Cirrus Pre-Race Party for Red Bull Air Race VIP Pass

Randy, the Red Bull “pre-race party” and race, itself, are two separate events, both related to the RBAR event being held in Las Vegas the same weekend as Migration. The Party is hosted by Cirrus Aircraft on their own. According to Cirrus , it’s invitation-only … and COPA attendees are among the invited guests. Cirrus has (or had) their own sign-up website. (Other people will attend their event in addition to COPA attendees.) There was very little coordination with the M12 Planning Team (in this case, me). We know very little about what they have planned… Megan Timm of Cirrus Aircraft handled the enrollment process on their end of things; COPA is only providing the transportation.

Weeks ago, I received an email “blast” from Cirrus saying they were about to close their registration. I have no idea how many people received it or who were the intended recipients. I’ll send Megan Timm an email later today (Sunday 10/5) and see what can be done regarding last-minute enrollments by COPA members. If we have only a few, maybe they will accommodate us…

The Red Bull Air Race (RBAR) finals are on Sunday and have little to do with Cirrus’ party on Friday night. (Well, that’s not quite true since the party is being held in the “pits”, there will be planes nearby, and some of the race pilots will attend Cirrus’ party.) So, we thought it would be fun to take several bus-loads of COPA folks up to the races. Originally, Cirrus talked about having COPA be in a VIP area. But, for several reasons, that didn’t happen. So, the M12 Planning Team regrouped and has arranged for buses and general admission tickets on Sunday. Of course, nothing in Vegas (or anywhere else) is free. So, participation in the optional Sunday RBAR race event is something people sign up for during M12 registration (via our website). Originally, I speculated that we’d have 40-50 people stay for the race finals. (People have said they want Migration to be a 2-3 day event. Considering our Thursday preMigration activities, the race finals are on Day 4.) I completely underestimated the interest level. And, at this point, our two 66-pax buses are full, and a few late-comers are making plans to drive up on their own. GVR is a long ways from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway where the races are being held. The bus ride is probably ~45 min.

Craig

OK. Here’s Megan’s response from a few moments ago:

Hi Craig,

We have an email scheduled for Monday that provides parking and ticketing details for Friday night. We just received those last week. This email will go to all those who have registered. That would be the formal invite you may be thinking of.

Can you provide Ashley, who is cc’d here, a copy of names and emails of those folks who didn’t register, but would still like to attend? She’ll need that by Monday 8 am central, as the email is scheduled to go out at 10 am central.

Any folks even after Monday, are welcome to come. But we need to have their names and emails. We will send one more reminder on Wednesday.

If there are last minute folks on Friday itself, please send us those names. At the check in tent, we will be verifying folks against our RSVP list.

Thanks Craig,

Megan

Sent from my iPhone

Since Ashley is expecting an email from me, here’s what I’d like anyone to do that has not registered for Cirrus’ Pre-Race Party and would like to attend:

  • Send an email directly to me at fcalbrightAZ@gmail.com . Don’t send me a PM. Don’t post info here on the COPA website. Just send me an email. Do thisnow! I’m giving two flight lessons tomorrow with the first one starting at 1430Z. I need to send the info to Ashley before I leave home in the morning. Note that Ashley needs the info before 8:00 a.m. Central.
  • Be sure and include your name! I will give the necessary address to Cirrus from your email.
  • After Monday, Megan plans to send out another reminder email on Wednesday. They are even accepting names/addresses up to Friday. However, I’ll be too busy at that point to worry about this particular issue…
    At the moment, the five buses we have going up to the Pre-Race Party on Friday are FULL. Admittedly, there may be last minute member cancellations that open up a space or two. But, I wouldn’t count on it! And, adding a partially filled bus (or minicoach) only 4 days before Migration probably is probably impossible. I suggest that late registrants consider sharing a cab or rental car.

I await your emails…

Craig

Craig,

Thanks again ! How do we go about paying for tickets via Migration registration? Or is it too late for that & we need to just get general admission tkts on the Red Bull site John provided?

Randy,

Funny you should ask! [;)] We had everything set up to pay through the M12 website. However, now that we have some folks attending but perhaps not riding on the buses, I’ve posed that question to the Check-In/Registration team. I’ll probably hear from them tomorrow. In the meanwhile, please standby…

Craig