So Cal and Central Cal GT Owners coming back on I-15


AtomicGT

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Apr 12, 2006
3,032
Los Angeles
Make sure you stop and take a picture of your GT just before the ZZYZX Rd. Exit heading south from Vegas. 8 miles west of Baker, California. Took this one in 2009 on the Firday of the '09 Rally, got back to LA and we had the Metro Crash with the conductor texting while driving the train, from Simi Valley, taking the next 3 days fix everyone. Be nice to start a little ZZYZX Rd - FGT picture album.


foenzorevised_zps13ff6f3d.jpg
 
Last edited:

Ed Sims

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Apr 7, 2006
7,850
NorCal
If I don't sleep past it! LOL zzzz...

Ed
 

bonehead

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Aug 18, 2012
2,814
Houston, TX
If I don't sleep past it! LOL zzzz...

Ed

Think we should do a two GT pic on the way to Vegas. Is the sign on the northbound I-15 as well?
 

AtomicGT

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Apr 12, 2006
3,032
Los Angeles
Think we should do a two GT pic on the way to Vegas. Is the sign on the northbound I-15 as well?

Yes, but I believe it is an elevated exit, not sure as it has been a few years. South Bound exit sign has more bullet holes :driving::wink
 

RALPHIE

GT Owner
Mar 1, 2007
7,278
Heading Northeast -

View attachment 35553

Heading Southwest -

View attachment 35554
 

bonehead

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Aug 18, 2012
2,814
Houston, TX
Thanks Ralphie.
Ed, if there isn't a lot of traffic, we're taking that pic on the northbound side.
 

Ed Sims

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Apr 7, 2006
7,850
NorCal
We'll put another hole in the southbound sign & take a pic of the northbound sign!

Ed
 

AtomicGT

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Apr 12, 2006
3,032
Los Angeles
Northbound emergency lane looks a little tight. May be hard to put a hole in the sign and not have your line of sight disrupted by a 18 wheeler rig blowing past you and your GT! Always liked the southbound exit sign better. More holes and more character.

Zzyzx was approved as a place name by the United States Board on Geographic Names on June 14, 1984. As is the case with the road, Zzyzx, California, is the USBGN's lexicographically last entry in the Highway Lexicon of the United State as place name. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.
In popular culture:

Desert Studies Center at Zzyzx Springs
A 1997 song called Zzyzx Scarecrow by the band Stavesacre from their album Absolutes.
A 2003 album called Zzyzx by Zeromancer.
A 2005 suspense film, Zzyzx, was directed by Richard Halpern.
A 2006 thriller film, Zyzzyx Road, starring Katherine Heigl.
Referred to as a major story segment in a novel by Michael Connelly The Narrows (part of the Harry Bosch series).
An interesting fact as you are driving by the exit signs:

Zyzzyx Road (/zəˈzɪzɪks/ zə-ZIZ-iks) is a 2006 American thriller film written and directed by John Penney. It stars Leo Grillo, Katherine Heigl, and Tom Sizemore. The film's name is an allusion to "Zzyzx Road", a rural road off of Interstate 15 in California's Mojave Desert, with the road's name slightly altered. It is a different film from the similarly named Zzyzx.
The film has gained a degree of notoriety due to being considered the lowest grossing movie in history with a domestic gross of $30 USD.

Production: Principal photography took place in the summer of 2005 and lasted 18 days, plus an additional two days for pickup scenes. The film was shot entirely on location in the Mojave Desert, in and around local mines. Sizemore and long-time friend Peter Walton, who worked as Sizemore's assistant, were arrested during the film's production for repeatedly failing drug tests while on probation. Police discovered that Walton had a warrant out for his arrest for child pornography distribution and was subsequently jailed. Sizemore was not jailed, making it possible for him to film his scenes.

Release and box office gross Zyzzyx Road was shown once a day at noon for six days (February 25 – March 2, 2006) at Highland Park Village Theater in Dallas. The limited release was deliberate: Grillo was uninterested in releasing the film domestically until it underwent foreign distribution, but needed to fulfill the U.S. release obligation required by the Screen Actors Guild for low-budget films, (films with budgets less than $2.5 million that are not for the direct-to-video market).

The strategy had the side effect of making the film at the time the lowest-grossing film of all time, earning just $30 at the box office from six patrons. Unofficially, its opening weekend netted $20. The $10 difference is due to a personal refund by Grillo to makeup artist Sheila Moore, who had worked on the film, and her friend.

:)
 
Last edited:

AtomicGT

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Apr 12, 2006
3,032
Los Angeles
Don't forget stopping at the "Mad Greek" in Baker, great food and shakes.

Rally III So Cal Ford GT stop in Baker, California parking at Bob's Big Boy Parking lot across the street from the Mad Greek, (behind the trees center of picture).

IMG_3528_zps789d55d7.jpg
 
Last edited:

nota4re

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Feb 15, 2006
4,177
The Bob's Big Boys is no longer so probably a good parking spot for anyone wanting to stop!
 

AtomicGT

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Apr 12, 2006
3,032
Los Angeles
Is the World's largest outdoor thermometer still standing?
 

Apollo

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Aug 5, 2006
2,499
Pahrump, NV
Yes, and recently refurbished so it is working again!
 

AtomicGT

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Apr 12, 2006
3,032
Los Angeles
Apollo,

You should meet the north bound So Cal GTs at Baker and take them through the back roads to Pahrump and then they can go over Spring Mtn. to Vegas
 

Apollo

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Aug 5, 2006
2,499
Pahrump, NV
Apollo,

You should meet the north bound So Cal GTs at Baker and take them through the back roads to Pahrump and then they can go over Spring Mtn. to Vegas

What a great idea, I think I may have missed an opportunity there as I am in Vegas for meetings and won't be back until late Monday evening.
 

AtomicGT

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Apr 12, 2006
3,032
Los Angeles
Lets see if anyone remembers to take a photo of the ZZYZX sign on the way home?
 

SYCO GT

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Sep 9, 2006
4,974
California
Lets see if anyone remembers to take a photo of the ZZYZX sign on the way home?

I see you a ZZYZX photo and raise you with two Mad Greek Photos.

2014-10-17133748_zps6cbd3c34.jpg


2014-10-17130011_zpsbc9a4026.jpg


2014-10-17125917_zpsec8e5f05.jpg
 

AtomicGT

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Apr 12, 2006
3,032
Los Angeles
You ROCK, SYCO, nice pics. Did you put a bullet hole in the ZZYZX sign while driving by?
 

bonehead

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Aug 18, 2012
2,814
Houston, TX
Ed Sims on the way to Vegas


I managed to stop on my way home today
 

AtomicGT

GT Owner
Mark IV Lifetime
Le Mans 2010 Supporter
Apr 12, 2006
3,032
Los Angeles
:thumbsup
 

Vince H

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Jul 23, 2012
2,417
Southern California
image.jpg