I guess the fact that no one has posted about it means no one went, or that it wasn't worth reporting back about.

I do know attendance was a lot less than last year and that some people got turned away who shouldn't have been.

I also know that after hearing and reading that the drive would be dedicated to the memory of Michael V that there was not one mention of him or his contribution to the area's car community. That was sorely disappointing.

The organization was about on par with previous years.

The drive covered some nice roads. Some unsafe driving.

The ending venue was not quite what I had pictured through Eurosport's initial description, but it was some old jets and you could climb in one. The airport/museum had some volunteers out.

If I do this again next year I think I'll hang to the back or just strike out with a group of 4-5 cars and drive the route on our own using the directions. It's too big a group to keep together and a few reckless folks aren't worth the risk, and that's coming from someone who likes to push it a bit.

 

That would be our whole crew on the way there from PA. The whole event was pretty fun. The roads were not as extreme as last year. We were able to keep up with balboni the entire trip.

 

The cruise in the video looks fun.

My ride fell through, so once again, no Eurosport tour for me. Super bummed.

 

Pictures from Pittsburgh Cars 'N' Coffee at the event:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...5907782&type=1

 

We were planning to do a Michael V Memorial, however, at the last minute Mindy, his sister who was attending, changed her mind and felt it too difficult to do. We honored that and decided to not do it. We had planned on having Valentino start the tour route in Michael's car as a tribute. Instead Josh of ECS of Virginia came with Mindy driving Michael's BMW convertible.

We were a smaller event as we planned it to be. Last year's 175 cars was hard to manage, so we limited it to 130. We were at 125 cars. Not bad for a day that forecasted rain. In fact, it rained in Seneca Creek State about an hour after we departed from there. We lucked out big time.

We had a greater mix of cars from Lamborghinis to the new Jaguar. We had more Italian exotics than last year and more Lotus. Porsche also came out in force.

The jets on display were vintage. Mostly Vietnam and Korean area. We had planned on having A10's to be there as they are on the base. But, the gov't budget cuts limited operation and our scheduled weekend got budget cut. We would have had flyovers, but the penny counters killed it.

We were pleased with the event. Valentino had a great time and is planning on returning again next year. We are alway learning, so we are open to comments.

For everyone who attended, we appreciated your support and we look forward to next year.

Kevin Sims
2013 EuroSportDC

 

Kevin, my only gripe is that we need more categories for awards. If youre going to let them enter then there should be a category for them, its only fair.

 

Is this happening in 2014?! I look forward to this event each and every year!

-Paul

 

Based on the eurosport website it looks like they are holding the event in October.

 

Holy smokes… $193.00/person?!

… looks like I won't be attending this year.

 

where's the link to the site?

 

http://www.eurosportdc.com/

online sign up was closed already over a month ago. I sent them a check and registered through mail but never received a response nor was the check cashed ...