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i nominate either an airport strip or Englishtown Raceway Park...i kinda like the Englishtown idea since they got both a new handling course and a 1/4 strip...i wonder how much it costs to rent out something like Englishtown for the day...i'd b willing to pay handsomely for unlimited runs all day :D
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Englishtown sounds like a great idea! We can all prove our cars once and for all.:D
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the only problem with Englishtown:
who will pay for it.. I see only a select few paying to go to a meet... how far in advance do you have to pre-book an event... I think we need to organize a second annual meet during the summer somewhere.. Maybe the SHOIRE meet we had last year we can do again as an annual event!... grab the out of staters over again! |
Yeah!!! I'd be down!
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Originally posted by Zapata Yeah!!! I'd be down! I want to hold a meet in westchester/rocklnad... check up on the thread for it... let me know if you guys would be interested... |
hey guys, i think those are good ideas but i would think it would be better to have it a little closer to PAA. My idea would be the meadowlands area (giants stadium), let me know what you think
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I am down for whenever. I was the one that set up the shore meet last year and we had a great turnout. I was thinking about turning it into an annual event too. But that will be around August or September. I am down for an end of June meet somewhere. Let me know.
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How about Northern Cali??????????????
Then we could ALL meet up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
i wanna meet where there's some sort of racing involved...which is y i suggested Englishtown or an airport runway...i think it would b awesome to chill if u want, or if u're talkin smack like Tony was in his put put jalopy ;), settle it on the 1/4 strip
basically, do something like Fast & the Stupid or if u wanna make it more competitive, create brackets based on make, model, mods, etc. fact is we all mod our cars so much, and there's no way to really show our mods in action at meets...well here's a chance to combine both in a relatively safe, controlled environment...that's basically what got me thinking on this idea |
location, location, location
WHy not do several polls and find out the following: Average distance willing to travel, and where are most members willing to travel currently living. For example does the West have more members than the East, in the East is there more members in the South or North.
Now this might be a bit much, but in good weather conditions I would be willing to travel a good amount. So a national meet could be possibility. Say for example CHicago or such, somewhere in the middle. I would drive from Florida to the MIddle. |
Originally posted by Scooter i wanna meet where there's some sort of racing involved...which is y i suggested Englishtown or an airport runway...i think it would b awesome to chill if u want, or if u're talkin smack like Tony was in his put put jalopy ;), settle it on the 1/4 strip basically, do something like Fast & the Stupid or if u wanna make it more competitive, create brackets based on make, model, mods, etc. fact is we all mod our cars so much, and there's no way to really show our mods in action at meets...well here's a chance to combine both in a relatively safe, controlled environment...that's basically what got me thinking on this idea |
Soopa and I talked briefly about having it at UMASS/Amherst's campus. It's pretty close for all New England/New York/New Jersey people and it's a beautiful area, as well. Just a thought...but I'd go just about anywhere in the Northeast.:)
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I think we shoudl have meets every month or every other month. I kinda didnt get to meet anyone here at the paa meet, i met more rsx and accord people than people from here.
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I say meet at Englishtown or Atco. Call them up and say hey we can bring you about 3g's worth of business on a Sat if you reserve the track just for us. Great idea Scooter!!
A shore meet would be nice but the track would really be fun! |
Originally posted by Zapata A shore meet would be nice but the track would really be fun! |
Those are all great ideas... but I think everyone is missing a couple of big points....
1) PAA will NOT EVER EVER... sponsor a meet that involves racing. There's just waaaay too much liability at stake for them. This will never happen. 2) I have a feeling PAA may also not be involved in any contests after the Zainoff this year. That puts them in the middle, some place they do not need to or want to be. Unless they have judges that are not from the dealership, I don't think contests will be a part of the meets in the future. 3) There is no benefit what-so-ever to have the meet that far away from PAA. They are paying for it and sponsoring it, so one of the reasons that they have it there is for exposure of their dealership. Them having it somewhere else and arranging catering, etc. outside of their area (where they probably have connections) makes no sense for them. That's all I can think of now :) |
YO.
I KNOW WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE A MEET. Lime Rock Park Raceway in Connecticut. It is damn near in the middle of the whole NE... Maybe we could actually get the NY/NJ & Boston crowds together for once. <a href=http://www.limerock.com/files/images/map2_large.jpg>http://www.limerock.com/files/images/map2.jpg</a> I will try to find details. I know several Car Clubs including Audi Club, BMW clubs, Aston Martin Owners Group, Porsche Club... etc etc etc... host events here. Its an awesome raceway.... very clear & loose shoulders on the track so a low likely hood of crashing. I've seen some very high spped loses of control here where nothing bad happens. I'll find out if its feasible. |
and YES, I agree with Junior.
The PAA meet will be left the PAA meet. It is perfect in every way... lets not change it. What we need is MORE meets. Heres more info on LimeRock. http://www.limerock.com/LRP-TrackInfo/directions.html Pretty easily accessible from everywhere. I'm going to call about getting a club event thing going. I dunno if we can race if were not sanctioned by the SCCA. I may contact the administrator of the Mohawk-Hudson Region SCCA since he lives like 5 miles from me. Maybe he can get us some info. |
I agree with both of you!!!
Junior... PAA will never go for anything of the sort, and why would it be PAA if NOT at PAA!!! I think people use PAA as a description of the type of meet not neccesarily the sponsor or host! Soopa... that doesnt sound like a bad idea... We have PAA as a summer kick off... maybe the CT track could be a summer close out... the intakes would love a kool september day to open up a can of whoop ass! |
I aggree that the PAA meet should stay at PAA. We definitly should have another shore meet, that was alota fun, and this meet at the raceway sounds like allot of fun also....the point is lets just have more were we can all get together and hang out, who realy cares where it is, the main point is to meet people and have a good time.
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LOL... Soopa edited the title to say next large NE meet!! :D
Good idea :) |
yea i dont think anything could be better then Lime Rock in the Fall.
That area is sooooo beautiful. The track is surrounded by mountains.... And luckily the fall is nearly the only time were guaranteed decent weather. Doesnt rain alot here in early fall... |
I know a head instructor from Lime Rock who is also the Northeast Porsche club of NJ president. Lemmee see what I can find out. YOu can also pay to get a lesson and not wreck your car.
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Originally posted by juniorbean Those are all great ideas... but I think everyone is missing a couple of big points.... 1) PAA will NOT EVER EVER... sponsor a meet that involves racing. There's just waaaay too much liability at stake for them. This will never happen. 2) I have a feeling PAA may also not be involved in any contests after the Zainoff this year. That puts them in the middle, some place they do not need to or want to be. Unless they have judges that are not from the dealership, I don't think contests will be a part of the meets in the future. 3) There is no benefit what-so-ever to have the meet that far away from PAA. They are paying for it and sponsoring it, so one of the reasons that they have it there is for exposure of their dealership. Them having it somewhere else and arranging catering, etc. outside of their area (where they probably have connections) makes no sense for them. That's all I can think of now :) |
I like Soopa's idea, but I think afterwards we should crash his house and party there. mwuhaha
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Wouldn't Englishtown be hella expensive to rent out?
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Originally posted by JRock I like Soopa's idea, but I think afterwards we should crash his house and party there. mwuhaha yea... that or we could all just go to the mohegan sun casino afterwards ;) |
Originally posted by soopa yea... that or we could all just go to the mohegan sun casino afterwards ;) |
How expensive could it be??? Think about it. If we have 100 cars show up. The revenue from each car would equal or surpass whatever they have on a Sat.....assuming it isn't NHRA nationals etc.,
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Originally posted by Scooter i should start savin mad money now cuz that day will b an expensive 1 :) HMMM... I agree that could definitely set me back a pretty penny and a whole lotta bills! |
Originally posted by Zapata How expensive could it be??? Think about it. If we have 100 cars show up. The revenue from each car would equal or surpass whatever they have on a Sat.....assuming it isn't NHRA nationals etc., I dont think it could be EXTREMELY expensive to get a half a day or so at Lime Rock... I think scooters talking about how much money hed lose if we were to go to Mohegan Sun afterwards ;) |
Originally posted by soopa I think scooters talking about how much money hed lose if we were to go to Mohegan Sun afterwards ;) |
call me crazy, but if we actually do something at LimeRock, what would u guys think if we hired a professional photographer to come out and do photoshoots of our cars in action???? i'd bet he/she could get some really kewl turns/drift shots!!!
just a thought :D |
How about the Meadowlands?
Call me crazy but I think it is a great Idea, I the summer there are Audis/Bmws/s2000's running autocross or some shit there.. There cones set up and they are rippin shit.. I have no clue who runs that but i seen twice in the morning when I go to hop on the Turnpike on sun mornings.. Its easy to find from RT17 RT3 and NJ turnpike |
Originally posted by StonedCL How about the Meadowlands? Call me crazy but I think it is a great Idea, I the summer there are Audis/Bmws/s2000's running autocross or some shit there.. There cones set up and they are rippin shit.. I have no clue who runs that but i seen twice in the morning when I go to hop on the Turnpike on sun mornings.. Its easy to find from RT17 RT3 and NJ turnpike out here on Long Island, SOLO is at Nassau Coliseum, and u get a lot of American muscle (Vette's, Camaro's, and Stangs), but they're also rather diverse in the group with European and Japanese |
Lets do this...
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