Texas Viper Roundup Media and event Coverage Thread

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Well we just completed our first ever Houston based Texas Viper Roundup. I wanted to start this thread so that everyone could check out the incredible machines we had in attendance!

Generations shot, Gen 1-5.

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All gens in red :)

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[plumcrazy]

nice pics and turnout

[TmanViper]

Awesome pics!

[racedoc1]

Great pics Andy. Wonderful event. Thanks for you hard work

[Herrsss]

Andy, great job organizing the adventure and the fabulous pictures as well.

This weekend dispels the myth that a Viper might melt in the rain ;)

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nice pics and turnout

Thanks for finding that great 1992 for us Plum! Was nice to see it restored and out with the rest of the herd.


Awesome pics!

Still haven't seen your new car yet. We need to get you out to an event.


Great pics Andy. Wonderful event. Thanks for you hard work

Any time, what's more fun than putting together something like this and getting to see all of your favorite cars in one place;)


Andy, great job organizing the adventure and the fabulous pictures as well.

This weekend dispels the myth that a Viper might melt in the rain ;)

I can't wait to see how this event evolves next year and what it will look like on a good weather weekend. Thanks for driving your new toy :)

[Dusty1]

Great job Andy on setting up and executing this weekend, kudos to you!!!

With the weather on Saturday we had to make a few adjustments and thank you to Tomball Dodge for hosting us. Both Ben and Bernie were busy at Sebring representing the whole Viper Nation so thanks to Jeff the Sales Manager for taking time to open the Vault and graciously show us the amazingly tempting volume of Vipers available. Man, the color options available for sale there will blow your mind. Pictures can't do many of the colors any justice, you really need to see them in person to fully appreciate the quality and variety available. Many sights to see, where else could you see both Hellcats sitting side by side as an example.

As previously mentioned, Ben Keating couldn't be there so instead he sent his state of the Viper update that not only gave great incite into the Riley Racing effort but proves these guys are serious about performance upgrades for the Gen IV and V Vipers. It introduced many new performance options both available and coming shortly that can take the Viper to a whole new performance level. Wow, its a great time to be a Viper owner.

Wanted to say a special thanks the the Aggie Sports Car Club even though we responsibly had to cancel the autocross because the course tuned into a lake and it wasn't going to be safe or prudent to try and run a solid event. These guys got up and were at the track at 5:00 in the morning to see if it would be possible to run a course around the deep puddles. Moved cones time and time again to see if anything would be possible. Its commendable for these folks to have given up a spring break sleep-in morning to try and make this happen. We will definitely give this another go next year.

Thanks to the attendees for working with us around the weather and having faith the event would be fun. We ended up having a great time! Nice meeting and getting to spend quality time with a bunch of folks from the other Texas regions. Its always great getting to put a face and see the cars of so many folks we talk with on this forum. This was a great opportunity for both old timers and some brand new owners to just hang out and get to know each other. We definitely put to bed the notion that Vipers melt in the rain, though a few of us did test the new rain setting traction controls!

After spending three hours washing two cars it made me think of all the folks that would have been doing or will be doing the same. Thanks for sacrificing the clean cars to the rain gods for several great driving opportunities.

We learned a tremendous amount about hosting this event and how to be flexible when a monkey wrench gets tossed into your carefully thought out plans. Thanks for everyone for having a little patience as we had to modify around the weather. We will be compiling a survey for the attendees to fill out so we can get your feedback to hopefully grow the event to be even better.

I hope everyone had as good a time as I did and will join us in the future.

Richard

Richard

[Late Apex]

Job well done Andy and we had a great time. Looking forward to next years event!!

[James430]

Thanks everyone for a great weekend,The group was fantastic and enjoyed everyone and everything we did.Still having dreams and waking up in a cold sweat about our trip to the "VAULT" at Tomball Dodge....A Stage 3 Viper with an automatic transmission!!....Can't get any better than that.

[slowhatch]

What a blast, I feel like a zombie at work today though...

They can keep the rain for the next one, but we made the best of it, big thanks to Andy/Richard/Beth for putting this together!

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Job well done Andy and we had a great time. Looking forward to next years event!!

Loved hearing some of the your Lake Conroe Stories :D


Thanks everyone for a great weekend,The group was fantastic and enjoyed everyone and everything we did.Still having dreams and waking up in a cold sweat about our trip to the "VAULT" at Tomball Dodge....A Stage 3 Viper with an automatic transmission!!....Can't get any better than that.

Guys like you make it fun no matter what.

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What a blast, I feel like a zombie at work today though...

They can keep the rain for the next one, but we made the best of it, big thanks to Andy/Richard/Beth for putting this together!

Was fun having you there and I'll call you later about extra pics that you might have taken.

[Dusty1]

Yeah, can feel the Zombie today, guess that is how we know we had a good time!

Richard

[DariusA]

A little late on the reply but just wanted to say we had a blast. We are new to the club and this was our first meet up. It was a real pleasure meeting everyone and you all made us feel welcome.
We are both looking forward to the next.
Thanks to everyone who put this together.