John - IMO, everyone that enjoys M-B cars or even their history is missing
something if not a member of the club. Turns out that most join just for
the magazine, but there are enough people with specific interests that are
enjoyable (for the most part) to follow or participate with in events.
Event costs vary, depending on whether you are helping rent track time,
enjoying a good dinner, or just attending a "show and tell". I've seen
everything from free (admittedly rare nowadays) to several hundred dollars,
such as Starfest, where we have 3 days of track time, 2 banquets and a
reception. Here in South Jersey, we try to have a few $5 dollar events,
where we make a buck or two for the section and contribute the rest to a
charity for things like going to the Philly auto show, or a small tech event
at an indy shop.
You just should keep taking a look at the various web sites, starting with
www.mbca.org, which can lead you to special events and also section web
sites. In your case, checking in on www.gws-mbca.org would make sense.
Werner
----- Original Message -----
From: "John W. Reames III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Track Time
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Werner Fehlauer wrote:
John - keep checking on dates through the GWS-MBCA.org web site. In
addition to their well-attended autocross series, they are planning a day
at
Summit Point on 21 May, plus of course Tri-O-Rama in September time
frame.
They also share track time with the Porsche and BMW folks when they can.
Yes, even Diesels can be fun on a good road course. A few years back, I
discovered that there was indeed a rev limiter in the IP on my '90 2.5
while
running at V.I.R. - when doing the 3-4 shift on the long back straight!
Cool. How much do such events usually cost? (I should fork out the money
and join MBCA now that I am an exclusivewly klatta klatta fleet :)
-j.
