Date
|
Region
|
Event Description
|
| January 3-5 |
Florida |
Grand-Am Cup - Test Days At
Daytona (FL) |
| January 18 |
Southwest |
  Hoehn Acura Meet in CA
- While the rest of the country was setting record lows, NSXers in southern
California had an
NSX meet and cruise! They met at Hoehn Acura where the
dealership provided lunch and refreshments, then went for a cruise. |
| January 18 |
Southwest |
Spring Mountain (Pahrump) track event (NV) |
| January 25 |
Florida |
Roebling
Road track event with Chin Motorsports (GA) |
| January 25 |
Midwest |
Chicago-Area
Dinner (IL) |
| January 26 |
Northwest |
 Superbowl Sunday Drive
- A group of California NSXers got together for a
morning drive on
Super Bowl Sunday. |
| Jan 31 - Feb 2 |
Florida |
Grand-Am Cup - Daytona 250 (FL) |
| February 8 |
Southwest |
 San Diego Fuddruckers Meet
- While the rest of the country was buried in snow, several NSXers in San
Diego NSXers enjoyed a
nice drive and
tasty burgers at the local Fuddruckers. |
| February 9 |
Southwest |
 Phoenix NSX Meet
- Several NSX owners
got together
in Phoenix, AZ for food, driving, socializing, and of course
checking out each others cars. |
| February 22 |
Southwest |
 CalCoastal Autocross
-
The California Coastal NSX group had great turnout for their recent
autocross event. Many owners got their first taste of this safe and
competitive way to have fun with their car. |
| February 22 |
Southwest |
Spring Mountain (Pahrump) track event (NV) |
| March 1 |
Northwest |
 SF Bay Area Lunch & Drive
-
The San Francisco Bay Area club members got together for their monthly
lunch and
drive. (CA) |
| March 8 |
Southwest |
 SoCal Sports Car Drive
- A group of NSX owners participated in an open
sports car drive in southern California. |
| March 15 |
Europe |
Oulton Park Track Event -
Some NSX owners attended a track event at
Oulton Park motor racing circuit
in the UK.
|
| March 22 |
Florida |
 Florida Welcome Dinner - NSXCA members gather in "New Tampa" for
dinner at
Stonewood Grill March22nd to welcome new members Leigh and Bob Butler (3rd
and 4th from right) who moved to Florida from Dayton, OH.
|
| March 25 |
Southwest |
 Another Ortega/Palomar Run
-
The first one was so popular they decided to do it again! A group of NSXers
got together for another
drive
through Ortega and up Mt. Palomar. |
| March 29 |
Southwest |
 Hawaii NSX & S2000 Cruise
- A group of
NSX and S2000 owners in Hawaii got together for a cruise. The day
started by meeting at Kakaako park, a drive through Waikiki and up towards
Diamond Head, Sandy Beach, and on to Windward Mall. |
| April 26 |
Europe |
 UK NSX Meet at Donnington - A group of NSX owners had a social
meeting at Donnington Park Grand Prix Circuit with a trip to the
race museum. |
| April 26 |
Europe |
 Swiss NSXers Invited to Rikli Motorsports
- A bunch of
Swiss NSXers were invited to the presentation of the latest DTC
Civic Type R race car driven and prepared by the Rikli Motorsports Race
Team. It was reported to be "Quite a lot of fun and a good BBQ." |
| May 8 |
Midwest |
 Denver NSX Meet
- A
group of
Denver area NSXers got together for a meet, drive and some photos. |
| May 3 |
Europe |
 NSX & Honda Club at Dijon - A
group of European NSX owners attended the NSX and Honda Sport Cars Club
track event at Circuit Dijon-Prenois in France. |
| May 3-4 |
Midwest |
 NSXers at Road America
-
Several NSXers signed up for the BMWCCA
drivers school at Road America in Wisconson and enjoyed seat time at one of the largest tracks in the country. |
| May 10 |
Northwest |
 Pebble Beach Lunch & Drive - The
south bay chapter of the NSXCA Northwest Region held its
first event of 2003 at Pebble Beach. The day started with lunch at
The Lodge in Pebble Beach, a loop around the 17 Mile Drive concluding with a
short visit to Laguna Seca. |
| May 10 |
Northeast |
 Fifth Annual NSX River Run - The
Fifth Annual NSX River Run event was a great success as always. 25
NSXs turned out for this classic northeastern event in the New Jersey area. |
| May 10 |
Southwest |
 Phoenix NSX Event
- A
group of
Phoenix NSX owners met at Basch Acura for a fun-filled afternoon
gathering. The event was planned and organized by Science of Speed, which
celebrated the grand opening of its new location (it now shares store space
with Basch Acura). |
| May 10 |
Southwest |
 Ortega Run II - A
bunch of Southern California NSXers got together for
another Ortega run. |
| May 18 |
Northeast |
 Import
Wars in Hershey Park - Joe
Zhang from ImportXpression brought his yellow NSX show car to the
Import Wars event in Hershey Park, PA. |
| May 18 |
Midwest |
 Chicago area NSX Brunch
-
Several Chicago area NSXers noted that spring had sprung and decided to
celebrate by getting together for a delicious
brunch at The Barn of Barrington. Since the weather was so perfect,
several of the group went for a drive along IL-2, tracing the Rock River
through Dixon and back. |
| May 24 |
Northeast |
 NSXers at Lime Rock Speed WC Race
- A
group of NSXers from the Northeast braved the rain Memorial Day weekend to
attend the
Speed World Challenge race at Lime Rock Park. The group had lunch
with the RealTime Racing team. |
| May 31 |
Northwest |
 Sacramento Bar-B-Que - The
Sacramento area NSX group got together for an early morning drive,
bar-b-que lunch and brake / ABS fluid flush tech session. |
| June 7 |
Northwest |
SF Bay Area June Meet - The
SF Bay Area NSX group had a good turnout for their
monthly meeting.
|
| June 8 |
Southwest |
The
3rd annual NSX Prime Member Canyon Drive in southern California, run by and
for NSX Prime members, was a great success! 44 NSXs and 73 people turned out
for what has quickly grown to become one of the most popular annual NSX
driving events in the country. For more info, see the following message
threads:
Organization -
Commentary -
FuryNSX's Pictures -
SilverOne's Pictures -
Akira3D's Pictures -
Akira3D's Excellent Video |
| June 8 |
Midwest |
Kansas City NSX Drive -
Several Kansas City area NSXers got together to enjoy the spring weather
with a
group drive.
|
| June 13-14 |
Southcentral |
 NSteXpo 2003
- The Texas-based
NSteXpo event enjoyed a strong turnout and lots of fun activities as
always. |
| June 14 |
Southwest |
 San Diego NSX Meet -
Ten NSXs and a few other sports cars
got together for a meet in mid-June. |
| June 21 |
Southwest |
 Sedona NSX Drive - A
bunch of NSXers organized and participated in a day-long driving event
around the
scenic Sedona area. |
| June 23 |
|
NSXs at Thornhill Cruisers Show -
Six NSXers got together for a meet at the "Thornhill
Cruisers" Show and Shine in Toronto.
|
| August 1 - 3 |
Southwest |
 California Speedway
- Chapter 98 of the NSX Files -
California Speedway.
Read up on the latest with Doug Hayashi and friends as they go wheel to
wheel racing once again.
|
| August 9 |
|
 Kananaskis Lakes Cruise -
Two NSX owners from Calgary in Alberta, Canada took a
morning drive to the nearby Kananaskis recreational area to enjoy
the fun roads and spectacular scenery. |
| August 9 |
Northeast |
 Tri-State Poker Rally
-
Larry B.'s annual tri-state
NSX poker rally was a huge success, drawing about two dozen NSXs from
across the northeast for 100 miles of back roads, lunch, prizes, and
just plain fun! |
| August 10 |
Midwest |
 Kansas City Drive
-
Several NSX owners got together for a
Kansas City area drive. |
| August 24 |
|
 Virginia
Beach NSX Meet - A few Virginia Beach area NSX owners decided to
meet up with each other and get acquainted and ended up having a
great time. |
| August 31 |
Europe |
 Verbier Country Drive
- The annual summer NSX get-together for NSX
owners in and around Switzerland took place over the weekend with good
turnout despite some rain and enjoyable driving through the Alpine scenery
in
Verbier. |
| August 21 |
Southwest |
 CalCoastal Monthly Meet - The CalCoastal group held their regular
monthly meeting with good turnout (including some people who drove a
couple hours!) |
| August 25 |
Southcentral |
 Houston NSX Meeting - Several
Houston area NSXers enjoyed beautiful weather for a nice afternoon
meet and cruise! |
| September 5-7 |
Europe |
 NSX Days at Spa-Francorchamps
- The European Honda Sports Car Club ran
their annual
NSX Days event for the 9th and 10th rounds of the Honda Trophy
race series. |
| September 6 |
Southwest |
 CalCoastal Autocross - The CalCoastal group had another great
NSX autocross event with dozens of folks attending. |
| September 14 |
Southwest |
 Acura Palos
Verdes Concours D'Elegance - The 11th annual
Acura Palos Verdes Concours D'Elegance was held at the Ocean Trails
Golf Club overlooking the Pacific ocean. This event has become an annual
tradition for many Southern California NSX owners. Since Acura is the title
sponsor they provide an area for some owners to display their NSX in
addition to all the 175+ classic cars in the show. |
| September 20 |
Northeast |
 New Hampsire NSX - This year's annual
New Hampshire NSX event was the largest yet, with 23 NSXs. Several
folks came from as far away as the mid-Atlantic for this popular annual
event consisting of a scenic drive along the New Hampshire coastline ending
in Maine with lunch and sightseeing followed by a return drive and dinner at
C.R. Sparks restaurant in Bedford, NH.
|
| October 4 |
Midwest |
 Road America Track Event
- A few NSXers signed up for the BMWCCA
track event at Road America. The weather started out cold but
quickly turned into a beautiful fall weekend. What better way to spend it
than driving scenic Road America? |
| October 8-12 |
USA |
 NSXPO 2003
- The seventh annual
NSXPO
was a great success. Five days in the San Francisco Bay Area filled with
great folks, perfect weather, fun activities, and an excellent track event
at Infineon Raceay. |
| October 17 - 19 |
JAPAN |
 NSX Fiesta 2003
- The annual
NSX Fiesta in Japan brought 176 NSXs and hundreds of owners and
enthusiasts to Suzuka circuit, the site of this year's event. There were a
number of the new NSX Type-R and Type-S cars on hand, which are availably
only in Japan, as well as many professional drivers including F1 driver
Takuma Sato, pilot of the Lucky Strike car for the BAR Honda team.
|
| November 1 |
Europe |
 Anneau du Rhin
- A dozen European NSX owners went to Anneau du
Rhin for the
last club track event of the season. At the end of the event all
participants formed a long line to drive a slow last lap with black ribbons
around the left mirror in memory of NSX owner
Guus Toth who passed
away October 31. |
| November 3 |
JAPAN |
 Honda says HSC to be next NSX
-
According to Autoweek, Honda President Takeo Fukui says the HSC concept car,
recently debuted at the Tokyo Motor Show, will be the basis for the
next generation NSX! |
| December 7 |
Southwest |
 Applied Motorsports
Grand Opening - Applied Motorsports, a new shop in the San Diego area
specializing in NSX work, held their
grand opening party on December 7. |
| November 22-23 |
Southcentral |
 Austin NSX Meet
- The Austin, TX folks put
together a weekend-long
event including drives, group meals, karting, and lots of photo ops.
|
| November 30 |
Southeast |
 Skyline Drive & Blue Ridge Parkway
- Several NSX owners in the mid-Atlantic area
got together for a post-Thanksgiving drive through sections of
Skyline Drive
and the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia. As you can see in the picture, about
half the NSX owners brought one of their other cars, but we're still calling
it an NSX drive!
|
| December 13 |
Southwest |
 AZ Holiday Dinner
- The Arizona
NSX Holiday Party was a great success with a big turnout for
dinner and gift exchange.
|
| December 22 |
|
 NSX
Prime Bikes for Kids - At the suggestion of some NSX Prime
members, we organized an
NSX Prime Bikes For Kids collection for the holidays. Many
generous members of NSX Prime contributed to the fund giving us a
total of over $3,300 in just a couple days. The money was used to buy
a total of forty two (42) bicycles for underprivileged
children of all ages this holiday season. Thanks to everyone who
participated and made this effort a huge success! |
