Speed Racer

If you haven't heard about Mazda Rev-It Up in Boston, MA on Saturday 5/22/04 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

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.

5/22/04 – Mazda Rev It up
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my10ae

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)

NAVILESRX8

iTrader: (1)

Do you get to use your own vehicle?

idle0ne

i will be doing my best to attend

it looks affordable enough.

Speed Racer

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.

Speed Racer

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?

slug420

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

NAVILESRX8

iTrader: (1)

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

titaniumgrey

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

slug420

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

RotorMotorRX7

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!!??

Speed Racer

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.

Speed Racer

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.

my10ae

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

slug420

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

RotorMotorRX7

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

Speed Racer

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?

slug420

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.....

my10ae

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 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

Speed Racer

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!

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.

Speed Racer

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

my10ae

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

NAVILESRX8

iTrader: (1)

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...

Imp

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)