Date
|
Region
|
Event Description
|
|
January 8
|
Northwest
|
 "The year 2000 marks the start of a new monthly
lunch meeting. We will meet the first Saturday of every month, rain or shine. This is a perfect way for those new to the club or those who miss our club events to meet other members and see what the club is about in a short time after they sign up with the club. Meeting places will vary each month and will be posted to
the Northwest website and
e-mail list." (12 NSXs)
|
|
January 15
|
Southwest
|
 Phoenix Dyno
Day, lunch, and drive. 20+ NSXs descended upon Technodyne in
Tempe, Arizona. Thirteen cars ran on Technodyne's Dyno Jet model
248C. See all the charts on the southwest NSX club website. |
|
January 16
|
Southwest |
 The second
NSXCA-Hawaii drive turned out to be very successful. Starting at
Kakaako Park and running through three towns on the "windward"
(eastern) side of Oahu with a stop for lunch, then resuming to Sandy Beach
Park, the tunnels of Koolau Mountains and ending at Moanalua Park. |
|
January 18
|
Northwest
|
Sacto chapter monthly meeting, and every 3rd Tuesday 2000 thereafter, for more info call
916.364.7385 or 916.227.8524. |
| January 18 |
Florida |
 The Florida crew got together for their January club meet.
This time they went to St. Petersburg, had lunch at the pier, then spent the afternoon
kart racing at the Mokart indoor track. |
| January 23 |
Florida |
 The NSX is a hit at the Breakers in Palm Beach for a
Miami-area Florida NSX club
meet and dinner. |
| January 26 |
Southwest
|
 Gruppe
M Supercharger Installation Party |
|
January 29
|
Northwest
|
Airplane museum tour, country drive, meals. (31 NSXs) |
|
January 29-30
|
Southwest
|
NASA track event at Firebird International
Raceway. |
|
Jan or Feb
|
Northwest
|
 The
Northwest group got together for a meet that included a tour of
the "Wings of History" Air
Museum in San Martin, country drive and luncheon. |
|
February 19
|
Southwest
|
Phoenix NSX Club Trip to the Pima Air Museum
in Tusco for the SR-71 presentation. The cockpit of the SR-71 will be open
for photos. More info at www.pimaair.org. |
|
February 19
|
Florida
|
 NSXCA
Florida Chapter election
/ meeting / social "..110-mile round trip through the winding HILLY roads of Lake
County. Sunny and 84 degrees...that's why we live in Florida! We made
stops at Sugarloaf Mountain (all 364ft. of it) and Lakeridge Winery for a
little tasting. The traffic was fairly light with no encounters with law
enforcement. We returned to Wei-Shen's house at 6pm for a fabulous catered
dinner of roast beef, ham, and wonderful deserts including a surprise
birthday NSX cake.... also gave away a 1:18 Kyosho Spa Yellow NSX to the
winner of our "guess-the-member" contest." |
|
February 27
|
Northwest
|
NASA autocross school. Round #2. NSXs welcome.
Learn to dramatically improve your ability to control your NSX! Register
early. School is limited to 40 students. Cost: $40. Marina Airfield,
Marina (near Monterey). Call Dennis Hale at 831/336-2444 or visit www.geocities.com/nasa_autox |
|
March 1
|
Midwest
|
Monthly club meeting at Pauly Acura in
Highland Park Illinois, followed by dinner at a local restaurant. |
|
March 5
|
Northwest
|
NASA autocross event. Round #3. NSXs welcome.
Class is SS (Super Stock). Four timed runs. Entry: $25. Mather Airfield,
Sacramento. |
|
March 4
|
Northwest
|
Monthly meeting (13 NSXs) |
|
March 10-12
|
Non-NSX
|
Some Supra club members are meeting in Orlando,
FL and have invited some other sports car clubs including NSXers. Details at www.supraturbo.com/supra-meet-March2000.htm
|
|
March 16-17
|
Europe
|
Start of the European NSX Club's race season
with a two day driving course the Hockenheim F-1 race track in Germany |
|
March 18
|
Florida
|
 The Florida
gang (and one wayward New Yorker at right in the photo above) got together
for a trip to Cocoa
Beach Pier, dinner and a car show. |
|
March 18
|
Southcentral
|
 Vandergriff
NSX Super Saturday - Dealer hospitality
and tech event at Vandergriff Acura in Dallas, Texas |
|
March 24
|
Midwest
|
Wine-Tasting Dinner, Dundee (nea Elgin), Illinois - Find the answers to
two mysteries: 1. Will our hoped-for special guest speaker be joining us?
2. How well do club members clean up for a jackets-required venue? |
|
April 1
|
Northwest
|
Monthly mtg and debut of Mr Chromatose's supercharger
(15 NSXs) |
|
April 2
|
Northwest
|
Tenative Autocross, Sacto chapter. |
|
April 2
|
Northwest
|
NASA autocross event. Round #4. NSXs welcome. Class is SS (Super Stock). Four timed runs.
Entry: $25. Mather Airfield, Sacramento. Call Dennis Hale at 831/336-2444 or visit www.geocities.com/nasa_autox |
|
April 2
|
Florida
|
Florida event on 12-hour course at Sebring. 18 NSXs came for a day
filled with high-speed laps at the historic 12-hour 3.7 mile
17-turn course at Sebring International Raceway! The weather was sunny and
warm, typical of Florida in
early April. |
|
April 5
|
Midwest
|
Monthly club meeting at Pauly Acura in Highland Park, Illinois, will
feature a tech talk with all-new tech topics. Club members only, please. |
|
April 9
|
Southwest
|
 Several
NSX owners had a small get-together
at the Starbucks in Irvine, CA to discuss future driving events and check
out each other's cars. |
|
April 13
|
Southwest
|
 34 people in 27 NSXs turned out for the
Southern California chapter's monthly
club meet. The event included a tech session on transmissions by
Larry at his NSX Modified shop, raffling of some door prizes and dinner afterwards
at Macaroni Grill. |
|
April 16
|
Northwest
|
NASA autocross event. Round #5. NSXs welcome. Class is SS (Super Stock). Four timed runs.
Entry: $25. Marina Airfield, Marina (near Monterey). |
|
April 16
|
Northwest
|
Birthday party for club member (8 NSXs) |
|
April 22
|
Northeast
|
 The
Third Annual NSX
River Run hosted by Don Gallo saw 29 NSX's gather at Don's house in
Princeton, NJ for a day of awesome country road drives, bar-b-que and
general merriment. The weather was spectacular, the drive exciting and
safe, and the food and company excellent. |
|
April 22
|
Midwest
|
CGI Motorsports track event at Gingerman Raceway, South Haven, Michigan.
For early sign-ups, preference will be given to NSXCA
members. Application can be downloaded from cgimotorsports.com/drivingschedule.html.
This will be followed by an optional dinner at Three Pelicans in South
Haven. |
|
April 22-23
|
Southwest
|
Doug Hayashi and the Flamemobile entered the PRO
Racing Series Las Vegas Gamblers Grand Prix Enduro. |
|
April 29
|
Europe
|
European NSX Club's Honda Trophy series race
at MAGNY-COURS, France. |
|
April 29
|
Florida
|
 The silence of a warm Central Florida
morning was broken by the howl of a 3.0L engine screaming to 8000 RPM on a
Dynojet Model 248C Chassis Dynamometer during NSX
Dyno Day. Members drove in from as far away as Miami to
enjoy a day of testing, lunch, and a beautiful country drive to the newest
Florida "mountain" golf course in
Clermont. |
|
May 3
|
Midwest
|
Monthly club meeting at Pauly Acura in Highland Park, Illinois, followed
by dinner at a local restaurant. |
|
May 6
|
Northwest
|
Club mtg and Mt Hamilton drive (12 NSXs) |
|
May 7
|
Northwest
|
NASA autocross event. Round #6. NSXs welcome. Class is SS (Super Stock). Four timed runs.
Entry: $25. Marina Airfield, Marina (near Monterey). Call Dennis Hale at 831/336-2444 or
visit www.geocities.com/nasa_autox |
|
May 11
|
Southwest
|
 SoCal
Monthly Meet. Another great turnout with more than 30 people showing up
and around the same number of NSXs. The meet
consisted of a tech session at Larry's shop (NSX Modified) covering
track events followed by dinner at Mario's in Huntington Beach. Great fun
and conversation was had. Mark Johnson of Dali Racing raffled away some
goodies. |
|
May 13-14
|
Southcentral
|
 Texas
Motorsports Club track event. The Southcentral gang hits Texas World
Speedway again. Are the NSX guys taking over the Viper Club's "Bad
Boys of TWS" status? |
|
May 20-21
|
Florida
|
 The
Florida gang met
at the brand new Chateau Elan Sebring, a luxury hotel spa just completed
at the Sebring International Raceway. They hosted 40 people at a sit down
dinner Saturday night and a full day of excitement at the track
on Sunday. |
|
May 20-21
|
Midwest
|
Putnam Park track event with BMWCCA Buckeye
Chapter at Mt Meridien, IN. |
|
June 3
|
Northwest
|
Club mtg and Westbay mountain drive (15 NSXs) |
|
June 4
|
Northwest
|
NASA autocross event. Round #7. NSXs welcome. Class is SS (Super Stock). Four timed runs.
Entry: $25. Mather Airfield, Sacramento. |
|
June 4
|
Northeast
|
 Bedford Hills Acura sponsored their first
annual rally
in early June. A number of NSXers showed up for the events which a
demonstration on car detailing by Chuck Bennett of Zymol. |
|
June 8
|
Southwest
|
Los Angeles/Orange County area monthly dinner
meeting. Meet 6:30 at NSX Modified in Huntington Beach. |
|
June 7
|
Midwest
|
Monthly club meeting at Pauly Acura in Highland Park, Illinois, followed
by dinner at a local restaurant. |
|
June 10
|
Northwest
|
Wine tour and luncheon, sponsored by the Sacramento NSXCA chapter. |
|
June 10
|
Europe
|
European NSX Club's Honda Trophy series race
at LEDENON, France. |
|
June 15
|
Northwest
|
Open Track at Thunderhill. NSXs welcome. |
|
June 16
|
Northwest
|
Open Track at Laguna Seca, sponsored by Green Flag Driving Association. |
|
June 18
|
Northwest
|
NASA autocross event. Round #8. NSXs welcome. Class is SS (Super Stock). Four timed runs. |
|
June 18-19
|
Southwest
|
 Doug Hayashi claimed the #4 spot overall and
the 5th fastest time up the hill in the history of the Virginia City Hill
Climb. Pretty impressive considering the competition includes
Ferraris, Vipers, Porsches and pretty much every other world-class sport
scar. Read all about it
on the NSX-Files website. |
|
June 27
|
Northwest
|
Sacto chapter meeting, Sacto Brewing Co, in the Town and Village Shopping Center, Fulton &
Marconi. |
|
July 1
|
Northwest
|
NASA autocross event. Round #9 & 10. NSXs welcome. Class is SS (Super Stock). Four
timed runs. Mather Airfield, Sacramento. |
|
July 1
|
Southwest
|
NASA track event, St. Johns, AZ. |
|
July 1-2
|
Florida
|
 24
NSXs turned out for this Florida club meet
in the Miami and Ft. Lauderdale area which included a car show, dyno
session, brunch and more! |
|
July 2
|
Northwest
|
 Bay
area club meeting.
BBQ, 4th of July party, mountain drive, name tag photos, all at Ross Daniels in San Jose.
A GREAT drive, grilled steaks & chicken and
superb company. |
|
July 2
|
Europe
|
 Gus "The Flying Dutchman" Toth
invited the Mark Johnson of Dali Racing and Mark Basch of Basch Acura
Service over to Holland for the Honda
Festival at Assen race track. Gus is in the white NSX and Mark J.
is in the Trophy red one. |
|
July 4
|
Midwest
|
CGI Motorsports track event and "Family Day" at Gingerman
Raceway, South Haven, Michigan. For early sign-ups, preference will be
given to NSXCA members. |
|
July 8
|
Southwest
|
Annual car show at Zenshuji Soto Mission in
little Tokyo. 123 South Hewitt St., Los Angeles, CA. |
|
July 9
|
The Netherlands
|
 5
NSXs (a lot for the Netherlands!) turned out for the first Dutch NSX
event. The day featured the NSX
Veluwe Drive, a drive through the beautiful scenery of the Veluwe, a
large forest in the middle of the Netherlands. It also included lunch and
photo ops. |
|
July 13
|
Southwest
|
Phoenix area monthly dinner. Sam's Cafe 10010
N. Scottsdale Road Scottsdale, AZ |
|
July 13
|
Southwest
|
Los Angeles/Orange County area monthly dinner
meeting. Meet at 6:30 PM at NSX Modified in Huntington Beach. |
|
July 14-16
|
Southwest
|
 Doug
Hayashi takes the "Flame Mobile" into battle again, this time
for the PRO Racing LA
Street Race 2000. Read all about it on Doug's NSX-Files
website. |
|
July 15-16
|
Southcentral
|
 15
NSXers participated in a 2-day drivers
school at Texas World Speedway sponsored by John Eagle Honda. |
|
July 21-22
|
Southwest
|
 The
Phoenix NSX Club and Basch Acura Service (BAS) joined
forces for a little breakfast, maintenance, free labor and lot of
fun. After completion, all the NSXs headed out for lunch and a 2-3 hour
fun run through the twisting 2 lane black top in the mountains east of
Phoenix. |
|
July 22
|
Southwest
|
 About
50 NSXs and 80 people turned out for the fourth
annual NSX Canyonball event. Owners traveled to the Los Angeles area
from places as far flung as the east coast, Europe and Japan to
participate! Also see the Southwest
region website's pictures and writeup. |
|
July 22
|
Northeast
|
 16
NSXs and over 28 owners and friends gathered
at Sunnyside in Nashua, NH. The dealer provided early morning snacks,
coffee, water, and a timed autocross track at their location. Participants
then headed to New Hampshire International Speedway as guests of the SCCA
New England Region. They were given a tour of the track facilities
and watched some the Regional Runoff racing. They finished up the long day
with dinner at C.R. Sparks Restaurant in Bedford NH. |
|
July 22-23
|
Southwest
|
TCCRRA track event at Bullonwillow. www.touringcarclub.com |
|
July 23
|
Non-NSX
|
Meet/Gathering with others from the ITRCA,
ClubS2K, and ClubSi. 9am to 6pm at Burke Lake Park in Northern Virginia. |
|
July 25
|
Northwest
|
Sacto chapter meeting, Sacto Brewing Co, in
the Town and Village Shopping Center, Fulton & Marconi 7pm |
|
July 28-30
|
Northwest
|
 The
second annual Pines to Palms event in Central
California. This was a three day event which included drives along various
routes in the Central Valley including a wine tour and banquet. Members
from the Southwest Region also participated in this event. |
|
July 29
|
Midwest
|
 Four
NSXs were among the cars participating
in the concours and parade laps for the CART race at Chicago Motor
Speedway the last weekend of July. The race also used an NSX pace car. |
|
August 3
|
Southwest
|
Phoenix area monthly dinner. |
|
August 13
|
Southwest
|
 Four
NSXs were among the cars participating in a High
Performance Driver Training course run by the local SCCA and Honda
dealers in Hawaii. |
|
August 5
|
Northwest
|
Bay area club meeting & lunch. See club web
site for directions. |
|
August 5
|
Southwest
|
 A
couple NSXers joined with
some other exotic car owners for a drive up Palomar Mountain in CA. |
|
August 10
|
Southwest
|
Los Angeles/Orange County area monthly dinner
meeting. Meet at 6:30 PM at NSX Modified in Huntington Beach. |
|
August 12
|
Northwest
|
 The first Northwest
NSX Dyno Day was held at Dyno
Spot Racing in Mountain View, CA. The event was organized by
Andrie Hartanto and hosted by the NSX club but was open to other cars as
well. |
|
August 13
|
Florida
|
 14
cars turned out for the track
event at Sebring despite the bad weather on Saturday. But Sunday
had only a 15 minute shower very late in the afternoon so most drives were
able to get over 5 hours of track time. |
|
August 17
|
Northwest
|
NSXers are invited to Gordon
McCall's exclusive Motorworks show of high-performance autos and
airplanes. There will be two F-15Gs and an F-16, not to mention some
vintage aircraft, plush business jets, and Mike Niday's NSX. This is an excellent warm-up for Friday's Concorso
Italiano. |
|
August 18
|
Northwest
|
NSX corral at the AWESOME Concorso Italiano,
Quail Lodge, Carmel Valley, just east of Hwy 1, one hour from San Jose.
Great setting for a HUGE display of exotic cars and automotive vendors. |
|
August 18
|
Northwest
|
Annual Pacific Grove Concours Auto Rally, a
benefit for Pacific Grove Youth Action, Inc. Limited to 300 cars. NSXs are
welcome! Includes car show, 17-Mile drive of up to 300 cars, T-shirt, BBQ
dinner, awards. |
|
August 26
|
Europe
|
European NSX Club's Honda Trophy series race
at MAS DU CLOS, France. |
| August 26 |
Northwest |
 A
few NSXs turned out for an import show sponsored by Capitol Honda in San
Jose, CA. |
|
August 27
|
Northwest
|
NASA autocross event. Round #11. NSXs welcome. Class is SS (Super Stock). Four timed runs.
Entry: $25. Mather Airfield, Sacramento. |
|
September
|
Northwest
|
Reno Air Races, Sacto chapter. |
|
September 1-3
|
Southwest
|
NASA track event, Springerville, AZ. www.nasa-az.com
|
|
September 2
|
Northwest
|
Bay area club mtg & lunch. |
|
September 2-3
|
Southwest
|
TCCRRA track event at Willow Springs. www.touringcarclub.com |
|
September 5
|
Northwest
|
NSX-only driving school at Thunderhill. |
|
September 7
|
Southwest
|
Phoenix area monthly dinner. |
|
September 9-10
|
Southwest
|
NSXCA track event at
Button Willow. |
|
September 9-10
|
Florida
|
 Some
Florida NSXers made the 8
hour trip to Atlanta, GA, the site of NSXPO 2000, to participate in the Track
Days driving school at Road Atlanta. This was a two day driving
school with multiple run groups and some really neat cars. |
|
September 9-10
|
Northwest
|
 A
bunch of Northwest NSXers took a trip to to Canada and visited
Whistler, BC, a scenic village north of Vancouver. |
|
September 14
|
Southwest
|
Los Angeles/Orange County area monthly dinner
meeting. Meet at 6:30 PM at NSX Modified in Huntington Beach. |
|
September 15-17
|
Europe
|
European NSX Club's Honda Trophy series race
at SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium |
|
September 16-17
|
Southwest
|
NASA track event, Phoenix International
Raceway, AZ. www.nasa-az.com
|
|
September 17
|
Northwest
|
NASA autocross event. Round #12. NSXs welcome. Class is SS (Super Stock). Four timed runs.
Mather Airfield, Sacramento. www.geocities.com/nasa_autox |
|
September 23
|
Southwest
|
ASRA track event, main track at Firebird
Internationl Raceway in Phoenix. www.race-asra.org
|
|
September 23
|
Southwest
|
Autocross at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Phoenix
on September 23. |
|
September 23-24
|
Midwest
|
US Grand
Prix -- the return of Formula 1 Indianapolis IN. |
|
October 5
|
Southwest
|
Phoenix club dinner. |
|
October 6-8
|
Southwest
|
NASA track event, Phoenix International
Raceway, AZ. www.nasa-az.com
|
| October 7 |
Northwest |
 Several
NSXers in the Portland / Vancouver area had an information get-together
for an Alfa club open track event at Portland International Raceway.
|
|
October 8
|
Northwest
|
 The
third annual Tour
de East Bay was a great success. There were a total of 16 NSXs
that made the drive. Many new members showed with their NSXs and were
eager to participate in their first driving event. There was also a
celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the introduction of the NSX. |
|
October 8
|
Northwest
|
NASA autocross event. Round #13. NSXs welcome. Class is SS (Super Stock). Four timed runs. Mather Airfield, Sacramento.
www.geocities.com/nasa_autox |
|
October 12
|
Southwest
|
Los Angeles/Orange County area monthly dinner
meeting. Meet at 6:30 PM at NSX Modified in Huntington Beach. |
|
October 13-15
|
Mid Atlantic
|
 Sports car owners got together for a
weekend-long Mountain Run in MD, VA & WV. It started in Maryland and
ended up on Virginia's Skyline Drive. Saturday was a fast paced open road
drive of approximately 12 cars (2 NSX) while Sunday was a relaxed
"take in the scenery" day along Skyline Drive. Pictured is
Robert Watson's '91 NSX along Skyline Drive. |
|
October 14
|
Europe
|
European NSX Club's Honda Trophy series race
at DIJON-PRENOIS, France |
|
October 20-22
|
Southwest
|
NASA track event, Phoenix International
Raceway, AZ. www.nasa-az.com
|
|
October 20-24
|
Nationwide
|
 NSXPO
2000, the national NSX Club of America meet, was a great success.
Owners from around the country converged on Atlanta, GA for this, the
fourth annual NSXPO. The event included technical seminars, a mountain
drive, several group meals, vendor displays, a concours, photo ops,
sightseeing, and a fantastic track event at Road Atlanta.
|
|
October 22
|
Northwest
|
NASA autocross event. Round #14. NSXs welcome. Class is SS (Super Stock). Four timed runs. Mather Airfield, Sacramento.
www.geocities.com/nasa_autox |
|
October 28
|
Northwest
|
Tentative date for annual multi-club-member-birthday-bash at Ross's in San Jose. |
| October 28 |
Switzerland |
 Six NSXers in Switzerland got together
over the weekend for some driving through the gorgeous countryside, lots
of enthusiastic NSX discussion and a delicious dinner!
|
|
October 28-29
|
Southwest
|
TCCRRA track event at Las Vegas. www.touringcarclub.com |
|
November 4
|
Northwest
|
Bay area club mtg & lunch, rain or shine! See club web site for directions. |
|
November 4-5
|
Southwest
|
Arizona's Coronado Trail road trip over-nighting
at the Greer Lodge. |
| November 18-19 |
Japan |
 Three
owners from the US attended NSX Fiesta 2000; see
the photos and read the write-up! Honda
Japan rolled out the red carpet for the 10th anniversary of the NSX during
this years NSX Fiesta celebration in Japan. Over 350 NSXs of all types
along with many top Honda executives, Honda-supplied NSXs, the Mobil 1 and
Raybrig NSX race cars and drivers, aftermarket vendors including Phase,
Marga Hills, and Mugen, track time at Motegi Twin Ring, tours of the NSX
factory in Tochigi, and much more made this a truly memorable event for
all who attended! Other NSX Fiesta 2000 sites: Official
Honda Japan site, NSX
Club of Japan
|
|
December 2
|
Northwest
|
Bay area club mtg & lunch, rain or shine! See club web site for directions. |
|
December 2-3
|
Southwest
|
In the latest chapter of the NSX-Files
saga, Doug Hayashi takes on Sears Point, the NASDAQ, and the addictive
nature of "gofast". Read
all about it! |
| December 9 |
Southeast |
 NSX owners gathered for a tech session and
BBQ lunch at Leith Acura in Fayetteville, NC, followed by an afternoon
drive. Lots of cool prizes were raffled off to all who attended. |
| December 10 |
Florida |
 Fifteen NSXs and their owners turned
out for a holiday social and country drive at the Grand Cypress Golf Club
in Orlando. |
| December 14 |
Northwest |
Sacramento Chapter Christmas
dinner 8:30pm, at the Slocumn House in Fair Oaks |
|
December 16-17
|
Northwest
|
TCCRRA track event at Laguna Seca. www.touringcarclub.com |
| December 31 |
Florida |
 The Florida gang didn't let record low
temperatures stop them from having fun at Sebring International Raceway. |
