Attention owners of Spyder replicas:
Speedsters and Spyders are gathering in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania the weekend of May 11-14, 2023. This will be a casual weekend to include informal dinners, cruises, much parking lot socializing and evening partying in the hotel party room. On Saturday, May 13, there will be a cruise/day trip to the Import & Performance Nationals at the Carlisle, Pennsylvania Fairgrounds (see registration info below).
LODGING:
A block of rooms have been set aside at the Courtyard Harrisburg West/Mechanicsburg Marriott, 4921 Gettysburg Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055. There is a special rate of $139/night. Call the hotel at (717) 766-9006, ask for Greta and tell her you're with the “Speedster Group”,
Special rate available Wednesday, May 10 to Sunday, May 14, 2023.
IMPORT & PERFORMANCE NATIONALS REGISTRATION:
Click on “registration” and choose “Non-judged Showfield” or “Judged Showfield” and specify you are with the Speedsterowners. They will mail your window sticker prior to the event.
Here is a summarized rundown of the weekend:
Cruise on Thursday will be the Early Bird Bank Run with lunch at Hinckles. Destination is first National Bank Museum in Columbia, PA with a $10 tour of the only mid-1800’s bank in America that’s been preserved in it’s original building. After that everyone can retrace the scenic route or hustle back to the hotel on the highway.
Thursday dinner will be on the deck at Theo’s Bar & Grill.
Cruise on Friday will set off at 9:00AM from the hotel parking lot on a no-highways, mostly backroads run to the Louise Arnold Tanger Arboretum on the grounds of the Lancaster Historical Society and the grounds of former President James Buchanan’s hone. Then we’ll cross the river and head down to the Moon Dancer Winery, which will fire-up their pizza oven for lunch during our tasting. Road time on this trip is approx 3 hours or shorter return by highway.
The afternoon is open - Carlisle showfield, a visit to the Lincoln Speedway dirt track for the EMMR Vintage Car On-track exhibition or free-time cruising. .
Friday night is the traditional restaurant scramble (AKA wherethehell are we going) where everyone can choose their own restaurant of choice - there are many in the area.
Saturday is open to your own interpretation. Most everyone goes to the fairgrounds fairly early. As usual there will be activities all day including the auto-cross, drifting, the swap meet and plenty of interesting import cars, activities and food. We’ll have a dedicated tent with a table and some chairs. Bring a cooler and we’ll make it a party.
Saturday evening at 6PM we have reservations at Snappers restaurant. We can all drive together and get separate checks. Everyone can order what they want off the limited menu.
After dinner, dessert will be pie and snacks (BYOB) to be served in the hotel hospitality room. Tickets will be sold for the raffle. Everyone is asked to bring something for the raffle and the profits go towards defraying any weekend costs.
We hope everyone will make plans to join us! Hope to see you there.
Need more info? Check on the "Carlisle??" thread over under the Speedsters Events section on this site.
