[chrisp]

Originally Posted by dm_fan

There is plenty of room for trailer parking and unloading behind our building.

Here is the event map for this year.

We plan to park the Pontiacs in the street and in the grass across the street from our building. We parked them in the grass last year and it worked out great (it wasn't nearly as hot as the paved areas).

Steve

Do ALL cars registered or not come in the green arrow entrance ? Also area E is that for just Pontiac's like last year as well as the street ? Is the parking on the st. 1st. come basis ? thank you

[nytrainer]

Not sure if this is a good spot for these questions but here goes;
I don't have a tow vehicle this weekend so looks like I won't be bringing the 350HO to Maple Grove after all (too far to drive it if I'm gonna run it too). My 15 yo son who is into the Pontiac hobby (his car is the red convertible below) really wanted to see what the HO could do. We attended last year and he loved the PY open house and races on Sunday (and The Boss' burnouts in the parking lot!).
So my question is can you run a convertible with the top down at the dragstrip? Might not be aerodynamically the best way to go but I thought that maybe, for the sake of his (our) interest, we would run my wife's Solstice GXP down the track. I know, it's a chick car, but damn the thing is fast. I ask about the top down because that is the only way I can fit in the thing lol. Also I would imagine a helmet is mandatory (top up or down). Is there a special rating the helmet must be?
Downside to taking the Solstice is no bumpers, hood, etc. like I got last year. Gonna pick up some small stuff though from the open house.
Thanks,
Dave

[Ccass]

Originally Posted by nytrainer

Not sure if this is a good spot for these questions but here goes;
I don't have a tow vehicle this weekend so looks like I won't be bringing the 350HO to Maple Grove after all (too far to drive it if I'm gonna run it too). My 15 yo son who is into the Pontiac hobby (his car is the red convertible below) really wanted to see what the HO could do. We attended last year and he loved the PY open house and races on Sunday (and The Boss' burnouts in the parking lot!).
So my question is can you run a convertible with the top down at the dragstrip? Might not be aerodynamically the best way to go but I thought that maybe, for the sake of his (our) interest, we would run my wife's Solstice GXP down the track. I know, it's a chick car, but damn the thing is fast. I ask about the top down because that is the only way I can fit in the thing lol. Also I would imagine a helmet is mandatory (top up or down). Is there a special rating the helmet must be?
Downside to taking the Solstice is no bumpers, hood, etc. like I got last year. Gonna pick up some small stuff though from the open house.
Thanks,
Dave

I'm not race day expert but I did own a 1968 GTO convertible for 20 years and in all my years of racing, I don't remember anyone's top being down except for a fun drive -by down the track. The irony is that if your car is slower than 13.xx, you don't even need a helmet? This may have changed in the last couple of years. If you do, Maple Grove usually has approved helmets available for rent. I would post this in the Maple Grove post for the official answers to these questions.

[Ccass]

Originally Posted by chrisp

Do ALL cars registered or not come in the green arrow entrance ? Also area E is that for just Pontiac's like last year as well as the street ? Is the parking on the st. 1st. come basis ? thank you

Chris, As it stands now, all pontiacs follow the green arrow entrance. Since this is a judged show, the classes and their locations must be determined prior to the show. In fact, two of our guys are out in the showfield right now in the dark lining the field and the street!

So when you arrive at registration, you will be guided to either a grass or paved spot. It's just the luck of the draw. It's just impossible to accomodate everyone's preference during a car show. However, we are very conscious of the weather and will do everything in our power to not make owners drive their cars through mud. Therefore, in anticipation of wet grounds in low lying areas, we're expanding the cars parked on the street and reducing the cars parked on the grass (area E is all Pontiac). Due to the overwhelming response, It's just unavoidable that some cars will be parked on the grass. All cars, simply won't fit on the street in a 'car show' environment. If it was a cruise-in, that would be a different story. So stay tuned but the grass area is very thick grass and most of what we're planning on utilizing is very high ground and should be fine to drive on.

The good news is that the weather for Friday and especially Saturday is looking spectacular.