don ferrette
07-05-2011, 06:38 PM
Ok boys and girls this is the OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
The IMPBA District 12 Points Race #5 will be held at the Capitol R/C race site in CENTREVILLE, VIRGINIA on AUGUST 26th-28th.
Due to the ongoing runaround the ODMBA club has been getting from the City of Chesapeake a decision had to be made as to a possible alternate location and a drop dead date for that to happen (which was last Friday). I had conversations with folks from the ODMBA as well as Capitol and Delmarva and the best choice was Capitol's location in Centreville. Since many racers had already scheduled time off as ODMBA has the same weekend every year, it made the most sense to keep the same dates. This gave the advantage to the Capitol club since the hotel prices in the Delmarva eastern shore region are sky high as it's the last weekend before Labor Day, the official end of "beach season" in this area. This is exactly opposite in the Centreville/Fair Oaks/Fairfax area, the hotels are really cheap this time of year. For example the 4th points race we just had in June at the Capitol site I stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn for $75 a night for a double room. To say it was a nice hotel is an understatement, you darn near felt like you needed to dress up to go to the lobby. Lots of excellent restaurants in the immediate area as well so no shortage a good places to eat either. I want to send out a big THANK YOU to the Capitol R/C members for stepping up to help out. Please make every effort to attend as this is the LAST POINTS RACE OF THE SEASON and many class winners will be decided at this race. The race flyer is being finalized as I write this and will be posted tomorrow. I'm also working on trying to get the points standings tallied and posted as soon as I can get the points info from 2 clubs who've already had their races. I look forward to seeing everyone at the Capitol pond in August.
:rockon2:
The IMPBA District 12 Points Race #5 will be held at the Capitol R/C race site in CENTREVILLE, VIRGINIA on AUGUST 26th-28th.
Due to the ongoing runaround the ODMBA club has been getting from the City of Chesapeake a decision had to be made as to a possible alternate location and a drop dead date for that to happen (which was last Friday). I had conversations with folks from the ODMBA as well as Capitol and Delmarva and the best choice was Capitol's location in Centreville. Since many racers had already scheduled time off as ODMBA has the same weekend every year, it made the most sense to keep the same dates. This gave the advantage to the Capitol club since the hotel prices in the Delmarva eastern shore region are sky high as it's the last weekend before Labor Day, the official end of "beach season" in this area. This is exactly opposite in the Centreville/Fair Oaks/Fairfax area, the hotels are really cheap this time of year. For example the 4th points race we just had in June at the Capitol site I stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn for $75 a night for a double room. To say it was a nice hotel is an understatement, you darn near felt like you needed to dress up to go to the lobby. Lots of excellent restaurants in the immediate area as well so no shortage a good places to eat either. I want to send out a big THANK YOU to the Capitol R/C members for stepping up to help out. Please make every effort to attend as this is the LAST POINTS RACE OF THE SEASON and many class winners will be decided at this race. The race flyer is being finalized as I write this and will be posted tomorrow. I'm also working on trying to get the points standings tallied and posted as soon as I can get the points info from 2 clubs who've already had their races. I look forward to seeing everyone at the Capitol pond in August.
:rockon2: