2014?

[Alps]

Forget NYC.  The Saint Louis meet is the official 2014 national meet.  Most of the big players will be there.  This will be a once in a lifetime experience.

I love how this happened organically, too. I still think NYC will be important, but St. Louis has definitely become the national meet of the year.

National Meets are two days with other events planned around them. I know many people have planned things around the St. Louis meet, but NY will be on another level. I know I said end of February... then life closed in quickly on all sides. I'm workin.

[Takumi]

I'd like to do a Baltimore meet once the I-95 express toll lanes open in "late 2014". (Last Baltimore meet was hosted by Steve in 2010.) I have a few other meet ideas, but I want to get through Delmarva before I seriously start planning other future meets!

I might just be able to attend that, depending on how late it is. I should have the project car running earlier than expected so I may have a bit of a window to attend meets later in the year.

[Dougtone]

Forget NYC.  The Saint Louis meet is the official 2014 national meet.  Most of the big players will be there.  This will be a once in a lifetime experience.

I'm not a player, I just crush a lot.

[Laura]

Forget NYC.  The Saint Louis meet is the official 2014 national meet.  Most of the big players will be there.  This will be a once in a lifetime experience.

I love how this happened organically, too. I still think NYC will be important, but St. Louis has definitely become the national meet of the year.

National Meets are two days with other events planned around them. I know many people have planned things around the St. Louis meet, but NY will be on another level. I know I said end of February... then life closed in quickly on all sides. I'm workin.

Right. St. Louis is "national" due to attendance from all over the country (plus the informal events that will rise up as a result). NYC is "national" for the same reason, plus the extra day and extra planned events.

[hbelkins]

https://www.bristolmotorspeedway.com/events_tickets/food_city_500/#

This may have just knocked me off the fence for STL.

[bugo]

Forget NYC.  The Saint Louis meet is the official 2014 national meet.  Most of the big players will be there.  This will be a once in a lifetime experience.

I'm not a player, I just crush a lot.

You're nearly as tall as I am, of course you're a big player.

[bugo]

I have a feeling that's not really what knocked you off the fence. 

[hbelkins]

Actually, as I've mentioned before, STL was the least likely of the original three (now four) meets on consecutive weekends for me because it's such a boring trip. Besides Tennessee, Hampton Roads was always my preference (even before Delmarva got added to the weekend) because of the scenery. I was on I-64 through Indiana and Illinois last year and have no great burning desire to drive it again so soon. I'm looking forward to covering some new territory in Virginia on the way to and from the east coast, if I end up going.

[Alps]

I bounced this off Jeff, and I suggested our own rickmastfan67 might contribute... this year's PA meet may end up in Pittsburgh, and obviously PA 28 would have to be part of that. I don't have details, nor would I really be involved in any aspect of the planning, but since I want to make this happen (haven't seen Jeff in ages), I'm publicizing it.

[agentsteel53]

PA 28

can someone install an I-366 shield?

[Takumi]

I'm on it.

[getemngo]

Rumor has it that Sean Lyons and Dan Garnell are planning a Toledo meet for May 31. If so, someone had better hurry up and announce it...

[hotdogPi]

PA 28

can someone install an I-366 shield?

I was thinking I-367. A combination of I-366 and I-67, and call it the Rickmastfan Expressway.

[Alps]

Rumor has it that Sean Lyons and Dan Garnell are planning a Toledo meet for May 31. If so, someone had better hurry up and announce it...

Does that count as this year's Ohio meet or Michigan meet?

[getemngo]

Rumor has it that Sean Lyons and Dan Garnell are planning a Toledo meet for May 31. If so, someone had better hurry up and announce it...

Does that count as this year's Ohio meet or Michigan meet?

Not necessarily either. In Ohio: I'd give this one a 50/50 chance of happening. Sandor apparently wants to do something in Columbus this year, which I'd also give a 50/50 chance of happening.

In Michigan: Barry Camp wants to do an M-231 meet sometime, based in the Muskegon area. It was going to happen last year and then got postponed to TBD. bulldog1979 (Michael) and I want to do the Upper Peninsula meet either this fall or fall 2015. Brandon wants someone, anyone, to host a Lansing meet, which I'll do, but only if all the rest of these fall through.

In other words, it's a mess. I miss when Michigan and Ohio meets had a rough annual pattern, and you'd get at least 3 per year between the states.

[A.J. Bertin]

In Michigan: Barry Camp wants to do an M-231 meet sometime, based in the Muskegon area. It was going to happen last year and then got postponed to TBD.

Oh wow... I'd completely forgotten about this one. Thanks for mentioning this one. But of course, we haven't heard from Barry recently so this is probably not happening anytime soon.

I miss when Michigan and Ohio meets had a rough annual pattern, and you'd get at least 3 per year between the states.

I miss that too.

[DanTheMan414]

Rumor has it that Sean Lyons and Dan Garnell are planning a Toledo meet for May 31. If so, someone had better hurry up and announce it...

Confirmed by Sean Lyons, Saturday, May 31st is a go for the Toledo-US 24 Corridor Meet.  Details to come.

[hbelkins]

Confirmed by Sean Lyons, Saturday, May 31st is a go for the Toledo-US 24 Corridor Meet.  Details to come.

It's possible, if I have enough free lodging points to get a room for a couple of nights.

[SSOWorld]

No go on Toledo - already booked up and just bought a computer (in pieces - intentionally)

[bandit957]

I'm seriously considering Toledo. Greyhound botched my trip home from St. Louis so badly that they mailed me a voucher that would cover the cost of a trip to a city that's relatively close to me. I don't know if Toledo's really that close though.

[hbelkins]

Toledo is probably closer than St. Louis. It's (almost) in the same state.

Is the meal at Tony Packo's?

[jpi]

I am a no go for Toledo too, there is a toy show in Cartersville, GA that day which is closer for me to travel. As for Columbus on May 3, this is a better shot for me since I have a toy show the next day in Dayton, OH and hopefully I am start having Fridays off by that time.

[Brandon]

Toledo's a maybe for me, especially if Louisville happens.

[Duke87]

Meh on Toledo. Too little opportunity to clinch new stuff compared to how far away it is.

Louisville is also unlikely since I ended up going to Nashville.

Pittsburgh, on the other hand... if it happens, I'm 110% there.

[jpi]

I will be in Pittsburgh this time tomorrow night