Tail of the Dragon after LOG 29 June 1-2 - Page 5 - LotusTalk

SweetDaddyD · 06-04-2009, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by MickOpalak

Of all of the photos I have of you at that gas station that expression was the most kind.

If I were to have a super power, looking exceptionally stupid in pictures would be it.

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Originally Posted by MickOpalak

I'm toying with the idea of organizing a multi day drive centered around the Dragon, using the Fontana Village as our base camp. Maybe September-ish. I'd include all of the roads we did on Tuesday plus a little bit of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Devil's Triangle.

What do you guys think?

Sounds awesome.

slaughtr · 06-04-2009, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by RacyTracy

Here are my pictures from the Tail of the Dragon and the caravan of Randy, Todd and myself to Indianapolis. If anyone wants hi-res copies of any of these pics, send me your email address and the picture number.

Tail of the Dragon 6-2-09 pictures by 993TTracy - Photobucket

Great pictures, Tracy. Wish I could have come.

SweetDaddyD · 06-04-2009, 08:34 AM

Our photos are up on Killboy.com
PhotoReflect

SweetDaddyD · 06-04-2009, 08:40 AM

Once again, really nice photos Tracy. I particularly like the tree of shame and the ones on the road with the line of cars.

OneFastLotus · 06-04-2009, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ajp33

Great meeting you all and loved the driving and scenery. Driving the Dragon at night was something very special and made me realize how good these cars really are.

Sorry to bail out straight after lunch but was trying to beat the storms and failed miserably! My fronts were pretty bald at the end and driving through torential rain in West Virginia (the storms were utterly amazing to see) was a little hair raising with quite a bit of aqua planing going on but made it home pretty much in one piece.

Thanks for organizing this, it was fantastic.

It was great meeting you! Glad you made it home safely. We too ran into torrential rain and our back tires at that point were pretty much bald. Scary stuff. Sorry you had to bail out. Hopefull you can make the longer trip that ( I think) is possibly being planned. There's so much natural beauty and so many good roads in the area, its impossible to enjoy the GAP without spending a few more days at the very least.

OneFastLotus · 06-04-2009, 10:03 AM

Randy kept coming unhinged!

OneFastLotus · 06-04-2009, 10:06 AM

Automotive porn

slaughtr · 06-04-2009, 10:23 AM

I love the way carbon fiber looks in pictures.

Sisko99 · 06-04-2009, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by OneFastLotus

At least none of our group ended up like this. I believe this happened today.

No...that was last Tuesday. I was there when it happened. Simple case of trying to keep up and driving over his head.

Thing that really sucked as that the guy had just arrived from Maine two hours previous.

OneFastLotus · 06-04-2009, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Sisko99

No...that was last Tuesday. I was there when it happened. Simple case of trying to keep up and driving over his head.

Thing that really sucked as that the guy had just arrived from Maine two hours previous.

I can't even think of a way he got in that position! Poor guy.

ajp33 · 06-04-2009, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by SweetDaddyD

If I were to have a super power, looking exceptionally stupid in pictures would be it.

I'm not sure the waitress in the Restaurant would agree with you

DeanG · 06-04-2009, 08:11 PM

I don't know how you guys managed. We left LOG on Tuesday morning for the Dragon. Slept 12 hours once we turned in. The Dragon and Hellbender were great in the Seven. Lots of thumbs up by cars, bikes and members of the road crew surfacing the pull outs. I got caught in the rain. No top, doors, windshield wipers, speedometer or tach. Interesting! With a full view of the tires it is easy to place a wheel within an inch or two. A great set of Lotus roads.

OneFastLotus · 06-04-2009, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by MickOpalak

I'm toying with the idea of organizing a multi day drive centered around the Dragon, using the Fontana Village as our base camp. Maybe September-ish. I'd include all of the roads we did on Tuesday plus a little bit of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Devil's Triangle.

What do you guys think?

Sounds great!

Sisko99 · 06-05-2009, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by OneFastLotus

I can't even think of a way he got in that position! Poor guy.

That turn is an S and he entered too hot....didn't get the car whoa-ed down enough and then did a nice 4-wheel slide off the road. There's a nice drop off there, so the car must've bounced a little, and then his momentum carried him up the wall....and he came down on the nose, destroying the front suspension...but not the radiator, oddly enough (Tally from what I can remember seeing is some thing like 3 wheels gone, front suspension, front bumper, rear passenger wheel and suspension and whatever was directly behind the front bumper when it got crushed).

I can't say for 100% sure as I only saw him go into the corner in the rearview and then heard the impact as I was already around the corner you can see in the photo when he entered the S. Luckily for him, he was just fine. It could have been worse. Since the airbag didn't deploy, we all sort of figure initial contact was made with the rear passenger wheel. <shrugs>

RacyTracy · 06-05-2009, 08:10 PM

Mick, why didn't you go under this thing??

RacyTracy · 06-05-2009, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MickOpalak

I'm toying with the idea of organizing a multi day drive centered around the Dragon, using the Fontana Village as our base camp. Maybe September-ish. I'd include all of the roads we did on Tuesday plus a little bit of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Devil's Triangle.

What do you guys think?

Unfortunately....I have to choose my vacation weeks a year in advance.....

Fortunately, I chose the week beginning Sept. 19.

RacyTracy · 06-05-2009, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SweetDaddyD

Our photos are up on Killboy.com
PhotoReflect

Mine's not....bummer.

OneFastLotus · 06-05-2009, 09:16 PM

LMAO@that farm equipment thing.

The very FIRST thing I thought when I saw it was "GO UNDER IT"!!! hehe

RichS · 06-06-2009, 05:09 AM

I was thinking the same thing!

The whole time he was holding us up, I was saying "DO IT, DO IT, DO IT"!

OneFastLotus · 06-06-2009, 07:07 AM

lol, Daddy Delicious ( new nic) was in front of me, and I'm pretty sure he saw me grinning. He was grinning too....I think we ALL were probably thinking that.

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SweetDaddyD BANNED Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: ATL, GA Posts: 7,644 Images: 2	Once again, really nice photos Tracy. I particularly like the tree of shame and the ones on the road with the line of cars.

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DeanG Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 722	I don't know how you guys managed. We left LOG on Tuesday morning for the Dragon. Slept 12 hours once we turned in. The Dragon and Hellbender were great in the Seven. Lots of thumbs up by cars, bikes and members of the road crew surfacing the pull outs. I got caught in the rain. No top, doors, windshield wipers, speedometer or tach. Interesting! With a full view of the tires it is easy to place a wheel within an inch or two. A great set of Lotus roads.

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OneFastLotus Loch Ness Monster Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mars Posts: 5,531	lol, Daddy Delicious ( new nic) was in front of me, and I'm pretty sure he saw me grinning. He was grinning too....I think we ALL were probably thinking that. __________________ First Fold Member of the Limited Slip Mafia "L'Ombra" -Saffron Yellow Elise, all options. -Chrome OrangeElise/ Superstock pillager "currently living in the wild" -Black on Black Exige debadged, all options.

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