If anyone is going to VIR in April I just booked a hotel room at Days Inn South Boston for 41 bucks a night. Can't beat that. Just thought I would give a heads up to everyone needing to book.

Bob

 

Yes, we will have this set up for NJ and every event stop that Grand Am has.

 

yaaahhhhhh I will see you guys there definately, besides the fact that it was a dust bowl last it was a great event to go to... and only 2hrs away from me....

 

I know that the NY, NJ and CT Rotaries are coming out for NJ, The Glen, LRP, VIR at this point, if there is any local, regional or national club we have missed , please let myself or James know, so we can contact them.

We have a great opportunitty to set the standard here, while we may not be the wine and cheese crowd, obviously we have earned not only Grand-Am's respect, but Speed World Challenge ( World Vison) as well.

So please just hang with us, as we get things where we need them to be. Bob, you can grill with Brian again, as I think that WC Vision, may be throwing us a Bar B Que @ Lime Rock on that Sunday!!!

 

Hey Marlon, you can count on my group...NC Rotaries.com!

 

Ill try to get as many of the Tri-State Rotary Club out...

 

Count at least one more in for the NC Rotaries group.

 

Guys, I have created a separate post for attendees of VIR, please go to that post so we can keep track of the numbers and present them to Grand Am, so James, Eric and I can plan accordingly.

Thanks

 

link maybe?

beers

 

Laguna Seca. That's where we'll be. I hope.

 

Scott, the thread is in located under this thread in the sub forum.

Nic

 

that was more for others to make it easy.. cant be to easy!

beers

 

Link: https://www.rx8club.com/grand-am-experience-mazda-owners-137/vir-sign-up-page-165914/

 

Marlon, I pm'd one of the mods over on rx7club, about setting up a subforum over there too. Once it's done, I'll check it regularly so we can add those who sign up there to our list here.

 

i dont know who you pm'd but dr kiljoy can do it

 

Thanks zoom, I sent one Neo, but heard nothing back.

 

I started a thread on the mazda3club forum. Hopefully those guys are interested...

 

Hey Marlon,

DRKSYDE here. Any more dete's for LRP? I plan on attending this year. Super bummed that Grand AM isn't going to LRP and I have been talking to them about trying to get them back. If you need any help from me, I will gladly lend a hand. Just say the word and i will try to make things go a little smoother!

 

http://www.grand-am.com/assets/09Lim...relimsched.pdf

 

Beat me to it Eric, I was wondering what DRKSYDE was talking about. I never even thought GA was canceling the LRP race. Sorry I couldn't make it up to VIR to meet you guys.

 

I think what Drksyde was talking about was when you go to the grand-am site and you select schedule it defaults to the Rolex schedule. This schedule shows that Grand-Am is not going to LRP; however, if you go over to the KONI page it is on the schedule. Just another annoying part of the Grand-Am site.

 

Ahh, yes I see. Yeah there will be no Rolex race there this year.

 

Bob,

I hate to break the news to you, but Marlon is only one small piece of the puzzle...

So you and everyone understands, there are 5-6 people busting there *** to make the the Grand-Am Experience for Mazda Owners a success. The 3 people that should be getting all the recognition here are James Patanio, Eric Meyer, and Steve Focazio (of Grand-Am).

- Marlon's not the one putting these on.
- We all have jobs too.
- He is not organizing everything, he's organizing very little, he just has the mouth to talk about it.
- I met them last year too at Sebring, whoopdy doo.
- This is not just Marlon's corral.
- Marlon isn't getting the corral for you, Grand-Am is.

Ok, rant over
Mike

 

Mike I don't want to say you are wrong about what is going on this year. However, I can say that Marlon has put on great corral's in the past that I have attended at different tracks. I know him personally and I know that he is putting in some work on getting things done this year because of what he has done in the past. As for Grand-Am putting on the corral, while they may be doing it, a lot of the ideas for things to be done came out of a discussion between about 10 of us at MidOhio last year in a corral with some drivers and a series marketing director. Since like 99% of those things have been promised to be available this year at some point...I know Marlon is involved more than just being the mouth. And being the spokesperson for the group he is going to be the one that is going to get the questions asked directly of him. So please...no more ranting about a guy, or group of guys, watching out for us, the fan.

 

First off, I am not going to get in a pissing match with anyone, not worth my time, especially to anyone who does not have all of the facts. Secondly, the reason boh midlifer and Devilbois spoke up, as they have been to events that had nothing to do with Grand-Am or anyone else.

The whole basis of the Grand-Am experience is based on a concept that Eric, James and I presented to Steve Focazio @ Daytona. I was sought out by Eric and others, based on the events we put together @ Mid-Ohio and Lime Rock Park.

The formula that we use at these events, were adapted and expanded by the Eric, James and myself, at no time do I take any credit for any of this for myself.. At the present time, I am already working on other events, despite working 14-16 hour days on my real job, 6-7 days a week.

So those who are speaking are doing so, when the only support we had came from Mazdaspeed Motorsports and the Mazda teams. Maybe you can drive out 15-17 hours and attend our Mid-Ohio event, Lime Rock Park, Watkins Glen, Road Atlanta, Mosport and Miller Motorsports Park, Just a few of the tracks where we have had corrals, that I personally attended and put together.....enough said.