OK, I think we have kept everyone in the dark long enough....
Spring Zing Festivities will be starting on Thursday May 2 at 5pm with an open track event at Gingerman Raceway in South Haven, MI. Cost of the event is $50 per driver and you will have open track time from 5pm until dark. Helmets are required.

Friday May 3 - Lane Automotive will be once again hosting the welcoming day, and they will also be providing free food & drinks for the Spring Zing participants. There will also be a Spring Zing Supersale and some other "surprises" for your enjoyment.
Friday evening after departing from Lane Automotive we will be cruising up to US 131 Dragway in Martin, MI for some 1/4 runs. Cost TBA.

Saturday May 4 - Daytime activities are still in the planning stages.
Saturday evening will be the Banquet (Location & guest speakers TBA)

Sunday May 5 - The 2nd Annual Spring Zing Cup (SCCA Auto X)

We are most likely going top be holding SZ2002 in the same location as last year, but we will be booking blocks of rooms at both Clarion and Holiday Inn Hotels so everyone will be able to stay together. (both hotels share the same parking lot)

Stay Tuned for more information as it becomes available and is you have a suggestion send it WRLDTUR@aol.com

O YEAH THATS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT

How many more days is it? LOL

OH YEAH!!! deffinitly what i am talking about.

I like i like

Hey maybe we can get Lance to do a "so many days and counting thing on the main page"

oh...stupid finals...stupid graduation...always getting in the way my car fun.

WWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I THINK ILL BE THERE :p

I'll be there...

too far

Have it in florida! MI is a far drive for me.

Well, so far there are 3 cars from FL going...Might as well throw the Zetec into the ring.....

im coming down from canada, oh thats right, YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT, all the way from the great white north (alberta )

i cant wait, gonna be shweet (long a$$ drive though) ive already booked a month off in may

Your not the first coming from Canada

Must be nice to be rich....

must be nice to have Zex that works..


and seriously, i just save lots of money up, then spend it all foolishly..just have to have cheap rent, and your car insurance paid off, and its easy to put away 500+ bucks a month for a couple months then go on big shopping spree...

of course its also nice to have a high paying job too.....and be 19

I will SO be there!

Check out this thread please. For autoX at Spring Zing.


here

Here is another vid... This is while playing GT3.

(Please download to watch...Thanks)

Another Chineseman moment

EDIT: OK, might have a slight problem, will be re-uploading tonight...

lmao, that was too funny.

Chris, I want you to know I am all consumed w/ building a seat for GT3 long before I actually own a PS2

That was f@$king hilarious!

Hehe, maybe HunterVF should do a group buy on those... Its really simple Rara... Maybe I can help you once you GET a PS2...

SVT Kris is going down!! LMFAO!!

Steve, I'm just trying to find a really good seat for it for cheap
I was hoping to pick up a junk one from work, but it doesn't look like that is likely.

I got one sitting in my garage that you can have. I think it is the other seat that Chris got for me. You can have it. It's a old Van seat, but it works... PLus, Laura is getting sick of looking at it...

Ahhh yes! I will be there (I hope). Last year I couldnt go becuase I had homecoming (you SE-MICH guys remember that)but this year is differnt. Ahh I cant wait to go. Should be lots of fun. Keep us posted on new developments and Vote STEVE CHANG FOR PRESIDENT
lata,
Joe

Damn, people are already rallying against me He is already Vice prez...
-Mark

Uh...I think he meant President as in Pres. of the US. I can see it now, Chinese addressing Congress...

"ooohhhh--Chineseman see many stuffy old Americans. Lemmie take yo piccha

And hey, building that GT3 seat was no big deal...just a little bit of wood, some caster wheels and a seat. The hardest part was finding the right seating position for the most realism/comfort. And as Chang said he has a van seat that I got from work, and I can probably dig up something else if you want. Or hey, maybe even buy a cheap racing seat. Those aren't too expensive, are they?

I never thought about building these to sell, but hey I've got the tools & at least SOME talent. If there's enough interest I suppose I could build a few more. I'm still tweaking mine though; I wouldn't want to make more until I had the prototype fine tuned.

My controller/ebrake setup is still in the works, and I'm also thinking of making a two seat version for two player battles And if someone ever makes a good rally game for PS2 you could go with a co-driver. Personally, I'd take the time to go over the courses & make rally notes just so I could have a legitimate co-driver insted of the computer. It'd be time consuming, but man what fun!

Ok, maybe I'm getting a little TOO into this now....NAHHHHH

President Chineseman say: "Dec 15th will be Sweet and Sour Pork Day... because I said so."

lmao @ Chineseman!

Chris, I'm trying to get a hold of a cast off Cobra or race seat from work (though it isn't likely ) I know the base and all isn't tough at all, I just wanna find a really good seat for it. oh and fwiw, I'm ont in a big hurry anyway, Cara won't let me buy a PS2 until after Christmas

I think that means your getting one for Christmas... I started to pick up hints when Laura used to say that too...
Like the Dell commercial: "Dude, your getting a PS2..."

Damn,

I prefer General Tso's chicken. (Although he probably never actually ate the stuff, only us silly occidentals!)

TB

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
extra spicy
red pepper sauce
drooooooooooooooooooooooool

Hey guys, here a voice from the distant past just wanting to say that I'm glad to see that Spring Zing lives on!

Best of luck with the event, and I expect to see it in Sport Compact Car next year...

How about you come out to Spring Zing Next year! Mike e-mail me at gtextreme1@aol.com I have a couple questions for you.
-Mark

MIKE!!! Whats happenin man! Long time no see. Guys for anyone who doesn't know Mike was the orginal planner of events for the first Spring Zing. Man I remember the days. Really hope to make it up there this time around as things are on a forward upwards move. Keep in touch Mr. McCue!

Grady

Gee, it's nice to be remembered!

I'm just glad to see that SZ is still healthy and thriving. To this day I tell people with Contours about the CEG, and it's cool to me that the group has an event that they can be so proud of.

Rebecca (my wife) is starting to show some interest in a Focus SVT when they become available, so who knows? I may be back in the SVT fold by Spring Zing. (But no, I'm not giving up my Impreza!)

Hey Mike! You sold the SVT for a BMW now you have a 2.5RS?

Just a question, do all you guys going to this bring your wife/girlfriend? I know for a fact my fiance would absolutely hate 3 days of cars, but I of course would love it. I wanna go either way, do we book hotels ourselves, or thru ceg?

Lastly, anyone have an estimation of total cost including hotel etc so I know how much money I have to hide from the women?

Cost, that would be a question to WorldTour.

Here is a first for this year. My fiance said she was willing to setup stuff for the female companions that show up to the event that do not want to do all the car stuff. Haven't finalized anything yet, but she said she would be more than willing to do that...

I attended last year with CobraR and loved it! I think there was a good amount of guys who brought their girls and they all seemed to have a good time.
We are going again definitely
and I'm going to do the boy stuff again as well.
no way am I gonna go shoe shopping while you guys get all the fun!

Just want to let you guys know... She was going to look into a Day spa for the girls. *If your into that kinda thing* and she was thinking about other stuff. You know, massage, pedicure, manicure, and all that girlie jazzy stuff.

Keep mine out of my hair for at least three days... Man am I gonna be busy... Well, a videographer never sleeps...

Easy on the 'girl stuff' guys, MRS 'HMS Inc' will be there, she is the PRESIDENT of HMS Inc and can kick any of the a***s you like, also previous owner of TWO 'vettes...both STICK SHIFT....mean lady ...watch out!!!

Oops, Didn't mean ALL females... Just the ones that don't get into car stuff like some.

My wife had a great time last year doing all of the "car" stuff . I doubt she'd be into the "girley-poofey" stuff . We can't wait to get there again this year !

Oh , and Terry ... My wife is one he!! of a mean stick-shift drivin' chick too ! Maybe this year (if my car doesn't kick-off till then) the wife & I will have a run-off at the auto-x . If she wins , I'll FREAK !! j/k

Cheers !

I'll tell her only if there is interest... So far I can see only one possibilities... Like I said, this isn't going to be for all significant others, just some...

Abou tthe president thing... I just saw this post again. Yeah, I ment Pre of the USA. hahha funny story time: We all went to a praty (graffete party) and we had white shirts on (My friend and I) and we both wrote. BAMFA for President. All the chicks were like. "whats that mean" it was funny
Steves the Man and so is Mark you guys are doing a good job on the MICH CEG.
Lata,
Joe

ROTFLMAO I'll show those girls my BAMFD... HAHA...

*Oh yeah, I'm getting married* Oops...

So, is there like a long distance award??
Because if there is, i'm gonna be there to collect it!
Already been discussing the details with neil about getting there!

You win hands down Nick....choose your prize!!!!

Nick, choose wisely........cause you are gonna have to split it 50-50 with your "limo" driver.....


Neil


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Dammit, and there was me about to ask for a turbo!
Ah well. I guess i'll have to fly direct to SZ02!

Is there pre-registration for the track day? How are you going to do it, are you going to have us go out in a pack of 10 or 15 at a time, or is it open track all time? BTW, how hard is the course on tires? I mean, will I come in with new tires and come out with bald tires?

I will have a completely new thread and info by the weekend, I will also have The Downloadable registration form available this Saturday. Keep an eye out.
-Mark

is the new thread up and if so where can i find it? otherwise, how much does registration cost? i want to check out sz 02, even if i can only make it for a day. any info is appreciated, thanks

Mark it has been 11 days any new info??

I know I know. Just been swamped.
-Mark

That's cool. I got a question for you. Do you remember that place we ate at the first night? The one with the really good western food. We really need to hit that place up again.

Oh definately, right after we leave GingerMan Raceway after turning some laps we will hit that place or the sister restaurant.
-Mark

Is that the same place with all the different beers???

You lush

Hey MOE we also need to do that hotel bar thing again....Watch the old folks dance :p

yup, over 250 different types of bottled beers from all over the world.
-Mark

how far is zing gonna be from Detroit?

2-1/2 hours depending on how fast you drive.
-Mark

Beer, lots of good beer, especially the scotch beers!

Uh oh, Looks like I created a monster!
-Mark

Please forgive my complete ignorance here, but what exactly is an open track event? Also, where is "the same location as last year"? And lastly, is there any new info on this yet? Thanks.

The location is Kalamazoo Michigan, about 4 hours south of you in Traverse City. Open track event is just that...GingerMan raceway in South Haven will be open to anyone who wants to run laps. This as opposed to a closed track event where usually one group rents the track for just themselves. It's nice to have the track to yourself but you'll usually pay at least $100 to get some laps. With the open track we're attending costs will only be $50, and while I'm sure there will be other cars on track with us it's usually a small number, and heck if a bunch of Contours & SHO's are there we may just intimidate the others away

Dibs on the fat chick.

Wait, they were all fat.

nevermind.

TB

Back on the cost topic.

I've convinced the g/f that it's a good idea to go there. It's a good 15 hour drive for us. I'm all over the idea but I need to figure out how much the whole adventure is gonna cost me. Here's what I need:

SZ2002 Registration Fees: ??$$
Open Track event: 50$
Hotel Room: ??$$ / per night

Adding meals for two, booze for two, gas for the ride... Am I missing anything?

Am I gonna be the first Canadian from Quebec to ever attend SZ?? Yippee! Looking forward to meeting with you guys!

Don't forget gas!

I think we filled up a good 2-3 times last year coming from NH.

and if you want to get down and nitpick at pennies, you'll need travel snacks/drinks money to consider too.

Well the hotel IIRC was about $65.00 a night and i can't remember how much registartion was, For us NYC guys it will take about 11-12 hrs, But it was WORTH IT.

FYI: There was a guy from canada there last year but i can't remember his name or where he was from.

P.S. Hey mark any news

Thanks for the answer about open track....so it's not a competitive thing, just a bunch of folk out driving their cars like they should be...sweet, now i need to get myself a helmet... (I could use my dad's full face snowmobile helmet couldn't I?) I know someone else already asked, but I'll ask again, what is the track like, how hard will it be on my tires and such? I can't afford to go shredding too much rubber, I'm also curious about registration costs. This sound sweet, I hope I can make it.......

I'm a newbie to the track thing too, but i'm totally stoked about it. I'll probably just come down for the day and turn a few laps on the track. Is the track like an autocross track or just a big oval track?

im there now, i got my car fixed and runnin good so i wanna be a showoff lol