All right, get ready boys and girls, we are going to have a great time again!

The Georgia RX-8 Club will be attending the Grand Am Cup Race at Barber Motorsports Park at the end of July. Barber will be setting up a Corral for our organization. Last year our group was invited to join the Speedsource team in their paddock area for a special presentation of the #70 car. Sylvan Tremblay himself opened and introduced his lead mechanic for the #70 car. It was a great experience and one I don’t’ think any of us will ever forget. Not sure what we have in store this year but I can only hope we will be recognized again.

If you would like to participate with us, please post a message here and we will add you to the list of attendees. After we get all the details worked out, we will be able to offer discounted tickets so hold off on pre-ordering. We will let you know when the discounts are set up so you can purchase online.

Lets have a big presence this year and support our RX-8 racers.


CARAVAN AND MEETING SPOTS
This ETA at locations will adjust as people add their meeting location to the list. I will update as info is posted.

CARAVAN #1
6:00 - I-985 at Frindship Rd. South to I-85 - SilverEIGHT
6:15 - I-85 at Exit 111 (Swannee Exit) - WhiteTop
6:30 - I-85 at Jimmy Carter Blvd, waiting on Interstate just past JCB - L8APEX

CARAVAN #2
8:00 AM - I-20 at Thorton Road, Exit 44, IHOP on right (just past I-285)
- Gimlet
- Pam
- Phlash
- chrisg
- olddragger
- whenson417
- TrackAddict

BARBER Motorsports Park - Just off I-20 just East of Birmingham.

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ATTENDING - Tentative:
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#of Cars/Riders

Mazda RX-8
01. SilverEIGHT
02. TrackAddict
03. L8APEX
04. WHENSON417
05. damnyankee
06. Labop / MrsLabop
07. Gimlet / MrsGimlet
08. valpac
09. ScreaminRX8 / lil' screaminRX8
10. Legokcen
11. rxeightr / Mrsrxeightr
12. Phlash/lil' Phlash (Christian)
13. ONOFIVEO
14. swoope
15. starkey
16. lsujim
17. AC8
18. Pam
19. wankleman / Dad
20. OD / Family
21. MSTYLES / Wife
22. chrisg
23. L-Co / Mr. L-Co

Mazda RX-7:
24. jdeberhart
25. SPICcnmGT / Wife
26. Herblenny
27. (Friend of Herblenny)
28. (Friend of Herblenny)
29. (Friend of Herblenny)

Mazda Miata:
30. WhiteTop

Ford Mustang:
31. Francois/Ivan

Sequoa
32. Billy, Jim, Jason, +1

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FOOD & GOODIES
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- SilverEIGHT: ICE Cold Watermelon
- jdeberhart: Cookies
- rxeightr: Chicken Wings (ummmm yummy!)
- L8APEX: couple coolers, put some beers, cokes, and stuff
- chrisg: cooler with beer, soda, water, etc.
- Gimlet: Water, fresh fruit and munchies
- TrackAddict: Hotdogs
- MsLabop: Brownies & Vegie Hot Dogs
- whenson417: 4 layer chocolat desert
- ScreaminRX8: Bags of chips
- Phlash: Mustard, Mayo, Relish, etc....
- Valpac: four fried chickens and a Coke
- olddragger: 3 lbs of bar-b-que, plus some bread and stuff/drinks etc
- pam: corn salsa with chips (vegetarian OK & spicy) and blueberry lemon bread
- WhiteTop: Ice for the watermellon
- legokcen: Hot Dog Buns

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Practice (Friday)

Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series (Saturday):
Grand Sport - popular sports and muscle cars such as BMW M3, Ford Mustang GT, Porsche 996 and 997 and Carrera, Nissan 350Z, Cadillac CTS
Sport Touring - small to mid-size sedans and sports coupes including BMW M3 and Z3 and Z4 and 330i, Mazda RX-8, Chevy Cobalt, Acura Integra and TSX, Mini Cooper. (66 cars entered)

Rolex Sports Car Series (Sunday):
Two classes of cars competing simultaneously: Daytona Prototypes (Pontiac, Ford, BMW, Lexus, Porsche) and GT class (Porsche GT3, BMW M3, Corvette, Pontiac GTO). NASCAR driver Bobby Labonte races in a Daytona Prototype. (48 cars entered)

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Grand Am Cup
Barber Mortorsports Park
6040 Barber Motorsports Parkway
Birmingham, AL 35094

July 28-30 2006

200 mile race
2.3 mile Road Course

Televised Tape Delay
8/5/2006 2:00 PM ET



IMPORTANT - PURCHASING TICKETS

Go to: https://www.southtix.com/grandam-tickets.html to purchase tickets.
Skip down to the car club/corporate discount area and enter the password: Carclub06



It will open a new page where you can order your tickets. You must select the appropriate car club: RX8 Club - Georgia
from the drop down list at the top of the page. Order what ever tickets you want. At the bottom of the page, enter your car year and model to get a space in the corral.



Then complete the purchase by following the rest of the directions.

By buying tickets as part of the RX8 Club you save $10!
Even if you do not drive an RX8 you can get these tickets along with paddock access. You just have to park somewhere other than the RX8 corral.

Barber Motorsports Park

Grand American Road Race

 

you want some florida peeps to join you? sounds like it's worth the drive....

 

Sure! I look forward to seeing images from your .mac account.

 

oh, alright, twist my arm, I'm already signed up and I didn't even know it. Sure, I'll go.



Of course I will be there, I am going to spend the night Saturday, so that I can watch teh Daytona Prototype cars on Sunday, I hear that they are a good watch too.

 

I knew you would... that's why I went ahead and put your name in the pot!

 

im not predictable or anything....

 

We're definatly in, there's a few other 8's in pensacola and I'll see if they want to go.

Any suggestions for accomidations? Or is it planned for more of a day trip?

 

L8APEX will be staying overnight. I'm not sure where yet. If the #70 - 3 rotor runs, I assure you, I will be staying for the Sunday race as well. Otherwise, I will be making it a Saturday only event.

 

It's going to be one heck of a weekend! What time does everything start on Saturday? We'll definitely be staying over Saturday night, possibly Friday night too.

If there are others who need accomodations, let me know and I'll see if we can get a group rate somewhere.

Thanks for the invite SilverEIGHT!

 

I will have to wait to make my decisions later. Everything for me depends on what Speedsource/Mazda decide to do.

 

I am working with Barber MotorSports park on special car club rates for this event. Last year we got a small discount plus free infield parking and paddock passes. We were given reserved parking overlooking the track. It was awesome. I hope to be able to work out the same arrangement for our group this year as well. However, it will be probably about a month before the car club is set up to purchase tickets. I will update in this thread as soon as we are set up.

 

very cool, I will keep my eyes out for updates.

 

Yes, I'm in.

 

I would be interested in going! I will keep a look out for updates.

 

Guys, this has the makings of yet another great adventure!

 

I'm in!

 

I suppose......

 

rxeightr, will the wife be coming again this year?

 

add me to the list please.....

 

I'll be there again. I may need a corral parking pass though. Hopefully I can get a complimentary ticket.

 

what he said!!!!!

beers

 

Also need to know if you are driving your 8. Only RX-8s will get to park in the Corral and we need a count so we can tell BARBER the size area we will need.

EDIT - 4/3/06:
Heather at BARBER said we would be able to park other cars (sports cars) in our corral as long as they are with our club. Mustang, Miata, Panoz Roadster, Viper... all welcome if you are a friend of the club and purchase through our club registration online.

Details to come!

 

We'll be in our 8. Is there any issue with me having my daughter there? She'll probably be in a backpack carrier so no stroller.

 

i will of course be in my 8, we cant ride together, that would be to fuel concious of us. And it is very kid friendly, they have trams to move you form one side of the track to the other. TA brought his daughter last year.

 

Lots of sun, you will want to make sure you have her protected.