I e-mailed some of our Mark IV members the other day to get feedback on a Rally III idea. Based on the responses, I think we have a location.
The other day I talked to a forum member who has long been friends with Carroll Shelby. During a recent conversation, Carroll inquired how the group was and what had been going on in the community. He was very happy to be a part of Rally II in Newport Beach. After discussion, Carroll offered that if we ever ran an event in Las Vegas, he'd throw us a heck of a party at SAI.
There had been a lot of discussion about moving Rally III eastward after doing Newport Beach in 07. While I agree with this sentiment, given the unique opportunity available I think it is a no brainer to seize the day and take the chance to bring our Ford GT's to Las Vegas and Shelby Automotive in 2008. Texas, Florida, etc, will always be there. So will Las Vegas, but not with Carroll at the helm. Add in the weather, the variety of good local roads to travel, and this looks like another killer Ford GT Forum event.
I'm going to LV for Carroll's 85th(!) Birthday Bash on January 11th to meet with Amy Boylan and discuss planning for an event at their facility. That week, we should have dates and details of Ford GT Rally III - Las Vegas.
I hope this information sounds good.
:cheers
Since it sounds like we have a deal, it's always fun to keep these up:
1. DBK
2. Bony
3. Kirby Veira
4. AMB
5. Stormcat
6. Shelby #18
7. Midnite Blu
8. Spirit
9. GTJoey
10. dbtgt
11. tmcphail
12. Cobrar
13. AJB
14. Hammer
15. Texas GT
16. BlackIce
17. SteveA
18. Not 4n
19. somelee
20. huffmantim
21. MAD IN NC
22. ByeEnzo
23. THamonGT
24. Camilo Pardo
25. specracer
26. sinovac
27. Fubar
28. FlorIdaho Chris
29. Chris A.
30. 427Aggie
31. JBG
32. KJRGT
33. RedGT
34. AlohaGT
35. Jones
36. PHXGT
37. fjpikul
38. shesgotlegs
39. Joe Dozzo
40. SuperB
41. Ralphie
42. GO's
43. Awsum GT
44. fly-by
45. canibl
46. isaakgt
47. Waldo
48. Indy GT
49. DanM
50. Malibu
51. Lightning
52. GT350H
53. DoctorV8
54. Hennessey Performance
55. RaceDeck