Mark i have drove across the us many times and Denver is the half way point
if your driving in a car. Doesn't look that way on the map, but west of
Denver you have mountains and roads that are not as strait as in the east
Mike Kerr
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-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Sayer <msayer1@concentric.net>
Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: National Meet
>Fred Katz wrote:
>>
>> A lot of your reasons were the reason why Denver kept coming up in
>> discussions at Solvang last year. Everyone wants the national meet in
their
>> backyard, but there has to be something extra for the family in order to
>> bring people from 2000 miles away. Someone will complain no matter where
>> you have it, but if you have all those extra fun things that Denver has,
>> the people will come. The BADROC group is getting set for Denver 2000!
>
>The "show" that Mike was referring to is something Les and I have been
>working on for at least 2 years now. We do not want to step on any toes
>or interfere with any existing events (Roadster or otherwise) but we
>both felt that an all-Datsun meet was the best way to keep a major show
>going and alive over the long haul. We looked at the country and saw
>that for the most part the 3 biggest areas of Datsun concentration were
>SoCal, Texas, and Florida. Secondary centers were the pacific northwest
>and the west coast in general, plus the Ohio area. We realized that
>there was no place equi-distant to all these areas (Florida was the
>problem) so we looked to get as many of them as we could. Once we
>eliminated Florida and triangulated off the others, well Denver was the
>heart of the nation, so to speak. We also realized that Denver offered
>lots of other pluses such as race tracks for track events, good weather,
>lots of scenic routes for tours, and non-car stuff for the families. We
>have approached the Denver Z folks about it and have put out feelers to
>others as well. It would be great to make it happen in 2000, but we want
>to ensure that the event will have good support and attendance and will
>also be able to continue for years to come so we want to make it right
>and not rush it. One thing I saw at various Datsun shows was a lack of
>vendor support compared to the British enthusiasts shows for example.
>This lack of support and involvement stunts the shows and limits their
>growth and long term viability. I felt that to make the show a continued
>success we would need to make it more vendor friendly and so we are also
>looking at working with the major Datsun specialist vendors on this
>project. We will also be talking to Nissan about it as well. We welcome
>any and all support and suggestions.
>
>Marc Sayer
>Editor/Publisher
>Z Car & Classic Datsun Magazine
>http://zcarmag.com
>Voice 541-726-6001
>Fax 541-746-0863/726-6001
>
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