Originally Posted by OutlawDCustoMs

I know that this is a state meet usually, but why not open it to the audis all around our large lone star state! After we figure this out, I'll post on other audi forums... ie. Audizine, NTAG, quattroworld, etc.

The next meet is proposed to be in Houston, TX (Jan/Feb of 2012) home of 3 relatively close tracks: Motorsports Ranch of Houston, Grandsport Speedway, and Texas World Speedway (which is College Station, TX of course; but it's only an hour away from greater Houston, which is practically the same as the other two tracks)

UPDATE

Alright as far as the track is concerned, I personally would recommend Grandsport Speedway to be our trackday.
a) Track is in much better condition than MSR
b) TWS is a bit far and the track isn't in the best condition either
c) It's closer into town and very close to Galveston
d) It's a much more technical track 13 turns in under a min (if you're blazin, typical times are 1:06 - 1:15)
e) I'm an instructor there, so we can stay as late as we want lol

I need some feedback, especially from the Audi Houstonians... kinda sorta like who would even come, who wants to get envolved and help throw this shin-dig, and how long would you prefer the event to happen?

So initially, my thoughts were to have a 2-day weekend event. One day for the roadtrack, and one day for our scenic drive/lunch and our banquet.

I would say, I'd rather drive a full day on the track because since you're there, might as well make it worth it. I can probably have some sort of catering lunch at the track, so scheduling would look like: 9-12 driving 12-1 lunch, and 1-330ish driving again (maybe we can do some sort of time attack thing, who knows I know I'm competitive )

For the scenic drive, I know of a few different spots, however they are all on the opposite ends of the earth of 2 of the tracks. If we used TWS, there is a scenic drive on the way to TWS from Houston. This one we used to call it "Racer Road" which is in the Brookshire area. The other drive is "Forrest Run" which is located in the Montgomery area. There is another one, Crabb River Rd. but it's really only a few nice sweepers... and that's about it.

UPDATE

Alright, so since both tracks that are actually IN houston are so far away from any scenic drive, I will be putting together an ALL AUDI car show w/ door prizes and trophies for sunday afternoon. I want to tenatively say that the show would start @ noon, but cars that would like to be IN the show come @ 11 to park and get situated.

Since Sunday is not an early day, I will also be putting together a party Saturday Night at a good lounge/club (location not known, got to find a nice big parking lot that is driveway friendly so ONLY our audi's can park).

As far as the Hotel goes, it really depends which scenic drive and which track we use. The banquet will be determined also after we determine the track and scenic drive.

Another thing I need feedback from is I know this is an Audi event, but do we want to include our "sister brand" VW? and having that said what about other auto enthusiasts? I personally say, the bigger the better, the Audis' just get VIP or first pick in everything... tracktime, parking, banquet, etc.

Anyways, to my fellow audi enthusiasts... let me know what you think!!!

Syd