Thaw Out II, Mt. Vernon, OH, May 8-10 (drag racing)

Guys this is the official public announcement for Road Devils Car Club's Thaw Out II. This event will be held May 8-10, 2009 at Pacemakers Dragway Park (http://www.pacemakersdragway.com/) in Mt. Vernon, OH.

For those that attended Thaw Out I a couple years ago, this will be completely different!!! Our small little car show has grown up and wants to go racing! So who are we to stand in the way? What a great way to shake the dust off the hot rod after winter storage like a few high speed blasts down the track!

Racing and Car/Bike show is open to all pre-1972 american cars and "Traditional Style" bikes. We will be having certified car/bike guys watching the door to lessen the chance of off topic vehicles slipping through.

The racing will be heads up, arm-drop, grudge match style racing. 1/8mi runs. No brackets, no eliminations, no winners. Run what ya brung. Line up with whoever. You are racing against yourself or whoever you pick. Run as many times as you are willing to wait in line. Awards (if any) are at Road Devils descretion.

This event is meant to be just for fun racing and to allow the average joe to get on the track and thrash on their car without the intimidation factor that is normally present with stuctured races. We hope that it brings a feeling of nostalgia similar to when drag strips first started opening their doors to the local hot rodders.

If you are concerned about the cost of your nitro, want to ***** about 1/8mi runs, pissed that there won't be a purse or trophy, want to ***** about lack of brackets.... then don't come. This is for fun. Leave the drama at home and come have a good time running the track, camping, and bench racing with your old and new found friends over a few cold ones.

There will also be a seperate car/bike show area. General admission gets you into this area. No registration. No registration fees. No BS. We are trying to keep this show as cheap as possible and offering the biggest bang for your buck. It's a ****ty economy and we're all in this together. If you want to spend some money, consider making a donation to the club, or consider buying some of our shirts or other support merchandise. Or heck, bring out your race fuel guzzeling big money drag car that you wouldn't normally bring out and give everybody a show. That has it's own value. We do this for fun, not for money.

SPECTATORS WELCOME!!!!
Camping at the track is encouraged and included with admission. (Space permitting)

$10 general admission (good all weekend)
$20 if you want to run your car (good all weekend)
Vendors fee is $20/spot (10ft wide)

Gates open at 4pm on friday. Time trials 5pm-10pm.
Saturday racing starts at 9am to mid-night
Sunday use for a pack-up and leave day

More information and a website will be on the way so don't get your ******* in a twist. In the meantime, please mark your calendars, as this will not be an event that you will want to miss. Spread the word.

SPONSORS WELCOME and NEEDED!!!!: Contact: hotrodderguy@yahoo.com

 

20 bucks to make as many runs as you want over 2 days, that's a deal, wish you weren't 5 hours away though

 

It's only 5 hours....make a weekend out of it.

Stay tuned for our Hell On Wheels event at National Trail Raceway as well that will be in september.

www.DevilDrags.com

 

sounds cool ..hope to have the coupe together by then..

 

Customs are MORE than welcome too.

 

Where is dragstrip there in MtVernon???curiuos as I lived there at one time

 

8926 Columbus Road

 

Should be a real good time. Simple, easy, efficient.... with plenty of opportunity for bench racing. In my opinion, all the ingredients to a fun show.

We aren't going to waste any time with any bands or silly pin-up contests. We figure that between the vendors, racing, car show, and camping there should be more than enough to keep the real car guys entertained.

If you guys want music, bring your acoustic instruments and jam in the camping area. That would be cooler anyway.

 

Marking these 3 days on my calendar. Your events are always a killer good time!

 

BTTT. This will be a killer event guys.

 

My buddies in Steamhammer will be there with their hillbilly weapons of destruction (guitar, mandolin, stand-up b***). They haven't missed a Road Devils event yet.

 

This sounds like fun!!!! I doubt the old g***er is gonna be done in time though!! HHMMM

 

btt

 

8 miles from my folks! I just might come to the drags.

 

We will be there!!!

 

Sounds like a fun time. There is a group of nostalgia racers here in Indy that are looking for something like this thats fairly close to us. Looks like it is about a four hour trip fom Indy. I ***ume that being as there is no Christmas tree starts there also won't be any timed runs. How about tech, normal tech or like the hamb drags...just common sense stuff. I'll be talking to the guys next week so any more info I can give them will help with our decision to make the trip over to Ohio. You can e-mail or p.m me with more info.

 

I'll be there. Pacemakers is a cool old-time track, perfect for this kind of event. Hope to see that blown injected FED that was at the first show make some runs.

 

I will get with Jon and get you more info.....it would be great to have you there.

 

ya bring all them indy guys over....................20 for the hole weekend cant beat that..................hope to see all of you there............

 

Fellas- We will be posting more detailed regulation info. The runs will be timed, but I think we will just be running a green light instead of the tree. Similar to an arm drop. Might add the arm drop for effect. It's an 1/8mi track so tech should not be hard. Mostly common sense stuff: seatbelt, Helmet if you are in a roadster, catch can, firewall, etc. I am checking with the track about blankets, blower straps, etc and will post again with more info.

We encourage any nostalgia racers to come on out and have fun with us. I also suggest that you consider attending our fall event "Hell On Wheels" in september for a similar feel but with more structured racing and cl***es.

We'd also like to make it very clear that this event is a hot rod and kustom event also. We would like to have a lot of people there showing off their cars even if they aren't going to race.

Thanks and p*** the word along.....

 

Bump for my Club brothers

 

Bump- help us get the word out.

 

jon can you put up any camping details what they got for hook ups and such.........................

 

BTTT for the Ohio rodders. Spring is just around the corner. RUReady!!

 

I will see what I can do.

 

for the evening crew

 

I will have to try to make it.Sounds like fun.

 

jon, tell pat i'll be there with a bunch of motor heads just looking for a good time

 

I'd love to make it but I have a biz trip to Vietnam for 4 weeks starting on April 27th.

 

Might make for a good early spring cruise. Only an hour down the road.