AX March 29 - Santa Rosa Airport

**grrlsix** · #1 (**permalink**) 03-20-2008, 02:06 AM

next Zone 7 AX is in less than 2 weeks - RR region Santa Rosa. i am planning on going up... anyone else?

enjoyed meeting some of you for the first time and seeing some familiar faces. will be posting up some pictures of the 3/15 AX soon.

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Santa Rosa Airport/Charles Schultz Sonoma County Airport Directions Take Shiloh exit, a few miles north of Santa Rosa on Hwy 101 and proceed West for 1.5 miles. Turn left on Windsor Road and continue for 1.2 miles to the rear gate (on your left) to the airport.

**jderiansf** · #2 (**permalink**) 03-25-2008, 04:23 PM

I'm going to try to get up there, Saturday.

Is it really a two day event? Is it sign up Sat -- play Sat and Sun?

Anyone been to this event, and can give some more info?

Thanks,

**grrlsix** · #3 (**permalink**) 03-25-2008, 04:52 PM

J -

are you talking about the two day event in April? afaik the event this Sat in Santa Rosa is one day only.

tt and i are planning on going to the weekend event in April as well as this Sat AX. for the weekend event we are thinking of going up on the 24th for wine tasting on 25th, AX 26-27th. i will be inviting up Z7CC for this. guess i should start planning something...

**jderiansf** · #4 (**permalink**) 03-25-2008, 06:33 PM

Ah ha! Yes, I was confused with the April event(s).

Thanks for clearing that up.

BB987 · #5 (**permalink**) 03-27-2008, 05:14 AM

I maybe interested in going to this saturday's event up in Santa Rosa also..anyone from SF that maybe interested in caravan up?

**jderiansf** · #6 (**permalink**) 03-27-2008, 06:28 PM

I think I would. I've never been there. You?

A good place to meet is the parking lot on the south (S.F.) side of the gg bridge.

What time would be good?

Anyone else??

**grrlsix** · #7 (**permalink**) 03-27-2008, 06:42 PM

i've never been up there either, but am going on Sat. meeting at GGBridge parking lot sounds good. we'll have to think on time...

BB987 · #8 (**permalink**) 03-27-2008, 06:58 PM

I've never been there either and the parking lot at GGB sounds like a good spot. I assume that it's gonna take us about 45 mins to get up there from the bridge so would 7am be a good time to meet?

Also, do you guys know anyone from the babbler side that are going? i thought i saw jderian posting something over there...

**grrlsix** · #9 (**permalink**) 03-27-2008, 07:28 PM

see PM for further plans. anyone else want to join, PM me for details.

thnx!

Alan28 · #10 (**permalink**) 03-28-2008, 03:54 PM

I'm planning on going to the event (will meet y'all there since I'm going across the San Rafael bridge). I went once last year and recall they start later than GGR. I think they start at 10am instead of 9am. You may want to confirm this with the organizer. Their website does not list an official start time. If anyone gets a response, please post it. Otherwise, you may want to arrive in time for a 9am start just in case.

**Cold Croc** · #11 (**permalink**) 03-28-2008, 04:54 PM

Will they let my 19 yr old son drive my CS?

Alan28 · #12 (**permalink**) 03-28-2008, 08:46 PM

I got the official word on the start time from the Redwood Region contact person (Mike Thomas). Gates open at 8am and the racing starts at 10am.

**grrlsix** · #13 (**permalink**) 03-29-2008, 12:05 AM

thanks for the details Alan - anyone want to meet us tomorrow morning for the drive up - we'll be leaving from the parkinglot to the South of the Golden Gate Bridge at 7:30am.

hoozah.

**jderiansf** · #14 (**permalink**) 03-31-2008, 10:07 PM

Hi,

I thought I'd post my impressions of the auto-x.
First of all, I had a great time. The course was well laid out and pretty easy to follow. No sea of cones here! There were three or four central mounds with roads all around. The course was fun and challenging. There was even one area where there was a roughly "S" shaped cut through one of the central mounds! From the pit area you could barely see the tops of the cars as they ran through this area! The weather held out again, the course was wet in the morning, but dried out, and the temp. was mostly comfortable.

Average times were in the 40 second range. The start/first run group took forever to get going because of logistics. The organizers (who did a great job) did not expect to see