Hello everyone,
I just wanted to touch base and give you guys a quick update. Unfortunately, as Todd mentioned, we had to cancel the event for this weekend. After several decision-making meetings, reviewing the weather, and working on the track, the track officials advised us that they would not be able to dry and maintain the track today. Due to the increased chance of rain developing for Monday, we were asked to reschedule the event for another day.
On behalf of Street Jam Racing and the Five Guys Racing Team, please accept our apologies for the rainout and cancelation of today’s event. We hope each of you will have an opportunity to come back and join us again.
We will be meeting over the next week or so, to begin planning the rain date. We hope we can pull this together for you soon. As plans unfold, we will keep you updated. For people who have pre-paid, we will contact you with information relating to rain-checks and/or refunds. In the interim, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at
[email protected].
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Now for the good stuff…
We had a great turnout! Even with the rain, more than 30 drivers arrived; some from up to 1000 miles away. It was amazing to see how many people made the journey to Rockingham, NC for this first-time event. Although we did not get to have our race, a few people did run at the T&T the night before, and many of us got to hangout for a good portion of today. This race community is awesome, and we greatly appreciate you all coming out. As we mentioned before, this race is to promote friendship and goodwill while having a great time racing out street cars. Just like so many decades before, you all have shown us what a vast, welcoming group of people makeup the race community.
We did have a chance to get some pictures and video of us goofing around at the track. Hopefully we will have some posted soon. Check back frequently for updates.
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I would like to thank
Joe and Matt DaSilva, their family, friends and entire
DaSilva Racing Team, for making the 1600+ mile round trip. It was an honor to meet all of you. I hope we can get together again soon.
I would like to thank
Peter Mitas from Thump_rrr Racing who also trekked near 1600 miles round trip, as well as Peter’s family and friends for joining us today in support. (I need that Carpaccio recipe, btw… LOL)
Thanks to everyone from
HP Performance Inc. from Jacksonville Florida.
Also thank you to the folks from
Hurricane Racing for the local support.
Of course I can’t forget our friend
Chad! Thanks for making the trip up
from the Bayou, supporting the event, and being a good friend to us. It was a blast hanging out.
I am sorry to say, I do not remember everyone’s name, but I do want to thank everyone. I know we had folks from Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee, New Jersey, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and many other places. If I did not mention you… please chime in and say hello. We would like the chance to say thank you.
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We would also like to thank our sponsors. Along with the trophies and ongoing support, they have collectively donated over $2,000 in prizes and give-a-ways.
JJ from Woodbine Motorsports was on the scene helping out where he could, supporting our team, the other drivers, and the event as a whole.
We would also like to thank
Peter and Thump Racing for their support today. They were also on the scene. Thump Racing gave away many shirts and sweaters to the drivers and spectators today. It was a welcome gesture in the cold rain too! Thump Racing also had some other surprises for participants. I can tell you that they are VERY generous prizes. Unfortunately, because we did not race, those items are staying a secret until the rain date. (I had to give you a teaser, sorry)
Thanks to
Fore Precision Works for their support as well. We have a great set of AL Fuel Rails as a prize on our rain date as well.
We would also like to thank our newest sponsor,
Chuck at 1320 Photography for coming out and shooting some pictures for us today. Welcome to the family Chuck!
Of course, where would we be without
Kim and the awesome support staff at S197Forum! Thanks for having a kick ass tech and racing oriented site!
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I need to thank the rest of my team;
Scott, Todd, John, and Art. You guys rock. Thanks for your efforts getting us this far. Can’t wait for a good dry day to let the hard work pay off.
I also need to thank
my wife Lindsay. She spent days and did one hell of a job with helping the team, planning, and hosting a killer Halloween bash for the dozen+ kids at the T&T on Saturday night. Way too go!
I know this is kind of long winded, especially given we did not get to have the race, but today was still a successful day and a lot of people made it happen. Keep an eye out for the rain date. We should have something for you very soon.
Your Friend,
Spaz
