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now i see that it was worth the past 2 years work, all the weekends and hours stuffed into my regular workday [as well as all the other exec committee and all our volunteers] to make this happen. i was trying to match screen names to real names & faces but didn't get them all, sorry but great to meet you all in person finally. sunday morning i had a real hard time draggin my butt out of bed-can't say i've been this tired in a looooooooooooooong time! the worst part of the convention for me was not having any time to relax and hang. there were so many cars i wanted to see, take pics of, ask questions about, ride in or even drive, even more people i wanted to talk to. i guess it comes with being part of the host team. big thanks to dan baldwin for loaning me his crank pulley so i could get my z back home under power! running at wgi with the likes of mr. k, steve millen, bob bondurant as well as all the z cars was [as they advertised in the 80's] AWESOME! one of the best parts was when bondurant asked me if there were any changes to wgi since he was there last, he actually wanted me to give him a [verbal] run around the track! BIG thanks to Bob Austin and Apex [[ www.apexperformancedriving.com ]] for working with us to provide the HDPE [hi perf driving school], there's nothing like running your z fast with your hair on fire!! we had great success from our sponsors donations as well as the checks they wrote to support the event. for those of u who may not know, the track budget alone was over...$15,000! there were [from those i was able to briefly glimpse] some absolutely fantastic z cars there, i can't imagine the time it takes to prep a gold medallion or cup car, but they were there! for those of u who didn't get to order your photo cd's [they are a lo res photo cd that u can use to order prints from-we put together a special deal for discounted prints] here's the link [btw-our photographers-steve rossini & ange lussuso are friends of mine, how have documented car & driver's one lap of america for the past 2 years;
[ http://www.highlanddesignstudio.com...ucts05Zcon.html ] special thanks to all the twinturbo gang for keeping the friday auction fun and me on my toes!! and we were able to have a videographer there as well, here's his info-call him directly for purchase of the dvd's he's putting together; [left field house productions] eric luhowey at 208.412.4884 or LFH-productions@cableone.net
[i'm sure it will take a bit before he has all 5 days worth of vid edited]. thank you to everyone who attended, without you all it would NOT have been possible! sincerely, david palermo
president, z car club of rochester [[ www.zccr.net ]]
zcon 2005 sponsor chair and motorsports co-chair
1tuffz car, parked and awaiting it's new ls1 heart-trusty old supercharged heart now for sale!
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