Drag racing and supercruise

sYc · #1 12-07-2002, 01:10 AM

Imagine for a monent, it is 1970. You are sitting in the stands at a state of the art drag race facility. You look up and here comes a line of musclecars parading past you. Zl-1 Camaros, Yenkos in all models, supercars from Nickey, Motion, of course Gibb and Harrell prepared cars. COPO cars, even full blown racecars. Moving slowly down the strip. The quite before the storm.

Then, it is time for the real action. A pair of ZL-1 raced prepared Camaros pair off. Next of couple of 427 Yenko Novas go at it. Followed by a match up of Yenko Chevelles. Then, another pair of Zl-1s,, A yenko Duece puts in on the line against a Yenko Camaro. Harrell versus Motion, Gibb versus COPO. Maybe a funny car or two. On and on. Supercar after supercar making its way down the 1/4 mile.

Is this only make believe? It is up to you, owners and admirers of the supercars. The sYc has been given the chance to rent Gateway International Dragway, a state of the art NHRA track. This is the track we went to in 2001. But, this time, we could have the track to ourselves, no waiting. Where, instead of cruising on a busy street, and showing off on a side street and/or parking lot, it could be done on a safe, secure drag strip. This way, all cars could participate in one way or another, with much less chance of something happening to their supercar.

But, this opportunity does not come without a price. Track rental is not cheap. The sYc can not afford to do it alone. We need your help for this to happen, corporate, individual, or ? Let us know. Thanks for your time, Tom

**sixtiesmuscle** · #2 12-07-2002, 01:49 AM

How much?

sYc · #3 12-07-2002, 02:29 AM

I was dealing with an assistant, am to meet the head person one day next week to work on the details, including a lesser price(hopefully). The ball park figure was $4500.00. That is why the sYc needs help. With rent, plaques, advertising, compensation for special guests, etc.,the Supercar Reunion already operates in the red. No big deal, but prevents the sYc from taking on any more fixed costs associated with the reunion, at least without some sort of guarantee of recovering all, or at least most, of these extra costs. Either through higher entry fees, corporate sponser(s) or maybe just people who want to help. I am open to all suggestions. The Clary family is willing to do our part, and hope others will be willing to do the same. I really believe that this could a lot of fun and really add to the event.

PATRICKJOINER · #4 12-07-2002, 02:44 AM

Tom;
Sounds like a great idea, pls. keep me informed as to what the costs my be. A higher entry fee would be acceptable to me, this will be our 1st year to come to the reunion & I for one would love to see these cars race!!

**Charley Lillard** · #5 12-07-2002, 02:51 AM

A higher Fee is fine. I also suggest you set up something on this site for Donations through Paypal etc. You can look at Pro-Touring.com web site and see how he has Donations set up. Very easy to pay through Paypal etc.

**Mr70** · #6 12-07-2002, 02:55 AM

Tom
You had me at "Imagine for a moment it is 1970"....

Chevy454 · #7 12-07-2002, 03:05 AM

Not to interrupt, but maybe we could get a rough "head count"? I know it's still almost a year from now, but when he meets with them, they are gonna ask. Also, how long is long enough? I could stay all day, but that's just me! [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] I've always felt the racing is kind of what makes our show unique.

**Stefano** · #8 12-07-2002, 03:10 AM

Ok, I'm in.

NWYENKO · #9 12-07-2002, 03:25 PM

Count me in. Is it possible to have a charge for spectators and advertise the event?? Also a charge to race?? I was thinking $5-$10 a head for spectators and maybe $25-$30 to race. That is about what it costs at the local tracks here. Jim

sYc · #10 12-07-2002, 05:51 PM

Thanks for the suggestions, keep them coming. As with the indoor show, we will advertise, and charge spectators admission, but I do not ever see this being a major source of income. I hope I am wrong, but I think there are only two ways to fund the Reunion weekend activites. Either find a corporate sponser who would like to get involved (which I have tried and am still working on ) or do it ourselves. Raising the entry fee is certaintly the easiest, but I want to make sure that everyone is OK with that. I did not want to scare people away because of the price. I thought maybe one fee per car, which would include a spot indoors for the show and pass to race/cruise, family pass to all reunion activites, a event t-shirt and reunion plaque. Seperate, this would total anywhere from $80-$100+. And of course, any donations would help. By the way, if donations and/or other finacial help that we recieve should exceed what is needed, it will go back into the reunion fund and be used to make the reunion even more special.

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