<VV> NECC ANNOUNCES PERFORMANCE EVENTS FOR 2015

[Allan V. Lacki]

Hi Everybody,


Just to clarify, NECC and the V8 Registry had no intention of having our drag racing event overlap with the Convention.  NECC and the V8 Registry selected Tuesday, June 23 for the Knoxville drag racing event because we were under the impression that the Convention would commence on Wednesday, not Tuesday. 


This impression was reinforced by a tentative Convention schedule that was posted on the Corvair Center Forum on December 15.   According to that posting, made by one of the members of the Convention Committee, on-site registration and an evening welcome party were slotted for Tuesday, but that is all.  The real action was to begin the next day, on Wednesday, June 24.  Since then, additional Convention activities have been scheduled for Tuesday.  Although we didn't anticipate it, this development is certainly understandable for a complex undertaking such as planning a convention.


In my previous posting, I mentioned that most of the day-time activities on Tuesday concerned concours and stock Corvair people.  I should have also pointed out that the concours activities consist of meetings in preparation of the concours show.   The actual concours d'elegance doesn't take place until Wednesday, the day after the drags. 


Although I think it would take some rushing around between the drag strip and the host hotel, you may be able to do the drag races as well as the concours, so long as you could find a way to skip out on the concours participants meeting Tuesday afternoon.  Perhaps you could have a friend stand in for you at that meeting.  But don't take my word for it.  Please check with the Convention organizers.


Here's the Convention schedule for Tuesday, June 23, the day of our drag races, copied from the Knoxville Area Corvair Club's Facebook page:


Concours Judges Meeting: 11 AM
Concours Participants Meeting: 1 PM
Concours Operations & Classification: 2 PM (and again the next morning)
Stock Corvair Group Meeting: 2 PM
Tech Session: 3:30 PM
Cole Participants Meeting: 5 PM
Newcomer Orientation: 5:30 PM
Welcome Party: 7 PM
Valve Cover Racing: 9 PM


Al Lacki for NECC