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Old 09-02-2015, 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by kevincol
Probably a dumb question... Is there anything like Carlisle on the west coast. I would love to go to Carlisle, but only with my Corvette. I'm not really interested in driving from Seattle to the East Coast for an event. I don't want to show up without my Corvette either. Like showing up to Sturgis without a bike!
Not that I know of... Carlisle is the largest Corvette event in the world... There's another big one in Illinois not sure the details I believe it's put on by mid America. I've never been to that one, And of course the Bloomington gold Event.
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Originally Posted by kevincol
Probably a dumb question... Is there anything like Carlisle on the west coast. I would love to go to Carlisle, but only with my Corvette. I'm not really interested in driving from Seattle to the East Coast for an event. I don't want to show up without my Corvette either. Like showing up to Sturgis without a bike!
There's nothing "major" that I know of on the west coast, even though there should be. There's plenty of local shows by clubs like the Pugest Sound Corvette Club or the Classical Glass Corvette Club of Tacoma (I lived in Lakewood/Tacoma for 11 years) You should also check out Griot's Garage over on 38th Street in Tacoma (the old Coca-Cola bottling plant) and check out some of their awesome events like Caffeine and Gasoline. Great folks there, I worked there when I lived in Lakewood.

Like Scottys78 said, we have our Corvette Funfest every year where we get an average anywhere around 12-15,000 Corvettes every year, but we're out here in Illinois. We have people from all over the states, Canada, and even places like Australia and Great Britain who attend every year. I drove a '96 Jeep Cherokee from Tacoma to Effingham in 3 days taking my time, just think what a Corvette could do!

Jalopnik rated us #3 on the ten biggest car shows in the world.

http://jalopnik.com/the-ten-biggest-...rld-1623265207

I highly recommend experiencing both Funfest and Carlisle. If you haven't before, it's like nothing you've ever experienced! These shows are full of amazing people and many incredible Corvettes. Lance Miller of Corvettes at Carlisle is a great friend of ours and is always a blast to have around at Funfest. He's a great guy and puts on one heck of a show! We have a blast every year that we attend. Of course, it wouldn't be the same without the 'Vette, but it's something you just have to do at some point!

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