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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 09:01 PM
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MBCA Tri-O-Rama 2008 - Millville, NJ - Oct 24-28

Here’s your opportunity to really drive your car as it was designed to be driven. – Come to the MBCA National Driving Event, Tri-O-Rama 2008 in Millville, NJ, October 24th to 28th. We start with a Concours d’Elegance at the historic Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center on Saturday, follow with Defensive Driving and Autocross on Sunday, and then 2 days at the new, first class Thunderbolt Raceway (http://www.njmotorsportspark.com) for Driver Education with qualified instructors, Acceleration Runs, and Time Trials – all in Millville, NJ. There will also be a Rallye, reception and 2 banquets for award presentations, as well as door prizes and other surprises during this event. For more info go to http://www.sjs-mbca.org/TOR.htm, where you can download a complete registration package.
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 10:38 AM
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I find two Millvilles. One in Northern NJ and one in Southern NJ. This may be a stupid question, but which Millville is it? Having internet issues right now and the raceway's website won't load.
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by PA_Pete
I find two Millvilles. One in Northern NJ and one in Southern NJ. This may be a stupid question, but which Millville is it? Having internet issues right now and the raceway's website won't load.
Southern.. Check out the park link for directions.
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 02:02 PM
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Speed TV showed the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car race on Sunday.Looks cool , can't wait.I believe you have to be a MBCA member to participate.
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by ldangeli
Southern.. Check out the park link for directions.
Alright, cool deal, good looking out.

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Speed TV showed the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car race on Sunday.Looks cool , can't wait.I believe you have to be a MBCA member to participate.
I believe you are right. I just checked out the registration packet and it specifies that you must be a memeber, plus your member # is required. I'll have to check out on becoming a member. Thanks, this is good to know.

http://www.sjs-mbca.org/pdfs/TORFinal.pdf
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Old Sep 2, 2008 | 02:35 PM
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Speed TV showed the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car race on Sunday.Looks cool , can't wait.I believe you have to be a MBCA member to participate.
My dealer's son, a guy I've met on a few occassions at outings, Bryce Miller, won the Grand-Am GT in 2007 and 2008
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 05:52 PM
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It is true that you must be a member to participate in the event. However, a year down the road the MBCA membership will probably earn you a loyalty discount too. I got a $1500 gift card when I purchased an MB in April.

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Alright, cool deal, good looking out.



I believe you are right. I just checked out the registration packet and it specifies that you must be a memeber, plus your member # is required. I'll have to check out on becoming a member. Thanks, this is good to know.

http://www.sjs-mbca.org/pdfs/TORFinal.pdf
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 06:44 PM
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It is true that you must be a member to participate in the event. However, a year down the road the MBCA membership will probably earn you a loyalty discount too. I got a $1500 gift card when I purchased an MB in April.
So if I do become a memeber and purchase another MB vehicle, they will send me a gift card? That's sweet! I'm debating whether to join or not.
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There are tons of good deals. One of which is to participate in these kind of sanctioned track events !! I love the magazine too (THE STAR)....

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Just mailed in my app for this. I can't wait..
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There's still time left to register...

Less than four weeks to go before the MBCA Tri-O-Rama event at the Thunderbolt Raceway in Millville, NJ. Walk-in registrations are accepted, but, you need to participate in a Defensive Driving course and attend the Drivers' meeting on 26-Oct, Sunday afternoon. You also need to have your vehicle inspected (including a brake fluid change) prior to the event.

Download the registration packet from the link in the first post in this thread for more details.
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Less than four weeks to go before the MBCA Tri-O-Rama event at the Thunderbolt Raceway in Millville, NJ. Walk-in registrations are accepted, but, you need to participate in a Defensive Driving course and attend the Drivers' meeting on 26-Oct, Sunday afternoon. You also need to have your vehicle inspected (including a brake fluid change) prior to the event.

Download the registration packet from the link in the first post in this thread for more details.
Sorry, I have another stupid question! Do I need to register and participate in the Defensive Driving and all of that if I just plan to come down and walk around to check out the cars and talk to people? I want to go in this, but mostly just as a spectator. I've got a C320, nothing spectacular, so I didn't plan on doing any hotlaps or track events.
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You don't have to register for the track events in order to attend the Concours event on Saturday, 25-Oct. But I believe the track events are only open to registered MBCA members.

Originally Posted by PA_Pete
Sorry, I have another stupid question! Do I need to register and participate in the Defensive Driving and all of that if I just plan to come down and walk around to check out the cars and talk to people? I want to go in this, but mostly just as a spectator. I've got a C320, nothing spectacular, so I didn't plan on doing any hotlaps or track events.
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2008 Tri-O-Rama results

You can find the results for each of the events at this link. We got rained out on the last day of Tri-O-Rama (28-Oct-2008) so a decision was made to use the best Time Trials scores from 27-Oct when the weather was perfect.

http://www.gws-mbca.org/ToR/index.html
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