Oh, boy, I drove all across the wilds of Nebraska to have my Viper out at a track with hail laden storms approaching with 70 mph wind gusts -----------------aaargh!! This would have been a common complaint at most tracks with millions of dollars of Snakes out on the tarmac, but not at Motorsports Park Hastings this weekend ( June 11-13 ). George Anderson, Pres. of the track, simply called up a couple of his buddies and , bingo, we had all the cars inside warehouses ---- one was a cold storage meat locker, which made for humorous attempts at defrosting the Viper windows the next morning when drivers picked up their beasts.
There was so much going on that if you are from the Colorado/Wyoming/ Utah VCA Club, the Minnesota Club, or the Kansas City Region Club, you have to ask your members that went if they had a good time , as this was as much of an entertainment riot, as it was track event.
Let's see, how often do you go to a track event and have;
1. Go kart races around a 2.2 mile track , with the added excitement of a few people already imbiding a bit before their laps. Laugh riot.
2. Where do you sit down to a pound of prime rib as your Saturday evening dinner , and then have the track President run out to the Country Club to bring you back dessert --- Kahlua Freezes !!!??. 3.How about topping off the evening with a tour of the track garages/homes , including one gentleman who opened his to us , as well as his collection of 20-25 assorted hotrods, racers and muscle cars?
4. Water supplied on track, timers provided at no charge, Friday get together party. lap orientation on Friday, and .....................the exciting Bacardi Bus ride around the track as the sun was going down!!!
5. Ted Hughes brought his new ACR-X to the track for more shake down runs , and ran the fastest race coupe time recorded. Previously the track's quickest time was run by Randy Pobst ( yes the same well known pro driver who held the production track record in an ACR, before Chris Winkler ( of Chrysler ) broke it in the new version -- which consequently became the 1:33 Edition.
1:29.4 bested the time put down by Pobst in the 3R Racing Porsche GT3 Cup car driven in the World Challenge Series the past year.
The weather gods did not get to rain ( yes, it is a pun ) their fury on the Vipers thanks to the foresight of George Anderson, and when things looked bleak on Sunday, the Motorsport Park's Mojo came around, and brought the sun right back out. Other than a few damp early morning hours ( with the track drying every lap ) the afternoon broke to brilliant sunshine and phenomenal tracktime. Those that stayed had a fantastic time with changing track conditions, and learned better car control as the track dried ------ it never was severely wet at all.
Special thanks go to Ryan Furstenau and Furstenau Financial Mgmt for his determination to get this event started. He even made up a super cool booklet about the Viper and presented it to all the attendees right before his presentation on his approach to financial management -- he carries his same passion for the Viper over to how he takes care of his customers and their individual planning needs, so keep him in mind.
Also I would like to say thanks to my management at Woodhouse Dodge, and Woodhouse Motorsports for jumping in to help sponsor this fun event, and I can't imagine having a better weekend in June. Mark Jorgensen was there to help, as always, and we both enjoyed meeting so many other members of the Club, besides actually meeting some of our far flung customers for the first time!
Kudos go to the Colorado/Wyoming/Utah Club for the largest participation, and I can guarantee we will see attendees double next year after the word spreads about the track, the food, the party, the extras, the go karts, and on and on!!
Lastly, thanks to Ted Hughes for letting me borrow his ACR on Sunday to give a few folks thrill rides ------ I think I came out the best on this generous offer ( what a machine!). Ted also helped Keith Anderson ( Minnesota ) when he ran out of tires , by offering him usage of his Pilot Sports mounted on a spare set of rims -- definitely won the " Spirit" award for the event.
Bill Pemberton
Viper/SRT Mgr
Woodhouse Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Viper, Hurst
1-800-889-1893
cell 402-677-5864
Welcome to Woodhouse | Woodhouse Auto Family | Bellevue Omaha Blair Nebraska | Missouri Valley Iowa
[email protected]
There was so much going on that if you are from the Colorado/Wyoming/ Utah VCA Club, the Minnesota Club, or the Kansas City Region Club, you have to ask your members that went if they had a good time , as this was as much of an entertainment riot, as it was track event.
Let's see, how often do you go to a track event and have;
1. Go kart races around a 2.2 mile track , with the added excitement of a few people already imbiding a bit before their laps. Laugh riot.
2. Where do you sit down to a pound of prime rib as your Saturday evening dinner , and then have the track President run out to the Country Club to bring you back dessert --- Kahlua Freezes !!!??. 3.How about topping off the evening with a tour of the track garages/homes , including one gentleman who opened his to us , as well as his collection of 20-25 assorted hotrods, racers and muscle cars?
4. Water supplied on track, timers provided at no charge, Friday get together party. lap orientation on Friday, and .....................the exciting Bacardi Bus ride around the track as the sun was going down!!!
5. Ted Hughes brought his new ACR-X to the track for more shake down runs , and ran the fastest race coupe time recorded. Previously the track's quickest time was run by Randy Pobst ( yes the same well known pro driver who held the production track record in an ACR, before Chris Winkler ( of Chrysler ) broke it in the new version -- which consequently became the 1:33 Edition.
1:29.4 bested the time put down by Pobst in the 3R Racing Porsche GT3 Cup car driven in the World Challenge Series the past year.
The weather gods did not get to rain ( yes, it is a pun ) their fury on the Vipers thanks to the foresight of George Anderson, and when things looked bleak on Sunday, the Motorsport Park's Mojo came around, and brought the sun right back out. Other than a few damp early morning hours ( with the track drying every lap ) the afternoon broke to brilliant sunshine and phenomenal tracktime. Those that stayed had a fantastic time with changing track conditions, and learned better car control as the track dried ------ it never was severely wet at all.
Special thanks go to Ryan Furstenau and Furstenau Financial Mgmt for his determination to get this event started. He even made up a super cool booklet about the Viper and presented it to all the attendees right before his presentation on his approach to financial management -- he carries his same passion for the Viper over to how he takes care of his customers and their individual planning needs, so keep him in mind.
Also I would like to say thanks to my management at Woodhouse Dodge, and Woodhouse Motorsports for jumping in to help sponsor this fun event, and I can't imagine having a better weekend in June. Mark Jorgensen was there to help, as always, and we both enjoyed meeting so many other members of the Club, besides actually meeting some of our far flung customers for the first time!
Kudos go to the Colorado/Wyoming/Utah Club for the largest participation, and I can guarantee we will see attendees double next year after the word spreads about the track, the food, the party, the extras, the go karts, and on and on!!
Lastly, thanks to Ted Hughes for letting me borrow his ACR on Sunday to give a few folks thrill rides ------ I think I came out the best on this generous offer ( what a machine!). Ted also helped Keith Anderson ( Minnesota ) when he ran out of tires , by offering him usage of his Pilot Sports mounted on a spare set of rims -- definitely won the " Spirit" award for the event.
Bill Pemberton
Viper/SRT Mgr
Woodhouse Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Viper, Hurst
1-800-889-1893
cell 402-677-5864
Welcome to Woodhouse | Woodhouse Auto Family | Bellevue Omaha Blair Nebraska | Missouri Valley Iowa
[email protected]
The Sidewinders looked so good on my car I'm going to have to find a set now. Thanks Ted!
