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Offline 55chevr

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Re: Wilmington OHIO is a GO, we have a new Home !!!!
« Reply #30 on: September 21, 2011, 07:22:57 PM »
Quote from: saltwheels262 on September 21, 2011, 07:03:42 PM
congratulations.
ecta- I will be back.

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« Reply #31 on: September 21, 2011, 07:34:19 PM »
Quote from: Seldom Seen Slim on September 21, 2011, 02:52:39 PM


Will we have any difficulty finding

slim,
wilmington has an exit on interstate 71.(5 miles on a highway).
the air park is very close.
4 or 5 hotels are also.

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Re: Wilmington OHIO is a GO, we have a new Home !!!!
« Reply #32 on: September 21, 2011, 08:42:50 PM »
Nice work !!!  Much closer for us, and I think I can convince a lot more people from Chicago to make the 6 hour drive.  This is huge, it means a single day travel each way rather than two. 

We will see you at Maxton in October for the final run.

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« Reply #33 on: September 21, 2011, 10:30:25 PM »
Joe, Keith and all who helped great job, looking forward to October Maxton.
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Re: Wilmington OHIO is a GO, we have a new Home !!!!
« Reply #34 on: September 21, 2011, 10:46:29 PM »
I'm about 30 minutes south of Wilmington. There are plenty of hotels and decent restaurants in the area.

I can't believe this is actually coming together. I guess this means I have about six months to finish my project. :-)

Any information on how to go about volunteering to help out at the event? Being so close I can't see a reason not to get involved with helping to make this as successful as possible.
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« Reply #35 on: September 22, 2011, 12:20:04 AM »
Glad to see it finally coming together!  Thank you to everyone involved...  :cheers:


Looking forward to more info, rules, dates, etc. when you can release it...  8-)
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« Reply #36 on: September 22, 2011, 12:22:03 AM »
I hope that we can still camp at the track.  :cheers:
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« Reply #37 on: September 22, 2011, 06:34:53 AM »
Yea camping at the track will be nice for those of us that show up late on friday night.  I'm assuming that the port authority has a good amount of security there also?  So what it the final say on the length of the track?  Google maps shows around 9000ft. of concrete but looks like there may be another 2000 ft or so of asphalt runoff at the ends.  I really want to know the layout and where pits will be and tech area and spectator seating and starting line and staging lanes and schedule and radio communications that may be avaliable and is there an existing PA system and do we need to get busy building Joe a fort at the finish line and do we have a fuel supplier lined up?...........

4.5 hours from TN for us.
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« Reply #38 on: September 22, 2011, 08:14:07 AM »
 Signing a contract is the easy part of the deal!!! We have a lot of pre-race items to work out. We will post all of the details as they get finalized. Camping will be allowed. The Ohio Mile has been born, 10 am, September 21, 2011. I can't wipe the smile off my face.
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« Reply #39 on: September 22, 2011, 08:26:40 AM »
Cant wait for the 8:30 drivers meeting Saturday ... bet it takes an hour ... Joe
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« Reply #40 on: September 22, 2011, 08:44:48 AM »
Best News for me in a while 1 Hour south of the house on I 71. This is even closer for me than El Mirage was when I lived in California. Now we need a press release to let EVERYBODY know! There are quote a few car events in this area we could very well see a bunch of Newbies wanting to give it a try and like it!

Oh, and for the ladies (and gentlemen) the Outlet Shopping Mall is  10 Minutes up the road.
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« Reply #41 on: September 22, 2011, 08:57:29 AM »
I'd be more tempted to keep it quiet so the bugs can be worked out at the first meet with as few newbies as possible. There will be enough experienced competitors to fill the field. It will be much easier to handle the masses after one meet is in the books and everyone has a pretty good idea of where things are and how the events will run. Just a suggestion............ :-o :-o :-o

The news of the new venue is awesome. :-D :-D :-D

Congratulations to Joe, Keith, and the others who made this happen. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

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« Reply #42 on: September 22, 2011, 10:06:42 AM »
Hmmm, 1500+ miles = 3 days out and 3 days back.

Love those paved miles . . . . .better get something running!
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« Reply #43 on: September 22, 2011, 10:12:40 AM »
Awesome Joe. Thanks..   I am sure there will plenty of new info to be heard this weekend but I won't be there. Kix and I and probably Daryl and some other Nashville folks will be at the October meet though.  I am sure the first event will need all the help it can get for setup and stuff like that so count us in.
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« Reply #44 on: September 22, 2011, 11:16:44 AM »
Assuming Keith and Joe want me to continue as volunteer coordinator I'll plan to recruit volunteers as in the past.  We have a couple of folks who are off-line but for the most part I post a thread here and on <Bangshift.com> and gather the results which are turned into a list and then a schedule.  I've found it's not worth it to post too far ahead as people's plans change and what seemed like a sure thing a couple of months ago no longer works on race day.  So watch here 2-3 weeks ahead of time for a thread.

I think we're all pretty excited about this and I look forward to seeing the new place - and RACING there!

Thanks
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