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Caterpillar Mossville Autocross July 27th

Jul 30, 2019

The first autocross of the year is in the books. It started off with folks arriving unloading trailers and getting ready for a day of fun and sun. Drivers meeting was a little late at 9:00 with the track going hot about 9:15. The track was longer than usual utilizing the whole parking lot and going from the usual about 40 second run to a 60 second run. It is hard to imagine how much more work it is driving a track that is one third longer than normal  We had 21 drivers for the ...

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Autobahn Road Course July 15th

Jul 24, 2019

Another great day at Autobahn... Day started out at 7:00 with registration for the day with drivers meeting at 8:00 with the track going hot at 8:30. We were running with laps with about 20 Viper drivers. There were 3 groups running 30 minute sessions. Weather turned out great a little warm but nice and sunny unlike June 24, Three sessions before lunch and 3 more sessions after lunch. There were a couple slight off track excursions but no issues. Another great day to hang out with fellow Viper ...

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Mt Rushmore/South Dakota Cruise

Jul 19, 2019

Mt Rushmore Summer Cruise, July 6-13, 201919 Vipers, 21 club members and their guests totaling 34 people had a great adventure and traveled outto South Dakota. Saturday morning, we all met at the Belvidere Oasis on I90 and headed to Rockford.Matt Schutte lead us to the Stagecoach Trail and had a nice ride through there and were in Iowa beforewe knew it. We stopped for lunch in Waterloo and headed back on the road to our hotel in Sioux City,IA. We all gathered for a nice dinner in the Crave ...

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Wrigley Field Tour June 29th

Jul 03, 2019

Take me out to the ball field, and that’s what we did! Saturday, June29, 42 club members went to Wrigley Field for an amazing tour! We left our cars at Fuddruckers and took a mini-coach bus to Wrigley. The day was hot but breezy and we didn’t even seem to notice the heat. We started out by learning the history of the Cubs, how they got started and who owned them. We had a great tour guide and he told us how the colors has changed over the years, the owners and how long they owned ...

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Autobahn Road course June 24,2019

Jul 01, 2019

After the washout from RPM in Iowa due to it being under water, we were able to secure a track day at Autobahn to replace the RPM event. It started out with folks arriving around 7:00 a.m. to sign in and get prepped for the day. The drivers meeting was at 8:00 with the track going hot about 8:30. We were running with Laps for this event and we had about 14 drivers. Started out slow due to the track being wet in several places. We had a few extra off track excursions but no damage or anyone ...

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Viper Rendezvous Hastings Nebraska

Jun 13, 2019

Five hundred plus miles away in Hastings Nebraska was the place to be last weekend with your Viper. It started out with arriving on  Thursday afternoon to get a trailer parking spot for the weekend , getting the Viper out of the trailer and going through "Tech" to make sure your Viper was ready for the track. Hanging out and renewing friendships was the order for the rest of the afternoon until the parade lap at 5:00. Well the time rolled around and as folks were getting ready to do the ...

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Rookie/Women's Autocross

Jun 13, 2019

The day started out about 8:30 with 3 separate track setups. A slalom, circle and one other. We had about 7 Vipers with 3 of them being new members. The turnout was a little light and I am sure due to the threat of rain but we got lucky and had a beautiful day with a nice breeze. Each driver got the opportunity to do each setup with the circle being the least favorite and a little stomach upsetting. LOL. After a pizza lunch provided by the club our performance driving directors turned it all ...

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Spring Cruise

May 15, 2019

Spring Cruise 2019 Saturday, May 11, started off as a cloudy day and quickly turned into a rainy day. But the first cruise of 2019 was an awesome day! We had 19 club members and with guests we had a total of 33 people on our Spring Cruise. We started day by meeting in Oglesby and then traveled to Gary Miller’s Car Classic Museum in El Paso, right off Route 39. Gary has a small collection of muscle cars, roadsters and classic muscle cars but he specializes in reconstructing old cars back ...

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