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If we do not have enough Vipers, would you consider other Dodge entries?  My brother-in-law has a Charger and perhaps I can talk him into it.

Thanks for the thought John, but this event has to be restricted to Members only - insurance reasons.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes!!  It's great being 36 again!    =6

Now off to a yummy dinner and some cake!  =26

The Flyn' Hawaiian ... He's going to beat his own car!

GREAT WEEKEND GUYS - EVERYONE HAD FUN AND EVERYONE DROVE THEIR CARS HOME!

If you're interested in checking out some of the pictures that Ryan from PhotoCross.net took at the track over the weekend, here's a link to his website:

>u 
Click me, Click me!

Hi Glenn,

This would be great for the "lad"...

$100 gets you: 1 car, up to 2 for lunch and you can share driving this one car.  If we aren't booked up and you want to register 2 cars ($100 each)  then you can do that too.

Hope this helps,

Your humble servant.  >n

 >p

Hey Mike - Wishing you the day of your dreams!!!

=26

=25 HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO YOU CARLOS - HOPE IT WAS FUN!!!<8

 =25  HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG BOY!!!!  I HOPE YOU HAD PLENTY OF CAKE!!! =26

Registration form is attached at the bottom of the first post...but here it is again:

CAR CLINIC REGISTRATION FORM

See you there!!!  <1

September 26th is Cruisin' for a Cure

September 27th is the Coronado Speed Festival

[VCA MEMBER'S CHRISTMAS PARTY =3 DECEMBER 5th]

VCA MEMBER'S CHRISTMAS PARTY =3  DECEMBER 5th

The Southern California Viper Club's annual Christmas party will be the evening of Saturday, December 5th at El Niguel Country Club in Laguna Niguel. 

There will be a MC/DJ with music and dancing, a strolling dinner buffet with a no-host bar and a nice parting gift.  This is a really nice venue and you won't want to miss this once a year event!

Location:
El Niguel Country Club
23700 Clubhouse Drive
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
(714) 496-5767

Time:
    Cocktails 6:00 PM
    Dinner at 7:00 PM

  =20  Dress code:
     Men: Slacks and a collared shirt is fine.
     Ladies: Doll yourself up a bit, but no need to go over the top.



Interested in staying overnight?  Here are a couple hotels to choose from:


The St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort
1 Monarch Beach Resort · Dana Point, California 92629
Phone: (949) 234-3200


Doubletree Guest Suites Doheny Beach
34402 Pacific Coast Highway, Dana Point, California, 92629
Tel: 1-949-661-1100   Fax: 1-949-443-9761



CLICK HERE FOR REGISTRATION FORM =9


CLICK HERE TO REGISTER AND PAY WITH PAYPAL 


REGISTERED Attendees..   =8


Arguelles, Eddie & Gladys
Belvedere, Gary
Bitzer, Randy & Patti
Blizzard, Bob & Deb
Bucci, Raymond
Buckingham, Mike
Burke; Ron & Mary
Calderon, Angel
Cawthorne, Arlene
Chapman, Matthew
Chrisman, Dave & Lisa
Conklin, Bruce
Hoard, Hugh & Sherry
Izard, Glenn & Stephanie
Johnson, Eric
Kawata, Ben
Kenehan, Jim & Judy
Kouchi, Lance
Larson, Joel
Matranga, Anthony
McIntyre, Ray
Poliacek, Jiri & Jirina
Ruhlman, Bill
Sial, Kobi
Sippel; Bill & Rene
Sulpizio, Ron & Patsy
Valmassoi, Nino
Wilson, Scott
Winters, Paul & Pam
Vaswani, Michael

Need Registration:

Greenberg, Mike
Hernandez, Carlos
Cragin, Dan

[CAR CONTROL CLINIC at Auto Club Speedway - November 7, 2009]

CAR CONTROL CLINIC at Auto Club Speedway - November 7, 2009 
            Last year this event sold out - so register early!

THIS EVENT IS DRIZZLE OR SHINE  <Z

Do you ever feel like taking your Viper out into an empty parking lot and doing some donuts just for fun?

Wouldn't you love to go out and burn some rubber and not get a ticket?

Have you ever wanted to take some turns on the street fast enough to slide the car and exceed its limits, without the chance of hitting something or someone?

Would you like to explore your Viper's limits in a safe, legal environment and learn to handle your beast better?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, Viper Club Car Control Clinic is something you just won't want to miss.
 
The date is November 7th at Auto Club Speedway off Cherry Avenue and the I-10 Freeway in Fontana.  We have rented a large parking lot approximately 1000 x 1200 feet.  The club will provide lunch.
DC Performance will be there to help with the event and offer minor services to all the attendees.
Bob Blizzard, Viper Days' Chief Driving Instructor, and a host of other experienced drivers will be there to provide instruction.

We'll have four stations as follows:

STATION #1 - Is a "small" figure 8 around cones where an instructor rides with you and instructs each driver and offers input / advice on how the car feels, what the car is doing and how to best control it while turning left and right.  I know this will be a long day for our instructors but they should have some fun too. 

STATION #2 - Is a timed AutoX type slalom course.  It starts with a short "straight", proceeds "through the cones", followed by a 180 degree left turn at speed, then back through the cones and past      the timer.  We'll see if we can rustle up some prizes for this station.

STATION #3 - Is a "0 to 60" with the driver doing a "threshold" brake after reaching 60 mph.  DC Performance's Lyle Larson spent years as a professional drag racer and went as fast 6.32 at 220.51-mph in an alcohol car.  Lyle will provide instruction at this station.  We'll have a drag racers "tree" so that we can learn how a tree works and test our reaction times.

STATION #4 -  Is a "large" figure 8 around cones where an instructor rides with and instructs each driver and offers input / advice on how the car feels, what the car is doing and how to best control it while turning left and right.

We plan to have a leader at each station.  We will also need a "helper" at each station to pick up/reset the cones (not that any of you will hit any cones).  Please let us know if you can help us with this event.  I will likely "ask" my sons to come and help (they will get a chance to drive later as payment). We plan to have a pop up at each station for shade and ask members to bring their own chairs and something to drink - the club will provide drinks for lunch.

Plan to arrive at 9:30AM the event will start at 10:00AM with lunch at about noon and be completed about 3:00 PM. This would give each group of drivers about an hour at each station.

For insurance reasons, we will need to limit participation to club members and their immediate family.  All participants must have a valid Drivers License and current auto insurance.  Helmets are recommended but not required.

This event is being heavily subsidized by the club; cost is only $100 per car.  Participants are limited to a total of 50 cars, so sign up early; you won't want to miss this event!
Dan  <2


CLICK HERE TO PAY USING PAYPAL


OR CLICK FOR REGISTRATION FORM.



A TASTE OF LAST YEAR'S EVENT...













ATTENDEES...


Arguelles, Eddie
Arguelles, Cameron
Aronian, Yosi
Avila, Jose (need registration)
Belvedere, Gary
Borecki, Steve
Bennett, John
Buckingham, Mike
Burgan, John
Carlsson, Aaron
Chapman, Matthew
Chrisman, Dave & Lisa
Cifelli, Steve (may not make it)
Conklin, Bruce
Davenport; Justin
Fujita, Mike
Fujita, Justin
Glass, Ron
Greenberg, Donald
Greitzer, Norman
Hoard, Hugh (need registration)
Izard, Glenn
Izard, Steph
Jackson, Peter
Kandola, Kevin
Kawata, Ben
Kraus, Lawrence
Kouchi, Lance
Li, Bruce
Jacobson, Jerry
Jackson, Michael
Malone, Mike
Martin, Pete (need registration)
Matranga, Anthony
Medina, Art
Moore, Mike
Palkovic, Richard
Peluce, Floyd
Pena, Art
Pham, Anhtuan
Reinsma, Eddie
Roshauzaer; Shahin
Sinkinson, Mike
Sulpizio, Ron & Patsy
Tribolet, Randy
Valdes, Juan
Valmassoi, Nino
Winters, Paul & Pam
Yuen, Luke

[Ventura Area Run & Lunch]

Ventura Area Run & Lunch

This event is put on by our awesome members, Glenn & Stephanie Izard!  >2 THANKS GUYS!

This run is through the Conejo Valley - Starting at Glenn & Stephanie's home in Thousand Oaks.  They're planing to have a Continental type breakfast for all, and planing to run some extra cool roads through the Filmore, Santa Paula and Ojai back country.


Lunch is at Bodee's.  Bodee's is a boutique restaurant that we overwhelmed last year  ^2 (Bodee's actually closes the restaurant down to outside patrons and it's for the Viper Club only!)  This year, the lunch will be a buffet menu which will consist of guacamole, chips & salsa, build your own kobe beef burgers with cheddar, grilled chicken breast sandwiches, ranch fries, mixed salad, non alcoholic beverages, cookies and brownies?  The cost will be $28.00 per person, which includes tax & gratuity. (Paid to the restaurant day of.)


Please let us know if you'd like to attend so Bodee's can plan accordingly.

Meet at Chevron Station & Gas Up at 9:15AM - Depart at 9:30AM
5221 Palo Comado Canyon R, Agoura Hills, CA

Arrive Glenn & Steph's @ 9:30 to 10AM
3904 Via Verde, Thousand Oaks, CA

Depart for Bodee's Restaurant @ 10:30AM
3304 Maricopa Hwy, Ojai, CA

Arrive for lunch @ 12:00 Noon


CARAVAN FROM OC

Meet Shady Canyon Starbucks at 7:45 - Depart @ 8:00 AM
Arrive Spaghettini's at 8:15AM "roll through" and on to Chevron in LA to pickup another Viper group. 


CARAVAN FROM WEST LA

Meet at the Chevron Gas Station 8:45AM -- OC group should be there at 9AM for a "roll through" and on to our gas stop in Agoura Hills


CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE ROUTE MAP.



Attendees so far... >8 

Glenn and Steph Izard
Dan and Cathy Everts
Drew Everts & Devon
Art Pena
Lance Kouchi
Scott & Debbie
Kala +1
Tim & Kym
Jim Kenehan + 1
Travis Escalante
Joel & Madona
Angel C.
Jose A.
Jim and Glenda (maybe)
Carl Sheffer
Micky & Yosi
Eric L +1
Ken & Lena A.
Mike and Melanie
Tom and Shawn
Anhtuan (S V )
Randy and Diane
Sean and Theresa
Mike and Yoko
Fast Eddie A. (maybe)
Eddie & Michelle R.
Bruce Conklin
Ben Schuck +1
Don & Diane
Eric Cordes & Vicki
Justin Davenport
Craig & Dolly
Dan Cragin
Jim and Luayne Valestrino
Ron & Marion Glass
Carol Wior & Son
John Fuchs

[Date]

Hello Viper Club Members,

The Memorial Party for our friend and Viper Member Dave Cawthorne has been planned for:


Date:   Saturday, August 15th, 2009
Time:   1:00 PM
Place:   Ed Brown Senior Center (click for map) (formerly the Joslyn Center)
            18402 West Bernardo Drive
            San Diego, CA (Rancho Bernardo)

This is to be a celebration of Dave's life, and according to his wife Arlene of 48-years, "a party that should be fun".

Many of you have some great memories of Dave and if you'd like, you can share them with the group at the Memorial Party.  Or, you can put your story in writing;  I think Arlene would enjoy reading it.

The Viper Club will be providing the sandwiches, if you'd like to contribute to the drinks or paper goods, please call or email me and I'll let you know what is needed.

For planning purposes, please let us know if you can make it.

Thank you and we hope to see you there,




Directions once you exit the freeway:

Ed Brown Senior Center (click for map)
From I-15 take the Pomerado Rd/ West Bernardo Dr exit and turn left.  Turn right at the light into the Rancho Bernardo Community Park.  Follow the road around past the community center, parking lots and tennis courts.  The Memorial Party will be in the 1-story white building with a royal blue awning out front.

Those of us coming from LA / OC can meet at the Shady Canyon Starbucks about 11 - 11:15 AM, departing about 11:30 for a show up time at Dave's party of about 1:00PM.  Click here for map

I'll plan to be there at about 11 AM ish.

Cathy is going down a bit earlier to help with set up.

Let me know who's planning to meet at Starbucks and we'll keep an eye out for you.



R.S.V.P.'s

Andy Mercardo
Art Pena
Bill & Cyndi Ruhlman
Bill, Tina, Cassey O'Connell
Carl & Amy Atwood
Dan & Cathy
Dave & Lisa
Eddie & Dylan Reinsma
Fred Vanta
Gary Chilcote
Gary & Melissa B.
Glenn & Stephanie I.
Irfan Malik
Janae Brolin & Greg
Jim Becker
Lance & Lori +3
Mike & Cheryl S.
Mike Berreras
Mike & Yoko F.
Peter H.
Steve & Carol B
Nino & Ruth
Paul & Pam W.
Paul & Theresa Hawker
Randy Begin
Richard & Charlene
Ron & Mary Burke
Trinh Thai
Ulysses Samilo
Vince & Shawn
Peter Hauser

[CORONADO SPEED FESTIVAL - SUNDAY Sept 27th]

CORONADO SPEED FESTIVAL - SUNDAY Sept 27th

CLICK HERE for more about Coronado Speed Festival & Fleet Week San Diego

We'll meet @ Rubys Diner in Carlsbad @ 7:45AM to have breakfast @ 8AM. Leave about 9AM for Coronado to the races.

Ruby's Diner
5630 Paseo Del Norte # D
Carlsbad, CA 92008-4458
(760) 931-7829
Get directions

Caravan from Orange County:  Meet Shady Canyon Starbucks at 6:30 - 6:45 - Depart @ 7:00 AM


We will once again get Corral Passes for our Vipers to park inside the event, however, you'll need to purchase your General Admission tickets (suggest you do this in advance).

I HAVE CORRAL PASSES, BUT YOU'LL NEED TO BUY ADMISSION TICKETS

Buy Your General Admission Tickets In Advance and Save: http://www.fleetweeksandiego.org/tickets.html

PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU PLAN TO GO   ^2

Bill O'Connell
Dan & Cathy
Mark & Jolynn
Randy Begin
Larry Flickinger + 1
Brent Kern
Glenn & Trevor
Carl Atwood
Barry Noar
Lawrenzo & Kiki
Darryl & Dianne
Michael Cohen +1 (WearyMicrobe)
Curt Dose +1
John Bennett +1
James Palis
Craig & Dolly Peterson
Drew & Casey Booram
George Dauphine
Ron & Linda Pruett