Midwest Wagonfest?!

How 'bout somethin for us guys in the middle of this great country?! Detroit to Nashville to Hot-lanta... I-94 to I-65 to I-75... We were in Murfreesboro this last weekend and took 65 all the way home... NICE drive!! Just a thought for 2013...

How about Memphis? Wagons at Graceland? I bet there are some nice parks down on the Mississippi that would be nice for hosting a fest. Best BBQ I ever had was in Memphis.

Needs to be in the fall or spring though....HOT in the summer there!

Memphis sounds good!!

I have read that the neighborhood surrounding Graceland is in terrible shape, safety-wise. Someone who lives there would have to weigh in with their view.

All it takes is someone to organize it. My best wishes. Let me know if I can be of help.

Dave Buchholz
Rochester, NY

jimbeau wrote:

I have read that the neighborhood surrounding Graceland is in terrible shape, safety-wise. Someone who lives there would have to weigh in with their view.

agreed... as well as the area up near you. we'd have to find "friendly" neighborhoods for us to stop at. I can vouch for some of the areas around me (Northwest Indiana). But maybe you guys south of us can find some cool places to meet up at?

I'll vote for Memphis too!

The area surrounding Graceland is currently being revitalized. It's a neat place for a day trip with the car museum and all but I wouldn't stay around there over night. The oulying suburbs (one of which I live in) are a better place to stay. One idea for a gathering would be Shelby Farms. It's the largest urban park in the country.

We also have the Memphis International Raceway near by with lots of events going on throughout the year including weekly test and tune. The last Friday of each month is Midnight Madness with live music, car show, test and tune and bikini contest.

How about something further west?

I should also add that Memphis is home to the nicest AAA baseball park in the country, AutoZone Park. A great place to hang out at a game.

If folks would be up for a Wagon excursion, a cool destination is the Tupelo Auto Museum.

Olds Weighty Eight wrote:

I'll vote for Memphis too!

The area surrounding Graceland is currently being revitalized. It's a neat place for a day trip with the car museum and all but I wouldn't stay around there over night. The oulying suburbs (one of which I live in) are a better place to stay. One idea for a gathering would be Shelby Farms. It's the largest urban park in the country.

We also have the Memphis International Raceway near by with lots of events going on throughout the year including weekly test and tune. The last Friday of each month is Midnight Madness with live music, car show, test and tune and bikini contest.

sounds like a plan man... around here we've got:
Lake County Fairgrounds:
http://www.lcfair.com/

Porter County Fairgrounds:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Porter-County-Expo-Center-Fairgrounds/87698392540

Illiana Speedway:
http://www.illianaspeedway.com/schedule.html
They have a Crashfest twice a year... figure 8 bus races, demo derby, amateur races, trailer races etc...

Then of course there's the Chicagoland Speedway... it's about 2 hour drive from I-65
http://www.chicagolandspeedway.com/?homepage=true

so... the question is... who wants to organize this badboy?

nstg8r wrote:

How about something further west?

where are ya thinkin?

MarkH wrote:

nstg8r wrote:

How about something further west?

where are ya thinkin?

Just something that's a little less than a 2 day drive away from Colorado. (it sucks being a car guy in Colorado btw)

Missouri?

BTW... it sucks being a car guy in the snow belt too!

nstg8r wrote:

MarkH wrote:

nstg8r wrote:

How about something further west?

where are ya thinkin?

Just something that's a little less than a 2 day drive away from Colorado. (it sucks being a car guy in Colorado btw)

The Impala guys have an annual get-together in Las Vegas. I know of one wagon that goes there every year.

MarkH wrote:

Missouri?

BTW... it sucks being a car guy in the snow belt too!

We get snow, and I also have to fight power robbing altitude

Today I drove 10+ hours from Benton Harbor, MI area(south west Michigan) to Waterloo, NY area. If you guys put something together closer than that, odds are I will be in.

There is the Annual Lloyd and Sean's B-body bash. If thee isn't enough people to put together a Wagonfest Mid-West, or to settle on a location with someone to organize, it would be a place some of us could meet up.

At this years event I was able to meet Cory (MrBuick), Bewber and jimbeau. If go to the post on ISS forum on page 3 you can see a few pics and a short video of Cory doing a burnout with his wagon.

Ancient_1 wrote:

There is the Annual Lloyd and Sean's B-body bash. If thee isn't enough people to put together a Wagonfest Mid-West, or to settle on a location with someone to organize, it would be a place some of us could meet up.

At this years event I was able to meet Cory (MrBuick), Bewber and jimbeau. If go to the post on ISS forum on page 3 you can see a few pics and a short video of Cory doing a burnout with his wagon.

hmmm... that's an idea for next year. where's Lloyd's located?

From the first post in that thread. The one thing that could be a problem is that it is held on the Saturday of Memorial day weekend. It is just outside of Racine, WI. here is what is stated in the 1st post from the link I posted.

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It is reasonably located approximately 14 miles north of the Wisconsin/Illinois state line, approximately 1.5 miles east of I94/41