Rich is ever the optimist. 

 

I looked back on the thread I started in February. At the time, Jack Crosby was coming, as was Chris Starleaf and his wife, and Rick (Rick99GSX) and his wife. I'm not sure if I'm missing anybody else- but the show goes on.

 

Bob will still be laying out Saturday's drive. The plan remains as follows: drive in on Friday afternoon, clean-up and general repairs (as needed) at my place from about 1 PM onward. Check-in at the inn or hotel, drive from Washington to dinner Friday night (yeah-- it'll probably be the same place. Regardless of what Rich thinks, we've got plenty of places to choose from-- but I'm a creature of habit, and I like Alexander's Steakhouse). Afterwards, it's back to our respective corners, and into bed for the night.

 

Saturday, we'll meet up after breakfast (no later than 9), and start the drive. We'll stop along the way, but it's a driving event. We'll end up back in Tremont at 5 or so for the Turkey Festival (I'm not kidding), and dessert at my place. After it all breaks up, it'll be back to Morton or Washington.

 

Sunday, it'll be back to your places. There's a size-tiny car show at the Turkey Festival at 11 or so, but I wouldn't get too worked up about it. It's generally 10 Camaros and a Corvette.

 

Listen: it'll be a fun weekend. It's a laid back couple of days in June. The corn will be up, the bugs will be out... and with any luck, it won't rain. We'll miss Bob, but the sun will rise again tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it.

 

 

My email is:

 

stangalat AT yahoo.com (only @ instead of AT, and all run together... like an email address, you know?)

 

Shoot me an email, and I'll give you my phone number. If you've got it already, please feel free to give me a call.

Obviously Stan is a much better writer than I...I'm still growing my mullet for the car show.

Silly me! I must have missed the dates. Rich?

June 6-8. We'd love to see you, Al!

Rich:

Chris Starleaf and Jack Crosby each have a room reserved, as per February's thread. Unless something has changed, they're coming.

Some clarification guys?

Chris? Jack? Are you guys still in?

Hi Stan---I emailed you this morning.  Yes, I still have my reservation at Cornerstone B&B and the plan is to attend.

 

I need a few days for my ass to stop hurting after the Carlisle trip but should be ok.

 

Thanks for the post.----Jack

Sounds great, Jack!

Sorry I've been out of the loop...   But Sue and I will be showing up Friday afternoon.     

       We kinda forgot about this,  and I have a commitment Sunday morning that I cannot get out of (as of today anyway) But we will be there for the Friday and Sat. activities.   I still have a reservation at the Sleep Inn & Suites in Washington.

 

Hope the weather is nice!

That's great, Chris! We look forward to seeing you and Sue.

Jack? How about Alice, she's coming along?

 

Chris an Sue, it'll be good seeing you folks again.

 

Tom BoneyBoney, what bike you bringing?

 

 

I had an additional thought (always a frightening thing) while driving around this weekend. I can put together a nice little cruise that ends up in Bloomington for the going home to the northeast of us (Marty, Joe, Rich, Chris, etc.). That way, you can head home, and still get some decent driving in.

 

I've been rethinking Saturday as well. I really want to make this a good time for everybody.

Stan & CD3 people,

I'm really looking forward to sitting around a lunch table with everyone and chatting about cylinder head temperatures and oil pressures!

 

Since there's no T-shirt for the event I'll probable have to buy a new black   turtleneck. (I've been told I look good in black turtlenecks!)...I spilled some gravy on mine at Carlisle and it hasn't laundered out...and Rich wants me to look by best for this mid-west bunch.

Rich---Alivce has more right seat time in a Speedster than all the other wives combined---except for Jenny Ignacio, I bet.

 

Alice just did the 2,653 Carlisle hijaira so I may let her off the hook but knowing her, she will want to come with me especially since we're stopping in St Louis on the way up.  We'll see what develops.

 

I know it's a "driving event"  but for many of us, just getting there is a driving event too!

After a 600 mile trip from Hot Springs,the prospect of more driving as opposed to fellowship makes me wonder if I'm crazy.  What made Carlisle great this year was not a single cruise! 

Maybe we don't need to overdo the crusing aspect of CDIII?

"What made Carlisle great this year was not a single cruise!"

 

Gotta disagree with you here, Jack.  That's usually my favorite part.  The cruises on twisty backroads offset the long slogs on the interstate.  Y'all have a great time at CD3.  Maybe I'll make it up there one year.

I hear you, Jack... but this thing is what it is.

 

There's time to hang out and get to know each other at Corn Daze, but I guess I feel like there's 6 solid months a year I sit at my computer and talk about a car I'm not driving. I really don't want to create any hardship for anybody, but this is a "driving event" and always will be. It's just the nature of the thing.

 

Forewarned is forearmed.

I'm looking forward to the cruises.  Heck, I'm just looking forward to having a car.

Stan--amen, bro and we are looking forward to it!  Alice said no way she's staying home so

we are looking foreward to the driving event and everything that goes with it! 

 

Thank you for all the planning that went into CDIII and I now it will be sensational judging from all the rave reviews last year. 

 

Can't wait to drive past all that corn you have out there!!

Thanks, Jack. I hope we live up to the hype. We're just a few guys with little plastic toy cars out here in the sticks.

 

We kind've like it here. I'll let you be the judge.

Stan are you thinking we wrap up the drive Saturday night to accommodate people taking off?

Bad news today.  My father is in the Trauma ICU.  Took a big fall.  I'm likely not going to be able to run the Daze this year.

Sorry about that Marty! Hope he gets well soon.

 

Sorry to hear about that Marty, you will be missed.

Marty, sorry to here about your father, hope everything works out alright for him..

 

Jack, I know we don't always agree on things, but in my book you got the biggest set of balls on the SOC with all the seat time you have accrued. And, Alice is a real trooper in so many ways....stay well my friend....

I've decided to cancel on CD3.  After all of the adventure @ Carlisle, I'm just not up for another long Speedster trip right now.

"The Official 2014 CD3 Event Post"

 

I looked all through this thread but I don't see anything that indicates what CD3 stands for.  I can see its a drive or a gathering of some sort, but CD3???

Corn Daze 3

Tom---I understand your feelings, bro.   But they say it's important to get back on that horse and ride it!  Hope you reconsider!  Your bud----Jack

I'm back in. Was able to change some stuff so that I can participate in the hijinks!

 

Look forward to seeing all of you for dinner on Friday night.

 

This will be a great time! 

Marty- I'm so sorry to hear about your Dad. You'll really be missed.
Tom- Cummon', man! We're not THAT far away. I was really hoping to finally meet you.
Bob- I can't tell you how happy this makes me. You sir, are the man.

Don't make me come up there to convince you, young man! Get to CDIII or else.

Come on Tom cave to the peer pressure. I was really looking forward to meeting you and Natalie.

History Lesson:

 

Troy, the originaal Corn Daze was just 2 years ago, hastily put together in honor of Cory Drake making hisway across country to St. Louis to meet up with family. A quick romp through the corn fields that day and some terrorizing of the streets of Peoria, IL, culminating in an Italian dinner in Bloomington and finally a mad dash into the setting sun to Stanistan for late night coffee (when Stan was still pounding down three pots a day) on roads much more challenging than Route 168 near Fresno.

 

Last year we dubbed it Corn Daze Deux just to make it seem more international in flavor (which it wasn't-despite a Ferrari and Fiat Abarth showing up briefly at our lunch location for Corn Daze Uno), but we did stay at the fanciest hotel in Peoria, ate at Peoria's finest grill your own steak establishment and ate at the greasiest burger joint in town on Sunday afternoon. When not eating, fixing car things (I needed a new battery) we drove the bejeezus out of a small gathering of Speedsters from our small circle of the world out here in the heartland.

 

This year, it was dubbed Corn Daze Trois wnich has morphed into the CD3 thing, simply because we will once again have very little international presence. 

 

Attached is some of the action.

 

This year, the lone art director amongst the group cheaped out on his time and effort and will supply no souvenir t-shirt allowing people to spend more money at the Tremont Turkey Festival on glow in the dark necklaces. The TTF (Tremont Turkey Festival) is adjacent to the west wall of Stanistan.

 

Hope this helps...we normally keep the pre-event rather quiet just to reduce our overhead on advertising and marketing.

 

Come in out of the garage on occasion...CD3 is HAPPENING!