Attn St. Louisans: Lotus Owners Group 25 is here this weekend -- concours at the Muny today.

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Old 08-27-2005, 09:11 AM
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Default Attn St. Louisans: Lotus Owners Group 25 is here this weekend -- concours at the Muny today.

I happened to catch them caravaning from Westport towards Forest Park at 10 AM. If you like beautiful cars, head down to the Muny and check it out. I'm heading down there shortly (have to finish some errands first).

Here's their schedule of events:

LOG 25 Schedule

Friday, August 26, 2005
Time Event Description Location
8:00AM �" 6:00PM Car Washing Sheraton Westport Tower
12:00PM �" 6:00PM LOG 25 Registration Skylight Room - Tower
Photo/Craft/Model entries display Skylight Room - Tower
6:30PM �" 9:30PM Reception hosted by Lotus Cars USA Sheraton Chalet Versaille Room
6:45PM - 7:15PM Kim Ogaard-Nielsen - CEO Group Lotus
9:30PM �" 10:30PM LOG 25 Registration Skylight Room - Tower

Saturday, August 27, 2005
8:00AM �" 6:00PM Car Washing Sheraton Westport Tower
8:00AM �" 10:00AM Final Registration Skylight Room - Tower
8:00AM �" 9:00AM Tech Session (Ohlins Shocks) Plaza 4 & 5 - Tower
9:00AM �" 10:00AM Tech Session (Dick Brink - Texas Motor Works) Plaza 4 & 5 - Tower
10:00AM Caravan to Lotus of Atlanta Concourse & Photo The Muny in Forest Park
11:00AM Set up for panoramic photo at concours
NOON �" 3:00PM Lotus of Atlanta Concours and Auto Jumble (Voting Begins)
NOON �" 1:30PM Lunch at Forest Park provided by Venture Shield
1:00PM Concours Voting Closes Concours
1:30PM - 2:00PM Simon Croft (Lotus Cars) - 2006 Elise/Exige Lotus MM Tour
2:00PM �" 3:00PM Tech inspection for autocross/track day Concours
2:00PM �" 5:00PM Visit St. Louis Zoo/Art Museum/Visit Throughout Forest Park
2:15PM �" 3:00PM Lotus of Atlanta Concours Awards Concours
5:00PM �" 6:00PM All contest items must be removed Skylight Room - Tower
5:00PM Deadline for contest ballots Skylight Room - Tower
5:00PM �" 7:00PM Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey Tasting Sheraton Chalet Versaille Foyer
5:00PM �" 6:00PM Lotus Ltd. Open Board Meeting Plaza 4 & 5 - Tower
5:30PM �" 6:30PM Cocktails and Visiting Sheraton Chalet Versaille Foyer
6:30PM - 7:00PM Seating for LOG 25 Banquet
7:00PM �" 11:00PM Maplecrest Lotus LOG 25 Banquet Sheraton Chalet Versaille Room
8:00PM - 9:00PM Guest Speaker: Bob Dance - Team Lotus Sponsored by Yokohama Tire
9:00PM �" 10:00PM Luke Bennett - Production Operations Manager - Group Lotus
10:00PM - 10:30PM Awards

Sunday, August 28, 2005
7:00AM �" 6:00PM Car Washing
7:00AM �" 7:30AM Autocross FINAL Tech Inspection General Motors Plant
8:00AM �" 1:00PM R.M.S.C.I. Autocross and Awards General Motors Plant
1:00PM �" 2:00PM Corum Watch Track Day Tech Inspection Lotus Ltd. Corral
12:00PM �" 3:00PM Yokohama Tire Gimmick Rally Sheraton Westport Parking Lot
5:30PM �" 6:30PM Cocktails East Ballroom - Tower
6:30PM �" 7:00PM Awards
7:00PM �" 8:00PM Jack Daniel�<sup>TM</sup>s Sunday Dinner Banquet
7:30PM - 8:30PM Guest Speaker: Bob Sparshott - Team Lotus Sponsored by Yokohama Tire
9:00PM �" 10:00PM Track Day Chalk Talk (Mandatory for Track Day) Plaza 4 &amp; 5 - Tower

Monday, August 29, 2005
7:00AM �" 8:00AM Corum Watch Track day registration/check in Gateway International Raceway
8:00AM �" 8:15AM Final Chalk Talk and drivers meeting
8:00AM �" 5:00PM Corum Watch track day at Gateway International Raceway
12:05AM �" 12:45PM Lunch provided by Simpson Performance Products at the track
8:00AM �" 4:00PM Trips to local St. Louis sites . (Be careful traveling home to your loved ones!)

Schedule subject to revision without notice.
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I saw about 30 coming from Chicago
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Default A bit of what y'all missed

The Lotus Formula 1 car was wicked loud.

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Default Re: A bit of what y'all missed

Damn, that's quite a shot!
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I wish I would have seen that
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Default Quite a few classic Lotus and some racecars, too.

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keep posting picts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Default Did I mention the '90s Formula 1 racecar?

FWIW, I took ~130 pics -- some good, some not so good.

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IMO I wish I had gone to this and forgot about chicago
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Default Can we have a fancy number too?

How about Audi Owners Section 18. Sounds mysterious...we can hold get togethers in basements and dark alleys.

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