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To All Colorado Rotaxians,
Whats the old saying that…” close only counts in horseshoes and handgrenades”
CRE Motorsports was originally awarded the 2004 US RMC Championships on November 24th but before they could get the national news release out The Stars of Tomorrow announced their 2004 National Championships were being moved up to September 23-26 at Disneyworld in Orlando, Fla.on December 6th.
Marshall Martin tried to negoiate a schedule change with the Stars organization but they wouldn’t budge. SSC and the RMC was forced to reschedule the date in to October to accomodate importers and distributors who support national championship events.
Marshall and I once again negotiated a new date and any potential conflicts and agreed upon October 15 -17th. CRE was once again awarded the event on December 12th…..the RMC was going to make an announcement on December 24th but apparently got cold feet and postponed the event at CRE and moved it back to Las Vegas over concerns for mid October Colorado weather.
I’ve lived in Colorado for 30 years and operated an outdoor recreational park for 20 of those years. October is probably the most predictable weather month of the year. We are generally in to Indian summer by mid-October with beautiful blues skies, day time temperatures between the high 60’s and mid 70’s,cool evenings and very little moisture. It generally makes for very comfortable and competitve racing.
We haven’t given up……….our bid is still on the table for the 05 Championships, with a mid September date. I have been assured that we are at the top of the list for a future Championship event.
I’m sorry guys……..the prize was right there and it just got away!!
I believe if we continue to build a solid and substantial Colorado RMC program, we will see the national championships in our backyard in the very near future!!
We tried…………………thanks for your support,
Happy New Years to All !!!!!!!!
George@CRE