[Shortcutsleeping]

I see the webpage is not updated from last year.

Is there going to be one in 06?


Costas

[ws6transam]

I'm thinking that it is looking bleak for NFME '06.

Dave T. has assured us that the dates of May 18 through 20 are 100% confirmed for Indy raceway park, and that the Holiday Inn has agreed to host the participants.

However there has been NO marketing, NO preregistration, NO website update, and the NFME forums have only ONE post in 2006, and that was ME complaining about NO information.

I want to get a group of Michigan guys together to head down there but I haven't been handed anything that I can use to show them that a real event exists for this year. Thus they are all making other plans for the summer now (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Therefore, it seems to me that NFME may have a venue but I expect that there will not be enough participants to actually make the event work, much less pay for itself.

I've got to make plans, probably in the next ten days. At this point, I think for me anyway, NFME is out. I have to secure a nanny at $100 a day to cover my child care, and for an event that might or might not happen, I am not going to invest that kind of money.

So, I guess I will plan alternate events this year such as the Trans Am Nationals, a couple of Gingerman or Gratten open track nights, and (I know you all will cringe at this) Hot Rod Magazine's Drag Week. I will probably also participate in the Woodward dream cruise, the M11 event at Stanton, some of the Saturday morning Royal Pontiac dragstrip rental events, and a Mid-Michigan SCCA autocross event or two. That should pretty much fill up the year.

I'm bummed, because NFME 2005 was very fun.