If I do end up going, would you/your dad be willing to allow me to tent it up next to you guys and use your shower for a little fee?

I believe you use the public showers they have at the track when you camp out there...... :D

Is it ok for newbs to come. I mean ill be around here for quite a while before the shootout it sounds like alot of fun. Iam only 16 if thats a problem and i would most likely bring two guys with that are 19-20 yrs old with a Celica and a Probe. I probally woldnt race though due to my car being stock. Ill ahve it though just incase theres some other stock cars around or jsut some civics haha

Sure, everybody's welcome. There's not really any Civics around though, just a lot of fast DSM's. There will probably be a few caravans going from Minneapolis, so you'll have some company.

Alright Thanks, When the time comes closer I may have to talk to someone about local hotels so I dont get stuck 10 miles away from everyone

You dont want to wait, trust me.

yea, alot of them are already booked but usually last minute people find some rooms cause there's cancellations.

What nights are you guys staying? I reserved a room at the Best Western for fri and sat. Maybe I should get sunday as well. What do you guys think...... or is there a convoy planned yet??

We always leave Thursday morning and return Monday morning, so we are there 4 nights. At least that's what has gone on the last 2 years.

Oh, and jpape, you definately don't want to wait because those hotels book up fast. As soon as the dates are released they get booked.

I'd love to go but it all depends on where I'm working this summer... what are the options for hotels / surrounding areas if you book late :-(?

Not much. There are hotels in surrounding towns I believe. I would look into your options now. Heck, you could even make reservations and then if you can't make it just remember to cancel. You can cancel up to 24 hours prior to your reservation and not be charged I believe. But I'm sure you'll know before then.

So I get the feeling BW is the place to be?

James

Most of us will be there. And if the scene at the hotels are better they are within walking distance. Some people are crashing at the track as well.

Anyone have a hotel room thats empy and wanna get rid of??? :cheers:

Which Best Western?

Theres a Link I found to best westerns..wat one is it?

the Links dont work for me, but tyhe hotel is in Norwalk.

If Jenny and I go we'll hopefully be RV/Camping it up next to Jet's trailer at the track.

-brian

Yeah I can't wait to RV it, I have heard that it gets pretty crazy at night around there. And plus for the race days you can watch when you want and then go and chill in your camper whenever you feel like it. The hotel was cool last year but the cops were too paranoid about everything and made it so you had to sneak around to drink and shit. But not everybody was there to party......

CRAIG :jammin:

How far is the drive for you guys that live by the cities to Norwalk its like 380 for me from Ivanhoe

Ha ha ha....I wish. I can't remember totally but I know it was like 12 hours to get there from the Champs in Woodbury wasn't it? That was not straight driving, but pretty close we didn't stop to many times.

CRAIG

I think it was 11 hours if we went straight thru, so prolly like 700 miles for us.

Yeah you know that never happens though. We stopped tons of times last year. Hopefully it will be cooler this year since it is a little later in the year, fuck was it hot last year on the way down there.

CRAIG

count in another for the shootout

Yeah you know that never happens though. We stopped tons of times last year. Hopefully it will be cooler this year since it is a little later in the year, fuck was it hot last year on the way down there.

CRAIG [/b][/quote]
It was pretty cool-weather wise compared to the year before when it was 90 every single day.


I can't wait.... the parking lots full of swapping turbos, trannys, and all the teamwork of figuring out what blew up. :banana:

Wasn't it like 95 degrees from Chicago on? I thought in traffic Matt J. and I were seeing almost 100 degree temps on the highway. Hopefully it won't be anybody from out group broke down this year. Last year went pretty good except for a coupld of mishaps.

I still can't believe that JET drove his car all the way there, ran it all three days, had to be 40+ runs and then drove it home with almost no problems. Plus raced a Taurus SHO in some shit town that I could never get back to if I tried and it still made it. Plus it was crankwalked to hell the whole time. Funny shit.

Evertime I look at this thread it gives me the ich for spring/summer to get here. :headache:

CRAIG

I'm going this year for shure. So if anyone has any room for one more in their hotel room let me know. :banana:

Lotsa people have room. I have like... 4 in my room (me, CVD, hughes, Joe(gixxer), um..... kevin?(santa)) w/ 2 beds right now, but all I know is I call bed since I booked it. Whoever else want floor room is more than welcome to split the bill as there is plenty of that for chump change. :jammin:

Hey Curtis give me a call. JET and I might have room for you in the RV. We are staying at the track. Should be a good time. Let me know before somebody else takes that spot if they haven't already.

CRAIG
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I was fuckin smart for once and booked two rooms. I have room for 2 more so far... Best Western, All 4 nights. If I fill rooms, It'll only be $25 per person/night

:banana:

It was wicked hot last year!! The temp was reading just shy of 100 when we made that stop outside of Chi town. I should know, JDM and I were in my Talon with NO ac the whole ride there. Yeah, raining with the windows up, with no AC, no thanks!

Plus, we hit almost 120 degree track temps last year. I clearly remember hearing 116 degree track temp. Wait, who am I kidding, I was too drunk to remember anything about the trip except for the fact that it was fun.

Joe

Last year wasn't that hot. The year before was about 20 degrees hotter. Last year was all sorts of 70s :banana: hopefully this year will be 50-60 :)

It's not going to be 50 in Ohio in August. Maybe in December.

Last year wasn't that hot. The year before was about 20 degrees hotter. Last year was all sorts of 70s :banana: hopefully this year will be 50-60 :) [/b][/quote]
Are you nuts man? The temp was almost a 100 on the way down and like 90+ on both Sat. and Sun. Does anyone else remember this or is it just me?

Are you nuts man? The temp was almost a 100 on the way down and like 90+ on both Sat. and Sun. Does anyone else remember this or is it just me? [/b][/quote]
You're nuts ;) I remember we looked at weather.com the day before going and saying how nice of weather it was going to be compared to the year before with it being mid 70s all weekend.

I know it was way hotter than 70 degrees. I know it was 96 degrees when we went through Chicago, right Nash? You don't remember sweating your ass off??

I don't remember it being that hot last year compared to previous years. I don't remember dieing in the bleachers like in previous years. I remember a cool morning the day of the Shootout. I don't remember sweating too bad changing the clutch in the parking lot. I remember freezing my ass off laying in an inch deep puddle of water as it rained a torrential downpour as I tried to unhook the driveshafts for towing. :)

I remember driving through Chicago both 2 years and 3 years ago and it felt like it was 110 and then breezing through last year without too many delays and heat, but maybe we hit it on different days.

I can recall looking at the bank temp and it reading almost 100 when we stopped outside of Chi town.

All three years I've been there, it was hot as hell. The last time I drove my car, my feet were sweating the whole way. One more reason to ride the trailer this year. ;) Although being a month later, I'm hoping for low 70's, which would make for some records being broken I'm sure. Shep will be in the 7's by then. :3gears:

Way fuckin hotter than you guys give credit. I'd venture to say that it was between 85-90 during peak heat hours, and around 75-80 the majority of the rest of the day. That's air temps. I do recall hearing about INSANE track temps, and how I spent 50 bucks on keyboard cleaner for Joey's Intercooler.

It was fuckin' hot. :razz2:


And yes Joe, you were too drunk. :lol:

spounge.

A BIG FUCKING BUMP! Comming up on us pretty quick!