Who would come to Memphis?, Possible Track Event Idea..... Options

[trackbird]

What is the cost for this event? Did I miss that somewhere in the thread?

I'm waiting for Ken to get it finalized (I've not been out to the fbody motorsports event site in a while to check). I'll have to find the link again and go look (I have it at home, I'm just not at home now).

[Ken Rahaim]

Larry, Everyone Else,

I'm sorry I haven't followed up on this lately. I'm a bit behind my usual early planning curve because my father had a heart attack about 2 weeks ago so I had to rush back home to help with his recuperation. He ended up having triple bypass surgery. Things are improving slowly but surely but I haven't had a whole lot of time to work on the NFME during the past 2 weeks (when I had planned to begin preparations). I hope by early next week I'll be able to start on planning again. You can check last year's prices for an idea of costs. They won't be any higher than that and likely will be lower (but no promises until I go over the venue contract with a fine tooth comb).

Anyway, I appreciate your patience and understanding with this delay.

[trackbird]

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.

[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.

[John_D.]

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/

Some variation of your name (firstname lastname/firstname only/firstname last initial/firstname "nickname" lastname or initial) is required.

I got on the forum today. Bryan on mtfba had just posted about the forum, and it reminded me... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[John_D.]

Maybe we should post something in the Events category here, that's where I went looking for this info at first.

[trackbird]

Good point. It started as a secondary discussion and grew. Maybe we should move this thread there instead.

[Absolut Speed]

Our tentative Solo II schedule came out and we're off that weekend! :D Now, do I bring the Firehawk or the Formula....

[trackbird]

I'm registered. I see Karen is already on the list as well. Who else?

Here's the link.

http://www.fbody-event.org/register.cgi

[Bald54]

I was signed up last year and had to cancel out. It's tough for me tying to get out of here for a couple of days. Dan Baber, a friend of mine here locally, ran Indy last year and had a great time. I think he finished second in the autocross running drag radials and street tires. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) How he pulled that one off I'll never know.

[Return Road Apex]

I would like to encourage any of you who are registered for this event but have not paid, to try to get your payments in as soon as possible. This event costs nearly $30K to put on and being a grass roots type deal, the organizers cannot front the money for deposits and such. The first go/no go deadline has been met, but there are a few more hurdles to go. If youre on the fence about coming to this event all i can say is do it, you wont be disappointed. I've been to all of these but one, and have had a terrific time each time. I very much look forward to meeting you guys in Memphis!

Joe Creecy - 94 and 96 Formulas