Does anyone have a contact number for Duel at DeAnza? I'd like to find
out exactly what their noise limits are.... and possibly suggest that they
allow karts :)
--Darren (guaranteed TTOD if so)
Charlie "DeAnza longtimer" wrote:
> DeAnza is always the third Sunday in May, this year May 20. I'll miss it
> this year, as I'll be working either a Vintage race at Sears Point or a
> NASCAR Winston West race at Laguna Seca, still undecided as to which.
>
> Josh already knows this, but I'll post it for the DeAnza novices in the
> group. "Applause Generation" is partially a function of time at DeAnza.
> Though "spectacular" (think of Ben Martinez' drifter racing run...) can
> generate healthy applause at any time during the day, the crowd becomes jaded
> as the day wears on. I had an absolutely killer run late in the day in my
> C/S RX-7 a couple of years ago, but went between Frank Stagnaro's C/P Shelby
> GT350 and Barry Goldine's winged Top Time of Day A/Mod Tui late in the
> afternoon, so I looked like chopped liver to the crowd at that point in time!
>
> So.... If you're in Stock or Street Prepared cars, the best chance for
> applause comes relatively early in the day.
>
> A couple more DeAnza tips...
>
> Get there at 0 dark :30! 6:00 AM will get you maybe 10th in line, 6:30 will
> get you somewhere in the 100s, 7:00 may not make the 275 car cut-off!
>
> My preferred routine is to get there a little after 6:00, register and walk
> the course, find some friends to go to breakfast with and allow the tech line
> to snake its way through the paddock for a couple of hours, then get teched
> closer to the 11:00 AM closing time. This unfortunately puts you in the "low
> applause" group.
>
> The other way would be to get there by 6:00, get teched early, and run early.
>
>
> CHD
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