May Madness 2002
May Madness will be held in Pahrump and Las Vegas, Nevada for 2002. This will be the eighth annual Western Regional event for the Turbo Diesel Register. Other brands of diesel trucks will be welcome in addition to Cummins powered Dodges, to “challenge” our Rams at May Madness. The Pahrump Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge dealership, Rick Peet, has enthusiastically agreed to help with registration, display trucks, etc. The dealership has influence with the City of Pahrump, so we anticipate that they will “open the city” to the music (noise?) and aroma (smell?) of #2 Diesel fuel doing what it does best in our Rams. The dealership is just off Highway 160, between Oxbow and Basin ( coming from Las Vegas, turn right on Oxbow).
It looks like MM02 will be outrageous! How about mud bogs, sled pulls, dirt circle track time trials, drag racing, dyno testing, plus all those "traditional" things like the Lake Mead cruise, show-n-shine, hall of gottahavits, tours of Diesel Dynamics and J&S Diesel. Rick Peet Dodge in Pahrump NV (about an hour out of Las Vegas) wants us to take over the whole town for the event! In case you haven't visited Pahrump in recent years, it has really grown and has top notch casinos, RV parks, etc. now. We are once again getting support from Cummins (and Dodge is back, too!). We hope to exceed the value of prizes from last year (which was somewhere around $8000) for the drawings at the banquet. By the way, the only winery in Nevada is the Pahrump Valley Vineyards. Death Valley is about an hour away. We will hold a golf tournament in Pahrump.
The event will be 5 days long, May 1-5, 2002. Moving the event up to the beginning of May will get us a bit cooler weather while still being May Madness to keep its tradition and to work around the timing of other TDR events. Pahrump has several advantages over Las Vegas for us Rammers. The proximity of many things we want to do in a small town will ease the stress of driving around. We are also able to add attractions that we couldn't easily do in LV. We now have the ability to conduct “dirt” events like the roundy-round time trials, mud bogs, and sled pulling. These things are BIG attractions at other TDR and related events such as the ones held in Tulare, CA, and Muncie, IN. There will be a few events in Las Vegas, but the scenic drive from Pahrump takes under an hour. The Vegas attractions are the tours of Diesel Dynamics and J&S Diesel (our Bosch authorized repair facility), and the Lake Mead dinner cruise. Drag racing will be held either at the Pahrump Valley Speedway or at the Las Vegas Speedway.
Lake Mead Cruises will give us a group rate of $36 for their two hour (6:30 to 8:30 PM) dinner cruise on Lake Mead, Wednesday May 1 and Thursday, May 2. We need a minimum of 25 and a maximum of 75 participants for this event per cruise, and relatively soon so we don’t get bumped by any other groups. To get this rate, you have to send the funds with your registration. They won’t accept individual payments at the group rate. We will have to pay them with one check (it will be issued from Rick Peet since you are making your individual checks out to Rick Peet Motor Co.).
We will hold a Best Dressed Truck contest, have vendors in a Hall-of-the-Gottahavits, and hold technical seminars on popular issues such as power, maintenance, drivetrain upgrades, etc. The local Bosch shop, J&S Diesel, has offered to participate. Several vendors have also volunteered for these 20-minute seminars. The seminars will be technical, not merely sales pitches. Significant product features and advances will be presented.
Each participant will pay for individual dyno runs, boat cruise/dinner, entrance and participant fees at the race track, fees for museums, etc. That way you pay for what you want to attend, not for what you don't want.
For this event, there will not be a single host hotel or RV park. Pahrump is a relatively small town and many of the businesses there are anxious to accommodate us in any way they can. We have identified four hotel and RV park facilities. Terrible’s Lakeside RV Park and Casino has a lake, fishing, swimming, and 160 RV spaces (775-751-7770 or
www.terribleherbst.com). It is a few blocks away from the other sites but has great amenities. Saddle West Hotel, Casino, and RV Park (800-433-3987 or
www.saddlewest.com), Pahrump Nugget Hotel and Casino (775-751-6500) and Best Western Hotel and RV Park (775-727-5100) are also participating. Please identify yourself as May Madness participants when you make your reservations.
It is VERY IMPORTANT to register for May Madness 2002 early. We need to have an idea of how many will participate, so we can take care of deposits and reservations of equipment, time and space for activities.
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2002 Western Regional “May Madness” rally for diesel pickups
Sponsored by Rick Peet Motor Co., Pahrump, NV
May 1-5, 2002
Registration Form Reg. # (assigned by staff)
Name
Address
City
State, Zip
Phone
Event including 1 banquet ticket is $60 to register driver, passenger(s), and truck. This fee includes one banquet ticket, one t-shirt, one goody bag, and all activities that do not have a price tag. Note that some activities have entrance fees that you must pay, such as the race track, golf course, your dyno runs, access to state/national parks.
Shirt Size (circle): M L XL XXL XXXL (one is included with registration)
Additional shirts (fill in numbers) _____M ____L _____XL _____XXL _____XXXL @$10 each
Banquet (included in registration cost) 5/4/01 _______
Additional banquet tickets @$25 each _________
Dinner cruise of Lake Mead (evening) @ $36 each [prefer Wed___ or Thu___ ] include funds NOW ________
Mud Bogs participant ________ spectator only________
Dirt track time-trials participant_________ spectator only________
Drag racing participant_______ spectator only _______
Dyno testing participant_______ spectator only________
Golf Tournament participant_________
Total Enclosed for Registration ($60 basic, extra T shirts @$10, cruise @ $36,
extra banquet tickets @$25): $____________
Please send completed registration form by mail or FAX, and send your check or money order made out to Rick Peet Motor Co. for the total amount. Send to Rick Peet Motor Co., 1541 Wahkiakum Ave., Pahrump, NV 89048; 888-449-6621; FAX 775-727-0102. Questions may be addressed to Joe Donnelly, 670 Lomprey Ave., Henderson, NV 89015; 702-565-9566 (before 9PM pacific time);
Donnellyj@msn.com
Please note that some events and schedules are dependent upon availability and the number of early registrations received. Please register as soon as possible. Cancellations will be accepted until 4/1/01 with a $15 handling fee. No refunds will be made after 4/1/01. Registration at the door will be $75.
LIABILITY RELEASE
The Undersigned releases the Turbo Diesel Register, its officers and staff, Rick Peet Dodge, Cummins , Clark and Nye Counties, the State of Nevada, any sponsors or vendors and all others connected with this event, from all known liability, property damages, injuries or losses, judgments and/or claims resulting from entrant’s participation in this event. Entrant also relinquishes any rights to any photos or videos taken in connection with this event.
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