If you haven't heard about Mazda Rev-It Up in Boston, MA on Saturday 5/22/04 (www.mazdarevitup.com) you really should check it out. This year they are providing an autocross course and a handful of Mazda3s to flog.

This should be a fun event for everyone from the newbie to the diehard weekend racer. For $40 you get classroom instruction and a seasoned instructor riding shotgun who tells you the best way to navigate the course. And if you think you are the best of the best you can find out for sure. All of the laps are timed and the fastest drivers will be entered into a final competition at Leguna Seca where the winner will drive away with a new Mazda3. How cool is that? :D

So if this sounds like fun, sign up soon because space is limited. Mazda Rev-It Up in Boston, MA on Saturday 5/22/04

If one day is not enough you can join us for a Fun Run Around the Cape on Sunday 5/23/04. Following the RIU meet, all interested parties will be cruising out towards Cape Cod and spending the night at a hotel/campground yet to be determined. Then we will spend the Sunday cruising around the cape to our hearts' content.

The following weekend on 5/30/04 we will be meeting at Limerock Park, CT - Speed World Challenge Racing Series, Mazda Extremestreet car show. Anyone interested in entering the show will be welcomed to do so under the banner of our NewEngland Mazda community (yet to be named). This will make for excellent mazda representation at the show, another great meet, and enough mazdas (some miatas some rx7s some proteges etc) to really represent well.

Please post any questions here or PM joe (teamafx) or e-mail Chris at protegeclub@hotmail.com with suggestions/input or if you want to help organize the event or anything at all


Lets start a sign-up list....
No obligation obviously, just add your name if you are interested and plan on attending if at all possible...



Summary
May 22 – Meet at Mazda Rev It Up May 23 – Cape Cod Cruise May 30 – Mazda Extreme Street Car Show

We are trying to organize a strong Mazda presence at the event and all Mazda owners are being encouraged to sign up. If we can get enough people to attend we will ask for official Mazda sponsorship at the event and to do this we need to submit a list of people to them by Feb. 22nd. So please sign up soon and let me know that you are attending.

5/22/04 – Mazda Rev It up
Name, Date, Group
[list=1] idle0ne, tentative my10ae, 5/22 & 5/23, 7 NAVILESRX8, 5/22, 22 Oranje, 5/22, 7 Reaper Man, 5/22, 22 RotorMotorRX7, 5/22, 25 RPIRX8, 5/22, 1 Speed Racer, 5/22, 7
Spin9k, 5/22, 20
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5/23/04 – Cape Cod Fun Run
[list=1] downshift? DJFishstix idle0ne NAVILES RPIRX8 Speed Racer
[/list=1]

5/30/04 – Mazda Extreme Car Show
[list=1] my10ae Speed Racer
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Originally posted by Speed Racer
We are trying to organize a strong Mazda presence at the event and all Mazda owners are being encouraged to sign up. If we can get enough people to attend we will ask for official Mazda sponsorship at the event and to do this we need to submit a list of people to them by Feb. 22nd. So please sign up soon and let me know that you are attending.

Name, Date, Group, Fun Run
[list=1] Speed Racer, 5/22, 7, Yes
my10ae, 5/22, 7
[/list=1]

A bunch of us from the M'sters Miata Club www.mstersmiata.org will be in attendance probably both days. I will be doing the fun run and anything else they offer :)

Kevin (my10ae)

Do you get to use your own vehicle?

i will be doing my best to attend ;)

it looks affordable enough.

No, you will not be able to use your car as the event is aimed at showing off Mazda's current line up. The main driving events will use a Mazda3 but you can also test drive any of the other current Mazdas on a separate track.

Kevin,

The Cape fun run will be separate from the Rev It Up event. So don't sign up for both days of the event if you plan on doing the run. ;)

Is anyone keeping a list of the Miata folks that are signed up for the event?

We will be cruising out to South Weymouth from points all over New England too. So if you are going, and dont need to be there before 11AMish, then sign up and we will post informatino about the various meetup points as the event gets closer

I'll be there!! Signed up for the 5-22 event and starting at 2:00.

hmmm do you really have to be over 18 to go ? cause i'm not over 18 , but I'm a pretty good driver.

you have to be 18 to race at RIU, but not to come join us at our meet or for our 23rd cruise :)

some of the NEPOC members arent 18 yet so they cant race either

It definatly sounds like fun.. I would have loved to run my 7.. but oh well. I guess when you say "current Mazda models" that means i would be able to take an RX-8 out right!!?? :)

Yeah, it would be fun to compete my RX-8 against their Mazda3 but that is not going to happen on that weekend. We can always plan another meet at an autox at some other point during the summer.

So what do you say? Are you going to come to the event and show us all how quick you are around the course. ;)

Kevin,

Do you know how many people from the M'sters that have already signed up for RIU?


Chris,

I've got the same question for you about the Protege owners.

Roy:

So far I have 8 people from the M'sters headed down on 5/22. I'm going to try to make it down for both days but only competing on Sat.

Kevin

our official sign up thread only has 7 ppl in it so far (all 7 are also planning on participating in the sunday cape cod cruise) however I know we have more people that have already registered for the event on Sat that just havent hopped into our sign up thread yet (it is a long ways off) and I am expecting around 20 cars from NEPOC and wouldnt be surprised if we got a few more

The 6 community are all signing up for the event but no one seems to be interested in joining up with all the other mazda models for our meet, and I still havent heard from anyone from rx7club.com

Kevin, did you get my e-mail about all this?

Now is really the crunch time I think so that we can get as many people from as many different models onboard as possible so that in mid-feb when I submit the application for mazda sponsorship for the event (I think the due date is the 22nd right?) we can have the largest number of people we anticipate coming to get the best support possible....

-chris

just signed up for "rev it up" in comp. group 25 which is the later groups. Cant wait!! :)

Sweet! We're slowly adding members to the list. It will be cool to see everyone there.


Chris,
Do you know how many people we need to have signed up before Mazda will even consider sponsoring us?

you can check with Kevin for the details as he is the one who brought this opportunity to my attention.

As I understand it, you can have 15 cars getting together for a meet andmazda might "sponsor" it by giving the organizers money to buy food for the meet, i dont know, maybe they give us flyers and whatever to pass out at the meet.

but clearly, the more people you have at the meet, the more high profile it becomes, and the more pleased mazda will be to support it. Additionally, and this is totally a guess, I am imagining that if we can put together some numbers upwards of 50 cars at the meet, at this event that is already promoting Mazdas, Mazda would relish the opportunity to show off how enthusiastic its owners are and how much we love our cars by really embracing the meet at RIU.

Similarly, I have just found out that the following weekend, Mazda ExtremeStreet (mazda sponsored car show) will be at Limerock Park in CT on the same day as the tripoint mazda protege races in some SCCA World Speed Challenge races. I would love nothing more than to take all the energy and interest that we are generating for this RIU event and try to continue it the following weekend at Limerock.

I personally am hoping to enter my car in the show and i would love it if our new england mazda community could really represent as I feel this car show offers the same opportunity for mazda to showcase its dedicated owners as RIU does the previous weekend.....

:)

Hey all:

I am not sure there is a specific number of vehicles that need attend an event for possible sponsorship. Although I do know the event has to be somewhat organized. The M'sters have applied for sponsorship before in the past and received it for our annual Fall Foliage Run --Roy can comment on that :)

As far as sponsorship for the RIU event, since it is already put on by Mazda, I'm not sure they will put more money into it for sponsorship. The event at Lime Rock on Memorial Day .Miata's at Lime Rock (http://roadster-chat.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=000038) has been an organized event for the last 5 years. The Nutmeg Miata Club of CT has done an excellent job to make this a great event for fellow Miata enthusiasts. I have been talking to the organizer this year and he has opened it up to an all Mazda event. I suggested he try applying for sponsorship as this will turn out to be a big event with people from all over New England in attendance.

Getting back to possible sponsorship for the RUI event, we can try to see if Mazda will sponsor it. Since the event is already using Mazda dollars, I'm not sure they'd be will to put more money out on the line (then again I could be totally wrong). Chris, get a quick count of people interested and submit the form to Mazda and see what happens.

Thanks,
Kevin

PS Chris yes I did get your email but have been swamped lately, sorry for not getting back to you

Last Fall Kevin was nice enough to let me tag along with M'sters on their Fall Run through the White Mountains. There was about 70 Miatas and 2 RX-8s at the event and I felt like Gulliver in the land of the Liliputans. :p

Seriously though, the M'sters did an awesome job of organizing an all day drive through the mountains. We stopped at one of the Mountain resorts for lunch. They served a full spread and Mazda picked up the tab for 100+ people! :eek:

As far as the RIU goes, it would be nice if Mazda would at least recognize their enthusiasts by giving us a place to group all of our cars together and maybe picking up lunch for everybody.

Please read the first post, as it has been updated with new info. Thanks!

Roy:

I will be attending both days of the Rev It Up 5/22 and 5/23. I will also be attending the Miata's/Mazda's at Limerock on Memorial Day 5/31 (already bought tickets and planning to head down with some fellow club members). And the following week is the M'sters Annual Spring Run on 6/5 - 6/6. Gonna be very busy for me in May and June :)

Kevin

My friend has just signed up...same group as me. He has an 86 RX7 GXL....might have to ride along with me...his car is hurtin...

Heh. Have Fun. :) I'll be in DC that weekend... so it's open to anyone else. :)

--kC
(2003 Boston Mazda Rev-It-Up City Winner)

So the reigning champ has left the building! ;)

This will be my first autox so I doubt that I'll be taking your place.

We are looking for Mazdas to be in our enthusiast tent on the Sat and Sun that REV IT UP is in your area (you do not have to do both days...one or the other is fine). Your show car will be there from 6:30 am to 6. Any owner displaying their car for a day will get a comp pass for one day at Rev It Up. The tent can hold only 3 cars and we want one rotary (RX 7 or 8), one Miata and one Protege (or 3) or a 6 as well....so please let me know soon if you would like to display your car.

Also while you are at Rev it Up come by the enthusiasts tent . You are welcome to bring information about your local club as well.

You can meet the folks from Mazdasport Magazine and from Driving Sports Magazine....and share your story ides!


If you want to include your car as a show car please email me direct at
miatabb@aol.com

Barb:

I have spread the word to the northeast Miata Clubs regarding this also. I await your email for contact info regarding RIU.

Kevin

If my car looked a little more unique I'd definitely think about displaying my car. I think it would be fun to have your car parked in a place where it would get some recognition. :)

At one of the events there will be a pristine RX 8 in the tent next to a Miata with 208,000 miles on it (NO Kidding!). So it is not how tricked out your car is..it is because, as enthusiasts, we are a special breed. The tent is for enthusiasts and it is being sponsored by Mazda, Mazdasport Mag and Driving Sports Mag. Local clubs are invited to come and hang out there with each other and pass on club info to newbies. You will meet Sarah from Mazdasport (AKA Surf Goddess...really she is a model in another car magazine NO NOT THAT kind of model). She is a car nut, races and will help you guys get a fast pass for the ride and drive line (if you get out of bed early enough!)....Mazdasport will work with the regional rep from the Mazda advisory council and local clubs to get the word out and we are asking Mazda to allow us club corrals in the parking area (not inside because you would not be able to come and go once parked). Don't think we will get the food thing through as it is independant vendors in every location (on some tracks or bases you must use their caterers and they are gosh awful expensive)...better to gather and pack your own sodas and stuff and then convoy on out to a local watering hole. I wish I could be at all locations but you folks will love Sarah. Plus I need a host family in each city who would consider picking her up on Friday at the airport and housing her (driving her to REV IT UP). At 21 we are concerned for her safety staying at strange hotels all over so I thought friends from the local clubs would pitch in. Barb

Hey folks,

I registered back in January for the May 22 Rev It Event. I'm in competition group 7 with an 8:45 am check-in. Not really sure what this whole thing is about, but it sounds like a good time.

Cheers,
Oranje

Cool, I'll add you to the list.

Are you interested in joining us on Sunday for the cruise around the Cape?

Thanks for invite Speed. I'm not certain I can maintain a tranquil domestic existence if I use up two weekend days "eightin".

I'll let you know if things change.


Cheers,
Oranje

Yeah, I hear you there. That's why my significant other will be tagging along. She wants to make sure that I don't get myself into too much trouble. :p

Originally posted by Speed Racer
So the reigning champ has left the building! ;)

This will be my first autox so I doubt that I'll be taking your place.

Well they changed the dates for the ProSolo in DC to a different weekend. Looks like I'll be there afterall! ;)

--kC

Good, now there will be someone to show us how it is supposed to look. :p

Another reason to come to Mazda RevItUP!!

Mazda is handing out $250 certificates at the event which you can use on purchase or lease of a new/unused 2004 or 2005 Mazda. This is a cash incentive that can be used with other incentive probrams/rebates.

The offer is transferable but the ORIGINAL certificate must be presented and turned in at time of purchase.

Apparently this program was in effect for last year's event, too. The certificate was probably in the goody bag they handed out for doing the survey.

Thanks to Brown's Mazda for alerting me to this incentive program.

I'll be in group 23 on Saturday 5/22. Am going with a ZX5 SVT owner, MCS owner, and a few other friends. See you guys there.

I just purchased my RX8 today. I knew about the $250 coupons and thought about grabbing one off Ebay, but I decided I didn't want to wait.

Myself and friends have planned to be there,Saturday,5/22.

Preacher,

Do you remember what time/group you signed up for?

We haven't signed yet,hope we're not too late,am just trying to get it together,am off to Europe momentarilly,SO many details.....

hey guys, just a bump/update

It has been a whlie but this is still on!

Im starting to get info together now for finding a hotel and a schedule/route for the cruise on Sunday. I was out on the cape today gettin the lay of the land a little bit and im excited already!

I am also in the process of trying to get in touch with some event organizers from RIU to try to coordinate our big meet with their "Mazda Enthusiast" tent/display.

Further events to be posted as they warrant, and keep signing up :)

Thanks for the update. Let us know when you pick out a hotel, as I'd like to reserve a room some time soon.

K guys, I went out on the cape today, figured out some hotel/motel plans and have a pretty solid plan for the cruise itself.

I have updated the following thread with hotel information. (easiest to have one source of the info so I dont forget to update it in one place)

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48967&page=1&pp=15

Basically we are looking to stay at a couple small mom and pop motels right on the cape cod canal. We will drive down there after RevItUp and then spend the night hangin out and doin whatever it we feel like =D

You need ot make reservations asap because its coming up quick, and also there is a fishing derby in town that weekend so the very limited quantity of rooms at these places might fill up quick.

hit me up on AIM: slug420
if you have any questions/concerns/input or anything of that nature.

anyone get their rooms reserved yet?

I reserved a room at Bournedale Village. So I'll definitely be there for the Cape cruise. :)

I'll be there with the brand new 8 I just bought on the 22nd in group 12.

I'll be with a bunch of subie guys- I traded in my wrx for the car. Feel free to say hi:)

speed safely

Brian

Brian,

Welcome to the club and I'll keep an eye out for you at Rev It Up.

Are you interested in joining us on the cruise through Cape Cod on Sunday?

Though I'd love to join you guys Sunday- I can't

I work 32 hours straight on the weekend starting at 4pm- though I swapped out of the first 8 to make sure I can do the Rev-it-up

Sorry I've been so incognito guys, too much IT paratroopin :)

I'll def be there for both events. I do have to drive back up to Boston for a function on Sat night. Just as long as I know where to meet you guys on Sunday for the Cape Cruise, I'm good.

I'll make sure to have the B&B and K&N singing beautifully for the ride :)

I'll be stopping by the Mazda RIU on Saturday too. Joining up for Sunday sounds like a good idea. I don't think I'd want to spend the night in Cape Cod. There doesn't seem to be concrete plan on what to do on Sunday yet. If the plans gell well with the Sunday join-up, I'll be there.

Well, Boston is officially open for anyone to win, since I've been officially removed from the list of eligibles to win Boston. :(














Because I won New York yesterday! W00t! (But i'll still be there running, since I already paid and it's too late to cancel, so it'll just be fun time in the car.) :)

We didn't sign up,but I plan to drive down on Saturday and have a look around,mabye bring my pocketbike and scoot about a bit :)

Imp,

Congrats on winning at New York! So do you think you can win at Laguna Seca too?

Originally posted by Imp
Well, Boston is officially open for anyone to win, since I've been officially removed from the list of eligibles to win Boston. :(
















Because I won New York yesterday! W00t! (But i'll still be there running, since I already paid and it's too late to cancel, so it'll just be fun time in the car.) :) Besides- I'd only lose to Reaper man

Congrats KC!!

But then again I expected nothing less from you, but I don't think you have to fear me that much:lol:

at least the rest of us mere mortals have a chance now

Could use a few RX 78s on Sunday May 23 for the Boston REV IT UP Same for Philedelphia for June 5 or 6. You car will be on display in the Enthusiast tent and you get the race pass ($40 ticket) for free. Your car is in at 6:60 am and out at 6. Lots of folks have done it so far and its really fun to display and talk about your car. Please email me DIRECT at

miatabb@aol.com if you are interested.

EVerthing sounds good, and I can't wait. Is there going to be a meeting point on Saturday right before RIU? Are we going to go together or are we just going to meet each other at the event?

I spoke with RIU organizers and they said it would be too much of a production or whatever for them to set aside a lot of a section of the lot for us ot have our meet, so I am planning on going up and arriving around 10AM and hopefully finding an empty section of the lot where we can all line our cars up. Those who are there earlier for the event can just move their cars to our little section when they get a chance, and everyone who arrives after that can park over in our little area.

I havent posted a whole lot of detail but there ARE plans for Sunday.

I went out to the cape a few seperate days to scout the roads and the area. The plan in is pretty simple, just to cruise 28 along the southern coast of the cape stopping anywhere that looks like a good place to stop for a minute to stretch the ole legs, again for some seafood for a late lunch, and possibly again for some mini golf at a kickass place I know of on the way out. We will then continue on to Provincetown(on the tip) where we can all park together take some shots and maybe check out the town before heading back in and splitting up.

Other options are 6a along the northen coast which is less populated, no real scenic spots just a nice country drive kinda thing so some people could cruise back in together along that road.

At any rate, I will have a tenative plan put together when we go down to the motels on Sat night and all those spending the night can vote on what we want the final route to be for the day on Sunday. Its really not nearly as complicated as most cruises are because in essence there are only 3 roads on the whole Cape. 28 on the south coast, 6 in the middle and 6a on the north.

Just bring some 2-way radios if you have them and on Sunday we are going to meet in the parking lot across the street from the motels at 10AM and depart from there at 11AM (give some time for people driving in for just the cruise to show up)

If you are driving down to the motels from RIU we can all drive together to get there, but if you are planning on just meeting us there at the parking lot on sunday then let me know and I can post some directions to the lot if neccesary

lookin forward to this weekend, cant wait to check out all the rides! :)

Originally posted by slug420
I spoke with RIU organizers and they said it would be too much of a production or whatever for them to set aside a lot of a section of the lot for us ot have our meet, so I am planning on going up and arriving around 10AM and hopefully finding an empty section of the lot where we can all line our cars up. Those who are there earlier for the event can just move their cars to our little section when they get a chance, and everyone who arrives after that can park over in our little area.

There is room just outside of the main parking area that you guys should be able, after you comptete, to get together and get a group picture.

MRIU isn't in charge of the facility... so you can't hold parking against them. :)

And if I read this right... I should find the most RX-8's and park my Tahoe or Jeep in the middle of them all? :D

haha, peeerfect :)

I updated the first post in this thread:
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48967


It has the address of the Bournedale Inn which can be used for directoins to the parking lot we will be meeting in for the cruise. Any other question about Sat or Sun should be answered in there, just hit me up on AIM if they are not.

Hope the weather hold out :)

I cant wait to meet you guys and especially to cruise with some 8s.........what a hott lineup of cars that will be

well, the best position I held was 12th in Pro

would've place on the overall leader board for my last run if it wasn't for the cone.....


how did everyone else do?

Well, for my complete first time ever on a track in my life, ran a 39.6 first run and a 36.2 second run. I took some pics check out http://www.justindotcom.com/Mazda%20RevItUp%202004%20%20Boston%20MA/Forms/AllItems.aspx . This was the most fun I've had in a long time. I'm hooked on autox now, anybody have any suggestions of where to go for classes in the northeast?

My 1st run was 31.7 and my second run was 31.34....

Noel,

You goin on the run tomorrow?

yep, where are we meeting at?

Originally posted by RPIRX-8
I'm hooked on autox now, anybody have any suggestions of where to go for classes in the northeast?

New England Region SCCA. :) http://www.ner.org and select "Solo-II"

They primarily run at Ft Devens in Ayer, MA.

Glad you guys had fun today... and to use Slvrblt erm... ReaperMans excuse... but with a twist... I would have been the learder if it weren't for the cone. ;) (Not that it would have mattered). :)

--kC
(I'll be up there again tomorrow... my wife is going to do it.)

My best run: 29.8

It was damn cold out there, but we had a good time. My runs felt sloppy and I think I could've shaved off a sec with some practice... I hope to do some autocross this Summer.

We are meeting at the parking lot across the street from the hotel where everyone is staying. I'm gonna look up directions in the morning. PM or email me if you want to meet up in the morning and head down together. I will be leaving around 8:30.

30.572 and 29.189 -- Novice Class! I'd never done that before and man did I want a third try! That was a blast -- I never get to drive anything like I STOLE it and I sure as hell wouldn't drive anything I own that hard!

Tinkerer

Burrrr. Freaking NE weather suks. I think my hands were frozen stiiff before I drove both times. They needed a heated tent somewhere. I wasn't very happy with my 31.948 best time, but fun anyway.

Those 3s felt alot more like my 8 in autox than the 6s did last year. Pretty impressive little cars. Wonder what the 'few mods' they did to them besides the tires?

Anyone notice the Black RX-8 along with the Ferrari and others at the front entrance advertising their driving school?

I'm pretty sure they said Borla exhausts and 'tuned suspensions'. At least I think I remember hearing that.

I thought those cars pushed something awful. The instructors at one practice session talked about oversteer. I don't think you could break the rear ends loose on those cars if you tried, which is why you didn't see any novices spinning out.

It was a blast watching people mowing down cones in the first turn/slolem and the second turn dive while waiting on practice course lines.

The one answer we never got is what the $@#% do they do with these cars when the year is up? Sell them as 'totally abused?'

Tinkerer

Originally posted by Tinkerer
The one answer we never got is what the $@#% do they do with these cars when the year is up? Sell them as 'totally abused?'

One would hope they euthanize them, dissect them and use the results to improve the breed. Heaven forbid anyone actually gets to own of those poor critters!! :o

Originally posted by Spin9k
One would hope they euthanize them, dissect them and use the results to improve the breed. Heaven forbid anyone actually gets to own of those poor critters!! :o

That's exactly what they do. They tear them down, look at the various parts for abuse... erm... wear and tear. :)

There was one guy yesterday when I was watching who did a Neutral Drop. My jaw dropped... and the Operating steward saw it too and afterward went over to the guy to have a quick little nice chat with the gentleman.

They need these cars for 4 more cities... stuff like that and they WILL break, as wouold almost any other car.

We saw one guy come out of the 1st turn slolems and upshift into PARK! That ratcheting noise is unmistakable! He came to a complete stop by turn two and then finally figured out what happened. Damn!

The instructors were talking about people hitting the rev limiters on the practice courses and that they'd take a practice punch away from you for doing it. I thought it was pretty funny figuring about 90% of the people in line were out there looking for a rev limiter to make sure they didn't hit it! :^)

Tinkerer

Hey all,

A good time at RUI Boston yesterday!

Attached are a few pics of the day.

Enjoy,
Oranje

The entire product line of Sunlight Silver's on display

Competitors eagerly await a run by benchmark pro driver Hart

Mr. Smooth (Hart) gets the green flag.

White knuckled drivers anxiously near the start line

My time on the leader board !

Ooohhhh....

Another Photoshop Master!

You WISH you had a 906 -- very poor try though actually. It's funny, in all my leaderboard shots the board is blue on BOTH the left and right sides.

You must have taken this shot earlier in the day though, because I held the number 5 position by early afternoon...

Tink ... you have to settle down dude. Of course it's PS.

And ummm ... good job on that "number 5 position by early afternoon" rank. ;)

Oranje

You got me for a second, that's all! :)

Originally posted by Deslock
My best run: 29.8

It was damn cold out there, but we had a good time. My runs felt sloppy and I think I could've shaved off a sec with some practice... I hope to do some autocross this Summer.

I checked- I rank about 64 of the 200+ pros- not too shabby- it's too bad I hit the cone for the last run- would have been close to the top 30

Originally posted by Reaper Man
I checked- I rank about 64 of the 200+ pros- not too shabby- it's too bad I hit the cone for the last run- would have been close to the top 30

Hey, that's my excuse! :D I don't mind where I finished in Boston... gives Hazard a clean win.

:)

Hey guys. I live right outside Boston in West Roxbury, and I'm trying to buy an RX-8. I've gone down to Mazda Gallery in Norwood and found some really good deals. DO you guys know any other good places to buy. Or do you know where I can get some work done to upgrade and supe it up once I buy it?

you are 3 years late for this thread.... and you're in the wrong spot. just do a search you'll find a ton of info

ya i figured that out about 12 seconds after I posted

try reading next time :)