NORCAL SS Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 (edited) As you all know KCIR has closed it's doors. Therefore, this year brings a few changes to Nationals. We will be joining forces with Crate Engine Depot and their Annual Mega Meet. This event has proven to be a great one over the years and last year brought out over 120 vehicles 75% of which were cobalts. This year they are going to open it up to ALL GM Performance Vehicles. Corvettes, CTS-V's, TBSS's, SSS's, G8's, GTO's, Camaro’s, Cobalts etc.... Date: TBA (Mid June - Mid July Dependent on Autocross location) Location: Chicago Illinois Event T-Shirts: pre-order $10 ORGANIZED EVENTS: (AUTOCROSS, CARSHOW, DRAG RACING) AutoCross - (Location, Day, Time and Cost TBA) Drag Racing Private Track Rental – (NOT TEST & TUNE) Place: Great Lakes Dragway (http://www.greatlakesdragaway.com/) Day: Friday Time: 10am - 5pm Cost: $35 to race and $15 to watch Poker Run: (Details TBA) Car Show: - (Location, Day, Time and Cost TBA) The Car Show is Free, will have Vendors present and includes a Catered lunch from Dorflers Meat Market. They will be catering skirt steak sandwiches, sides, and drinks. There will a Raffle as well as Prizes/Awards given for Vendors Picks, Celebrity Pick, and Peoples Choice. TBSS Group Photo Op: There will be a planned and organized cruise with a predetermined location for a Group Photo. Media – Photoshoots: Kdubs Photos & Designs - Photoshoots available All week and at the Organized Events Video: ARS Promotions - Video on DVD of the Race day and Show Hotel Information: Hampton Inn 2061 Shell Drive, Libertyville, Illinois 60048 (847) 680-8828 Rooms will be held under "CrateEngineDepot" Comfort Suites 1775 East Belvidere Road, Grayslake, Illinois (847)223-5050 Rooms will be held under "CrateEngineDepot" Car Rental: http://www.chicagoexoticrentals.com/fleet.html http://www.enterprise.com/car_rental/home.do http://www.hertz.com/ http://www.avis.com/car-rental/html/...CIATA=0105965L https://www.nationalcar.com/index.do...ago-car-rental Airports: (ORD) O'Hare International Airport (MDW) Midway Airport (MKE) Milwaukee Airport Attractions: http://www.sixflags.com/greatAmerica/index.aspx http://www.navypier.com/ www.mayanindoorwaterpark.com/ http://www.keylimecove.com/ http://www.premiumoutlets.com/ www.lpzoo.org/ www.brookfieldzoo.org/ http://fieldmuseum.org/ http://www.msichicago.org/ http://www.sheddaquarium.org/ http://www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org/ http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/ http://www.artic.edu/aic/ http://mcachicago.org/ http://mocp.org/ http://www.chicagobotanic.org/ http://www.explorechicago.org/city/e...al_Center.html http://www.explorechicago.org/city/e...al_Center.html http://www.garfield-conservatory.org/ http://www.botanicalschicago.com/ http://www.themagnificentmile.com/ LIST OF THOSE GOING From tbssowners.com 1. NORCAL SS 2. ForceFed - 1 Racing 3. TWO-TONS-OF-FUN - 1 Racing/ 1 Watching 4. KDUBS - 1 Racing 5. Ti28 - 1 Racing/ 1 Watching 6. M_Minz 7. Cityboy414 8. Martyjw597 9. Jared - 1 Racing 10. BigRobSS 11. unfnny1 12. jpracing01 13. ja93 - 1 Racing/ 1 Watching 14. Chase - 1 Racing 15. ssdrooler - 1 Racing 16. PeteG06SS - 1 Racing/ 1 Watching 17. nmcqueen469 18. not quick - 1 watching 19. gn2beatu - 1 Racing/ 1 Watching 20. justanotherssuv - 1 Racing/ 1 Watching 21. hcblackblazinss - 1 Racing 22. Srt8killer 23. Glocksrfun - 1 Watching 24. ReckleSS - 1 Racing/ 1 Watching 25. Silverelex 26. SSMOKIN U - 1 Racing/ 3 Watching 27. ssprince - 1 Racing 28. Ineverfollow 29. OneidaSS - 1 Racing/ 3 Watching 30. slapnutz12 31. db-guru 32. MDStylin 33. stormsurge - 1 Racing/ 1 Watching 34. BigRobSA - 1 Racing/ 1 Watching 35. 91_bowtie - 1 Racing/ 1 Watching 36. Rhino07ss 37. ohsixSS 38. SShocker96 39. Fast Motorsports - 2 Racing/ 4 Watching 40. 07cobaltguy - 3 Watching 41. DoWork 42. MzDoWork 43. iceman552 - 2 Watching Maybe: 1. SLOWHITE 2. Endlink 3. Tight Lines 4. chevyman420 5. Bad Monkey 6. 02silver2v 7. lt1z 8. Papabear 9. fyredawg 10. tbssinmass 11. UrbanSS17 12. KV07SS 13. devus1 14. bsstb 15. Rat Raceway 16. DBTBSS 17. speedmaster747 18. blkscls1z 19. ScarabEpic22 20. dfwwiz 21. stillrollin 22. T-TYPEX1 23. jim1120 Edited December 27, 2011 by NORCAL SS (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachm89 Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 (edited) Not trying to bash the location or anything but according a friend of mine who lives in Chicago that track is in pretty rough shape, or it was last time he was out there, and their management and staff is on the poor side. Just a heads up in case you haven't looked into it very seriously yet or arent set on a location. I know that far North you can pretty much count all the Southern guys out. Edited December 7, 2011 by zachm89 (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NORCAL SS Posted December 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Not trying to bash the location or anything but according a friend of mine who lives in Chicago that track is in pretty rough shape, or it was last time he was out there, and their management and staff is on the poor side. Just a heads up in case you haven't looked into it very seriously yet or arent set on a location. I know that far North you can pretty much count all the Southern guys out. they changed ownership and now all those guys said track is great. Lots of the people from the tbss board go there and have been happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allballz57 Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 Sounds like a good time and not far from me,plus I have a turbo cobalt ss,maybe the wife can have fun top! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmahan Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 I will do my best to come I will have to put in for leave though. How about Bristol "Thunder Valley" that's closer to me lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chpspecial Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 I know that you are trying to have a centralized location to try and get as many people to come to these events, but I see the same problem every year so far. Its the same people showing up and not many even attempt to show up from the farther reaches of the country. Hell, even you, tony dont drive any of your vehicles to the event... So maybe you should change the event to gave a revolving location trough out the states... This way you get different turn outs of people and you accommodate everyone at some point.... Just a thought sent from my thunderbolt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bfast Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) I know that far North you can pretty much count all the Southern guys out. I guess Zach is the spokes person for all the southern truck scene. Chicago cant be any worse than KCIR was. I know that you are trying to have a centralized location to try and get as many people to come to these events, but I see the same problem every year so far. Its the same people showing up and not many even attempt to show up from the farther reaches of the country. Hell, even you, tony dont drive any of your vehicles to the event... So maybe you should change the event to gave a revolving location trough out the states... This way you get different turn outs of people and you accommodate everyone at some point.... Just a thought No matter how anyone trys and organizes an event there is no way you can please everyone. This is a good thought however you still will leave others out of the equation. There will always be someone saying " it needs to be closer to MY location". If people want to attend they will find a way to go. Conveinence location or not Edited December 8, 2011 by 2BFAST (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcsilveradoss Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 So whos place are me and the wife crashing at LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowsniper3006 Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) GLD is my home track. I'm about 45 minutes north. Joe is about 15 minutes away. Is this track set in stone? There is also a AWD dyno right in the area as well for those who might want to do a dyno day before the track day. yes it fits our trucks If this goes through, i will hide all my junk, remove the guns, and kick the wife and kid out to make my house available. There are also two new hotels with in 5 minutes of my house, and a two wheel drive dyno 30 minutes away. My dads shop could be used for light work. It does have a hoist to make things better Edited December 8, 2011 by shadowsniper3006 (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hankg42 Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 ... If people want to attend they will find a way to go. Conveinence location or not. I have to agree with that. Last year Mark and I came to KC from PA and NJ. But we're a little crazy... we like to drive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idahoBLKss Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) i like the revolving location idea that chp has just because one year i might be able to make it cause i wont drive 24hrs for a day at the track. you ever think of doing a east meet say in the spring then do a west meet (vegas) in the fall ? i think you would still have more people turn up for each meet then your centrally located meet. Edited December 8, 2011 by idahoBLKss (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chpspecial Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 No matter how anyone trys and organizes an event there is no way you can please everyone. This is a good thought however you still will leave others out of the equation. There will always be someone saying " it needs to be closer to MY location". If people want to attend they will find a way to go. Conveinence location or not This is why I said a revolving location... at some point everyone will be accommodated... hopefully they will still be interested in the hobby. I would have gone last year, had I had the means and the time to do so, location is not the deciding factor for me. This summer my family is planning a trip to the Chicago suburbs... so looks like it might be a road trip in the SS time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THATGUYCRUZ Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 If i win the lottery you can count me in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobradh77 Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Aftre what happened to me the last time i tried to come up I doubt i'll try again..lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Scary Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Question, are you talking about http://www.greatlakesdragaway.com/ or http://www.route66raceway.com/?homepage=true the first one here is in WI, not Chicago, the 2nd one is in IL 30 miles south of Chicago, in Joliet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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