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Other NsteXpo 2000 Sites: Moazzam’s,
Bill’s
Date:
Mon, 19 Jun 2000 00:48:04 EDT
From: Bill Peirce Subject: Re: [NSXCA-SOUTHCENTRAL] NSteXpo 2000 was
a success!
I would like to thank Brent for planning and
hosting such a great event!
Everything was perfect! Great job Captain!
I'll be updating nsxsc.com this week so if you have
any pictures or web links
to post, let me know. I would also like some stories for
NSeXcitement, so
send me what you have!
It was great seeing everyone! See you at Texas World Speedway!
Bill Peirce
Date:
Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:33:50 -0500
From: Moazzam Ahmed
Subject:
Re: [NSXCA-SOUTHCENTRAL] NSteXpo 2000 was a success!
Yeah Betsy and I both had a REALLY great time.
Betsy had a
skeptical perspective to NSX events before this.
She was
very glad she came with me. We both had fun.
Thanks Brent (and Shana) for the wonderful time.
And it was grrreat seeing everyone and their
spouses
(and their cars). Finally put a face to everyones
"bytes". :)
I'll post pics I took, on my web. and send a url to
Bill.
take care
Moazzam and Betsy (and NSX)
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Brent Cobb & Bill Pierce open teXpo with a PowerPoint briefing presentation
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Afterwards, it was a late dinner party at Wazoos’ |
Saturday Morning – Gunn Acura Tech Session
Saturday morning saw the NSX’ers driving across the freeway to Gunn Acura,
and totally taking over the service department with NSX’es.
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NSX’es are taking over the Place!!! |
Augie |
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Augie, Gunn’s top NSX master tech, was on the lookout for anything that looked out of place. |
Many thanks to Tracy “NSX Parts Guy” Towsend, for not only providing us with the parts we need, but installing them himself! |
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Saturday Afternoon – Malibu
We love to drive on the track, and get every opportunity, even if the cars are, well, less than we are used to.
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Marc |
Vaughn |
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Brent Hey, do these things have a
nitros button? |
Can you read this lap timer?? The lap timer display was apparently knocked out by a lightning strike some time ago. Not only were the last two digits reversed, but half of the lights were burned out, causing massive confusion in trying to figure out who had the fastest times. |
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Lining up for the start |
Doug is ready to hit the track! |
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Andy getting himself psyched up.
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Saturday Night – Dave & Buster’s
Dave & Buster’s rolled out the red carpet for us, with a private party room.
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Sunday Morning – Hill
Country Drive
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Lining up for the country drive - A string of jewels in the sun |
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Getting’ out of the city, on the way out to the country! |
Country roads around |
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Vaughn takes a sweeping right-hander |
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Better slow down so the Supra guy can catch up again! |
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Bad Girl Betsy, sitting on the door of Moazzam’s car, smoking a clove!! |
Captain of
Yellow Submarine Abandons Ship and Runs For His Life After Being Chased by
LocNSX Monster! |
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All lined up at the restaurant for the for the goodbye lunch.
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A bunch of fine tail in the parking lot! |
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The usual suspects…. |
Since Doug almost hit a deer on the country drive, he is awarded the inaugural “shaft award”. It’s an actual NSX 5-speed transmission mainshaft that’s awarded to the NSX’er who has the worst luck or a near miss (nothing serious we hope) during an NSX Southcentral event. Doug’s name will go on the award, then he will pass it on to the next winner at the next event (kinda like America’s cup) |
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The Boss and the
Captain. Howdy Guys and
Gals! I hope everyone
made it safe 'n sound back into town!
It really started pouring rain at about 4:30 PM in San Antonio, so I'm
glad most were well on their way home by that time! Many, MANY thanks to all of our
attendees! Without your attendance and
interest, teXpos like the one you just attended would simply never exist - we
all know it would be a lonely world without teXpos! :>) All of you really made the
planning and execution phases of all events an easy task. Without a doubt, this year's teXpo ran so
smoothly because of your cooperation and interest! I'm thankful that the weather held-out for
us the whole weekend! I truly hope all
of you enjoyed your brief visit to San Antonio - I know I enjoyed your
visit! If you ever happen to be in San
Antonio for business, etc., please look me up! Anyhow, I have
several thanks: 1. Thanks to Mark Johnson of
Dali for all of those GREAT teXpo shirts!
They really added a nice touch to our event, and he really went out of
his way to have these manufactured specifically for our event. When he's not fondling clutch cores, he
helps us out! Thanks again Mark, and
we'll see you next time. 2. A BIG thanks to Tracy
Townsend of Gunn Acura. He flawlessly
and magnificently orchestrated the Gunn Acura event for us on Saturday
morning with a great tech session and a SUPER BBQ buffet! Also, many thanks to Barb for going out of
her way to help us and maximize our enjoyment! Fortunately, he was able to
convince the Gunn Generals to conform to his demands (or requests, right
Tracy?). Thanks for all you hard work
Tracy. 3. Thanks go out to our
out-of-staters for attending - Jerry from Louisiana, Jeff from Kansas, and
also Miled from New York (fouhgitaboutit)! 4. Another big "Thank
you" to Jerry Hill for gluing that video camera to his face and filming
EVERY SINGLE event at teXpo! I am
anxious to see that Sunday Drive high-speed pass shot! He also went out of his way to get
EVERYTHING (hopefully not of me smoking cloves) on tape! After he finishes-off the tape, I'll make
the copies and send them off to you. Thanks Jerry! 5. Finally, I just have to thank
everyone who had an interest in this event. Not only the attendees, but those
who offered to help from afar. Thanks
for the honest survey answers and all of your kind words. I'm not the one to thank - thank each other
for being such GREAT people with such GREAT cars. Yeah, sure, I love
"OXIDE", but I wouldn't trade-in you guys and gals for
anything! sniff, sniff. I hope you all had a great time,
and I will eventually post some survey results soon. Take care and see you all soon! Brent "I'm tired" Cobb |
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Guest
List DFW Area: Chris Vincent (SOLO) Jim Kuzela (Guest:
Carol) Moazzam Ahmed (Guest:
Betsy) Marc W. (SOLO) Doug Carlson (Guest:
Bulan) Vaughn Duarte (Guest:
Susan) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Houston Area: Lenny Di Cecco (Guest:
Torrey) Peter Ma (Guest: Terry) John Hanks (Guest:
Kimberly) Andy Vecsey (Guest:
Janet) Bill Peirce (Guest:
Jackie) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Austin Area: Roxanne Merizalde
(SOLO) Aamir Penkar (Guest:
Anya) Karl Zimmerman
(Saturday) (Guest: Paige) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ San Antonio Area: Brent Cobb (Guest:
Shana) Robert Carlson (SOLO) Chris Croninger (Guest:
Jake) Carla Sanchez (Guest:
Marissa) Tracy Townsend (Guest:
Barb) Augie Ureste (SOLO) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ OUT-OF-TOWNERS: Wei-Shen Chin (Guest:
Suzan and Son) - Windermere, FL (Will Fly) Jeff Bennett (SOLO) -
Salina, KS (Will Fly) Miled Salheb (SOLO) -
Somers, NY (Will drive from Dallas with Marc W.) Mark Johnson (Guest:
Blondie!) - San Diego, CA (Will Fly) Jerry Hill (SOLO) -
Greenwood, LA - (?Will drive - from Dallas?) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ TOTAL NSXes present in
S.A.: 18 Total Non-NSXes present
in S.A. (not rentals): 3 TOTAL GUESTS: 43 |
Directions
to Omni Take I-35 South towards
San Antonio >From I-35 South,
take the Loop 1604 Exit (Loop 1604 is also known as Anderson Loop) Exit to the right and
take Loop 1604 West Go about 15 or so miles
west on Loop 1604 to the I-10 Exit Take I-10 East (towards
San Antonio) Drive about 5 miles down
I-10 East to the Wurzbach Road Exit (EXIT #561) After Exiting, stay
left and at the next bridge (Wurzbach Road), turn around under the bridge and
drive on the access road in the right lane Stay on the access road
for a short distance. The Omni is a tall
building to the right that is
right in front of you. Look for the Wahooz
restaurant sign. Turn right on
Colonade Road immediately after Wahooz. Go straight into the Omni! ***PARKING NOTE***: When you arrive at the
Omni, feel free to park/unpack your car at the front door. We will have our own "special"
parking in the Valet section - no Valets will drive your
cars. Our section will be in the same
area as in 1998 - the parking area
to the "right". The Valets
(or myself) will be able to direct you to our
parking area when you arrive. Just
look for the NSXes! That's about it! If you have any questions on how to get to
the Omni, please let me
know! Be sure to try to arrive in-time
for the 9:00 PM In-Briefing in Grand
Ballroom "B"! I suggest you
plan to arrive at the Omni no later than 8:00 PM so that you can clean up
and relax! REMINDER: The In-Brief
will start promptly (depending on how margaritas I've had) at 9:00 PM Friday
night! It will be in Grand Ballroom
"B". Be sure to take a In-Briefing
package folder once you arrive in the room!
I'll have them out (blue folders)
somewhere near the Ballroom B door. REMINDER: Starting from
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM, some of the "early arrivers" will be walking over to
Texas Land and Cattle for dinner/drinks.
So, if you do arrive at the Omni
around this time, see NSXes but no NSXers, we're probably there and will return
shortly. Come on over to TLAC or
loiter around in the "lounge"
section beside the lobby. If you're
lucky, you may see me kick the pianist from his stool
and play some Beethoven myself on the lobby piano. REMINDER: Be sure to
find/park in our NSX parking spaces!
The valets will be aware of this section, and you should see
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Schedule
Overview: Friday - June 16: ARRIVE IN SAN ANTONIO -
CHECK-IN AT OMNI - We'll have parking on
the "right" side of hotel.
May change - just look for others. - Members will be in
hotel bar, lobby, etc. as they arrive. - At approximately 6:00-7:00 PM, some members will walk to
Texas Land & Cattle for
informal/optional dinner - 9:00 PM PROMPT! - TeXpo '00 In-Brief in Grand Ballroom
"B" - Following In-Brief
(10:00 PM or so), some members will walk to Wahooz (Cajun/seafood/bar) for
optional drinks ********************************* Saturday - June 17th: BE READY AT NSX NO
LATER THAN 9:00 AM! - 8:00 AM - Optional
Starbucks/Hotel B-Fast (walking distance) - 9:00 AM Depart for
Gunn Acura (2 miles) - 9:10 AM - 12:00 PM -
Gunn Acura Event (Lunch included) - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM -
FREE TIME - 2:00 PM - ***BE AT
NSX!!!*** - 2:00 PM Depart for
Malibu Grand Prix (2 miles) - 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM -
Group event at Malibu - 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM -
FREE TIME - 7:00 PM - ***BE AT
NSX!*** - 7:00 PM Depart for
Dave and Busters (3 miles) - 7:00 PM - ??? (closes
at 2:00 AM) Dave and Busters event - Includes dinner/games/presentations ************************************* Sunday - June 18th: BE READY AT NSX NO
LATER THAN 9:00 AM - 8:00 AM - Optional Starbucks/Hotel
B-Fast (walking distance) - 9:00 AM Depart on
Country Drive - 55.6 miles - 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM -
Country drive to/from Medina Lake - 11:30 AM - End of
Drive - Arrive at Champs Americana - 12:00 - Final teXpo
Wrap-up lunch at Champs - After Lunch -
Departures |