Southeast Banquet 2004

[james-redsv]

It makes sense to have it during a race weekend at Savannah. Everyone is already there and they wont have to make a special trip to Alanta or someother place. You will get max attendence during a race weekend as well. As soon as the dates are known it wont be hard at all to plan the thing, jezz. :-*

[TiffineyIngram]

I'm confused--some of you are saying "why so far into 2004", and then others are asking to push it back to the first Roebling event.  Two very different opinions.  And Dafan, it's not a "gate fee".

[GAMEDIC]

Did anyone ever think that maybe this year VIR is going to be the 1st race this year???  ;D

[bfkidd]

Did anyone ever think that maybe this year VIR is going to be the 1st race this year???  ;D

Please NO!!! Beginning of April is pushing it. Anything earlier and you can count on 40 degrees and raining. Just ask WERA how they did last March.

[SE#39]

We used to have the SE banquet at Race Director Tom Richardson's Carey Hilliards in Savannah. Some years it was a stand alone event and sometimes it was held during the Jan/Feb 1st race of the year.
 
These banquets were rarely well attended by the previous year's winners -- after the racers figured out that they were paying $15 to $30 to eat a $8 entree at a resturant.
 
The SE awards should be presented during the Feb Daytona event. No need for an overpriced banquet -- just hold a meeting friday pm at the tech shed.

[TiffineyIngram]

Personally, I think banquets should be a nice sit down dinner affair--not a meeting at the tech shed.  I see what you're saying, but I think working hard all year should be recognized in an equally professional setting.

[GAMEDIC]

Please NO!!! Beginning of April is pushing it. Anything earlier and you can count on 40 degrees and raining. Just ask WERA how they did last March.

Maybe it is going to be in April... and maybe we will not have suck a big break between the last race and the ROC... maybe the ROC will be at Barber (i wish) i guess we will know the answer to this all in a few weeks  ;D

[quicktoy]

Stu..VIR is where southeast banquet was held last year and VIR is also a southeast track..Last VIR race in september was supposed to be a southeast only race..Only reason Mid Atlantic was there was cause one of their races was cancelled

[GAMEDIC]

Stu..VIR is where southeast banquet was held last year and VIR is also a southeast track..Last VIR race in september was supposed to be a southeast only race..Only reason Mid Atlantic was there was cause one of their races was cancelled

Yeah but his point is the track is sooo far from the SE.... most of us are in Ga, FL, SC  for the most part

[StuartV666]

Stu..VIR is where southeast banquet was held last year and VIR is also a southeast track..

Yeah, but last year the banquet was a combined SE and MA deal. In that case, I can see having it at VIR 'cause that IS central when you're talking about SE and MA regions. But it is FAR from central when you're only talking about the SE region.

Kevin told me at Daytona that there's only going to be two rounds this season at Roebling. So maybe there is no early round there this year. I hope that doesn't mean no SE races except for Daytona until April. If there's an SE race before VIR, whether it's at Roebling, Jennings, Barber, Road Atlanta, TGPR or CMP, I'd vote for the banquet to be there over VIR.

If VIR is the first SE round (besides Daytona) then we got other problems. It's either going to be not until April :-(. Or it's going to be DANG cold! :-(

- Stu

[GAMEDIC]

Yeah, but last year the banquet was a combined SE and MA deal. In that case, I can see having it at VIR 'cause that IS central when you're talking about SE and MA regions. But it is FAR from central when you're only talking about the SE region.

Kevin told me at Daytona that there's only going to be two rounds this season at Roebling. So maybe there is no early round there this year. I hope that doesn't mean no SE races except for Daytona until April. If there's an SE race before VIR, whether it's at Roebling, Jennings, Barber, Road Atlanta, TGPR or CMP, I'd vote for the banquet to be there over VIR.

If VIR is the first SE round (besides Daytona) then we got other problems. It's either going to be not until April :-(. Or it's going to be DANG cold! :-(

- Stu

I got a feeling it is going to be the first event other than Dayton and i bet it will be in april...hint hint ;D

[TiffineyIngram]

VIR is a Southeast track--we have Southeast only races there, and our Southeast crew runs it.  It has always been and always will be mainly a Southeast track.  There is nothing wrong with VIR in April--last year I left my HONEYMOON EARLY just to make sure I could be there for y'all's banquet in early April.  It was beautiful--perfect racing weather.  It was probably about 65 degrees and sunny.  I wouldn't hesitate sending Eric out there to race in April.  (Well, I wouldn't hesitate just sending him away.)
 ;D