplished.

Team Viper was making its return to the ALMS series.  Not only were both cars running at the finish, the performance improved throughout the two-hour, 45-minute timed event.  As an added bonus, one of the Viper GTS-Rs had a top-10 finish.

Kuno Wittmer and Dominik Farnbacher finished 10th in the No. 91 Forza Motorsports SRT Viper GTS-R while Marc Goossens and Tommy Kendall were 12th in the No. 93 Pennzoil Ultra SRT Viper GTS-R.

"Our first goal was to get through the race without any major problems," said Gary Johnson, Road Racing Manger – SRT Motorsports.  "We accomplished that.  In fact, we were making progress throughout the race.  The cars were getting better.  Today's race gives us an opportunity to know where the issues are and where we need to focus."

Even though both teams reached the primary goal of finishing in the debut, everyone agrees there's plenty of work ahead before the specially-prepared Viper GTS-R race cars, built by Bill Riley and Riley Technologies, take the track at Road America in two weeks.

"It wasn't pretty but both cars finished," said Riley.  "We've got a lot to build on.  We're about two seconds off where we need to be and that showed in the race.  Now we need to build on that and go from there.  We were consistent but there are things we have to work on.  There are gains to make with the car.  We'll keep chipping away on it.  I think we'll get about half of the gap taken care of pretty quickly."

Wittmer says there were more positives than just having both cars running at the finish.  "We learned so much today as far as driver comfort, car handling, chassis, and motor, everything in the package," he said.  "This was a great test.  We have to keep working at it but a top 10 is not a bad start."


Farnbacher was pleased he and Wittmer didn't make an on-track mistake.  "We didn't make a mistake," he said.  "We didn't go off the track.  It's a good start for both teams, something to build on for the next race."

Kendall and Goossens had two minor incidents – slight contact with another car early in the race and a trek off course in one of the turns in the final minutes – but the No. 93 continued it consistent pace to the checkered flag.

Kendall said having both cars finish was positive for the day.  "Our goal was to run as many laps as we could and finish both cars," he said.  "It's a tribute to this group, all the guys on these two cars.  We've got plenty to work on.  I'm encouraged.  I thought our race pace was decent.  There's certainly some good take-aways."

Goossens was pleased with the consistency.  "We showed we can be consistent," he said.  "We had a good solid race, both cars.  There's still a lot of work to do.  That's normal after your first race."

Race Results
American Le Mans Series
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012
 1. Gavin/Milner                          Corvette      
 2. Bergmeister/Long                 Porsche
 3. Muller/Auberlen                     BMW
 4. Henzler/Sellers                     Porsche
 5. Hand/Muller                           BMW
 6. Sharp/van Overbeek             Ferrari
 7. Neiman/Holzer                      Porsche
 8. Brown/Cosmo                       Ferrari
 9. Miller/Maassen                      Porsche
10. WITTMER/FARNBACHER SRT Viper GTS-R
11. Sweedler/Bell                        Lotus
12. GOOSSENS/KENDALL       SRT Viper GTS-R
13. Magnussen/Garcia                Corvette

SRT MOTORSPORTS' TEAM VIPER POST-RACE QUOTES

Gary Johnson (Road Racing Manager, SRT Motorsports)
"Our first goal was to get through the race without any major problems.  We accomplished that.  In fact, we were making progress throughout the race.  The cars were getting better.  Today's race gives us an opportunity to know where the issues are and where we need to focus."

Bill Riley (Riley Technologies – Riley Motorsports)
"It wasn't pretty but both cars finished.  We've got a lot to build on.  We're about two seconds off where we need to be and that showed in the race.  Now we need to build on that and go from there.  We were consistent but there are things we have to work on.  There are gains to make with the car.  We'll keep chipping away on it.  I think we'll get about half of the gap taken care of pretty quickly."

Marc Goossens (No. 93 Pennzoil Ultra SRT Viper GTS-R)
"I think we've proven that we're already reliable in a short period of time.  It was a great team effort by the whole SRT Motorsports group.  We showed we can be consistent.  It was a good race.  We had a good solid race, both cars.  There's still a lot of work to do, that's normal in your first race."

Tommy Kendall (No. 93 Pennzoil Ultra SRT Viper GTS-R)
"In a lot of ways, it feels like a win.  You get ahead of yourself, everybody want to run before they can walk.  But our goal was to run as many laps as we could and finish both cars.  It's a tribute to this group, these guys.  We've got plenty to work on.  I'm encouraged.  I though our race pace was decent.  There's certainly some good take-aways."

Kuno Wittmer (No. 91 Forza Motorsports SRT Viper GTS-R)
"I would say it's more than a goal achieved.  We definitely wanted to be quicker but we wanted to finish the race.  That was the priority.  We learned so much today as far as driver comfort, car handling, chassis, and motor, everything in the package.  This was a great test.  We have to keep working at it but a top 10 is not a bad start."

Dominik Farnbacher (No. 91 Forza Motorsports SRT Viper GTS-R)
"I'm very proud of my team.  I could say mission accomplished because our goal was to finish the race.  We didn't make a mistake.  We didn't go off the track.  It was a good start for both teams, something to build on for the next race."

Best regards,

Kuno Wittmer
SRT Motorsports - Factory race driver

I hoped for better...But this is encouraging !      Go...  SRT  <1

   Set your D V R or better yet have a party.  The 2013 Viper G T S-R will be racing for the first time
at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge next Saturday August 4th,  on A B C  11:00 A.M.  


http://www.alms.com/articles/srt-viper-gts-r-races-toward-mid-ohio-debut

http://www.alms.com/races/mid-ohio-sports-car-challenge-1

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTT


     CHEERS! from Team Izard   <v


      <L    <9  <q   and your fan club   >d        

   For Sale.... set of four.  10 spoke wheels 18" fronts 19" rears with original run flats.  Have been in storage for four years.

  Wheels are in great shape.     $1199. for the set.

    Glenn............. <1

  Hey Gang.  I put this post on the Sidewinders blog because is is related to Racing.  Our friend
John Archer is in a Snowmobile race to raise money for  AlS ( Lou Gehrig's Disease )    Lou was one heck of a Baseball Player  Top collector card as a kid.......
Please help out John and show the support we have for Racers in sunny SoCal...........
I'm already in with a donation.  Will you help?

 Thanks,   Glenn............ <1


 On Facebook........Archer Racing
"If anyone would like to help support the fight of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) by sponsoring John Archer on the Blackwoods Blizzard Tour. Please go to blackwoodsblizzardtour.com and click on "pledge a rider", then enter John Archer and go from there. Any donation is greatly appreciated. Thanks for your support!
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Glenn Izard    John, I just pledged up. Ride like the wind! Team Izard, SoCal Viper club and one of your customers.............."


http://webmn.alsa.org/site/TR/Rides/Minnesota?px=1671960&pg=personal&fr_id=7641

  O.K. I see how it is.  Going to Barrett Jackson,  kicking tires, and PARTYING  DOWN!  You people deserve it.

So I know some privileged people will see or listen to the description of the 2013.  I'll offer up a few Ben Franklins
and all my discount coupons to Magic Mountain for a little info.  

I think we need some more  So Cal positions..

  Door monitor <s

  Bouncer <G

  Event Greater   <9

  Spy >11

  Weather Guy/Gal <I

  Historian   O>
 
                       Have a great time !    <1

 

  WOW!  Our community kicks A   >g






http://www.motortrend.com/features/consumer/1202_the_2012_power_list/viewall.html

   Just installed a 2.5# Halguard extinguiser with a custom Viper  mounting kit from
Speedtactics.   What is great about this system is that you can slide the floor mat under
the mounting bracket.  Even if you don't track your Viper it's well worth having on board.
You can't beat the price either.

If you didn't know Speedtactics is owned by SoCal Viper club member  Scott Hirko.     <1

http://www.speedtactics.com/dodge_parts.php

 This is a new post from the V C A.  Ever  wondered what your Viper looked like
striped down to the bone and back like new in less than two minutes?     <1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC5IzzzFErU

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY CYBER MAN....... <8

  CHEERS... from Team Izard    <L <9 <q

 See you at Spring Mountain!   <1

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LANCE




<w  NOW IT'S TIME TO EAT CAKE! <w


      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-28jAoTPFw




      Team Izard thinks      YOU'RE THE BOMB!

       <L <9 <q





   

  Congratulations to Dodge, SRT  and the Viper community.  <1   Anyone who owns a Viper
already knows the great news.  
 Sending this out to all our SoCal site visitors.... ( gamers, enthusiasts and future Viper owners).   Enjoy!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4-e3uSYPpg

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAN  <8



"Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek."

                   Mario Andretti <1

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE <w


    From Glenn and Steph and Odie