Attendance ...

[Erv]

vwv? what do they meet for? to sell wheels?

[Cholewa]

sell wheels, discuss the newest projector foglamps, nav units, argue over which coilover goes lowest, where to get the frame notched so you can spin your coils all the way down for daily driving. etc.

but mostly to take pictures and post them on the interwebs

[Erv]

you forgot how to stretch a 105 on a 12 in rim

[TouringBubble]

You can't put a 105 on a 12" rim ... lol. You need at least a 155 ...

[Erv]

that doesnt mean they arent gonna try

[Cholewa]

Now a days, with the MKV's, its all about stretching a 205/215 on a 8-10 inch wheel... typically 19 inch diameter ones at that. And then when someone comes in and says they drive with 225s on heir 7.5 wide rims, they scoff.

[TouringBubble]

Who in our group has the smug sense of superiority needed to fit in with the VW guys? lol ... just kidding ... maybe.

We should be anywhere and everywhere! I love VWs, but I'm not sure how those guys like Evos ...

[Erv]

i think you could fit a 135 on the evo and they'd be all like hells to the yayar

[TouringBubble]

lol ... they are only 8" wheels though.

We need to make Cholewa our VW representative ... and maybe Kathy or Brian w/ the Boxter. You guys could connect with them. Sean could too. I could not roll up in the Evo and be worth anything even though I've owned 3 VWs ...

[mpcavana]

FWIW, and not much, be careful what you wish for. You might get it.

You have 50-70 cars show up and everyone can get 5-6 runs in on a pretty long course at BRC. Now bump that to the 100 -120 on a long course and get 4-5 or do you shorten it to keep the same number of runs? Last weekend Meredith and I discussed this. Atlanta gets 160-200 entries, runs the event like clockwork and is pleased to get 4 runs in.

[Erv]

we will never pull the numbers they do at atlanta, when we had 100 people events, we still got 6 runs.

I like getting 6 runs, but my tires sure don't, one of the reasons I have considered adopting the csp 3ndone rule.

[chuck schultz]

The true key to how many runs you can fit in in a day is how far apart the cars start. The sweet spot is when you get 'em as close as you can without causing a bunch of reruns due to inadequate time to reset cones or recover from a little spin.

Another thing that's sometimes overlooked is that, if you have enough folks to be able to run in three groups, you don't have to shut everything down for lunch. That saves an hour, minus a few minutes to change over an extra time.

[kilgojr]

as long as there is a bit of heads up notice on a get together or an event that we are trying to promote I will always be there to help out and bring a cheap ole BMW to show off. I'm up for cook outs and get togethers other than once a month sundays and the occasional track time. The BMW club has car corrals at the majority of races at Barber and has fun runs every month that not only are great fun to drive, but also go places that will bring out significant others and friends.

[jimkana]

In 2006, We got a group of about 15 folks and 6 cars to go to the "Wings and Wheels" show at the Shelby County airport. We had a fantastic response from nearly every one. We had a video running of Rallycross, autocross and road racing; autocross cars, rallycross cars, David Leonard's fire-breathing Z06, and the truck and trailer parked behind it all. I have to say, it was an impressive setup in retrospect.

We had thousands of people all day long looking at the cars and asking about what we do. We allowed the kids to sit in Speedsouth's track car (the yellow miata) and Alan Branch's Rotary Miata. Talk about excitement! The only people who didn't like it were all of the people with their "showpiece" cars who suddenly had to contend with a whole raft of kids wanting to sit in their cars!

The airshow organizer thought our deal was great and wanted us to come back. Unfortunately, that was the year that the plane crashed, which pretty much ended that show.

All that is to say that we can put on a pretty impressive show with very little effort, but it takes a group to give up a Saturday and/or Sunday for it. Given our time constraints, it is asking a lot of our member's families to give up even more time with their Dads or Moms. You single folks could probably take the lead on doing some of these shows, though.

What you guys are talking about is a lot more low-key than the airshow and will probably net more contact with direct participants, but I think it is a great idea to advertise at shows.

I think it would be great to have a presentation at the World of Wheels, especially if we could get a couple of the road racers to bring out their toys. I am thinking of a certain rotary-powered IMSA racecar that one of our members has (or had - I don't know anymore). If you do World of Wheels, you need to knock their socks off and that IMSA car would do it. Open wheel cars too. Maybe we could get the Huntsville guys to participate as well. I know there are a couple of DSRs up there.

[mpcavana]

we will never pull the numbers they do at atlanta, when we had 100 people events, we still got 6 runs.

I like getting 6 runs, but my tires sure don't, one of the reasons I have considered adopting the csp 3ndone rule.

No, look at the previous years results. 5 or less when attendance approaches 100. Been there, done that.