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MILER EVENTS
** July 9 MILER MONTHLY MEETING – Meet at 6:30pm at Buckhart Tavern. Then depart for Corn Crib. Meet 7:30pm in Latham, IL. State hwy 121 just east of Latham, IL. Better directions don't go off the highway into Latham but stay on Rte 121. Coming from the west go on around the town of Latham on 121 towards Decatur, IL. It is about 1/2 mile east on 121 of Latham towards Decatur, IL.
July 16 Activities Meeting – 7:30pm at the Sandbar Tavern. Take I-72 to Mechanicsburg Blacktop, and one mile East at Sugarcreek is the Tavern. Preglow at Stadium.
RACING EVENTS
July 18-20 Laguna Seca Superbike – Monterey CA at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca July 20 Red Bull U. S. Moto GP – Monterey CA at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Aug 1-3 Mid-Ohio Superbike – Lexington OH. www.midoohio.com
Aug 17 Peoria TT – Peoria IL at Peoria Race Park
Sept 12-14 Red Bull Indianapois GP – Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Order your tickets at http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com or call (800) 822-INDY between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The best deal is a three-day General Admission Ticket for $75.00, which gets you in and out for all three days (practice, qualifications and race day). If you want reserve they are $100, $125 and $150 for only the day of the race (the 14 th). We maybe able to do a club ride on the track. Jim Snell has locked in a place for campers and tents just one and a half blocks from the Speedway. It is also only about five miles to the Mile track at the Fairgrounds, but it is a fairly straight ride.
Sept 13 Indianapolis Mile – Indiana State Fairgrounds. Saturday, the day before the Moto GP. Gates open at 4pm and racing at 7pm. There is also practice on Thursday and a Vintage race on Friday. There has always been a problem trying to see the racers go by the front straight because they ride so close to the wall. So this year they are going to “tear up the track” along the front straight, beside the outside wall, to move the racers to the middle of the track. Hopefully we will be able to see them as they go by the Start/Finish line.
RALLY EVENTS
July 17-20 BMW MOA 2008 International Rally – Gillette, WY. at the CAM-PLEX Multi_Event Facilities. Coordinates 44 degrees 16.802N, 105 degrees 26.731 W. Start planning now for the great cross-country Miler tank scorcher. More details at www.bmwmoa.org/rally/rally08 and at www.camplex.com/event-bmw-moa-int-rally.htm. Two rallies in the area are the Black Hill Stampede (July1315) before the MOA rally and the Top of the Rockies Rally (July 24-27) after the MOA rally. More details to come.
July 24-27 36 th Top O’ The Rockies Rally – Paonia, CO at the Town Park in historic Paonia. Sponsored by BMW Motorcycle Club of Colorado. After the International Rally.
Aug 16-17 Still Humble Rally – Pontiac, IL. The Dinks are back at the 4H Park. Sponsored by Dinky Dozen. Aug 22-24 11 th Galena Campout – Galena, IL at the Palace Campground. Sponsored by Northern Illinois BMW Riders.
PAST EVENTS
**5/9 MILER MONTHLY MEETING - 7:30pm at Alamo 115 n. 5th
Just a reminder that Tim Hall and Jim Radcliff, of Heartland-Dakar
will be our guests at the meeting this week. They will be bringing
the Dakar rally bike (complete with Miler sticker) for all to see.
Jim has made a 30 minute DVD of their adventure and would like to
show it at the meeting if we can supply a DVD player with TV/monitor.
Do we have any way to provide this at the Alamo?
Also if any of you didn't get a chance to pick up some cool Heartland
Dakar shirts, hats, etc during their previous visit, they will be
bringing some more of their swag to the meeting. This is to help with
their return to Dakar next year.
5/16 Activities Meeting - 7:30pm at Lou's Home Tap, on the corner of 11 th and Brown, one block north of South Grand Ave
Sept 9-10 - 35 th Wisconsin Dells Rally - at Chula Vista Resort, 3 miles N. of downtown Wisconsin Dells, put on by the Wisconsin BMW Motorcycle Club #10
Sept 17 - Petersburg ½ mile - at the Menard County Fairgrounds, 8pm. They will be running semi-pro, ATV and youth racing
Sept 21 - Activity Meeting - at the 49er on Bruns Lane just south of Jefferson Street
Sept 30 - DuQuoin Short Track/Hot Shoe - at DuQuoin State Fairgrounds
Sept 30 - Oct 2 - International Route 66 Mother Road Festival, Downtown Springfield
Oct 1 - DuQuoin Mile - at DuQuoin State Fairground Both of the DuQuoin races start at 7pm
Oct 7-9 - 30 th Falling Leaf Rally - at Lion's club grounds in Potosi, MO
July 20 -Activity Meeting @ Bob's Butternut Hut, next door to Luckys on 2 nd St.
May 21 - Joliet _ Mile – First Flat Track race after Daytona at Chicago Speedway
May 28 - Springfield TT – more info to follow about activities for the weekend
Sept 4 - Springfield Mile – JB’s After the
Mile Party will be at the 49er on Bruns Lane with the Groove Daddies.
last years events...
• July 23 - Half Mile Flat Track Race Petersburg at the County Fair Grounds
• July 17-18 - AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days Lexington Ohio
• Aug 22 - Peoria "TT"
• Sept. 4, 2004 - Springfield Short Track @ The Illinois State Fairgrounds
• Sept 5, 2004 - LET'S JACK IT UP PARTAAY
After Da Mile. Race or Rain
8pm til the bar closes. Be lucky, maybe get lucky at LUCKYS
Second and Jefferson
• Sept 04-05, 2004 - THE SPRINGFIELD SHORT TRACK & MILE
-SU will have his RV parked at the top of the hill Saturday night. BYOB!
-the Miler's Hospitality Tent & SU's RV will be @ turn #1 Sunday. BYOB!
-it costs a mere $10 to get into the infield on Sunday.
• Sept. 5, 2004 - The Springfield Mile @ The Illinois State Fairgrounds
• Sept. 24-25 - RACING @ DUQUOIN
• Sept 24-25 - 04 Peoria Vintage "TT"
• Oct. 8-10 - FALLING LEAF RALLY
-surely we can improve over our attendance last year!
-meet @ Toronto Road Hardees on Friday @ 9am
• Oct. 13 - MILER MEETING** @ THE CURVE INN
-when do we elect officers again?
• Oct. 16 - ANNUAL MILER CAMPOUT @ CLAYVILLE
-ride, food, & entertainment details tba
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Oct 31 - ANNUAL RIDE TO BRUSSELS
-this is Halloween weekend & costumes are recommended! Wade will impersonate
a president (Theresa will impersonate Nancy Reagan & tell him what to say at
breakfast....). JB will be a famous person we all know. Howie plans on being
one of his patients (not a stretch). We need someone to come as Chris Barnes....
-meet @ SU's @ 9am for coffee & donuts prior to departure
• Dec. 10 - SPECIAL FRIDAY HOLIDAY MEETING @ CLAYVILLE
-details tba
• Jan. 8, 2005 - HOLIDAY PARTY
-details tba
• July 15-17, 05 Vintage Motorcycle Days
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