I'm assuming we're set on Colorado. Great by me. As far as dates though, the first weekend in September is Labor Day weekend. Cool because we would all (most anyway) have Monday off, but not so good as traffic on our scenic mountain roads would be awful. And, many members will likely have plans with family etc. that weekend. I'll likely be there regardless, but mountain roads crowded with tourists are less than entertaining. Just something to think about.
My ideas for the event:
I know of several good roads not too far out of Denver (and I'm sure you CO guys know many more), but for a true driving experience, lets pick a day (Sunday early morning would be best) and block off several hours and PLAN a route through Summit county or Leadville or Estes Park or something similar. The CEG events I have attended have all been awesome, but with a little more planning would have been even better. For example, have maps printed up and meeting points along the way so that when people get separated (and they always do!), we can all meet back up and no one gets lost.
Get with the local SCCA chapter possibly (their National HQ is right there in Englewood) and see if they would set up an autocross for us (for a price of course).
Check with that road race track out there (is it called Second Creek?) and see what their rental fee is. Would be really fun to have a track event, although we'd probably have to get $$ up front.
Do the raffle thing like at SpringZing. Everyone brings something, everyone gets something.
Get a banquet room at a 'local' (not a chain) restaurant/bar. Could plan a Saturday night dinner.
Pikes Peak would be another fun day trip, although some of us may be a little too anal to take our cars to the top. It is dusty and bumpy, but then you can say your car has been over 14k feet!
Have commemorative T-shirts and stickers printed up.
Not do a drag race (not a legitimate one anyway!). I've witnessed 2 SVT's break transmissions on drag tracks, and it kind of puts a damper on the weekend for the person whose car is broken (right Tim?!).
That's probably more than most people want to read, so I'll stop for now. If there's anything I can do to help out from KC, just let me know.
Phil Frick
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