Update
The officers of the NSX Club of America and this year’s event planning committee are proud to officially announce the details for NSXPO 2018.
Place: San Francisco Bay Area
Dates: Wednesday, September 26 – Sunday, September 30
Registration Fees: HPDE: $400, Social: $400
HPDE Host Hotel: Holiday Inn Express,
HPDE Hotel Cost: $119 per night
Social Host Hotel: Hyatt Regency, San Francisco Airport
Social Hotel Cost: $169 per night
The HPDE portion will take place on Wednesday, September 26 and Thursday, September 27. The planned events for the social portion start on Friday, September 28 and officially end after lunch on Sunday, September 30.
Registration for both the HPDE and Social events opens for pre-existing members on May 30 at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern times. Those wishing to sign up for NSXCA membership can register starting May 31 at 10am Pacific / 1pm Eastern. Please note that you must be an NSXCA member in good standing in order to register on May 30, so please visit the club website at nsxca.org to make sure your membership won’t lapse between now and when registration opens.
Not sure if you want to attend this year? Here’s a description of our itinerary to help you decide.
NSXPO kicks off with a two-day High Performance Driving Event (HPDE) at Thunderhill Raceway, dubbed “Thunder by the Bay”. Like in 2017, we are sharing the HPDE with the Type-R club. In addition to being able to push the limits of their cars in a safe and controlled environment, paid participants will also be offered light breakfast snacks as well as lunches and, after the second day of HPDE closes, the ability to attend a casual, co-hosted banquet dinner with the Type-R club. After dinner, we shoot on over to the social host hotel in Burlingame.
The first day of the social portion of the event is packed with activities, starting with a drive across the Golden Gate Bridge, with a photo op at picturesque Horseshoe Bay. After a brisk drive through the Marin Headlands we cross the bridge in the other direction and head to the Golden Gate Club at the Presidio for lunch. There’s a lot to do there at the Presidio, including photo ops with genuine Star Wars figures by Lucasfilm such as Darth Vader and R2D2 at the Letterman Digital Arts Center.
Then it’s back to the hotel where we’ll freshen up for a short bus ride to the piers on the Embarcadero where we’ll board a yacht for a sunset dinner cruise, complete with a guest speaker. While on the cruise, there will be a lot of opportunities to take selfies with the San Francisco skyline, the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and Fisherman’s Wharf in the background. Buses back to the hotel will close the first day’s activities.
On day two of the social portion, skip the complimentary breakfast at the hotel and save your appetite for brunch among the majestic redwoods of Woodside. After enjoying a little food and a little mingling we head towards the coast for the “California Dreaming” drive up iconic Highway 1 to the Canepa Car Museum. Take the opportunity to view their impressive and unique facility while your car gets judged for the concourse in the parking lot. Then we take roads that are a little more winding back to the host hotel where you can freshen up before the official banquet dinner, where we’ll have other speakers, awards and closing words from your hosts.
Delay your departure on Sunday by just a few hours and stay for an opportunity to drive your NSX down the world famous Lombard street, “the crookedest street in the world”, after which we’ll have one last informal lunch before officially closing NSXPO 2018.
Below, is our estimated timeline for each day of events.
Tuesday, September 25
5pm-8pm Official check-in for HPDE at track host hotel
Wednesday, September 26
6am Late check-in for HPDE at Thunderhill Raceway
8am-4pm Day 1 of the HPDE Thunder by the Bay commences (light breakfast, complete lunch and bottled water included)
Thursday, September 27
8am-4pm Day 2 of Thunder by the Bay (light breakfast, complete lunch and bottled water included)
5pm-8pm HPDE banquet dinner, co-hosted with the Type-R club; early check-in for social portion available
5pm-9pm Official check-in for social portion at Hyatt Regency SFO
Friday, September 28
6-7:30 Late check-in for social portion
8-11 Drive to photo op at Horseshoe Bay, then through the Marin Headlands (includes crossing Golden Gate Bridge in both directions)
11-3:30 Lunch at Golden Gate Club at the Presidio with guest speaker
3:30-4:30 Drive back to host hotel
4:30-6 Freshen up
6-7 Luxury buses to the piers at The Embarcadero
7:30-10:30 San Francisco Bay Sunset Dinner Cruise with guest speaker
10:45-11:45 Luxury buses bring us back to host hotel
Saturday, September 29
8:30-10 am Caravan to Mountain Terrace in Woodside
10:30-1 pm Brunch at Mountain Terrace
1-3 pm The California Dreamin’ drive along the coast on scenicHighway 1
3-5 pm Tour of Canepa Car Museum; concourse judging takes place during the tour
5-6:30 pm California Dreamin’ continues through twisty forest roads, ending back at host hotel
6:30-8 pm Freshen up for banquet dinner
8 pm - NSXPO banquet dinner and guest speakers, awards ceremony, closing ceremonies, and final words
Sunday, September 30
9:00am Leave the host hotel and head into the city to drive down Lombard street
11:30am Lunch
Based on the activity we’ve seen on social media, there has been a lot of anticipation for this announcement and we hope that you all think that the wait was worth it. We’ll see you all in a few months.
.......I think we need a bigger boat:biggrin:
