United States Meet.... Options

[dabazied]

Has this ever been done with the 6gc fam? If not, maybe we should try this sometime. Meet in the middle(time wise, cuz its easier to get across long distances faster from out west to east rather than vice versa). I know it'd be rough, but how about a plan for sometime in this coming year, like mid year, or the year after? Put down your thoughts people. It would be cool to get a big cross country meet going.

[Murgatroy]

The Tail of the Dragon Run started as the Pigeon Forge Meet 7 or so years ago. The first year there might have been six cars. The second year there might have been 10. The third year there were 20.

Last year, we had a total car count of over 50. And that is not taking into account that most cars had two folks.

It happens in the Spring, before the summer. That way the traffic is lighter, the police presence it not as noticeable. That is not to say that they aren't out there, but they are there to do a job, and that job is to keep everyone safe. Even with folks getting pulled over (me) a good time was had by all.

The secret is not about going fast, or showing out. It is about good folks, with nice cars enjoying one another. The awesome roads are just a bonus.

Plus the Skyway is where the real fun is. There are no police, and the roads are more forgiving and not nearly as technical as the Dragon.

I understand that it is a long way for a lot of folks, and I don't want to pretend that the Dragon Run is the only meet out there. However, for those of you have have been in the community for any length of time, you are going to see some folks that have been here since the beginning of the internet revolution. That is the real secret of what makes the Dragon Run unique. That is why we have members drive out from Washington State, Colorado, California, New York, Chicago, Utah and Florida. Even if you don't drive out, you can fly out and ride with, we have folks that do that every year as well.

Anyways, I didn't want to derail the thread to plug a separate event, I just thought I might shed some light on why the Tail of the Dragon Run is considered what it is.

I would love to see something similar established on the West Coast, but I will tell you, it is a lot of work to get it together and get it such a large event. As far as sponsorship and the like... Well, I don't know, I have never gotten our meet sponsored, although we do have shops that come out and sell stickers and give advice (Phoenix Motorsports and Dr Tweak) as well as T-Shirts and the like. I just like the down home personal feel of it, and I have met a lot of GREAT folks. You would have to know to understand.

And frankly, that is why meets like this should happen. There are a lot of great people in our community, and dammit, everyone should know them.

[dabazied]

The Tail of the Dragon Run started as the Pigeon Forge Meet 7 or so years ago. The first year there might have been six cars. The second year there might have been 10. The third year there were 20.

Last year, we had a total car count of over 50. And that is not taking into account that most cars had two folks.

It happens in the Spring, before the summer. That way the traffic is lighter, the police presence it not as noticeable. That is not to say that they aren't out there, but they are there to do a job, and that job is to keep everyone safe. Even with folks getting pulled over (me) a good time was had by all.

The secret is not about going fast, or showing out. It is about good folks, with nice cars enjoying one another. The awesome roads are just a bonus.

Plus the Skyway is where the real fun is. There are no police, and the roads are more forgiving and not nearly as technical as the Dragon.

I understand that it is a long way for a lot of folks, and I don't want to pretend that the Dragon Run is the only meet out there. However, for those of you have have been in the community for any length of time, you are going to see some folks that have been here since the beginning of the internet revolution. That is the real secret of what makes the Dragon Run unique. That is why we have members drive out from Washington State, Colorado, California, New York, Chicago, Utah and Florida. Even if you don't drive out, you can fly out and ride with, we have folks that do that every year as well.

Anyways, I didn't want to derail the thread to plug a separate event, I just thought I might shed some light on why the Tail of the Dragon Run is considered what it is.

I would love to see something similar established on the West Coast, but I will tell you, it is a lot of work to get it together and get it such a large event. As far as sponsorship and the like... Well, I don't know, I have never gotten our meet sponsored, although we do have shops that come out and sell stickers and give advice (Phoenix Motorsports and Dr Tweak) as well as T-Shirts and the like. I just like the down home personal feel of it, and I have met a lot of GREAT folks. You would have to know to understand.

And frankly, that is why meets like this should happen. There are a lot of great people in our community, and dammit, everyone should know them.

That area is amazing, but there are going to be, I thought about it, and the only real way of saying it is, whiners. I haven't been to that meet yet, but I do like the TOTD, well, the surrounding roads a little better because of less traffic/cops. Honestly and realistically, most of the west coasters on here probably wouldn't be down for meeting almost completely on the west coast, which is why we are hitting somewhere a little more centralized, and yep, we will probably start out the first one as a small group, but it will grow as well.

As for something on the west coast, the closest thing we have is our socal meets, amazing roads, great people and a lot of fun. We should probably branch out on the fall meet this coming year to toyota nation and a few other sites to see what we can come up with, just to try it out. I've been on both sides of the country and love both, the canyons here are amazing, but the dragon(surrounding roads) is .... well, the dragon. Both of them are amazing.

What we are trying to do, is make it easier on the group as a whole instead of making it wayyyy longer for a big chunk of members and making it wayyyyy closer for another chunk. And every meet has to start somewhere. Hopefully I will be able to make the TOTD in the next meet or two.