It's been a week since Expo and I've been lazy to post up pics and give a little recap of my weekend. It was a lot of fun and great combination of weather. I enjoyed the wet track as much as I did the dry.

Even tho we have said it enough times, I still want to thank the organizers and sponsors for putting the event together. I also want to thank Migs for his contribution in sponsoring and making the event happened. I didn't realize how much he did at the beginning stage until Wes mentioned it at the banquet.

The Spoon car was running healthy all weekend, a blast to drive and felt pretty quick. I was running a weird tire setup: F205 Toyo RA1 and R205 Avon Tech-R. The first time those Toyos saw the track was Expo 02 (yup Expo 02 at Gingerman!!). Since they had always been my rear tires on my staggered setup, they lasted forever. So I decided to put them on front just to wear them out. And surprisingly they still stuck pretty well. If I ran my race setup F225 R205 Avons, I should be able to gain a few ticks in several corners, especially the long corners like T3, T5-T6 and T7-T8.

It was nice meeting a lot of new and old friends. It really was what made the event enjoyable. And I also made a couple "unusual" friends -- 2 Harley guys who were drag racing at the strip next to our main straight. They came over on Sunday, looked for my car, and asked if they could get a ride. I was pleasantly surprised by their request because I thought they would never be interested in our little Hondas. They kept saying it looked so fast and so much fun out there and they wanted to get a feel of it. However, it started raining again and I already had other Expo'ers asked for rides. My sessions were all filled so I had to turn the Harley guys down. Did anyone take pics of those 2 guys?

Picture time (thanks we-todd):

Migs car --



My car (the pretty side) --



Chris N and his AT&T --



Chris (quick6) and penpen's head stuck out from the hood --



Chris' Supaah --



Lori (penpen) playing with the nuts --



Chris N playing with Sean's wood --



My wife and Takumi --






Friday night at hotel registration --



Nate and Melissa --



AA and sackdz --



canuckr and Leslie --



Scott's (RR98ITR) car before it sat on the jack stands --



Lined up for aerial shots --



AA is so cool --



Buncha hungry people --







For a second, I thought I was in an Acura showroom when I saw this --




(JON D you mentioned that you wouldn't mind showing your plates. If you changed your mind, let me know.)

Takumi chilling on our way home --



You're all welcome to trash and hi-jack this thread!!!

 

Wai....it was very nice meeting you my friend. I look forward to hangin out at future Expos

Edit: ....Wai, plates are cool dood...no worries . I appreciate the concern though

 

nice meeting you!

 

Always good to see you and Takumi

And it was very nice meeting your wife this year.

 

I love sean

 

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and his wood

 

you two should get a room

 

Wai,
Thanks a million for letting me drive the sp00n kaa. 4th gear (which is what I used for the entire course, the entire session except pit in/out) was more than enough for me!

Ryan wishes he could figure out RHD like I did (i.e., easily).

Fantastic car. Big giant grin the entire time. Makes me want an ATS LSD, and a 2400ish lb car with that fantastic seat/wheel/tach. Oh ****, thats almost 1000 lbs off of the Prelude AT&T(s)

chris - who plans on a stripped/stock power EF or maybe some pinstriped EG for next year... track only car (drive to/from b/c im a cheap no towing ****)

 

I vote for Takumi getting another thread of his own


Nice pics btw

edit OF for IF, sorr silly mistake


Modified by 1GreyTeg at 5:13 PM 6/6/2005

 

even if a seat was open, would any of the harley guys fit let alone be limber enough to get inside the sp00n kaa?

good seeing j00 again wai

 

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great to meet you and your wife wai! i had as great a time i could (w/o driving). though lloyd (itrbroham) and i did get to take out mike's '98 on the parade lap for a few.

kepani-who puts his name on the "spoon kaa waiting list" for the next expo.

 

Cute dog - Nice pics.

 

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Oooh ooh put me on the list too, nice meeting your Wai

 

Very nice meeting you Wai.

 

where is this list? seems like its getting long already but i would like to be added

 

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Ryan wishes he could figure out RHD like I did (i.e., easily).

Fantastic car. Big giant grin the entire time. Makes me want an ATS LSD, and a 2400ish lb car with that fantastic seat/wheel/tach. Oh ****, thats almost 1000 lbs off of the Prelude AT&T(s)
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Hey now, I got the hang of it after I droped you off...

Thank you Wai, I could not wipe the grin off my face either. Awsome car

 

Nice photos Wai.

They let you bring cars into the banquet? That is so cool.

I hope I can make it next year.

 

ill try to be at the expo 6 ... anybody know where it will be ?

nice pics ;0P

 

Very nice pics, they capture a lot.

Harley guys.... I think they were messing with you

 

nice pics i keep recognizing Migs ride as the only black R with a white R wing

 

Not to throw this thread totally OT, but are those the TL calipers on Mig's car??

 

Great pics Wai!

 

I love your dog man, so chill! Wanted to come say hello and meet you and the puppie, I'll have to catch you next time.

 

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nope