MN Austin Healey 7th Annual Brown & Bigelow Gymkhana!

[Elanplus2]

Call it a "test and tune" if you like, but this laid back Gymkhana is a ton of fun and the MAHC would love to see as many of you out there are possible! :rockon

This Saturday July 12th 10:00-1:30
7th annual Brown & Bigelow
Gymkhana Invitational- Team Healey Challenge
345 Plato Blvd E. St. Paul, MN (plato Exit, Hwy 52)

all vintage marques welcome....spectators welcome.
registration on-site 9:00- 10:00 am
mandatory drivers meeting 10:00 am
$5 driver admission for MAHC members
$10 other vintage cars
$20 modern cars (limited to 10)
free refreshments

Questions:
Scott McQueen
(612)623-4938
mcqueen.scott@comcast.net

[washburn]

Just curious...what site is this?

[MNbiker]

Just curious...what site is this?
The Brown & Bigelow parking lot along Hwy 52, right next to the St. Paul Holman Field airport. About the same size as Midway.

[Elanplus2]

It's B&B's parking in downtown St. Paul. It's right east of Hwy 52 and Plato Blvd (on your way to the downtown airport).

Full disclosure... the lot is not HUGE, and it's not glass smooth, but it's big enough to build up some speed, and to put in a sufficiently snakey course.

If it matters, PW was a regular at these events.

[tmhazen]

I'll be there! See y'all tomorrow morning.

[OLD 911]

Scott please define vintage. Would my 79 911 be eligible?

Thanks, DL.

[Elanplus2]

I've got a question into Scott about this and will post when I hear. I think it's usually '82 and older... Tom, Phil? Does that sound right?

[Elanplus2]

Scott please define vintage. Would my 79 911 be eligible?

Thanks, DL.

Direct quote from Scott McQueen...

"I'll try not to get too serious about it...give a good argument, and we'll add to the fun." 8)

Hope to see you there!

[OLD 911]

Thanks Aaron, I will be there. 8)

[Elanplus2]

AMAZING time today at the Healey Gymkhana! Thanks to those of you who made it out:rockon , and too bad for those who missed it:? . Picture perfect weather, a pretty fast (if not slick) course, and tons of runs!:D

These were posted on Flickr by "mnkiteman". He's one of a group of avid photographers who take pictures mostly with cameras mounted to flying kites or long polls for unique perspectives.

http://flickr.com/photos/84853337@N00/sets/72157606129606610/

More are certain to follow.

[OLD 911]

My personal thanks again to Scott, Aaron, Tom and the rest of MAHC for a fantastic event on Saturday. Those British car guys can drive fast and are quite friendly. It was nice to see the Loti and a TVR being flogged. Aaron's Ginetta looks great and is very fast even with hard tires. And then there was the rookie Katie who drove with a real "Danica" attitude in her Focus.

The Kiteman photo angle is great because it tells me that with good rubber I now need better swaybars. I have to say that was the best $10.00 I have ever spent on learning how to drive my 911 on a long an challenging course (0.7 miles and 90 seconds per lap). Opportunity was lost for many yesterday. ;)

[tmhazen]

What a great day! Fun course too, if I do say so myself, since I helped design it. Watching Katy throw her Focus around was definitely a highlight. Kim in her Miata looked good too. Now if Steve could just keep his driver's door shut during those hard right-handers in his Austin-Healey 100-6, he might put down some serious times!

I took some video at the event. The in-car stuff is pretty shakey but still fun. I'll try to figure out a way to post it.

[MzKtty]

Does anyone know how to reach mnkiteman???




AMAZING time today at the Healey Gymkhana! Thanks to those of you who made it out:rockon , and too bad for those who missed it:? . Picture perfect weather, a pretty fast (if not slick) course, and tons of runs!:D

These were posted on Flickr by "mnkiteman". He's one of a group of avid photographers who take pictures mostly with cameras mounted to flying kites or long polls for unique perspectives.

http://flickr.com/photos/84853337@N00/sets/72157606129606610/

More are certain to follow.

[phile]

Does anyone know how to reach mnkiteman???
He's on Flickr, you send him a flickrmail.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/84853337@N00/

[MzKtty]

Rats,
I was hoping to avoid having to set up another login.
Guess I'll be joining flickr now...