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by **mr71transam** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:29 pm

So here is exactly what the show is about up to today:

ALBANY-SARATOGA SPEEDWAY WILL HOST THE 2012 ALL FIREBIRD LAWN SHOW

7/7/2012
Saturday 9a - 4p Firebird Nation of North America presents 10th
Annual All Firebird Lawn Show at Albany-Saratoga Speedway, 2671 US Route
9, Malta, NY, 12020. www.albany-saratogaspeedway.com
Rain Date 7/8/12. Min $15 donation to register, please be generous,
most give $20-50. Spectators $5 each or $10/car load. Benefits Special
Olympics. Dash Plaques & Goodie Bags to 1st 100 Firebird arrivals,
Ribbons to Athlete’s Favorite 20, Judged 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place 10 Classes,
plus Athlete, Coach, and Dealer Choice trophy, 2 Judged Best of Show
& 1 Best of the Best Trophy, 50/50 Raffle - DJ Andy Narzynski.
Restrooms & concessions on the show field. Car Corral and Vendor
Spaces Available.

2012 ALL FIREBIRD CRUISE TO GO TO SARATOGA PBA AND SHOW SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT

7/6/2012
Friday 5p Firebird Nation of North America presents All Firebird Cruise
from SPA State Park at 5p with Police Escort to Private Grove. $10 per
carload includes Cruise with Police escort and Smokey and the Bandit
movie private showing. Crazy Herbs BBQ with his al-a-carte menu will be
there and FNONA will stage a 50-50 raffle. After everyone orders
whatever food and beverage they want from Crazy Herb, we will show
Smokey and the Bandit from a projector inside the PBA and project the
movie to an entire large white wall! Cost of the Cruise is $10 per
carload and includes SSPD Police Escort and Movie.

TAILGATE AT THE OFFICIAL SHOW HOTEL ON THURSDAY NIGHT WITH YOUR FIREBIRD FRIENDS

7/5/2012
Thursday night Meet and Greet at the Fairfield Inn and Suites of Malta.
Hang out, tailgate, hang with your Firebird friends and family. This
will be the location of the 2013 All Firebird Lawn Show so get used to
hanging out there now. See info about rooms and special rates and
discounts below.

FAIRFIELD INN AND SUITES ROOMS NOW AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING FOR 2012 SHOW

101 Saratoga Village Boulevard, Malta, New York 12020 USA

Phone: 1-518-899-6900, Fax: 1-518-899-6969, Toll-free: 1-866-368-6900, http://www.fairfield-saratoga.com/

Fairfield
Inn and Suites of Malta is the Official Hotel of the 2012 All Firebird
Lawn Show. Book early (by March 31, 2012) to get an additional $5.00
discount per night per room off the Firebird Show Rate. Each individual
reservation has a 3 Day Cancellation Policy, so if your plans change
any time up to three days before your reservation, you can cancel with
no penalty. The Cut off Date for the additional $5.00 discount per
night per room is March 31 and the Cut off Date for the Firebird Show
Rate is June 1, 2012. Any bookings after June 1, 2012 may be accepted
if rooms are still available but the Firebird Show Rate will not be
honored. You can see all the fine print here http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/firebirdnationofnorthamerica/download.html

QUICK LINKS:

Firebird Nation of North America Home Page: http://clubs.hemmings.com/firebirdnationofnorthamerica

Firebird Show Page: http://clubs.hemmings.com/frameset.cfm?club=firebirdnationofnorthamerica/show.html

Firebird Cruise Page: http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/firebirdnationofnorthamerica/newsletter.html

Show Flyer, Hotel Info, directions, etc: http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/firebirdnationofnorthamerica/download.html

Pre-Register Page: http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/firebirdnationofnorthamerica/PreReg.html

Contact [email=tsmith24@earthlink.net][/email]tsmith24@earthlink.net or Firebird Nation of North America for more info http://clubs.hemmings.com/firebirdnationofnorthamerica

Regarding
more vendors: I would love to have them - if you got pull with any of
the big guys like Ames, Classic Industries, Year One, NPD, etc, please
invite them to contact me at tsmith24@earthlink.net and I will offer them the moon to come to the show.

Regarding adding more classes: Here are the current classes and special awards:

Dash Plaques & Goodie Bags to 1st 100 Firebird arrivals, Ribbons to Athlete’s Favorite 20 Firebirds, Trophies to Judged 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place in the following Classes: 1967-1969 Stock, 1967-1969 Modified, 1970-1976 Stock, 1970-1976 Modified, 1977-1981 Stock, 1977-1981 Modified, 1982-1992 Stock, 1982-1992 Modified, 1993-2002 Stock, 1993-2002 Modified, Judged Best in Show - Stock, Judged Best in Show – Modified, Participant Judged Best of the Best, plus Trophies to Athlete Choice, Coaches Choice, and Dealer Choice

I
could add more classes but I would have to reduce the size of our
trophies to keep costs acceptable. We are a non-profit car club
(Firebird Nation of North America) and our show benefits a non-profit
organization (Special Olympics). We keep nothing for ourselves and
donate all proceeds to Special Olympics. If we have a class for every
possible situation, everyone gets a trophy and Special Olympics gets no
money. Keep in mind that our 2011 show had 137 participants and gave
out a total of 56 award trophies and ribbons which is a ratio of 1 award
every 2 1/2 participants - I think that is better than most and our
trophies are better than most.

Regarding Location: Our 2013 All
Firebird Lawn Show now has an agreement and we will locate the 2013 show
to the Fairfield Inn and Suites in Malta, NY, the current official show
hotel.

Re: more interesting like parade laps: Each year we have
an All Firebird Cruise with a Police escort. We will have a Firebird
Cruise again for 2012. Here is a link: http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/firebirdnationofnorthamerica/newsletter.html
For 2011 we cruised to Albany-Saratoga Speedway with police escort by
NYS Police, Park Police, Saratoga Springs Police, and Saratoga County
Sherriffs department. We arrived at the speedway and drove parade laps
on the NASCAR paved oval and the Speedway was open only to the Firebirds
- closed to the public. The speedway also offered 100% certified Angus
Beef burgers with homemade salads, deserts, ice cream, etc.

2012 ALL FIREBIRD CRUISE TO GO TO SARATOGA PBA AND SHOW SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT

7/6/2012
Friday 5p Firebird Nation of North America presents All Firebird Cruise
from SPA State Park at 5p with Police Escort to Private Grove. $10 per
carload includes Cruise with Police escort and Smokey and the Bandit
movie private showing. Crazy Herbs BBQ with his al-a-carte menu will be
there and FNONA will stage a 50-50 raffle. After everyone orders
whatever food and beverage they want from Crazy Herb, we will show
Smokey and the Bandit from a projector inside the PBA and project the
movie to an entire large white wall! Cost of the Cruise is $10 per
carload and includes SSPD Police Escort and Movie.

Regarding more suggestions: I am wide open. Post them up here or send me a personal e-mail to tsmith24@earthlink.net
and I will entertain all ideas. Please just keep in mind that we do
not have the budget of the for-profit shows like Pontiac Nationals, GM
Nationals, etc.

Thankyou for your input,

Tom Smith in Saratoga Springs NY

by **mr71transam** on Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:31 pm

This is looking like a Great Year for us Firebird Guy/Gals. Two Great Shows.

by Steve on Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:27 pm

I share your opinion there Rick. I am thinking of going down on Thursday for the tailgate. Who is planning on going down early?

by **mr71transam** on Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:37 pm

Not sure if I will be able to attend all three days this year. Both my daughters and their families (all three of My Grand Children)may be home that week. But I will at least make the Show.

by Steve on Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:15 pm

I booked Thursday night and Friday night. I'm not sure what to do all day Friday though. I'm not a shopper.

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