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IMPA Test Days at Split Rock resort rocked by explosion

October 1, 2010 by Gary Grant 3 Comments

Split Rock's indoor water park while under construction in 2008

This week is the International Motor Press Association’s Test Days in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. The first day centers around the old ski hill at the Split Rock Resort, while day 2 takes place at Pocono Raceway. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend this year, this being the first one I’ve missed since joining IMPA 4 years ago. On second thought, maybe I picked a good year to miss.

At 7:30 this morning, a gas leak in the Split Rock Resort sports complex caused an explosion that leveled the sports complex. The building is separate from the main lodge, being joined by a tunnel. It contains contained tennis courts, bowling alleys, an arcade and a mini golf course. Due to the early hour, there were no guests in the building. One employee who was on site sustained minor injuries.

In past years, my kids have spent part of their day in that building while I was out testing cars.

While Test Days wrapped up yesterday afternoon, many IMPA members stay at Split Rock on the final evening before making the trek home. Our man Tom Williams and friend of The Garage, Crash Corrigan are at Test Days. We are waiting to hear a report from them and will keep you up to date as soon as we get word from them.

Once they get home, we may actually have some stories about cars!

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Video review: 2010 BMW Z4

November 24, 2009 by Gary Grant 5 Comments

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The boys have outdone themselves this time. Tom Williams and Scott Simmons spent a good part of an afternoon traipsing around the Poconos in BMW’s wonderful Z4. The resulting video is nothing short of spectacular except those darned Americans keep calling it a Zee4! Come on people, get it right! Zed!

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IMPA Test Days 2009 Teaser

October 9, 2009 by Gary Grant 8 Comments

For the second year in a row, we’ve brought video guru Scott Simmons to the International Motor Press Association’s Test Days in the Poconos. A day on the hill is followed by a day lapping Pocono Raceway. Last year we got to muddy things up a bit in the trucks, while this year was dry as a bone on day one. We got some great on road footage and spent far too much time in a big orange Ford. If off road day was a little too dry, Mother Nature made up for it by dropping enough rain to make Noah nervous on track day. Always up for a challenge, our team of Scott, Tom Williams and I made the best of the weather and still took some rather soggy laps and managed to keep it on the pavement. This teaser video gives just a hint of what we have in store for you over the coming weeks!

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Laurel Hill Tunnel: Ganassi Racing’s underground secret

December 20, 2007 by Gary Grant 1 Comment

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Most people love a good mystery. For race fans, we rarely get any real world mysteries, other than the odd missing race car that is found many years later. It seems that there has been a bit of an urban legend circulating in the NASCAR world over the past few years regarding an underground testing facility. Somewhere. Right. Paging Doctor Evil.

Last night I came across an incredible story by Sam Collins of Racecar Engineering Magazine on Speedtv.com that brings the story closer to reality.
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IMPA Test Days: An overview

September 8, 2007 by Gary Grant Leave a Comment

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So where to begin? For me, one of the newfound joys of being an official member of the motoring press is being included in annual test days. At it’s core, the concept is that it give writers an opportunity to compare many vehicles back to back under controlled conditions. In reality though, my first visit to the International Motor Press Association’s annual Test Days was much more. Yes, the cars and trucks were the stars, but the chance to network with fellow motoring scribes was priceless.
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IMPA Test Days: Road trip Diary pt 2

September 6, 2007 by Gary Grant 1 Comment

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The trip from Watertown New York took longer than expected today, given that every interstate in Pennsylvania is under construction. Other than construction, the drive was just sweet. Great scenery, little traffic and a couple of mp3 players full of tunes for the new stereo.
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