[trackbird]

I just spent an hour or so on the phone with Ken Rahaim (in Belgium?) getting a crash course in "F-body Events". We had suggestions to "piggyback" onto a NASA or similar event. Ken and I thought it might be a good idea (for the first year at least) to set up an FRRAX section within the National F-Body Motorsports Event that he runs every year. This would give us a chance to get together, meet other owners, enthuiasts, and have a little fun. This will also give me a chance to "follow Ken around" and learn how to pull this off as a seperate event in the future. At this point, it seems like it could be an excellent idea to get started and we can see where it leads in the future. This event has road course, autocross, and drag racing, so there is something for everyone.

So, how many people would road trip to Memphis in May or June for an event?

Discussion?

[Ken Rahaim]

Ken,

I'm glad to hear that your father is recovering. I saw your post on CC.com and figured you would have your hands full for a while. Send him my best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Thanks for the well wishes Kevin. I finally got back home just before New Years and then I was off again travelling. I've been back in my house for more than 3 days in a row (which seems almost strange) and have begun the planning again (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) .

Anyway, the latest is that we've finally started up a message board for the NFME. You can check it out here:

http://fbody-event.org/forums/

One of the two requirements to attend the NFME used to be that you had to be on our mailing list (the other requirement was owning an f-body). There were a lot of message board folks that didn't like mailing lists (personally, I don't care which medium is used) so it was a problem for some folks who wanted to attend the NFME but didn't want to subscribe to a mailing list. Now, with our new forum, you have the choice of the mailing list or the forum but you have to be subscribed or registered to one, the other or both in order to sign up and attend the event.

On another note, just like you guys have rules for your board, we have some rules for ours:

http://fbody-event.org/forums/announcement.php?f=11

When registering, pay special attention to rule #3. Coming from a mailing list background, many of our folks are a bit paranoid about what we've seen in some forums (not this one) in terms of punks and internet tough guys ruining a chummy group. Since we'll all eventually meet face to face anyway, we do not allow anonymous userids. Some variation of your name (firstname lastname/firstname only/firstname last initial/firstname "nickname" lastname or initial) is required.

Anyway, I noticed a few of the FRRAX requlars have already subscribed. Glad to see you guys over there. Let me know if you have any questions. I'm always more than happy to help.