Date: January 23, 2010
Meeting Time: 8AM for registration
Scheduled Departure: 9AM
There is no rain date for the event. In the event of severe weather, the event will be canceled and rescheduled for a later date.

Entrance fee: $50 per car to be collected at the meeting spot. Fee includes charity donation, poker stake, route cards and other event supplies.

Meeting place:
The Mall at Millenia - Diagonal parking lot in front of Food Court entrance - Pictured below
4200 Conroy Road
Orlando, FL
January 23, 2010

On January 23rd, one of the largest exotic car events in Central Florida will commence for the sole purposes of raising money for a great organization and having one of the most fun times of your life! This event is called the POKER RUN! The way this event works is simple:

Best five card poker hand wins. How do you get the cards? Each destination has a card and directions to the next location so there will be five stops. A CO-PIOLT IS RECOMMENDED! The top three poker hands will receive CASH prizes worth hundreds of dollars! This event will be starting in Orlando at the Mall at Millenia. You can visit their website at:

Mall At Millenia

With beautiful shops and a huge open parking lot, what more can you ask for? The route will NOT be released until the day of the event but it will include a variety of highways throughout Central Florida with a final destination at a restaurant/sports bar. Stops are around 20 miles apart with the total route coming out to just over 100 miles.

This event will be benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central Florida.The motto of the Make-A-Wish foundation is to “Grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy”. With a mission like that, it is almost a no-brainer as to why the Make-A-Wish foundation is the selected charity of this event. So come on out and enjoy an awesome driving event for a great cause!

This event is limited to Sports Cars and 2 Door Performance Coupes with few exceptions. If your vehicle does not fall into that category, please email me at Dimitrijeanpierre@yahoo.com in advance for any special requests. Cars that will be in attendance include but are not limited to: Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Porsches, Vipers, Corvettes, Aston Martins, Louts’, NSXs, Ford GTs, and Nissan GTRs.

Be sure to come prepared with a full tank of gas, ePass/Sunpass, and a passenger if possible!

Sign-up deadline is 1/21/2010. Please RSVP here with your name and car make/model or you can email me at DimitriJeanPierre@yahoo.com. An RSVP list will be posted and routinely updated on here.

So who is in?

 

This post is reserved for information regarding the benefiting charity.

 

Just a little bump here. For those that haven't RSVP'd already, please make sure to get those in as soon as possible. Also, if anyone has any questions feel free to post, PM, or email me and I will get back to you. Thanks!

 

Quick update here since we are just about two weeks away from the run. The charity has been finalized and this event will be benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central Florida.

The motto of the Make-A-Wish foundation is to “Grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy”. With a mission like that, it is almost a no-brainer as to why the Make-A-Wish foundation is the selected charity of this event. So come on out and enjoy an awesome driving event for a great cause!

Here is the current RSVP list. We are also expecting some more RSVPs within the next few days. If you guys haven't already signed up, make sure you get in on this. This is going to be an exciting driving event!

1. Dimitri - Chevrolet Corvette
2. Sanjay - Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder
3. Jamie - Chevrolet Corvette Z06
4. Wayne - Lotus Elise or Campagna T-Rex
5. Nick - Roush Stage 3 Ford Mustang
6. Shawn - Lotus Exige S/C
7. Heather - Audi S4
8. Zach - BMW M3
9. Scott - Chevrolet Corvette
10. Jeff - Dodge Viper SRT-10 Coupe
11. Chris - Porsche Turbo

 

Alright guys we are just under one week away! The event is really shaping up. MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR RSVPs IN IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY!

Here is the current RSVP list:

1. Dimitri - Chevrolet Corvette
2. Sanjay - Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder
3. Jamie - Chevrolet Corvette Z06
4. Wayne - Lotus Elise or Campagna T-Rex
5. Nick - Roush Stage 3 Ford Mustang
6. Shawn C. - Lotus Exige S/C
7. Heather - Audi S4
8. Zach - BMW M3
9. Scott - Chevrolet Corvette
10. Roger - Acura NSX
11. Dan - Mercedes-Benz CL600 Carlson Edition
12. Mike - Lotus Elise
13. Ted - BMW 335i Coupe
14. Patrick - BMW M3
15. Kevin - Ford GT
16. Mohamad - BMW M3
17. Brett - Audi R8
18. Mike - Audi R8 Heffner Twin Turbo
19. Rani - Dodge Viper
20. Sam - Lamborghini Murcielago LP-640
21. Rich - Porsche 911 Turbo
22. Mac - Porsche 911 Turbo Stage 2
23. Shawn W. - Lotus Elise
24. John - Lotus Elise

 

Porscheboy997 and I are both in for this event. See you guys over in Orlando! Porscheboy997 (Eric) will be driving his Porsche Carrera S and I (Chase) will be driving my Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG. I have also sent a copy of this to your email. Looking forward to this event and meeting everyone.

Also, we will be leaving from the Channelside area in South Tampa at 6:15 - 6:30 a.m. if anyone wants to drive over with us. If interested, please let me know.

 

Great. Can't wait to see you guys out there this weekend!

 

yep im in. cant wait, sounds like there is going to be a great turnout. One of my buddies with a Viper might be coming up me and Chase from tampa as-well so i will let you guys know.

 

Great! If possible just let me know in advance so I can get as accurate of a head count as possible. Gotta make sure I have enough poker cards

 

Can you post an updated list as of now? Just trying to see how large this event is going to be.

 

33 cars signed up fellas. For those on the RSVP list, I will be sending out a final email tonight or tomorrow. If you still plan on RSVPing, please do so directly to my email address DimitriJeanPierre@yahoo.com so you can get the final instructions as well.

1. Dimitri - Chevrolet Corvette
2. Sanjay - Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder
3. Jamie - Chevrolet Corvette Z06
4. Wayne - Lotus Elise or Campagna T-Rex
5. Nick - Roush Stage 3 Ford Mustang
6. Shawn C. - Lotus Exige S/C
7. Heather - Audi S4
8. Zach - BMW M3
9. Mike - Lotus Elise
10. Ted - BMW 335i Coupe
11. Patrick - BMW M3
12. Kevin - Ford GT
13. Mohamad - BMW M3
14. Brett F. - Audi R8
15. Mike - Audi R8 Heffner Twin Turbo
16. Rani - Dodge Viper
17. Sam - Lamborghini Murcielago LP-640
18. Rich - Porsche 911 Turbo
19. Mac - Porsche 911 Turbo Stage 2
20. Dan - Mercedes-Benz CL600 Carlson Edition
21. Roger - Acura NSX
22. Shawn W. - Lotus Elise
23. John - Lotus Elise
24. Brett L. - BMW M3
25. Tim - BMW M3
26. Vadim - BMW M3
27. Chase - Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG
28. Eric - Porsche Carrera S
29. Jeanne - Nissan GT-R
30. Tim - BMW M3
31. Charlie - BMW M3
32. Dwight - Lotus Exige
33. Rickie - Highly Modded Audi A5

 

My buddie with the viper wont be able to make it this time :-/ just letting you know

 

Not a problem. Thanks for the heads up!

 

Photos from this event can be seen here : speedimpulse.com/showthread.php?67-Poker-Run-Picture-Thread!!!-Post-pics-here&p=226