Miata Mailing List: February 1994, Message #82
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   From: boyle@cactus.org (Craig Boyle)
Subject: Re: Club activities ideas
   Date: Sat, 5 Feb 1994 23:03:41 -0500

> 
> Fellow fiends:
> 
> Well, I thought I would give it a try so I went to the winter planning meeting
> of my local MCA chapter and thought I would start to get involved in
> things.  I regret to report that though some eleven club events are planned
> for the up and coming (I know it's out there) driving season, only two of
> them actually involved driving (a fall leaf tour and crashing in on an
> SCCA autox).  It appears that the local club is actually more of a social
> orgainization wherein we all drive our Miatas to a parking lot, leave them
> there and then go do something irelevant like attend a football game or
> visit an aquarium.  Sorry, but that isn't what I had in mind.
> 
> Sorry also for this proto-flame, but it does lead to my next question...
> 
> Soooo... I am appealing to the vast caverns of net.wisdom for cool fun
> car-oriented things that I can suggest and (gasp!) maybe even organize for
> my local chapter.  Anyone out there into these sorts of things that has
> come up with clever get-togethers?  A rally would be a hit but to be honest
> I am looking for a less complicated thing to start things off with.  They
> can be a lot of work.  In general I suppose the event should be legal, though
> I would be interested to hear any (slightly) illegal suggestions.   There

How about a lime run? A lead car goes out with bags of lime in the car.
AT each intersection the lead car drops a bag of lime within 200 yds of
that intersection. The chase cars leave at rally-like intervals and
follow the lime trails. Lots of force U-turns (easy in a Miata) as
you can't see the lime from the intersection (usually). Works well
at night. Fastest car to the end wins, special prize if you catch the 
lead car. No rules, no complicated rally-math, fastest car wins.

May be slightly illegal in some States. Lots of fun, easy to administrate.

Craig