Eh, don't matter, flights are hella cheap from here to Chicago and I rental cars are fun :driving: Not sure if I can go yet, I might have to stick near home that weekend because of some stuff we have going on in Asia :(

Stupid Asia, lol


Btw, our growing list impresses me considering if we get some unexpected visitors not on the list we will hit half of Albany's list of cars...and also considering this took nowhere near as much planning. :D

I am getting very excited. Man this is gonna be great! If only everything could be this easy:whistle:

Blue GAs FTW

Mother of god that'd be sweet man. I'll buy all your food for the weekend.

does anyone plan on doing any modding or detailing while they are here?

I'll mod if i can find something to put on.

I got some headlight covers I'd like to install.

Edit-

I just thought of another contest for bragging rights.

Best exhaust/engine sound.

also wanted to add we are taking DONATIONS for food and drink as any would be greatly appreciated.. but not required

Well I said I'd bring brats and buns. Figure 17 people so 30 brats ok?

well I also planned on supplying dogs and burgers... so we have meat covered but we will need things like paper towels or napkins, plastic silverware, paper plates, side dishes and drinks (I will be supplying some but I am sure more will be needed)

My car should be freshly clayed and buffed, but if anyone wants to get one of the led 3rd brake lights made, I can have some to bring.

We will work it out then, should be no issue.

I wish i could PAY someone to detail my tC for me on sunday haha...but im picky so that would be tough

This sounds like fun, maybe Ill try and make it out.

well its up to you but I would only be able to offer either a full interior, full exterior or just a Wash and Vac since these would take the least amount of time and would allow us to not spend all day on just one car.. if you are really interested in this feel free to PM me so we can work out the specifics for when you are out here...

If it's easier than trying to go buy stuff myself, I'd paypal something to someone and put faith in them to get good food.

I only have one thing needing to be installed, and it'd take too long... springs/struts. lol

if no one else wants to I would be willing to do this since I have a debit card linked to my paypal account....

I guess you can either tell me what items you would like to donate and I could buy them and have you paypal the cost to me OR you could just donate whatever amount you would like and leave it up to me to decide what will be bought with your donation..


doesnt matter much to me just so long as we have everything we need in the end..

Do they sell the Barq's Red Creme Soda in stores up there? I know the pizza place has it at least :)

I really dont know since I have never looked for it but if I had a list of stuff to look for I would but much more than happy to get anything anyone needs... just shoot me a pm and we can work out the details...


I actually am looking forward to this meet just so that I can have an excuse to buy from pizza from the antoch pizza place... looking like 2-3 Large pizzas maybe more

well ill bring some beer for those that are 21, not a ton cause im gettin classy stuff..i guess i can also bring pop for the others, i can probably find some red cream soda if wanted.

Does anyone have a Sam's Club membership ?
6570 Grand Ave.
Gurnee, IL 60031
1.84-miles from the La Quinta Inn Chicago-Gurnee Hotel

or Costco membership ?

I would think those places would have reasonable prices for things needed.

Edit: I forgot we are meeting at Walmart on Friday lol
I guess we always could go in there for supplies.

i'd be willing to paypal some money, its going to be much easier than telling 20 people to bring 20 different things.

So, where are people meeting up on Saturday & Sunday ?
The Hotel parking lot; or elsewhere, like the Antioch Walmart ?

& where is the hang-out for Friday afternoon ?
The Walmart parking lot :confused:

I am sure beer will be needed and as for red cream soda.. I can get regular generic red crem soda but BARQ's Red Cream Soda I have yet to find anywhere but A-town pizza place.... still lookin though...

not really much need as you can hit up the super walmart and get pretty much ANYTHING you would want/need for this meet... they even have a cookout/grilling aisle (sp?) :) (we are meeting at super walmart on friday before hitting the track)

in order to get this to go a bit smoother I think it would be best that I make an email address linked to a paypal account just for donations for the meet... I will post up the address asap and then everyone can just send as much or as little as they want... this will also help me be able to be more prepared before most everyone is here since I wont be going around trying to get money from everyone who is willing to donate...

Leave it to you to have some great questions...


I think that either the hotel or walmart parking lot would work best for meeting on sat and sun... I will leave this for the majority to decide between the 2

friday afternoon is kind of a toss up since at first I did not think there would be such a nice turn out and as a result I dont know if we will have enough room on my street to have everyone there at once BUT i think that the large amount of forest preserves will be able to make up for where to go... worst case we will hit up the lake... but NO DRINKING WILL BE ALLOWED PRIOR TO THE TRACK!!!! (only after :) )

Im going to meet you guys at the track on friday night. I wont be off of work till around 4ish then have to drive home, then drive about an hour and a half to gld. Trying to see if i can start early on friday to get off earlier, but im kinda new still and dont want to be too pushy about it. Saturday night I'll be there till around 6pm.

;crap


jk


I think I can find Barq's red cream soda in cans around here...I know I've seen it before..

I-94 North out of Chicago
 

Is it worth it to take the I-94 north out of Chicago ?
Being a Toll Highway & all.
What is the toll fees along I-94 to Gurnee ?

Or take for example, a free road:
IL-21 to Gurnee.
or
US-41 to Gurnee.

I have no clue about what is best when coming from Chicago.. maybe some of those who have made the trip in the past would be willing to chime in on this...


also FYI- the email for donations is.... donations@mpracing.org PAYPAL ONLY!!!

feel free to donate what you wish and if you want something specific to be purchased you MUST put it in the notes section or email me and let me know....

:rumor: Is there a suggested amount to donate ?
(I don't want to under-contribute.)

Example: Like the last BBQ gathering I went to, that was held by friends (& friends of friends).
We all chipped in $10; & it was BYOB (Bring your own booze).
We had lots of food, & take home bags afterwards :D


& is there a deadline to donate ?

PS: How many days are we BBQ'ing ?

AJ if you find some pick up a couple big cases. I'll square with you later. Mark, if you can't find the Barq's don't worry about it, but if you do that'd be awesome...just don't go way out of your way looking for it.

Edit-

I think we should start a list for the competitions. If you're looking to compete put your name down for whatever category you want.

I'll repost the previous list

And I say we adopt these standards for rules or at least basis of rules.

Thanks to Iowagdam for the setup.



Judges
- 3 people that are not registered in the class that they are judging in.
- Must have high credit (senior member)
- Cannot be bribed with anything (food, drink, money) [But but but!!! I wanted to make some money off this! :D]
- Must be randomly choosen from a hat at least 5 minutes before judging time
- Judging is a optional, if your choosen and don't want to judge please choose someone that can fill your spot

Big Contest
"Cleanest" Car (clean in appearance or just not dirty)
- Thou must have at least washed or waxed or polished there car
- Thou must not have the following on, or in your paint;
-dirt, mud, dust, bugs, tar, stains, rubber, etc.
- Five minutes before judging, hands and any other cleaning device is off the car

Best Sound System
- Contestants will play 3 tracks that are picked out by the judges beforehand
- These 3 tracks will test the three parts of the car's audio- the tweeters, the mids and the subs.
- For pure sound competition, 1 track will be picked out beforehand and played by the judge.
- Five minutes before competition, owners must stop tweeking.

Best Overall Car
- This is up for grabs, it could be a group vote, or it could be a 3 judges vote. [I say we do both seeing as this is the biggest one. Figure the judges determine top 2 and group makes the final call]
- Criteria for best overall car would be looks, performance, sound system and presentation.

Best Show Mods
- Mods must be done before judging and must be organized into the following groups, All SHOW, ALL GO, and Highest quality

Fastest Car
-Again, up for grabs. Could be an "overall" fast car or a bracket competition.

Bragging rights
[I say we do group majority rules. We got enough people that we could just yell or sneer. It'd be more fun than a show of hands.]

Cleanest Engine bay
- You have to eat off the top of your engine [figuratively speaking I hope!]

Biggest bug on your windshield
- Must verify size, squash pattern and damage [someone got a machinist's ruler with 1/64" increments? :D]

Longest Burnout
- Who want's to get new tires?

Smooth as a baby's butt
- By running your finger along the car (not recommended for cleanest car contest)

Best Rims
- Based on style, look, bling bling, and proportions (no friggin 30"s) [I should hope no one would try to put 30s on a GA]

Best interior mods
- Based on style, bling bling, and technological factors

Best bad odor
- Smell test of seats, matts and trunk [or just overall smell of interior, whatever's most potent]

Slowest Car
- Slowest one at the track

Dirtiest Car
- Well, you know.

If we have it, it will be in 12pks.


Also, I'm gonna pick up a set of these tomorrow since it's pay day..anyone else gonna have some?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1171058471401

Might not be this specific model, depends on what the store has in stock..

What channel are we going to use ?

Please keep it 1 to 14 FRS, as some like me have old school 0.5W FRS units lol

Take your pick, doesn't matter to me. I figure the bigger the range on mine tho (not compensating) the better chance I'll have of hooking up with possibly the michigan caravan or maybe the southern chicago guys if any of them will be carrying.

No, see that would make sense, and we can't have things making sense at the airp.... Oh wait this isn't the airport....nevermind....

Oh and if they have em (the soda) just get two of whatever they got.

I'll bring a couple cases of "Mountain Breeze" lol

best way id say is taking 94 north to gurnee. its only 1 toll just north of o'hare and thats it.

i'll probably be leaving around noon, be there around 1.
whats the exact address of the pizza place?

My car's been acting funny. TB keeps gettign stuck open ;crap hopefully iget it fixed by track time.

if you have a cai or wai check the positioning of the couplers..my bro almost died when his TB got stuck wide open and it was catching on a coupler..guess there's nothing scarier than going WOT with the pedal mashed to the floor and not coming back up...;crap