NECC's big event for 2012 is the Corvair Society of America's
International Convention. NECC Motorsport's parent organization,
the Northeast Corvair Council, has been awarded the 2012 international
convention for the Corvair Society of America (CORSA), to take place in
Sturbridge, Massachusetts. This will be the first New England convention
in CORSA's 40-year history, and plans are already well underway to make
it different and distinctive. There are some vibrant Corvair clubs in
New England, and they are part of the NECC with us, so there is a great
pool of talent from which to draw.
The dates are July 25 2012 thru July 28 2012. Please be aware that
you need to be a member of the Corvair Society of American to
participate in convention events.
A popular question at this point in the
convention planning is, will there be an NECC-style road course track
event in conjunction with the 2012 convention?
The Northeast Corvair Council, which is an association of CORSA Chapters
in the region, was formed back in the 1970s for the purpose of
conducting weekend gatherings centered around on-track driving events at
Connecticut’s Lime Rock Park. The NECC began conducting similar
performance-related events in conjunction with CORSA conventions over a
decade ago.
These events do not take place every year and not with every convention,
instead taking place where there is a suitable facility close to the
convention site and where the local convention committee supports the
idea.
Unfortunately, for 2012, there will be no such event. The principal
reason for this is that there is no suitable facility available. Lime
Rock Park, a beautiful facility and the closest to the convention city,
is way too costly. The NECC ran at Lime Rock annually until being priced
out of the place a few years ago. And trust us, we are talking waaay too
costly.
Other options were considered, such as New Hampshire Speedway, which has
a very nice road course, and even Watkins Glen, but neither of these
facilities offered the right mix of location and price.
An additional factor is that when the NECC has conducted track events in
conjunction with past conventions, the track event was the only thing
the NECC was doing. Here, the NECC will be doing the entire convention
and as a result its full resources are needed in Sturbridge.
Even without a road course track event in 2012, the convention will
offer something for every Corvair-related interest, including high-speed
performance. Convention plans at present include conducting the
autocross on an oval race track, as was done at recent conventions in
Cedar Rapids and Buffalo. So there will be an opportunity to wind out
one's Corvair.
