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PLEASE NOTE: While we have traditionally frozen our arses at Thunderhill in NorCal, in 2010 we will freeze our arses at Buttonwillow in SoCal.
GENERAL
Race Weekend: 4-5 December 2010
Entry Deadline: 25 September 2010
Late Entries: Considered case-by-case, space permitting
Track: Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow CA
Track Map: Check it out here.
Spectators: $20/day or $30/weekend all-access pit passes, available at gate
SCHEDULE
Pre-race track testing: Buttonwillow will conduct an open test day on Friday with specific LeMons groups interspersed. Check with Buttonwillow's front office at 661.764.5333 for times, details, and prices.
Friday 3 December 2010
7:30am: Gates open
Morning & Afternoon: Buttonwillow-Organized Track Testing (details above)
Noon-5pm: Mandatory Friday Tech Inspection. Every car and at least one driver per team must be present for Tech Inspection on Friday. No Saturday Tech will be offered!
Saturday, 4 December 2010
7:30am: Gates Open
8:30am: Mandatory Drivers' Meeting
9am: Lil'Mons PowerWheels Race*
10am: Race Session I Start
Sundown: Race Session I End
Sunday, 5 December 2010
8:30am: Mandatory Drivers' Meeting
9am: Race Session II Start
Noon: People's Curse
4:30pm: Race Session II End
5pm: Awards Ceremony
7pm: Gates Close
*Lil'Mons PowerWheels Race: Bring your GI Joe Hummer, Barbie Corvette, Mini Grave Digger, or other electric kids' rides and battle the students of Sage Hill School for all the kid-car glory--which is to say, probably more fame than you'll earn in your big car. Full specs and details to come.
THE CARS
Lights: Headlights, taillights, and sidemarkers removed or fully taped
Rear side and back glass: No restrictions
Noise Limit: 92dB @ 50 feet
PITS AND PADDOCK
Overnight Camping: Yes, $50 for the weekend payable with your LeMons registration. In addition to that, there are 48 RV hookups spaces also - which can be reserved with the track. See the Buttonwillow website for pricing and payment, and yes that's on top of the LeMons fee.
Vehicle Restrictions: Don't bean idiot with pit vehicles
Pit Assignments: First come,first served.
Barbecues Allowed: Yes, but only after race hours
Running Water: Yes
Bathrooms: Three permanent
Showers: Yes
Electrical Hookups: Some
Pit Hours: Just be polite to the neighbors
Fuel Sold On-Site: Yes. The onsite fuel station will be open all weekend. It's self serve, credit card activated, and spits out Sunoco 91 and 100 unleaded plus 110 leaded
Tire Shop: There's a full service onsite tire shop that sells racing tires. You just might be in luck if you need someone to mount those Radial T/As.
Race Supplies/Buttonwillow Swag: Buttonwillow's on-site gift/race shop has some competition supplies and assorted track-branded swag.
Dead Cars: Be prepared to bring them home
THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Closest Airports: Meadows Field (BFL), Los Angeles International (LAX)
Weather: The opposite of hot. Think snow on the grapevine and frosbite. Or, it could just be chilly and wet.
LODGING
Red Roof Inn
20645 Tracy Rd
Buttonwillow CA
661.764.5121
Motel 6
20638 Tracy Blvd
Buttonwillow CA
661.764.5153
Super 8
20681 Tracy Ave
Buttonwillow CA
661.764.5117
Homeland Inn
20688 Tracy Ave
Buttonwillow CA
661.764.5207
More nearby hotels on Buttonwillow Raceway Park's site.
FUEL AND PARTS
7s Only Racing Supplies and Fabrication
Buttonwillow Paddock
661.764.5456
Mobil
20661 Tracy Ave
Buttonwillow CA
661.764.5835
Chevron
20656 Tracy Ave
Buttonwillow CA
661.764.6695
NAPA Auto Parts
200 S Shafter Ave
Shafter CA
661.746.6301
Kragen Auto Parts
515 N Shafter Ave
Shafter CA
661.746.0140
Hitchcock Auto Parts
620 Munzer St
Shafter CA
661.323.3192
Castro Tire Service and Truck Wash
27600 Lagoon St
Buttonwillow CA
661.764.5902
There are a host of stations at the intersection of Interstate 5 and Highway 58 (south of the track) and at the intersection of Highway 46 and I-5 (north of the track)
FOOD AND SUPPLIES
Tower Cafe
Food and drinks right in the paddock. Will be open all weekend.
Albertsons
13045 Rosedale Hwy
Bakersfield CA
661.587.0153
Target
9100 Rosedale Hwy
Bakersfield CA
661.589.0554
Walmart
6225 Colony Street
Bakersfield CA
661.398.7297
FIRST AID
Kern Medical Center
1830 Flower St #14
Bakersfield, CA
661.326.2000
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St
Bakersfield CA
661.327.4647
Mercy Hospital
400 Old River Rd
Bakersfield CA
661.663.6100
DIRECTIONS
Buttonwillow Raceway Park
24551 Lerdo Highway
Buttonwillow CA
661.764.5333
Buttonwillow Raceway Park is located in Buttonwillow CA roughly 126 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, 196 miles south of San Jose, and 28 miles northwest of Bakersfield CA. See the map for more details. The track is 1/2 mile west of Interstate 5 on the Lerdo Highway, south of Highway 46 and north of Highway 58.
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