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Old Aug 21, 2005 | 09:57 AM
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Meet before the season is over..

Well I think we should try and have some sort of meet before everyone puts there cars away. Figure we could do the regular go eat then go cruise.. So discuss!
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Old Aug 21, 2005 | 10:03 AM
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time and date??? if i were to go i think mid sept would be good....anyways ill def. cruise.
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Old Aug 21, 2005 | 11:07 AM
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i was just thinking last night that i should set up some sort of barbeque/potluck thing here in champaign with the locals then see how many guys from this forum wanted in on it....i wasnt sure if it was a good idea?

i made a thread aobut a meet a while back and the guys decided that champaign would be good because it was in the middle of everyone else
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Old Aug 21, 2005 | 11:42 AM
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champaign is kinda out of the way but if you have a BBQ well see..
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Old Aug 21, 2005 | 12:40 PM
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i agree! lets have a meet...if the BBQ isnt a for sure good turnout thing then i think we should meet somewhere close to everyone...Shaumburg?
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Old Aug 21, 2005 | 12:55 PM
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Im in, Ted, is ur car running now?
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Old Aug 21, 2005 | 02:07 PM
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Im in, Ted, is ur car running now?
Did u get a new car?
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Old Aug 21, 2005 | 10:58 PM
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I just moved here, Im in
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Old Aug 21, 2005 | 11:08 PM
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The first sunday after labor day, meet on the top floor of the parking garage in streets of woodfield. Grab some food then blow some carbon out! How does that sound? Just my .02 cents
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Old Aug 21, 2005 | 11:24 PM
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sounds good, does anyone here go to woodfield? i go up there on occasion and saw 2 fds but they pulled out as i was coming in.
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Old Aug 21, 2005 | 11:26 PM
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i go all the time....VR w/ white powder coated rims
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Old Aug 21, 2005 | 11:53 PM
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I'm in as long as i get a my boost controller and oil pressure issues figured out by then
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They (securety) don't seem to like meets on top of the parking garage. LOL https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...4&page=1&pp=15

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Old Aug 22, 2005 | 01:34 PM
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Im in, Ted, is ur car running now?

not running yet, BTW i see ur car almost everyday now when im driving, you still gotta give me a ride.

But anyways i am one of the many young owners on a budget so i have been taking my time ordering parts and such for the car. I just picked up all the parts from Ray at Malloy so that now the transmission can get put back together. Then hopefully its off to A-spec for the Swap. No idea how long the swap is gunna take them but the car will be shop ready by the end of the week.
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I'm in, so how about the 2nd or 3rd weekend in september we meet, being that (hopefully) alot of us will be going to sevenstock in october. I unfortunatley don't have any great ideas for where to meet. Also, who was up at Road America for the MRR? I inadvertantly ended up there working for a friend on a Trans Am car, the #06 red and black corvette that blew the engine on the last 3 laps. I only saw a token few RX-7's driving around the track during touring, but the yellow with the Mazdaspeed nose on was fairly obvious. It looked nice, too.

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Old Aug 22, 2005 | 08:07 PM
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Kyro - yea, i got a red R1
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Old Aug 22, 2005 | 09:32 PM
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im game, got 99 percent of my issues panned out. im ready to show ya what a second gen can do
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I'm down but I'd lean more towards a Saturday than I would a Sunday if possible
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Old Aug 22, 2005 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by charlies7
The first sunday after labor day, meet on the top floor of the parking garage in streets of woodfield. Grab some food then blow some carbon out! How does that sound? Just my .02 cents


the last time we where there they kick us out
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Old Aug 22, 2005 | 10:32 PM
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i didnt know that....actually any weekend day is fine for me but i have to be at work by 5 that night
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^ I'm in the same exact boat.

So, any good ideas on where to meet? Aw, Hell! I just thought of it! I don't know if anyone knows it, but in carpentersville, what used to be medowdale, there is a forest preserve, raceway woods, where the old Medowdale raceway is. We could have a cookout there and walk the track (it's still paved, but the one bridge is still missing.

[history] Medowdale raceway was built back in 1958, opening with a fatal wreck on only the third race on the first weekend there, and played host to the Can-Am series, SCCA, FIA, ARCA, IMSA, and was the testing grounds for the mystical Corvette Grand Sport. Featuring a "Monza Wall" that lead to a 4000' straightaway with pits just off to drivers left, the course was build for high speed and handling, much as Road America was[/history]

Basically, the track went belly up because the owner tried to build a subdivision across from the track on route 31, which failed miserably. There's more info and directions here: http://www.meadowdaleraceway.homestead.com/ , so let me know what you guys think and we could possibly arrange a meet there.
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 02:42 PM
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Sept 3rd or 10th?
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Sept 3rd is labor day weekend... might be many people going to family bbq's and such(possibly more police presence out?). Probably not the best day.

10th=cool.
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10th sounds alright, LMK
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Originally Posted by Falcoms
^ I'm in the same exact boat.

So, any good ideas on where to meet? Aw, Hell! I just thought of it! I don't know if anyone knows it, but in carpentersville, what used to be medowdale, there is a forest preserve, raceway woods, where the old Medowdale raceway is. We could have a cookout there and walk the track (it's still paved, but the one bridge is still missing.

[history] Medowdale raceway was built back in 1958, opening with a fatal wreck on only the third race on the first weekend there, and played host to the Can-Am series, SCCA, FIA, ARCA, IMSA, and was the testing grounds for the mystical Corvette Grand Sport. Featuring a "Monza Wall" that lead to a 4000' straightaway with pits just off to drivers left, the course was build for high speed and handling, much as Road America was[/history]

Basically, the track went belly up because the owner tried to build a subdivision across from the track on route 31, which failed miserably. There's more info and directions here: http://www.meadowdaleraceway.homestead.com/ , so let me know what you guys think and we could possibly arrange a meet there.
This sounds like a pretty cool idea to me.
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