Yes it's true. We listened to the feedback and the 2011 Nats hosted by ISSCA and MISSL were, as per the members, a huge hit!

So ISSCA is officially announcing the 2012 Nationals will be heading back to The Motor City! MISSL did such a great job in 2011 that they will be running the show once more in 2012. Don Lambert and the MISSL crew did an outstanding job and were gracious enough to offer to throw the party once again for 2012. After all the hard work to get 2011 going ISSCA and MISSL can build on the hugely positive feedback of 2011 and fine tune it to make 2012 the best Nats yet! Of course it will once again center around the 2012 Woodward Dream Cruise. This is what's known as a WIN-WIN!

So...who's in?

BTW, it's never to early to black out these approximate dates on your calendar kids:

Tuesday August 14th - Saturday August 18th 2012

Terry and BK yukkin it up at triple digit speeds at 2011 Nats...
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee30/BigKahuna1313/ISSCA%20Nationals%202011/DSC_5931b.jpg

I would not miss it even if I was dead!

Mike--Hamilton Chevy

As long as we are parked next to some crossfiyah's I will be there LOL

I wouldn't miss it. I will be there ready to beat the hell out of my car, well that is if someone doesn't buy it LOL, doubtful but possible.

As long as we are parked next to some crossfiyah's I will be there LOL

You know we have so many new friends over there that they may even offer us some capachino?

You know we have so many new friends over there that they may even offer us some capachino?

Maybe.......

Probably not LOL

Will we be going back to the same Hotel????

Tom Dinkel
HERD#19
ISSCA#455
96BBB

Will we be going back to the same Hotel????

I'm starting to look at hotels now. Hoping to find someplace with a bigger parking lot.

Don

I'm starting to look at hotels now. Hoping to find someplace with a bigger parking lot.

Don

A parking lot that can hold enclosed car trailers??

Tom Dinkel

Count me in!! ;)

Awesome! Count me in!

Awesome! Count me in!
Did you decide to keep your car???

I wanted to go to Nats SO BAD this year and just couldn't make it. I've been hoping all along that they would hold it in Detroit again next year so this is just AWESOME. I will be there.

No doubt I'll go back!

I wanted to go to Nats SO BAD this year and just couldn't make it. I've been hoping all along that they would hold it in Detroit again next year so this is just AWESOME. I will be there.

Ditto!

Don L has been doing a lot of behind the scenes work and has been firming up the schedule. Nothing 'official' but this is about as close to a solid schedule we can get until we lock in the deposits.

from Don...

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There is no event quite like the Woodward Dream Cruise. Driving your Impala down Woodward Avenue with nearly 30,000 muscle cars, street rods, and customs is a once in a lifetime thing. Add in Autocross, Road Racing, Drag Racing, a Car Show, and a Stereo Sound-off and some may call that crazy. We call it the ISSCA Nationals!

2012 Pretty Darn Firm Schedule:

Tuesday, August 14th: Check in and registration

Wednesday, August 15th: Autocross and Drag Racing at Milan Dragway 10am-10pm

Thursday, August 16th: Road Racing at Waterford Hills Raceway 10am-5pm

Friday, August 17th: Car Show at Metro Beach 9am-3pm

Saturday, August 18th: The one and only legendary Woodward Dream Cruise plus ISSCA Awards Ceremony

We are still working on the host hotel. We are leaning towards the same hotel as last year but they are trying to charge us $50 MORE per room per night. Their logic: We checked and last year we were sold out that week. LOL. Yeah you were sold out because WE BOOKED UP YOUR HOTEL! :D We will attempt to fight computer stats with logic, wish us luck with upper management at the Marriott. Anyone have a family member who works for Marriott in management?

Let's get the party started!

Step 1: Rejoin ISSCA. Every membership runs out 12/31 so we all have to renew. Please go to www.issca.org (http://www.issca.org/) and re-up.

Step 2: Register for 2012 Nats. We will open up online registration shortly after the New Year.

Thanks,
Bill
ISSCA VP and Great Guy

Is there any reason behind the change to have it during the week?
I will not be able to close my business for a week to attend the whole event.
I guess I will just try to make the car show & leave the next morning.

Tom Dinkel
HERD#19
ISSCA#455
96BBB

Hey Tom. It's only more day than last year. We added the extra day so we didn't have to try and jam a car show and then a drag race (at a remote location) into the same day. Hopefully you can work it out, would love to see you at the whole event. Take care.

Vacation time is set for tuesday till friday. Gotta go back at work on Saturday. If everything works good, I should make it this year. And maybe who knows, some drag racing...!!!cwm4cwm4

Another reason to think seriously about working out some kind of rotating parking lot patrol during the Nats (or any other major event):


Hi,
Someone stole Jimmy Middleton's Vette last night from his home. This is the second time a friend of mine in the last month this has happened, horrible! You know we need to treat these people as they did in the old west when one stole a horse.
I just talked to him and his car has been found withour major damage. This is great news!

It is about selling the engine first for cash even out of state, I have learned, that no where is safe. We have had this happen to policyholders in Elmore county and Prattville, too, that I know about. Onewas located at a remote home in the country. The cars having LS1 engines and newer engines are stolen and the engines are sold for cash. The engine is the first to go. The cars are stolen with a roll back hauler, many times.

I also had a friend stopped over for one night at the Drury Inn by SAMS and they slide his low 10 second Grand National on to a rollback tow truck between 1:00 and 5:00 AM. I was a 10 year project, super fast and a show car. Never recovered.

A whole rig truck........ .trailer and race/show Grand National was stolen in Bowling Green in Oct at the Buick Nationals. They have preyed on other events in BG and the police and city are making some effort . They host a lot of events and it is bad for their city. Only the car was recovered weeks later, but still togerther. This was a well planed thief, knowing the last day of the event the motels would be full of entire rigs waiting to go home on Sunday morning.

Please be carefull. It is a shame we cannot enjoy aour cars as they were ment to driven. Law enforcement can only do so much and we have some great people working in the river region, but it still happens. These are the times we are living and I wonder the future. We are going to have to go to great measures to prevent this from happening to our cars.

Bob Hinson

Between Cracka's late night drinking crew and the events crew getting up before sunrise, I'm pretty sure the parking lot was well supervised.

But we can try to setup something more official for 2012. All affirmative comments will be accepted as offers to work an overnight shift.

Lol, yeah that weekend I think Cracka, Fishah, and I finally called it a night (or morning) around 5am on Friday/saturday morning and a larger group of us lasted till around 4am the next night. As long as there's still booze left, I don't give up :D

i'm not trying to beat a dead horse here. I know we have a die hard parking lot crew. I just believe this topic should be added to the list of "things to do" and I'll volunteer to cover a few 3 am - 6 am shifts.

Along with having seen the pain of others in the past because no one thought to look out, I seem to remember someone's, albeit a wannabe, car getting hit either while someone was in the lot or after everyone finally crashed last year.

just sayin

i agree, i will volunteer. our cars are special...

I dunno what Natinals is all about but you can definatly count me in!!!:D

im planning on coming but wont be in my impala.will already be in ohio the week before so will drive up for a few days and enjoy the events.

im planning on coming but wont be in my impala.will already be in ohio the week before so will drive up for a few days and enjoy the events.

It won't be the same without your Impala?

It won't be the same without your Impala?
i know but i can beat on the rental car harder..and maybe i wont lock my keys in the car this time!!..lol

i know but i can beat on the rental car harder..and maybe i wont lock my keys in the car this time!!..lol

And maybe it won't rain either! LOL

Wait, I saw on the message board that the event was April 14th thru the 19th? Am I wrong here or crazy? I was gonna hit the INC fest on the 14th and fly out of Austin on the 15th for the Nats

Wait, I saw on the message board that the event was April 14th thru the 19th? Am I wrong here or crazy? I was gonna hit the INC fest on the 14th and fly out of Austin on the 15th for the Nats

You will be quite early. It is in August!

At the beginning of this thread it said aug 15-19. Then I saw a schedule for aug 14-18 a page later. I can only get 5 days off that week from work and don't wanna miss a day. Which is it??? Wed-Sun or the Tue-Sat one.....

Thanks for pointing that out, it is 14-18.


2012 Nats Schedule:

Tuesday, August 14th: Check in and registration

Wednesday, August 15th: Autocross and Drag Racing at Milan Dragway 10am-10pm

Thursday, August 16th: Road Racing at Waterford Hills Raceway 10am-5pm

Friday, August 17th: Car Show at Metro Beach 9am-3pm

Saturday, August 18th: The one and only legendary Woodward Dream Cruise plus ISSCA Awards Ceremony

When does registration open for the 2012 Nationals?

thanks for pointing that out, it is 14-18.


Tuesday, August 14th: Check in and registration

Wednesday, August 15th: Autocross and Drag Racing at Milan Dragway 10am-10pm

Thursday, August 16th: Road Racing at Waterford Hills Raceway 10am-5pm

Friday, August 17th: Car Show at Metro Beach 9am-3pm

Saturday, August 18th: The one and only legendary Woodward Dream Cruise plus ISSCA Awards Ceremony




don,

i gotta pay up. How do i go about doing this.. Also i was told yall give military discount??

Riley, are you talking about our MISSL club dues or the ISSCA nationals registration?

Riley, are you talking about our MISSL club dues or the ISSCA nationals registration?
I am talking about everything. i gotta pay my MISSL dues as well along with ISSCA Dues. And than the registration for woodward!

PLEASE READ! Slightly revised schedule. We had to swap Wed & Fri events.

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2012 Nats Schedule:

Tuesday, August 14th: Check in and registration

Wednesday, August 15th: Autocross and Drag Racing at Milan Dragway 10am-10pm

Thursday, August 16th: Road Racing at Waterford Hills Raceway 10am-5pm

Friday, August 17th: Car Show at Metro Beach 9am-3pm

Saturday, August 18th: The one and only legendary Woodward Dream Cruise plus ISSCA Awards Ceremony

I am talking about everything. i gotta pay my MISSL dues as well along with ISSCA Dues. And than the registration for woodward!

It up the MISSL site to pay membership, or if your still coming down on Friday swing by my place and pay.

if you have yet to register or buy your parking spot and lunch for the woodward dream cruise and nationals now is the time. MISSL will be ending sales of parking spots and lunches after the begining of july. there is no pay at the time of the event for the dream cruise it HAS to be done in advance

if you have yet to register or buy your parking spot and lunch for the woodward dream cruise and nationals now is the time. MISSL will be ending sales of parking spots and lunches after the begining of july. there is no pay at the time of the event for the dream cruise it HAS to be done in advance


^^^^^^what he said

geter done

if you have yet to register or buy your parking spot and lunch for the woodward dream cruise and nationals now is the time. MISSL will be ending sales of parking spots and lunches after the begining of july. there is no pay at the time of the event for the dream cruise it HAS to be done in advance

Im not sure if I missed it, but where do you sign up for parking spot/lunch at????

ask and you shall recieve. if you have any issues let me know
http://www.missl.org/php/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=3173

‎2012 Nationals Registration is Officially OPEN!

Take the time right now to go an SIGN-UP.

http://issca.org/issca-national-gathering/registration/ (http://issca.org/issca-national-gathering/registration/)

...

Tuesday, August 14th: Check in and registration

Wednesday, August 15th: Autocross and Drag Racing at Milan Dragway

Thursday, August 16th: Road Racing at Waterford Hills Raceway

Friday, August 17th: Car Show at Metro Beach

Saturday, August 18th: The one and only legendary Woodward Dream Cruise plus ISSCA Awards Ceremony

If you plan to attend and don't plan to compete, please help out and register for the $20 Base event fee. You'll receive an event T-shirt, Dash Plaque and access to all the events (spectator fees may apply).

So...who's in?

Here they are...the first 21 registrants for ISSCA Nationals!
We thank you for registering, we like to be able to plan ahead and start building the war chest.
We KNOW the rest of you are coming but we sure would love it if you registered sooner than later so we can get a count and know we have things covered.

So without further ado...I present: The BK Golden 21 Club - being one of the first 21 entitles you to one free back massage from ISSCA President Ed Bowser and/or a foot massage from Bob "Bobo" Fandetti. Your choice.

1 BK - Huntington Station NY - May 01, 2012 10:04pm
2 Rick - Green Pond New Jersey - May 02, 2012 12:01pm
3 Michael&Jean - Newark DE - May 03, 2012 2:01pm
4 Howard - Roswell GA - May 04, 2012 12:09am
5 Sean - Antioch IL - May 04, 2012 8:06pm
6 jim - lake zurich illinois - May 05, 2012 1:21pm
7 Tom - Park Ridge IL - May 06, 2012 2:24pm
8 Janet - Pontiac MI - May 07, 2012 8:22am
9 Tony & SSally - Newark DE - May 07, 2012 6:36pm
10 Frederick - Mt Airy Maryland - May 12, 2012 12:38pm
11 Thomas - Dayton Ohio - May 15, 2012 8:06pm
12 Paul - Atlanta GA - May 26, 2012 6:26am
13 Michael - Plano TX - May 30, 2012 1:59pm
14 Don - Ypsilanti MI - May 31, 2012 6:30am
15 Ernest - Abita Springs LA - May 31, 2012 8:34pm
16 Daniel - St. Clair Shores Michigan - Jun 02, 2012 7:43pm
17 Josh - Belvidere IL - Jun 03, 2012 7:31pm
18 Bill - East Fallowfield Township Pa - Jun 04, 2012 6:53pm
19 Brian - Bethlehem PA - Yesterday 11:55pm
20 ryan - fraser michigan - Today 8:51am
21 Richard - Miami FL - Today 9:53am


Now...who KNOWS what you will get for being in the Top 25 or Top 50?!?!?! :D

Wow jumped to 27 over night! Keep it going boys (and girls!)

I will be leaving Ottawa around the 10th or 12th. I might be able to get the family to drop me off for part of the 14th or 15th.
I could also leave them behind if I could hitch a ride from someone from the Ottawa area and they could pick me on the way by?

I'm wrestling with this still. Almost certainly going to register for the event and the Cruise BBQ :D and hope I can make it.

Perhaps I missed the info, but has the rate for the host hotel been finalized?

I'm wrestling with this still. Almost certainly going to register for the event and the Cruise BBQ :D and hope I can make it.

Perhaps I missed the info, but has the rate for the host hotel been finalized?

I will be leaving Ottawa around the 10th or 12th. I might be able to get the family to drop me off for part of the 14th or 15th.
I could also leave them behind if I could hitch a ride from someone from the Ottawa area and they could pick me on the way by?
Would love to see you guys!

Andrew we ALWAYS appreciate your support, not many know it but Andrew (Juggernaut) registers for most events even though he can't make it and donates to B-Body charities like LISST Drag Day, etc.

Now come and make one of these events, we should be able to get you from the airport and it's always easy to bum a ride to the events from the host hotel...

Would love to see you guys!

Andrew we ALWAYS appreciate your support, not many know it but Andrew (Juggernaut) registers for most events even though he can't make it and donates to B-Body charities like LISST Drag Day, etc.

Now come and make one of these events, we should be able to get you from the airport and it's always easy to bum a ride to the events from the host hotel...
I'd love to just bum rides, but there are a couple non-B-body people I'm excited to see while I'm there, one of whom lives about 25 miles away from the hotel and doesn't have a car. It'll be on me to drive if we're gonna hang out while I'm there.

The event registration is a steal, and I'm looking at flight prices right now, so my only remaining question is the hotel rate. http://sfw.rightclicksaveas.org/i/g.gif

I'd love to just bum rides, but there are a couple non-B-body people I'm excited to see while I'm there, one of whom lives about 25 miles away from the hotel and doesn't have a car. It'll be on me to drive if we're gonna hang out while I'm there.

The event registration is a steal, and I'm looking at flight prices right now, so my only remaining question is the hotel rate. http://sfw.rightclicksaveas.org/i/g.gif

See post 20 & 21. ;)
http://www.impalassforum.com/vBulletin/showthread.php?t=269035

It is my dream to go but it's out of reach this year. Does anyone know when it will be back in St. Louis?

See post 20 & 21. ;)
http://www.impalassforum.com/vBulletin/showthread.php?t=269035
ahhhhh! Thanks! Flight, hotel, car booked for 8/14-19. http://www.impalassforum.com/vBulletin/images/icons/icon14.gif

Looks like we're up to 35+ already. Nice work, but you know I'm not in the comfort zone until we are over 100 pre-registered! cwm5

For the Saturday MISSL stuff with WDC :

Is the $50 per person or per parking spot?

No problem paying it if I have to (and will be in shortly for the $18 on the BBQ :) ), but likewise I won't have any car there with me (no sense in a POS rental for JUST to/from the airport) so if it is for the parking spot, well, I'm not using one ;)

Ed,

It's $50 is per parking spot. Catch a ride with someone and you're all set.
The $18 is per person for the BBQ lunch and drinks during the day.

Don

2 AWESOME OF AN EVENT 2 MISS
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Ed,

It's $50 is per parking spot. Catch a ride with someone and you're all set.
The $18 is per person for the BBQ lunch and drinks during the day.

Don

Thanks Don! BBQ Payment sent :)

Ed,

It's $50 is per parking spot. Catch a ride with someone and you're all set.
The $18 is per person for the BBQ lunch and drinks during the day.

Don
I realized after the fact that I probably didn't "need" the parking spot, but it's a small chunk of the week's expenses so I'll chalk it up to supporting MISSL a little bit ;)

Can't wait to see you guys in a couple months!

I realized after the fact that I probably didn't "need" the parking spot, but it's a small chunk of the week's expenses so I'll chalk it up to supporting MISSL a little bit ;)

Can't wait to see you guys in a couple months!


Last year we had a waiting list for parking spots. I'll let you know when that happens and you can resell your spot.

Don

Last year we had a waiting list for parking spots. I'll let you know when that happens and you can resell your spot.

Don
Sounds good to me! I may or may not have someone with me on Saturday but I'm guessing I'll be solo, so if I can hitch a ride that'll be awesome.

I am all paid up!!

Will I get something in the mail confirming my spot, Don?

Last year we had a waiting list for parking spots. I'll let you know when that happens and you can resell your spot.

Don

Parking passes will be picked up on site at the host hotel.

I'm behind on sending confirmation emails for MISSL. Pat would be sending them for ISSCA.

Don

Black Sunshine is all caught up on the membership fees, event registrations, t-shirts, parking space and a couple plates of chow. Let me know how else we can help.

All registered up!

Only two weeks left to register for the 2012 Impala SS Clubs of America Nationals. http://issca.org/issca-national-gathering/

I'm in!:D

More people need to sign up, weren't there over a hundred registered last year?

Looks like it's still under 50 at the moment...
https://issca.wufoo.com/reports/nats-registrations/

So stop procrastinating folks, there will be a good time had by all :D

So stop procrastinating folks, there will be a good time had by all :D

If you show up in a Crossfire, maybe not so much... :D

Hey BK or others in charge!

I was thinking about starting a thread concerning the road course day, covering basic info, suggestions for car prep, etc, since I know there are some that aren't very familiar with HPDE type stuff, and folks like me who are first time Nats participants and curious to how the event will be set up, as far as run session times, etc.

Let me know what you think!
Look forward to seeing you guys in a few weeks and hoping we have some nice, dry weather that week.

Thanks!