AMVIV 2008 Wrap-Up

Did someone say Vegas?

This was the sixth running of A MINI Vaction in Vegas and dare I say the best one yet! Before going any further, I must give a huge shout to Andrew ‘Agro’ Ross, grand poobah and all around good guy, plus his team for putting on another outstanding event!

Let’s begin with some numbers. There were 572 MINIs registered, but that didn’t count those that just showed up. By my reckoning, there were closer to 700 MINIs on the top 3 floors of Palace Station on Saturday night. Over 500 people at the banquet, including Elvis!

And I believe a record for AMVIV was set during the Strip Cruise on Friday night. 227 MINIs lined up to drive the most famous section of Las Vegas Boulevard. Amazing!

Everything started Friday morning at Pahrump Motor Sports Ranch in beautiful Pahrump, Nevada. The Phil Wicks North American MINI Cooper Challenge was going on as well as quite a few MINIs getting their ‘track on’ with instructors.

While that was going, about 80 MINIs headed out to Death Valley California, including frequent contributor to White Roof Radio, Robert Gold.

The trip to Death Valley ended at the track, where we were all treated to lunch, courtesy MINIUSA and Sin City MINI Club.

After the track it was time to head back to Vegas, check out some more MINIs and go to the Sin City MINI Club/SoCal MINI Maniacs Mixer, which was a great warm up for the Strip Cruise!