The Shriners are putting on a carshow on July 16th, from 9am to 3pm at Manchester Center, Blackstone and Shields, north east corner, Fresno.
The cost is $25 per car and includes a t-shirt.
We can enter as a group, MidCal Mini's, and if we have more than 10 we should take home the 3' plus tall group participation trouphy.
Whoever wins this trophy that make of car will be on next years t-shirt.

Lets get as many Mini's as possible, the lot holds 240 cars, so we won't run out of room.
I have plenty of entry forms and can make more if needed.
If you want one send me an email at Bradfresno@aol.com with your address.
They have never had a Mini enter, so lets make this one, one to remember.
We can meet at my house and caravan over in a group.
You don't have to be in Midcal Mini's to enter, the more the merrier.

Thanks, Brad

 

To make things easy for everyone, I will do all the leg work. All I need is a check for $25 made out to Tehran Shrine, shirt size, and year and model of your car. I will hand deliver the checks and aps myself.
You can enter the day of, if you do let me know before so I can get you a shirt. If we go in together they will put us together.

We will either meet at my house or at Starbuck's at Fresno and shaw infront of the Ramada Inn, next to frwy 41.
Brad

 

Hey, Brad that Great! Count me in. I want to WIN!

Let us all know how the response is and how many cars we may have.

Robert.

2005 MCS BRG, Wht T&M, All packages. No MODS Yet.

 

Sounds inviting.
Thinking of going just for the camraderie and photo-ops.

Can't enter due to involuntary exterior mod (2ft-long key scratch on passenger-side door).

 

If we do not have to go to SF for a wedding, we will be there!

 

Hey Juan, sorry to hear about your car. I was told there should be some crazy cars there. As I find out more I will post it.

So far we have 4-confirmed entrys,

Brad
Steve
Robert
Steve

Should be

Michele

Could be

Lee
Jaun

I will keep you posted
Brad

 

Good luck Brad getting the required 10 entries.

Maybe you should invite Gold Country (they have some southern Sacramento Valley members) as well as Norcal (with many southern "south bay area" members) that could make an easy drive of this.

Its just a little too far for us, but feel free to post it on our BBS at http://www.redwoodempiremini.com/mbb...egory-view.asp (we also have a few Sacramento Valley and south bay members that may be interested).

 

Unfortunately I can't make this one...Sorry brad. I didn't get the day off work afterall
But I'll see you all at Porky's!
Michele

 

Going to check and make sure we can turn in entry's Sat. morning and stiil get shirt. Will post later on today any new info.
Brad

 

Let me know as to when the deadline is for this, I am waiting to see if we are going to be available Saturday or not...

 

OK, I just met with head Shriner dude. Here is the update.

Meet at Starbuck's, north west corner of Shaw and Fresno by hwy. 41 at 6:30am. Need to be at the carshow at 7am. Need to go as a group to be put all together. Can sign up the day of and still get a t-shirt.
If you come later besure to tell them you are with MidCal Mini's. I will have my cell phone and radio with me. Chanel 7 sub 21.
Registration is from 7 to 10am. If anyone wants to they can bring a sleeping bag and crash out on my living room floor. I have plenty of room.
Also anyone coming on Friday night is invited to our Mini meeting ar Porky's Rib House.
After the meeting going to go by the carshow location and watch the dragsters do burnouts in the parking lot, if anyone is interested. They unload them around 10pm I was told.
Saturday morning at my house,EARLY, will be wash and wax, with Bloody Mary's, or someother thing I decide to whip up.
Send me a message ar Bradfresno@aol.com and I will give you my cell #
See you all this Friday and Saturday.
Brad

 

I was asked if we were going to do a run after the event.
Anything is possible. I can bet a pub will be at the end somewhere though.
See Ya,
Brad

 

Well Brad,
How was the car show?
Michele

 

The carshow was fun. HOT but fun. We had 5 Mini's total. We took 2nd place in our class, Steve got it with the only convertible. We lost 1st place to a chopped bug. The biggest group had 8 entry's, the Pontiac's. They didn't end up giving out a group participation trouphy this year.

Great time had by all. Going to make this an annual event. Hope to fill it up with Mini's next year.
Brad

 

It was a fun day and there was a lot of interest in the MINIs. There weren't many new cars represented at the show so we sort of stuck out among the "classics." It was sort of embarrassing to be beat by a '55 VW with a continental kit front end and chrome engine, but we were classed with the VWs. The PT Cruiser had it's own class, but not one showed up (scared off by the MINIs?). Next year we will be better prepared to handle the down time and heat. We will definitely take a mid-morning break in a mall restaurant and bring a cooler with "refreshments" because the high temperature for the day was reported to be 108° and my car's temperature reading was 112° in the show parking lot. It was HOT!!! It was fun anyway and there were a lot of beautiful cars and it was all for a good cause.

(It was the other Steve's car that won second)

Steve