Mid-Ohio Grand-Am Experience June 19-21, 2009
 

We've finalized the pricing and now it is a matter of Mid-Ohio updating their website for Mazda owners to order their tickets. Once the site is up and running, I will post of the access code to allow you to order tickets.

Pricing for the entire weekend is $60, which inlcudes infield parking, paddock pass. We will also have a tent, 40 chairs and a couple of banquet tables.

We will have a tech talk with Piloti shoes, where we'll give away a couple of pairs of shoes, I am trying for 4 pairs(depends on the turnout). Piloti will also be handing out 10% discount coupons as well. We'll also be having drawings for Grand-Am swag, Mazda team swag and more.

PLEASE NOTE: YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THESE TICKETS AT THE GATE, ONLINE ONLY!!!

Everyone will receive a Grand-Am landyard and some other goodies too! We are also planning a cook-out with Freedom Autosports, with burgers dogs and beer for Mazda owners. We will have a number of the drivers and crews coming by the corral to checkout our rides, sign autographs and take pictures.

Grand-Am will also be hosting tech talks, as will Pirelli for our membership. Should be a great time, especially since we'll have a large tent, in case of wind and rain. So stay tuned, as I will have more info soon!!!

You know I'm there Marlon! I already scheduled my leave for the entire weekend. I'm thinking of showing up that Thursday. Let me know what I can do or bring.

I'm good to go Marlon. I've been talking this up with the Columbus folks, so hopefully we'll get a good turnout!

Ill be there for sure Marlon.

the indyrx8club will have a group coming as well :)

Thanks guys, we will have a lot going on, with Piloti, Grand-Am, all of the Mazda teams and lots more. If we get 70-100 cars, we'll be able to work in some really nice surprises, so lets try to get our membership out.

I already know for a fact, that the Scions will be there in full force and of course we'll have the Porsche's, Vette's, BMW's just to mention a few....Also, there will ber a lot of pre-Mid-Ohio events starting on Friday June 5, so stay tune while we finalize all of the events.

Looking forward to it Marlon.

Sounds great Marlon.
Hope to see you (and the guys) again soon!

Mike

link for ticket ordering

http://www.midohio.com/Store/Tickets...ed-by-Key-Bank

Order placed...

Im surprised they didn't ask for any coupon codes or anything. What they have seems pretty open to anybody that finds that link.

Well, we want as many Mazda's as possible

Does the $60 price include food for all 3 days or just Saturday??

You should not expect all meals to be included at this price.

At Daytona, we were fed a few times, but it was more as a courtesy (including coffee).
Sahlen's were nice enough to invite us over after the driver's meeting for a big buffet (including Ice Cream Treats), but it was not included in our Pit Road Pkg.

no, 3 free meals...we're working on a lunch w/ Freedom and Meyer

I wasn't expecting all meals to be paid!! I was merely asking to get a gauge of what was included. Give people credit before you criticize them or dumb them down.

I'm sorry you are above me and much more informed and know so much more of what to expect!!

Sounds great, Marlon.
Icing on the cake.

I take it that you were referring to me... :suspect:
You must have me (or whomever you were referring to) mistaken for a smartass.
I never "dumb anyone down". It is not my nature to do so, even in my professional capacity.
If I offended you with my comment, I am man enough to offer an apology.

It is a common discipline in maturity to expect nothing and be gracious with what you get.

I am equal to as a human.
Yet I am "above you". I am a Marine. Semper Fidelis!

hehe, Marines...')

I also apologize, if I took your comment wrong. I just signed on and thought, "Who is this guy being a smart a$$?" know sometimes text does not convey tone or inflection correctly. Again, I humblely apologize.

Thank you for all that you have sacrificed and given to our great nation! Your service is to be honored and revered.

And as a Marine, you are above me. May God Keep you and Bless you!

An honorable Semper Fi to you!

PM Sent.

Sorry guys about the off-topic post.

Mikey

Bump!
Please keep this thread alive guys!

Marlon, looks like I won't be making this. I'll give you a call soon and let you know what's up.

I'm in! See you guys there...

Cool - when are you going Brian?

I'll be there Friday & Saturday.

All three days I think. I'll keep an eye out for you. Might take my Miata up at least one of those days...not sure yet.

Is there a schedule of events for this yet?

We're working on the schedule of events now. Also, for those of you that will be there on Friday, John Doonan of Mazdaspeed Motorsports and I will be interviewed by Speed TV, as the Mazda Corral will be featured this weekend!

So, get there early as I am sure that they'll get shots of the cars that will be parked in the corral.

Cool. I'll have to clean up the ride and hope the rain stays away.

For those attending the corral tomorrow, we will have parade laps tomorrow and Sunday.

11:40 on Saturday. Will need everyone waivered and ready to go by 11:15 – will line up by 11:30

11:30 on Sunday. Will need everyone waivered and ready to go by 11:20.


I would like everybody to be at the corral by 11:45AM for the drivers meeting tomorrow. Miss it and you are out, no exceptions!!!

Sunday drivers meeting @ 11:00AM at the corral. We'll have tomorrows and Sunday's full schedul up later, as we are finalizing it now.

Just wanted to say I had a great time at Mid Ohio this weekend. It was a great father's day present to take my father and father-in-law. They loved the racing, the RX-8s on the track and off, and going on the parade lap. Everyone we met was so nice! I plan to be back in the future!

This weekend was a bunch of fun. Thanks for all of the hard work you put in Marlon. Sorry I missed out on the BBQ with Freedom but I was fighting a pretty bad headache. Im off to Punta Cana in the morning but I will post the picts when I get back. I have just under 400.

Have a great trip John, and thanks for coming out! It takes a lot of work and team Ohio has stepped up once again, to make this corral one of the best ever!!!

Yep...many thanks Marlon for pulling off a great event. The access we had to the teams was outstanding, and the parade lap was a blast. Sadly, I was pretty worn out so decided not to come up on Sunday...which I now regret. Looking forward to next year!

Brian

I also had a good time. The racing was great. I was especially impressed with the red RX-8 driver in the Rolex GT race at the end of the day Saturday. That guy was passing a couple of daytona prototypes at times. I think he only finished 2 or 3 minutes behind them overall, and at some point was passed by two Porcshes. He drove the wheels off that thing though.

The porsche team was strong, but I'm stunned as to how he didn't place. He had it all over the Pontiac teams.

I dont know. I had to leave about halfway in. But for the half I watched he was dominating the race up and down and had a good lead. I'm thinking the driver change hurt them or they made a pit folley or a tire folley.

Great that you guys had a very successful corral & drive!!

Marlon: Congrats/Kudos!!!, It's a shame that I missed the closest event to home of the year, hope to meet up again before the 24 hours next year.

Mike

Thanks, Mike, Brian, et al......I appreciate all of the kind words, but you guys should give yourself a hand, as it is you that come out an support the events, that make it what it is.

Grand-Am and Mazdaspeed Motorsports were happy as hell, with the corral. I know Sylvain has a great time at his paddock and at the corral. Like I asid a 1,000 times before, The teams are bigger fans of us, than we are of them.

We are working on Daytona and Barber as our next events, should be a lot fun if we can get a large turn out. I am really proud that we had a larger corral than Porsche, VW and Mustang.....nothing looks better than a long line of Mazda's on a road course....


See you guys at a future event

I'm a bit late, as life has gotten in the way again. Just wanted to add my thanks for a great weekend. Marlon, I know you put a lot of effort into this and I'm glad it came off well. Please pass along our thanks to Sylvain for coming out to the corral and spending all that time with us.

I'm already looking forward to next year!

Some belated pictures from MidOhio:

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Also recorded Speedsource talking to Mazda owners.

Part 1 of 3 (Mazda guy talking)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3YdUrwWOVs

Part 2 of 3 (Sylvain talking)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McXLLWUIVhk

Part 3 of 3 (Nick Ham talking)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzFTgeywbYE