Maxus '08 ?

[DasTeknoViking]

So Hector and I got talking...... we wouldnt mind doing this again + track event.

Whos in it ;) ?

[Elmachogeracho]

sign me up

[RobSE]

im down, wouldn't mind taking my B15 out to the track, but i'm only a beginner :wall:

[kkozy1982]

i'm in for sure!

[Mr Grey]

loleroflcopter.......O'm down. You now I am bomdiggity Mike.

[Nissan 6]

drrrrrrrr ill be down like downtown

[Brian]

I'm in like Flynn

[Bluesbrekr]

Sign me up.....

[Xmax]

I'm in......I know I'll regret this but yeah.......I could see it now.......loss of friends........racking up the phone bill.......sleepless nights.........make new friends out of state........people thank me and others of how much fun they have...........screwing up my speech in front of everyone..........gaining more knowledge on the Maxima........I guess I prefer working on Maxus again.

[kkozy1982]

I'm in......I know I'll regret this but yeah.......I could see it now.......loss of friends........racking up the phone bill.......sleepless nights.........make new friends out of state........people thank me and others of how much fun they have...........screwing up my speech in front of everyone..........gaining more knowledge on the Maxima........I guess I prefer working on Maxus again.

no worries... i'll be there right next to you again mr. maxus!

[DasTeknoViking]

Friend of mine who was responsible for the track event and sponsors at the SE-R convention (he doesn't even drive a SE-R) offered us some help if we need it. He said he can help with the track if we need it.....

I would love to do this again, but w/o GoKarts. I been there before from work, so it was free- and we got to run 5 times on the track, and then a championship series. 60 bux to run for 2 sessions, no thanks. For 100 bux more I rather beat on my own car ALL DAY at a real race track.

[RobSE]

Friend of mine who was responsible for the track event and sponsors at the SE-R convention (he doesn't even drive a SE-R) offered us some help if we need it. He said he can help with the track if we need it.....


Looks like wes wants to help out, make him join these forums so we can start planning.

[DasTeknoViking]

I am talking bout Wes.... he offered the help to me before. Hes down for any kind of track event as long as he can run his lil 200SX.

[THT]

Maybe then I'll have a Maxima on the road.

[Mr.Duck]

if we get enough interest in having it chicago again, than we should start planning it again soon lol... and hopefully this wes guy can help us on the road racing thing, and we can get more people to come out next year...

only problem i see is if we have more people, i dont think busse woods will suffice, we barely had enough space for the cars we had this year.... maybe could fit another like.. 5-7 cars... but that we can figure out later... haha

[Brian]

we could use one of Busse's bigger groves, they just cost more.
I'd prefer us to have one off the main "strip"
we started planning this years about a year ago.
shame I forgot to do 2 things I suggested, 1. suntimes automotive "happenings" column (saturday paper) 2. other magazines (I.E. Nissan sport etc...)
If we can get more concrete plans earlier on we can probably get more people too.

[BLUEMAX01SE]

Definitely count me in! I'm also looking forward to attending some local meets in the future as well! Had a great time and every person I met was really cool!

[nismo3112]

Even though I don't or will ever have a Maxima again, I'm always down for a meet with you guys/gals.

[RobSE]

only problem i see is if we have more people, i dont think busse woods will suffice, we barely had enough space for the cars we had this year.... maybe could fit another like.. 5-7 cars... but that we can figure out later... haha

I believe grove #24 was the one used for SERCA and it fit alot more cars then MAXUS. We can give that one a try.

[DasTeknoViking]

Yep #24 has a nice roof over the benches/tables.

So when do we get started ? I am down for it - after someone reimburses me for my beer :)

[Kowalski]

after someone reimburses me for my beer :)

ha, you're joking, right? think of it as a donation... :nutkick:

[Xmax]

Yep #24 has a nice roof over the benches/tables.

So when do we get started ? I am down for it - after someone reimburses me for my beer :)

Lets recover first and then start planning in the next few months if the org wants it in Chicago again. Don't worry Mike we will reimburse you for the beer, as soon as I calculate the #'s.

[BLUEMAX01SE]

Xmax, just think of it as a repeat like the Bulls did and then after Maxus 08 in Chicago, we can go for the 3-peat, Maxus 09 in Chicago!

[DasTeknoViking]

So it looks like they are pushing for FL as far as '08 goes.

As much as I like FL, I don't think I will drive out there because :

Been there 3 times in the last 10 months.
Theme parks are the main attractions = $$.
I been to all the theme parks.
This time of the year, bugs are crazy down there.
Heat is kinda bad, humidity is VERY high there at this time.

I wouldn't mind driving out there as I always have flew out to FL for vacations, but I already told the woman we are not going to FL for a long time.

So who is down for a large meet again, we could get many of the people who came out to do this again I bet.....

More importantly, who is interested in spending UP TO 200 dollars to run their car around the track ?

You would get approx 4-6 runs out on the track, each 20 min long. Thats about 1 hour to 1.5 hour of track time- vs going to the go-karts for 60 bux and getting *2* 5 min runs on some slow ass lil cart. Or paying 30 bux to drag race your car.

If we could get 10 people into this, I bet we could get another 10 from the SE-R club and then another 10-15 other Nissans have get 40 cars out on the track somehow. 40x200 bux is about 4K dollars which would cover Autobahn.

[Gaan919]

i'm always game for a track day...hey blackbird, ur math doesn't add up. :P

rt

[97SMG]

Im am down for this. I have been wanting to try it. Assuming this wont be for a while cause I have a shit load of things I have to do to the car to get it near the track.

[Mr Grey]

Im am down for this. I have been wanting to try it. Assuming this wont be for a while cause I have a shit load of things I have to do to the car to get it near the track.

The talk is about Maxus for next year. If there are any road racing days it won't be because of this.



BTW, sorry Mike but I'm in the complete opposite this time. I wouldn't mind driving to FL. I have never been is probably the biggest reason for it. Either way I support who ever hosts Maxus.

[97SMG]

So it looks like they are pushing for FL as far as '08 goes.

As much as I like FL, I don't think I will drive out there because :

Been there 3 times in the last 10 months.
Theme parks are the main attractions = $$.
I been to all the theme parks.
This time of the year, bugs are crazy down there.
Heat is kinda bad, humidity is VERY high there at this time.

I wouldn't mind driving out there as I always have flew out to FL for vacations, but I already told the woman we are not going to FL for a long time.

So who is down for a large meet again, we could get many of the people who came out to do this again I bet.....

More importantly, who is interested in spending UP TO 200 dollars to run their car around the track ?

You would get approx 4-6 runs out on the track, each 20 min long. Thats about 1 hour to 1.5 hour of track time- vs going to the go-karts for 60 bux and getting *2* 5 min runs on some slow ass lil cart. Or paying 30 bux to drag race your car.

If we could get 10 people into this, I bet we could get another 10 from the SE-R club and then another 10-15 other Nissans have get 40 cars out on the track somehow. 40x200 bux is about 4K dollars which would cover Autobahn.


This is what I would be down for..........

[DasTeknoViking]

Althou FL is nice to visit and all.... but I really do not feel like driving out in my car with todays gas prices just so I can go drag racing.

I will fly out, rent a car and show up in that if anything.

[Mr Grey]

They say they have some potential down there...i don't know Mike. FL and NY area has many more Maximas than we see locally. We have fhegs from Gurnee that won't drive because it's too far to get a burger, and sit in a parking lot. People don't see the beauty of meeting others while at these events. Maybe enough people down there can get a hook up to road race, and we could potentially have only Maximas racing :gotme:

Either way Mike, I'm just goping to sit and watch the debating going on. Whatever, the final decision is I will support it.

[Brian]

No way I'd drive to florida for a meet.
can't afford to fly either, so if it isn't here or NJ I'm not going

[DasTeknoViking]

Driving is not the problem for me, I will drive anywhere.... but there has to be some kind of bomb ass meet with racing involved for my ass to even think bout driving. I only have 2 weeks of vacation starting October.... and I think the 1st week will go towards a trip to Hawaii and 2nd week will be for the SE-R convention in Vegas- because I know how these guys get down, and they RACE on tracks with turns and such.

I'm not dissrespecting anyones choice of racing here, but people who drag race their cars obviously have never tried the type of racing with turns involved.

I always played with the idea of driving to FL in my Max vs some POS rental car..... roads down there are MUCH MUCH better than here.

[Mr Grey]

I have been seeing the progress on the org as far as next year. So do we still want to do this next year? I know I will be more committed this year, who's with me?

[DasTeknoViking]

I'm down, I got more time to attend meetings now etc etc etc.

Most important thing that might make or break Maxus '08 - ROAD RACING !

[Mr Grey]

It seems we have a good contingency on that this year. Most of us are either modded enough to try it and most of our cars are mecahnically sound. I'm sure we can round close to 15 locals willing to pay $150 to run. I say after Sept 1 we start doing some fundraising of all types. Wether it be the BBQ, a Car Wash, Detailing or even some sort of Bake Sale :007: Maybe we ccan throw a house party of sorts and all the proceeds go to maxus. :thumbsup:

[97SMG]

I can contribute to the donations by selling myself. Im sure we can round around 15 local members that will be willing to pay for my services. As far as road racing I'm down with that. I havent been on the org lately, so im not sure where everything is at with Maxus, but it would be cool to have it here again. Maybe this time I can attend atleat two days instead of the one.

[Brian]

the org shmoes have 15 more days before I say we go unilateral on it.

[Mr Grey]

On the org everyone is trying to have it in their backyard. No one has laid out a plan that looks like it might work. They just keep throwing places out, and it's mostly east coast guys. they want it in NY because they have huge numbers. The DC guys want it there because it's less congested than NY and also have big numbers, but no one there is talking about road racing. The FL guys seem to be in a better position than the other 2 but their locations for events seem to be more than 2 hours drive. Either way, Xander posted an ultimatum deadline of Sept. 1. If no one steps up with a good contingent plan, then we're taking up Maxus for 08. i approve the move

[DasTeknoViking]

Lets not forget, these guys always bring up the fact that they have "tons of cars show up". Yet their events are usually small car show and a BBQ..... they never planned a 3 day event like MAXUS is. They don't take that into consideration, they think its going to be like doing a BBQ.

Which as I told Hector, only requires securing a spot in the park and post on the forum about the happening of this BBQ. MAXUS is WAY more than just that, and those who wish to make MAXUS happen- need to realize this.

[Xmax]

We still have the Maxus bank account, still full of money to be used from this years Maxus. I'd say yea if no one from the East Coast that hasn't stepped up, Then it going to have to be in Chicago again. And this time around we all know what to take care first.

[Brian]

We still have the Maxus bank account, still full of money to be used from this years Maxus. I'd say yea if no one from the East Coast that hasn't stepped up, Then it going to have to be in Chicago again. And this time around we all know what to take care first.
ROAD COURSE!!!!

[Xmax]

Anyone else want to join us to Great America?

[walec05]

ha, no more montana, and mike....u got to do what you got to do.......


yes, so maxus.....just my opinion, but if we want to get more sponsorships and what not....we have to send out letters as early as possible, and send them out everywhere.

[Xmax]

Well we have a few more days before the September 1st deadline. From the looks of it, it will be here in Chicago since the people on the East coast doesn't want to step up except saying they should have it in their neck of the woods. This time we all know what to take care first.

[kkozy1982]

Well we have a few more days before the September 1st deadline. From the looks of it, it will be here in Chicago since the people on the East coast doesn't want to step up except saying they should have it in their neck of the woods. This time we all know what to take care first.

sweeeeeeeeet.. sounds good :) i'm in :)

[DasTeknoViking]

Time to get goin with the tracks then..... the earlier we start the better off we are.

[97SMG]

Well we have a few more days before the September 1st deadline. From the looks of it, it will be here in Chicago since the people on the East coast doesn't want to step up except saying they should have it in their neck of the woods. This time we all know what to take care first.
Yeah, we have to make sure that we have the right TAP for the Keg :wall:

[DasTeknoViking]

I asked the dudes at Binny's 2x if this is the right one, I didn't want to open up the keg.... I guess I found out the hard way.

BTW from the looks of it- it will be Optimator in the keg.....

[Kowalski]

i'll show up to the opening day with $20 or $10 depending if my good half shows up... :wall:

[Mr Grey]

So are we starting to talk to Blackhawk or AutoBahn next week? Rememebr road racing is what they want. I dopn't have connections or know anyone in it. I suggest that whoever does gets the idea inside the scheduler's head about us for next year. Remember road racing is going to bring more people in.

[DasTeknoViking]

Well my dealership owner was in for a few min today, and his family owns part of Autobahn (they are throwing that Oktoberfest party there because of that). I wanted to ask him bout which course they will be running next weekend, but he was gone when I went by his office.....

I will see what I can get out of him. Also I will PM JP and Wes on SR forums to get some details, they reserved Autobahn for the SE-R convention this past June.

[Mr Grey]

That will work, how many local SE-R guys ran this past year Mike?

[DasTeknoViking]

Similar stupid discussion as on the .org
"I want it in my back yard".

http://www.sr20forum.com/2007-se-r-national-convention-chicago-il/211494-i-wanna-step-up-florida.html

I just hope that SE-R guys do their convention early in the year, Vegas is next year and it gets kinda hot their in June.... plus I wanna attend MAXUS and SE-R Convention.

[Xmax]

Well hopefully I could plan the date in late June again for next year just like we had it this past June. Hopefully we could find a date that the Autobahn will be open for us to rent out. Bascially in appoximatly 48 hours the greenlight goes for Maxus to be here in Chicago again.

[Mr Grey]

Looks like all your Maxus 08 are belong to us........

[kkozy1982]

NICE~!

so... lemme know what the plan is mr. maxus...

[Mr Grey]

I'm already planning a few things here and there. Basically anything that I can think of to raise money i will do/organize. No more last minute charity work. I may do some detailing, but not in the same conditions as last time. I'm already looking into parties at some bars. I know a few places in which we can talk to the owners and set up something to where we get some of the profits for the night. These places have a nice sized dance floor, and drinks. Maybe even talk to someone about having a hookah place meet. I'll talk to the owner and see what deal they can give us.

[Bluesbrekr]

Thanks for getting started so early, Hector.

What would really help would be getting a dealer to sponsor Maxus. I know it was tried last year, but maybe it could happen this year, seeing as you guys are starting to plan already.

[Xmax]

Thanks for getting started so early, Hector.

What would really help would be getting a dealer to sponsor Maxus. I know it was tried last year, but maybe it could happen this year, seeing as you guys are starting to plan already.

I think Mike Jez has a connection to that, but if not I'm going to try Woodfield Nissan this year since Glendale Hts Nissan didn't give me the time of day to look into our event even with the numerous proposal letters I sent to them.

[Mr Grey]

Alright, as far as I see it Xander and Mike are working on the dealerships. I think Mike has a nice connection with the track, so he was going to look into that. I can basically get people to organize and show for fundraising. I'm trying to overshoot in order to cover track, t-shirts, and food, and maybe even sight seeing, clubbing, bar hopping. As far as t-shirts go I'm not too worried because Kozue came through with that. My biggest concern at the moment is getting to raise money to cover track expenses.

[RobSE]

How about a flyer? If someone makes a flyer, we can put it into peoples windows etc so they can come out to the meet or track day, or maybe even visit this website. Just an idea.........

[Kowalski]

I'll stop by Binny's and see what kind of a deal we can get on 7/7s...

[Xmax]

Just so you guys know I still have money in the bank account from this years so that may help us as well as funding other things. I think in the next week or so I'll post up a committee meeting. Most likely it will be again the second Sunday of the month.

[DasTeknoViking]

So when are we meeting up ? Need to plan the track 1st.

I'm going to mail some friends of mine that have hookups.

[kkozy1982]

as long as it's after eight... it's all good :)

[Mr.Duck]

well from what i recall from last years maxus, we needed roughly 1500 to reserve the track... werent we going to try and collect money for that from members who wanted to use the track?

[Mr Grey]

well from what i recall from last years maxus, we needed roughly 1500 to reserve the track... werent we going to try and collect money for that from members who wanted to use the track?


$1,500 to reserve it, the total came out to like $5k with less than 20 people running. Good luck getting that from anyone. Hence the reason for more fundraising activities on my part. Any suggestions are welcome from anyone.

[Kowalski]

bake sale

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[DasTeknoViking]

Well if we where to split this with lets say the SE-R guys, I'm sure we could get minimum of 10 cars (SE-Rs) to show up that are local.

SE-R convention had about 40 cars running and they managed to make it work. We paid like 170 bux or something similar to run. So that should cover the track expense and I know for sure that some of us have car friends who would love to run their car on the track also.

I'm willing to front the down payment $$$, but I have to be able to get it back in timely fashion.

I'm waiting for an answer from my SE-R buddies with all the track details, how where, n how they got it.

[Mr Grey]

bake sale

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Special brownies!??!? :wall:

[Mr Grey]

Well if we where to split this with lets say the SE-R guys, I'm sure we could get minimum of 10 cars (SE-Rs) to show up that are local.

SE-R convention had about 40 cars running and they managed to make it work. We paid like 170 bux or something similar to run. So that should cover the track expense and I know for sure that some of us have car friends who would love to run their car on the track also.

I'm willing to front the down payment $$$, but I have to be able to get it back in timely fashion.

I'm waiting for an answer from my SE-R buddies with all the track details, how where, n how they got it.



Sweet, I hope they don't give the run around about how they don't start reserving until Jan 1 2008. :nutkick:

[Kowalski]

Special brownies!??!? :wall:

yeah, but Ty's not the one baking them...

[walec05]

^^^is his girlfriend going to bake them....she did last time :)

[THT]

Ahahah, you guys are too funny.

P.S. Her brownies ROCK!!

[DasTeknoViking]

9200 bux for Autobahn North track. Just got the word..... kinda expenssive if you ask me.

This would cost about 175 per person if we could get over 40 cars. Can we even swing that many cars ? I guess we need to post this on the .org and get a feel for it. Prepay only.

[Brian]

collect full payment that will be refunded if total is not made before day x to see who puts up and who shuts up.

[Mr Grey]

9200 bux for Autobahn North track. Just got the word..... kinda expenssive if you ask me.

This would cost about 175 per person if we could get over 40 cars. Can we even swing that many cars ? I guess we need to post this on the .org and get a feel for it. Prepay only.

I sure as hell hope we can get it. Hope they put up, and shut up if they don't. I'm already anticipating people to say it's too freaking expensive. I mean I only saw 6 guys run their mouths about the track....hope they prove me wrong.

[Xmax]

I hope so too, because handling that amount of money is risky, when only 6 people wanted to run the track. I guess at the BBQ well talk about next years Maxus, dates and such.

[funky_monkey58]

I want to see the track day happen. If it was cool I might be able to get some other car nuts lined up to help cover the costs. But they may not even be nissans.

-Sean