WF Florida Official Info Thread

Here is most of the important info you need if interested in WF FL:

When: Friday March 24-26, 2023
Where: Daytona International Speedway Infield during the Spring Turkey Run car show.
Why:  Cuz we love wagons and cars...

HOTEL is the Best Western right by I-95.  
Call hotel Directly Best Western phone number: 386-258-6333.  Tell them you are with the group Wagonfest to get the $143/night rate for 2 doubles (King was a little less). Hotel Thread here

BACKGROUND:

For those not in the know, Wagonfest started in 2006 (I think) in upstate New York.  There is a separate thread about it and you can look at that for more info.

Wagonfest FL was born out of the SOFASST and GOFASST joint event at the Daytona Beach Spring Car Show. This show is now known as the Spring Turkey Run. This is by no means a full fledged shindig. It's a grassroots get together to celebrate GM's genius in creating the B-Body. While primarily a wagon event, anyone with a love of B or D bodies is more than welcome.

In order to attend the Wagonfest get together/show (your wagon/B-Body does NOT have to be show quality).
YOU MUST REGISTER FOR THE TURKEY RUN. . We have NO AFFILIATION with the Turkey Run. THERE NO LONGER IS PRE-REGISTRATION, it is pay the day of. and is $50 this year. The parking slab is an additional $10 per car (Payable to me as I pre-bought them all).

Despite what the website says, they like our wagons and even some fairly rough looking ones have been allowed in. We have never had a b-body wagon turned away at the gate.   We do meet up at 8AM and arrive as a group so safety in numbers lol. (you don't have to arrive with the group).

If you have been to a show here, the venue is HUGE. Really one day is not enough to see everything.


So on to the good part

LIST OF ACTIVITIES:

FRIDAY:

The show is open and runs from 8-4 although it's lightly attended. May be a good time to hit the vendor area if you get in early enough.
Also there is a junkyard about a mile or two from the hotel if you like that (LKQ). They usually update their inventory online.
Usually, as people arrive and get settled, we either head to a local car wash (this can be it's own adventure) and then dinner.
I'm putting it out there if some want to head to the beach for an on the sand photo shoot, I would be up for that (beach driving shuts down at sunset so some advance planning is necessary).
Friday night back at the hotel, is usually an early night as we start fairly early in the morning, but there are usually old friends and new friends hanging out in the parking lot (or in the lobby).

SATURDAY:

We meet up at 8AM in the shopping center parking lot just east of the hotel in order to meet up with the local day-trippers from Orlando, Tampa, and Jax. We then head out enmasse and drive around the backside of the track to the entry gate. It's an impressive site to see over a dozen b-bodies rolling in together. We park together on reserved slabs and we are there until the end of the day. The show is huge with thousands of cars. You will be hard pressed to see every car in 8hrs. I pack a lunch and drinks in a cooler, it gets HOT out there.

SAT NITE:
Up in the air this year, see discussion about BBQ and awards here (need someone to manage this if you want it to happen).  If not we will convene after dinner for informal shenanagins in the parking lot.

SUNDAY :
Many go back over to the show, however, attendance is ALOT lighter than Saturday. I usually hit the vendors now as it's alot lighter crowd. If you stay long enough you get to drive a lap on the track and get a photo.


What should you bring you might ask?
A Few things we found were helpful last year on the infield:

SUNBLOCK - you'll be sorry if you don't

A small cooler with water and snacks - it's FLORIDA and it's hot. I pack a picnic lunch so I can spend more money in the vendor area, lol.

A couple of folding chairs - long day and sitting on the tailgate gets old - I'll bring a few as I understand the long haulers don't have lots of space.

Pop up sunshade tent (EZ-Up of the like) - If the sun's out, it gets roasty toasty out there, and there is not many spots to hide from it. ( 3 or 4 were brought last year and it was enough). - I have one I'm bringing.

Comfy shoes, you'll be walking....ALOT.

Camera, lot's of cool rods to take pics of.

I suggest an umbrella, because it has rained, and you can use it as sun shade too.

Photos on the sand was already part of my plan. The more the merrier!