What happened to the Mulholland "King of the Hill" RSR?

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Photos courtesy Larry O'Rourke

[MulDr.]

YouTube - Porsche 997 S Race Exhaust Mulholland Canyon Run *Beware no Camera Mount*
Porsche 997S going east on Mulholland. Driver claims that, “Nobody else can take Mulholland this fast.”

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Originally Posted by slodave

My turn. I broke my tranny at the AX today. On my 10th and last practice lap, I could no longer shift into 2nd. No timed runs for me today, but the new tires and rims were working for me. Every lap a second or two off the last. Brought it from a 72.xx to a 67.xx on the 9th.

I drove the car home with a partial 1st and solid 3rd and 5th. The good news, it looks like it was only the bushings in the shift coupler that disintegrated. One of the other PCA guys had a new one at home (close to Cal Speedway), so I followed him and have the new one to install.

Oh yeah, there was about 75 miles of driving to get the car home. Fun!

In case you haven't seen an Autocross, here is a PCA 2010 Autocross for your enjoyment...
YouTube - PCAHQ's Channel

[vntgspd]

Here's how we do it in SoCal...


YouTube - PCA El Toro 5-2 Practice.wmv

I'm sure lfot will have a few much more entertaining videos as well.

[Netspeed]

Originally Posted by vntgspd

Here's how we do it in SoCal...


YouTube - PCA El Toro 5-2 Practice.wmv

I'm sure lfot will have a few much more entertaining videos as well.

Great video! Looks like a pretty fast course as well...

[Jeremy Cottrell]

And if I may speak for vntgspd, lfot, slodave, and myself, we would all love to see a certain RSR at one of our events. It's lots of fun Chris, with no risk of damaging your car. And Dave designs some pretty darn fast courses which will let that thing stretch it's legs a bit. The best part is no cops, cliffs, or cars coming the other way. Plus it's only 60 bucks AND you get coffee and donuts in the morning. What more could you ask for ?

[nameisbauer]

When is the next one?

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Originally Posted by Jeremy Cottrell

And if I may speak for vntgspd, lfot, slodave, and myself, we would all love to see a certain RSR at one of our events. It's lots of fun Chris, with no risk of damaging your car. And Dave designs some pretty darn fast courses which will let that thing stretch it's legs a bit. The best part is no cops, cliffs, or cars coming the other way. Plus it's only 60 bucks AND you get coffee and donuts in the morning. What more could you ask for ?

Are rollbars required for us Cab owners?

[vntgspd]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Cottrell

And if I may speak for vntgspd, lfot, slodave, and myself, we would all love to see a certain RSR at one of our events. It's lots of fun Chris, with no risk of damaging your car.

Agreed! If the RSR comes, I'll be sure to throw something special into the course design.

[vntgspd]

Next event is August 8th at El Toro in Irvine


No rollbars for cabs, unless they reach a high level of preparation.

[Jeremy Cottrell]

August 8th at El Toro.

PCA - Orange Coast Region

[lfot]

Me going very fast, SoCal AutoX style




Not a bad way to spend a Sunday... me screwing up, mugging for the camera, a couple saves...

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Originally Posted by Jeremy Cottrell

August 8th at El Toro.

PCA - Orange Coast Region

Once a month...I love it!

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Originally Posted by Jeremy Cottrell

And if I may speak for vntgspd, lfot, slodave, and myself, we would all love to see a certain RSR at one of our events. It's lots of fun Chris, with no risk of damaging your car. And Dave designs some pretty darn fast courses which will let that thing stretch it's legs a bit. The best part is no cops, cliffs, or cars coming the other way. Plus it's only 60 bucks AND you get coffee and donuts in the morning. What more could you ask for ?

Thanks very much Jeremy. It's worth considering even though it's a long drive to Irvine.

Might be fun to have an off-duty cop in a patrol car there to chase the competitors for inspiration.
Also possibly on-coming racers in adjacent lanes could spice it up a little.
We will have to do without cliffs, embankments, and walls I realize.

Just joking guys, (maybe). lol.
I still need some time to get my front entry completed to be able to leave my Garage.
When done, I am going to celebrate! See you on Mul...(Roarrrrr)

[Noah930]

There's a fair amount of California bashing on other PPOT/PARF threads, but for a gearhead I can't think of too many other places cooler than SoCal. As I was leaving I was stopped at a red light. I looked over to the guy in the Lamborghini next to me and commented to him how there were four cars stopped, from four different countries: his Gallardo, a GTO (the original--not the rebadged Holden Monaro), an Infiniti G37 (with Datsun badging ), and my 911. How many other places in the world can boast a regular but informal gathering of 100-200 cars of such varied machinery?

This rat rod frequently makes the rounds here in the Valley, but I still get a kick out of it every time I see it.

[Noah930]

I think this car still turns heads, 40+ years later. A little Ferrari trivia: the 365 GTB car wasn't officially named the Daytona. But it was introduced the same month in 1967 in which Ferrari won the 24 Hours of Daytona, finishing 1-2-3. So it got nicknamed the Daytona by the press, and the name's stuck.




Another favorite Ferrari of mine.


Some Italian riff-raff.

[Noah930]

It didn't photograph too well from this angle, but it was hard to get a clean pic of the 458 with all the crowding around this new model.



I didn't have my polarizing filter with me, but just below the glare from the Auto Gallery banner you can see the signatures (of the Maranello mechanics presumably?) in the engine compartment.

[Noah930]

[Noah930]

Factory Hammer


GT3


Two of my favorite automotive shapes.


Not real, but looked pretty good to me. (The Superbird)