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WIth several months to go before summer, I would like to get started planning this year's 60V6 meet. Last year in Bowling Green was I think a big success. Camping worked out much better than expected thanks to great weather and some ingenuity from Chris 
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The first order of business is the dates. Personally, I will already be driving to Ohio for the Pontiac Nationals August 6-8 and the Quad Cities of IL and IA August 19-22 for meets, so I'm out for those weekends. For me, June or July would be better, or even early September. But, I'm not going to frce a date decision just because it means I can come. Most people I know are planning on going to the V6Z24 meet in mid-July, and I know anytime after August 22nd most parents will be hard pressed to get out with kids in school. So right now the best dates appear to be anytime in June, early or late July, or Labor day weekend if necessary.
The 2nd order of business is location. I think Bowling Green worked out well last year and I'd love to go back, especially for the test and tune since the dragstrip is a fantastic facility. But I would also like to entertain the idea of having the meet be partially a driving tour. We did Mammoth Caves last year and I'm sure there are other parks and sites we have yet to explore, but I want to throw the idea out there of starting somewhere else and either ending up at Bowling Green or starting there and ending somewhere else, preferably with camping again. There was already talk last year of going someplace with good driving roads, and now being the owner of a GTO, I welcome that idea.
Of course, nothing says we have to go back to Bowling Green. I would welcome all destination ideas assuming they meet a few criteria:
1) It should generally be a central location to the majority of those interested in going (Sorry John, but Miami is NOT a central location
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2) It needs a good place to camp and a dragstrip within reasonable driving distance (an hour or less)
3) It needs to have some interesting attractions and things for us all to see/do, preferably with some good scenery.
Now, if we can get a good amount of people committed to go (say 25 cars or more), we could even talk about doing a car show day and/or having some sponsorships for the meet. This is something I've discussed with Joe and it's really helped his meet out. I guess it depends on how big we want this meet to get. But it's another idea. Anyway, let's start throwing the ideas out there.
.The first order of business is the dates. Personally, I will already be driving to Ohio for the Pontiac Nationals August 6-8 and the Quad Cities of IL and IA August 19-22 for meets, so I'm out for those weekends. For me, June or July would be better, or even early September. But, I'm not going to frce a date decision just because it means I can come. Most people I know are planning on going to the V6Z24 meet in mid-July, and I know anytime after August 22nd most parents will be hard pressed to get out with kids in school. So right now the best dates appear to be anytime in June, early or late July, or Labor day weekend if necessary.
The 2nd order of business is location. I think Bowling Green worked out well last year and I'd love to go back, especially for the test and tune since the dragstrip is a fantastic facility. But I would also like to entertain the idea of having the meet be partially a driving tour. We did Mammoth Caves last year and I'm sure there are other parks and sites we have yet to explore, but I want to throw the idea out there of starting somewhere else and either ending up at Bowling Green or starting there and ending somewhere else, preferably with camping again. There was already talk last year of going someplace with good driving roads, and now being the owner of a GTO, I welcome that idea.
Of course, nothing says we have to go back to Bowling Green. I would welcome all destination ideas assuming they meet a few criteria:
1) It should generally be a central location to the majority of those interested in going (Sorry John, but Miami is NOT a central location
)2) It needs a good place to camp and a dragstrip within reasonable driving distance (an hour or less)
3) It needs to have some interesting attractions and things for us all to see/do, preferably with some good scenery.
Now, if we can get a good amount of people committed to go (say 25 cars or more), we could even talk about doing a car show day and/or having some sponsorships for the meet. This is something I've discussed with Joe and it's really helped his meet out. I guess it depends on how big we want this meet to get. But it's another idea. Anyway, let's start throwing the ideas out there.
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