Been there done that for 7.5 years. My former and I built a small resort
bordering the Buffalo National River about 10 miles south of Harrison, AR on
highway 7. You want twisties? You want hills? No place and I mean no place
beats the Ozarks!
Laura Hoey
'70 SRL-14316
Issaqah, WA
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> All,
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> I'm pretty familiar with the mid-west. I've lived in Kansas, Missouri,
>Oklahoma,
> Colorado, Texas, and am now in Tennessee. If I may humbly propose a good place
> for a National Event, it would be the Ozark Mountains of north-west Arkansas,
> south-west Missouri. There is a little place called Eureka Springs nestled in
> the Ozarks (go to http://www.eurekasprings.org/ ) for further details. Here's
>a
> map showing the location , http://www.eureka-usa.com/maps/distance.html
>
> This is one of the hilliest towns I know of, and it's not far from I-44, which
> runs from coast to coast.
>
> Just a suggestion.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jay
>
> '68 1600
>
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> Subject: Re: Nat'l Meet and Roadster List
> Author: Ken Pearce <kpearce@engr.ukans.edu>
> Date: 3/24/00 10:30 AM
>
>
> > << Why wouldn't Kansas be a good site for a national meet? The SCCA Solo I
>&
> > nationals bring about a thousand competitors, including roadsters, from
>all
> > over the country each year to Topeka. The national solo site is just a
> > couple miles from the Heartland Park road course which has about five
> > different track lengths & configurations. >
>
> The local MG club has a day at the track at Heartland Park here in Kansas.
> I think it's co-sponsored by Victoria British (a large Triumph/MG parts
> house) and the Kansas City MG club. I believe they charge $40 or $50 per
> car and have a day or half-day of open track time.
>
> I vote against holding a national event in Kansas because there's just not
> much to see here. The roads have few curves, and our mountains here
> are nothing more than cumulus clouds sucking up the 80% humidity and
> blessing us with hailstones and tornadoes!
>
> > miles. Basically there are only three shows out here. We have Shasta, 250
> > miles north of S.F. Solvang, 200+ miles south of SF and Doheney All Datsun
>
> That's funny, I thought Shasta *was* the national show! I put close to
> 6000 miles on the roadster last summer making it to Shasta, then B.C.,
> then back to Kansas. I had a blast and wouldn't trade that experience for
> anything.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Ken Pearce, 68-2000
> Lawrence, KS
>
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