Flashlight Drags August 20th
 

new thread to get all the pertanent info together.
we are planning to attend the flashlight drags on august 20th, the weekend after the east coast nats. this event is held at Zelienople airport, about 20mins north of pittsburgh, pa.

for details http://www.alteredgas.com/flashlight_drags.html

it looks to be a 5-6hour drive across rt80. we are looking to cruise out friday evening or saturday morning and return sunday afternoon/evening.

who's in?
1. NJSPEEDER
2. jims69camaro
3. Tru2Chevy
4. PA_GregSS
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hotel info will be added soon.

later
tim

I'm somewhat interested...

I'll be living in westchester then though...am i gonna be any closer than you guys?

somewhat. you will be started on the trip across pa :)
west chester is an easy jump onto the turnpike if you wanted to meet us out there :)

later
tim

hotel info
 

some people might decide to cruise up saturday morning and leave saturday night, which i guess if you can do it more power to you. in the other post we talked about making it a two day outing, which would require hotel/motel info, so i did my best to find cheap yet comfortable accomodations.

Super 8 Motel - Barkeyville
Route 8 North and Interstate 80
(814) 786-8375
$84.88-94.88 per room depending on the bed(s). two double beds is $89.88, average out to $45 each if you don't mind sharing a room with someone. i just checked availability and it says there are no rooms available for that weekend...

Comfort Inn Barkeyville
137 Gibb Road
Barkeyville PA 16038

$59 to $105 - one queen $62.99, two doubles $71.99. solid availability, but i wouldn't want to guarantee for how long considering the super 8 is booked solid.

Inn On Grandview
Zelienople, PA

no rooms available. place sounds like a bed and breakfast, probably a little out of our price range for a single night's stay.

Quality Inn & Conference Center
1411 Liberty Street
Franklin PA 16323

from $79.00 to $150.00

Amerihost Inn Grove City
1924 Leesburg Grove City Road
Grove City PA 16127


there are other places available in new castle and grove city, but i need to know if that is too far away from the airport... pretty much looks like it's gonna be $70 per room no matter where we get reservations. speaking of, it would be a good idea to make these fairly soon as i don't know why but hotels in that area are booking up quickly.

did any of the places mention web access? nto a requirement, but it woudl be nice to be able to check in with the rest of the world :)
figure one of the national chains would have access. comfort inns are usually pretty good. and quality inns are usually good too, plus it is a conference center, better chance of finding a bar :D
i think terrorizing....er....umm....staying at some peaceful b&b would be a lot of fun :twisted:

thanks for the research jim.

later
tim

Put me on the list. :rock:

most all of the places have cable tv with HBO and internet ports available as standard ammenities listed in their lists of stuff they have on their websites. if we land on one particular hotel i would make special inquiry to be sure.

terrorizing, er uh, peaceful slumber at a B&B would not be worth the price. we can be rockstars no matter where we end up, as long as someone else's credit card is being used for security. :twisted:

looks like the super8 and comfort inn are about 45mins from teh airport and the quality inn is about an hour(according to mapquest, draw your own conclusion).
anybody care to vote?
since the super8 is sold out. i make my first choice the comfort inn and second choice the quality inn.

later
tim

If the super 8 in Barkeyville is full, we should see what hotels are available in Grove City, since that would be closer to the airport anyway. We can also see what is available in Butler.

- Justin

the super8 in butler has rooms, as does grove city, but grove city starts at $74.88 while butler is $62.88. if it's a coin toss i'd rather save the ten bucks.

That's because the hotel in Grove City is a 5 minute walk to the Prime Outlets, and there isn't a whole lot to do in Butler - just a nice little town.

Out of Grove City, Butler and Barkeyville, Butler is the closest to the Zeli airport....

- Justin

i vote butler then. closer to the airport will make for more time to drink...errr...ummm.... relax :)

later
tim

Butler sounds good to me. Let's make a decision quick so reservations get made before the rooms are gone!

Butler is good for me too. So are we heading out Friday night and coming home Sunday afternoon? Or heading out Saturday morning and coming home Sunday afternoon?

FWIW, using the 31-46-80 route, Ewing to Butler will take approx 6.5 hours figuring 75mph travel on Rt. 80 (for the OD impaired)

- Justin

my vote is butler and head out friday late afternoon/evening.

later
tim

i wouldn't mind friday night so much as there won't be anything to do until saturday afternoon, right? if we leave out of here (meaning ewing) by 6:am, we would be rolling into butler around 12:noon, time for lunch and then head over to the hotel to check in and then off to the track.

like i said, i don't mind getting there friday night, this is only a suggestion.

i thought more people were going to head out?

Racing doesn't even start until 4. It would be a long day of doing nothing. If you guys head out on Friday, I'll just meet you out there.

Well, either is cool with me....what say you Tim?

- Justin

either way will work.
i was just thinking about sleeping in on saturday. my thought was get out there around midnight, check in, find local bar, close local bar, find another bar, close 2nd bar, wake up around noon, hit the pool/ late lunch, then off to the airport relaxed and well rested(and hopefully recovered from friday night :P)
if you guys wanna roll early sat that works too.

later
tim

i finally nailed down a date with the mechanic: 8/16/05. all i can hope is that he can diagnose and repair the fuel problem with the '69 so i can bring it. as always, cutting it a bit close.

final decision time, i want to get my hotel reservations worked out.
heading out saturday am since that was the most popular option.
hot dog johnny's seems like the easiest place to meet up since it will be basically on teh way for most of the group.
gates are around 2, racing to start around 4, figure hotel check in would be 2pm-ish. with a 6-7hour drive that means if we meet on rt46 around 6am we should have plenty of time to get checked in at the hotel, grab a bite, and go to the event.
sound good to you guys?

later
tim

Sounds good to me.

- Justin

That sounds good. I'll hook up with you guys around Tannersville on 80. What hotel did we decide on? Super 8 in Butler?

Yes, Super 8 in Butler

- Justin

Anyone make their room reservations yet? I think I'm going to do mine today.