You are very welcome.
Victor(SSB) and I are working on completing all the information from the CRE and the MRA. Once done, Mulholland racing history will be complete up to present day. We are including interviews from current racers and interviews from racers going back to the early 60's. We will attempt to cover ALL groups(8 total) for completeness. As Victor says, the book entitled "The Mulholland Experiece" is a good stepping stone to a better documentation on video that everyone will enjoy. Even so, the book is being corrected and reprinted so as to have no spelling or grammer issues and it will include the added info for CRE and MRA(still to come). It will then be set aside so that more exciting Mulholland projects can be completed. Wait until you guys see our plans. Something incredible is coming.
Cheers!

one of the mulholland gang.
 

from a different thread
 

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OK, get me a license plate that reads "Faster Than Any Cop"

I'm not picking teams, I'm just taking pictures of the player!
P.S. You know the deck lid script is photoshopped right?

actually, all I've dreamed of is getting chased at their driver training facility up there at the top of the 405

Would you prefer wet or dry Victor?

Personally I would love to take a shifter Kart there......

The Ed Davis EVO Center has 4.4 miles of track, skidpads and inner city grids. I was up there about two years ago for business ( no I am not) and got a tour.

Really interesting place. In addition to Emergency Vehicle training they have a heli-port to the north that every once in a while has an unmarked Blackhawk sitting there (DHS) which is just visible from the southbound 5 just north of the 405 connector along with a firearms training center. The main building is gigantic (something like 125,000 sf) Only thing I found not so inviting was the huge cop attitude and lot's of cop testosterone. I believe it also houses the largest collection of Oakley Cop Sunglass's in the world (humor)

The wet skid pad is really cool. They have a sprinkler system that floods the pad in a minute or two. I did get to watch some wet training. This is where our cities finest Gendarme is taught the infamous "Pit Maneuver". Pretty entertaining to watch the first timers go out. They have cars that have a Smittybuilt looking guard wrapped around them so they can beat the hell out the cars without causing real damage. Seems old LAPD cars go here to die too.

I did ask on my visit if they ever train at night with no lights (street or vehicle) and run some industrial fog machines? The response was "are you nuts with that Oakley stare". Evidently as it was explained they don't get have conditions like that in Los Angeles with a "you are not serious" added? I responded with - ever meet a ghost?

The training officer did tell me about some AMC's and Dodges that were prepped in the 70's & 80's as honest pursuit vehicles but were still limited by off the shelf performance parts, vehicle weight and mostly funding. They also did not have the training programs in place back then as they do today. The current Crown Vics and older Chevrolets weigh in about 5000 pounds with all the radio equipment, partition/ roll bar, cases of flairs, cones, safety supplies, ammo, AR and shotgun less occupants. The instructor seemed not impressed with the Ford or Chevy's performance and added they do ok for an office on wheels. He added that the CHP has some new vehicles in service that are much better in the performance department.



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Take the bait
 

Exactly what I was fishing for. One "Kid" we know became cop. How do I know? One day he called me a citizen. I asked him, "who's the fastest up there on your test track?" He said "I am". Go figure.

Re: Take the bait
 

The whole Royal Subject part doesn't sit well with me either.
Never has, never will. Whats up with that anyway? Do they teach them this?

Re: Re: Take the bait
 

I always thought that cop were born, however apparently they are made.

Thanks for a great meeting tonight on Mulholland guys. And especially to George M. for showing up to tell some of his outrageous stories of Mulholland long ago. We talked about race cars, and our street cars, tires, suspensions, gearbox's, and recent happenings. Radu was checking out Jasons fast little car. A black and white cruised by a couple of times. We just talked cars in a mellow way in the dirt on the side of Mul, similar to the old days. It was a little chilly with some fog overhead moving in. Jeff Hail sums it up well by comparing times gone by to times of present with melancholy prose. Maybe he will share some with us.
It's nice to get out of the house, take a drive, and meet with other interesting people that like the same things that you do. That's how it's always been, it is one of the driving forces of why gathering on Mulholland ever occured. We all love cars, and a beautiful road(albeit rough) to carry us on.

Astronomy Club Re-cap
 

That old pickup that drove by had us going for a few second's didn't it Chris and George? That was definitely a classic triple take with a laugh. I was waiting for the beer can to fly out the window! Had to have been there to understand.

George, agree once this place gets in your blood it doesn't go away.

I realized I can remain calm when the cops drive by now. Still on alert though. I bet the new cops today don't even know what went down here 20-30 years ago?


Kevin we missed you.


"The one constant through all the years, , has been Mulholland. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But Mulholland has marked the time. This place, this road: it's a part of our past. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... people will come. People will most definitely come." (James Earl Jones sort of;)

How about a song (?) that mentions Mulholland Drive?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tD16bXzr37A

and regarding Cops being able to drive, I remember for awhile the accident rate for Las vegas Police was 105% and that's on flat ground !!

Wonder if we can get the facility for a properly organized event?

POC has rented the Sheriff's EVOC facility (next to Glen Helen Park) many a time for short track series and driver training (inc that ever so slick skid pad!)
I bet we can get POC to do an event here if the city allows it

Now that's cool. Thanks for sharing that Victor. Looks like it was from the 60's.

There are a couple of recent hits that mention Mulholland. I can't remember the titles right now. One is by Tom Petty I think(..up on Mulholland...).
Would someone please post the youtube link to those tunes.
It would be neat to hear those songs from this thread. Thanks.:cool:

I found one.

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Ducks & Bimmers spotted on the Barham side
 

This song doesn't mention Mulholland but we used to listen to it as a kind of theme song on warm summer nights in the 1970's. It was inspirational to a few of us that really gave new meaning to the words, "Take it to the limit". I can still hear it playing on someone's car stereo while looking at the city lights from Mulholland Drive.
Note to John Hall, George Metsos, and Bobby C.:. Remember.........


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Chris,
I think the Petty song you're thinking of is called "Into the great wide open"? I think thats what its called or anyway thats the chorus.
It's the one that mentions Mullholland. It's from one of his mid 90's
records. Hope that helps.
Peace KD