[NoVa-Corvairs] Fwd: <CORSA Chapters> "Corvairs Drive The Tail of the Dragon"

[Bryan Blackwell]

Should be a fun drive alright...

--Bryan

Begin forwarded message:

> Dear Corvair Friends,
>
> It's been almost forty-nine years since the Corvair was introduced and
> cars haven't been the same since. Neither have race tracks, twisty
> roads, and other automobile venues.
>
> Never before have people had so much fun driving their cars. Corvairs
> have run virtually every race track and roadway in the world: Daytona,
> Bristol, Pocono, Lime Rock, Summit Point, and VIR, not to mention Road
> Atlanta, Mid-Ohio, Watkins Glen, and Elkart Lake. They've dared the
> Darien, won rallye championships, road racing championships, the
> Mobile Gas Economy Run, drag racing crowns, and even conquered Chimney
> Rock, Eagle's Nest, and other hill climb venues.
>
> There's only one road yet to challenge the Corvair; one frontier left;
> one adventure to go.
>
> On the weekend of Saturday, November 15th, and Sunday, November 16th,
> 2008, after the Indy Corvair Olympics, Eagle's Nest, Crow Mountain,
> the Runoffs, the Fall Affair, St. Augustine, and the nineteenth annual
> "Corvairs in the Curves", the guys and gals of CORSA South Carolina
> will take you there...
>
> The last adventure...
>
> The last frontier...
>
> The final challenge....
>
> The Tail of the Dragon
>
> Are you up to it?
>
> Can you stand the fun?
>
> "Corvairs Drive the Tail of the Dragon"
>
> The Tail of the Dragon is an incredible road that has been written up
> in all of the car and motorcycle magazines. It has 318 curves in 11
> miles. Yes, 318 curves in 11 miles!!!
>
> It is located South of Knoxville, Tennessee, at the Southwest edge of
> the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, near Fontana Lake. It is 11
> miles of Hwy 129 going from North Carolina into Tennessee.
>
> Go to:    http://www.tailofthedragon.com/   and look around. Be sure
> and look at the Event Calendar to see all the other marques that have
> events here; everything from Ferraris to Miatas and now....  
> Corvairs!!!
>
> We will be staying at the Fontana Village Resort, where we have a
> great rate on rooms and cabins. Go to:   http:// 
> www.fontanavillage.com/
>
> We will also be taking in Fontana Dam and the $100,000,000 Cherohala
> Skyway which, along with the Dragon, is rated as one of the great
> drives in our country:   http://www.cherohalaskyway.com/
>
> "Corvairs Drive the Tail of the Dragon" is not a race or a rallye. It
> is just a good time with your Corvair friends driving these beautiful
> roads, visiting with each other, and kicking tires.
>
> November 15, 2008. Circle it on your calendar. "Corvairs Drive the
> Tail of the Dragon". The moon will be nearly full and the air will be
> cool. The sinuous curves of The Tail of the Dragon beckon. Plan to
> come if you're near to us. Wish you could, if you're not.
>
>
> For registration information e-mail BWSchug at Charter.net
>
> Or call: 864-268-2884
>
> Or write: Bruce Schug, 3 South Del Norte Rd, Greenville, SC 29615
>
> The Corvair world will never be the same.
>
>
> Bruce W. Schug
> Head Dragon Driver
> Greenville, SC
> bwschug at charter.net
>
> CORSA member since 1980
>
> '67 Monza. "67AC140"