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Welcome Autocrossers and Road Racers.

This board came about because it seemed you guys needed a new home, and I had the opportunity to host a board free of charge to serve this purpose.

The board is hosted on the web account of the Middle Tennessee F-Body Association, our main page is http://www.mtfba.org and our own forums are at http://www.mtfba.org/forum.

A little background on me:

I am the Executive Director of the MTFBA (we don't have an elected president per se). In my day job I work for a government relations/lobbyist consulting firm in Nashville, TN. I have never autocrossed or road raced, but I have been dying too, just haven't had the chance yet.

Some of you will also remember me as the owner/operator of the short lived Nashville Speed & Performance web-based performance parts business. During that time I had the pleasure of being the exclusive retailer for Bob Bishop's (lateapex) C5 brake upgrade.

My thoughts for this message board are that you, the users, will help form it into what it will be. I envision a general discussion section, followed by some specific forums for Autocross and Road Racing respectively, then perhaps some technical discussions on suspension, chassis and braking. Basically I'd like to give you guys a more detailed discussion forum that breaks out the major topics in these two genres rather than lumping all of it into 1 forum.

I'd also like to get some sponsorships in here eventually, so if any vendors are reading, get in touch with me.

I'm going to have a good friend of mine, Lee Willmann, as the co-administrator here. Lee is the editor of MTFBA's quarterly newsletter and in his day job works with php and mySQL, so he is more of the technical expert whereas I am just the facilitator of things.

I also want the members to think of a name for this forum. I can inexpensively reserve a URL which can be directed straight to this board...I dunno...www.fbodyracing.net or something? So lets discuss that as well.

That's all for now, I'll check in from time to time, hopefully learn a lot from you guys and eventually meet some of you at a road racing or autoX event.

Chris Renner

Chris 96 WS6 View Member Profile	Dec 23 2003, 03:42 PM Post #1
Advanced Member Group: Member Posts: 440 Joined: 23-December 03 From: Nashville, TN Member No.: 1	Welcome Autocrossers and Road Racers. This board came about because it seemed you guys needed a new home, and I had the opportunity to host a board free of charge to serve this purpose. The board is hosted on the web account of the Middle Tennessee F-Body Association, our main page is http://www.mtfba.org and our own forums are at http://www.mtfba.org/forum. A little background on me: I am the Executive Director of the MTFBA (we don't have an elected president per se). In my day job I work for a government relations/lobbyist consulting firm in Nashville, TN. I have never autocrossed or road raced, but I have been dying too, just haven't had the chance yet. Some of you will also remember me as the owner/operator of the short lived Nashville Speed & Performance web-based performance parts business. During that time I had the pleasure of being the exclusive retailer for Bob Bishop's (lateapex) C5 brake upgrade. My thoughts for this message board are that you, the users, will help form it into what it will be. I envision a general discussion section, followed by some specific forums for Autocross and Road Racing respectively, then perhaps some technical discussions on suspension, chassis and braking. Basically I'd like to give you guys a more detailed discussion forum that breaks out the major topics in these two genres rather than lumping all of it into 1 forum. I'd also like to get some sponsorships in here eventually, so if any vendors are reading, get in touch with me. I'm going to have a good friend of mine, Lee Willmann, as the co-administrator here. Lee is the editor of MTFBA's quarterly newsletter and in his day job works with php and mySQL, so he is more of the technical expert whereas I am just the facilitator of things. I also want the members to think of a name for this forum. I can inexpensively reserve a URL which can be directed straight to this board...I dunno...www.fbodyracing.net or something? So lets discuss that as well. That's all for now, I'll check in from time to time, hopefully learn a lot from you guys and eventually meet some of you at a road racing or autoX event. Chris Renner

bruecksteve View Member Profile	Dec 24 2003, 03:34 AM Post #2
Really Old Corner Carver Group: Advanced Member Posts: 1,209 Joined: 24-December 03 From: Atlanta Ga Member No.: 21	I grew up in Nashville except for two years of my school aged life. I autocrossed quite a bit there but I'm not sure if any of those guys even exist now!!! I hope you're board takes off. I've seen a few of the guys from the camaroz28.com board up here already so it looks like you're getting a good start!!! I'd just like to say I'd love to see some of you come out to the SCCA Pro Solo event that the Atlanta Region is hosting on February 14-15. You'll see some of the best drivers and cars in the country participating. Sam Strano (2002 ESP and Pro Solo F Stock National Champion) and Tommy Pulliam (missed being a National Champion by a couple tenth's of a second) run in my class. They're probably the fastest F-Body drivers in the country and it ought to be quite a show. If anyone would like more info just let me know. I've autocrossed since 1973 in 4 or 5 different F-Body's in three different classes. Hopefully I can help those that either haven't done it or are new to the autocross thing. I've seen Mike Taylor here and know that Mike has plenty of experience to pass a long too. Now if I can drag Strano over here..... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)