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Carlisle 2022 !   ....I've once again contracted the Courtyard by Marriot, Mechanicsburg PA.  Wednesday is available as an extra day for those that wish to arrive earlier. The dates are Wednesday May 11th through Saturday May 14th, with the majority usually arrive on Thursday. our room block rate is $130.00 per night (King or Queen) plus applicable taxes. this includes free daily breakfast the hotel and the they are providing the free hospitality suite for each night as well as permission to bring in outside adult beverages and food.

Reservations are to be made direct with the hotel. Call:  717 766 9006 and mention "Speedsters Group". Check in is 3PM check out is 12 noon. Early arrivals are subject to room availability. Room block reservation cut off date is April 12th.

On Thursday 1:00 pm, the hotel will be providing welcome station in the lobby with lemonade and brownies.  Courtyard is a smoke free facility.  Currently, masks are not required.

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Carlisle 2022 !   ....I've once again contracted the Courtyard by Marriot, Mechanicsburg PA.  Wednesday is available as an extra day for those that wish to arrive earlier. The dates are Wednesday May 11th through Saturday May 14th, with the majority usually arrive on Thursday. our room block rate is $130.00 per night (King or Queen) plus applicable taxes. this includes free daily breakfast the hotel and the they are providing the free hospitality suite for each night as well as permission to bring in outside adult beverages and food.

Reservations are to be made direct with the hotel. Call:  717 766 9006 and mention "Speedsters Group". Check in is 3PM check out is 12 noon. Early arrivals are subject to room availability. Room block reservation cut off date is April 12th.

On Thursday 1:00 pm, the hotel will be providing welcome station in the lobby with lemonade and brownies.  Courtyard is a smoke free facility.  Currently, masks are not required.

We are all a bit cabin crazy up here and wrapped up in 49th parallel tape ...

As soon as the czar releases us we will be driving south  

Hoping the border becomes less obnoxious as we have a family member who had a covid test that ended up being 3 hours late when he drove across and he got a  6K fine ... go figure..

Moral of the story, if you come back and they say the test is outdated, you have to tell them... ok then I am not coming back today... do not come into your own country, go back across the border to a hotel or to your relatives then come back another day...    ( the relative lives in Windsor and he was visiting his sister in Detroit, he is in his late 70's )

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Throwing this out there to the Speedster Group.  As a former Speedster owner, now a buggy owner, ACME commissioned a build of a Valve Cover Racing Track.  We will have the track at Carlisle this year and if you are creative enough to make a Valve Cover Racer and want to have some fun, the track will be set up for the duration.  We will have a definitive challenge race (double elimination), but feel free to join - you gotta make your own racer.  If anyone is interested, I can send you rules and build specifications for your racer (max 5 pounds)= just about anything goes.    Pinewood Derby and Hot Wheels for the adults     Andy Burger, afburger@gmail.com

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curved incline - VCR build rules also attached   based on area we will have, we have 6 4' sections of flat after the curve from the starting incline.  This image is general representation of an older track we used to borrow and use.   The new track is being finished this month and may include a hump and/or a jump optional sections depending upon how much beer is consumed during the final track construction

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For those wondering what this track will look like with a transitions.  Here is the current build process - about 80%.  There is an additional 8' of sections to be added but the work shed isn't that long

The track is 4' high at the starting line with a 35% incline to an eased curved flat section.  Total length is about 28'.  This particular VCR racer in the video is at the 5 pound limit, made with a base EMPI chrome rounded valve cover.  It also has wood wheels and router bearings that is homemade from my brother Bill in North Carolina - the architect and creator of our track.

Our plan is to have a "cup season" at various events with trophies at each event and grand champion - even best of show at events so everyone can enjoy.    Click the video below to see the track in action as of 07-JAN-2022

Current Build in Progress

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