Mercedes Road Rally Across the Midwest: Thinking of organizing may-june. $1000 prize

[TylerH860]

What would you all think of competing in a 1,000 mile road rally across the midwest sometime in end of may or early june? I was thinking of starting in SanAntonio, Tx, traveling along the Rio Grand river, going up into Roswell and Santa Fe, New Mexico, through Southern Colorado, including Leadville (highest elevation city) the final leg being Glenwood Canyon (One of the most beautiful stretches of road in the nation) and the finish line in Glenwood Springs. (World Famous Hotsprings) I'm thinking of doing this over a 4 day period in 250 mile or so increments. Map of what I'm thinking.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=3624107683429564837,29.327510,-100.487490&time=&date=&ttype=&saddr=San+Antonio,+Tx&daddr=US-90+%4029.327510,+-100.487490+to:38.796908,-106.12793+to:Glenwood+Springs,+Co&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=7&via=1,2&sll=39.119407,-105.982361&sspn=3.621977,6.712646&ie=UTF8&ll=34.849875,-102.414551&spn=15.300123,26.850586&z=5&om=1

It would be a timed rally, NOT A RACE. Whoever can get closest to the goal time while picking up items at checkpoints is the winner. Prize of $1,000 or so. I've driven most the stretches in Colorado, and the part from leadville to Glenwood Springs will be one of the most beautiful driving experiences of your life. I've never been to Roswell, but thought it would be fun. I absolutely love San Antonio, I think a row of 100 benzes starting at the Alamo would be great.

Hopefully we would get some volunteers to give people technical assistance if needed along the way.

If I get alot of interest from this, I will do some more planning and start organizing hotels, lunch stops, things like that; try and get a good group discount on decent hotels. This would not be an expensive trip, but I think with the $1000 competition, the fellowship of other mercedes owners, and the scenery would make it fantastic.

I know alot of you live in the midwest, it may be a haul for some of us, (I personally live in Wichita, Ks 8 hours from start or finish line) but it would be worth it.

Please post your thoughts on this thread if you would be interested.


Moderator- perhaps you could make this sticky so people can see it, so I know who is interested.