General Event Info - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

NJSPEEDER · 01-19-2005, 11:05 PM

hey gang,
we are going to hold our anniversary meet on a very big scale to say teh least.
on august 14, 2005 we will be at island dragway in Â*great meadows, nj (www.islanddragway.com).
we are in the process of planning drag racing, car show,prizes and give aways, vendors, and many other events for our day at the track.
as of right now we are looking into a bracket racing program with 4 or 5 classes and possible a heads up class if we can come up with a fair set of rules.
for the car show we are thinking about 4 major classes(one class for each generation) with several special prizes available as well.

there is a lot to come in the next several weeks and months, so keep an eye on this forum.

i will get as much of the tentative information as we currently have in the next 2 days.

one thing that will be very important as we go forward is member feedback. this event is for you guys, tell us what you would like to see and we will do our best to get it for you.

thanks
tim

Little G · 01-19-2005, 11:33 PM

heads up N/A 3.8L class?

Tru2Chevy · 01-19-2005, 11:36 PM

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heads up N/A 3.8L class?

Think you can gather enough support to fill a class? Or do you just want a place for you and James to show off?

- Justin

Savage_Messiah · 01-20-2005, 02:31 AM

I was gonna say a v6 class... although i aint running against those two heads up...

foff667 · 01-20-2005, 10:00 AM

darn...wish i could run my v6

actually no i dont its slow and wwd

camaroracer1992 · 01-20-2005, 10:19 AM

good photographer for launching/burnout shots

maybe a generation divided class for the racing and then a final heads up of the winners of those generations for fun?

any food vendors there or eating the track food?

trophies being handed out for car show/racing?

anyone taking video to make a DVD possibly of the show and racing?

there are other suggestions but i woudlnt want it to get "ricey"

Tru2Chevy · 01-20-2005, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by camaroracer1992

good photographer for launching/burnout shots

The track photographer will be there printing shots of racers all day

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Originally Posted by camaroracer1992

any food vendors there or eating the track food?

Track food, but it is pretty good

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trophies being handed out for car show/racing?

Yes, and yes

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anyone taking video to make a DVD possibly of the show and racing?

I hadn't thought of that, but good idea.....

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there are other suggestions but i woudlnt want it to get "ricey"

There will be no bikini contest....sorry boys.

- Justin

foff667 · 01-20-2005, 10:39 AM

Im gonna bring my grill and tons of food and drink for cheap

as far as the bikini contest goes damnit i already had the contesntants written down

I'll bring my video and still camera so we can take some all day.

camaroracer1992 · 01-20-2005, 11:04 AM

when the cars run get the different generations times and take the fastest ones and have a heads up or somethign at the end to see what generation f body dominated that day

01-20-2005, 11:11 AM

if anyone has a digital video camera i have a DVD burner and compression programs to make anything fit on one DVD. maybe we could use it kinda like the T-shirts for members?

camaroracer1992 · 01-20-2005, 11:17 AM

good idea, dvds could be a cool fund raiser, do you have any programs to add music and stuff in teh background? thatd be even cooler to do. id def be in for that!

z2815 · 01-20-2005, 11:25 AM

how about a heads up class on street tires and i don't mean mt drag radials i mean
real sreet tires this way you will know who is the fastest on the streets the way we drive every day with real street tires. and a heads up for slicks. i think this would be a intresting class to see how fast a 10 sec. car is on street tires.

camaroracer1992 · 01-20-2005, 11:42 AM

another idea, if its ok with the track maybe somone would want to sell food for the club, itd def be a smaller price then the track and the proceeds could go towards the club.

will there be a flea market/swap meet there for people also? if you sold a spot you could get more money together that way.

the track will be rented out all day i take it? or will we jsut have our own lanes?

SpeakersGoBoom · 01-20-2005, 12:11 PM

Hopefully I'll be able to take something home for show. Remember that hood i was searching for a while back, and nobody had any ideas where to find it. On thirdgen.org, i found a guy who says he manufactured that hood, and he may have some left over. if it works out, great, if not, oh well...but yea. I'll work on my show.

foff667 · 01-20-2005, 12:20 PM

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how about a heads up class on street tires and i don't mean mt drag radials i mean
real sreet tires this way you will know who is the fastest on the streets the way we drive every day with real street tires. and a heads up for slicks. i think this would be a intresting class to see how fast a 10 sec. car is on street tires.

personally i wouldnt want to see a car doing 130+ in the 1/4 on street tires...that would be a receipe for disaster imo...i could see them hitting 3rd gear and going directly into a wall.

camaroracer1992 · 01-20-2005, 01:15 PM

i agree with foff, youll never see my RS on street tires, just isnt worth my life or ride in my opinion, not to say you cant spill out on slicks, but its less likely

Tru2Chevy · 01-20-2005, 01:21 PM

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another idea, if its ok with the track maybe somone would want to sell food for the club, itd def be a smaller price then the track and the proceeds could go towards the club.

I don't believe any selling of food outside of what the track provides will be permitted.

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Originally Posted by camaroracer1992

will there be a flea market/swap meet there for people also? if you sold a spot you could get more money together that way.

This hasn't been discussed yet, but I don't beleive there will be much room at the track for anything more than what we have planned so far.

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the track will be rented out all day i take it? or will we jsut have our own lanes?

Yes, we have the entire track rented from 8:30am till early evening (6PM I think).

- Justin

SpeakersGoBoom · 01-20-2005, 03:31 PM

is there going to be a charge to get in, or what?

Mike · 01-20-2005, 03:41 PM

its a bit out of my "trust my 10bolt range" so im probably just gonna hang out......

i will DEFFINATELY be filming, and if everyone that films wants to send me their footage i will edit up some stuff, im sure there will be much planning between now and then but....ill offer now

foff667 · 01-20-2005, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SpeakersGoBoom

is there going to be a charge to get in, or what?

not even slp day is free now so what do you think

foff667 · 01-20-2005, 04:04 PM

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its a bit out of my "trust my 10bolt range" so im probably just gonna hang out......

i will DEFFINATELY be filming, and if everyone that films wants to send me their footage i will edit up some stuff, im sure there will be much planning between now and then but....ill offer now

your busting on me about not having an fbody to race in the event yet you wont race because your scared to break your 10 bolt? lol, pansy, they are meant to go fast not sit around looking pretty.

01-20-2005, 04:10 PM

if you do all the editing i can burn them for who ever wants. i dont have any editing programs but i canburna full movie in about 20 mins.... 15 if i put the burn process at high... just cant do anything else lol. maybe if people want we can do a video of their own runs and launches and what not. DVD-/+ Rs are cheap so just let me know

NJSPEEDER · 01-20-2005, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by foff667

Im gonna bring my grill and tons of food and drink for cheap

as far as the bikini contest goes damnit i already had the contesntants written down

I'll bring my video and still camera so we can take some all day.

no grill please. the track has a refreshment stand if you want a burger or something. if you want to bring a cooelr or somehting that is cool. but they don't allow grills or any other type of open flames.

Untamed · 01-20-2005, 04:39 PM

Anyone planning to bring their families? Wives, girlfriends, flavor of the month, kids? I won't race, but I'd like to view the cars up for judging. My oldest daughter understands the words Trans Am now, so it's a good time to start some memories.

Anyone bringing familes, please shout out. Getting the kids and significant others together goes a long way towards participating in future events.

Mike · 01-20-2005, 04:58 PM

if i have a flavor by august she will come or she will no longer be worth my time......

ill film the whole time and do all the editing of anyone that wants to send me the footage they take......