10/9/2009 - MMG 11 | |
The 2010 MMG will be in St Louis, Mo!!! The dates are 9/10-9/12/10. Make your plans now as I am sure this will be a great event! | |
10/7/2009 - MMG Pix | |
Check out all the great pictures on the MMG website! miatagathering.com
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9/15/2009 - Tom O and Auto X | |
Let me add that I had Tom ride with me as an instructor at an SCCA event and he is fantastic! I took about 30 seconds off my time!!! Then I got to ride with him in his car-I can't see ahead as fast as he can drive : D If you get the chance, definitely take advantage of his expertise. (Dad isn't too bad either!)
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9/10/2009 - Tom O'Gorman takes 6th in E stock at SCCA Solo National Championship | |
Club member Tom O'Gorman, age 17, ran in his 1st SCCA solo National Championship and took 6th place out of 42 drivers in E Stock. Tom was driving an MR2 and was just .48 seconds behind 1st place in class. The event was in Lincoln Nebraska and had over 1200 competitors competing in the weeklong event.
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Miata mountain Mania 2O1O
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7/12/2009 - British Car Day | |
Twelve people arrived at 8:00 to consume a high calorie, high sweet breakfast at the Original Pancake House at Union Center Blvd exit off I-75. There was a lot of swapping and sharing of waffles, pancakes and other deluxe pastries (before any bites were taken of course.
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5/24/2009 - Autocross Photos | |
For the first Autocross of the season, the Miata club was well represented by 10 Miatas and 1 Crown Victoria (Crown Victoria was piloted by Ken Bogart's 16 year daughter, epitomizing the true spirit of this "Driver Education" event).
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5/15/2009 - GCMC TO HOST MMG X REGISTRATION NOW OPEN! | |
We are excited about the plans for this event which was started by Jon Roberto and Chris Reiff in 1999. From a small gathering at Sharon Woods the event has grown into a regional event that attracted over 160 Miatas in Indy and has other clubs asking to host it!!!!
www.MiataGathering.com | |
3/20/2009 - Annual Club Dues are due 4/1/09 | |
Remember - club dues for all members are due on April 1st. You can use the handy PayPal payment or To pay your membership fee by mail, please send a $20 check to:
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12/13/2008 - Club Christmas Party | |
What a fun time! Great food and white elephant gifts! For the sesond year in a row, gifts went home from where they came...we shall not release names to protect the innocent! We do have a pool going on for next years exchange to see if we have a trifecta! | |
11/27/2008 - Bluegrass Motorsports Update | |
I added 3 pictures in the photo gallery of the latest progress of MMGX.
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10/18/2008 - MMG X Volunteers needed! | |
At our meeting Thursday night, a number of people stepped up to volunteer to work the MMG next year. Keep in mind if you volunteer, concessions will be made towards registration fees.
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9/28/2008 - MMG 2008 a huge success! | |
WOW! Our sister club in Indianapolis did a great job! For those of you who did not make it, you really missed a great event! The highlight of the weekend was driving our cars on the "Indianapolis Race Track" to have our individual photo's taken crossing the "Bricks" at the finish line. Getting there was also a thrill. The entire group of 150 participants Que'd up at the venue hotel and had a Motorcycle Police Escort to the track. The Police shut down I-70 and I-465 to accomodate our three mile long procession. Driving down the strait-a-way to the finish line is a rush!
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8/21/2008 - August Club Meeting Minutes | |
What a wonderful night and venue for our meeting! I lost track of just how many we had, but this is the largest group I have seen at a club meeting! We had a sprinkle of new members and seasoned members with new Miatas!
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8/5/2008 - Wedding Bells are ringing! | |
Our own Mike "Poppadent" Harris will be marrying Sarah "Mommadent" Johnston this Sunday, August 10th in North Carolina. We wish them the best!
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7/21/2008 - MATG XII Travel Plans | |
Here are our plans for going down to the Gap this weekend. We are headed out early and leaving this Thursday morning July 24th. Anyone that wants to go at the last minute, feel free to join us. I am sure we can find lodging of some sort...it sounds like there has been a lot of cancellations according to Fontanna...I am sure $4 gas has nothing to do with this!
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7/18/2008 - Monthly Meeting minutes. | |
We had a nice turnout for the meeting! I was happy to see a mix of new members and the usual crew!
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7/8/2008 - MMG Cancellation Policies....waiting list | |
The Indy Club be doing a drawing after the deadline for cancellations, which is July 31st. There have been just a few thus far...
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7/3/2008 - Tom O'Gorman takes 1st in STS2 at the SCCA Nationals in Peru, IN | |
Tom O'Gorman took 1st place the STS2 class in a 90 Miata at the SCCA National solo event in Peru, IN. on 6/29. Tom represented the Cincinnati region of the SCCA and the Greater Cincinnati Miata Club. Tom was co-driving a car owned bt Geoff Chambers of the Indy SCCA region. Geoff took second place at the event.
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6/8/2008 - Concours de Elegance...One HOT Event! | |
Sunday in Ault Park was really great. We had 19 cars and 32 people come
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6/3/2008 - Blue Ridge Parkway Closures | |
FYI......Thanks Vic M!
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5/25/2008 - Happy Memorial Day! | |
I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Memorial Day! It is time to reflect on why we enjoy our liberties and who afforded us our freedoms. Take the time to thank you local veterans...and to the many veterans in our club...this day is for you because of you!
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5/18/2008 - Spring Clean 2 a Great Success! | |
The rain held off and the sun came out for a wonderful afternoon. A huge thank you to Steve & Lynn Mokrovich for being such generous hosts! They went over and beyond to make everyone welcome!
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5/17/2008 - Meijer 300 at KY Motor Speedway June 14th 8:30pm | |
I ran across a friend last night who has a block of tickets to the Meijer 300. There is a pre-race concert by Smashmouth.
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5/12/2008 - Club Meeting & Rescheduled Spring Cleaning Party this week! | |
Thursday May 15th 7pm:
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5/3/2008 - CANCELLED! Spring Cleaning Party | |
Based on the weather forecast - we will be cancelling the party tonight. | |
4/26/2008 - Live Strong Rally Sunday April 27th | |
Sunny, 70 and an event to help fight cancer! Jon Roberto and I have both lost parents to cancer so we both feel very strongly about this cause. I met Lance Armstrong in 2000 in Houston when my mom was dying of cancer. He stopped what he was doing and pulled me aside when I told him about mom. He took the time to have an aid go to his car, get a book and wrote a lenghty note to mom in the cover of his book. He is a real class act!
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4/6/2008 - Impromtu Drive | |
Meet at Willy's in Covington at 1:30 for a run to Rabbit Hash. Download directions from the drive section here on the website. See you then!
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3/29/2008 - March Madness Drive | |
We stole a day from a long winter!
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3/20/2008 - March Meeting | |
What a great turnout at Max & Erma's for our meeting on the First Day of Spring!!! We welcomed new member Dave Thomas and celebrated Andy Mackay finally becoming a proud Miata owner!!
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3/17/2008 - Miata Magazine Revived! aka Forever MX-5 | |
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1/17/2008 - First Meeting of the Year | |
We had a lot of enthusiasm for the upcoming year and got some new events on the schedule. We welcomed new members Teresa Gobble and Paul Wylie.
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12/16/2007 - ANOTHER GREAT PARTY! | |
We weren't "top down" like last year but at least the snow held off so we could all gather at the home of Shirley Bennett last night for the Christmas/Holiday Party. As usual there was a LOT of good food, Mojitos by Tim and Bobbi and we even had entertainment from budding rock star, Nick Sabet! Santa (also known as Tim Ross!) had a Car Tunes cd for everyone.
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10/27/2007 - Fall Farm Drive | |
A big thanks goes out to Gary Peacock for hosting a great drive on Sunday. The colors of the trees, the quaint little towns, the awesome food, and the yummy ice cream all made for a great day. We could not have asked for better weather. The Rothchild Raspberry Farm was very cool. You could pet goats, shop for great stuff, and eat some really great food. We stopped by Young’s Dairy and topped off the day with some awesome ice cream.
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10/14/2007 - Sauerkraut Festival Drive | |
What a beautiful day for a Miata drive! THANKS to Gary Peacock for leading us from Quaker Steak and Lube to Waynesville on some really nice back roads. Once we got to the festival everyone seemed to head for the food : ) I've never seen so many craft vendors-not so much about sauerkraut anymore! It actually got hot and the top down drive home felt really good. Sure hate to see this weather end-hopefully it will hold out for one more week and Gary's Fall Foliage Drive next Sunday!!!
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10/13/2007 - Girl's Drive | |
Hey Mary Beth-great job leading your first drive. We started with breakfast at the Breakfast Club in Lebanon then took some really nice back roads to the Jeffersonville Outlet Mall. It was a little chilly in the morning but warmed up nicely as the day went on. After shopping and a late lunch we headed back. We're already thinking about where to go next year!!!
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10/2/2007 - Friday Night Drags! | |
A big thanks goes out to Mike Benzinger for hosting his first event. Only 3 cars showed up but one of them was Glenn Smith. This was his first event that he was able to attend. He had his red '99 that he bought in December. Glenn crews for the Doran Race Team so maybe he can be of help at a shadetree event.
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9/20/2007 - Club Meeting | |
THANKS to Jon Roberto for hosting the meeting. We rehashed the MMG and discussed upcoming plans for this event in the future. We also talked about adding some drives to the schedule for the remainder of the year. We should have some good driving weather left : )
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9/9/2007 - MMG | |
The 8th MMG is history-and what a good time-especially for us Cincinnati folks who only had to show up and enjoy!!!
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9/1/2007 - Pre MMG Detail Party | |
a HUGE thanks to Ken and Chris Bogart for hosting this well attended event. It was a perfect day for it and much "detailing" was accomplished. : ) As always it was great to see everyone. Pictures are in the Photo Gallery.
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8/16/2007 - Club Meeting at Quaker Steak and Lube | |
First time I've dined under a car on a lift!! Thanks to all who came out.
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8/11/2007 - Backroads to Waynesville Drive | |
22 Miatas and 1 BMW gathered in West Chester to take a really nice drive to Waynesville. Lots of curves, sunshine and grins! We had several new and first drive members join us, I heard there was a deer siting up toward the front and no one got lost!! Andy still doesn't have a Miata but managed to keep up in his Buick-oops, BMW : D Of course we had lunch and then split up for shopping or heading back.
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8/3/2007 - Drive in to Cruise In | |
Whew it was hot but we had a good turn out at Sonic for some food and socializing! Our newest member showed up on his motorcycle (no Miata yet!)and another potential member joined us to see what we are all about! Dan Mason then led us on a nice little drive to Milford for the Friday Night Cruise In. We lined up in the back of the lot and walked around looking at all the American cars. After we saw some other "foreign" cars we moved our babies to the front!
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7/31/2007 - Hot Rod Movie Screening | |
We had a good time getting together and seeing the movie Hot Rod. The movie was a Will Ferrell style comedy, it had its moments.
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7/28/2007 - MATG XI | |
11 years, 11 miles was the theme this year. For the second year in a row the weather was hit or miss. We had a good time looking at all the different models from over the years. The Dragon was heavily patrolled because of wreckless driving in previous weeks, but there were plenty other roads just as challenging. Take a look at the pictures and make your plans for next year. The Dayton club had 13 cars attend...we can do better than that! The new lodging arrangements worked out great. We were able to eat in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge and still enjoy the NC roads. A special thanks to Bryan & Christie Wyatt for taking down the canopy & table so we could promote the MMG. | |
7/21/2007 - Vic Nelson's Deliverance to Freudenfest in Oldenburg, IN | |
On a wonderful Spring day in July we had 11 Miatas wagon train over some deep back roads to Oldenburg, IN. Vic did a wonderful job on his first drive with his navigator John Haas. Rose found a crown and I think almost everyone enjoyed some delicious corn on the cob and other treats. We even ran into a couple from the Indy club and saw a Pink Miata on the way back!
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7/19/2007 - Club Meeting | |
We had a great turnout for our mid-summer meeting. Joe came with his hands full with our new hats, t-shirts and visor hats. All the new gear is very high quality and looks wonderful...thank you Joe!
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6/23/2007 - MX-5 Summerfest Report | |
Shirley and I were the only ones from the club who made the trek to Joliet, IL for, what it should have been called, MX-5 Rainfest. This was the first time for Shirley on a track so she got some classroom time. I put myself in intermediate so it was right out to the track for me. I really learned a lot on this outing. Threshold braking, finding the right lines, and if you want to go fast in the rain you need ABS and traction control, neither of which I had.
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6/16/2007 - Drive-In | |
We had a caravan of 9 Miatas and chase support vehicles! The weather and movies were perfect. We again was asked if we belong to a car club...ok...we were in Amelia! LOL | |
6/10/2007 - Concours d' Elegance | |
Tom Arnold out did himself this year-our parking spot was PERFECT. We had 19 cars from our club and invited any Miata driving by to park with us-gaining us several new members and lots of attention. Hopefully this will be our new permanent spot : D THANKS TOM-and for the continental breakfast and "drooling" towels!
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6/8/2007 - The Root Beer Stand and Rusty Griswolds | |
The rain held off...sort of. We had some great food and then headed down the road for some deep fried twinkies & cheescake and some good music!
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6/6/2007 - Midwest Miata Gathering | |
Just got back from Louisville and a meeting with the Bluegrass Miata Club who are hosting this year's event which is still being sponsored by our club. They have a really nice event planned with some different twists!! Friday night at Churchhill Downs looks to be the highlight of the event complete with thoroughbreds. They have some nice drives planned for Saturday as well as some different things for the Annual Car Show. The Saturday dinner sponsored by Mazda will be a Tailgate theme and they pkan to have a DJ at the venue for after dinner. What fun : )
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5/28/2007 - Blue Ash Parade | |
We braved the drizzle and made it through the parade top down. 9 Miatas represented the club. In between the drizzle storms we all wiped down our cars...it reminded me of the gap trip last July. We all laughed at ourselves until we looked behind us to see the Prowler club doing the same, we stopped, laughed and pointed. We were done by noon and cooking out by 1! John W
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5/20/2007 - Gap Trip Proclaimed "Best In Years"! | |
We couldn't have asked for better weather-for a change NO RAIN! People arrived on Friday at different times but a group of us went to dinner at Lynn's and then made a stop at the grocery for campfire supplies. We headed back and had S'mores around the fire, accompanied by much hilarity.
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5/15/2007 - Club Meeting | |
We had the meeting at a new location-Mio's in Anderson, and enjoyed the outside patio, cold beer and good Italian food.
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5/13/2007 - AutoX results...and a new crowning of the | |
We had 10 club members plus a new potential member trump the field of 25 on a Sunday drive through the cones...and in some cases, over the cones!
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5/12/2007 - Scrub and Grub | |
Papa John Haas and Teri did it asgain! What a wonderful time-perfect weather, great crowd, food and drink, new members, kids, dog and cats-we had it all-even Birthday Cake! Poppadent was there working his magic and Reggie did the buff and shine to perfection. See the photo gallery for the proof.
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5/5/2007 - Cinco de Mayo Drive | |
The rain held off and Joe & Mary Beth O'Gorman led a nice spirited drive on the West Side of town. We had 12 people show and enjoy the twisties and avoid cornholes..oops, potholes! You know you are on the west side when you are asked multiple times if you are in some kind of club or sumthing. Just kidding, no offense to anyone who lives on the west side!.
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4/22/2007 - Emergency Burger Drive | |
First real drive of the season and what a turn out.
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3/29/2007 - Board Meeting | |
The Board met to appoint Officers for the coming year. They are:
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3/15/2007 - And the winner is.... | |
The Skyline Logo!!! The voting was really close but we have declared a winner and will be pursuing new car magnets, window decals and other items. It was a tough decision with such outstanding entries. Thanks to all who participated.
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3/10/2007 - Cast Your Vote for Our Club Logo | |
Voting is now closed!We have 3 designs and need your input!! You may vote until 5pm on Thursday, 3/15. The result will be announced at the Club Meeting that evening. Each membership will have one vote. Repeat voting will cancel your previous vote. You must be logged into the site to vote. If a new design is selected the club will provide replacements for your current window cling decal, and your current car magnets. Once a logo is selected we will be pursuing hats, shirts and other items that may be purchased through Cafe Press and a local source for embroidered items. Thanks to Sandy Weinstein, Chris Reiff and Marc Louis for the excellent logo designs. Let the voting begin!!! | |
2/15/2007 - Club Meeting | |
Thanks to all the diehards who braved the weather to come out.
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1/18/2007 - Club Meeting | |
We had a great turnout for the first meeting of the year, including 2 new members!! We are up to almost 100 members now and look forward to seeing all of you at one event or another this year.
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11/16/2006 - Club Meeting | |
Thanks to all who came out on a cold and rainy night-is it Spring yet??? Highlights are:
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10/18/2006 - Club Meeting | |
We had a great turnout for the meeting. It was good to see so many new faces!! Some highlights are:
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9/18/2006 - MMG Photos are posted | |
There are several hundred photos posted on the MMG website under the photos link!
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9/8/2006 - Midwest Miata Gathering 2006 | |
http://www.miatagathering.com | |
9/2/2006 - Poppadent Party a success! | |
The clubs visit to Mike Harris's Poppadent shop was a big success. we had 25 cars come out and brave the rainy day for an opportunity to remove dents and dings from our beloved Miatas.
The club presented a framed Dragon poster to Mike as a thank you for the fine service he provides the club. There are some photos of the Poppadent event in the photo gallery. | |
5/10/2006 - Concours d’Elegance @ Ault Park | |
June 11, 2006, Concours d’Elegance @ Ault Park
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4/2/2006 - Root Beer Drive | |
Check out the photo's from this impromtu drive in the Photo Galleries. What a great day. A perfect cure for "Cabin Fever".
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3/31/2006 - Hard Top Hoist from Racer Chuck | |
Looking for that DIY project you'll be really proud of......take a look at the terrific Hard Top Hoist from Racer Chuck. Link below:
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3/27/2006 - Eric's River Run 2006 | |
RIVERRUN
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3/19/2006 - Economy Run 2006 | |
On a bright and sunny Sunday morning, eight cars met at the Shell station on Tylersville Road at Tylers Place Boulevard. The gas tank of each was filled to the first click, and then sealed. The drivers set off on a route approximately 100 miles long that wound west in Ohio into Indiana and south into Kentucky, ending at the Shell station on US 42 just west of I-75 in Florence. The roads were city roads and country roads, some straight, some twisty, some up hill, some down hill (Coasting is economical!), even a stretch of Interstate.
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2/10/2006 - Sweeney | |
In their continuing efforts to support the GCMC, Sweeney has offered $50.00 to anyone sending them a customer that results in new car sale! This applies to any product Sweeney sells, not just Mazda. Not only does the person responsible for this sale receive $50.00, the GCMC also will receive $50.00. So, Sweeney, you, and the GCMC all benefit from any new car sale that we are responsible for. Please make sure that when you refer someone to the Sweeney dealerships, that they mention you AND the GCMC so that proper credit is given. Sweeney has helped us for years, let's do our part to help them! I also understand that they are working on special pricing for GCMC members. This is just another perk for keeping your membership current.
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2/7/2006 - Event schedule for 2006 | |
Flip over to the event schedule to check out scheduled upcoming events for this coming season. Some event dates have been scheduled without a venue, so if you would like to plan something, or be involved with someone planning something, please let us know. New, fresh ideas are always welcome! | |
9/22/2005 - MMG Feedback | |
Click here for feedback from the 2005 Midwest Miata Gathering | |
9/9/2005 - 2005 Midwest Miata Gathering | |
![]() Got MMG?Access the 2005 Midwest Miata Gathering website at: http://www.miatagathering.com | |
9/4/2005 - Autocross Results | |
The sixth and final Ohio Valley Austin-Healey Club autocross of 2005 was a very successful event. On Sept 4th, Labor Day eve, nineteen drivers took the grid and tried their best to drive fast and safe. That reflects or motto: "SAFETY FAST" which demonstrates that safety is first, and speed second. As always, safety was highlighted by our course designer Don Klein. He set a fun yet challenging course for us to enjoy. We experienced beautiful weather and received tremendous crowd support on this final Sunday. We gave away 9 prizes to drivers from six various classes.
A special "thanks for all your help" goes out to Gary Kestin and Todd Spaulding from the Ohio Valley Alfa Romeo Owners Club. The PA was donated by another Alfa guy, Bob Santoro. Joel Edinburgh from the Alfa Club directed our "driver's school" in April. Thanks also to the many OVAHC members who came out and supported our events. A big THANK YOU to everyone who participated during this year and I hope to see you next year when we hold more fun and action packed sessions. Any questions or comments can be directed to me at DLB55AH@CS.COM and the future dates will be posted in the spring on the OVAHC web site http://hometown.aol.com/ovaustinhealey/ early next year. | |
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Sunday August 21st. we held our 5th autocross. It was a beautiful sunny breezy day. We had 31 participants and 6 of them were ladies! We had to turn some away as the 30 drivers or 11 a.m. had already expired.
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The Ohio Valley Austin - Healey Club drivers' training session held on Sunday, July 10 was a fun event for all. Everything went smoothly and the competition between the twenty-one drivers was close as usual. The weather was great and the variety of automotive iron was also. Since we had five Porsche drivers on the grid we created a class just for them. Several spectators got into the act by riding along throughout the afternoon. Hazel Klein had Cindy Loos grinning from ear to ear as they wove between the cones. The two Mazda Miatas both had riders and so did the Corvette. The two Triumphs each carried a passenger and I had one in my Healey as well. Hope to see you on August 21st.
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7/5/2005 - Sponsors Page Added | |
We have added a sponsors page to the website to highlight those vendors that support the Cincinnati Miata Club. Some vendors contribute money or services that permit our club to host the Midest Miata Gathering.
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The Ohio Valley Austin - Healey Club proudly hosted the third driving session of 2005 on Sunday, May 29 at Live Oaks Campus. Of the twenty-one drivers, eight were in Mazda Miatas and four were ladies. The course was set up in a manner which allowed us to do two laps on each of our six runs. Everyone had a real good time and enjoyed the wonderful weather on this beautiful day. All was great... until Dales' right front axle broke. Thanks to everyone to helping out and also for being patient. The proud OVAHC "safety fast" champion mugs winners were as follows.
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The Ohio Valley Austin - Healey Club proudly hosted the second driving session of 2005 on Sunday, May 8 at Live Oaks Campus. We thanked all mothers for allowing their mates to attend. Of the twenty drivers, ten were in Mazda Miatas and two wereladies. We were pleasantly surprised to have such a large contingent of enthusiastic Miata drivers. They always provide close and fierce, but friendly competition. The course was set up in a manner which allowed us to do two laps on each of our six runs.It was a wicked, snakelike layout entirely in the main parking lot. Everyone had a real good time on this beautiful eighty degree day. The nine OVAHC "safety fast" champion mugs winners were as follows.
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