[s-cars] //SFest 2005 highlights - long

[matt ludwig]

As always,

A nice highlight to the end of august is the recap of S-Fest, this  
year is no exception. Thanks for the recap Paul and it sounds like  
everyone had a blast (as always) and it would have been rad to hear  
the roar of that A2 in action. Let alone the 15 UrQ's that decided to  
show up- that would have been great to experience. Unfortunantly, I  
could not make it to this years S-Fest again because I had to move to  
Lima, Peru. Not quite the UrS legion I had hoped for, but I have  
spotted a 1.8t A4 and MB SL55 AMG so far. Maybe I could have just  
driven the Avant here after all......... ;)

I will report with any UrS sightings I see here and might just try to  
reenact the famous one-and-only UrS TV spot climbing the Chilean road  
sans tires. Glad this year's festivities were so great and hope to be  
there for next years!

matt ludwig.
1995.5 S6 Avant (in hibernation until next years' fest...)


On Sep 2, 2005, at 10:40 AM, <pkrasusky at ups.com> <pkrasusky at ups.com>  
wrote:

>
> Morning all-
>
> Five days of post-//SFest-decompression have finally summoned a  
> synapse
> or three to provide fodder for an //SFest recap.  What is //SFest?   
> Wow
> there's a lot to tell.
>
> Near 40 UrS cars were merely the curtains that surrounded us and
> provided backdrop to great people having a greater time.  Heck I don't
> think I talked much //S-car-dom all weekend really.  //SFest  
> encompasses
> you with endless others as sictwisted as you, more twisted even.
> Solstice is provided knowing you are not alone in your insanity  
> (hey now
> my wife sees she could always have it worse!).
>
> Staffers and early arrivals departed work Fri. and descended upon Bys'
> residence again in Granby, CT.  Jeff Postupack arrived from NH with  
> road
> crew to assist with this year's multimedia and entertainment setup  
> just
> as Bob Spacesuit Rossato completed engineering tweaks to his outdoor
> shower creation.  I arrived impressed with Jim Pasqualoni from Maine,
> followed shortly after with Jim Norris in the freshly waxed //SFest  
> keg
> transporter Silverado.  Vincent Fregac pulls up with every bug from
> Montreal to CT (attempting to hide the fact he has bumper grilles this
> year).  Moments later Bill Baloney Mahoney pulls in fresh from
> Chicago...  having reconn'ed Keith topdown-Miata Maddock from Michigan
> somewhere in Ohio, and oh picking up Joe Evoless Pizzimenti  
> somewhere in
> NY en-route.
>
> The Olde Speckled Hen and Smuttynose IPA were tapped and there was  
> much
> rejoicing.
>
> //SFest has begun.
>
> We awoke to sunrise facing a textbook perfect summer's morning.  We  
> were
> ready.  Build it and you will come.  And you did.  10:00 and the
> entrance tent began passing out the //SFest 2005 logo'd tire pressure
> gauges and //SFest - Shokan logo'd steins to the first 50 to join us.
> Baloney hangs the checker flag banner for me, saying  'people will see
> it and feel racy'.  Bwhahaha.
>
> Pasqualoni ground guided my parking of each of you, by eleven the
> display was humming along (now I think you see why I park everyone).
> Little did the crowd know Jim Smith had snuck up the back entrance for
> son Aaron to race off the trailer in the Sprongl raced vintage A2.  I
> asked Aaron to run it up the back drive for you all 'as loud and quick
> as you dare on a cold motor'...  the cacophony of racuous cylinders
> ripping through //SFest was quite the aural treat for us Aaron..
> thanks!
>
> Everyone arrived in a steady stream nice and early, highlighted @ 1:30
> with the dramatic entrance of Brian Purdy's GT3 and Jeff Purdy's  
> 996tt,
> flanked appropriately by Keith's 993 C4S all the way up from Virginia.
> Then blasts in...  Brian Werstak in the titanium forged wheel'd  
> GT2.  Oh
> momma...  Festivus Maximus was reached around 2:30 and Jim and I could
> finally //Fest.  Around us by now were a Lotus Elise, 3 MB 500E's  
> (from
> VA and NJ to boot), a pair of 911SCs with a Boxster, Frank Stadmeyer's
> R32, Mike Platt & Company at their fourth //SFest... in a shiny black
> Omni GLHS, a pair 'o UrQs, Alexander Van Gerbig's awesome 20V B3, a  
> V8,
> Tom Pollock's B5, a B6, Scott Allerheiligen in an Audi of Nashua B7
> Avant, a TT with Toureg combo, a 951 and an S2 oh and my wife's ML of
> course.
>
> Festivus Maximus fersure.
>
> My client with the Ferraris was to arrive but didn't, nor Bob 'drop  
> the
> ball' D'Amato in the Cosworth Escort.  Lots of new faces this year,
> great to meet so many more of you.  Everyone fits right in and is lots
> of fun regardless of circumstance, and that is amazing.  A handful of
> 4-time //Festers there too, pretty impressive is Baloney from Chicago.
> And Keith M. and Tim Leonard now 2x from Michigan!  The Colorado Mafia
> even flew in espionage / surveillance personnel (via Monterey CA to
> elude our attention)...  Mikey Pederson, you are a gamer's gamer.   
> Kudos
> my friend, hope our efforts to brainwash you with sudz hamper any
> proprietary information pilfering from us CTers.  Very cool to 'meet'
> you finally!
>
> Anywayz...
>
> _You_guys_area_all_nutz_!!!
>
> With the raffle table overflowing with a significant depth and breadth
> of schwag for all, we began proceedings around 5:00.  The PA system  
> was
> a huge score here Posto!  We must share our ***most sincere
> appreciation*** with all of our sponsors, including SJM, Shokan,
> NEA/TJM, Wagner Audi (go Tom P.), Sports Car Workshop, Force 5, Ronal,
> Stromung, and manymanymany other generous individuals for all of their
> phenomenal donations - forgive me for who I missed.  And for  
> Pasqualoni
> / Posto's efforts in accumulating them.  Most won at least something,
> ranging from Audi playing cards to //SFest polo shirts (go Jimmy
> Norris), hats, various used replacement C4 parts, a Mance strut  
> bar, and
> a ceramic coated AAN intake manifold.
>
> Dusk nears and begins to lull all into a false sense of normalcy  
> (what's
> normal @ //SFest?)...  only to have the serenity *explode* into 75
> cylinders of bristling UrQuattro.  Fifteen of the 22 UrQ Preservation
> Group's attendees @ Gary Brown's event across CT journeyed over to  
> us in
> full caravan.  UrQ's lined centerfield, from Florida to Tennessee to
> Virginia to Colorado to Maine, including the only known '86 imported.
> Waaaay cool guys thanks for the invasion Gary.  Also accompanying were
> Uncle Bob 'let's go tuna fishing on the way there' Pastore, Serge
> 'somehow Maacoavant UrS is a UrQ' Filanovsky, and Tom Saltino from
> Georgia in his ubersexy UrS4 to UrS6 conversion.  Great seeing you  
> again
> Tommyboy, you are truly caraaaazy.  Phil Ackley's stunning  
> 20valve'd UrQ
> from VA drew quite the crowed around the engine bay.
>
> Sunset arrived and we disrupted Pasqualoni's day's worth of  
> moodmusic to
> feature the inaugural LAF Outdoor //SFest Theater (trademark pending).
> Projected upon a large screen we watched a fine selection of in-car
> Walter Rohrl footage around der Nordschlief in Porsches (go Super
> Keith), and some Steamboat WDS footage.  The bonfire was lit and then
> 'the fog' started rolling in so beyond this gets fuzzy.  I have faint
> recollection of random TEN MILLION CANDLE POWER implementation with
> Serge, um ooops.  Most of us stumbled our way into tent city by 2 a.m.
> We awoke to drizzle Sunday a.m. and nearly 20 cars still there, lotsa
> camping.
>
> Packed up, showered, a now fourth //SFest an overwhelming success.
> Success not remotely possible without Jeff Postupack... my left arm.
> Jim Pasqualoni...  my right.  Bob Rossato...  my, um, Rossato...
> everyone needs one a Rossato I tell ya.  For this we got Bob a set of
> Richard Hoffman rotor hats and an attempt to end Rossatoing parts once
> and for all.  More importantly folks...  we achieved success not
> possible without each of you making such effort to contribute to our
> madness by COMING.  Yes methinks we're getting good at this.  Scary.
>
> I'll conclude with a Baloneyquote:  "even if Bys sells the place we
> should just show up next year anyway".  Um, I'm guessing that might be
> bad.  I fear Vincent's recent suggestion will prove true that I'll  
> deny
> another //SFest for 9 more months then plan for 3 then //SFest 2006  
> here
> we come.  If it does it will likely be held in Coventry, CT.  Don't
> ask...  but...  do stay tuned for more things Coventry.
>
> //SFest.  Those who have know.
>
> -Paul what have I started K.
>
> ps.  be sure to thank JEN for letting me be me, and for bringing  
> all my
> kiddies by briefly to show off...
>
>
>
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