The C4 Gathering 2018

[zr1assassin]

September 20th through the 23rd I think, Google Corvette FunFest Illinois.

[zr1assassin]

Originally Posted by A1990

When is it? I will be going to the Rocky Mountain Run in July and Corvettes of Carlisle in August.


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Now you have me interested in this Rocky Mountain Run LOL, when is it and what's it all about? I'd love to go out there

[A1990]

It is our first try. It will be July 19-22. We are staying in canyon city the first night and will cross the royal gorge bridge then will end up in Blackhawk at the casino to stay the rest of the days. We will do day drives each day. Final routes are still being worked out but may include Rocky Mountain National Park, Breckinridge area, possibly Bandimere if they are racing. Pikes peak isn’t open for driving this summer.


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[zr1assassin]

Originally Posted by A1990

It is our first try. It will be July 19-22. We are staying in canyon city the first night and will cross the royal gorge bridge then will end up in Blackhawk at the casino to stay the rest of the days. We will do day drives each day. Final routes are still being worked out but may include Rocky Mountain National Park, Breckinridge area, possibly Bandimere if they are racing. Pikes peak isn’t open for driving this summer.


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wow sounds amazing, I'm absolutely interested please keep me posted

[Riviera]

Hi ZR1Assassin. You have asked a couple of questions, that no one appears to have answered for you so here goes. Please work enough time into your schedule to go to the NCM to register and pick up your credentials before you do anything else. The credentials are imprinted with what you have registered for i.e. Karting, Touring Laps and you will not be allowed in to the events without them. The NCM track/Go Kart track is literally "across the highway" from the NCM. The tour of the Corvette Museum is free as you are registered for the event and you can do it on your own time. Hope this helps.

[zr1assassin]

Originally Posted by Riviera

Hi ZR1Assassin. You have asked a couple of questions, that no one appears to have answered for you so here goes. Please work enough time into your schedule to go to the NCM to register and pick up your credentials before you do anything else. The credentials are imprinted with what you have registered for i.e. Karting, Touring Laps and you will not be allowed in to the events without them. The NCM track/Go Kart track is literally "across the highway" from the NCM. The tour of the Corvette Museum is free as you are registered for the event and you can do it on your own time. Hope this helps.

That helps a lot, thank you!

[Bob Eyres]

Originally Posted by Vette Guy

Hi Bob,

We've been requested not to share the seminars from the Gathering - that's the lure of coming to the Gathering event. I'm amazed each year how much more I learn about the ZR-1 and C4s in general, and I consider myself pretty smart on our C4/ZR-1 history.

I hope you don't mind me asking, but who requested that you not record the seminars to get a few more guys to show up at the Gathering? If the issue is attendance, you could embargo the video for a while, (a few months, a year), or just have it accessible on the members section of this site. That might even help sell a few memberships here.

The NCM itself should be recording every historically significant seminar about the Corvette for posterity. Isn't this obvious?
I really don't mean to sound critical, but don't you think that this is an amazingly short sighted approach to Corvette history? These guys have the most detailed, first hand, knowledge of the development of this car, and they're not going to be available forever. Surely you would want to save what they have to offer. I doubt if there would be any proprietary company secrets revealed, or anything that should not be recorded.

You are aware that there are a lot of us that can't come to the Gathering because of family commitments and responsibilities, or simple logistics like living a long distance from Bowling Green... Europe, Hawaii. This thread is full of r.s.v.p's from guys that can't come for good reason.
I've made the decision not to come because of the weather. We are having a big storm front passing through Florida right now, and my whole 900mi. route to the Museum is forecast to be wet and rainy for the rest of the week. With the slick Autocross tires I have on the ZR-1, it's very problematic to make the trip in the rain.
If this policy is the Museum's decision, it's a real shame. Think of the value of having video of the original developers tell the story about the making of this car. Don't you wish we had more of a film record of interviews with Zora and Bill Mitchell, John Lingenfelter, Larry Shinoda, etc., all gone now, that you could access on the web. Either at the NCM website, or on YouTube. What a wealth of knowledge and background on the car. There are a few clips of these guys, but not as much as we'd like.
I've done a couple of ZR-1 specific clips in the past at the Gathering, and put them on YouTube. Like the interview with Lane Goldstein explaining the details of his full race 1/4 mi. car, and the only "in car" video of it racing. And I would sure like to get the inside story of the "Black Widow" project to save for ZR-1 history. But myself, and hundreds, maybe thousands, of others will never get to see it.

If this policy changes I would volunteer to show up at the next Gathering to record whatever seminars are available. Not to do it is a shame.

[WARP TEN]

Originally Posted by Bob Eyres

I hope you don't mind me asking, but who requested that you not record the seminars to get a few more guys to show up at the Gathering? If the issue is attendance, you could embargo the video for a while, (a few months, a year), or just have it accessible on the members section of this site. That might even help sell a few memberships here.

The NCM itself should be recording every historically significant seminar about the Corvette for posterity. Isn't this obvious?
I really don't mean to sound critical, but don't you think that this is an amazingly short sighted approach to Corvette history? These guys have the most detailed, first hand, knowledge of the development of this car, and they're not going to be available forever. Surely you would want to save what they have to offer. I doubt if there would be any proprietary company secrets revealed, or anything that should not be recorded.

You are aware that there are a lot of us that can't come to the Gathering because of family commitments and responsibilities, or simple logistics like living a long distance from Bowling Green... Europe, Hawaii. This thread is full of r.s.v.p's from guys that can't come for good reason.
I've made the decision not to come because of the weather. We are having a big storm front passing through Florida right now, and my whole 900mi. route to the Museum is forecast to be wet and rainy for the rest of the week. With the slick Autocross tires I have on the ZR-1, it's very problematic to make the trip in the rain.
If this policy is the Museum's decision, it's a real shame. Think of the value of having video of the original developers tell the story about the making of this car. Don't you wish we had more of a film record of interviews with Zora and Bill Mitchell, John Lingenfelter, Larry Shinoda, etc., all gone now, that you could access on the web. Either at the NCM website, or on YouTube. What a wealth of knowledge and background on the car. There are a few clips of these guys, but not as much as we'd like.
I've done a couple of ZR-1 specific clips in the past at the Gathering, and put them on YouTube. Like the interview with Lane Goldstein explaining the details of his full race 1/4 mi. car, and the only "in car" video of it racing. And I would sure like to get the inside story of the "Black Widow" project to save for ZR-1 history. But myself, and hundreds, maybe thousands, of others will never get to see it.

If this policy changes I would volunteer to show up at the next Gathering to record whatever seminars are available. Not to do it is a shame.

Bob, I absolutely agree. All of these seminars should be recorded for historical archives and be available to future owners who will love these cars as we did long after we -- and the recorded experts -- are gone. --Bob

[PhillipsLT5]

Originally Posted by WARP TEN

Bob, I absolutely agree. All of these seminars should be recorded for historical archives and be available to future owners who will love these cars as we did long after we -- and the recorded experts -- are gone. --Bob

Agree

[tpepmeie]

I could swear I read a post in this thread by Paul Workman. Where'd it go?

PS I agree with the prior comments about preserving these historical presentations.