Finals Location

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Have not seen much on the forum on this, other than a small mention here and there, but what was everyone's thoughts on the location this year. I can't speak for Dallas, it is the one year I missed finals

Even though Shreveport was the longest drive for any of our finals, I thought overall, the location was great.

Thoughts??????

supadave wrote:

it was all good till the sombitches charged me for a no show on a room i booked an didn't use. other than that it was nice, hell they should have least called a brother an said hey if you ain't coming next week you better cancel. lol oh well my dumbness i guess.

Bro , I hate to say it , but it was your responsibility to cancel by 6:00 p.m. on the date of the reservation . But ,they can only charge you 4 one nite .

tijuana_no wrote:

Well !!!!!!! that is what we like to hear , but can you guaranty the show promoters in your area and not just thinking , cause if I understand well you don't even have intentions to run USACI cause you won't attend finals .

Read my full statement.

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But I'm ones of those guys that competes for points with intentions of going to Finals if I can muster up enough cash to go.

You couldnt be talking about this could you Geoff?? lol

Moparbass28 wrote:

According to the map, the most central location is in Kansas. Wiki says manhatten Ks,but sure there is more centralized location if you look at a map.

Actually Fort Riley, KS has a monument that marks the exact geographical center of the united states. just sayin. lol. They also have a huge airfield with huge hangars in which they have held concerts, car shows, and even held SCCA autocross events on their huge helicopter parking lot. The best part is I wouldn't have to drive anywhere.

It dont matter where it ends up some group of people will \"Female dog\" about it being too far. I say give George, Kumar and their crew a choice of where they want it, they continue to make the drive no matter where it is and dont say much other than tell ya how long their trip was.

So for the people whining about ~14 hour drives STFU already you dont have it that bad and noone is forcing you to make the trip.

I will say the location was OK, Nice room at the Hilton and I liked how it was a short walk to the show floor plus it was nice they let us stay plugged in all night (Tulsa unplugged chargers after hours) BUT the drive there sucked, not the 25 hours that was ok but once we got off I40 in Amarillo the roads sucked arse and don't even get me started on the roads in Dallas, so many potholes I'm suprised my lowered suspension wasn't ripped off my car. An outdoor venue would be nice to run the car and demo but my crappy little charger did OK for me to demo all day both days. As far as the location is concerned it does not matter where it is I'll still go (within reason) because I am part of the small group who knows I won't win a title at finals but I go for the fun and get a chance to meet all the great competitors I read about (at least the ones that show up that is)

I liked it indoors. Don't have to worry about the heat or rain or whatever. I loved that I could stumble down from the room and not have to leave the building for just about anything.

I loved the location and venue. I vote for Shreveport again. Unless you want to have it in Baton Rouge or New Orleans

thanks scott for the choice but i go where the finals are i would just like to have it somewhere a little closer that maybe we can do the drive in 1 day 15-18 hours would be great. with all the talk about USACI having it`s major players in TEXAS i can`t help saying i did not see to many (mainly because i did not look around) but this was the same situation the year before. but who am i to say i went to TEXAS so i pretty much will go anywhere, but maybe Vegas might be a bit to far LOL

george szawan wrote:

thanks scott for the choice but i go where the finals are i would just like to have it somewhere a little closer that maybe we can do the drive in 1 day 15-18 hours would be great. with all the talk about USACI having it`s major players in TEXAS i can`t help saying i did not see to many (mainly because i did not look around) but this was the same situation the year before. but who am i to say i went to TEXAS so i pretty much will go anywhere, but maybe Vegas might be a bit to far LOL

Yea but just think if they did finals here in Vegas the same week as SEMA and all finals participants get badges to go into SEMA, now that would be a double bonus and worth the trip...RIGHT?

ya would be fun but i don`t know if a 40+ hour drive would be fun?

Vegas????
I'd be there.

Show was a great. I had a good time. I dont see a need to change locations I hate seeing show jump from place to place but I know of 2 indoor and outdoor places in Tyler, TX "Oil Palace and Harvey Hall" and 1 in Longview, TX "Mobb Cobb Convention Center"

Yeah but Jeff I need like minimum 97,000 sq feet. Everyone seemed to like Shreveport I am working out arrangemtnts with them for 2011....Lets see how that goes first.

Gonna keep all the input down in case though....Thanks

thanks for the info the sooner we know the best for us

The oil palace is huge. They have monster truck rallys inside of it all the time. Outside is several acres. If you need any help just let me kow.

Thanks Jeff

I will keep you all informed just like I did last time. I know being a old timer myself before I was a director, the more time in advance the better for us ALL!

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THA MOTHA F U C K I N WIN

shreveport was nice if it is there again let us know asap

I liked Shreveport. If we decide to have it there again and we get dates soon we will have almost a full year for competitors to make arrangements to attend.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ yup cause we always were prepard and new kansas city was the place so we didn't worry about it...




And for george and kumar and da guys ... Screw it lets bring it 10 hours cloer to those boys one year dammmit

thanks jimbo 10 hours would be nice i was just hoping maybe for 5

Okay whats within 5 hours of ya????? I didn't do well in history i had a football coach all three years in highschool that was required ..LOL Really i suck at geography so whats what hollla fool let us know......

ok then lets move that SH*T TO NYC and see how many people show up

New York City.....Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh lawd...


GET A ROPE!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL just like the old pace comercials ....LOL




Im game

I am game!

Let me get done with my show this Sunday then I will put 100% back into gettting the dates and location secured for everyone. I have been talking to Shreveport for 2011 but with ALL my show for this Sunday I have been busy...There is only 1 of me

I will get on it ASAP though and keep you all informed

Darville you






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Stingraysevenout wrote:

Darville you






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LOL THAT'S AWESOME JIMBO!

george szawan wrote:

ok then lets move that SH*T TO NYC and see how many people show up

Dude do u honestly think that will happen? I don't see finals moving any closer that where it has been for years. U will see lots of bitching and moaning. No one wants to come out of their comfort zone. Every year some people want finals closer to them and guess what they never show up. Some people are all talk and only a few make the sacrifice.

Nice Avatar Jimbo. It that the new I love Crossfire pic? lol