Las Vegas West Coast Nats or not?

[Gary Wells]

Ok, so who all is still planning on attending the las Vegas West Coast Nats? I am having a hard time making uop my mind because of this nighttime racing program>
I have seen two entirely different schedules: 1 showing nightime racing only for Sat night, and 1 showing that the track will be open all day Sat. For the one showing Sat Night racing, which I suspect is the correct one, go to the LVMS site, and highlight schedule. This shows the cars racing at 6 PM and does not say what time the cars can go in and get ready, and shows a "Rockabilly Rod Reunion" during the day.
For the one showing racing all day, go to the BGNRA website and bring up the flyer advertising the West Coast Nats. This one shows racing almost all day, and night,  getting in the track early. It seems that the people that should know don't want to say anything. I e-mailed one of the track officials, and have not gotten a response back yet, go figure on that one.

[DCEPTCN]

No way in hell am I going to miss it. Three reasons:

1: More Buicks in one place than I have seen in the last year.

2: Most of my boys are gonna be there.

3: Same as above, but add, "...and drunk!"



Seriously, I've looked forward to this for a year and nothing will discourage me from going. Oh, and I've already paid for my room and my family's airfare. If even one of our gang is gonna be there to hang out, then it's worth it to me.

[Gary Wells]

I feel pretty much the same way, all excepting for the nightime. The track is well lit, but the pit area is not. It would be nice to see them in the day time.

[DCEPTCN]

I understand your sentiment- but remember last year when we left, Gary? It was around 2:00, I believe....... I remember seeing that it was 102 degrees out! Not very conducive to turbo cars running good times. Hell, it's a vacation in Vegas--so what if I get to the bar a little late......I'm not worried about getting to bed on time, y'know? Hell, I'll just take a cab back and forth and get good and fashnickered at the track on $4 beers.

[Gary Wells]

I think that I will be using a cab primarily also, no fckng 502's here.

[blown1]

Wells, your a sissy!
I was there last yr, and  pits were lit up ok,  what you wanna do read a book?
come on....  you trying to  make an excuse for not showing?
is it past your bed time?  wife won't let you out that late? ( by your self)

I will be there, like it or not!  
like was said, more  buicks in one place at one time, YEHAAAAAAA!!

see ya there, ok!

blown1

[DCEPTCN]

Gary wont really bail on us, you'll see.

[Recklessrob]

Things aren't looking very good here. I'm kicking myself in the ass
over the passport thing that turned out to be bullshit. 2 weeks ago,
roundtrip airfare was $355. Now its over $500. I figure that'd put the total trip over $1k. I couldn't afford that before, thats why I dropped all the sightseeing plans.
I'm still looking for a cheaper flight, but so far the times don't agree with the schedule. I called a travel agency today, and even they were shocked at the prices.
They figure that there is probably a convention out there thats responsible for
the price increase.  ...and people think that gas stations are price gouging.
I'm not out yet, but it looks pretty grim right now. If this don't work out, I may
be able to setup BE4U with my hotel room.

[DCEPTCN]

Goddammit. Ain't the always the way it goes: you come right down to it and everybody's pullin' the fuckin' ripcord. I don't care, I'll get drunk alone.  


Scratch number 2 off of the above list, I guess.

[SuperSix]

Gary.. Is going to these shows ALL about the racing?

I love to watch the races when I go to BG, but what I really enjoy is walking around with the fellas, meeting new people, and generally fscking off.

Personally - it sounds like a lame excuse to not go, considering there will be a ton of Buicks, and net people there.

[Gary Wells]

And that is exactly why it is one of the reasons that I may not go, but I have other more serious problems going that will relate to it. I do not go to see the races. I go for the same reason that you do. To see the cars, talk to the people, see what's new on the cars. Andf general Fckng off. I have heard that the Vegas track is well lit, but not the pit area. I would much rather have the races in the day rather than the evening, that way all of the cars and owners are hanging around the track/pits. If the Buicks can't race till 6:00 PM, they sure as hell aren't going to let the Buicks hang around the pits all day, besides that there is a car show going on, and nobody can confirm whether the car show will interfere with the pit area, so you may not get to see Buicks till almost dark. This may noty be a good reason to you, but it is aconsideration to me.

[Recklessrob]

I found some cheaper prices on US airways. The only problem is that
the return flight home doesn't leave until about 7 hours after hotel
checkout, and doesn't get me home untill 10:30 Monday morning. I was
planning to go to work on Monday. That was about $330. To get a US
Airways ticket with a better return flight was over $1400 !  :bigeyes;
I'm still looking....
I'll be content just to hang out. I usually night race myself anyways, because
I'm usually working during the day. That's not a problem.

[DCEPTCN]

Keep trying, Rob! As far as the sightseeing goes......shit, I'll swing ya by the Hoover damn.

[Gary Wells]

Here's the schedule that I just received from LVMS:
I was told that the Buicks can go in and set up in the pits as soon as the gates open.
They can't tech till 5 it looks like and race till 5:30 PM.





ROCKABILLY ROD REUNION / SUPER TUNER SATURDAY NIGHT
OCTOBERFEST SUNDAY CLASSIC
RACE SCHEDULE

Saturday, October 15
6 a.m. -         Gates Open to all racers, vendors, swap meet participants
8 a.m. -         Spectator Gates Open
10 a.m. -         Open Hot Rod runs down The Strip (session #1)
11 a.m. -         Time Trials for Nostalgia Cars
12 p.m. -      Open Hot Rod runs down The Strip (session #2)
1 p.m. -         Nostalgia Bracket Round 1Eliminations
2 p.m.-         Pin-up Girl Contest on main stage
2:30 p.m. -      Hot Rod Car Show Awards
3 p.m. -         West Coast Top Sportsman Qualifying #1 / Top Comp Qualifying #1
4 p.m.-         West Coast Top Sportsman Qualifying #2 / Top Comp Qualifying #2
5 p.m. -         West Coast Top Sportsman Qualifying #3 / Top Comp Qualifying #3
         -Conclude Rockabilly Rod Reunion / Begin Super Tuner Saturday-
5 p.m. -         Super Tuner Car Show roll-in (concludes at 7:30 p.m.)
5:30 p.m. -      Buick Grand National Time Trials/Qualifying (continue until 10 p.m.)
6 p.m. -         Toyota Supra Time Trials / Qualifying (continue until 11 p.m.)
7 p.m. -         West Coast Top Sportsman Round #1 / So-Cal Top Comp Round #1
8 p.m. -         Super Tuner Car Show (concludes at 12 a.m.)
8:30 p.m. -      West Coast Top Sportsman Round #2 / So-Cal Top Comp Round #2
9:45 p.m. -      West Coast Top Sportsman Round #3 / So-Cal Top Comp Round #3
10 p.m. -      Buick Grand National Eliminations
11 p.m. -      Toyota Supra Eliminations
11:15 p.m. -      West Coast Top Sportsman Round #4 / So-Cal Top Comp Round #4
11:30 p.m. -      Fantasy Schoolgirl Contest on main stage
12 a.m. -         Super Tuner Car Show awards
1 a.m. -         Conclude Event

Sunday, October 16
8 a.m. -         Gates Open
10 a.m. -         So-Cal Top Comp Association Qualifying #1
10:30 a.m. -      Las Vegas Corvette Club / Diesel Hot Rod / Footbrake Bracket Time Trials (until 12:30)
11 a.m. -         So-Cal Top Comp Association Qualifying #2
12:30 p.m. -      So-Cal Top Comp Association Round 1 / First Round Bracket Eliminations
4 p.m. -         Conclude event

[Recklessrob]

What happened to the Friday schedule ?