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[FCA DFW] 2nd Annual 2005 Car Show...

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  1. rob lay

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    I'm trying to get a good date set for the 2nd Annual FCA DFW Car Show. How would everyone feel about doing it leading up to Exotic Car Nights #9 on March 26th? Do an afternoon show and those that want can go on to ECN. Everyone usually goes out after the day events anyway.

    Main reason I suggest this is our calendar is really full right now. There isn't a great weekend clear of other big events. By clear I mean not consecutive weeks. There is also some thought in not doing a show between November and February or June to September because of the weather.

    Italian Carfest is in the Fall, so end of March seems like a decent placement. If we go any later we're getting close to the big Houston event.

    Thanks,
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  2. jimpo1

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    Isn't this the weekend before Houston?
     
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    Nothing is set in stone on the Poker Run yet, so what about integrating a car show into the Poker Run? Any reasons this would/wouldn't work?
     
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    That makes for a long day away for those of us that are parents. Another problem is that people that want to show their cars are not always people that want to drive their cars.
     
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    Fair enough. What type of venue is the car show usually held at?
     
  6. rob lay

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    Oops. Scratch that date. I had put Houston on my calendar incorrectly for 1st weekend in May.
     
  7. rob lay

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    In that case, maybe we'll put FCA Car Show where I had Houston incorrectly placed on April 30th. 4 weeks after Houston and 4 weeks before Poker Run. Nothing inbetween.
     
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    Poker Run is scheduled for April 30.... I have it this way on my calendar, so I checked www.fcadfw.com, and confirmed it.

    I have an extra Palm Pilot lying around, if you want it Rob :D
     
  9. rob lay

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    What the hell!?! Hmm, maybe my entire calendar is a month off.

    Well, how about when I had the Poker Run on my incorrect calendar for May 29th?
     
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    June 4th might be better because of FD #6 on 5/21.
     
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    Looks like a reasonable distance from other "Major" events, and the weather shouldn't be *too* hot yet.

    Or the next weekend, that looks like a good one too.
     
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    Well, with a sample size of 1, I don't think usually applies ;) Last year (way back when Yoshi had a 328...) it was at the former Ferrari of Dallas site, in the grass area next to the showroom.

    Assuming the venue is good with that, the timing looks good. We should be out of the rainy times then too.

    That conflicts with the IRL event weekend at TMS. It's best to avoid major racing weekends with our events, IMO. All those are listed at the 2005 schedule thread

    38 FCA events this year, and we don't even know yet when CBS is broadcasting their four F1 races. Not too shabby. Add in the Maffia and FCNT events and there's 40+ Italian car events this year in the MetroMess.
     
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    Yeah, especially since Texas only gets one IRL date a year from here on out.
     

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