Guess I'll be there also and may even drive it this year baring any mishaps.

 

I had a blast on this last year, even with the super-long wait at Tabcat Bridge while the Miata accident was cleared... in fact, I enjoyed the wait immensely - very surreal "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" atmosphere!

Count me in for sure... and Sally (ssallykat) will be riding with me as a Midnight on the Dragon newbie.

 

I am up for the midnight run on saturday. I will be here with my dad. So look for me there.I am going to be in teh yellow mini.


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I'm in. And I'll be attempting to scare the &*$! out of my brother- my passenger & a Dragon novice from FL (11 curves in 318 miles).

Bill

 

LOL!.. I was born and raised in FL, I know exactly what you're talking about.. PMSL!...

I just signed up, I'm going to try to make it to the midnight run, provided I can figure my way around down there.. I'll be driving down from New Hampshire, so it's going to be a little crazy..LOL!.. no place to stay, just registered as of about 20 minutes ago.. I'm just totally winging it this time around..

This is actually my first NAM post.. I'm usually over on MINI2, Oceanstatemini or MAMA (Monadnock Area MINI Assoc.) forums... I'm hoping this is as much a loose-knit, fly by the seat of your pants group as the New Englanders..

 

I'll be there at midnight too. Definately planing on getting as much daytime experience on the dragon as I can prior to midnight though.....

Jason

 

probably not a bad idea.. I was on the dragon about ten years ago.. quite by accident I might add.. somehow I got lost ( I was trying to get to Andrews,NC) and I drove it about 4 times back and forth trying to find my way in a Chevy S10.. it was the worst drive in that truck... the day I bought my first MC, the first thing I thought of was the dragon and how it would be cool to take it down that road.. a few months later, I found out they actually had runs down there.. I've been trying to get there for 2 ears now... this year I just said "screw it", I don't have a lot of cash, I'm not getting any younger adn with the untimely passing of Ed "Maxamini" Smith last year I just made rash decision at the beginning of the week that come hell or high water I'm going...

okay, back on topic.. yes, practice on this road will be good, but it's kinda like the Nuerbergring in Germany, don't get too comfortable with the course, it's just too long to be able to remember it all.. seems like a new drive every time.. My advice is take it easy, screw the people around you if they get frustrated, worst case, let them pass if you're not comfortable with the pace... this road is no joke.. in some places 30 mph can be really dangerous if you don't know what you're doing.. I plan on taking it within the limits of my driving and not exceeding beyond that...

I also hapen to remember there is a heavy police presence in some areas so we should keep that in the back of our minds as well..

 

Rally lights are very helpful on the Midnight Run! And everyone needs to ALWAYS be sure to stay in their lane. There are very few turnouts and even less shoulder on the Dragon. It is very unforgiving, and demands complete focus and respect. nod:

 

Actually I would say rally lights are only beneficial if the car with them
is the in the front of a group of other cars. Otherwise the guy with them
will be blinding the cars in front of him.

 

we point the rear view mirrors down
between that and the switchbacks....eyes on the road,
you don't even notice the rally lights from the kar behind you

 

Oh, good idea David. Reminds me of Gumball Rally: "What's behind me is not important".

 

i just brought & watched that on DVD last week

 

yep, few turnouts and sometimes, people that are a little too heavy on the break wind up with glazed pads by about mile nine.. better to keep it in a lower gear and let the tranny slow you down a bit...

 

Notice koolmini's sigline and the glowing brake rotors! agokart's looked like that at the Midnight Run two years ago!

We pull off at Tabcat, pop our bonnets, keep headlights on like little Dragon MINI klieg lights, and let the brakes cool, whilst we hang out and visit.

 

sweet! this is gonna be a blast!

 

I'm super excited as this is my rookie year! I've been practicing on my little "Midnight on Holy Hill" excursions. (read: all by my lonesome driving sessions)

 

I wonder how cool that will look in night-vision?..Anything wikked hot on an IR camera should show crazy *** bright... (bringing the DVD-cam... trying to figure out a way to mount it to the roof just in front of my sunroof so I can reach up and pause, start, whatever, without having to pull over like if I had it on the hood... I have an idea that make work out pretty cool because I can film from just about any angle I want, we'll see though...)

 

Do it, Derek! That sounds fantastic!!!

 

Oh, I will.... I willl...LOL!

Yeah, this is goin to be cool, I can't tell you how excited I am!

 

MetalMini -

Check out the ChaseCam mount (run a search online), I have one for my car - mounts to the windscreen with three suction cups, allows for great miniDV footage.

 

SWEET!!... I'm gonna go look now! Thanks!

3M aka Derek

 

We will be there.

 

Any suggestions for glow in the dark decals?

 

i'll take one, put me on the list

 

http://extremeglow.com/Merchant4/mer...Code=PHOTOGLOW

here's some make your own custom glow sheeting...