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Talked with Dallas the track owner. Good to hear from an ole buddy and glad he is doing well. The new's is a such , we can book Thursday May 15th.

Price is 1500.00 for up to 8 car's running, limited timer's if any and no safety crew etc. We may be able to squeeze in more than 8 with the 1500.00 deal.

Price is 2500.00 for the day with timer's ambulance crew etc.

Don't think that these price's are high. I rented the track for the day with my group in the 90's for the same amount of money.

Claim it now. Or we loose it !

Tell me what you guy's want to do. I'm just the messenger , right Bozz ?

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I'm srtictly a spectator but I can really appreciate all of your hard work, Frank. Great job, no mater what's decided.

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Will start reading out to our Drag Racers and get a count!

Please post up if you are interested!!!

:salute:

David

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I'd like to drag race if we have enough interest and we don't need roll bars, driveshaft hoops etc.

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Ok. We have a 441 automatic coming to tear the track up!

So far... 4

Who else is in?

:cheers:

David

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So, that's $188 per person for 8 cars. If we squeeze in 10 it's $150 each. I only wanted to make a couple of passes which makes that pretty high on a per pass basis. I think I'll have to be a spectator.

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Seeing as how I don't know how to drag race.....:o.....I'll spectate & cheer you racers on to some awesome E.T.'s!

:cheers:
Tom

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I think you GO! when the light turns green :p You know how to run I have driven with you before. You trying to sucker these guys in and then take their pinks? lol :saluting:

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Tho-mas playing posum [-X

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No I'm not trying sucker anybody....no really ...truth! :) I do know this much, if you wait for the green light & then go....you lost, or at least I'm fairly sure you lost! :icon_scra


Frank, One should not try to play posum with a stock ZR-1! It's 2013; not 1990! :mrgreen:

:cheers:
Tom

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What's stock ?

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Tom Tom does not play possum!
Ask me how I know...

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Come on guy's. Support the club and lets make a few passes enjoy some camaraderie and maybe some food. Drink later.
These things don't ET any way. Do it for the fun. Do it for the club. I'm donating to each drag racing participant a nice embroidered polo shirt.
Do it for me ! Oh wait that isn't goin any where..........do it for your Country.

Don't stay home and grease Wheeze !

Post up !!

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Frank,i'm in.
But i think you knew that.

A few of the boys from IL will not be making it to BG this year.

I think it's just me,Dom,Paul and Marc.

Pete

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Pete,

We can add Kevin too right?

:cheers:

David

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No Bob G???? No motor home parties?:confused:

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Bob G has a wedding. We have a contingency plan, no worries!

FBI BBQ Friday is going on as scheduled!

:cheers:

David

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I don't have to rent a $10 million motor coach, do I? hahahahaha

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Me Too!

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My buddy has a 42' Monaco motor coach. You guys let me know if you need it and I can probably make it happen.

Jep

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I heard that was plan B! also dont forget to fill it up with rear bumper molding & 49th st rocker panels as parting gifts for the Z brothers. :-D :dancing

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I didn't know.
Bob,that is great news that your coming.
Plus Kevin
It will be a great time.

Pete

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A good time! Yeah, buddy! I'll try to make it in time Thursday to drag race - or spectate at the very least! Watching those big FBI motors (and Pete's incredible machine) run is worth the trip!:dancing

:cheers:

P

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As I told David in an email, I am in but not yet certain I can get down Wednesday night. I will try and expect to and should know shortly. But questions: can we have more than 8 cars? What if several unregistered cars show up and want to run and pay a fee? How much time will we have? When would it start, etc.? Inquiring minds....Bob

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May be I can answer your questions Bob.
Can we have more than 8 cars? Yes
What if several unregistered cars show up and want to run and pay a fee? More the merrier , let's play !
How much time will we have? Plenty of time , not trying to be a wise guy either.
When would it start, etc.? @ 2-3 pm

We should make a move on reserving the track asap. The diesel boy's all ready want it. They knocked us out last year. Then didn't want us running with them !

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One more thing.........spectators ? You want to watch ? WTF ? Get behind the wheel and have fun with the car ! That's what these cars were built for.

If some one dosen't feel they can drive "good". Just remember we all started some time. Start now.

Car's with sticky tires and plenty of horsepower are prone to breakage. Most of us don't have to worry about that.

Life is short , enjoy life to it's fullest while ya can !

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OK I'm in. You twisted my arm!!! -- Bob

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Just make sure I didn't miss anything, Frank--Thursday is May 16, not the 15th. I could not get there to race on May 15 but I can get there for Thursday May 16 racing. Plan to arrive Wednesday 3/15 late afternoon. --Bob

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Hopefully the club back's me up on this deal (cough-cough) A lot of time is invested in this. Dallas the track owner is a good ole boy , we know each other for a long time and I'd hate to waste his time.
And yes Bob racing would be on the 16th.

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Frank,
Got to see what the new motor can do so count me in.

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Excellent! Just talked with Aaron Scott and he is working on
some others who are interested

:cheers:

David

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David,
BG looks good ,but I will not be able to attend this year. Other events
will be be taking up most of my time. I have a trip to Lodi , new Jersey to
celebrate my Sister (Sister Mary Bridget ) Golden jubilee of consecrated life.
This takes place the first week in Arpil.
I my be able make BG next year. I'll see how its goes.
thanks
John Becker
1990 white/black # 2546
one of a few auto (4l80E ) eq. ZR-1's

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In effort to try and get more guy's to participate in this event instead of being spectator's.
Trying to level the playing field out, how about going for 1/4 mile MPH for everyone ? Instead of ET. Just post a good MPH number. Easy on the drive train and it will allow the less experienced get a crack at a run or two and have fun doing it.
Just trying to get some motivation going here guy's.

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I've never had mine on any kind of track and it's close to stock (Marc's chip and a new Corsa system). This is getting very tempting however. What type of safety gear is required? Does the cost go down as the number of participants go up?

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We hope to have something concrete to tell the membership tonight or tomorrow

:cheers:

David

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Since this is a ZR-1/C4/Grand Sport Registry event at BG, don't any of them want to drag race? Has anyone been in contact with the other groups? Or is this just ZR-1-ers? I am surprised we couldn't get a fairly large group that wants to race. Perhaps to get the track for next year in advance. Curious. --Bob

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I may have to step up and take the bull by the horns here, Please post up if you will be running at Beech Bend on Thursday the 16th for a few hours. This will be informal drag racing. But fun none the less.
Please feel free to invite anyone to drag race with us.


Took the liberty of putting down the names of people that posted here. Let us know if you would like your name eliminated.

I'll refresh this post so we know how many people we have up to it.

PLEASE BE ADVISED :
The club is not backing us at the drag strip. This is beyond my control guy's.
WE are doing this on our own, I have to personally comitt to this event. If we don't get up 15 people we may not have any racing.
In the past I covered the cost for racing. Due to other thing's beyond my control (SANDY) I'm unable to cover this cost upfront. Need help !
As of 3/20/2013 we have :

1- Frank U.
2- Pete
3- Ronstar
4- Bob warp 10
5- Phil
6- msmoore
7- Kevin Costello
8- Fully Vetted
9-
THANK YOU ALL !




KUDOS go's out to Wayne Hale for trying to keep our drag racing alive ! Also too some one that used to be a driving force in the club that would like to remain unanimous due to political tensions.

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Kevin Costello

Wayne Hale ($100) Not racing just contributing

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At this point, I'm 95% committed. Might be a schedule issue. What time would we be meeting there?

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Maybe in the afternoon 2-4 (informal)