General Event Info

[NJSPEEDER]

hey gang,
we are going to hold our anniversary meet on a very big scale to say teh least.
on august 14, 2005 we will be at island dragway in Â*great meadows, nj (www.islanddragway.com).
we are in the process of planning drag racing, car show,prizes and give aways, vendors, and many other events for our day at the track.
as of right now we are looking into a bracket racing program with 4 or 5 classes and possible a heads up class if we can come up with a fair set of rules.
for the car show we are thinking about 4 major classes(one class for each generation) with several special prizes available as well.

there is a lot to come in the next several weeks and months, so keep an eye on this forum.

i will get as much of the tentative information as we currently have in the next 2 days.

one thing that will be very important as we go forward is member feedback. this event is for you guys, tell us what you would like to see and we will do our best to get it for you.

thanks
tim

[Little G]

heads up N/A 3.8L class?

[Tru2Chevy]

heads up N/A 3.8L class?

Think you can gather enough support to fill a class? Or do you just want a place for you and James to show off? :roll:

- Justin

[Savage_Messiah]

I was gonna say a v6 class... although i aint running against those two heads up...

[foff667]

darn...wish i could run my v6 :lol: actually no i dont its slow and wwd

[camaroracer1992]

good photographer for launching/burnout shots

maybe a generation divided class for the racing and then a final heads up of the winners of those generations for fun?

any food vendors there or eating the track food?

trophies being handed out for car show/racing?

anyone taking video to make a DVD possibly of the show and racing?

there are other suggestions but i woudlnt want it to get "ricey"

[Tru2Chevy]

good photographer for launching/burnout shots
The track photographer will be there printing shots of racers all day
any food vendors there or eating the track food?
Track food, but it is pretty good
trophies being handed out for car show/racing?
Yes, and yes
anyone taking video to make a DVD possibly of the show and racing?
I hadn't thought of that, but good idea.....
there are other suggestions but i woudlnt want it to get "ricey"
There will be no bikini contest....sorry boys.

- Justin

[foff667]

Im gonna bring my grill and tons of food and drink for cheap :)

as far as the bikini contest goes damnit i already had the contesntants written down :( I'll bring my video and still camera so we can take some all day.

[camaroracer1992]

when the cars run get the different generations times and take the fastest ones and have a heads up or somethign at the end to see what generation f body dominated that day

[JerzLT1]

if anyone has a digital video camera i have a DVD burner and compression programs to make anything fit on one DVD. maybe we could use it kinda like the T-shirts for members?

[camaroracer1992]

good idea, dvds could be a cool fund raiser, do you have any programs to add music and stuff in teh background? thatd be even cooler to do. id def be in for that!

[z2815]

how about a heads up class on street tires and i don't mean mt drag radials i mean
real sreet tires this way you will know who is the fastest on the streets the way we drive every day with real street tires. and a heads up for slicks. i think this would be a intresting class to see how fast a 10 sec. car is on street tires.

[camaroracer1992]

another idea, if its ok with the track maybe somone would want to sell food for the club, itd def be a smaller price then the track and the proceeds could go towards the club.

will there be a flea market/swap meet there for people also? if you sold a spot you could get more money together that way.

the track will be rented out all day i take it? or will we jsut have our own lanes?

[SpeakersGoBoom]

Hopefully I'll be able to take something home for show. Remember that hood i was searching for a while back, and nobody had any ideas where to find it. On thirdgen.org, i found a guy who says he manufactured that hood, and he may have some left over. if it works out, great, if not, oh well...but yea. I'll work on my show. :lol:

[foff667]

how about a heads up class on street tires and i don't mean mt drag radials i mean
real sreet tires this way you will know who is the fastest on the streets the way we drive every day with real street tires. and a heads up for slicks. i think this would be a intresting class to see how fast a 10 sec. car is on street tires.

personally i wouldnt want to see a car doing 130+ in the 1/4 on street tires...that would be a receipe for disaster imo...i could see them hitting 3rd gear and going directly into a wall.

[camaroracer1992]

i agree with foff, youll never see my RS on street tires, just isnt worth my life or ride in my opinion, not to say you cant spill out on slicks, but its less likely

[Tru2Chevy]

another idea, if its ok with the track maybe somone would want to sell food for the club, itd def be a smaller price then the track and the proceeds could go towards the club.

I don't believe any selling of food outside of what the track provides will be permitted.

will there be a flea market/swap meet there for people also? if you sold a spot you could get more money together that way.

This hasn't been discussed yet, but I don't beleive there will be much room at the track for anything more than what we have planned so far.

the track will be rented out all day i take it? or will we jsut have our own lanes?

Yes, we have the entire track rented from 8:30am till early evening (6PM I think).

- Justin

[SpeakersGoBoom]

is there going to be a charge to get in, or what?

[Mike]

its a bit out of my "trust my 10bolt range" so im probably just gonna hang out......

i will DEFFINATELY be filming, and if everyone that films wants to send me their footage i will edit up some stuff, im sure there will be much planning between now and then but....ill offer now

[foff667]

is there going to be a charge to get in, or what?

not even slp day is free now so what do you think :lol:

[foff667]

its a bit out of my "trust my 10bolt range" so im probably just gonna hang out......

i will DEFFINATELY be filming, and if everyone that films wants to send me their footage i will edit up some stuff, im sure there will be much planning between now and then but....ill offer now

your busting on me about not having an fbody to race in the event yet you wont race because your scared to break your 10 bolt? lol, pansy, they are meant to go fast not sit around looking pretty.

[JerzLT1]

if you do all the editing i can burn them for who ever wants. i dont have any editing programs but i canburna full movie in about 20 mins.... 15 if i put the burn process at high... just cant do anything else lol. maybe if people want we can do a video of their own runs and launches and what not. DVD-/+ Rs are cheap so just let me know

[NJSPEEDER]

Im gonna bring my grill and tons of food and drink for cheap :)

as far as the bikini contest goes damnit i already had the contesntants written down :( I'll bring my video and still camera so we can take some all day.

no grill please. the track has a refreshment stand if you want a burger or something. if you want to bring a cooelr or somehting that is cool. but they don't allow grills or any other type of open flames.

[Untamed]

Anyone planning to bring their families? Wives, girlfriends, flavor of the month, kids? I won't race, but I'd like to view the cars up for judging. My oldest daughter understands the words Trans Am now, so it's a good time to start some memories.

Anyone bringing familes, please shout out. Getting the kids and significant others together goes a long way towards participating in future events.

[Mike]

if i have a flavor by august she will come or she will no longer be worth my time......

ill film the whole time and do all the editing of anyone that wants to send me the footage they take......

[NP_00'T/A]

I have some higher end video editing software which can pretty much do anything you want... It can output many formats which include DVD movie w/ custom selection menus. However I don't currently have a DVD burner :)

[NJSPEEDER]

hmmm, official NJFBOA videos. soudns like fun.
since some formats liek dvd can hold sooo much data maybe we coudl even include a ton of pics is a slide show type format at teh end of teh video. maybe jsut have them seperated by who teh photographer was or something

later
tim

[foff667]

what about a worst tail light class...im a hands down favorite to win?8)

[Mike]

why u buyin a fbody and puttin altezzas on mr inelligable?

[camaro2you]

kool
i could have my fourth gen by then and my 86 might be done in like june so this should be good timeing.

[Trans Am Chick]

will you be able to drive tho?

[Mike]

bah lisences are only for when you get pulled over

[camaroracer1992]

i can prob get a given 4-5 cars for this event and about 8 -11 people to come on in!!

[Slow_88]

I would be down for heads up! But if it does not work out I'll be in the slick category.

[CrAsH]

heads up N/A 3.8L class?

Think you can gather enough support to fill a class? Or do you just want a place for you and James to show off? Â* :roll:

- Justinyou should have it

[camaro2you]

will you be able to drive tho?
thats what my dads for right now.

[formula4speed]

Is island dragway like central jersey? If its not too far I could probably get a decent group from our delaware organization to come up.

[Tru2Chevy]

Is island dragway like central jersey? Â*If its not too far I could probably get a decent group from our delaware organization to come up.

Unfortunetly not....it's not at the very top of the state, but it's up there. Mapquest says it's about 2.5 hours/135 miles from Newark, DE to Great Meadows, NJ (town where the track is located.) I'm not sure if there would be a faster way for you to travel, but it would be great if you could get some of the guys from your club to come up for the event.

www.islanddragway.com

- Justin

[formula4speed]

That could be a problem, I'm one of the farthest north guys in the club but I'll get the info out to everyone and see what they think.

[NJSPEEDER]

bah lisences are only for when you get pulled over

:kneeslap:

later
tim

[EVIL90SS]

BEER ??? cause u dicks wont let me run the truck, am i allowerd to bbq and beer..if not i will anyway

[NJSPEEDER]

BEER ??? cause u dicks wont let me run the truck, am i allowerd to bbq and beer..if not i will anyway

good luck with that. the track already said no to alcohol and bbq.


later
tim

[EVIL90SS]

goddamnit

[CrAsH]

Well, arent rules ment to be broken :twisted:?????
peace
Frank

[formulaMARK]

Sounds like this event is gona be alot of fun. I get my license just in time.

[Trans Am Chick]

Sounds like this event is gona be alot of fun. I get my license just in time.

how old are you?

[formulaMARK]

Im going to be 17 in FEBRUARY. But I waited too long to get my permit. It sucks I have to wait till May now.

[Trans Am Chick]

haha ill b 17 feb. 26. the first time since i was a lil kid. my bday falls on a saturday. and its the one year i dont want it to. now i havta wait till monday to take my driving test. :-D very excited tho. less then a month!

[formulaMARK]

Awsome. I turn 17 on the 14th. Wish I had my damn license already tho.

[Trans Am Chick]

yea.. waiting is a bitch and a half. expecially this last month... and then walking outside... seeing my car sit there... no plates... since i cant register it in my name yet... it sux. snow all over... :cry: *thinks of spring. t-tops off windows down cruzin up skyline drive or 287* ahhh. ok i feel a little better now.

[camaro2you]

damn you now i feel bad and i want my license and be cruzin around

[lifbaprez]

Hey guys,

Looking foward to coming out and celebrateing the day with you....See you all there

[Ian]

Can't wait to see you there. And welcome to the site! :)

[NJSPEEDER]

hope to see a bunch of guys from the LIFBA crew make the drive down. thanks for getting the word out on your board about the show.

later
tim

[enRo]

Nice, finally something thats in good driving distance for me :)

[GR8Z28]

Nice, finally something thats in good driving distance for me :)
That's even close for me, see everyone there and I will be bringing my wife and Kids but they will be in the minivan so they can leave when they had enough. I never get enough!!!! :twisted:

[Untamed]

Nice, finally something thats in good driving distance for me :)
That's even close for me, see everyone there and I will be bringing my wife and Kids but they will be in the minivan so they can leave when they had enough. I never get enough!!!! :twisted:

Yay I'm not the only one!

[NJSPEEDER]

that is awesome. hopefully a lot of people will be bringing family with them.
if we can all help raise these kids in a community of love we can avoid them going down teh wrong road and doing drugs or buying mustangs. :P
we are working on getting some things together that will be good fro the whole family. hopefully some of it will get locked in with in the next week or so.

later
tim

[Ian]

that is awesome. hopefully a lot of people will be bringing family with them.
if we can all help raise these kids in a community of love we can avoid them going down teh wrong road and doing drugs or buying mustangs. Â*:P

:stfu: :evil:

[Untamed]

if we can all help raise these kids in a community of love we can avoid them going down teh wrong road and doing drugs or buying mustangs.

I used a line similar to this to get my wife to agree to let me park the project TA in the driveway. Something about... I'll enjoy the TA for many years then hand it off to Ariel (our oldest daughter) as her first car. We know where it came from, its been taken care of, etc. Then I'll move on to the next TA, restore it for Hailey (second daughter), and so on.

So far, the car is still at the storage place.

Need to work on the wife some and get her interested. I think if she gets a chance to meet some of the other "f-body widows support group" she'll feel better about it. Looking forward to the August meet.

[I_OWEND_U]

Are there any pay outs for winners? A trophy is nice and all, but 4/5 hours and 267 miles costs me a small fortune in gas. I'm in VA.

[NJSPEEDER]

no payouts to announce yet.
we do have several companies getting involved though. so there will definately be some sort of payout/prizes to give away.
there shoudl be enough going on to justify the drive for a weekend.

later
tim