First Wide Open Wednesday of 2010

Yes, the time has come for Miller to open the east track to anyone with $25 and a car that isn't leaking fluids like crazy. It was the first Wide Open Wednesday of 2010 and there was a great turn out. UtahHondas.net had a big presence out there, hell, Hondas in general had a big presence: Civics galore, a CRX, a couple Integras, an S2000, a Prelude and an NSX, the holy grail of Hondas.
















Usually there's a healthy amount of Subaru's, but this time there were only 4: a last generation Legacy GT wagon (none of the pics turned out too well unfortunately), Jordan's monster truck:


This wagon which, after a first lap hiccup, ran pretty well:


A GC coupe that appeared for only one lap then disappeared:


And the lone Evolution representative:



...I'm having a bit of a hard time coming up with the necessary transitions, so I'm just gonna post some more pictures.


haggard


thunder bunny?


wonder if this one's ever gonna make it out there


You might think it's slow, and you'd be right


If not for the NSX this would've been the mid engine car of the event.


In life there are winners and losers. This guy is not only a winner, but he might be the WoW shit box champion.


He never moved from this position except when a Mustang would come through and eat a cone.


Everyone knows it's Jeffrey!


LOOK! IT'S JACKIE CHAN!!!


You know those old guy muppets in the balcony who always talk shit? Yeah, these guys aren't like them.

Look at all of the shots I've taken at all the Wide Open Wednesdays events in this massive flickr set!

The last Wide Open Wednesday of the year!...maybe

Yesterday was the last Wide Open Wednesdays of the year out at Miller Motorsports Park in lovely and scenic Erda, Utah; in addition to being the last day there will be a single day month and year until January 1 2101, the release of Beatles Rock Band and a remastered Beatles collection.

And, as with everything good that is coming to a close, the hordes came out en mass just to say they got in on it. It was a blessing in that this event was insanely popular so it'll most likely continue next summer; however, it was a curse because there was a shit ton of people and a good amount of people with cars that shouldn't be on the road (let alone a track) and/or couldn't drive worth a damn! Brody ran down a Shelby Mustang, and what looked like a bone stock DC5 ran down a '76 Corvette Stingray. There was a rusted out pile of an original Mustang and some guy in a Ford Ranchero. Cool yes, track worthy? Hell no.

But with the bad and incompetent there was plenty of awesome. A pair of E92 M3 sedans, Brody and his STI, Lance and his dumped as shit bug eye, some guy in a Corolla XRS, and the first Evo X I've seen out there (along with some others) brought the awesome. Anyway, here's some shots of the madness for you to enjoy:



I got there early and got to watch a little bit of the Grand Am cars practicing, it was pretty cool


Scratch that, it was fucking awesome! When are you gonna see race prepped Vipers, Corvettes and RX-8's going door to door for free?


Driver's meeting


This is Phil's Forester, the car that gives hope to my monster truckin shit box.


Speaking of monster trucks, Jordan brought out his WRX Wagon.


Bobbo brought out his truck, which was so very awesome on many levels


One of the levels was him taking me out on the parade lap in the truck. I have now been on the track in an Integra Type-R and an S-10 eXtreme


Keep it pimpin' pimpin'




This car get's me excited...sexually

All the awesome from the day can't be contained in this blog, so head to the flickr page and check out the other forty-nine photos.