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Grandview Drive to Lasalle Drive

The Lincoln Trail PCA will have a driving tour from Grandview Drive in Peoria, to downtown Lasalle on Saturday, October 16th.  We will meet at the park at the South end of Grandview Drive at 9:30am.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and a survey of member feedback, this year we will not have lunch as part of the event but it will end at the same place. The PCA also has a new waiver that all attendees must sign before the event.  Everyone making the drive will need to sign the PCA liability waiver and new COVID forms.  Any minors riding in any of the cars in the event must have both of the parents sign the PCA minor and parents form as well. 

Here is a link to the map of the route. Note: interim destinations are only to create route and not actual stops, except the one in Sparland where we will regroup. Please study the route prior to the event.  Click here for a flyer describing the routeHere is a more detailed MyMaps route.

Here is a compressed video of the route (except this does not include Grandview Drive).

PCA liability waiver: RELEASE_AND_WAIVER_OF_LIABILITY-PCA2009

PCA minor form: Minor_and_Parent_Form-WAIVER-PCA2009

Grandview Drive to LaSalle route
Meet at the park at the South end of Grandview Drive in Peoria
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Member Appreciation 2021

September 25th will be the Lincoln Trial Membership Appreciation Dinner at Davis Lodge Lake Bloomington.

Since we were unable to get together much in 2020 the Club is giving back and will provide a afternoon of camaraderie starting with a Mix & Mingle, followed by a drive and and close with a free dinner. For those who have never been to one of the Clubs events at Davis Lodge it is truly a scenic venue with beautiful log cabin overlooking the lake.  Mix & Mingle will start at 1PM snacks & beverages will be provided. Drive will start at 3:00PM and I have test drove the route and timed it to 1 hour and 15 minutes

Diner will be at 5PM. Baxter’s Bloomington will be providing a plated dinner. Menu: Baxter’s Salad, Filet with Cabernet Au Jus, Smothered Chicken, Oven Roasted Potatoes, Green Beans. Meal will have both entrees. If someone needs a vegetarian meal let me know in your RSVP.

So far I have 18 RSVP and if any of the first group need a vegetarian meal let me know.

This will be a RSVP event so we know how much food to order: RSVP to Jim Petruska at snjp928@aol.com later than September 17th. On the 18th I will turn in final count to Baxter’s

Look forward to seeing everyone at the event. this is our 58th year as a club.

Jim Petruska                                                                                                Vice President LTR

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Autohaus to Lasalle Drive

The Lincoln Trail PCA will have a driving tour from Autohaus in Peoria, to downtown Lasalle on May 1st.  We will meet at Autohaus by 10am.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and a survey of member feedback, this year we will not have lunch as part of the event but it will end at the same place. The PCA also has a new waiver that all attendees must sign before the event.  Info about this new waiver, and how to electronically sign both waivers is here.  We will use Clubregistration.net (the official PCA event registration website) to register for this event.  Please register here before April 30th to participate. Make sure all attendees also sign both waivers as part of the registration.

Here is a link to the map of the route.

Here is a link to the route step-by-step instructions.

Here is a compressed video of the route.

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2021 Events Survey

It’s 2021 and COVID is still with us so far. The LTR board is working to develop an event schedule that will work given all the restrictions and people’s concerns. We created a survey of our members to find out what people are most interested in. This year we added our tentative events list and are asking members to select the events that they may be interested in attending. The survey is here: https://forms.gle/v6dbszgcN5a7Ep1d6

Please take a moment and fill it out to help us better plan 2021. Thanks!

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Scenic Drives

I recently found a website that lists several scenic drives here in Illinois by the Illinois Department of Transportation. This could be a very handy source for future drives with the club. Below are a few other sites highlighting scenic routes in Illinois:

I found these with a quick Google search. There are likely more. I wanted to share this now since the fall colors are really starting to take off, and we have had so many restrictions with the virus this year many people are getting cabin fever. A nice scenic drive in a Porsche is even more enjoyable than ever.

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Autohaus to Lasalle Drive

The Lincoln Trail PCA will have a driving tour from Autohaus in Peoria, to downtown Lasalle on October 10th.  We will meet at Autohaus by 10am.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and a survey of member feedback, this year we will not have lunch as part of the event but it will end at the same place. The PCA also has a new waiver that all attendees must sign before the event.  Info about this new waiver, and how to electronically sign both waivers is here.  We will use Clubregistration.net (the official PCA event registration website) to register for this event.  Please register here before October 9th to participate. Make sure all attendees also sign both waivers as part of the registration.

Here is a link to the map of the route.

Here is a link to the route step-by-step instructions.

Here is a compressed video of the route.

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Street Survival 2020

Street Survival Logo

These events have been cancelled for 2020.

The dates for the Mossville Street Survival are now on the calendar for September 26th and 27th (2 classes, one each day) and open for registration.

Several Lincoln Trail members volunteer for this and have since the beginning.  We always need more volunteers so if you can spare some time to help young new drivers learn car control please contact Rick Largen. We have many volunteer jobs from registration and managing the various course obstacles to in-car coaches.  The Illini BMW Club with support from Lincoln Trail, Kauth & Mayeur, and Caterpillar (and many others) have been hosting the Street Survival in Mossville Caterpillar building AC parking lot, and using the Caterpillar AC building and auditorium, since 2011.  This is a great way for car people to give back to the community.

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Driving events on the calendar already

It’s still January but car clubs are already busy getting driving events on their calendars.

Autocross

The biggest autocross club in Central Illinois is the Champaign County Sports Car Club.  Here is their autocross schedule they just posted.
The Central Illinois Region (CIR) of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) also hosts autocrosses in Central Illinois, including Mossville.  I have not seen their 2020 schedule yet though.

High Performance Drivers Education (HPDE)

Some of us LTR members have already signed up for the CIR PCA Spring Brake HPDE at Putnam Park April 24 – 26.  This is a great event for all from beginners to experts.

The dates for the St Louis Region PCA HPDE events at Worldwide Technology Raceway at Gateway are:
  • April 24-26th – Registration opens 2/29
  • June 5-7th – Registration opens 4/4
  • October 16-18th – Registration opens 8/15

More clubs will be adding events soon so this is just the beginning.  You can search for driving events at Clubregistration.net and Motorsportreg.com too.
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Leaderboard

As discussed in an earlier blog post, Las Vegas (and other places) has places you can go to drive high end sports cars and supercars on the track.  Generally normal people like you and me do 5 laps or more on their track with an instructor.  Exotics Racing times these laps and posts them all on their leaderboard here: https://exoticsracing.com/michelin-time-trial-world-challenge.html .  Notice what cars make the vast majority of the fastest laps.  The Porsche GT cars.  Right now the Porsche GT2 RS and GT3 RS hold the top 5 spots.

It took F1 driver Charles Leclerc to get a Ferrari to number 6.  Only 4 of the top 20 are not Porsche.  What this shows to me is how easy it is to drive the Porsche GT cars very fast compared to other supercars.  Even YouTuber Shmee150 can make excellent lap times in his first time out with these cars on this track.

I was really impressed that they were able to hold 1.49g cornering in a stock GT2 RS at this very short track.
On paper the GT2 RS sounds like a monster.  Yet several have taken them to the track for their first time and were surprised how easy it is to drive this car silly fast.  Consider this comparison between a GT3 cup car and a stock GT2 RS at Road America.

Listen to the drivers comments about the relative ease of making fast laps in the GT2 RS.

Next time you are in Las Vegas, see where you fit on the Exotics Racing leaderboard in the GT2 RS.

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Car stuff in Central Illinois

Here in the Midwest we enjoy a rich car culture. Even in Central Illinois, away from the big cities, we have plenty of car related things to do. We also have many activities within a few hours drive from here as well. I wanted to share some key website to get people started. 

Social Events and Groups

Driving Events

There are 2 main websites to find and register for automotive events, Clubregistration.net and Motorsports.reg.  Most PCA, BMWCCA, SCCA, Audi club, and others use one of these two sites so they are a great place to find events. 

Autocross

The Central Illinois SCCA has the most autocrosses in Central Illinois.  As with many clubs, they use Motorsports.reg for their event registration.