AF DSM Meet 2008 - North

[Thor06]

Brian, it would be in Minneapolis or the Minneapolis area. It would be a haul for you dude, probably a solid 12 hours or so.

I did some looking for stuff to do and am putting it on a map. I'll post up in a few minutes when I finish.

[david-b]

Ya for Brian I believe when we were figuring it out... it's like 6 hours to my house, then another 6 to MN. I'd be the mid point... resting ground if you will. lol. It's going to 13-14 hrs for me to go South, so 12 isn't that bad.

[Thor06]

So here's some of what Thor found so far....

Brainerd International Raceway
-Wednesday Night Street Drags - June 25th, July 16th, August 27th
Drag track and road course both open, cost $20

Rock Falls Raceway
-Test 'n Tune - June 14th, June 28th, July 12th, August 2nd, August 16th, August 23rd
Test and tune from 9-3:30 for $69 (or $50 a person if 5 or more come), bracket racing after that for $30

Dyno days should be $60 for 3 pulls whether we end up at DB or LSE as long as we get a the minimum (pretty sure 5) people to come.

Hotels are all around, but I have a feeling we'll end up camping.

-Ham Lake campground is $27 for the campground and $3 for everyone after 4.
-Lino Lakes $15 per campground
-Lake Maria State Park $12



I guess I thought we should get one of those campsites on the north side of the cities. There are more throughout the cities, but I figured the ones on the north side would have the most convenient access to any of the speed shops and BIR. Also, I'd prefer we go to BIR as it would be cheaper and I think it would be a blast to have a crack at a road course.

[Blackcrow64]

Originally Posted by david-b

Ya for Brian I believe when we were figuring it out... it's like 6 hours to my house, then another 6 to MN. I'd be the mid point... resting ground if you will. lol. It's going to 13-14 hrs for me to go South, so 12 isn't that bad.

Hey I didn't even think about that... I could come up there on the weekend before the meet and then I could explore Chicago during the week and then we could hit up the meet from there. That would probably be the best way for me to do it. I'm saving up my vacation time for this. I have 42 hours saved up so far and I have to put vacation time up in May for anytime during the summer. So we definitely have to get this thing figured out by the end of May so I can make it. I'm thinking I'll just take two weeks off from work so I can have plenty of travel time and a few extra days to myself. lol...

If I don't use any time at all though, I can have nearly 100 hours saved up by the end of summer... That is very tempting to do also because I could just keep saving until next spring/summer and take off an entire month and still get paid. Wouldn't that be sweet?... If I'm still at this job for that long. lol

So, count me in as long as we know by May when it'll be going on this summer.

[david-b]

Dude I'd be fine for you coming up here and chilling like before. We had talked about before the meet just meeting up here, but I'd be fine for you chilling and whatever. Nice with the vacation hours too.

[Blackcrow64]

Heck yeah!!! The pizza carpet will be my drunken lover!!! lol

[gthompson97]

Name: Garrett
Car: Haven't decided yet, 00 Monte most likely
Coming From: Grafton, ND
Preferred Time: Defenitely a weekend, except the weekends of June 26th, July 4th, and August 7th
Preferred Activities: Dyno, race, cruise, golf anyone?
Preferred Place To Stay: Preferred camping, but hotel would be okay
Preferred Length of Meet: 1 night, 2 days

[david-b]

Alright ladies... lets get this rolling. South meet has come and gone and its time to focus on the North Meet now. I believe the South was the 1st AF E/T/L meet (or at least recently) and it was a TON of fun. So, I'm excited for the next one. Here's what we have so far.

Location - Somewhere in MN obviously. Final location seems like it will be picked by what we decide to do

To Do - Seems like everyone will do pretty much anything, dyno or track. I personally want dyno now that I've had my taste of it but is up for the track. Only problem with the track is that I really don't want to be waiting in line for hours all day with 100+ cars from all over. Someone mentioned a place with dyno and grilling... that'd be super hot!

Living - And again based on location and what we're doing, will also put the whole where we staying inplace. Seems like everyone is up for camping. It'd be cheaper than hotels and more fun. Fire, booze and food are a winning combination.

Time- I would personally like to aim for August as most people should have their cars done and running and ready for a roadtrip should they be traveling a good distance. And then a weekend, like Friday-Sunday or Monday whatever would work good for me and I think a lot of people from what I've been reading. Less days off from work the better, although I will have a part-timer actually filling in for me by then. Anywho...

And I believe there's only 3 people for sure coming. We need more. Again, post up info as shown above.

[wrightz28]

Originally Posted by Blackcrow64

... I could come up there on the weekend before the meet and then I could explore Chicago .

O'rly? opcorn:

Stay out of the west suburbs there bub, woudln't wanna put a blemesh on the nose of a certain GTA when it "accidently" tags your rear.

[david-b]

There's no reason to be in the west suburbs anyways. What good has ever come out of there?

[wrightz28]

Originally Posted by david-b

There's no reason to be in the west suburbs anyways. What good has ever come out of there?

There went your BBQ invite.

Ughh and who made the oversized post? Scrolling over is so annoying.

[david-b]

Hey I was going to have the BBQ.

[wrightz28]

Originally Posted by david-b

Hey I was going to have the BBQ.

There are 3 standard meals per day.

Besides, as deemed by many, I'm the BBQ f'n master

Meh, guess I just get into it. One time I was running 3 at once, one with sausages/brats, one with burgers, and one with steaks. Beers consumed on job - many

EDIT - plus I used to cookin gfor large crowds 40 - 50 ish.

[david-b]

Awesome. Sounds like fun. The last couple years everytime I was out at a friends BBQ I became the cook at everyone of them. Means I must be something right. And now with my own place, time for some crazy-style BBQing. And drinking of course. And there's like 5 meals a day, not 3

[Blackcrow64]

Mmm... I think we should totally do a BBQ... Wright, are you gonna show up to our little meet if you get a DSM?