Guest OptimaJim Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Hello, my name is Jim McIlvaine and I am the eCare Manager for OPTIMA Batteries, Inc. I wanted to let you guys know that we are having a qualifying event at Road America as part of our search for the ultimate street car, on June 22nd-24th. We will be filming this event for later airing on TV, as we've done with our past OUSCI events. To get an idea of what those look like, you can check out this video. (Bill Goldberg will be our host for this event as well) Each participant in this event will receive two free tickets to the NASCAR race at Road America that weekend. At least two vehicles in this event will be chosen to compete for the 2012 OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car title at our event in Nevada, immediately following the SEMA show. We will also be giving away entries to the 2012 Sandhills Open Road Challenge ($1,000 value) to select competitors in the Faceoff at Road America. For more information on the Faceoff at Road America and the OUSCI, please visit www.optimainvitational.com If anyone has any questions, I'll do my best to answer them. Jim McIlvaine eCare Manager, OPTIMA Batteries, Inc. www.twitter.com/optimabatteries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampelsauce Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Our cars, for the most part, are slow, old and German. They wouldn't really fit in with the Nascar crowd. Plus, we tend to lose interest in things constantly going left. Just sayin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 M20 Fever or TJ would probably be interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OptimaJim Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 (edited) Hi rampelsauce, Road America is actually a road course, where drivers turn in both directions. You can find more information about it here- www.roadamerica.com Our event will also be utilizing the big track, as well as an autocross, so there will be plenty of right hand turns all weekend. I would hate to stereotype all BMW owners as either liking or hating any particular kind of racing, especially because one of our lead engineers is a BMW owner and insisted I post on this forum about our event, after having enjoyed himself so much at our 2010 Faceoff event. We did invite a 1961 Mercedes to participate in our 2010 Ultimate Street Car Invitational, so I hope we can find an older BMW or two that might be able to find it's way around a track. Jim McIlvaine eCare Manager, OPTIMA Batteries, Inc. www.optimainvitational.com Edited May 24, 2012 by OptimaJim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B C Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Hi Jim! Welcome, and thanks for the heads up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M20_fever Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Man this sounds awesome! Im supposed to run RA on the 16th already, two weekends in a row might be out of the budget. I have some decisions to make now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampelsauce Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Sorry, I was just hating on the Nascar brand. I know Road America well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystere30 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 hmmm...the tuxedo would do great in the autox portion of the event...but terrible at anything else lol...its just too slow.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan... Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 I has no BMW, I am not belong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystere30 Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 i will unfortunately be with you soon ryan... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan... Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 wtf! What are you getting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystere30 Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 idk yet. still looking. its not easy lol. i have about 6grand to play with...know of anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan... Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 You can haz my subaru for much less than that.............E30 chassis + M62 + 6 speed = ftw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystere30 Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 its gonna be a daily :/ but im going to kewauskum in a little bit to look at a 540i my brother saw yesterday. i'll keep you posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 I'm in Kewsskum right now. It's my hometown. I suggest a 318 e36 for a daily:P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystere30 Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 540i was auto but has mtech bumpers...and its 5700... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunMetalGrey Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 M50 may want to play.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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