Okay, seems that I stated this tread last summer; however, information on this event remains hard to come by!
Per this tread, I’m directed to the C7M web site. I just checked that site and see nothing on the calendar for 8 June 2008. I checked the NAM calendar and nothing again. Then I checked the C7M calendar on NAM, and the only items/events I see are Birthdays. Nothing posted in C7M’s Forum either.

I read comments such as:
"We have the sportplex once again for [June 8th] 2008”
“will incorporate a MINI World Soccer Tournament”
“Vendors and Entertainment will be on hand”
“MINIUSA will join in to advertize and promote the event and we have the backing of the City Of Virginia Beach also”

So, have I just missed the boat on finding additional information or there is none?

Thanks

 

try this page on the site http://www.sevencitiesmini.com/phpBB...forum.php?f=55
it has where it is going to be which is not the beach this time and the date which is now the 14th of june and if you have ?s send someone a message i am sure they will help i am not much help becuase I live out of state so you might try Gray he helped me out a lot. Hope that helped a little if you need more info i might be a help hope to see you there

 

I would love to do it, unfortunately I am in Australia. Need to get a huge convoy going here as well

 

I guess National is not interested in this, and now it seems that the date is changed to Saturday 14 June.
Is this really going to happen?
Thanks

 

Here is the latest from the C7M site. Notice the date and location change:

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject: Details of GWR - 500 On Saturday June 14, Seven Cities MINI and HRMINI along with support form neighboring clubs in North Carolina, DC and Pennsylvania will be hosting another attempt at the Guinness World Book Record of “most” number MINIs / Minis in a parade. Last June C7M, HRMINI, DC METRO and members for other surrounding clubs set the record at 273. C7M club president, Randy Dedrickson stated that this year will be a whole day event starting a 9 A.M. and going to Midnight and will be held in Lanexa VA at the Rockahock Campgrounds, (http://www.rockahock.com) Parade will start at 2 P.M. with the rest of the day filled with vendors, car shows, clinics, competitions, rock and roll bands and children events. For more info see sevenctiesmini.com.

 

I know its a late response but I just watched that video and below the video it says: "The birds-eye view is provided by Military helicopters of the all day excitement which ended with a massive light and music show".

I have been flying for well over twenty years and I can tell that no one can hover that still for that long, the video must have be shot from a crane or building not a Military Helicopter as they claim.

 

Dagnabbit... my company makes me choose my vacation for one year during December of the preceding year. I already took vacation time for the GWR event based on the June 8th date.

Not only does June 14 mean I have to try & fenagle my vacation time around, but it conflicts with the Miami leg of MTTS2, which occurs on the same weekend. (And me living in FL, it'd be a LOT easier to get to Miami than VA, maybe without having to rearrange my vacation time.)

 

I was just on the Guinness World Records site and don't find an official MINI parade record listed. I am part of a group trying to break the BMW record in Atlanta next month and figured I may see if anyone wanted to try and do something like this during MOTD 2009. But, as I said, I can't find the official record with Guinness.

 

It looks like the date will be changing once again, probably because the MTTS Miami date is the same weekend. I'm sure more info will come once the new date is selected. Here's the post from the HRMINI site.
http://www.hrmini.com/component/opti.../topic,2326.0/

 

Ok this sucks i have already told work what days i need off and i reallly hope they let me change once again please stop the change of date cuase i really want to come =( and they are going to freak out if i change yet again again lol =)

 

maybe someone could change the title of this thread to prevent misshaps??

 

I would delete the whole thread if I could or know how (I started it), I give up on planning to attend. Will the event ever happen?

 

It is set as of right now for July 26th go to the sevencities mini website

 

This sucks!!!! July 26?!?!?!....Don't they know that conflicts with MTTS in Chicago?!?!?! And of course I was/am planning on going to this party in Chi and I REALLY wanted to go to the GWR event too so now I'm stumped! So sad, what should I do?!?

 

I found the following on Seven Cites Web Site; however, nothing posted in there NAM Forum Site.
I wish I could change the Title to this Thread and remove the date, as it has changed at least twice; can anyone help with that?

On Saturday July 26, Seven Cities MINI and HRMINI along with support form neighboring clubs in North Carolina, DC and Pennsylvania will be hosting another attempt at the Guinness World Book Record of “most” number MINIs / Minis in a parade. Our official Guinness claim number is 208356. This year, to raise the bar so our fellow MINI enthusiast from across the pond can't take it from us, we are going for 500 cars!!!! Last June C7M, HRMINI, DC METRO and members for other surrounding clubs set the record at 273, which is an official Guinness World record. England attempted to take in back last August but missed by merely 3 cars. It is time to show some American pride and break our own world record and keep it forever in the USA. This year will be hosting a whole day event starting a 9 A.M. and going to Midnight. The event will be held in Lanexa VA at the Rockahock Campgrounds, (http://www.rockahock.com) Parade will start at 2 P.M. with the entire the day filled with:
- Vendors- Car shows- Clinics- Competitions- Rock and roll bands- Food- and Children Events.
We have a deal with the Ramada Inn at 6493 Richmond Road (757) 565-1111 in Williamsburg. It is the closest to Rockahock(14.6 mi). We have a special rates at $49 a night and will be held until June 26. So make your reservations now. Of course you could always camp at Rockahock or reserve a cabin!!!!!
More information will be coming soon. We will have a link on our web site for pre- registration soon. Hope to see you in July.

 

Mr Magoo was originally shipped from 7 cities, would like to take part in this and see where our MINI came from....

 

Well this latest change will probably do it for us. The Seven Cities group does not seem to be very well organized nor do they seem to understand the planning that people require. This is at least the 3rd date they have set (two that I know of were 6/8 & 6/15). Now they've moved it again. I've already had plans in place to attend for 6/15 (which I had to move to from 6/8). At this point, I'm not real confident that they will be able to stick to any date in any given year. I'm realistic enough to realize that they aren't going to move the date back to 6/15 just because I refuse to move my vacation yet again, but I can't be the only one who's planned for the trip just to have it move again. At this rate, being able to get enough MINIs to set the record at 500+ is going to get harder and harder for them.

So since GWR 500 seems to be a fluid target that I don't care to try and hit, Anyone know of any good events going on in the east on 6/15 other than MTTS? Suggestions for cool drives? I'm considering swinging around thru The Dragon, but will wait for reports from this years MOTD as to the level of LEO presence. Lots of bad reports coming out about the Dragon being shutdown.

 

I drive up there at least once a month and it seems to depend on what days you go there as to whether you'll see any LEO's or not.
For example a weekend gathering of crotch rockets will normally draw them out, but a midweek cruise on the Dragon and you may find yourself all alone on the Dragon.

I sometimes wonder if they (LEO's) are using the Internet postings of gatherings as a tool to determine if they will go there or not.

 

Wow! My clubman might just be here by then! Sure enjoyed watching the dragon run from my SSR and seeing all the minis too!

 

So your one of the many SSR's that I saw running around the Dragon..

 

Yup, mine was black with flaming skulls. We sure made a lot of noise!

 

On CNN today there was an article, an photo of 860 Mini's in a two miles long parade, May 11th in Lelystad, The Netherlands.

 

Here is the lastest info posted on Seven Cities website:

GWR 500
at Lanexa, VA Rockahock Camground
Starts on July 26, 2008 at 9:00AM
Ends on July 26, 2008 at 10:00PM
The 2nd Annual Guinness World Book Record attempt (GWR Claim ID: 208356) for most number MINIs/Mini in a parade will be held at the picturesque Rockahock Campgrounds (http://www.rockahock.com) in Lanexa VA. Address is 1428 Outpost Road Lanexa. This is a whole day of MINI/Mini activites featuring live rock & roll bands, contest, car show, clincs, kid activites and fune and more fun. Stay tuned for more details.


I hope everyone can attend so we can capture this record once again!

 

A Mod should delete this thread or change the thread title...

 

Fixed. Well, this isn't from CNN, but here:

Longest line of Minis ever - Expatica

Also:



Mostly classic Minis, but there's a few MINIs in there too.