Commerce Challenge (Schedule of Events)

[cjhutch]

For all you guys going or thinking about going to the Commerce Challenge, here's a schedule of events. I'm planning on attending Friday and Saturdays events. Hope someone finds this useful.

Friday, October 8

9 a.m.
Gates open
Ticket sales open
Registration opens
Year One Tent opens
Manufacturer’s Midway opens
Swap Meet opens
Car Show begins

9:30 a.m.
Drag strip tech opens

10 a.m.
Track Opens
Drag test and tune opens

2 p.m.
Drag test and tune closes
5.0 Mustang King of the Street drag racing begins

3 p.m.
5.0 Mustang King of the Street drag racing ends
Drag test and tune opens
Chassis dynos opens

5 p.m.
Chassis dynos closes
5.0 Mustang King of the Street Dyno pulls begin
Registration closes

5:30 p.m.
Drag test and tune ends

6 p.m.
5.0 Mustang King of the Street Dyno pulls end
Chassis dynos opens
Friday night program begins
Swap Meet closes
Car Show ends

8 p.m.
Wheelstander run
Jet Car practice run

9 p.m.
Jet Car practice run

10 p.m.
Friday Night program ends
Chassis dynos close
Year One Tent closes
Manufacturer’s Midway closes

10:30 p.m.
Track closes





Saturday, October 9

9 a.m.
Gates open
Ticket sales open
Registration opens
Year One Tent opens
Manufacturer’s Midway opens
Swap Meet opens
Car Show begins
Kid’s activities area opens
Slot cars area opens
Chassis dynos open
Tech opens

9:30 a.m.
Drag test and tune begins

11 a.m.
Drag test and tune ends
Quick 16 qualifying Round 1 begins
Shopping shuttle begins

Noon
Quick 16 qualifying Round 1 ends
F.A.S.T. Shootout qualifying Round 1 begins

12:15 p.m.
F.A.S.T. Shootout qualifying Round 1 ends
Wheelstander run
Jet Car practice run

12:30 p.m.
Drag test and tune begins

2 p.m.
Test and tune ends
F.A.S.T. Shootout qualifying Round 2 begins

2:15 p.m.
F.A.S.T. Shootout qualifying Round 2 ends
Quick 16 qualifying Round 2 begins

3:15 p.m.
Quick 16 qualifying Round 2 ends
Jet Car practice run

3:30 p.m.
Drag test and tune begins
True Street Competitors called to driver’s meeting/tech

4:15 p.m.
True Street drivers meeting begins

4:30 p.m.
Drag test and tune ends
Quick-16 qualifying Round 3 begins

5 p.m.
Registration closes
Car show ballots due from participants

5:30 p.m.
True Street competitors 30-mile cruise begins

6 p.m.
Quick-16 qualifying Round 3 ends
Drag test and tune ends
Kids activity area closes
Slot cars area closes
Year One Cup Presentation begins
Three Year One Cup finalists announced
VIPs introduced

6:30 p.m.
Year One Cup winner announced

7 p.m.
Last shopping shuttle returns
Shopping shuttle closes
Wheelstander run

7:15 p.m.
True Street race begins

9 p.m.
True Street race ends
Jet Car runs begin
Grand Fireworks Finale
Swap Meet closes
Chassis dynos close
Manufacturer’s Midway closes

9:15 p.m.
True Street Awards Presentation
Year One tent closes

10 p.m.
Track closes




Sunday, October 10

9 a.m.
Gates open
Ticket sales open
Year One Tent opens
Manufacturer’s Midway opens
Swap Meet opens
Kid’s activities area opens
Slot cars area opens
Chassis dynos open
Drag strip tech opens

9:30 a.m.
Racers For Christ Chapel service begins

10 a.m.
Drag test and tune begins

11 a.m.
Test and tune ends
Car Show Awards Presentation
F.A.S.T. Shootout Round 1 begins

11:15 a.m.
F.A.S.T. Shootout Round 1 ends
Quick 16 Round 1 begins

11:45 a.m.
Quick 16 Round 1 ends
Test and tune begins

Noon
Shopping shuttle begins

12:45 p.m.
Factory Stock Round 2 begins

1 p.m.
Test and tune ends
F.A.S.T. Shootout Round 2 begins

1:15 p.m.
F.A.S.T. Shootout round 2 ends
Quick 16 Round 2 begins

1:45 p.m.
Quick 16 Round 2 ends
Drag test and tune begins

2:30 p.m.
Drag test and tune ends
F.A.S.T. Shootout Round 3 begins

2:40 p.m.
F.A.S.T. Shootout Round 3 ends
Quick 16 Round 3 begins

2:50 p.m.
Quick 16 Round 3 ends
Drag test and tune begins

3 p.m.
Kids area closes
Slot cars area closes
Swap Meet closes
Manufacturer’s Midway closes
Chassis dynos close
Last shopping shuttle returns
Shopping shuttle closes
Year One tent closes

3:45 p.m.
Drag test and tune ends
F.A.S.T. Shootout Final begins
Quick 16 Final begins

4 p.m.
F.A.S.T. Shootout Final ends
Quick 16 Final ends
F.A.S.T. Shootout Awards Presentation
Quick 16 Awards Presentation

5 p.m.
Track closes

[Nine Ball]

Looks like alot of fun activities planned. If you attend, come up and say hello. My '69 will be in the Year One booth. I'll probably have an LS1TECH hat on.

Tony

[KendallF]

Looks like alot of fun activities planned. If you attend, come up and say hello. My '69 will be in the Year One booth. I'll probably have an LS1TECH hat on.

Tony

I will stop by and say Howdy..I'll be there with a couple of friends and their Grand Nationals. We put the motor in Mike's street car at 2 AM last Wed. night; we should be racing this weekend.

[protouring70]

Hey look for me! NAh, I will be there Sat. after my girls b-day. So I should be there around 3. I hope to meet some of you. Corey, I hope to see you again maybe at the YEARONE tent.
Tony, I hope you do great with your car!
See Ya There!!!!!!!
Brent

[protouring70]

Hey, about what time is everyone going to be there? Maybe we can set up a time to meet, or somrthing.
Hope to see everone. Brent.

[eldogg]

hey brent. eric evans here see you there. are you bringing your car? eldogg :3gears:

[cjhutch]

Sorry guys but I won't be there. I'm really pissed off too becuase I couldn't wait to meet you all. My car fell victim to a practical joke and I'm too pissed to explain it right now. It's been running great for a week and I couldn't wait to hit the long highways with it. Maybe I'll calm down and give you guys details later.

[mikesz]

Sorry guys but I won't be there. I'm really pissed off too becuase I couldn't wait to meet you all. My car fell victim to a practical joke and I'm too pissed to explain it right now. It's been running great for a week and I couldn't wait to hit the long highways with it. Maybe I'll calm down and give you guys details later.

Ouch. That’s no joke if it prevents you from driving the car or damages it in any way. I’d be pissed to. I might be leaving in a few hours or so. If you want a ride give me a call. I’ll PM the phone number.

Mike

[cjhutch]

Thanks for the offer Mike, but I won't be able to make it. Now that I've calmed down I can give some details. I was driving down Sandy Plains to pick up one of my friends and I had to make a pretty sharp blind turn. I made the turn and as soon as I came off it there sat a pile of bricks about 7 inches off the ground. My car sits pretty low and I'm sure you can guess what happened next. I hit it so hard that it actually dented my transmission pan, messed up my pasenger side header, and really scratched up the front lower valance of my car and knocked a small piece out of my grill. After checking out the damage I decided to drive it to his house which was about three miles away. After reaching his house I parked in the driveway thinking everything was okay. He immediately came out and asked what happened to the front of my car. After pulling out there was a small puddle in the driveway, the damn transmission pan had a hole in it. It's about the size of the end of a ballpoint pen. After pulling the pan I discovered that a pan that was full before driving to his house was now almost completely empty. The transmission is fine, I should be able to fix my headers, and my car will be repainted soon so everything should work out okay. Thanks for letting me vent, but it's back to repairs now. Sorry I didn't get to meet you all, but like I told Mike there will be other opportunities. Have fun guys.

[mikesz]

$20 per head had me aggravated about the whole time I was there. Damn low turnout too (chance of bad weather). There were a few nice cars there though. If anybody is going today I have 2 tickets ill sell you cheap.
Mike