This is your reporter in the field Feras reporting from a steak n shake in richmond kentucky.

The dragon rocked, it was awesome meeting all the new people, saying hi to the old people, and getting drunk with both.

To simplify id say pretty much everyone had a good time.

Me personally in just a few words: I raced my car, I white water rafted, i got drunk, i won the poker tournament, i raced some more, i did a 12 minute night dragon run, i got drunk some more, i went horseback riding, tried to finish the liquor, and gott back on the road .

Till next year!
This is feras reporting and returning to the road north

 

You left out "I won some prizes, got drunk, drank DaveT's coffee, peeled some rubber off my tires" part.

Glad you're safe so far.

 

And, I might add, that due to the generosity of our sponsors we didn't have to spend any money on prizes. That, plus an auction at the banquet Saturday night resulted in a donation to the Red Cross for Katrina victims of over $600.......

 

So where's all the pictures??

Here's one I took today at the Buffalo Bills game... :D







Oh yeah.....visit this place too. Did you know if you cross the border at Niagara Falls going in to Canada, it's free. Coming back to the USA costs you 50 cents though....

 

Im finally back home! I had a great time this weekend. It was great meeting everyone. 06 I will definatly be there the entire time and not just 1 day (i was there 2 days but only hung with the group one of them).

 

Let me just say.....

We had an AWESOME TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was great finally putting some faces with some names. And I must say that Feras's accounts of the weekend are very accurate. I plan on posting all of my pictures and Christina will be putting together all of the footage from the week. I will also post a lot more detail tomorrow on the week, pretty tired from the LONG drive home!

But for now, I really want to say THANK YOU to everyone who came. The meet went PERFECTLY and I wouldn't change a thing!

Until tomorrow.....

 

This event went off without a hitch thanks to all of the awesome particpants and all of the sponsors. I can't think of a single thing that we would have changed. There were planned activities (Show and Shine, Dragon Run, Banquet, Cookout, Raffle drawing, etc) and many unplanned ones (DRAGON NIGHT RUN, oh the drinking, poker game (damn you Feras), drinking some more, bon fire, Smores, and this not so friendly cliff outside one of the cabins...)

I can honestly say this was one of the best vacations I have ever had!!!

Here is a summary of my experience:
Tuesday/Wednesday: Left at 2am, took the long senic tour, ran into some traffic and some road construction arrived at Fontana around 2pm on Wednesday. Unpacked the 8, which could not have held another box. Then it was on to stuffing everyone's goody bag (which included a 1:43 scale RX-8 Model car, Mazdasport Magazine, Borla material, stickers, a Borla Hat, Suntrust Koozies, DPE discount coupons, and some other things I can't remember). Everyone began arriving and everyone recieved a Goody Bag, T-Shirt and information packet. OOppsss damn that cliff out side DaveT's cabin, it was wayyyyyy too dark. (Wait for the video and you will get a good laugh)

Thursday: White Water Rafting with me, Christina, Feras, Brian (epitrichoid) and Carolyn. Only one casualty, Carolyn getting launched out of the raft. Then the first DRAGON RUN, what a way to kick off the week. Time to Drink after that and then some Poker! Damn you Feras for taking everyones money except mine HAHAHA.

Friday: 2nd Annual BOTD Car Wash thanks to Fontana Village for their awesome hospitality for setting this up for us. 1st Annual BOTD Show and Shine, went off without a hitch!! And we got a ton of awesome pics to show. Time for another Dragon Run. The banquet was great, Brian can cook up some mean burgers and hot dogs. Wait ANOTHER Dragon run, this time at Night (you will have to wait for the video on this one too!) And now more drinking!

Saturday: Some horse back riding and then the banquet! TONS of raffle prizes given out. Every participant got a prize and every 8 owner got a big prize ($50 or more). And guess what MORE DRINKING!!

All in all a PERFECT week. See below for some teaser pictures.

 

yeah i think i practically had a smile on my face the entire time i was there.

 

In case anyone is interested, here is my gas summary!!!

Gas Price Miles........Gallons......Miles Per Gallon
$3.09.......80.4.........5.487........14.65

$2.93.......195.2........10.68 .......18.27

$3.09.......196.3........10.519.......18.66

$2.99.......252.7........13.744.......18.38

$2.99.......59.8........ 6.6....... 9.060 Dragon Runs

$2.99.......98.6........10.535....... 9.359 Dragon Runs

$3.11.......238.8........12.226.......19.53

$2.81.......254.5........12.16....... 20.92

Total Spent: $246

Total Mileage Driven: 1,352 Miles

 

i actually managed an average of 22mpg on the highway...i think that reflash with the heat shield actually did something. Been chirping third as well heehee

did better than me mileage wise on the dragon runs...i was at 7.5mpg

 

I made it home about 11:30 last night. THANK YOU ORGANIZERS!!

I had a great time and it was really nice to meet everybody.

Damn, what a road that was. I have never, ever had to turn my head 180 degrees in order to follow the center line around a curve. I'm still in awe at the speeds we did through there, especially the last night run - eh Matt? What a rush!

I gave up tracking the gas, but I can tell you I burned almost an entire tank between the Skyway drive and the last night run. I think my low fuel light came on the next morning around 203 miles.

I'll definately be back next year with all of you and any potential newcomers. Now, I need to go figure out why I'm burning oil, the external kind

Thanks again to all for a memorable weekend.

 

im going to capture feras and my 12 minute night dragon run tonight and get it on my website...that was some seriously wild driving lol

 

By the way here are the winners of the Prizes:
Car Show
BEST OF SHOW: devoid (Chris)
BEST In Car Entertainment: BlueGrimRX8 (James)
BEST Exterior: ONOFIVEO (Jamal)
BEST Wild: epitrochoid (Brian)
BEST Mild/Stock: DaveT
Furthest Drive: Straight8 (Brad)

Mazda RX-8 Books:
Feras
Straight8
ONOFIVEO
Razpewton
Jwitzer
DaveT
Speedweasel
ALWAZL8

Revi Intake
epitrochoid

Puddle Light Kit
MrThunderCleese

Rear Fog Light Kit
BlueGrimRX8

DPE $50 Gift Certificate
AgentofChaos

Corksport Stainless Steel Clucth and Brake Line Kit
Silver04RX8

Borla 50% off
miata90

Meguirs Raffle Kits (2)
Can't remember


And all 27 people won one of the small raffle prizes!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:driving:

 

That was most definetly some serious driving......my 14 mins was fast enough for me. I think Feras had to clean out his car after that drive!!!

 

yeah it was some wild driving, i dug real deep to keep up with ya...too bad the damn camera shut off on us.

 

i can outdrive both of you. you'll see next year. :p

 

you'd have to be pretty insane to do so...lets just say following double yellow lines is for wimps.

 

Almost totally forgot about little Derek losing his breakfast after his father took him for a run. The evil grin on Dave's face as he told the story was priceless.

 

Funny thing is, as soon as he got back he was ready to go again!

 

True, the whole puking thing is just part of getting warmed up for the Dragon.

 

Brad, absolutely that was one kick *** ride. Being the driver versus being the passenger is a completely different experience.

Glad you and Shari made it home safe, it was nice to meet you.

 

MAN!!!! I had the best time of all. I hope in a couple years I will be going in my own RX8. I do know that I will be going again next year. No if's, and's, or but's about it. IT WAS SWEET!!!!

 

seriously any cops patrolling that area?

 

yeah on my way out back up north i saw a squad car driving through it going the other way.

 

by the way i am insane. :D