ARRC NE Caravan

Greg,

Great idea you have going here...I will be flying down to help Nick out, but will be taking the drive back in the Excursion.

Another idea...after you get everything confirmed (you are pretty much at that point now), you may want to post in the General IT discussions the caravan's plans, and ask for some "volunteer" emergency contacts along the way (they can just email you their contact numbers)...possibly include in the post that they will be compensated if their services are needed, you all would be just looking for a fair break. EXAMPLE...One of the members blows out a trailer tire (no spare from anyone) , you are near XXX, VA, one of your volunteer contacts is Kirk, he lets you know of a decent shop 2.5 miles from your location.

Hey, maybe a bad idea, or a good one...it would be a nice to have.

I am in Newtown, CT (Exit 10 off I84), right next to Danbury....so if you hit trouble that early
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give me a call (email me at [email protected] and I will send you my cell number).

Regards,
Alan
 
Good luck everyone!!!

a tip on the drive, if you are driving at night you might consider 95 south to 85 south. the roads have less hills and are in better shape. you will not have a problem with any of the cities you would go through that early in the morning. 81 follows the appilations and is very rural, fuel at night can be tough the father inland you go.

I've been both ways and prefer the 95 route best.

don't forget your rain gear sometimes it comes down pretty heavy, and lots of the paddock area is on a hill.

Make the northeast proud!!!

brian m
 
GO NORTHEAST! Great to see our region will be represented by top talent in ITS, ITB and ITA! I hope folks are going to the NAARC banquet so we can hear first hand how the races went.

Best of luck to everybody.

Cheers,

Benspeed #33 ITS RX7 (for sale, top secret vehicle on the way for '04!)
 
Anyone wanting to caravan down with us and wants to meet by me please email me. My shop is a little tight on parking right now. So we will meet down to road close to the highway. How's everyone doing? I have not touched my car yet, but will start tommorow night.Bring rains thats my predictions.Ray bring the Corona's!

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Anthony Serra ITA 99
 
Originally posted by grega:
Current list:


Greg Amy
ITS Nissan NX2000 #3
Ford 1-ton van
open trailer

Anthony Serra
ITA Acura Integra #99
"15 or so foot" Class C motorhome
24' enclosed trailer

Ray Lee Chee
ITA Acura Integra #62
Full sized Ford Bronco
Open trailer

Jake Gulick
ITA Mazda RX-7 #57
GMC Pickup
22' enclosed trailer

Nick Leverone
ITS RX-7 #04
Ford Excursion
24' enclosed trailer

Stephen Blethen
ITB Audi Coupe #50
Dually Dodge 3/4 ton pickup
20' enclosed trailer
Click to expand...

i THOUGHT Jeff Leone was gringing down his ITC Fiesta? Jeff what's up?
Tim Klvana
ITC #11
 
Sounds like we have a plan. We'll all meet down the street (grin) from Anthony's shop at or around 7:00 PM Tuesday night November 4th. Anthony's shop can be found at:

Mechanic Shop North Inc
Dingle Ridge Rd
North Salem, NY 10560
(914) 669-9679

Mapquest: http://tinyurl.com/t0fy

Anthony, if you've got a specific spot you'd like to meet, such as a commuter parking lot, please speak up and let us know. Otherwise, I figure we'll pass by your shop and figure it out.

Unless otherwise notified, I'm expecting all of the above to meet us there except Nick. No one else has contacted me but all are welcome to join us, just let me know. I'd recommend that everyone send to me their cellphone number and take down mine (203.209.1217); if we're all queued up to leave at North Salem and someone's missing it would be nice to know if you're coming or how long we need to wait. I'll also bring my FRS/GMRS radios for intra-caravan wake-up calls, we'll work out a frequency when we meet up.

In trading correspondence with Sandy and Fletcher (and reading this board) there is no apparent rush to arrive: parking at the track will not begin until 5:00 PM Wednesday. Once we arrive we'll be able to lounge in the area and catch up on sleep but no parking will happen until then. I've arranged with them to allow all of us to paddock together. Given the "no rush" Matt and I will most likely stop in Greensboro for breakfast with Kirk Knestis, and everyone else is certainly welcome to join us.

FYI, Appalachian Tire will be on site for support; Rodney told me they'll have enough people and equipment to offer 15-minute turnaround on a set of tires. Road Atlanta told me there's no reservations required for the test day, just show up with your checkbook.

Barring any unexpected circumstances, I'll see you all Tuesday night.

Greg


P.S. Gregg - while we'll certainly get photos of the caravan, the best one will be of Matt working on the open trailer down the highway finishing up the Nissan engine installation...
 
My brother is now in VT working till spring time so I will post for him...

His car still is not done (as he can not work on it except on days off from work)... Most likely we will be working on it till the last day... If we don't have ANY problems then hopefully we will make it, although it certainly won't be good looking as their is deffinatly no time for the bodyshop... A lot was damaged and a lot had to be ordered/replaced. With that mentioned I hope that if we do make it they will not send us away because of the "Neat and Clean" rule.

Anyway we will have a better idea next week if we will make it or not. One thing is definate, only 1 car will be coming as we deffinatly do not have enough time to fix both cars nore is their enough $$$.

Raymond "12:30am sucks when you need to get up at 6:00am" Blethen
RST Performance Racing
2 1984 ITB Audi Coupe's
1 AS Mustang Cobra

PS: We will not make the caravan as Stephen will stil be working when you go... and I will still be working on the car!!! Wish we could have been part of it, maybe next year...

[This message has been edited by RSTPerformance (edited October 30, 2003).]
 
Bump Drafting...

Hummmm My brother and I have never been in trouble for that on the street or on the track!!!


(PS) It is deffinatly a good test to see if the girlfreind is really into this stuff or not!!!
 
The Vantage Motorspors White GMC& enclosed trailer will be following the same route at aproximately the same times,so we will keep an eye and an ear out for all you NE guys.
Derek Lugar/Colin Harmer
 
Derek/Colin, you and anyone else are welcome to join the formation enroute. Keep my phone number handy and call for updates and status.

4 days and counting. Matt got the engine pulled today for the swap...

Greg
 
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