Some events are easy, some are very difficult.  This event was very simple, but required a very

complex matrix of pieces in order to achieve what we set out to accomplish.

Scott, Bruce and I had a common goal to bring back some of the energy and fun that we remembered

and enjoyed from past Viper Days events.  We wanted to focus on teaching and getting more

of our new Viper owners the exposure of having the Viper on a track.  We wanted to rekindle the camaraderie

and passion.

Many different ideas were put on the table and the event slowly took shape.  We were able to reach out to

many of our friends in other areas like Nor Cal, Cen Cal, AZ and Nev to gauge their interest.

With the help of Todd Solomon and Rich Erickson from Nor Cal,  Scott, Bruce and I were able to form a great working team.

We reached out to Skip Thomas to see if he would come back to the West Coast to teach his classes again.

Once he learned about our desires and committed to the event, we set the plan in action.

We were able to partner with Jim Saxton of West Coast Racing Inc which made him the event administrator.

We wrote a firm mission statement and stuck to it.......not an easy thing to do sometimes.

Many things were stacked against us, but when all was said and done, 78 Vipers and over 120 people

signed up for this event !!!!

After months and months of work, preparation and stress, it was time to have some FUN !

Scott Hirko designed an awesome logo for us to use.

Rich and Glen

Paul, Suzanne, Johnny, and Mark

Greg's ACR-X

84 year old Johnny Yuma came from Arizona with his ACR to see his old pal Skip and run the track

Roxy was anxious to take her brand new Gen 5 out on the track and go though Skip's classes

The Voodooo

The Palm Desert Viper

Friday evening the So Cal guys sat down for dinner at the Bistro

Scott and Skip

With Skip coming out, we were able to get 36 brand new students to go through his incredible class

West Coast Racing guys working the registration table

Jim Saxton conducting the Driver's meeting

It was a full house of very eager and excited Viper owners

John has not been out on track for a few years and was excited to be back

Not a Hellcat, but a very cool 392 Charger

One of the greatest things about this event was seeing Vipers everywhere you went.

Brad's TA

Tom's LE

Tony's Gen 4

Richard with his ACR

Tom and John

Rich and Mike and Mary Ann

Jonathon with his GTS-r

Skip was sooooo happy to see so many new students.  He teaches one of the best safety

classes that is Viper specific and is the absolute BEST.

While the Green group was in class, the Blue group hit the hot pit to get ready for their first session

Jon and John

Tim and Shelli with Mike.   Tim and Shelli drove all the way from Arizona just to watch and see

old friends.  It was great to get a hug from Shelli !

John heading out for a warm up lap

Andy heading down to turn 1

Brent talking to the Starter

Justin was looking smooth and fast

Gavin came out to play too

The Red Race group had some very fast and talented drivers in the grid

Elana Scherr writes for Hot Rod and was really excited to go through Skip's classes and put

her Viper through its paces on the track

Erich was giving Edmunds writer, Mark Takahashi, last minute instructions

Mark and Erich

Erich, John and Nikki

Oh....and did I mention that TOMMY KENDALL came to the event as a special guest driver !!

A HUGE thank you to Dan Reid and Scott Brown from Dodge/SRT for all their help and support. 

Alan getting ready to go out in the green group

The Green Group assembling and waiting their turn to hit the track

36 Green group drivers ready to go out with their instructors

Alex was a thumbs up

Roxy was all smiles

Chris with his instructor Peter

Akemi was ready to go too

Larry

Keith

Chuck came out from AZ to attend the classes

Eddie Martin was super excited too

Goot !!!!!

Jeff and his brother Rich were super excited too

Skip is the BEST and I am so happy to have him back at the track with us.  It means the world to me

to be able to share this incredible friend with our newest Viper family members

Greenberg ......wrong Viper

Michaela, Louisa and Vineet

Blake and Dan

SPT had 2 garages set up to help take care of any issues that the Vipers may have had.

Carl, Mike, Randy and Roger

SRT brought out a TA and the Hellcat to give rides in.

Dan with the Hellcat

Garry approved of the Hellcat

Having FUN Eddie????

Andreas brought out the whole family

Scarlett

Larry and Keith

Elana, Mark and Scott

Andy

Roxy checking the lugs on her Gen 5......Very cool.

Just sinister

Lee's 88

Larry in his ACR

Rich in his SSG ACR

Mike was ready to tear it up

SD Bad Boys in blue

Austin

Andreas

Goot

Madeline out in the Panoz

Richard, John, Erich, Tom, Brad

Jim and his wife came down from Canada just for this event

Just in case we had any oooop's, Fire and Safety was at the ready

Randy getting the ride of his life with Erich at the wheel.

Tony

Bruce and Tom

Maurice's One of One

Chad in his GTS-r

Steve in one of the coolest Comp Coupes ever built

Bob was out testing the line in his race truck

Todd

Erik and Peter

Erich and Dejuan

Ryan

Ben

Terri, Elana, Ante and Skip

Jim and Mary Ann

Jennifer and Jay

Carl, roger, Keith and Brad sharing a drink at the banquet

Randy, Kurt, Mike, David and Madeline

Ken, Ben and Eddie

Rich, Erik and Jeff

Tim and Shelli

Suzanne and Johnny

Dan from SPT saying a few words

Rich introducing Toddy from Bad Boyzz Garage

Toddy

Scott

The Greenbergs

Tommy had some great stories to tell

Erich collecting some gas money.....after running out of gas on the way to the hotel.

Jon introducing Skip

It would not have been a banquet without Skip at the mic

He got nothing but applause and love from everyone in the room

Maurice pulled the lucky number for the great Pirelli Tire giveaway

Brand new Viper owner Eddie won a set of Pirelli tires !  Congratulations!

Jim Saxton with his AWESOME track crew

Mike and Ante

Akemi and Terri

Roxy

Toddy and Manny

Erich doing manual labor

Todd using the cheater gun

Jeff, Tom, Brad and todd

Mike and Robert  -  Cousins with the greatest smiles. 

Eddie and Michaela

Skip with Andrew who handles all the SRT social media

The Fujitas -  Now a 4 Viper family

The Fujitas plus one

Larry, Eddie, Johnny and Paul

Chuck

Eddie, Paul and Jon

Al

Jay and Erik

Greg and Ross

Ante and Terri

Scarlett and Andy

Gary

Brad

Jim

John

Tom

Brent

Justin

Andy

Richard

Glenn

Loyde

Michael

John

Randy

Ken

David

Scott

Aaron and Barbara

June and Rolf drove all the way from LA just to watch

Gavin

Carl's new Gen 5

Mike, Craig and Randy

Carl

Randy

Mike

Craig

Loyde and Chris

Mike

Robert

John

David

Al

Mike

Kurt

Mike

Eddie

Glen

Ryan

Rich

Denis

Jay

Chad

Barbara and John

Scott and Andreas

Eddie

Roxy

Chris

Keith

Eddie

Elana

Akemi

Vineet

Austin

Chuck

Raj

Tony

Gerald

Jeff

Goot

Barbara

Madeline

Eddie and Anthony

Paul and Raj

Congratulations Green Group !!!!!!!

Jay

Louisa and Vineet

Veronica and Chris

Madeline with Tommy

The checker flag waves and brings the Viper tracks event to a close.

It was an incredible weekend with tons of smiles, lots of fun, great energy and an overwhelming

feeling of success.  THANK YOU ALL for taking part in this event.   Without you, there is no event.

Stay tuned for Viper Tracks 2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!