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Slippery
Slippery Dork
10/21/15 9:00 p.m.
JohnRW1621 wrote: By midnight on Friday I will have already done six autox runs and tons of drag passes with your motorcycle in the trunk.

Pffff ... I want to see you run the 1/4 with the bike!!!

mazdeuce
mazdeuce PowerDork
10/22/15 7:39 a.m.

Are you on the road yet? What's the holdup? More pictures!

aussiesmg
aussiesmg MegaDork
10/22/15 7:53 a.m.

After consuming steaks and beers in Atlanta with Les Burchett, and acquiring another project too, I am almost to the Florida State Line

patgizz
patgizz PowerDork
10/22/15 7:58 a.m.

There may or may not have been non hetero extramarital shenanigans in their one-bed room last night. Do not underestimate the power of floods to bring out storm chasing contractors and their ability to control hotels in the entirety of the center of SC. I had to share a double bed with my kid, he poked me in the eye at 3am. Finishing the drive on low sleep and hotel coffee, we're hitting the road in 10 to most likely not catch up with john and his now closer than ever driving partner. My hotel's interwebs were overwhelmed last night so for now my travel pics including challenge car carnage when tire shelf let go above it are stuck on Twitter

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 MegaDork
10/22/15 8:15 a.m.

Now south of Columbia.
The Q45 just passed Andrews LS400 (likely the only time ever) but the LS400 is on a trailer.

Eta of 1:00 to Jax where we will bask in the glow of the Mark VIII.

In true Aristocrats fashion I have notnot driven a single mile of this trip. My hired driver, Jonathan has handled those duties.

As for the sleeping arrangements, I was the big spoon.

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 MegaDork
10/22/15 9:08 a.m.

Random thoughts
XM radio channel Lithium is awesome.

Wase map app is pretty cool.

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 MegaDork
10/22/15 9:28 a.m.
Slippery wrote: John, I'll see you at the Challenge ... will be arriving around midnight Friday.

Do you really intend to arrive Friday midnight or might you mean today, Thursday midnight?

The real racing happens on Friday with concourse and banquet Saturday.

Friday midnight strikes me as an odd time to arrive.

Rusted_Busted_Spit
Rusted_Busted_Spit UberDork
10/22/15 9:35 a.m.

In reply to JohnRW1621:

Wase is good, I just have not played with it much yet.

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 MegaDork
10/22/15 9:39 a.m.

Wase has been spot on with "police reported ahead" notifications on I95 just north of Georgia.

aussiesmg
aussiesmg MegaDork
10/22/15 9:49 a.m.

Pulling into motel now

alfadriver
alfadriver UltimaDork
10/22/15 11:14 a.m.

In reply to aussiesmg:

When do you get to see your potential BMW?

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 MegaDork
10/22/15 11:29 a.m.

This may be a good time to reveal The Aristocrats Class insignia. One per Aristocrat car.

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 MegaDork
10/22/15 11:34 a.m.

Also, The Aristocrats specific awards and more importantly, the titles bestowed.

The Earl of Autocross
The Duke of Drags
The Count of Concourse

The Baron of Berkeley.

Slippery
Slippery Dork
10/22/15 11:49 a.m.
JohnRW1621 wrote:
Slippery wrote: John, I'll see you at the Challenge ... will be arriving around midnight Friday.
Do you really intend to arrive Friday midnight or might you mean today, Thursday midnight? The real racing happens on Friday with concourse and banquet Saturday. Friday midnight strikes me as an odd time to arrive.

Yes, Friday.

Unfortunately my wife had to fly to California for work and I am taking care of the kids. One of them can't skip school.

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 MegaDork
10/22/15 11:53 a.m.

Well, I guess I'll have a motorcycle next to my bed till Saturday morning.

patgizz
patgizz PowerDork
10/22/15 1:05 p.m.

In GA by savannah airport for lunch stop, have been sucking up the cheap gas at 12.5mpg. 5:30 eta gainesville, staying at quality inn sw williston rd. have to drop wife and kids off for her brother to pick them up andcontinue to orlando, then will get settled in and come up to best western for registration and meet you oddballs

Spinout007
Spinout007 UberDork
10/22/15 1:28 p.m.
JohnRW1621 wrote: Well, I guess I'll have a motorcycle next to my bed till Saturday morning.

Am I not babysitting it for a month now?

sethmeister4
sethmeister4 SuperDork
10/22/15 2:55 p.m.

My brother and I are about to hit the SC/GA line, should arrive at the Best Western around 7:30 hopefully. The Max is running great, albeit a little noisy and bumpy. First tank of fuel was 26.9 MPG. . See you guys soon!

patgizz
patgizz PowerDork
10/22/15 4:28 p.m.

30 miles feels so long after 947 down...

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 MegaDork
10/22/15 5:00 p.m.

ETA 6:20 pm

sethmeister4
sethmeister4 SuperDork
10/22/15 5:09 p.m.

Hour and a half away...

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 MegaDork
10/25/15 3:54 p.m.

A slow motion kind of morning no matter how hard we tried which means off to a late start. Jonathan drove the Lincoln back to Jeremy in Jax while I followed in the Q45.

Blackened Grouper for lunch in Jax.

Shooting for VA tonight then WV and Ohio tomorrow. Any hotel recommendations off I77?

Great event.
I figure that I am the highest placing finisher at stock ride height.

1st in class, 10th overall.

The Beige Brigade

singleslammer
singleslammer UberDork
10/25/15 4:37 p.m.

Terrific showing. If you decide to unload it, let me know. I want a Barge to play with. I tried to talk Andrew out of his, but I don't think that is happening.

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 MegaDork
10/25/15 5:00 p.m.

She's a keeper for now. Next planned Q45 adventure is a track day.
The many faces of the Q45!

Woody
Woody MegaDork
10/25/15 6:11 p.m.

That is a fantastic logo.

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