Official LFest 2006 Convoy details

[Sixpipes]

Post Up!

Leaving at 9 AM list...

1.) Silver 2000 (+1)
2.) Tobbun
3.) Mark #2
4.) G'Lightning
5.) Chris94L
6.) sixpipes
7.) 02BOLT (+ Mr. Stubbs)
8.) 99WhiteBeast (+1)
9.) 04SVTRACING
10.) Ohmsby
11.) tiffo60 (+1)
12.) SILVER2001SVT (+1)
13.) REXRENEGADE
14.) L8APEX (+Wesman)
15.) Gukimuchi17

Official start time on Thursday September 21, is 9 AM sharp. Show up gassed and ready to go because we are not starting from a gas station. There is a Cracker Barrel one exit south if you want to have a good breakfast before you leave. Exit 470 on I-35 the north side of Denton (north of the I-35E & I-35W merge).

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Plans are to stop in Oklahoma City for 30 minutes and the first Kansas toll plaza for 30 minutes. We need volunteers to lead (Valentine 1 is a must). I plan to bring up the rear. Plans are for the main convoy to travel approximately 5 mph over. Faster guys are welcome to take off, but the plans are to stay in a pack as long as we can. At least to Kansas would be nice, but hey, we're all adults here. :D

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Questions???

[Sixpipes]

Don't miss it....

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[True Blue Aggie]

What, us kids running 90-95 was not good for everyone else???? :rll:

[L8 APEX]

I'll miss the Loves truck stop:( , but on with the future! I will plan on it:tu: .

[PoorSvtman]

What, us kids running 90-95 was not good for everyone else???? :rll:

I wont be making it this year.:( Things just havent paned out for me to go. Still alot i gotta do to the L before i make another long voyage. But the main thing is i know qa1 wont get my shocks rebuilt before its time to go and I dont need to blow a ton of money like i did last year. Rather get my truck where i want it and be all ready for next year... Pisses me off but gotta do whats right...:tex

[04SVTRACING]

Im guessing the two scheduled stops are for fuel? Remember this is my first year so im not sure how this all works.

[dboat]

We'll be there on Friday, we are leaving on Thurs and stopping in Indianapolis for the night..

[Sixpipes]

Im guessing the two scheduled stops are for fuel? Remember this is my first year so im not sure how this all works.

If you gas up in Denton before you leave, you can make it to Kansas before you have to gas up again. Or you can gas up in Oklahoma City and make it almost the rest of the way from there. Stops are just to break up the trip and grab a snack and allow other Lightnings to find us on the highway before we get to Kansas City. :cool:

[04SVTRACING]

Alright....sounds good.

[Mark #2]

Official start time on Thursday September 21, is 9 AM sharp. Show up gassed and ready to go because we are not starting from a gas station. There is a Cracker Barrel one exit south if you want to have a good breakfast before you leave. Exit 470 on I-35 the north side of Denton (north of the I-35E & I-35W merge).

Plans are to stop in Oklahoma City for 30 minutes and the first Kansas toll plaza for 30 minutes. We need volunteers to lead (Valentine 1 is a must). I plan to bring up the rear. Plans are for the main convoy to travel approximately 5 mph over. Faster guys are welcome to take off, but the plans are to stay in a pack as long as we can. At least to Kansas would be nice, but hey, we're all adults here. :D
Questions???

I'll lead again if y'all approve.
Three years both ways with no tickets, 7 to 10 mph over on average.

I will not do the 0-120 burn out of the Kansas toll booth this year, thought I was toast last year, as did most in the caravan.;)

[PoorSvtman]

Im guessing the two scheduled stops are for fuel? Remember this is my first year so im not sure how this all works.

Thats if you stay with the slow group.. If your with the faster group hauling arse... you will probly have to top off... I usualy made it a point to top off just cause you never know.

[gagspa]

How many are going to be in this caravan? I won't but I'm still wondering.

[Sixpipes]

Post up. Who is leaving with the main convoy at 9AM?

[G'Lightning]

Ill be there.:tu:

[Tobbun]

I am looking forward to it...

[Silver_2000]

Me +1

[Chris94L]

I'll be there

[02BOLT]

I'll be there, along with Jeff-ro(passenger). Where ya at Bad Jake?

[Mark #2]

I'll be there

[99WhiteBeast]

I'm in +1 passenger

[PoorSvtman]

will somebody pick me up a Lfest shirt for me... ill give you the funds before ya leave if needed

[04SVTRACING]

Count me in...Mike if you can run the funds by my work tomorrow i'll pick you up a shirt.

[Ohmsby]

+1:d

[tiffo60]

im in +1 if the truck gets its issues worked out

[tliss]

will somebody pick me up a Lfest shirt for me... ill give you the funds before ya leave if needed

You'll prolly be able to buy one after LightningFest. I've all ready approached Dwight and he'sgoing to hook me up. Plus, he and Nan live in McKinney now, so it'll be easier to get one as well!

Tom

[SILVER2000SVT]

I'll be there with a passenger

[REXRENEGADE]

IM In for the Convoy! :D

[wesman]

I'll miss the Loves truck stop:( , but on with the future! I will plan on it:tu: .


I'll likely be with this guy :tex:tu:

[dboat]

We'll be there on Friday, we are leaving on Thurs and stopping in Indianapolis for the night..

New plans... we are leaving on Wed morn, staying Wed night in Indianapolis and will arrive on Thurs.. will sign up and be ready to go.. woo hoo

Dana

[Gukimuchi17]

Post up. Who is leaving with the main convoy at 9AM?
I will be there after a fine batch of pancakes @ Cracker Barrel.

[Ohmsby]

I to would like to sign up for pre-race pancakes at the cracker barrel say around 7:30 also I will be me + passenger

[tiffo60]

I to would like to sign up for pre-race pancakes at the cracker barrel say around 7:30 also I will be me + passenger

i think ill be in for this one too

[L8 APEX]

Got everything loaded I think... 3am time for a nap and a lot of driving:tex

[L8 APEX]

Agh, where are my drugs, I feel like living hell:crying: :hammer: :postwhore

[Flats Man]

Terry, your an animal!!

[Sixpipes]

Looks like rain all the way up...:(

[tiffo60]

bout to roll out, ready for some cakesknana

[Flats Man]

It is going to be wet but at least you have a tail wind!! lol

Humidity:59 %Wind Speed:S 15 MPHBarometer:29.80" (1008.5 mb)Dewpoint:52°F (11°C)Visibility:10.00 mi.

[tliss]

Have fun fellers! Drink a few for me when you get there!

Wish I was going :crying: ...but I need to act like a good, responsible father and husband this weekend. :D

Tom

[Mark #2]

Have fun fellers! Drink a few for me when you get there!

Wish I was going :crying: ...but I need to act like a good, responsible father and husband this weekend. :D

Tom

Well we are all here, the Krezzler hasn't showed up yep, but I am working on finding him.:beer:

[Silver_2000]

Well we are all here, the Krezzler hasn't showed up yep, but I am working on finding him.:beer:
I think that we found him

[Mark #2]

I think that we found him
Yup, he is here now.

[99WhiteBeast]

We had 4 in our group on the way home and all arrived safely about 7:30pm.
Curt-peeled off at OKC to see his folks
John (Ohmsby), Tony (04SVTRACING), and myself blasted back through the traffic with no incidents.

Good times and what a ride on America's autoban- The KC Turnpike:cool:

[PoorSvtman]

We had 4 in our group on the way home and all arrived safely about 7:30pm.
Curt-peeled off at OKC to see his folks
John (Ohmsby), Tony (04SVTRACING), and myself blasted back through the traffic with no incidents.

Good times and what a ride on America's autoban- The KC Turnpike:cool:

That turnpike claimed my intercooler hose last year lol..

[SILVER2000SVT]

I made it back in 8.5 hours. I didn't go over 79mph. Made one very fast restroom stop and one stop for gas in OK and that was it. Made it back at 5pm. My GF was like, "can you drive faster, I'm ready to be home".:rll:

[Ohmsby]

We had 4 in our group on the way home and all arrived safely about 7:30pm.
Curt-peeled off at OKC to see his folks
John (Ohmsby), Tony (04SVTRACING), and myself blasted back through the traffic with no incidents.

Good times and what a ride on America's autoban- The KC Turnpike:cool:


+1 :D Steveo did you get that crack in your rear window fixed?:rll:

[04SVTRACING]

We had 4 in our group on the way home and all arrived safely about 7:30pm.
Curt-peeled off at OKC to see his folks
John (Ohmsby), Tony (04SVTRACING), and myself blasted back through the traffic with no incidents.

Good times and what a ride on America's autoban- The KC Turnpike:cool:

+2 Traffic in Oklahoma was kinda ruff at times.

[99WhiteBeast]

+1 :D Steveo did you get that crack in your rear window fixed?:rll:

Yep- filled it last night:banana:

[04SVTRACING]

Steveo, John and Curtis.....that was a fun ride back to Texas. I will have to admitt when I was the texas border....that was a sign of relief. I had a blast at my first L-fest. The drive up there and back was fun. At the track was even better just wish my truck would have broken that 13.06 mark and made a 12.9 pass. Oh well hopefully there will be another L-fest and I will get that done.

Thanks Wesman for letting me use those almost shot drag radials....they really did help.

[L8 APEX]

What a weekend, is it over yet:o . I think I have one foot in the grave at this point. The convoy up was a little wet and mostly uneventful. I am glad I put the 4 new tires on the trailer before this trip. Running back to Kansas at 7pm on Sunday I did not worry about my old trailer tires. They were only 18 months old but they were the crap that comes from the dealer. They were D's(8ply/65psi) and I bought E's (10ply/80psi) this time around. Kind of like a Mastercard commercial, E load trailer tires $500 bucks, knowing you won't blow a tire going cross country at 2am Sunday night, priceless:cool: .
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Then after I got the trailer tires, bearings, brakes done I changed the oil about 10pm Wed night.. I may change it again soon since it worked so hard this weekend.:bows
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Loading up Wed night I went ahead and threw Wes' street tires in the trailer 'just in case'. I knew I was the only trailer on this trip and we may have to unload it, and we did. We were in Guthrie, OK (30 miles north of OK city) when we got the call Ronnie was stranded. Wes gladly unloaded and swapped tune and tires for the street and drove home. I shortened the 130 mile trip back to Wichita down to about 1.5 hours:D . The lady at the KS Turnpike booth knew me by name the last time I pulled through, lol. I burned over 80 gallons of diesel on Sunday, another vote for the 46 gal TFI fuel tank:bows vs the stock 29 gal tank. I was blessed with no police conflicts or mechanical issues this trip. I was flying like a banshee from time to time. Thanks to all who made my trip easier with food, drink, money, shelter, help setting up and breaking down camp etc.