[urq] UPG 2008 Planning

Brandon Rogers brogers at terrix.com
Mon Oct 22 16:06:29 PDT 2007 

One version of a poll on the website would be to pick several places -
and rather than vote - indicate which venues you would go to - may be a
better indication of how many people would go to any one place.  You
could indicate that you could go to any of several places - rather than
vote for one.

Brandon

-----Original Message-----
From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Ingo Rautenberg
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 4:29 PM
To: Ed Kellock
Cc: urq at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [urq] UPG 2008 Planning


Well, I'm planning on a long trip -- my vacation -- for this event  
just as I did with the Pikes Peak GTGs in '97 and '98 and Monterrey  
Historics in '99.  One week max.  Besides, in my current condition I  
relish the thought of driving at least 1500 miles each way.  Last  
summer I had to drive on literally a moments notice from Detroit,  
Michigan to San Antonio, Texas in a day and a half (1,500 miles).   
Four more months or so from now and I can walk/wrench again.   
Hopefully I'll have the Urq ready by summer.  So max for me would be  
2500 miles each way :-) Yeah, I'm certifiably nuts.  And, sorry, not  
to offend anyone, but the plain states don't interest me in the least.

One thing that really makes an event like this fun is the comraderie  
not just of the event, but the fun of the caravan getting there.   
However, the fact is we WILL NOT be able to please everyone. So I  
suppose we could make two events (one on each end of the country)  
with the option to have the die-hards go to both.  Another idea would  
be to make the event coincide with an American LeMans Race. Just a  
thought.

Maybe we should have people suggest different venues, somebody put  
together a website poll for the choices and go from there?

Ingo

On Oct 22, 2007, at 4:43 PM, Ed Kellock wrote:

> I'm resending the info I posted about 6 weeks ago about distances from

> various cities in North America....
>
> I just did a little map plotting of Mid America Motorplex in Pacific 
> Junction, IA (several miles south of Omaha) and Heartland Park of 
> Topeka, KS.
>
> Ironically, these two venues are within 150 miles of each other, with 
> Heartland being situated due south of MAM.
>
> Realistically these can be considered equally & alternately as a 
> central location.
>
> I was trying to think of where all the urq's are/would be coming
> from...
>
> I know of one in TN that would likely want to attend.  I think there 
> might be a couple in TX.  I'm trying to remember if there are any in 
> Southern California, but can't seem to recall any.  Phoenix?
>
> The ones I am fairly sure of are the Bay Area, the NW and the NE, 
> including parts of Canada and extending down the eastern seaboard a 
> ways, and of course, Chicago, Michigan, MN, and last but not least, 
> CO.
>
> My goal is to identify a place that will accommodate those farthest 
> away without leaving anyone out.
>
> Personally I'm leaning toward the Mid America Motorplex, though I 
> don't know why.
>
> However, based on that, here is how far it is from various locations 
> that people may be coming from or nearly so...
>
> 1730 miles from Seattle
> 1470 miles from Quebec
> 1680 miles from San Francisco
> 1630 miles from San Diego
> 1630 miles from Miami
> 1470 miles from Phoenix
> 1250 miles from NYC
> 1150 miles from DC
> 960 miles from Atlanta
> 880 miles from Houston
> 740 miles from Detroit
> 630 miles from Colorado Springs
> 560 miles from Denver
> 475 miles from Chicago
> 380 miles from Minneapolis
>
> I'm not overly familiar with the greater Omaha or Topeka areas, but 
> Omaha is situated along the Missouri River and river valleys typically

> involve some hilly terrain which usually means some twisty roads.  So 
> that may constitute another element of interest of this venue over 
> Topeka in terms of an interesting day drive while there.
>
> Ed
>
>
> On 10/22/07, James Bufkin <jbufkin at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>> Couple of Factoids.
>>
>> We have people that are willing tol travel from the East coast AND we

>> have people that will travel from the west coast.  We have alot of 
>> people in between willing to travel.  Those of us in between have it 
>> easy.  1 day will pretty much get us to the event, only input we
>> have is
>> some minor technical feedback and pushing to shave a few hours off  
>> our
>> drive here or there.
>>
>> For the East Coasters and West Coasters, they're going to have a
>> drive
>> of a couple of days if they want to meet up in the center.  If you  
>> live
>> on the East or West Coast then you are facing a 2 day or 1.5 day trip
>> each way.   Meaning 5 days minimum for this event.
>>
>> So.. This event needs to be called and happen somewhere
>> geographically
>> between midway California and New England.  its as simple as that.
>> Everyone else and that includes me and people in Colorado and Chicago
>> are much closer so its not that big a deal.
>>
>> I think people in the deep South East like Florida might actually 
>> necessiate keeping the location more south central because otherwise 
>> they are in fact facing almost 3 days to get to Wyoming.
>>
>> In my opinion we have enough interest to go ahead with a central
>> location.
>> A quick google search reveals that many other Car clubs have their
>> national meets in locations like Kansas City, Auburn Indiana, etc.
>>
>> Im also a firm beliver in the more the merrier, so Id suggest making 
>> this an I5 Blowout.  Basically anything with 5 cylinders and 4 rings!

>> Bring it.
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>>
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