RTP Corvettes

NASM/USMC Museum/Potomac Mills Sojourn

September 10-12, 2010

ITINERARY

Friday

12:00 noon                Depart RDV spot, Sonic Drive-In, 12508 Capital Blvd, Wake Forest, NC  27587).

En route time approx six hours

Hotel:  Hampton Inn, 4050 WestFax Dr., Chantilly, VA (703.818.8200)

Near A&S Museum (http://www.nasm.si.edu/) complex near Dulles IAP

7:00 pm                      Backyard Grill, 13999 Metrotech Dr, Chantilly, 703/802-6400

http://www.backyardgrillrestaurant.com/chantilly

Saturday

8:00-9:00 am         Hot breakfast @ Hotel

9:00 - Noon             Tour Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Air & Space  Museum (Personal Pace)

http://www.nasm.si.edu/udvarhazy/

Noon -1:30 pm       Lunch (Dining available on site, but lots of places nearby)

1:30 -5:00 pm         Tour wrap-up, depart for hotel

7:00 pm                     Dinner: TBD

Sunday

8:00 - 9:00 am           Breakfast

9:00 am - Noon         USMC Museum (http://www.marineheritage.org/) at Quantico MC Base, Quantico, VA

Noon - 1:30 pm          Lunch at Potomac Mills

1:30 - 5:00 pm           Shopping at Potomac Mills Shopping Mall

5:00 - 6:00                  Dinner at Food Court in the Mall

6:00 pm                        Depart for home at personal pace

Sign up on the NCM site for the High Performance Driving Event at Virginia International Raceway!  Registration opens today and the event fills up very quickly.

Here is the link to the NCM site:  NCM HPDE at VIR

Our annual Christmas party and Yankee Gift Exchange will be held at the Angus Barn at 5:00pm, December 6, 2009.

Here’s our menu from the Angus Barn:

Entree Choices:

Filet Mignon

10 oz. bacon wrapped filet served with a side of Bordelaise sauce

Fresh North Atlantic Salmon

12 oz. pan-seared and served with garlic dill butter

Herb Roasted Tuscan Chicken

Stuffed with prosciutto, mozzarella, asparagus and served with green beans and red new potatoes

All entrees are served with fresh baked bread and your choice of a Garden Salad, Spinach Salad, Caesar Salad or Soup of the Day.

All entrees also come with your choice of Baked Potato, Stuffed Potato, Sweet Potato, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Thick or Thin Cut Fries or Rice

For dessert you can choose from Chocolate Chess Pie, Cheesecake with Fresh Fruit, Pecan Pie, or Ice Cream

Coffee and Tea are included with the meal

Beer, Liquor or Wine can be ordered for an extra charge, if you’d like.

The cost for the meal is $45.00 per person.

Click here to be taken to the event registration page.  Once there, click on the ‘Register’ button to let us know you are coming and your entree choice(s).

After you’ve registered, please send your check made out to RTP Corvettes to P.O. Box 13435, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.

After dinner, we will hold our Yankee Gift Exchange.  The maximum value of the gift is $25.00 and does not necessarily have to be Corvette related.  The gift exchange was a big hit at last year’s party!  Please call Kalani Parker if you have any questions on how the gift exchange will work.

Danville, VA (November 5, 2009) - Holiday Laps returns Friday, November 13, as VIRginia International Raceway’s annual charity fund raising event that benefits the Salvation Army in Halifax and Pittsylvania counties.
 
Holiday Laps allows donors who bring $25 in cash, new toys or non perishable foods to drive VIR’s famed 3.27 mile Full Course behind one of the track’s Volkswagen pace cars in sessions lasting 20-25 minutes. Speeds are controlled, but still brisk enough to be very entertaining. Holiday Laps is the opening event in the WBTM-AM and WAKG-FM annual holiday auction.
 
“Donations support the entire VIR area, with all the surrounding communities benefiting from the generosity of fans who participate,” said track managing partner Connie Nyholm. “We treasure the support of the region and have found that this is a great way to repay that support.”
 
The smiles generated by Holiday Laps begin with the first group on the track - their faces brightened by the thrill of driving the same track and seeing VIR from a new perspective. More smiles get created when the Salvation Army does their good deeds during the holidays and throughout the year.
 
No special equipment is needed to take part in Holiday Laps. Past years have seen everything from hot rods, luxury cars, vans, trucks and motorcycles on the track. The gates open early Friday morning and sessions continue until the last one begins around 4:00 that afternoon. Every vehicle taking part receives a custom 8×10 photo of the experience, donated by VIR’s photographers, F&S Enterprises. Raffle tickets for ‘hot laps’ in a VW pace car and a ride in one of SASCO Motorsports’ vintage race cars, driven by owner Dave Handy are on offer as well. Last year’s winners got to ride in Dave’s 1968 McLaren Can-Am car. The Pagoda Grill in the paddock will have refreshments all day.
 
For a double dose of holiday joy, come out and drive VIR while doing the most good for needy children in the area. To keep your donations in the VIR community, make any checks payable to the Danville, Virginia Salvation Army.
 
VIRginia International Raceway is a multi-purpose road racing facility, located on the Dan River between Danville and South Boston, Virginia. VIR hosts a wide range of professional and amateur auto and motorcycle racing and track events, and is well established as “America’s Motorsport Resort. For further information, call 434-822-7700 or visit our web site at www.VIRnow.com.To subscribe to our newsletter or to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, visit http://www.virnow.com/connect

Come visit with us at our next meeting.  We meet on the the third Sunday of each month (except for December).  We are very excited to announce that we have a new meeting spot for 2010.  We will meet at Brio Tuscan Grille at Crabtree Valley Mall.  The restaurant is on the the upper parking level on the Belk’s end of the mall complex.

Here is a link to the restaurant site:  BRIO Tuscan Grille

We  are making a change to the meeting format for the new year.  We’ll start the meeting at 2:30 and take care of the club business from 2:30 to 3:30 and then afterwards we can enjoy any food or beverages that you may desire.  Hopefully, this will prevent some of the distractions that we experienced from ordering food and its subsequent arrival in our previous meeting locations.  We would like to hear the club member’s feedback on the new format after the first meeting or two.

2010  Meeting Schedule:

• January 17
• February 21
• March 21
• April 25
• May 16
• June 20
• July 18
• August 15
• September 19
• October 17
• November 21
• December - Christmas Party - Date TBA

The Manager of the restaurant is trying to make arrangements for reserved parking on our behalf with the mall management.   No promises have been made, but he is working diligently on the task.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the meetings!

28th of March (Sat) Our Club will visit ‘Stam Chocolaterie’ chocolate shop in Chapel Hill at 1:30PM.

The cost is $10 per person.

The $10 per person fee includes:

* A 20-30 minute presentation by Bob (the owner) on chocolates
* Unlimited chocolate samples for consumption on site . Please note his selection includes a number of sugar free items.
* Any coffee or drink on their menu

Location:
Chocolaterie Stam
1820 Martin Luther King Boulevard Suite B-10 ( In Chapel Hill North Shopping Center)
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Please RSVP with Joe at sotong@bellsouth.net, He needs a full count by March 25th….