hey are you guys goin to meet up somewhere saturday morning???if you do please let me know i would like to cruse down with you guys......but i will be towing my car down only beacuse its not street legal........please keep me informed.thanks

 

Mantis, Look for me when you get down here into Homestead. As I am looking forward to meeting you all down for this meet.

I will be the one wearing this shirt:

 

oops sorry.. my name is Valentino or just simply "Preacher"

 

We have 36 Rotaries registered as of today for the Parade Lap.

 

does anyone have a race schedule for this event. the web site is useless.

i am going by what i got in the mail. that the gp starts at 6.30. and the silver crown cars run after??????

for those of you that have not seen the silver crown cars run you are in for a real treat.... i have seen them twice. one short tracks. cant imagine what they will do on progressive banking!!!!!!

beers

 

We?

who is we. the original poster's sign up sheet refers to the SE rotary club. he organized this. now you , of the SO FLA RX club, report there are 36 cars signed up.

total? did Alex tell you that?

sorry but I'm just trying to keep the clubs straight and make sure I thank the right person for organizing this saturday.

 

YA, no joke....I know we will have the following RX8s there...at least from our group...

Mantis
Swoope
Raymull
Damnyankee
Evil8
DeltaV
KYLiquid

 

Val ("Preacher" on RX7Club "SOFLARXCLUB" here) Has been extremely helpful in getting the RX7 guys/gals to come. He deserves as much thanks if not more than any. Due to my work schedule, he's taken the brunt of the work.

Guys, it's WE

WE are under the guise of Florida Rotary Club.

Oh, and a little birdie told me there is a very good chance that WE are going to lead the parade lap

:edit: just to add, there needs to be a big thank you also to Mantis and his guys.

...infact, to anyone who is going. THANK YOU

 

so the 36 includes rx7s and rx8s? I don't really care if we are grouped together although I don't really see it. the rx8 is way better looking than any rx7. just kidding.

my problem with preacher is his not liking our RX8 club and deciding there should be an rx club instead. so what if he spread the word. so did I . so did mantis. but you wont' see any posts from me that look like I'm trying to take credit for this. You got this ball rolling Alex.

 

Alex, I agree, this is all your deal....and it is going to be such a great event!!

We are glad that you are on both sites and are excited about the event. Your friend adds criticism to posts about our events and we dont know him. I can't help it if our members take offense. I find some of the comments a bit harsh.

So, are you ready? Can you post the times for the events and any suggestions as to when the group should arrive. We will all caravan in together so we should discuss a meet spot before the event......

 

BTW Mantis is a SHE...

 

I was at gators having lunch today and the big screens had on espn , and kept showing promos for the indy car race.

The next two days cannot pass by fast enough....

 

note to all,

going to be down in the upper 40s sat night. you might want to plan accordingly.

i might have to wear pants, and shoes.

the horror.

beers

 

^^^Dude, you don't wear pants?!?!?

 

i know,
but i am bringing shoes with me.

beers

 

I'm so sorry!


I know there is a caravan starting up north and working its way down... Not really sure. It's on the 7 site.

I will be there very early (around 7ish)

if anyone gets lost or needs directions (you should've gotten the NAV )

my number is 305-216-2854

 

alex,
you have done an exceptional job!!!!

fix the weather.... btw sports cars on the sports car track then silver crown, or vice versa???????

beers

 

i'll find out. I should be getting the minute by minute from HMS soon.

 

WE are up to 47 cars registered for the Mazda SE pack...

There will be some additional RX-7's & RX-8's that will be participating in the parade lap as well who were not able to meet the deadline. I spoke to the powers that be at HMS and they have agreed to allow other Rotary vehicle owners to be a part of the parade lap provided they drive in with my SOFLA RX CLUB on Saturday morning. If you know of others that would like to join US on Saturday and be a part of the parade lap as well then please have them meet us at Towers Shops on Saturday morning at 10:00 AM.

I will check this thread tomorrow and any PM's if you should need instructions on how to get to the tower shops. You will see other RX-8's there as well.

In the pack there is a Cosmo. RX-3, RX-7 (1st gens, 2nd gens, 3rd Gens),RX-8, Chopper Motorcycle w/ 12 A motor, Suzuki RE 500cc motorcycle.

Out here in Miami there are Four RX-8's belonging to Otrovago, VILBABY, ElvisPR, Mike's "Cobalt Blue Greddy". Alex Cisneros might have his 8 in the parade lap.

I spoke with Joe and Pete from HMS just two days ago and from what I was told we have the pole position on the parade lap right behind the pace car (F-150) driven by Alex Cisneros.

To address some of the comments that both Damnyankee and Mantis have made to this person.

First and foremost,
I love the rotary... I have nothing against the 8's. As far as my critiques on other matters... that is what it is.. this is an open forum and open to all. As long as I am not using derrogatory language to anyone person and insulting them on a personal level that its all good. You may feel that my comments are a bit harsh but if you ask anyone I am as real as the come ... keepin't it real.. Aight ? I am not a kid... I am 44 years young ... I am not trying to break up any club but I have put the word out there that I have a club in South Florida and that I have also been instrumental in branching out into Central Florida with the CENFLA RX CLUB. My mission statement is to cater to all rotaries not just the 7's because that would leave out the others like the 8's... Are you feelin' me ?

Regardless of who got the ball rolling ... I was instrumental in doing my part and getting all rotaries together.. not just here locally but out there in central florida as well. Just ask anybody how involved I really am. Since the start I have been in communication with Alex. So he knows as well as many others.

I hope this will put some of you to rest and lets just enjoy the coming together of the rotorheads this coming saturday.. after all we have a common goal .. to promote the Rotary motor.

Be well .....

Val "PREACHER"
786-286-3351 if anyone has a question feel free to call me.

 

The following are the Mapquest directions from the Orlando area to The Tower Shops in Davie, FL..

The other cars will be there at 9:45 AM on Saturday March 25th. Kevin Tremblay from Quebec, Canada will be there in Red FD.. They will be parked by the Arby's restaurant

I am not familiar with the Orlando area so I did a search and I am using as a starting point the Orlando Rowing Society but I believe that who is from Central Florida would know the surrounding area and expressways.

The Tower Shops is a prime location for Rotary get togethers... You will see some 20 or so Mazda RX's

START: Orlando Area Rowing Society: 407-876-9037
3317 Maguire Blvd, Orlando, FL 32803, US

END: Tower Shops Management: 954-473-9619
1904 S University Dr, Davie, FL 33324, US (University Dr & SR 595 Expwy)

Total Est. Time: 3 hours, 22 minutes Total Est. Distance: 219.33 miles

1:Start out going SOUTHWEST on MAGUIRE BLVD toward EXECUTIVE CENTER DR.
2:Turn RIGHT onto E COLONIAL DR / FL-50 / JOHN CHENEY HWY. Continue to follow E COLONIAL DR / FL-50.
3:Merge onto I-4 W.
4:Merge onto FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE S via EXIT 77 toward MIAMI (Portions toll). 205.4 miles
5:Merge onto I-595 W via EXIT 54.
6:Merge onto FL-84 W via EXIT 5 toward SR-817 / UNIVERSITY DR.
7:Turn LEFT onto S UNIVERSITY DR / FL-817 S.
8:Make a U-TURN at VALENCIA DR onto S UNIVERSITY DR / FL-817 N.
9:End at Tower Shops Management
1904 S University Dr, Davie, FL 33324, US

 

I RECOMMEND TO HAVE TWO WAY RADIOS.. TUNE TO CHANNEL 7 SUB 11

It is what we use out here as you might see other Rotary Cars on the road about the same time..Some may communicate possible speed traps or if some cop is hiding in the bushes somewhere. there will a few people videotaping the Caravan ride and a DVD will be produced to be distributed to all the Rotary Owners that participated.

After Towers the following directions are to the Homestead Miami Speedway

You take Turnpike South. You will pass two tolls from that point. The first will be after the SW 40th ST (Bird Road Toll Plaza) exit. The second is after the Cutler ridge Exit (SW 211th ST???)

After this toll you will take the third exit (I think it is exit #16) It will say SW 137th Ave Speedway BLVD. You will make your left at the light (south).

Continue on this road until you run into HMS. You won't miss it.

Now, depending on what time you get there. You may not be able to get to where you need to be easily. The cops are "programed" to be asses and not very helpfull. You will also run into traffic.

If you get lost. Our numbers are:

Alex Cisneros 305-216-2854.
Val "Preacher" 786-286-3351

 

This was such an awesome event. It was great to see how many Rotaries showed up and that everyone had a good time.

First, I would like to thank AlexCisneros for organizing the event and for fellow 7 owners Richard and Burt 'RotorDrifter' giving him a hand with the corral parking of the 7's & 8's.

I would have liked for the 8's to have met up with the Central FL people as well as the Broward guys so you could all be a part of the Caravan Drive down to HMS.

Kevin 'NOFEAR99' and Colin 'Integral' drove down from Boca and met up with the Broward guys 'Papsmagu', 'Sgesel', TII 10AE, Russ II, Rick V, Geo12080, DVLS-7, Leatherface24, Mazdapros, drove to Southland Mall JC Penney Parking lot not too far from HMS in Cutler Ridge to meet us PREACHER, Kandela, Maza Mazda, TwEaK, fc3s-gxl, Syncro, Arjenis, AICRotary2, Kuang, VILBABY,Tito, SlickRC, Volatil as we cruised down to HMS. Outkast, luiml73, LWNSLW, Carlos CLR Motorsports,and Jef Geis got there sometime after It started off nicely but then due to lack of communication some nine 7's didnt make the green light and we got separated from the pack. That is why I stress the importance of having two way radios and just Man keeping an eye on the pack so we can Caravan together. It was Chaos !


RobRXRay and 1300cc Tuner from CENFLA RX CLUB drove down from Orlando and met up with Lucky7305, RedRum7Klr, The Man, and AirKolors at HMS.

Also Shayne's Suzuki Rotary Motorcycle was also a highlight as many people approached it.

There were some RX-8's from FLRX8CLUB already there like KYLiquid, Jeff 'DeltaV', DamnYankee, Mantis showed up a little later, Raymull I believe was there who I wanted to say Hello to but couldnt find him. Scott from Central Florida, Kevin from Central FL and some other RX-8 owners. Sadly enough our local RX-8 owners did not show which would have been great to have them be a part of this event. All in all there were about 10-12 RX-8's and I tried my best to meet all of them. Hey Mantis.. where can I get those letters to personalize my 7 ?

All the cars were parked in their respective categories ,, that is the 1st gens, 2nd gens, 3rd gens, and RX-8's. We had a chance to get to know one another but as it always happens the groups are somewhat divided where the 8's kept with their pack and 7's with theirs. I try at least with my crew to deter that kind of attitude because after all we are all Rotaries and as such we are of the same community so please let's all try to get to know each other and be a Rotary family.

There were other cars there such as the BMW Club, EVO, and some others which most of us didnt really care about.. After all.. It's all about the Rotary.

The Chalet offered some food such as Burgers and Hot dogs with Sodas in their comfortable tents. There were others outfits there as well.
The Paddock pass allowed us to get up close and personal with the drivers and of course getting close to touch some of the cars.

Gene Simmons from KISS was there.. I got his autograph.. Guy was pretty funny... I told him that I remembered his tongue being quite long and he replied: " It still is and I still get to use as well..." I wonder what he meant by that... Hmmmm.... I grew up listening to KISS... and if you did also then you are probably about 40 years young.

The Parade Lap took place at approximately 5:36 PM with all the Rotaries in order of years starting with the 1st gens to the RX-8. It was one lap although it left me with the desire to take a second one. I believe the exciting part for me was the first part where if you didnt keep your car going fast enough it would drop down closer to inner track area. Just leaning like that on the outer bank was a great feeling. Its too bad that we werent allowed to go any faster ... really too bad. But all in all getting a chance to be on the track and showing off the Rotaries in front of the people sitting in the grandstands was great.

There were a total of 33 Rotaries and 1 Suzuki Rotary Motorcycle.

There were two RX-8's that raced yesterday one white one #70 belonging to Speedsource and #26 ? belonging to Goldin in Black/Red. The Speedsource #70 Mazda RX-8 with its 3-Rotor powerplant took 2nd Place in the GT Class... it was great to see that a Rotor was recognized amidst the Porsches and BMW's.

The Main Race was at about 6:30 PM and it ended sometime close to 10:00 PM I believe.. I cant remember too well... tired.

We headed out to Applebees ... well rather some of us and had a great time there to end the day.... I passed the word around to all Rotary owners that we would be going to Applebees in Homestead just outside of the Speedway after the event. Sadly none of the 8's showed up.

We only actually had one complaint within the rotary group. I addressed the issue and we moved on. I cant really expect that everyone is not going to behave... most of us did but at times It is just something that we cant avoid. So I ask of all of you to please try to behave so we dont **** anyone off as it was the case with one of the Rotary owners. I am not going to mention the individual who lodged the complaint and brought it to my attention because I dont want any Sibling Rivalry amongst the Rotaries. At least lets try on any future events to just get along and behave accordingly.

One last note... to end the Drama between the 8's and the 7's as I attempted to yesterday when I approached Mantis from Orlando area. I want to apologize for being harsh with my posts on the RX8 forum. I tried locating Raymull to have a word with him as well and I did mention it to Jeff 'DeltaV' ? that I was looking for him. I dont know if he got that message but I would have liked for him to have approached me.

I want to thank everyone who attended this event ,keeping the peace and making this HMS Grand Prix event as successfully exciting as it could be.

I am looking forward to our next meeting of Rotaries ....

Be ye all Blessed and Be Well,

Val 'PREACHER'
SOFLA RX CLUB - President

 

^^

 

great fun was had by all....

and a rotoy bike.

beers

 

Pics from yesterdays Grand Prix of Miami and Parade Lap..

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...=1#post1298172