MN meet this summer? **UPDATED 4/8/07!!!**

[4g63gst20]

yeah i'm down for it too, as long as im not working like last time, my gst should still be running by then but we'll see.

as for the place.

location: central MN.
why? more stuff to do more shops if we decided to do a dyno day. and there's rockfalls raceway,brainerd raceway.
but i think anywhere is fine.

[Thor06]

I second or third or whatever the hooters thing, however I like the idea of grilling out too. Maybe grilling at a park the first day and hooters for lunch the second day or vice versa? Park the first day would be nice, some of us could get there early and not look like a pervert hanging around all day waiting for the others.

I will try to track down dates of test and tune days at Sabin, BIR, and Rockfalls, that might have to dictate where we do it.

Guys, this meeting alone is one of the major motivations to get the DSM running. Not because I am sick of DSM'ing, I am just that freakin excited about meeting up and hangin out.

[blk_srt]

Perfect photo op at hooters to.

[L-Spec]

I think meeting at a park would best... everyone would be by their cars and everyone would just simply be easier to spot out.

Just a question: What time of day are we planning to meet up? Late afternoon? *nudge nudge*

[Thor06]

Ha ha, yeah. Let me check on track schedules. People dont seem to care where we get down so where ever has test n tune days is where it'll go down. I think we'll probably start gathering at an easy to find park probably like 2-4pm. We'd probably kick it there until like 8ish then head into the neares big city and ride, then crash at a hotel whenever we want. Next day we'd get up and head to the nearest track after a little hooters action .

[blk_srt]

hooters FTW. Dont forget the photo shoot with the hooters chicks

[gstclips]

Im down! I didnt die...:-)...I actually just took the car out of storage today, how has everyone been?

[Thor06]

Ha ha. Shit, its getting to be that time! I'll get on that this weekend and post up with some options.

[blk_srt]

any update?

[Thor06]

Nah man, sorry but school is kicking my ass. When I get a spare hour or so I will match up possible weekends with days at tracks, possible meeting places, things to do, etc etc etc but I this damn research paper and upcoming physics quiz are fucking all my time.

[Thor06]

Alright yall, I finally have a free few minutes to get shit in a pile. Actually I dont, I will be up an extra 2 hours or so tonight because of this, but thats ok . Anyway, we need to get the ball rolling on this and make some crucial decisions. Things we need to decide: date, times, location(s), what we are going to do, where we are going to stay, and how long the meet is going to be. Here we go.

Date: Its going to have to happen in July, preferrably between like the 9th and the 30th. We cant do it that first weekend, shit would be busy as hell with the 4th and all. We cant really go before hand as many of us have to finish up our cars and we really cant go in August as most of us are going to be getting ready for school and shit. When it happens in July is going to depend upon what we want to do.

Locations: Theres pretty much 3 options here, either Fargo, Brainerd, or Minneapolis. Fargo has a close track (~20 minutes) and a decent scene, but the track is pretty shitty and there is no close dyno. Brainerd has little to no scene and the closest dyno is 2 hours away but there is a nice track right fucking there. Minneapolis has a huge scene and like 6 dyno's around but the closest track is Rock Falls (like 1.5 hours east) and Brainerd (2 hours north). So there is some options to weigh out.

What to do?: So what do you all want to do? We can dyno, cruise, race, grill out, hooters, its all good. It will get expensive quick though if we want to dyno, cruise, and race all in the same couple days so I think we gotta make a decision: dyno or race. Personally, I say fuck dynoing lets race. What do you guys think?

Cost is going to be a big factor of this, we gotta keep it as cheap as possible. Dyno days are typicaly $60 for 3 pulls. Rock falls and BIR both have test n tune days we could possibly do. The Rock Falls ones are the 14th and 15th and entry fees are $69. The ones at BIR are on the 11th and 25th and only cost $20. Then theres lodging, where are we going to stay? Hotels could get kinda expensive unless we piled all of us into one or two. I dont know how many of you guys want to be crammed 2 or 3 per bed with a bunch of guys you just met though . Camping would be cheap as shit, but I dont know what we would do about our cars. Camping and hotels will be (obviously) available at all the places.

I think this should be a 2 day meet to keep costs and time away from work down. If we decide we want to hit up the track, our dates are possibly either the 13th and 14th, 14th and 15th, the 10th and 11th, or the 24th and 25th. If we dont want to race, we can do it pretty much any couple days after like the 8th of July. I think we shouldn't do it during the weekend as (I think) many of us will have to work weekends plus a meet during the week woul be a lot less general people and less cop trouble. After looking at all of this here is what I think we ought to do:

Thor's Proposed Meet:

When: July 10th and 11th
Where: Minneapolis/Brainerd

Tuesday: We could meet at a campground somewhere in the general Minneapolis/St. Paul vicinity on Tuesday in like mid after noon. We can then procede to BS, set up camp, and what not and get our grill on. After food we can hop in our cars and go for a cruise around Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. Whenever we see fit to be done, we can head back to the campground and crash.

Wednesday: We could get up some time Wednesday morning and bull shit some more. By around 1 we should break camp and roll out. We could get some Hooters for lunch, followed by maybe a couple pictures with some Hooters chicks? By like 2:30 we should leave the cities and head north to Brainerd. We would get to Brainerd by a little before 5 pm for the Wednesday Night Street Drags. The good thing about the street drags is that they are only $20 for as many runs as you want between 5pm and sunset. EDIT: OHH YES! I also just found out BIR opens the road course for the Wednesday Night Street Drags! Yeah, now we pretty much HAVE to go there! /EDIT Whenever we are done racing we can leave and go home.

What do you guys think about that? It will be fairly cheap, camping will be dirt cheap but it depends on how many people come. Racing will only be $20 so then its just however much the Hooters bill is (I bet like $10) and however much gas your car takes. If the 10th/11th dont work, we could do it on the 24h/25th as well.

So who all could come to that? I think before I said that I wanted to keep it to just us, but I would like to change that. If you guys have a buddy you want to bring thats cool, but lets each keep it to one MAYBE two friends. If you have a person or two you want to come PLEASE let me know. Heres who I have to come or bother to come:

Thor06
-One friend
blksrt
-One friend
gthompson97
-One or two friends
longemoco
GSX RIDER
burnerdominator
gstclips
L-Spec
david-b
-One Friend
Blackcrow64

Am I missing anyone? Lets here it guys, will this work?!

EDIT: Funny how diverse this "DSM" meet is going to be. There might be a Cavalier or a 1g talon, an SRT, some rotary action, maybe and MR2 or a Del Sol (my friend), an Impala or a RS or a 2g talon, turbo FWD, AWD's, a Camaro, etc. Its going to be a fun time, too bad I am going to wax all you guys at the track .

EDIT #2: I am going to keep a running tally of people good to go on this. People bolded on the list above are the ones I have set to come.

[L-Spec]

It's only rotary action if it makes it there ahaha. My guess is reliability and gas mileage will have a HUGE impact :P but count me in! I'm good for those two sets of days. I still think everyone should get a photo of themselves so when I show up, I'll know who the hell I'm talking to. Oh yeah, and fuck the dyno@!!

[Blackcrow64]

20th 21st and 22nd would be the only days I have off from work currently to make my way up there...

Unless...

I save some sick days for it and call off on the 2 days of the meet. Then I would actually be getting paid to take a roadtrip that way. lol

Keep me updated and we'll see when the date draws closer...

[blk_srt]

Originally Posted by Thor06

Its going to be a fun time, too bad I am going to wax all you guys at the track .

Don't get you're hopes up. Remember I'm sitting on a 12s car that doesnt break down after every pass
Just kidding Dustin. Anyway, I can make it to the cities meet but if its in Fargo I dont think I could do that. I like what you have set up so far and I guess I'm down for a dyno day or track(although my clutch slips like no other so I might stick to the road course but I would definatly make a couple passes). But otherwise for your schedual

[Blackcrow64]

If I make it up there with the Talon I'll be owning all you guys.




Yeah right... This things not gonna be fast enough yet...