Chris Carlisi Memorial Cruise & BBQ August 15th

gmonsen · 03-10-2009, 07:48 PM

I am not sure how many people on here know about the Carlisi Cruise event my wife and I and Rich had for Chris Carlisi last August near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, but, it was a great event. We held it because so many guys knew Chris from his 20b project and he was such a great guy. Chris died of diabetes last June and one of the things we did was solicit donations from people and then donated it to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in Chris' name.

We had about 50+ Rx7's from as far away as Toronto and Atlanta. Some motorcycles. Some interesting other cars. Ernie Taylor trailered his 780 hp beast in and drove it around. Chris' 20b GT42R was there and driving around. My 20b NA. Singles, couples, and families with kids. Some swimming, the firehouse made a chicken barbeque, lots of talking and a long cruise in the country to a good-sized lake and back. Good people and great cars.

We're doing it again this year on Saturday, August 15th, and are expecting more than 100 FD's, a bunch of FC's, and a few FB's. This year there will be a few more 20b-powered cars and some vendors. AtomicRex is coming over from England with one of their carbon fiber bodied race cars with their billet aluminum steering rack (see group buy thread) and big brake kits. David Jerome is coming up from Tennessee, Logan Carswell of Defined Autowerks is bringing a portable dyno for pulls, and Dave Barninger is coming from KD Rotary. And, Phil's coming with hopefully one of his 20b's. Also, Chris' family will be there, including his dad, his mom, and his cousin.

Same format... Lots of talking and driving and looking. Eating and talking. A long cruise and more talking. For those of you who knew Chris, this is a great event where we can laugh together about him, and for those of you who didn't, you'll have just as much fun listening, and talking about Rx7's, which will make Chris happy.

My wife is preparing a schedule and will be putting up a website possibly. Let me know if you would like pictures of last year's event. Anyway, I thought I would see if there's interest and answer any questions...

Gordon

03-10-2009, 07:48 PM	#1
gmonsen The Ancient One Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eastern Pennsylvania Posts: 144 Rep Power: 18	Chris Carlisi Memorial Cruise & BBQ August 15th I am not sure how many people on here know about the Carlisi Cruise event my wife and I and Rich had for Chris Carlisi last August near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, but, it was a great event. We held it because so many guys knew Chris from his 20b project and he was such a great guy. Chris died of diabetes last June and one of the things we did was solicit donations from people and then donated it to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in Chris' name. We had about 50+ Rx7's from as far away as Toronto and Atlanta. Some motorcycles. Some interesting other cars. Ernie Taylor trailered his 780 hp beast in and drove it around. Chris' 20b GT42R was there and driving around. My 20b NA. Singles, couples, and families with kids. Some swimming, the firehouse made a chicken barbeque, lots of talking and a long cruise in the country to a good-sized lake and back. Good people and great cars. We're doing it again this year on Saturday, August 15th, and are expecting more than 100 FD's, a bunch of FC's, and a few FB's. This year there will be a few more 20b-powered cars and some vendors. AtomicRex is coming over from England with one of their carbon fiber bodied race cars with their billet aluminum steering rack (see group buy thread) and big brake kits. David Jerome is coming up from Tennessee, Logan Carswell of Defined Autowerks is bringing a portable dyno for pulls, and Dave Barninger is coming from KD Rotary. And, Phil's coming with hopefully one of his 20b's. Also, Chris' family will be there, including his dad, his mom, and his cousin. Same format... Lots of talking and driving and looking. Eating and talking. A long cruise and more talking. For those of you who knew Chris, this is a great event where we can laugh together about him, and for those of you who didn't, you'll have just as much fun listening, and talking about Rx7's, which will make Chris happy. My wife is preparing a schedule and will be putting up a website possibly. Let me know if you would like pictures of last year's event. Anyway, I thought I would see if there's interest and answer any questions... Gordon __________________ 1993 Rx7 R1 20b NA 1994 Rx7 20b supercharged project 1991 BMW 850 6 speed 1991 BMW E30 M3 Evo II