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    Thoughts, Normal or Crazy?

    I am really looking for some different stuff we can do as a club, look thru these and let me know if anything interests you or better yet throw out your own crazy thoughts. As much as I enjoy the car stuff I'm all for trying anything else also. Add your thoughts to the list ( normal or crazy ), let's hear what activity you would be up for and let's plan some of them.

    Normal stuff:

    Local car shows/lunch/dinner
    Disney's Dream Car Weekend
    Big Daddy's ( Don Garlits ) Mopar Car Show ( great auto museum there also )
    Mirror Lake Classic Car Show
    Cruising either local or longer like to the Keys ( maybe S. FL would join in )
    BBQ Cook Out
    Gathering for us all to learn detail/maintenance tips from others ( indoors of course )
    Ocean cruise, Bahamas or wherever
    Charity Events


    Slightly Crazy stuff ( in some opinions )

    Drag Racing
    Ocala Half Mile in Jan
    Zipline ( there's a great one in Ocala, Canyon Zipline )
    Horseback riding
    Autocross ( these are everywhere )
    Road Racing
    Vegas or Biloxi MS trip
    Offshore Fishing
    Airboat Ride

    Really Crazy stuff ( in 99.999% of people's opinions )

    ( your thoughts here )
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    one of the local Mopar clubs here did a drive in movie night against the side ofa building and invited the Viper club to attend and gave cans of food to the food bank as a fundraiser.

    Bruce

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    Quote Originally Posted by BlknBlu View Post
    one of the local Mopar clubs here did a drive in movie night against the side ofa building and invited the Viper club to attend and gave cans of food to the food bank as a fundraiser.

    Bruce
    Cool idea, we actually still have a drive in theater over in Tampa FL. Haven't been to one of those in years. Thanks for the input. I guess we could watch "Vanishing Point", that movie made me want a white Challenger for my entire life.

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    I'll be going to Bradenton once it gets cooler to see how my car does in the 1/4 mile.
    I plan to attend the 1/2 mile event in Ocala - attended this year and enjoyed it.
    I would like to try road racing soon now that I have a capable car.
    I try to plan monthly cruises to lunch in the Tampa area (have had 5-8 cars each time so far, usually 2-3 Vipers in that group).
    I'd be open to some of the other ideas you listed above, but I just don't know of any VOA members in the Tampa area.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 98intrigue View Post
    I'll be going to Bradenton once it gets cooler to see how my car does in the 1/4 mile.
    I plan to attend the 1/2 mile event in Ocala - attended this year and enjoyed it.
    I would like to try road racing soon now that I have a capable car.
    I try to plan monthly cruises to lunch in the Tampa area (have had 5-8 cars each time so far, usually 2-3 Vipers in that group).
    I'd be open to some of the other ideas you listed above, but I just don't know of any VOA members in the Tampa area.
    I know myself and a few others plan to run the Ocala 1/2 mile event in Jan, maybe we can get a list together and plan a dinner up that way along with some discounted hotel rooms. I wouldn't mind meeting up for one of your cruises for lunch around Tampa area, let me know when your next one is planned. I know a few others that might be interested if you don't mind the crowd. My goal is to get others interested in a monthly event around the state, hopefully others are interested as well and we can put together a schedule.

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    I have a client that owns a zipline park over on the west side of Kissimmee. I can talk to them if it's something were interested in.
    As for the 1/2 mile event, it's usually on the same weekend as the Rolex 24 so that an easy choice for me personally.
    We can always do karting as well. Good tracks in Ocala, Orlando, and Tampa.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MTGTS View Post
    I have a client that owns a zipline park over on the west side of Kissimmee. I can talk to them if it's something were interested in.
    As for the 1/2 mile event, it's usually on the same weekend as the Rolex 24 so that an easy choice for me personally.
    We can always do karting as well. Good tracks in Ocala, Orlando, and Tampa.
    I like that thought on the zipline, could you ask him what he would do for a group. I would hope we could put together 10-12 people or more

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    Quote Originally Posted by DEMO MAN View Post
    I know myself and a few others plan to run the Ocala 1/2 mile event in Jan, maybe we can get a list together and plan a dinner up that way along with some discounted hotel rooms. I wouldn't mind meeting up for one of your cruises for lunch around Tampa area, let me know when your next one is planned. I know a few others that might be interested if you don't mind the crowd. My goal is to get others interested in a monthly event around the state, hopefully others are interested as well and we can put together a schedule.
    I was upset that I didn't participate in the 1/2 mile this year, so I'll most likely sign up for next year's event. Since Ocala is only 2hrs from me, I doubt I'll stay overnight though. One day of watching 1/2 mile racing was enough for me. I'd be interested in a dinner though.

    I'll make a post here in the CFL section when I plan the next cruise. The more, the merrier!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 98intrigue View Post
    I was upset that I didn't participate in the 1/2 mile this year, so I'll most likely sign up for next year's event. Since Ocala is only 2hrs from me, I doubt I'll stay overnight though. One day of watching 1/2 mile racing was enough for me. I'd be interested in a dinner though.

    I'll make a post here in the CFL section when I plan the next cruise. The more, the merrier!
    Sounds like a plan to me. Ocala is even closer for us but we will probably stay overnight. There was a really cool B&B in Ocala ( built in 1800s ), suppose to be haunted, we stayed last time we were up there. Guy even gave us a discount and we only had (2) Vipers show up. We will probably stay there again, you can check it out if you decide to stay. It's called Seven Sisters Inn.

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    There is a drive-in movie theater here too. Ocala FL. Well its actually ike 10 mins away in belleview.

    There is also the Ocala GP- great karting track and they just got the Rotrax karts. Bastards are quick!

    Don Garlitz Mopar show in November too.

    Rainbow River- snorkeling, kayaking, tubing, great for picnic type adventure too.

    If I'm off I'm down for normal / crazy whatever!
    Last edited by ViperPete; 07-30-2015 at 02:39 PM.

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    There is a autocross event on 8/23 at orange county convention center with Martin Sports Car club
    www.martinscc.org

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    This is what I have so far for the two car shows:

    Longwood show on Saturday August 8th
    David
    Pat
    Dave


    Lake Mary show on Sunday August 9th
    David
    Dave


    Anyone else interested in coming please let me know. We can pick a place for lunch later this week.

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    My car is currently in pieces on my garage floor. if i get it together, i will be coming to one of those events.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MoparBoyy View Post
    My car is currently in pieces on my garage floor. if i get it together, i will be coming to one of those events.
    I know a good Viper tech if you need some help

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    AHHHH... I wish I lived in florida.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by No hemi View Post
    AHHHH... I wish I lived in florida.....
    Keep working on it, could use another Viper down here.

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    I'd like to start out normal then work my way up, haha.

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    DuPont Cars & Coffee is next Saturday 8/15

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vipes View Post
    I'd like to start out normal then work my way up, haha.
    I went thru normal phase pretty quickly so I tend to stay on the border of crazy/really crazy!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 98intrigue View Post
    DuPont Cars & Coffee is next Saturday 8/15
    I would be interested in coming over. Can you let me know the details, where, when, etc

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    The event is held from 7-9am every 3rd Saturday of the month. This month, there will be an after party at Dimmitt Motorcars (about 10 minutes away) where they are having Tampa Aquarium bring out some "aquatic friends".

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    I lost a week to the rain, truck was stuck in the mud all week and couldn't get anything done. I would normally do the DuPont Cars and Coffee but I'm already committed to the Flatout event at Roebling that weekend. I'm playing catchup prepping the 97 for that. My office scheduled an offshore fishing trip during that weekend too, I'm the only one not going on the fishing trip from my office.

    Couple weeks ago, in Ocala, took family out to airboat tour. We saw a handful of gators. It would not be worth it to do just the airboat trip, this would have to be paired with another event to make it worth while in my opinion. Maybe combined with a car show or if zip line is a half day event.

    I'm game for drag racing too if we can plan it out a couple weeks in advance. Honestly, I'm trying to participate at least once a month.

    For Tampa area, kainedogg and I both work at the same facility, there's actually 3 Viper owners that work in the same complex but one is in Afghanistan right now. We all live within 15-20 minutes of each other too.
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