Camaro5Fest III location nomination

[pyr0b0y]

Originally Posted by ElManny

i dont think my body nor my skin tone can handle more than one lol

i think i sweat a couple pounds off being out in the sun

[KJinni]

I think its gonna be wherever the criteria can be met, regardless of fairness or switching between East/West. Unfortunately for us in the West, the East has a lot more to offer as far as tracks go.

[shank0668]

Originally Posted by fbodfather

I suggest National Corvette Museum.

Why?

Centrally located -- so those from all over the country can drive to it - it's not on either the left or the right - north or south...........

Drag Strip and Autocross nearby

Corvette Plant across the street

NCM tours

Great country for cruises

NCM knows how to throw a party










Now..............





For those of you who may disagree with me...............

Makes sense to me? Please Mods!

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by mikeb27

I know the mods are still probably catching up from C5F II, but does anyone know when the location for C5F III will be announced?

All in good time. After we decide where we'd like to go, we have to see who can have us at the times we want to be there ... at a reasonable price. Unfortunately, we can't really pin all that onto a specific date.

[Ject]

Im good for where ever... I think a lot of our northern neighbors (Canada) would love to see it a bit more north instead of all in the deep south parts of USA. I can't blame them.

Im down for where ever gets picked. I already have money stashed to make the trip since I didn't make it this year.

[DevilsReject97]

Originally Posted by Blade

For everyone that keeps asking for IMS.....you do realize that the mods already have set requirements of each venue right........ Drag Strip AND Road Course on the premises.

IMS doesn't have a drag strip.

We're not referring to the 500, but Lucas Oil Raceway Park, which is in Clermont, IN. It's essentially a suburb of Indianapolis at this point.

Originally Posted by Apex Chase

The members suggesting Indy are not referring to Indianapolis Motor Speedway, they are referring to Lucas Oil Raceway Park in Clermont. They have an .7 mile oval, 1/4 mile drag strip, and a 2.5 mile road course. I don't know if it is capable of operating all three at once though.

Here it is on Google Maps.

Apex Chase has it right, and to further elaborate....

Indianapolis has access to virtually every major highway that crosses a majority of the country.

I-70? Check
US 40? Check
I-65? Check

It's in close quarters to Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville, Bowling Green (Corvette Museum) and Detroit.

It's also got hellafied railway access to virtually any corner of the USA.


As for the tracks available at Lucas Oil Raceway Park....

NHRA Nationals is held here, the NASCAR trucks and Nationwide series have run at LORP, and they also host a ton of other events on a regular basis. So for anyone worrying about space, I'm sure if NASCAR and the NHRA can do it here, I'm sure anyone from C5 will do quite nicely And it's only about 20 minutes from the Indianapolis International Airport too..

http://www.nhra.net/2011/images/indy/NationalsMap.pdf

Ultimately, I'm just glad to know that the site appreciates good input and listens to us. I think a centralized location, such as the Midwest or Central part of the US is ultimately the best option. It doesn't necessarily have to be early April either...

As for those complaining about weather, prior to this past week, we had had 60+ temps for almost 3 weeks here in Indianapolis....so it's not all doom and gloom. Shoot, despite the storms this week, it's supposed to be in the 70's this week....

All in all, I wouldn't mind driving to something if it was centralized. I just don't want to drive 1500 miles one year, 2400 miles the next....and I'm sure most of us agree with that.

[shank0668]

Make it close to me

[Mr. Wyndham]

Originally Posted by ElManny

i dont think my body nor my skin tone can handle more than one lol

Either Neither?

Originally Posted by DGthe3

All in good time. After we decide where we'd like to go, we have to see who can have us at the times we want to be there ... at a reasonable price. Unfortunately, we can't really pin all that onto a specific date.

Remember, everyone....last year, I don't think the venue was announced until the end of summer. There's a lot more legwork to be done than I think some realize...and we aren't going to pick a spot and announce it before we've spoken with the facility and reserved our time (wherever it may be). I hope I don't sound like a jerk....but please have patience. We ARE having a third annual Camaro5Fest...bask in that good news for a while.

Originally Posted by DevilsReject97

Ultimately, I'm just glad to know that the site appreciates good input and listens to us.

ABSOLUTELY, we do.

[Pro Street]

My vote goes to Topeka Kansas. Check it out!!!
http://www.hpt.com/index.php?option=...262&Itemid=220

[WadeWilson]

Originally Posted by Shardik2SS

How about Heartland Park in Topeka, KS?

http://www.hpt.com/index.php?option=...197&Itemid=177

Originally Posted by Pro Street

My vote goes to Topeka Kansas. Check it out!!!
http://www.hpt.com/index.php?option=...262&Itemid=220

Seems like a good spot and it is definitely centrally located.

[2010SLVRBULIT]

Originally Posted by Pro Street

My vote goes to Topeka Kansas. Check it out!!!
http://www.hpt.com/index.php?option=...262&Itemid=220

I'm all for this, and it would be nice to get to see the country life again. Place looks huge. Liking the tower views. Not sure about hotels, and other night life offerings, though. Can someone from there provide more 'support' details?

[PoorMansCamaro]

So i guess PQ's house is not an option then?

[Z4me]

Speaking from some exp as far as attending and being involved with the
promotion of trade shows for a good part of my life. I can safely say it takes a tremendous amount of time and effort esp the first few years to get it done right. Once you have been doing it for a number of years (10 or more), it becomes much more routine as far as the timing and best locations.

1) location of course the facility needs to be large enough to hold the
capacity of those that are predicted to attend. Meaning enough hotels
for sleeping accommodations and also places to eat.

2) Transportation to the facility such as decent highways, airports and
possible trains.

3) The facilty would need to have enough room for all the vendors that
will attend the event and make this area look more professional. Also
due to the fact vendors will be attending other shows and thier
calenders get booked up early, they need to be informed about the
show dates as soon as possible. With the costs involved with thier
time, transportation, hotel rooms, time invested, (booth fees?), this
needs to be a worthwhile event on thier show schedule so that they
will be back for future events.

4) Entrance fee to help offset the some of the costs of having the event.

5) Special rates with the hotels due to mass bookings, perhaps getting
some racing celeb's to the event for publicity of the camaro line of
cars and get written up nationally.

6) Central location that will draw the largest amount of camaro people
within a days worth of driving.

Lastly my thanks goes out to all those who have made the first two camaro events a reallity to enjoy. A lot of work goes on behind the scenes
to put on an event such as this, but I believe this is just the beginning and its only going to grow. Hopefully where ever the next fest will be that
the camaro clubs in that area will help with some of the leg work needed
to get things going.

[trucker north]

Indy The big track or Oreilly park ? would be a very good choice so that the members from the east can be there to from the north and south ,and west. good location Some of the forums sponsers are from Indiana ,and the weather does not get to hot to kill the performance .