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    Offline NoMope Greg

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    Coronado Speed Festival, September 27 & 28 - pics & videos added
    « on: September 16, 2008 - 01:32:13 AM »
    While Chrysler is no longer the title sponsor, they've always been very involved in this event.  It's all vintage racing on the airfield at North Island Naval Air Station.  I hope to see a few members there - my son and I attend on Sunday every year.

    http://www.fleetweeksandiego.org/coronadospeedfestival/

    A few pics from previous years
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    Re: Coronado Speed Festival, September 27 & 28
    « Reply #1 on: September 18, 2008 - 02:19:31 AM »
    Some more from 2006 and 2007
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    Re: Coronado Speed Festival, September 27 & 28
    « Reply #2 on: September 18, 2008 - 02:22:21 AM »
    A few more from 2007.
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    Re: Coronado Speed Festival, September 27 & 28
    « Reply #3 on: September 29, 2008 - 03:34:21 AM »
    A great day - sunny, but not too hot with a nice sea breeze.  I met a few local Mopar E-body guys and told them about the site, so hopefully they'll join up.  I also met a gentleman who is in some way involved with the #42 Gurney AAR and told him about the site.  His name is Larry; I thought he was the owner, but according to some literature he gave me, he's not.  Either way, I'm hoping we get a few more members and I've made some local contacts. 

    Here are some of the cars and action I saw - just Mopars tonight.  I'll post some action shots and pics of other makes tomorrow.  I also have some videos, but I'm not up to uploading it tonight, so I'll link it later.





















































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    Re: Coronado Speed Festival, September 27 & 28
    « Reply #4 on: September 29, 2008 - 03:56:57 AM »
    Thanks heaps Greg, these are way cool pictures you have shared with us buddy. :2thumbs:
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    Re: Coronado Speed Festival, September 27 & 28 (Pics and videos added)
    « Reply #5 on: September 30, 2008 - 03:11:44 AM »
    Thanks, Kenny.  I'm glad you like them.

    Here are some photos of the some of the other cars in the car corral.

    This is less than half of the car corral.  As you can see, there are many empty spaces of people who left early.  There are about as many cars in the paddock area.



    Here's a video showing most of the car corral:
    http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/traveler_1701/2008%20Coronado%20Speed%20festival/?action=view&current=CarCorral.flv




























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    Re: Coronado Speed Festival, September 27 & 28
    « Reply #6 on: September 30, 2008 - 03:22:47 AM »
    Cool pix , Thanks
     too bad I can`t make it
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    Re: Coronado Speed Festival, September 27 & 28
    « Reply #7 on: September 30, 2008 - 03:26:49 AM »
    looks like fun thanks for sharing  :2thumbs:
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    Re: Coronado Speed Festival, September 27 & 28
    « Reply #8 on: September 30, 2008 - 03:29:19 AM »
    Here are just a few of the race cars in the paddock area.  As I said, there were about as many race cars as there were show cars.  Unfortunately, we arrived a little late in the day and didn't have much opportunity to tour the pits this year.

    This guy in the Falcon raced with the Trans Am cars.  It allegedly ran in the Midwest back in the days.  Fast little car - it had a 4.7L (289 for us American guys) as opposed to the 5.0L (305) of the other cars, but he could run with them.  He ran in the lead pack for the whole race.







    Some of the Trans-Am Mustangs, including one of the Bud Moore '70's driven by George Follmer that won the championship that year.



    This little guy ran in Group 7 Production Sports Cars, 1962-67, under 2.5 liters.  He was fast - not to fast to accelerate, but tenacious in the corners.  He could carry amazing speed on exit and passed a few Porsches and Alfas on the outside.  Pics of Group 7 action appear below.



    There was a pretty good collection of vintage open-wheelers...



    Including the cute little quarter midget.





    There was also a group of vintage NASCAR stockers.  They ran a short exhibition race.

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    Re: Coronado Speed Festival, September 27 & 28
    « Reply #9 on: September 30, 2008 - 03:36:31 AM »
    Group 6 action - Production Sports Cars, 1962 - 67, over 2500cc.  Mostly 289 Cobras, Shelby Mustang GT350s, C2 Corvettes and a lone Jaguar E-type.  Sorry - most of the action is out of the same two corners.  Photos from further away are pretty crummy. 















    Videos

    Race start:
    http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/traveler_1701/2008%20Coronado%20Speed%20festival/?action=view&current=Group6start.flv


    Racing action:
    http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/traveler_1701/2008%20Coronado%20Speed%20festival/?action=view&current=Group6action.flv
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    Re: Coronado Speed Festival, September 27 & 28
    « Reply #10 on: September 30, 2008 - 03:43:24 AM »
    Group 7 - Production Sports Cars, 1962-67, under 2500cc.  Porsche 911 & 914, Alfa Romeo GTV, Ginetta G4, Triumph Spitfire and Herald, Morgan Plus 4, that awesome little Mini and a few others.  This group and Group 9 (Trans-Am) provided the best competition.















    Videos

    Race start: Notice that the Mini starts in the back.  He finished mid-pack, purely on cornering speed and skill.
    http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/traveler_1701/2008%20Coronado%20Speed%20festival/?action=view&current=Group7start.flv


    Midrace action:
    http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/traveler_1701/2008%20Coronado%20Speed%20festival/?action=view&current=Group7action.flv
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    Re: Coronado Speed Festival, September 27 & 28
    « Reply #11 on: September 30, 2008 - 03:49:19 AM »
    Group 8 - Can-Am and FIA sports cars, 1966-76.  These were brutally fast, but there weren't too many of them.  McLaren, Lola, Ferrari, Chevron B19 & B26, Porsche RSR and one of the John Greenwood IMSA Corvettes.  In the past, they've also had Ford GT40's and BWM 635CSi IMSA racers, but they were a no-show yesterday.









    Videos
    Start / Lap 1: This is the longest video and shows you (as well as can be shown with a cheapie digital camera) the entire track.
    http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/traveler_1701/2008%20Coronado%20Speed%20festival/?action=view&current=Group8start_firstlap.flv


    More racing action:
    http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/traveler_1701/2008%20Coronado%20Speed%20festival/?action=view&current=Group8action.flv
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    Re: Coronado Speed Festival, September 27 & 28
    « Reply #12 on: September 30, 2008 - 03:57:28 AM »
    Group 9 - Historic Trans-Am, 1966-72.  Easily the tightest racing of the day.  39 cars started the race and the lead pack was about a dozen cars, with at least four of them swapping the lead 3-4 times a lap, including Andy Boone in the #42 Gurney Cuda AAR and Ken Epsman, driving the #2 1971 Javelin instead of his #77 Posey Challenger T/A (which was reported to be at a charity event.)  Awesome! 



















    Videos:

    Grid rollout:
    http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/traveler_1701/2008%20Coronado%20Speed%20festival/?action=view&current=Group9rollout.flv


                   
    http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/traveler_1701/2008%20Coronado%20Speed%20festival/?action=view&current=Group9startinggrid.flv


    Start:
    http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/traveler_1701/2008%20Coronado%20Speed%20festival/?action=view&current=Group9start.flv


    End of the first lap:
    http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/traveler_1701/2008%20Coronado%20Speed%20festival/?action=view&current=Group9firstlapaction.flv


    More action from the stands.
    http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/traveler_1701/2008%20Coronado%20Speed%20festival/?action=view&current=Group9action.flv


    This is the best video of the bunch - it's from ground level right at the exit to the corner you can see in all of these videos.  You can bet that next year I'll get some more pics and videos from this level.
    http://s391.photobucket.com/albums/oo351/traveler_1701/2008%20Coronado%20Speed%20festival/?action=view&current=Group9atgroundlevel.flv (Embedding disabled, limit reached)
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    Re: Coronado Speed Festival, September 27 & 28 - pics added
    « Reply #13 on: October 02, 2008 - 02:51:54 AM »
    Video links added to the Group 9 posts.  I'll be adding more videos in coming days, from Group 2 to Group 8.
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    Re: Coronado Speed Festival, September 27 & 28 - pics & videos added
    « Reply #14 on: October 02, 2008 - 02:59:14 AM »
     :clapping:  Great pictures! 
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