***UPDATED Announcement: NICOfest at GT LIVE!!!!

[VIR PR]

Had to jump in here to get you folks the straight scoop.

Grand-Am Cup will run two six-hour enduros, one for the Grand Sports (GS) class (bigger cars such as 350Z (won here in April), Mustang GT, Pontiac GTO, Porsche 911, BMW M3) and one for the Street Tuner (ST) class (smaller cars such as Chevy Cobalt, Acura RSX-S and TSX, Mazda RX-8, BMW 330, BMW Z4 and Mini). The USERA (United States Endurance Racing Association) will run two three-hour races. All these races, plus practice and qualifying, will be on the 3.27-mile full course. There will also be pro time attack and GT Sim Race (fans get to ride in race cars on hot laps) on the full course. Amateur drifting and amateur Time Attack ("Tarzan's Lap Battle") will take place simultaneously on the 1.1-mile Patriot Course. Plus there will be rallycross on our gravel rally stages (drive your own car), kart racing on our state-of-the-art 5/8-mile paved karting circuit (drive our racing karts), Spoon Sports Festival, NICOfest, stunt bikes, car show, bike show, vendors, music and girls. Other than that, there's nothing going on...

More info:

http://www.grandamerican.comhttp://www. ... enduro.com

We are really looking forward to having you folks at VIR, and showing off our beautiful facility. Please feel free to contact me if I can be of help.

--John Gardner, PR Director, VIR

[corey240]

hey if your serious about the flyers mt address is

1550ludwick street apt 31 keyser, wv 26726

im not missing this for anything! i got alota people around here that will go for shore

[AZhitman]

***UPDATE!***

NICOclub WILL BE introducing the Rolex Cup G35 GT car to you, the fans, before it hits the track at Daytona in January!

NO ONE else has access to this car, so be among the FIRST people in the US to see it, meet the drivers and race team, and get autographs and up-close and personal pictures!!!

[MagikDragon]

Greg this is going to be sweet.You are the man!!!I'm so excited!

[eds13]

i am so going! send me some flyers Greg!

Ed Anderson361 Higginbotham Creek Rd.Amherst Va 24521

[hannibal]

I'll pass out some flyers. Email sent to your nicoclub account...

NICO's got some pull!

[EZcheese15]

***UPDATE!***

NICOclub WILL BE introducing the Rolex Cup G35 GT car to you, the fans, before it hits the track at Daytona in January!

NO ONE else has access to this car, so be among the FIRST people in the US to see it, meet the drivers and race team, and get autographs and up-close and personal pictures!!!

FREAKIN HELLZ YEAH!!

Dude, me and Exar-kun are headed there Friday after we both get off work, so we'll probably get there at like 2am Friday night, but you better bet we'll freakin be there!!!!!

[240marcuSX]

Anybody want to share a hotel/motel room with me?

I get discounts ad Red Roof Inns because of my nasa membership, but I dont know if there are any in the area.

I do know that there is a budget inn in Danville with 2 beds with uncomfortable blankets and ****ty water pressure in each room, for $60/night.

Shoot me an email or throw it up [email protected]

[nismofly]

i dont know what everybodys doing sleeping wise, i normally camp but if we want to commandeer a hotel between 75 of us that might be fun too

[240marcuSX]

Camping never even occured to me. That might be a cool idea, of course I would have to buy a tent or something. I would like to know what everyones plans are.

We could just get a a whole floor of a hotel and have a 3 day party.

[nismofly]

camping's awesome when the weathers nice because youre right there, you can do whatever, hang out with people easily, etc etc

however, when the weather isnt nice, camping can easily ruin a weekend

and thats the same thing i was thinking with the hotel

[240marcuSX]

I wonder what greg is doing? greg chime in here and let us know what your plans are. BTW you can send me some of those flyers to distribute, I can post them around school.

Well the weather in October should be pretty nice temperature wise but you never know about rain.

I want to run in the tarzan lap battle, but Im not sure if theyll let me run with my floor-mounted 5 point harness and no roll cage, they let me before, but im not sure. I know its not the safest thing in the world, but I feel that my chances of rolling are remote.

[AZhitman]

I'll post up some hotel info in about 24 hours... I'm still undecided, LOL.

[240marcuSX]

this is going to be awesome, I really look forward to meeting all of you.

Greg did you need my address to send me some flyers? Or can you just email me a document to print out?

just in case:

Marcus Renshaw1002 Drayton Ct.Petersburg VA, 23805

[Feint of Heart]

Camping out FTW!

"CIRCLE THE NISSANS!"

[gr8bryt]

This whole event sounds like it would be GR8! We were talking about having a regional meet for the NC/SC/GA folks the weekend prior to this event, but I'm not so sure how that will turn out with Nicofest going on. I really want to go to VIR and see all the events, my 240 should be ready by then. Post up more details about hotel info, I'd be interested in staying overnight, albeit camping out sounds good too!

[gr8bryt]

BTW,does that $60 dollars for meals also include the cost of entry ($40), or is that separate?

[AZhitman]

$65 VIP pass is optional. It's a hospitality ticket for people that want to eat cooked meals in the hospitality building rather than get hot dogs and eat at a picnic table. A meal at VIR costs $10 anyway and the $65 gets you 6 meals total as well as hospitality access.

It's money you'd probably spend anyway, we're just offering a better option...

[AZhitman]

Have you guys seen the schedule for this thing yet???? Freakin' AWESOME!!!

http://www.gtlivetour.com/events/attractions.html

[nismofly]

something tells me monday morning's going to be tough...9:30 am class after a 9 and 1/2 hour drive? uggg

[corey240]

im more excited about this then my wedding! i found a motor all i gota do is replace the bearing and lets pray the thing works and il be driving the baby to see a show!

[PantherRacer]

I really wish I could get my car across the waters to participate in one of those type events. hell, I'm still trying to find a decent parking lot to start practicing drifting and learning the limits of the 180sx.

[EZcheese15]

something tells me monday morning's going to be tough...9:30 am class after a 9 and 1/2 hour drive? uggg

Yup, I think it's about 7 hours for me, but I have to work at 6:30 monday morning!

[skydragoness]

So when do tickets go on sale? I can't remember how it went. If you buy them in advance they are cheaper right?

[AZhitman]

***ANOTHER UPDATE!!!***

We will not only be introducing the G35 Rolex GT car, but driver Brian Sellers will be hanging out in the NICO booth for autographs and to chat about the car!

Also, we *might* be bringing some cool schwag for you guys...

Stay tuned!!!

[240marcuSX]

I want some cool schwag.

Sky - You can buy tickets online right now, for $40 for the weekend, that will save you $10 off the price at the gate, this is what I will be doing, because I know I'm definately going.

I say we get a NICO kart race with a grid standing start at some point during the weekend, their kart track is mega-cheap usually, $30 per half-hour!!! For those of you who go to kart tracks, you know what a great deal that is.

There is just so much to do that I cant even wrap my head around it, I could be entertained for a full week!

[AZhitman]

Oh there WILL be some NICO-Challenge kart racing!!!

[Eikon]

I hate you all.

cause VA is so far away that I can't go.

Can we have a NICOfest at GT LIVE in the midwest... Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI maybe??? Please!

[240marcuSX]

surely someone is coming from WI that can road trip with you?

Jesda, you up for it? St Louis is Sort-of like WI.

Im so excited about this, I had a blast a few weeks ago when I went, and that was a motorcycle event, this is sure to be 100x better for me.

We still need to book hotel rooms and such, or someone needs to let me sleep in their tent.

[pirate87]

bump for NicoFest! I'm def camping out, even though I only live 40 mins away. We can form a Nissan village...just like Thunderdome, road warrior style.