Gathering 2022

[ZR1North]

Morning fellow Registry members:

We are pleased to report that the date for the 2022 Gathering has now been established as Thursday, May 5 to Saturday, May 7 with the welcome pizza evening being Wednesday, May 4. Look for details including a draft agenda and Holiday Inn block information in Heart of the Beast edition #58 due out around the end of February.

You will note that this is a week earlier than we traditionally hold the Gathering. We were not able to retain the traditional week because of unavailability of the NCM Motorsports Park (MSP) during the latter part of the week of May 9.

Having missed 2020 and 2021, we know that a lot of us are looking forward to Gathering this year. I hope to see old friends and meet new members in May.

Thank you all for your patience as we worked with the NCM and MSP to maximize the fun factor for us all at the 2022 Gathering.

Bob Lambe
Events Director

[WARP TEN]

Morning fellow Registry members:

We are pleased to report that the date for the 2022 Gathering has now been established as Thursday, May 5 to Saturday, May 7 with the welcome pizza evening being Wednesday, May 4. Look for details including a draft agenda and Holiday Inn block information in Heart of the Beast edition #58 due out around the end of February.

You will note that this is a week earlier than we traditionally hold the Gathering. We were not able to retain the traditional week because of unavailability of the NCM Motorsports Park (MSP) during the latter part of the week of May 9.

Having missed 2020 and 2021, we know that a lot of us are looking forward to Gathering this year. I hope to see old friends and meet new members in May.

Thank you all for your patience as we worked with the NCM and MSP to maximize the fun factor for us all at the 2022 Gathering.

Bob Lambe
Events Director

Well, sorry to hear that. I had been looking forward to the Gathering this year during the weekend of May 11-14, but I will be out of town that week so will not be able to attend. I hope everyone enjoys the get together! --Bob

[efnfast]

BAM, way to get it done. I'm in.

[XfireZ51]

Well, sorry to hear that. I had been looking forward to the Gathering this year during the weekend of May 11-14, but I will be out of town that week so will not be able to attend. I hope everyone enjoys the get together! --Bob

Bummer Bob.

[Paul Workman]

Well... It's on the calendar!!

(The drive from home in MO is about the same distance. But! The ROAD conditions will be one heck of a lot better than B4!!:D:D:D!)

:cheers:

[Matt B]

Holiday booked! Hope the rest works out, too. Just that my Z has to stay home ;)

[JimZRyd]

Thanks for the update. Been quite a few years so I'm going to try my best to attend. Feel free to consider me a noobie:cheers:

Jim

[dredgeguy]

It is now on the calendar and looking forward to getting together again.

[QB93Z]

Lyndi and I will be there. Looking forward to it.

Jim

[Tony Davila]

Anyone have any ideal when the Holiday Inn with code will be available for booking.

[ZR1North]

Evening all:

On behalf of the board, I am pleased to convey that we now have a draft agenda for The Gathering 2022. Details, including the block code for the Holiday Inn (University Plaza, Wilkson Trace) in Bowling Green, will be in the Heart of the Beast (HotB), edition 59 due out in the coming days.

We hope that everyone can make it in time for the welcome reception scheduled from 6-11pm on Wednesday, May 4 at the Holiday Inn. The reception has been a great way to kick things off in the past, and it will be again in 2022. While details will be in the HotB, note that we do have a full day planned for Saturday, May 7, so we'd encourage everyone to plan on taking in the full Gathering from Wednesday evening to Saturday evening inclusive - you will not regret it!

Thank you again for your patience. We did have some new challenges with the planning for this year's event but I believe the program we have will make for a fun week. We look forward to seeing you in Bowling Green in May.

Bob Lambe

[Matt B]

Thanks for the overview and all the efforts you invest into this event!
We're eagerly looking forward to it!

[efnfast]

YEA!

[Vette Guy]

All,
We just released the agenda of "Gathering Week" to all members via issue #59 of the Heart of the Beast.

Registration is now open for the Gathering Week events: MR8 and The Gathering via the ZR-1 Net Registry website store. Updates to the schedule as well as Hotel booking codes will be provided upon your registration.

We are looking forward to catching up with great friends, making new ones, and having one heck of a great time!

Best Regards,
Mark

[conesare2seconds]

I was able after a few tries to register, but just as a heads up the Registry store is moving the street name and number to the second line, which causes an error saying there is a problem with the address when clicking into PayPal to check out. I?m not sure what I finally did but after a number of attempts it finally took the address and processed the payment (touring laps).

[Gunny]

I was able after a few tries to register, but just as a heads up the Registry store is moving the street name and number to the second line, which causes an error saying there is a problem with the address when clicking into PayPal to check out. I?m not sure what I finally did but after a number of attempts it finally took the address and processed the payment (touring laps).

Had the same problem. At first I thought I was doing something wrong but I believe the Registry store is burping at the wrong time. Hopefully, an easy fix; otherwise a bit frustrating.

[Vette Guy]

FYI - Upon registration for the event on the ZR-1 Net Registry Store, you will receive the booking codes for the respective hotels with our discounted rate.

[hiperf406]

I am trying to register for the Gathering but I forgot what the password & user name for Forum. Will someone please forward the required info. TIA


lorne 1748

[Ccmano]

I am trying to register for the Gathering but I forgot what the password & user name for Forum. Will someone please forward the required info. TIA


lorne 1748

Email membership@zr1netregistry.com.
H

[WARP TEN]

Curious why the Gathering event doesn't appear on the NCM website yet. Will it eventually? --Bob

[Young1]

Looking forward to this big time.
In hindsight of mine and others Zs I will be bringing with me new?..
Alternator
Water pump
Starter
Belt
Fuel pumps with socks
Tensioner idler pulley
Plenum gaskets
MAP hose
Spark plugs
Used coils and plug wires.
My passenger will be PARTS. Many of us come a long way and have to get back home. Everyone keep me in mind if there is a break down.

[dredgeguy]

Your a good man Mr. Steve, still smile when I think of changing out your alternator in the parking lot:). Looking forward to seeing you. If we are also drag racing, rear spindles?

[Young1]

Soft 2,500 rpm launch my friend. I lost that alternator last weekend at track day. Rotor wire fractured.

[Matt B]

After the gathering we'll be heading to New York by car and planned 1 stop over so we'll arrive in NY on monday. What would you recommend where so stay and which route to NY is preferable?
My idea was to stay in Washington for a night. What do you think?

[dredgeguy]

Our Wazoo group will be heading back to the VA, DC, MD area from Bowling Green on Sunday. You are welcome to caravan back with us if you are staying the night in our area. Lots of places to stay depending upon what you are looking for.

[G-Sting]

Just got signed up last night. Looking forward to finally meeting everyone. First event I've been able to make. Bringing Z.

[dredgeguy]

Just a quick question, for drag racing on Saturday night, do we need to bring a helmet?

[Mikey]

Just a quick question, for drag racing on Saturday night, do we need to bring a helmet?

Yes NHRA safety rules are followed there

[Young1]

2019 I felt naked not wearing a helmet for touring laps.

[Matt B]

Our Wazoo group will be heading back to the VA, DC, MD area from Bowling Green on Sunday. You are welcome to caravan back with us if you are staying the night in our area. Lots of places to stay depending upon what you are looking for.Thanks. Actually I habe NO idea. First time I travel at this part of the States. All I know: I'll have a car an want to drop im NY Monday morning :)

[aafc]

I will arrive on the 4th,will bring helmet, jacket. Also I will be bring about 6
1990 and 6 1991-1995 ZR-1 Splash front plates. seeing that I won' have to
pay shipping each plate is $75.00. If you want one PM me what year you want
or text me @ 407-462-4490.
thanks
John

[aafc]

well I won't be able to make trip to the gathering this year. Some family
business has come up that i have to help with. So I won't be able to
embarrass myself at the drag strip. Gentlemen have fun and keep shiny side
up when you lap your car.
John
1990 white/black #2546
one of a few 4l8OE EQ R-1's

[garyhugo]

Did everyone make it home OK? Alisa decided when we were just north of Macon GA that she was good with continuing on to Jacksonville so we arrived home 9PM.

[efnfast]

Got home at 15:00 on Monday. 2,426 total miles, moving average of 67 mph, averaged 21 mpg, that includes drag racing. 13.1 seconds at 113.9 mph.

[ZR1North]

Glad to see you got home safely, Gary and Steve. I hope it's the same for everyone. You're wife is a trooper to do the trip in one day, Gary. Impressive numbers, Steve!

Many thanks to everyone who attended.

[efnfast]

Many thanks to those that organized it all. I missed some of the scheduled events unfortunately because I was hanging with friends and fixing cars.

[Mikey]

Made it home 10:30P after drag racing (but I only had to get to Nashville area :))

Great fun at the Gathering, amazed at the hospitality and camaraderie being my first time meeting everyone almost felt like I've been part of the group for longer..

Memorable moments:
1) pizza and beers Wednesday, meeting everyone for the first time
2) coaching from the left seat of 4 different member cars at NCMMP - thanks for allowing me to show you the track!
3) impromptu nickel tour of my garage for Chuck and Bonnie who unwittingly followed me to my house after the Lane Museum!
4) heads up drag racing against Mark Haibeck and reviewing the video from Mark Horner which revealed how much fuel is dumping out my tailpipes! (I'll be making the drive north at some point to get this 368 tuned better!)

Looking forward to next year already and hopefully some visits with members this fall.

:cheers:
Mikey

[QB93Z]

Lyndi and I made it home to Maryland with no problems. The Gathering was great! Well Done to Bob, Mark and Dennis. It was great to meet new members
and renew with old friends.

Jim

[Matt B]

Glad to hear you all made it home safely! Kati and I are in NYC now with a staple of parts that waited for me...

I can only chime in to what Michael said. Amazing crowd, amazing hospitality and amazing overall vibe. Showed me again how lucky I can be to be part of that great community. Every single of the many people I spoke to was an interesting and great person. Not to mention those who offered me to drive their cars [emoji3]

Thanks to all who contributed in whatever way!17587

[Gunny]

Went home after the Lane Museum tour - Google maps indicated a 4 hour ETA to home - managed it in under 3. Traffic was light once I cleared Nashville. Final leg was the mountain roads near my house.

The best part of the Gathering was seeing everyone once again. A big highlight for me was track time - a huge thanks to everyone who made this possible and a very special thanks to Mikey for his instruction & tips (wish he could have been with me on my last 3 laps).

[dandt67]

Made it home okay. Thanks to Bob, Mark, and Dennis for all their work in making BG possible this year, but most of all thanks to the team led by Jim (WAZOO) that turned a nightmare into an amazing experience.
After a smooth 10 hour ride to get to BG on Wed, the car developed a serious engine problem the next morning which turned out to be two dead primary fuel injectors. On Saturday under the leadership and technical knowledge of Jim (Maryland), with team members Paul (Missouri), Steve (New Hampshire) , Charlie (Maryland), Matt (Germany), Ernie (Georgia) and myself. We were able to finally get two new fuel injectors installed under less-than-ideal working conditions. The car made the 10 hour trip back to Maryland easily. Also Thanks to all who provided support. This is what makes the ZR-1 group the best in the Corvette world !!!THANKS!!!

[dredgeguy]

Had a blast and great seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Special thanks to our events director Bob for organizing this with so many moving parts....not easy. Many, many thanks to Marc Haibeck for taking the time to figure out my AC issue........had a good cool ride home with our group. Drag racing was so much fun, happy nothing broke! Now let's start thinking of Carlisle!

[Matt B]

Made it home okay. Thanks to Bob, Mark, and Dennis for all their work in making BG possible this year, but most of all thanks to the team led by Jim (WAZOO) that turned a nightmare into an amazing experience.
After a smooth 10 hour ride to get to BG on Wed, the car developed a serious engine problem the next morning which turned out to be two dead primary fuel injectors. On Saturday under the leadership and technical knowledge of Jim (Maryland), with team members Paul (Missouri), Steve (New Hampshire) , Charlie (Maryland), Matt (Germany), Ernie (Georgia) and myself. We were able to finally get two new fuel injectors installed under less-than-ideal working conditions. The car made the 10 hour trip back to Maryland easily. Also Thanks to all who provided support. This is what makes the ZR-1 group the best in the Corvette world !!!THANKS!!!Great your ZR made it back home safely! Only 14 more to go now [emoji3]

[G-Sting]

This was also the first Gathering I'd been able to make and wow. Was great meeting so many in our ZR-1 group and many spouses, swapping stories, receiving driving tips on the track, and plenty of laughs. Thanks to all (Mark, Bob, Dennis, others) who organized and led this!

dandt67 - what a classic story and photo of the kind of folks we have!

A few pics...

[Vette Guy]

One of the best Gatherings we?ve had! What a great group of people! Had the opportunity to spend time with so many neat folks and get to have fun with them. The bar was packed each night?. Quite a few late nights there. Super big thanks to Bob and Linda - they raised the bar on putting on events! Super couple I?m lucky to be on the board with (Bob). Also huge kudos to Mikey and Ray for sharing not only their driving experience with us during performance driving training, but best of all their passion. They made the track day a total experience for our first-timers and helped develop skills for those who returned to do it again. Exhilarating time on track for everyone. Another huge kudo to both Marc and Jim, who spent part of the Gathering helping others get their ZR-1s sorted out. I know Jim too long to know that he lives for this! His traveling tool kit might not be big, but has always had the right tools for every job! I had breakfast with Marc, who was excited about the opportunity to hunt down Charlie?s electrical A/C gremlin - he was really eager to solve the mystery! Made so many more friends this trip, from Dan Noble and his wife who documented the entire time for their YouTube channel, to Frank Ellis and his son Frank who I could have spent hours more talking with. Frank (dad) was a big influence in the C4 racing community, among other racing endeavors that Chevrolet supported - including testing the KOTH at all the tracks across the United States and Canada?. via the series called Corvette Challenge. The tours were a lot of fun, and Ted and Dennis turned me on to some awesome bourbons? not sure if that?s good or bad, but we had a lot of fun. Food was incredible at each stop - no disappointments?. Even the hot dog at Beech Bend taste great as a large group of us were cheering on all who drag raced that evening. Awesome to see Steve, Charlie, Marc, Mike and the FL Steve run. It was the perfect night as the track was sticky and temps were cool. All around great time - I really missed you guys!!!!


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[WARP TEN]

Sounds like it was great fun and I am very sorry I missed it this year. Hope we will be able to do it again next year. --Bob

[randy ransome]

Yeah I hate I missed it too. I was at Ron Fellows Spring Mountain Resort trying to learn how to Road Race and Auto-Cross my new C8.
Hopefully make it next year to The Gathering because it's Always a Large Time.





:proud:

[Paul Workman]

Many thanks to those that organized it all. I missed some of the scheduled events unfortunately because I was hanging with friends and fixing cars.

Yeah, whata bummer: Hangin' out with friends, fixin' cars, having some laughs and memories, fine eatin' and brewski's n BS for 3 whole days n nights! Oh! Did I miss something??? :dancing

It was one of the best gatherings - far as reacquainted w/ old friends and meeting new ones. We even saw ppl from Oregon and Canada and Germany!

My personal favorite activity was the track day. I learned a lot (more) far as what my Z and the tires (especially) could tolerate! One thing 4 sure...dem drag radials ain't no fun when it is raining (on the track especially!) After going maybe half of full-out on the curves and 'hair-pins' and breaking hard enough to trigger the ABS, one can really appreciate the engineering of our cars a LOT MORE than (I'd guess) 90%(?) of most Corvette owners ever appreciate. And, watching the C7 and C8s (lead cars, pro driven) run the route like they were immune to drifting - "like they were on rails" is the popular term.

Anywayz...it was a blast. Wish some of the rest of yaz coulda made it too!

[efnfast]

Didn't miss a thing Paul, it was a great time. Boy was it good to see everybody!

[Jetjock]

Made it home okay. Thanks to Bob, Mark, and Dennis for all their work in making BG possible this year, but most of all thanks to the team led by Jim (WAZOO) that turned a nightmare into an amazing experience.
After a smooth 10 hour ride to get to BG on Wed, the car developed a serious engine problem the next morning which turned out to be two dead primary fuel injectors. On Saturday under the leadership and technical knowledge of Jim (Maryland), with team members Paul (Missouri), Steve (New Hampshire) , Charlie (Maryland), Matt (Germany), Ernie (Georgia) and myself. We were able to finally get two new fuel injectors installed under less-than-ideal working conditions. The car made the 10 hour trip back to Maryland easily. Also Thanks to all who provided support. This is what makes the ZR-1 group the best in the Corvette world !!!THANKS!!!


I've seen Gordon do this out in the parking lot during one of the Gatherings. The guy had 6 of the fuel injectors go bad on him and a guy that I knew had a complete set of injectors with him as he had attended the ZR-1 school that Gordon ran before the Gathering and he3 changed them out because he could. The injectors were perfectly ok. You had ther A Team there that day.



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