SILV09 - Cancelled

[kwnate]

Where is my motiviation at that point?

Who cares?


Here's your budget: $0.00

People can book their own hotels and pay any fees.

It's about the cars, not the trophy's and sponsors.

 

[Evilempire1.3JZ-GTE]

One question has come up several times since the news broke last Friday. That question is:

"Why can't you just scale back the event and still have something?"

This is a valid question and one that caused much discussion when we were looking at our options for this year.

I could just make a few phone calls to get the hotel, dyno, and drags set up. I could have even put the Show-and-Shine in the parking lot at the drags. We could eliminate all of the cool extras like trophies, shirts, chips, info packets, etc. This would take $0 and about 20 minutes of my time.

But what would we have left? At that point it would be just another regular Supra meet that wouldn't have nearly the draw that SILV has enjoyed in the past. People would not travel great distances to attend a meet that was just like the one across town or in the next state. So the end result would be a smaller meet with the only difference being that it was held in Las Vegas.

Where is my motiviation at that point?

My original goal with SILV was to build the biggest Supra event anywhere. We hit that goal in the second year topping the ~70 Supras that were showing up to the Mid-Atlantic events at the time. We then smashed that record over and over again as we kept resetting the bar higher and higher.

From 1999 on we never dipped below 100 Supras in the parking lot at the Show-and-Shine and twice (2005 and 2008) we had 200 Supras gleaming in the desert sun.

We've had Supras peg the dyno three times over the years. The first was at 1200whp and the last two were each at 1500whp.

We've seen horsepower numbers climb from Ken Henderson's 405 in 1997 to more than 1500whp this past year.

In 2000 I nearly cancelled the entire event due to a lack of sponsor funds. After chatting with a few big names in the community it was determined that we didn't need all the fluff and that people just wanted a coordinated place to come together.

I still get complaints about that event - and people still claim SILV sucks because that was their only experience. We've completely reinveted SILV since then and I believe that SILV08 was clear proof.

So... do I want to return to a program like 2000 and have to dig back out of that hole again? NOT ON YOUR LIFE!

I want people to remember SILV08, be sad to see us skip SILV09, and then return to SILV10 with a vengence. Can you imagine 300 Supras in that lot?

Yea but throwing in the towel giving up is even worse then having a poor showing because now 2009 will be the worst record SILV event ever more so then 2000!

If we must give up on SILV throw in the towel, why not joining forces with MR2 club lexus create TILV toyotas invade las vegas.

lol ever heard of MR2s invades supras invade las vegas?

This event is legendary & consecutive why give that up?



Thats it any one up for Toyotas Take Over Vegas ? TTOV ?

 

[KeithH]

The plan was never to throw in the towel. It was to take a break due to the economy... come back strong in 2010 and reset on an every other year program since a good chunk of the people were already moving to showing up every other year anyway.

I am sorry that this decision is such an inconvenience to you people that feel entitled to this event.

 

[Poodles]

Seriously people, it's not like his time and hard work is free, try to be a bit more appreciative to a person that takes a lot of time out of his life to organize a major event.

This isn't some cruise or small weekend meet that you can just throw together...

 

[KeithH]

Thanks Poodles.

 

[supramike7m]

Vegas WILL happen. Already working on it. We will just have a different name and that is fine. Watch for details, I am tying up some loose ends right now. I think it is time to "Mix It Up".

Jeff

keep us all updated. let us know if you need help. mix it up:naughty:

 

[jawsgear]

keep us all updated. let us know if you need help. mix it up:naughty:

Vegas Dates Confirmed!!! October 1,2,3 Thursday - Saturday

Details to come in a new thread soon. Plan your vacations!

Jeff

 

[arz]

I spoke with Jeff this afternoon and we are looking forward to seeing what he comes up with and hope to support a Vegas 09 event any way we can.

 

[bigaaron]

It was nice talking to you today Jeff! I was very happy to hear that you have already made some big steps toward making this happen again this year! This sounds like it could be even better then ever!


IMHO, after reading some of the posts I really hope this doesn't turn into a negative thing on the forum about Keith and SILV, you gotta give Keith and the guys associated with SILV props for making the event happen in a professional manner for so many years!!! They did the best they could and I for one am grateful for being able to go several times to SILV.


No one wants to forget about SILV, we want to keep the spirit alive and do it again this year, regardless of what the event is called!

 

[suprastanger507mgte]

Yeah I could never attend the SILV events no matter how many times I tried for the past due to commitments. I've always heard great stories about the SILV events setup etc etc. kudos to Keith for sure.
However, knowing Jeff personally and the guys he is probabaly working with to make a similar event happen , I am absolutley positive this will be a great event and turnout as well. I know this year I am able to go.

 

[jawsgear]

Thanks for the feedback guys. We will do our best to make this an exciting and memorable event for sure. We will make an official post some time next week with some of the highlighted details in line for 2009. Hope to see you all there.

Jeff

 

[the t3d]

definitely keep us updated. i've never been to any of these events and i'll be 21 finally by then and i can take some time off and head out there this time!

-t3d

 

[suprarx7nut]

I'm saving the date in my calendar as we speak...

 

[rmjsupra]

I'm in guys, will there be a group rate on hotel, either way I'm there, the wife and I have the time off

 

[jawsgear]

Updated Thread.......

http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1278300#post1278300

See Ya in Vegas!

Jeff