OMG, that's funny. Such the MINI Cooper owner, at least that's what I would have been thinking too! If you ever get the chance to check it out, not sure if Crows Landing NAS is still available as an autocross location but, back in 1989 with the Porsche Club Golden Gate region it sure was a ton-o-FUN!
Curtiss P-40C Tomahawk, Grumann F6F Hellcat, Messerschitt 163 B Komet, Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-5, Dreamlifter, Dreamliner, North American P-51D Mustang, Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa Oscar, plus a lot more. The skies are never boring.
Wow! Had to see where Crows Landing was :crazy: in between Newman and Patterson....dude thats nowheresville :lol: We did autocross over at Castle AFB right across the valley in Merced.... but only when the B52's let us have some room :cornut:
Yeah, half the fun was just driving there on hwy 5. I'll never forget the magnetic Yokohama sticker on the hood flying off over 120mph... opps, guess we forgot to take those off. September 10, 1967 Trans-Am race was held there. Gallo Trophy
Wow! Look at a couple of the names in that race.......Peter Revson......Mark Donohue......that's awesome Is that track, place still there? Where are you now?
Yes I think it might still be there. Since you are most likely the closest to it, maybe resurrect an autocross there? Historic California Posts: Naval Auxilary Air Station, Crows Landing [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crows_Landing_Naval_Auxiliary_Air_Station]Crows Landing Naval Auxiliary Air Station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame] I wish I was still out in NorCal, miss driving out in the desert. I moved from Lake Tahoe to northern Vermont in 1995 to start a family and haven't moved since. I truly miss the roads out west, but not the congestion. It is very special out here in Vermont and rally central.
There's something to be said for a lack of congestion... Something we natives will never know w/o leaving, that's for sure. Well, I guess there's always a vacation to somewhere else. Keeping my fingers crossed for that time to come 'round again.
I live nearby to the Robinson Helicopter factory, so I get lots and lots of piston-powered helicopters overhead. Spent 6 weeks at Crow's Landing in the early 90's as part of a government & industry program to research conventional helicopter noise... We used the laser theodolite system that was mounted on an old Nike missile control radar turret, and I got to operate their forklift! We stayed in Turlock, and my strongest recollection was passing by a farm every day that featured a manure pile adjacent to the farmhouse, with a bulldozer situated on top - the bottom of the 'dozer was higher than the top of the house! What a stench.... So little to do out there that we rented a Nintendo64 and played Super Mario World when we were off-shift. _Dave_