Charley Hoyt

I had a great couple of days at a private track day at Buttonwillow. We were using #14 CW and there were rarely more then 4 cars on the track at a time. Here is a video of me chasing an F3000 for a couple of laps. To be honest these were not my fastest laps of the two day event...but, it was a lot of fun being on the track with such a fantastic car. I am sure that if he wanted to he could have left me in his dust. The highlight of the two day event, aside from having unlimited track time without traffic, was getting private instruction from Marc Gene (2009 24 hours of Le Mans and 2010 12 hours of Sebring winner...and hanging out with Mick Fleetwood (who is one of the few people I have ever let drive my car). What a great weekend.

Charley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JUpEmJA0sw

Here are some pictures.

Mick Fleetwood getting ready to drive my car.



Marc Gene


F3000



The after party




Mick playing at the after party

B y r o n

That is what I call a VERY GOOD day!

quickc6

Looks like you had a great time Charly. And then get a concert to boot. It don't get any better than that. Great photos.
When are you going to come to race at the Corvette Challange ?
Tris

CHJ In Virginia

That sounds like a fantastic event. Just whose garage was the after party held at ?? Was it some type of museum - many - fantastic cars from what I could see.

Charley Hoyt

A good friend of mine has expanded his collection to the point of turning it into a private museum. He really has some fantastic cars. My favorate is his 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB which is probrobly the finest original example in the world (you can see it's red nose sticking out in one of the pictures. It only had 500km on it when he got it and now it has about 1,200km. I also really like his Ferrari P4...and of course his Ferrari F1 car, which Michael Schuemacher used to win the 2001 F1 championship.

Here is a slightly better picture of the 275 GTB....Mick mentioned to my friend that this was his favorate car in the collection...so my friend opened the museum door and pulled the car out for Mick to take for a spin.

Charley Hoyt

One of the Best

Charley Hoyt

I will be back out there soon. I really need to go over the car after this event, to make sure everything is good to go

StKnoWhere

Sweet - thanks for sharing!

Rob Willis

Very cool.

CanadianVetster

Great treat............... thanks for sharing.........

Bink

I'd give my left one to run the F3000 for a day...at VIR.
What powerplant/engine are they running in it???

Charley Hoyt

I am not sure what engine it had...but it sounded like a monster. I was supposed to have a chance to drive the F3000...but, 2 of the cars got caught up in customs and this one was build for Jordy Gene who is VERY small. Almost no one fit in the car but Marc and Jordy Gene. It was a thrill to share the track with that car...but, can't wait until next time when I can drive it