I'd consider a 'larger' event to Spartansburg, SC - it's roughly 7 hours for me.

It's fun to have a lot of people join in on these things instead of 3-4 vehicles... I think that'll be the hard part, getting people to commit.

M5board was great for years in doing this, they had an event called TimmayFest and it was well organized. I attended a few years ago, and they would get guys from all over the country (FL, GA, CA, NY, NJ, PA, DC, VA, etc). They had events for each day, hotel rooms blocked off, drag/dyno day, cars & coffee events, etc.

If someone is willing to work out a tour of the plant or hosting a local cars & coffee - it could be worth the time and effort.

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