Boston Area

[skastel]

Boston Area volvo people interested in meeting up somewhere and just shooting the breeze? No agenda, no supercars needed(mainly cause I'm rockin the NA '89 245!).
I live in Cambridge, MA and I'm just interested in learning and seeing what others have.

[roversweed]

sounds like fun. as long as it's on sunday(my one and only day off :( )
the closer to cape cod the better.

[skastel]

too bad no one else who posts here is from the NE area, I'd really like to find a place to do some bracket racing.

[snafu]

Im from dartmouth MA, ill be happy to meet up with some people. Two of my friends drive volvos and im sure they would like to come as well.

[Greg Wong]

too bad no one else who posts here is from the NE area...

Yeah I hate the fact that I'm the only person in NE who posts here. It sucks to be alone. :wink:

Don't forget about Philip B, Jason Z, Cullen, Roger Lee, Kyle B, and several other guys who posted in the wintercross thread.

[700mopareater]

I'm from the taunton area, and am going to school in Westfield, so anywhere in MA you wanna meet, i'm good for (so long as the car's acting nicely, which wasn't the case when i tried to go to CT :oops: )

[Blackbrick]

Worcester would be good pretty central to everybody anyone around there know of a good spot.

[Blackbrick]

Maybe Devens.. I hear they do autocross there, don't they also have an old airstrip? :badboy:

[applejuice]

hey blackbrick, cold enough for ya? if you guys meet up somewhere to race (autocross or drag) count me in.

[snafu]

Me and a bunch of kids have a quarter mile set up on Rt. 24 in fall river MA. we usually race there every saturday night from 12 to 4. We've never gotten pulled over. I dont know, im just throwing out ideas...

[Blackbrick]

damn cold! As far as Fall River I got to keep it legal bud I got a CDL to protect.

[applejuice]

ha! i can tell i'm gettin old....you guys race for money??

[700mopareater]

Ah fall riv, don't they have a legal one down on the ave? I've never been, only heard about it. 24 aint too bad, but i've seen way too much blue on it lately, a little paranoid about it

[snafu]

theres no quarter on the ave, i dont think, just on 24. but last time we were there we did see a few cruisers parked along the ave.

[skastel]

WOW, sorry I misjudged the number of New Englanders here, I'm down to race(Autocross or drag), but I'm pretty sure I won't be beating anyone! :lol:
I'd love to join you guys down in fall river some time, although saturday nights are ussually reserved for midnight movies with the girl. But I'm sure we can figure something out. PM me, e-mail, whatever, we should do this soon!

[snafu]

It doesnt have to be saturday night. i was just saying that thats when there are more people there. It doesnt even have to be in fall river, anywere really, as long as it is soon.

[snafu]

So, are there any ideas on where to meet.

[700mopareater]

I dunno, i'm game wherever anyone else wants to meet. Helps if it's on a weekend though. Any ideas on where?

[snafu]

I dont really know of any legal places to race this time of year. If we were to just meet up, i guess it would depend on were everyone else is coming from and we could just pick a spot in the middle.

[Blackbrick]

there may be another wintercross coming up in a couple weeks check it out at www.cartct.com I live nearby and could do bbq and such I ran my 82 at the last one, never had so much fun you don't have to race, lotsa people came to just watch.

[snafu]

sounds good to me. I just hope my car will make it there.

[Blackbrick]

It'll make it !! Itsa Volvo :wink:

[snafu]

How long do the races usually last. If im gonna drive 2 1/2 hours i dont want to be there for just and hour

[Blackbrick]

sign in at 9:00 to 9:30 I suggest you pre register. Inspection and drivers meeting by 10:00 then first car off. runs finish @ 3:00+- then times are tallied and awards given. It is a full day and lots of fun there is a coffee wagon that sells breakfast and lunch. hope to see ya there check out the website www.cartct.com

[skastel]

From the CART website detailing the AutoX event:
"5. Timing will be by stopwatch or our best estimate of your your time or when we get tired of waiting for you to cross the finishline. If you need to be towed in, this will be included in your run time."
bwahaha, nice to see they're def all about having fun!(Maybe I shouldn't laugh, odds are I'd be one of the ones that takes forever to get through the course!) I'd love to race in this, but I def don't have a race helmet, and I'd rather not put my baby through that until I get a couple of engine bugs worked out.(i.e. the check engine light, haynes manual should come in the mail today or tommorow!)
Well I'll see you guys there though for sure, is there anything I need to do as a spectator aside from bring something to eat and a lawn chair :lol: ?

[Blackbrick]

not really, just dress warm. You could, if you so desire, volunteer to work the course. they usually go in 1/2 hr. intervals out there and it gives you a front row spot to watch from. all you gotta do is call in cone hits and off course cars and put cones back, its easy. BTW helmets are fairly cheap, just go to a bike shop and take a look just don't go to a harley shop, BIG $$$$ ...... we'll see ya there

[240T man]

It helps to view the events forum every now and then. Is this a going to happen or has it already happened?

[Blackbrick]

has happened, tenatively going to happen again. check the website www.cartct.com It depends on the weather. I'm hoping for snow

[Blackbrick]

Snowed today! like 8",, YEAH BABY!! :wiggle:

[Greg Wong]

You only got 8" of snow? Damn lucky.

See you the 16th!
Greg

[hockey930]

I used to live in Andover MA I got up there alot and am dieing to meet up with a Volvo crew. Keep me posted about upcomming events so if I am up there I can go.
Eamonn Higgins

[240T man]

You guys want MORE SNOW!?

You all must've been born here. I was born in OK, and I sure don't like snow for much longer than a month or so. Winter is just too damn long in New England.

[Anonymous]

I work right next to Devens and yes they hold many autocrosses there.

I am interested in meeting other Volvo Owners. I just purchased a 99 S70 AWD turbo and love it.

I plan on doing some limited autocross with a club in Maine one of my VW coworkers belongs to.

[grnS70T5]

Hey Guys,
I live in concord MA, im 21, and i would like to meat up with some other volvo ppls. i just got a 98' S70 T5. as soon as i sell the parts off my 89 740 turbo and buy some parts for my S70 i would like to start racing in the autocrosses......if wanna buy some parts for a 700 or 900 go to the one that says; FOR SALE: Complete 3”exhaust,R.R.Fuel Press. Reg,IPD sways
-nick

[Greg Wong]

Nick, slevenh, send me an email, I try to keep a New England email list. Even though there is a Boston VCOA chapter, those guys are more interested in the old Volvos, like the 140 on down. And they don't have many (any?) race type get-togethers that I am aware of.

greg.wong@earthlink.net

Also check out my website,
http://home.earthlink.net/~greg.wong/

Greg