With the news that SAAC and Carroll Shelby have settled their disputes, and me forgetting to post this sooner, I just wanted to see if any local forum members would be making the trek out to Millville NJ, for the annual SAAC convention. SAAC 33 is being held at the brand new New Jersey Motorsports Park. This place has 2 road courses, Lightning, and Thunderbolt. Both tracks looks KILLER! What SAAC 33 will have there, will blow everyone's mind! Hundreds upon hundreds of Shelby Mustangs, including real GT-350 R models, plus real Shelby Cobras (all motors, 260, 289 and 427), plus Ford GT40s, Sunbeam Tigers, Pantera, you name it. Plus, you will have tons of new Shelbys there, plus many other Mustangs of all types.

On Sunday (when I am going), is a vintage race (the Cobras, GT40, and Mustangs will run the road curcuit. Can't wait to hear that sound ), and at 12:40, there are parade laps for $10. This is a non-passing run around the road course, but still able to get the car up to a decent speed (60-70, but I have seen higher ). The best thing about Sunday though, is at 10 am, there is a Shine & Show, that is for ANY Mustang. A participation award is given for entering, and you can park the car on the Show field. Pretty cool. I plan on being there with several friends from Bad Mustangs. If anyone is coming out, please post up. I'll be happy to say hello if you see my car and stop by. Hope to see some fellow TMS members out next weekend (for me Sunday).

 

Hey Jeff,

I'm seriously thinking about going....I'm just a little squeamish about going to a Shelby show driving a "clone".

 

Hey Mark, who cares what they think? I know for a fact that there will be clone Shelby Cobra Kit cars, and clone Shelby GT350s there. No worries bud. Just come out and have a blast. I'll be there around 8 pm or so with my buddy with either his PJ or his GT500. Others from Bad Mustangs will come around 9 am.

 

we are going. Should be a great time..

 

I'm going to try and go depending on what goes on this week at work.

 

dammit! another event happening while i'm with the family at wildwood!

 

we were there all last week

 

Im there all year round....well at least close by

 

Hey Mark, you gonna stop by on Sunday?

 

I probably will be there. I'm starting to "give in" to myself now...with a little help from the wife of course

 

Don't forget you will also be paying $25 PER PERSON to enter the grounds whether you are showing or just want to have a look around.

 

I already know that bud. Its actually $30 per person, and $10 for the parade laps, BUT... its worth every penny to see all those REAL 289/427 Shelby Cobras from the 60s, and to see them run the vintage races! Heck, some regular car shows to enter are $20 and you don't get anywhere near this type of rare stuff to show up. So $30 is worth it IMHO. I CAN'T WAIT!!!

 

Mark, if you do go, plan to be there around 8-8:30. We all are going to meet up somewhere inside the gates, and then head over to the Shiine & Show field. I'll be there before 8 as I am heading over with Fran (the fellow who brought the Twister Special to Kindle this past May. He's bringing his PJ Saleen to run the road course) early in the AM to get through registration. If its okay for me to give you a call, I'll let you know all the details.

 

You do understand that the vast majority of the racing cars are just reproductions built off 6 cylinder fastbacks, right? There are a small few that are real actual race cars but their numbers are reduced every year as the prices go up. Pretty sad really as I remember a time not to long ago when the race field was all real vintage racers.

All that being said it's fun to watch a bunch of rich over agressive drivers show each other who's boss......

 

well the 07 hasnt been out of the garage in a few weeks i think i might have to go to this one.

 

Actually, the cars in the Vintage Race have to be real cars, not repros, from what I understand. Check out the write-up from SAAC's website for the event below:

RACE GROUPS:

There will be 2 different races this year. The vintage race group will include original Cobras, GT40s, GT350s, Trans-Am cars from 1965-1971. The Mustang race group will be open to competition cars prepared for SCCA, GT-1, Trans-Am and restored NASCAR racers, 1972 through the present year. Other entries in both groups will be accepted on a case-by-case basis. Both groups will practice on Friday and Saturday; they will have a warm-up on Sunday morning with the races on Sunday afternoon. We use the SCCA’s rule of thumb: 22 entries per mile of track, which means the cut-off is 50 cars. We doubt we’ll get that many. Our goal is to allow as many cars to safely compete as possible. Ideally no one should have to make any changes in their car from the last time it was raced just for this event. If it passed tech then, you’ll be good to go for this race.

So pretty much, if you read this properly, the cars in the 1st race WILL be REAL Cobras, GT40s, GT350Rs etc. They want REAL DEAL Shelby race cars and real vintage race cars here, as its by invitation only. So the whole "reproduction Shelby on a 6 cylinder" car really won't be on the track. Not that this is a good thing or a bad thing, but when you want to see this type of racing, you want to see the originals tear down the track!! I can't wait.

 

Hey Joe, don't know what time your thinking of coming over for this, but a bunch of us will be at the track by 8:30. The Show & Shine starts at 10 am, the Vintage Races start at 12:10, and the $10 parade laps on the road course start at 12:40 pm. If you want to join up with us, let me know and I'll give you a call.

 

can't wait. Ill be coming with my car and my father in law in his GT and my buddy with his supercharged white shelby GT. Ill have channel 10 on too when I get there..

 

Sweet buddy. I'll be there and broadcasting for everyone around 8:30 or so, then we can all gather together and head over to the Show & Shine field.

 

we are leaving philly at 7:30 so we should be rollin in around 8:30..