Rally 5 - V.I.R - Who's coming?


dbk

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Metro Detroit
IT'S BACK!

Ford GT National Rally V is going to be an all-out Ford GT festival on the 1500 acre grounds of Virginia International Raceway. We have the track booked for not one but TWO days on September 29th and 30th. Then on October 1st we'll be able to enjoy some special daytime gatherings with GT team members and do a final night blowout.

What will you have the opportunity to do at V.I.R?


  • Run your Ford GT on the world famous 3.27 mile road course, used for the annual Car and Driver "Lightning Lap". With a 4000 foot front straightaway and over 130 ft of elevation changes, the full course is America's closest thing to a Nurburgring.
  • Take Ford GT thrill rides with Ford GT team experts like "Mean" Gene Martindale and Mark "211.89 mph" McGowan and Ford GT Forum Pro Ron "Roketman" Savenor.
  • Get some instruction on vehicle dynamics and control on the V.I.R skidpad
  • Go flying through the dirt during SVT Raptor Thrill rides on the secret off road course.
  • Test your skills on the 5/8ths mile, 24 foot wide Go Kart Track. Who will be the Inaugural Ford GT Forum Karting Champion?
  • Meet, greet and relive memories of the Ford GT program with many Ford GT team members. We're aiming to bring more members this year than any year previous.
  • Watch Rich and Dennis aka The GT Guys work out of the garages at V.I.R.
  • Get your car dyno'd right on the grounds
  • Check out new SVT Products like the 2011 Mustang GT500 and 2011 SVT Raptor
  • Visit the Aerial Atom production facility
We'll also have the chance to enjoy the scenic roads in North Carolina and Virginia, indulge in some great food, and hang our with some tremendous people.

More than anything else, after the blitz pace of Ford GT National Rally IV, we want to slow it down and get more opportunity to interact with the Ford GT Team, with presentations, new faces, old faces, and information you won't hear anywhere else. We'll have the regulars like Jamal, Gene, Kip, Rich, Dennis, Camilo, etc, but we really want to bring in some people we've been missing and bring some really special people we've never had before. With a little luck, maybe some of the guys from the 12th Floor might stop by.

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Full details will be available at the end of the week, but just to get a preliminary head count for hotel purposes (the details of which will be forthcoming this week), who's coming?!? :cheers


  1. DBK
  2. MAD IN NC
  3. Cyclenirvana
  4. Camilo Pardo - Ford GT Chief Designer
  5. Jamal Hameedi - Ford GT Program Manager
  6. Gene Martindale - Ford GT Driving Dynamics
  7. Mark McGowan - Ford GT Driving Dynamics
  8. Alex Szilyagi - Ford GT Team
  9. Heffner Performance
  10. shelbyelite
  11. Chip Beck
  12. fjpikul
  13. PL510*Jeff
  14. Spirit
  15. Dbtgt
  16. Flylow
  17. SuperB
  18. FB GT40
  19. KDO GT
  20. pe2unia
  21. jamie
  22. gtjoey
  23. The Grey Ghost
  24. xrayman396
  25. w.a.nelson
  26. RADGT
  27. GTJIMMY
  28. THamonGT
  29. GordonWolf
  30. Specracer
  31. AZSTAD
  32. Ralphie
  33. HiloDave
  34. Roketman
  35. RedGT
  36. Blue Moose
  37. Lightning
  38. Ed Sims
  39. Connor-San
  40. Tony Nowak
  41. Stormcat
  42. Tiger 6
  43. PilotJPW1
  44. Red GT 1442
  45. Apollo
  46. jaxgt
  47. Indy GT
  48. KJD
  49. BigInch Blake
  50. ONBOOST
  51. Shadowman
  52. Mark06GT
  53. Waldo
  54. CJ428
  55. TrackDay
  56. 1418
  57. Beach-GT
  58. FlorIdaho Chris
  59. S592R
  60. AJB
  61. JBG
  62. steved57
  63. pauleddy
 
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fjpikul

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I'm in, put me almost first on the list.
 

Spirit

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IN

I will be there too!!
 

PL510*Jeff

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Yep. I'll be there, too.:usa



:party:club:party

:party:party:party
 

ChipBeck

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Chip's in.

IN.
 

dbtgt

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Count me in!!! :banana Can I bring my puppy, Gin Rickey?
 

Flylow

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I will attend Flylow
 

SuperB

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Me
 

FB GT40

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In!!

I'm in!!
 

KDO GT

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Hollywood MD
Me Toooooooooo

Thanks DBK for putting this together again:banana
 

pe2unia

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You can count on me as well:thumbsup
 

jamie

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I will be there, is there anything we need to do to confirm?
 

gtjoey

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Hey,just a thought is there an enclosed area where maybe we can bring some special gt's for display:thumbsup
Get them out a little and see some sun lite:biggrin
Maybe a tech session with cp 1 or nardo .....
Would be interesting to some new folks with 5 years and all..
Packing the bearings on the 20 foot trailer as we speak.....
GTJOEY1314:thumbsup
 

The Grey Ghost

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Kansas City
After our first round last year in Austin, we're hooked!

Count us in.:thumbsup


Jeff
 

xrayman396

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Dec 8, 2006
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IM Love VIR
 

w.a.nelson

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I'm in.:wink
 

RADGT

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Count me in. After not being able to attend Le mans his year, I quickly locked in my time off for the Rally.

Stu
 

GTJIMMY

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Lloyd Harbor, NY
:bananaDBK,

Please ad me in (2 people)

GTJIMMY
 

THamonGT

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Dave, Count Sue & Tomy Hamon in.
 

GordonWolf

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Add me.
Sounds great, please put me one above Frank on the list...:thumbsup