Maxus 2007 location - Chicago?

[Nealoc187]

I'd be there if it were in chicago.

Rt. 66 is not an easy track to get teched at. Battery relocated to your trunk but no kill switch sticking out your rear bumper? Can't run. Slicks on your car but no open end lug nuts with the lug studs sticking through? Can't run. They are real sticklers for tech there. Also expensive AS HELL (as far as test and tune goes.) Also, being as it is one of the best tracks in the country as far as facilities/prep goes I imagine it'd be prohibitively expensive to rent out. Even test and tune (if it was decided we'd do that) is like $35 to run and they actually give you a punch card that they punch each time you go to run and you are only allowed to make 3 sometimes 4 passes before they tell you you can't run anymore. Basically I only bother to go there for big events. Byron, GLD, or even US41 are much cheaper, less strict about tech, have smaller crowds, etc. Though they are further from Chicago proper...

Autobahn is an OK track. I've been out on it a few times in some fast cars. I'd try blackhawk farms though, probably cheaper than autobahn.

[DrKlop]

Originally Posted by zack342

I would be down if we could do something on the east coast
alot of Maxima owners in the NY/CT/MA/NJ/PA area. Even GA has Quite a bit.

there were over 150 maximas at NYCmaximas spring meet, just from try state area.

[kingrukus]

If its in the North East, North Central or in FL ill try to make it out and drag a few other Canadian maximas with me.

[ALSOUSA99MAXIMA]

I would go if it was on the east coast or sourounding areas.

[Redmax]

We are going to makle the trip for the planning of 07 Maxus Next week. We will have our routes planned then start the phone calls andfinal planning

[Northern Maxima]

Originally Posted by kingrukus

If its in the North East, North Central or in FL ill try to make it out and drag a few other Canadian maximas with me.

I bet we could get a few TMEC'ers to go to Chicago...whether I'm living in Toronto or Thunder Bay, Chicago is pretty close to drive to so I would definitely do my best to make it down.

[LA02MAX]

frankly, i don't give a care where it's at....i'll make the drive anywhere i have to...I don't mind experiencing new things and seeing new areas. Maybe we should have it on the east coast, considering most of the people complaining about the maxus locations are from there

This year, there were people from all over and did they once complain about the location? no. It's fair to have it in the center of the country so that it won't be a 3000 mile drive for anyone (besides those in canada in alaska )

If it comes down to all of the NE people whining about where maxus 2007 is going to be, then fine...have it on the east coast and i'll see everyone there.

[MrEous]

We just need to get the damn place figured out so they have plenty of time to plan it.

This isn't some simple planning for a regional meet...it's Maxus...and it better not be a 1day event.

[BlackBIRDVQ]

I wonder if we could pull togheter a MAXUS and SE-R convention into one thing.... The SE-R guys (which have been hosting conventions yearly since like 96) are having the convention in Chicago for 07. Their conventions usually start on Friday night where everyone gheathers up at Embassy Suites (their official SE-R convention hotel) for a little meeting, drinking, talking smack etc. Saturday is usually dyno day, track day etc, evening are usually spent at the hotel drinking and talking Nissan. Sunday is a big picnic at the park where they have food, and car show- with trophys. They also have a raffle with ALOT of nice goodies like- camshafts, wheels, suspension parts, gift certificates, boost controllers, even engines sometimes ! Alot of big manufacturers chip in and give out goodies..... Cool thing is anyone who buys a raffle ticket is automatically in the raffle, so the more you buy the better the chances you have in winning. Monday is usually the day where people leave for home.

I wonder if we could collaborate with them and make this a HUGE event, I will speak with the local SE-R guys to see when they have it planed, where things will happen etc.

I've never been to Maxus, but I've been to the SE-R conventions- and they are a blast.

Check out the review of the event which took place last month...
http://www.nissanperformancemag.com/june06/ser_con/

Are you guys down for something like this ? I can do some of the organizing...

As a side note- there is PLENTY of things to see in the city of Chicago, alot of great clubs, restaurants etc. So for the folks who would bring their significant others- you can go to the city, do some shopping, walking around looking at the city at nite- which is great.

[Nissan 6]

for chicago

[Iron Scimitar]

WVa, FTW....

[PrinzII]

Originally Posted by BEJAY1

For the biggest turnouts you're gonna need the cooperation of the Sentra and probably Z communities no matter the location. That'll quadruple the numbers.

I agree Blackhawk Farms might be a good road course (1.95mi) site. It's great for gatherings and they just repaved last year or so. It's hard to get a summer weekend up there unless you book way in advance though. SCCA and MCSCC alone run like 12 times up there. It's somewhat close to GLD dragstrip.

I've got multiple friends who own and work at the Autobahn track but like it was said, it's private and expensive.

Personally, I would like to see it here as well. I am sick of us being outdone by the national Stratus meets that get held in Elmhurst, IL.

While Route 66 is a good option, there are other challenges that have to be dealt with if we have track events down there. What would have to happen in this case is that we would need a couple of people to do some "scouting" so we can make sure that everything is in close proximity.

If we do it here, I would be willing to help plan it.

[PrinzII]

Originally Posted by BlackBIRDVQ

I wonder if we could pull togheter a MAXUS and SE-R convention into one thing.... The SE-R guys (which have been hosting conventions yearly since like 96) are having the convention in Chicago for 07. Their conventions usually start on Friday night where everyone gheathers up at Embassy Suites (their official SE-R convention hotel) for a little meeting, drinking, talking smack etc. Saturday is usually dyno day, track day etc, evening are usually spent at the hotel drinking and talking Nissan. Sunday is a big picnic at the park where they have food, and car show- with trophys. They also have a raffle with ALOT of nice goodies like- camshafts, wheels, suspension parts, gift certificates, boost controllers, even engines sometimes ! Alot of big manufacturers chip in and give out goodies..... Cool thing is anyone who buys a raffle ticket is automatically in the raffle, so the more you buy the better the chances you have in winning. Monday is usually the day where people leave for home.

I wonder if we could collaborate with them and make this a HUGE event, I will speak with the local SE-R guys to see when they have it planed, where things will happen etc.

I've never been to Maxus, but I've been to the SE-R conventions- and they are a blast.

Check out the review of the event which took place last month...
http://www.nissanperformancemag.com/june06/ser_con/

Are you guys down for something like this ? I can do some of the organizing...

As a side note- there is PLENTY of things to see in the city of Chicago, alot of great clubs, restaurants etc. So for the folks who would bring their significant others- you can go to the city, do some shopping, walking around looking at the city at nite- which is great.

Mike, let's explore that. Sounds like a pretty decent idea.

[Xmax]

I personally I think Byron would be your best bet to set up a track meet. They can have lanes exclusively for Maxima's if there is enough of them. Hopefully next year they don't change their price, but its still $25 to run, unlike GLD its currently $32 to run on a weekend, which it seems like their price to run your car is going up every year. It seems like Blackhawk Farms is the most favorable place to have a autox meet at. There are plenty of places in the Chicagoland area to have the car show. As long as its ok with the local authorities and its near by willing sponsered restaurants. All of these places are no more than 2hrs away from downtown Chicago. Plus it would be awesome to have a cruise from somewhere in the burbs of Chicago to the lake and take some pictures out there. Lots of places to take pictures in Chicago.

[86maxima96]

i would definitely support a Chicago location for 2007. it really is pretty centrally located. i think it would be best if the track was a smaller, less popular one so that the price wouldn't be so high and it would be easier to get access. but don't sacrifice track quiality for price. i'd rather pay more for a great track than less for one that's all torn up. good luck with the planning, i'm sure all of us at MNMaximas would be there. they have already perked their ears up at the mention of Chicago.

[Majestic Ken]

I wouldnt mind going to Chicago...this thread looks like an all in favor so lets do it. And it would be nice to take my car on a road trip to places other than Louisiana next door.

[K Pazzo 6]

I'm IN...don't know if I can help much with all the work I got going on plus personal responsibilities I have taken on earlier this year...

[86maxima96]

yea, don't know if there's much i can do, but let me know and i'll try to help. at least i'll spread the word and get interest. even though it is a year down the road, getting people talking about this as much as we can will really help the turnout.

[internetautomar]

Chicago would be nice.
Pardon my lack of knowledge, but do we have a swap meet and manufacturers midway there too?

[Loren00Miata]

This could play into 1 intereting piece: the track day. If we rent a road course for a day, having more people will reduce the cost to everyone. On the other hand, I don't want to be hanging out with SE-Rs all weekend.

Originally Posted by BlackBIRDVQ

I wonder if we could pull togheter a MAXUS and SE-R convention into one thing.... The SE-R guys (which have been hosting conventions yearly since like 96) are having the convention in Chicago for 07. Their conventions usually start on Friday night where everyone gheathers up at Embassy Suites (their official SE-R convention hotel) for a little meeting, drinking, talking smack etc. Saturday is usually dyno day, track day etc, evening are usually spent at the hotel drinking and talking Nissan. Sunday is a big picnic at the park where they have food, and car show- with trophys. They also have a raffle with ALOT of nice goodies like- camshafts, wheels, suspension parts, gift certificates, boost controllers, even engines sometimes ! Alot of big manufacturers chip in and give out goodies..... Cool thing is anyone who buys a raffle ticket is automatically in the raffle, so the more you buy the better the chances you have in winning. Monday is usually the day where people leave for home.

I wonder if we could collaborate with them and make this a HUGE event, I will speak with the local SE-R guys to see when they have it planed, where things will happen etc.

I've never been to Maxus, but I've been to the SE-R conventions- and they are a blast.

Check out the review of the event which took place last month...
http://www.nissanperformancemag.com/june06/ser_con/

Are you guys down for something like this ? I can do some of the organizing...

As a side note- there is PLENTY of things to see in the city of Chicago, alot of great clubs, restaurants etc. So for the folks who would bring their significant others- you can go to the city, do some shopping, walking around looking at the city at nite- which is great.

[MAXDADDY98]

Well, If this is going to go down in Chicago I might have room for people to stay

[Matt93SE]

Originally Posted by Loren00Miata

This could play into 1 intereting piece: the track day. If we rent a road course for a day, having more people will reduce the cost to everyone. On the other hand, I don't want to be hanging out with SE-Rs all weekend.

Loren's got a good point.
This is about Maximas, not SE-Rs. the Z Club has their national convention, SE-R guys have theirs.. Maxus is ours. tagging along and biting at the SE-R guys heels is not something I want to do. we're big enough to have our own- people just have to put a bit more effort into showing up, rather than backing out at the last second. these events are planned months (actually YEARS) in advance for these large clubs... so when people back out at the last second, it makes the rest of us look like idjits.
...beside the point though....

.org and the Maxima cummunity in general is big enough to host our own annual event. we have THOUSANDS of members all over the country, just like the SE-R and Z guys. they're cool and all, but I don't want to be the fat sister that asked to tag along to their party.

If we are going to share anything, it would only be the track day in order to keep the costs down for us-- but they also generally fill up their track event roster and don't have room for more people. Basically, I wouldn't want to try to hang with them and crash their party...

[86maxima96]

Originally Posted by Matt93SE

Loren's got a good point.
This is about Maximas, not SE-Rs. the Z Club has their national convention, SE-R guys have theirs.. Maxus is ours. tagging along and biting at the SE-R guys heels is not something I want to do. we're big enough to have our own- people just have to put a bit more effort into showing up, rather than backing out at the last second. these events are planned months (actually YEARS) in advance for these large clubs... so when people back out at the last second, it makes the rest of us look like idjits.
...beside the point though....

.org and the Maxima cummunity in general is big enough to host our own annual event. we have THOUSANDS of members all over the country, just like the SE-R and Z guys. they're cool and all, but I don't want to be the fat sister that asked to tag along to their party.

If we are going to share anything, it would only be the track day in order to keep the costs down for us-- but they also generally fill up their track event roster and don't have room for more people. Basically, I wouldn't want to try to hang with them and crash their party...

good point. i could see inviting them just for the track to keep prices down, but then how many to invite? where does it stop? SE-Rs? Zs? if enough Maxima owner interest is found, it shouldn't be a problem. besides, i'd much rather run a track with all Maximas rather than get lapped constantly by Zs.

[Xmax]

If we do have track days in the Maxus schedule, both drag and autox, it would be nice to have the drag event on a Friday night at GLD, and autox event on a Saturday at Blackhawk. And then the carshow on Sunday. From where I live I about equal distances from both venues. Just under 2 hours from both locations. Plus the people that are going to both events, im gonna be pretty sure their car is going to be already setup to do both. But this is a suggestion of how close the two venues are. Plus within a 20mile radius there is abundance of hotels and motels, plus my mom might be able to give discounts for the Marriot and Hampton Inn, thats if she still works for them from a year from now.

[Loren00Miata]

I don't think an auto-x will be in the list. That means setting up a course with cones, timers, workers and little driving time. Road course is just get there and driver with nothing to setup. Faster/funner speeds and much greater driving time.