steve,
i'm planning on trying to make it although as yet i'm not too sure
exactly when and where it is! i will travel from london to chicago
and then rent or borrow a car to drive there. the problem with this
plan is that you can't rent interesting cars in the mid-west and not
many people own one either. so i may turn up late in an ageing gold
buick with a brown velour bench seat and suspension springs from a
sofa.
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Smit, Theo <Theo.Smit@dynastream.com> wrote:
> The usual requirements for SUNI venues include (not in order of
> importance):
> - Space for several hundred people and 100+ cars, including trailer
> storage
> - Nearby location that is suitable for autocross
> - Interesting scenery
> - Decently drivable from any location in the US (despite the fact that
> it's called "international", the vast majority of the attendees that
> bring cars are from the US).
> - Reasonable hotel rates
>
> As it happens, wintertime resorts generally hit several of the above
> requirements, and that puts most potential locations in the northern US.
> The other thing is that the current Tiger ownership appears to be
> concentrated towards the left and right coastlines in North America.
> Pulling SUNI too far in one direction or the other will make the drive
> pretty long for people that are in the other direction. Some people have
> done 2500 mile one-way drives from Florida to attend each of the last
> two SUNIs...
>
> I'm not complaining. Suni 3 was about a nine hour drive for us, and Suni
> 4 about thirteen IIRC... Rapid City will be about 15, two days' driving
> if all goes according to plan. See you all there, and I hope that the
> location pulls more of the east-coast people in.
>
> Theo
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of sralsten@ca.rr.com
>> Sent: December 2, 2008 2:35 PM
>> To: tigers@autox.team.net
>> Subject: [Tigers] Who's going to SUNI ?
>>
>> How are you getting there ? drive, trlr, truck ?
>> Where are you traveling from ?
>> Why is SUNI so far from anyplace ?
>> If you wanted to find a place difficult for everyone you
>> couldn't have chosen better than S Dakota.
>>
>> Steve R
>> 9473720
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