Potential events for 2014

[dbow119]

Hey everyone, my name is Derek Bowman and I'm a new member (Updated membership number: 251). I accomplished my dream of owning a Viper when I bought one in March at the age of 23. I may have even met some of you at the Spring Invitational in Saratoga Springs (I had the red 2003 for those of you who came). One of the reasons why I didn't join the VCA was because there weren't many events held in "upstate" NY (i.e. Albany/Saratoga area). I know one person (including this website when I entered my zip code) suggested joining the New England club, but considering I live in NY and this is the NY/CT club, I thought I should support this one.

As a "noob" I'm by no means trying to rewrite the boundaries for those members who belonged to the VCA, but since this is a new club and it is for New York/Connecticut, I think it would be really cool and extremely beneficial to the Viper owners who live in the upstate area and help spread awareness of this club if we could hold more events in the Capital Region and Adirondacks (increase memberships or at least get some dormant Vipers out of the den (garage). For example: There is the Spring Invitational in Saratoga that I mentioned earlier that I believe Chuck Tator was/is active in getting people to attend (andI know there were a lot of excited/grateful visitors since seeing a Viper is pretty rare), but there are also a lot of other events up this way that we could attend (See www.capitalcarshows.com).

I know for some of you driving hours to come to Albany or to a location up this way on a bi-weekly (or however often) basis wouldn't be realistic just like it wouldn't be realistic for me to drive hours every couple of weeks to attend every event in Westchester County or Long Island or Hartford, etc. but I do think we should create more opportunity for those members who do live up this way to get their money's worth and see other fellow Viper owners. I'd be more than happy to be a "representative" for the upstate NY (Capital Region) area and help this club to the best of my ability.

Here are some suggestions for locations/events:

New York
Albany, NY-There are tons of car shows in Albany and surrounding area that we could choose from.
Ballston Spa, NY-Has a huge car show called "The Way We Were" where they close down part of the village for thousands of cars and many clubs (Corvette, Mustang, etc.) attend.
The Hamptons, NY-I have never been there, but if it is good enough for Wall Street Playboys to party in, I'm willing to take a ride to see what all the fuss is about.
Johnstown, NY-Vintage Cafe Car Show. They basically shut down Main ST in Johnstown for hundreds, if not thousands of cars that attend.
Lake George, NY-Has the Adirondack Nationals held in Lake George (we wouldn't be able to enter that specific show since I believe you need to have a 30 year old car or older to enter into that, but I heard new for 2014 they will hold a car show at the Wild West Ranch for 1980 or newer cars and a controlled burnout contest at the same time!
NYC-So maybe Manhattan traffic will be a pain in the you know what in a high performance car that only comes in a 6 speed, but if we go when they have one of their huge exotic car shows that I see in the Super Speeders Youtube videos then it looks like a good time and I believe Rob Ferretti owns an ACR so he could let us know when one is being held (whether or not he is a member on here I don't know).
Orange County Choppers in Newburgh, NY-Paul Sr. is a huge car enthusiast from my understanding so maybe we could have a car show/cruise at OCC.
Saratoga Springs, NY-Spring Invitational. Saratoga Chrysler Jeep Dodge has an annual Mopar night. The Saratoga Auto Museum also holds "lawn shows" where they have held separate ones for BMW, Cadillac, Corvette, Ferrari, Firebird, etc. in the past so maybe we could get them to hold a Viper one?
Sleepy Hollow, NY-I think it would be a pretty awesome place to cruise to in late October for the Halloween/Legend of Sleepy Hollow events that they have. Plus they have historical places like touring Kykuit (John D. Rockefeller's mansion) and other notable locations/homes.

Connecticut
Greenwich, CT-Has the Concours d'Elegance, which I have never attended i, but I have seen some beautiful cars on youtube and TV. Whether or not we could all enter our car in it I don't know, but I do think it would be a nice cruise to see the cars. If we can't all enter our cars then maybe we could create a car show there on a different weekend or just cruise there and park in the Village.

Does anyone have a location or event they'd like to add?