I know of about 25-35 cars coming from the Northwest, our club out of Portland is sending 18 cars, Wish we knew more about the event, sounds like a great time.
Friday May 27: Registration 3PM - 10PM. Hyalite Room Icebreaker. Complimetary beer all weekend starts with Registration. Vehicle & helmet teching for Sunday Autocross 3PM to dark. Complimentary finger food 5:30PM - 7:30PM. Sliced beef, ham, turkey, cheese. Build a sandwich. Chips & salsa, veggie tray. Socialize, see your friends and meet new ones. Check out the Vettes in the back lot - Corvette Parking Only.
Remeber the Vettes at Whitefish? We all got to see our very first C6, courtesy of Josh Holder, Corvette Engineer, who drove nearly straight through from Bowling Green. He is coming again. He will again be driving a new Corvette. Rumor has it he will again bring one none of us has seen yet. Don't miss it.
Saturday May 28: Gallatin Valley Mall (Main Mall) Show & Shine. Line up starts 7AM. Rags down 9:30AM. Voting by participants until 11:30AM. Show & Shine over at Noon.
Big Sky Rally & Poker Run starts from the Gran Tree. First car out at 1PM. Course about 60 miles. Plenty of time to participate and be back for clean up and dinner.
Sourdough Cowboy Bar-B-Que starts about 6:30PM-7PM. Grilled burgers & chicken breasts with all the trimmings.
Dance to Bluejack after dinner. About 8PM to Midnight. Compliments of our local Chevy dealer sponsor, Dave Ressler.
Sunday May 29: Autocross at MSU Roskie Parking Lot (11th & Grant). Drivers' meeting 8:30AM. Be there before then and have your car teched Friday or Saturday if you can. We will be racing before 9:30AM. Weather permitting, we will run until 3:30PM. Hope to have dollar runs and $5 bracket competition after the main event. Bracket fees returned as cash prizes to win, place, show. Separate Men's and Women's classes.
Alternate to Autocross: Take the Fun Run Caravan to Headwaters State Park near Three Forks, the headwaters of the Missouri River where the Madison, Jefferson & Gallatin rivers meet. Famous Lewis & Clark camp site with lots of historical site markers. Probably start about 10:30AM - 11AM. Perhaps lunch in Three Forks.
Looking for something else educational and entertaining to do? We encourage you to visit the Museum of the Rockies on the MSU campus, just a couple blocks from the autocross site.
Social Hour at the GranTree 5:30PM - 6:30PM. Awards Banquet 6:30PM. Carved roast beef with au jus & horseraddish and grilled chicken in Latour sauce, Caribbean vegetable medley, mashed potatoes.
Our Special Guest for the evening will be Josh Holder, Corvette Engineer, who will again arrive at the Big Sky Meet direct from Bowling Green. Last year he came in a new C6, before any were shipped to dealers. The first live one any of us had seen. This year is a new year and there is a new model not yet shipped to dealers. Rumor has it he may arrive behind the wheel of the most powerful full production Corvette ever. Don't miss his ride or his presentation on the new C6 models, with emphasis on the Z06.
Awards Presentation for the competition events.
Monday May 30: Montana Clubs Officers' Meeting 8:30AM at the GranTree. Coffee, juice, donuts. Plan for Big Sky 2006 in Helena.
Corvette Store
Cruise to the Sky event in Montana
