55fanatic

lol, yeah but then I saw in your profile it had florence, NJ... so I figured it was for me, lol Im a bit spoiled so I figure everything is mine till told otherwise, jk

C43AMG

Whats' that saying " If you have to think of someone , you might as well think of yourself" :p

FongFlex

just to give you guys an update on my end.

gave atco a call and left a message. awaiting reply.

C43AMG

FongFlex - Where are from ? ( profile not filled out )

c55m8o

errr.... WOOPS! I mixed you up with the dude from Hohokus...
[ya I know, we covered this already on amgpower.org ... you asked me if I was from MA and I answer "no, from LI"... yes, I'm an idiot... ]

FongFlex

permanent home on long island, but going to school right now in DC.

C43AMG

Ok , cool .

55fanatic

Thanks guys, your all being incredibly helpful and if we do end up getting this thing off the ground and make it to be HUUUGGGE, I will be forever grateful that you were part of the planning group!!!

Stickanddice

Spoke to Lime Rock at length today. Could be available, but at a cost...of course. Not sure what people would be comfortable with. Good thing is that Lime Rock is an internationally famous track for it's technical aspects as well as history. Should prove to be good fun. Tomorrow I'm speaking to them about when our event would take place. Seeing as to how it's tentative it may prove to be a bit difficult.

Cheers

55fanatic

well if possible tell them based on cost there are a few locations... it will def be oct 8,9, and 10

FongFlex

just got in touch with the guys at atco. they say that the track can only be reserved on the weekdays. i suggested if we could rent it at night on the weekedn and they say that it won't be possible. also, like island dragway, they cannot accomodate such a huge group. they say the max is 15 people for $2000 on a weekday.

i'm going to call up this place in deleware and let you guys know how that goes tomorrow (they're closed today).

55fanatic

thats too far for us northern guys... how does everyone feel about mixing ourselves with others? Im going to be talking with the folks at Englishtown again on wed... Ill let them know whats going on and how BIG this is suppose to be

FongFlex

ok, i won't call the deleware drag strip.

i just wrote an email to pocono raceway and i'll let you guys know about that as soon as they reply. i'm not sure if pocono raceway is the type of track we're looking for, but it's better than no track.

FongFlex

pocono raceway is booked for all weekends in october already.

hopefully englishtown or limerock comes through

55fanatic

folks the following links are to some pictures taken by the two photographers coming to the event

#1) http://www.dtmpower.net/forum/showpo...04&postcount=1
http://www.dtmpower.net/forum/showpo...22&postcount=1

#2) http://www.teckademicseast.com/forum...19&postcount=1
http://www.teckademicseast.com/forum...10&postcount=1

One of them may end up video taping the entire event for us, in place of snapping pictures but it should be very cool

c55m8o

what event?! was anything finalized? :p

55fanatic

We will be meeting and in the NY/NJ area track or not... next years event is going to have to get planned this year when this one ends!!!

Jim's500E

AMG Challenge is at Lime Rock aug 15-16 ...a few of us 500E owners will be there monday....prolly not a good day to have a GTG but we'll be there.

There's also a 500E meet within the annual Audi S-fest in Granby, CT on aug 27. If anyone is interested let me know and I'll post the official link for it....its invite only. 100+ cool cars including Ferraris and Porsches as well.

I'm sure I can get the local 500E guys to come to your meet too...if you don't mind old school Benzes.

55fanatic

old school benzes are welcomed!!!... Im trying to get my dad to fire up his 53 MB I think it might be an A or E... Not too sure

FongFlex

hey 55fanatic, if we can't get a track, why not setup our own autocross course. it would definitely be much cheaper than renting a track. all we would have to do is secure some pavement (i'm assuming we'd look for a parking lot of a huge factory or stadium that's not being used that weekend), buy some cones and one of those timing machines (one that starts the timer when you cross the line and stops the timer at the finish line).

what do you think??

plus, did you get in touch with englishtown raceway??

FongFlex

another suggestion would be doing some sort of detailing event. maybe we can get a meguiar's guy to come by. we all like our cars nice, especially if we're driving from far distances and going to take pictures. i think this would fill in time nicely if we can't get track time, or this could be another event for the weekend.

55fanatic

both of those are great ideas, although wont it be a little chilly to do some kind of detailing day in october? Whats the weather usually like in Jersey the first week in october?

Lov2xlr8

i was at the M-class road rally here in N.Y. and that is what they did. it was really great and i think the m-class handels great for an SUV. it was in belmont park, NY. we will just have to get hundreds of cones and a pro to set it up. if we cant get a track i think this is a great and possible thing to do.

FongFlex

i don't think it'll be that cold. at least in dc, i remember i was wearing jeans and a t shirt for columbus day weekend two years ago.

as for a parking lot, i remember there was a c class event a few years ago that used shea stadium. and i'm pretty sure the mets will not be playing at this time of the year.

55fanatic

Can someone look in to this? Maybe our friends at mercedes would like host us in there parking lot for a road course for Mercedes Vehicles? Does Anyone have a Contact for MBUSA Public Relations? I would love to use this as a backdrop!!! For the First Annual Northeast MB/AMG Gathering!!! Guys my internship ends next week after that I should be able to invest a little more time into this!!! I like the path that may open up for us!!!