Official thread.

 

Ok, so what is this I hear of a Georgia Mountain meet???

 

I would not mind this at all. Get on some nice mountain roads. What time of spring are we talkin,.. march, aprilish? I'm in unless it is on the Road atlanta track day weekend Another first for me.

 

I'm already there!....and it feels like spring (73 degrees). BTW what Road Atlanta track day?

tom

 

NASA HPDE track day events on March 14-16th. Sat. and Sun. is 360.00 for the HPDE event. It will be our first event hopefully if all goes as planned..

 

why not just go to the deals gap meet?

 

Hmmm. Deals Gap would be fun, but it's not hangout material. Those of us that want to go thrash the car we can, but I'd like to see the meet done on the side (maybe on the way - day before or after)

 

its a whole weekend meet. you dont even have to hit the dragon. we have multiple dinners together and this time we have a whole resort to ourselves.

 

I am thinking in the March time frame - weather will be good. I'm with Crit. I would like to see us do a one day meet at a state park or something like that.

There is a rotary meet at Tail of Dragon scheduled for April. Here is the link.

http://www.dealsgaprotaryrally.com/

 

Because I can't get another ticket, even if it is for a 36 in a 35.

Reason I say that is because I hear the cops up there are real bad/crooked.

 

just cause you go doesnt mean youll get a ticket. ive been two years in a row and havent seen anyone get a ticket.

 

Ill ride up, but not in march, definitely going to 12 hours of Sebring.

 

How about Gorges State Park near Sapphire NC?

It is 3-4 hours from Chattanooga, Charlotte, Knoxville, and Atlanta. It is in a pretty area of NC near Highlands and Cashier.

It seems to have parking and picnic facilities.

What do you guys think about this for a March meet? If there is some support, I can check it out a little more closely.

 

Sounds good to me. I would like to go to DGRR, but not sure if I'll go this year or not. I would like to go to a park or whatever to BBQ and BS about 7s. We could also work in a short drive if you guys were down for that.

 

I know where there is a nice mountain run not run by many cars, but cops in that county cant write speeding tickets as of now... hwy 136 starting in jasper, Ga and run it out to hwy 52 n (, hit 382 s, and you cover about 5 counties all in all the run takes about 2.5-3.5 hours depending on driver and if you wanna take the really fun roads or just the fun roads.

 

I considered DGRR but eh... Why spend all that money when we could get together on our own time and someone can bring a barbecue? Beer, soda, chips, burgers, etc...

I bought my 2nd RX-7 up in Blairsville...went up through the North Georgia Mountains to get it...there are some amazing turns up there...banked, sharp, some blind...best experience I've ever had. Amazing. Purely amazing. Can I say amazing again, or do I have to buy a vowel, Alex?

 

"How about Gorges State Park near Sapphire NC?

It is 3-4 hours from Chattanooga, Charlotte, Knoxville, and Atlanta. It is in a pretty area of NC near Highlands and Cashier.

It seems to have parking and picnic facilities.

What do you guys think about this for a March meet? If there is some support, I can check it out a little more closely."

Sounds good to me Mike, we could stage the Atlanta people at my house and head up from here.

Ray

 

The ride up to Cashiers area from Atlanta is really nice. Pleanty of twisty roads. Once you get in the area the drive is beautiful. I would not recomend high speed driving. But, I am one of the older Old Guys with 12A's. Mostly two lane roads with lots of curves and scenic overlooks. I can only assume the ride into the area is as nice from TN, SC, and NC.

March is before the peak season in the mountains, so traffic should be favorable also.

Anyone else have an opinion on this as a meeting spot for March/

 

March should be fine.

Ray, meeting at your house would be a little bit out of the way. Something like meeting up at the Race Trac right off the interstate would be easier for everyone to find (Assuming they didn't come to the meet) and it cuts six miles off everyone's trip.

Big parking lot too...and a place to get drinks/snacks/food of some sort (or oil, hose repair tape, etc if needed) before we all head up.

We'd be taking 129 up through the mountains, I'm assuming. It's an amazing drive...

Hopefully everyone realizes though, the consequences of driving too fast up there? There's little margin for error...

 

Im planning on having the car done by the deals gap run but I might be able to make this one too. I keep and eye on this thread for set dates.

 

you should let some of us locals show you the really good roads!!

 

I'm down for going to a meet up and meeting some fellow rotor heads. I'm 99% done with my TII swap into my vert, and should be up and running real nice by March. So count me in!

 

I am definitely down for it. Just name a date, time and where and I am sure I could round up a crew

 

OK. It looks like the March idea works. After the holiday I'll contact the NC park people to make sure the site can accomodate us. We need some parking spots and 7's are not designe for off roading. Then we will set a date.

I really like this idea...

 

Here are the March Sat/Sun 2008 dates:

March 2 (Mothering Sunday in the UK)
March 8 (International Women's Day)
March 9 (Daylight savings time starts)
March 15
March 16 (Palm Sunday)
March 22 (Easter Saturday - Australia)
March 23 (Easter Sunday)
March 29
March 30