Its bit far from San Antonio... but last year someone from San Fran, CA drove to DGRR... When I asked him after the event to see if it was worth the drive, he said, 'Yes!'.

This year over 25+ are driving down from NY/NJ area... similar distance from Houston, TX.

Definitely different and in my opinion pretty cool event :)

I've traveled all over the country to different Rotary events and by far this is one of the most unique event with cars actually drive the one of the famous roads in the country.

There is no better sound and image of watching 40+ years of Rotary History going down the road through hundreds of curvy roads of Tennessee Valley.

This years event will be covered by Modified Magazine.

Lol says the guy whose car is still basically stock... Hahaha, your a driver ehh??? You Thomas haha.

And I'd love to go but I don't think I can afford the gas to go... I'd love to and it sounds like so much fun...

Lol, cool beans, now stop thread jacking :P

Dont need to have a modded car to be a driver son...

How many times you been to the track... oh right :P

lets also keep in mind whose car has a proper, drivers, transmission.... :)

Deals Gap would be fun... but umm funds are low so that is out of the question...

Oh yeah.... I will call around and see what kinda of deals we can get

Herblenny-

You should come do our event!:mdrmed:

Appreciate it man! Hey do you have my phone #?

I will agree with you on transmisson, but I should be getting a manual soon, and lets not forget Ferrari is pretty much DONE with manuals... The new Italia 458 doesnt even come with a option for manual, their gearbox can shift in .04 seconds... way faster than any human /end thread jack

And I wouldnt mind S.A. but id hate for us to change up the maps etc and not drive as much.

i agree 100% and im only raggin on you cuz i dont think ill get to for much longer. about that anyway.

and yeah. i will never EVER be able to shift as fast as a computer. and computer controlled clutchless manual is without a doubt the fastest way around a track. but there is some soul lost. for a drivers car, ill shift on my own. but soley for racing, an 'auto' is faster and will make less mistakes

Are you walking or driving?
Guess the DRAGON is out of question?

Well, some of us did that. Dallas to the DRAGON! BOTD in 08

SO whats the update, we doin' some SA or keeping it Kerrville?

As of this moment, depending on pricing and accomadations, I think the we will be sleeping and partying in SA. It wont actually detract from the driving, it will actually add more of it since SA is a bit farther from the three sisters than kerrvile is.

+1 for SA

Have yall been to Sherlocks Pub in your area? we have one here it is a great place to eat hangout and have a few beverages. I know one of the managers maybe can get us some tables reserved? just an idea for Friday evening...

yeah being a senior i kinda want to go and meet in the dfw for my senior skip day .... i know it would be worth it.... driving the rx8 is a gift itself espically on a long drive.... i will try to make it thru.... have fun

Yeah sherlocks would be a good place to meet up at in SA.....we have them up here in teh DFW area and I seem to always have a good time!

well it being a friday night... we could (depending what time the DFW crew and others get here) hit up biff's in a BIG RX-8 way.... Biff Buzzby's is a local burger joint that hosts a car meet every friday in a decent sized parking lot... and then from there we can head to Sherlocks or elsewhere

We can talk to the management at sherlocks about reserving the front row of parking for the 8's .... and/or if not Biff's we can also try out Bun N' Barrel, that is a place I haven't done in a while

Based on the previous two years experience, its probable, given the extra time to get to SA, that we would be arriving between 4-5pm. At the very least I will be taking that Friday off and driving down alone (assuming no extenuating circumstances like the wife is in labor or my work is on fire) if no one is able to do the same. I want to get there early for anything that may require my presence.

That being said, I don't favor mixing with a general car show. I'm not trying to be judgmental, but I've found that the crowds are completely different than RX8 people. Most people there tend to be ricers or gear heads (not using the term negatively, just not sure what else to call them). I much prefer the local atmosphere and 8 drivers in general. Not to say that there aren't cool people at your car shows, I've just had bad experiences local to the DFW area with that sort of thing.

gear heads???

ricer - douche bag

gear head - enjoys working on cars

Lol, I was trying to clarify that I was trying not to be judgmental. I would classify Brian ("balls") as a gear head and he's an awesome dude.

So basically what I was trying to say is that I prefer to hang out with "drivers" (yes you are included in this group WTB, even though we give you crap about it)

instead of gear heads (people that are very good at mechanical)
or ricers (people that like to do street races)

That being said either of those types could be a driver (someone who enjoys driving) at the same time, its just rare that you find an all in one person.