Good Evening ladies and gentlemen. This Year's UCONN CAR CLUB CAR SHOW will be held on Sunday, April 9th 2006!!! Spread the word! Now I'm sure you're wondering, first, why we picked the 2nd week in april, and second, why we picked a sunday. The 3rd weekend in april, 15th/16th is Easter Weekend, and the 4th weekend in april is that special time of year that all car enthousiasts park at eastern. Our only option was the 2nd weekend. We originally wanted saturday, however that's Open House and UConn says they need W-Lot as an overflow lot for incoming families. So our ONLY option is Sunday. It's sunday or bust, come rain or come shine. Open house will be a Great time for us to promote the show! While incoming families are sitting in 195 traffic they can take a gander at a couple strategically placed road side banners and signs.

In all seriousness though, we have a lot of work to do before hand. Our goal is to break the 300 automotive attendance mark and strive for 500 cars this spring. We absolutely have the potential to host one of the largest spring shows in the region. For all of those who were not around since the begining, our first show was in the fall of '03 and on 3 to 4 days notice we were able to scrape together 50-60 cars. Come Spring of '04 with a 10-12 day notice we saw numbers approaching the 150 car mark. Spring of '05 brought in 250+ automobiles, thousands of spectators, and a couple super cars; Porsche GT2 and a Ferrari Testarossa.

The #1 reason for the numbers from last year relied heavily on early commitments of whole clubs months before the show. If I remember correctly, our club sign in sheet had 12-15 registered clubs in attendance.

FINAL CLASS LISTINGS!

1. Best Honda/Acura
2. Best Mitsubishi /DSM
3. Best Nissan
4. Best Toyota
5. Best Subaru
Best Import (Determined from groups 1-5)

6. Best Ford
7. Best GM
8. Best Mopar
Best Domestic (Determined from groups 6-


9. Best BMW
10. Best Audi/VW
Best Euro (Determined from groups 9&10)

11. Best Other (Saab, Volvo, etc)

12. Best exotic (Porsche, Vipers, Ferrari etc)

13. Best Classic Pre 1960
14. Best Classic - 1960-1985

15. Best Truck
16. Best Off-Road Truck


Sleeper Award

Type R Award (aka. Ricer Award)

Best Team/Club Participation (club/team with most #’s wins)

Peoples Choice Award (Participants decide by ballot)

UC3 Choice Award (UC3 Officers pick)


Ok now for Directions and Maps:

From the West: Take Interstate 84 East to Exit 68. From exit, take a right onto Route 195
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From the East: Take Interstate 84 West to Exit 68. From exit, take a left onto Route 195
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From the Southeast: Take Interstate 95 to 395 North. Take Exit 81 West to Route 32 North. Follow Route 32 North to Willimantic. In town, turn right and go over bridge. Continue straight through the light and follow 195 North for 8 miles to campus.
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Ok once on campus here is a campus map of Rt. 195, where W-Lot is, etc.
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See you there!

Air


be sure to visit www.uconncarclub.com and www.uconnoffroad.com !!

 

wow, that's coming up fast, I better get my car ready

and where's "Best Mazda"?

hopefully I'll be there

 

ITS GOING TO BE HUGE THIS YEAR!!!!! Coming fast!

 

one week left! its going to be big! We also have the "Campus Cuties" coming as a guest!

 

Ttt!

 

no best mazda???

 

we werent sure how much interest we would have, last year we didnt have enough to make a class, so this year we will consider you gusy for best import, best in show and best other....

If theres a large turnout this year there will be a class specificly for you next year

Air

 

vipers are a car, not a brand...and they aren't exotic...shouldn't they be grouped with mopar?

 

we view a viper as an exotic domestic/mopar...exotic also depends on its price range, a mopar is more common than a viper, hence our categories.

 

it still doesn't belong with porsche's and ferrari's. There are 3 domestics that will regularly blow its wheels off...and it really doesn't belong in that category. just an fyi, when i do my car show, i will put the viper in its proper place...in the mopar section.

 

And i will keep viper in what i believe is its proper space, the exotics...

For many reasons, when you look out in a parking lot, a may see some stangs etc but never a viper. Its a different level than most mopars and I strongly believe its more than a mopar and should be considerd an exotic.

But to keep this on topic and about this post!...Car show is this sunday!

 

Who's going? If there're enough nice 7's I might go just to see 'em (since I have a shitty 7.)

 

i'm pretty sure i'm going

i'll probably enter the SA, just for fun

 

if you gusy go and your car deserves an award or mention, we will be sure to do so, so dont think we wont judge the mazdas

 

 

sorry guys, but thats not how we view it end of story

Air

 

ill be there, but my car is to messed up to enter... busted door, paint peel etc. bummer

oh well

Zak

 

if you have a badass motor in it you can go for sleeper!

 

how do i enter?

 

im thnkn about goin wit my friends sunday, i doubt id win best mazda if u guys judged it but if it doesnt cost any money to enter ill enterr =]

 

Does not look good for your car show. I just talked to the football coaches and they said you got 3" of snow and its supposed to rain on Saturday. The rotary gods would have smiled on you if we had a class for Mazda's!

 

weather is lookign great, not sure what your talkign about, Tons of sun, 55 and dry for SUNDAY APRIL 9th!!!

$5 bucks to enter a car, free to view!

 

aww snow+rx7= no no

 

just checked- it's supposed to rain saturday, but sunday is good!! Mostly clear, high's in the mid 50's.

i don't want to be the only 7 there!

 

I'll go if anyone's gonna bring a 7 worth seeing.