Friends,
Just a brief note from one very tired National Officer to all the VCAers who heeded our call and attended VOI 10. While you will always get someone who was not happy about something or another, I can say that Chrysler and the VCA volunteers, led by the JRT Event Management Team, did one hell of a job!
If you total up what you had an opportunity to do, tours, CAAP, some driving, banquets, riverboat cruise, parade laps, interaction with SRT Personnel, track events, drag racing, full Belle Isle multi event race weekend, merchandise, casinos, and on and on, there truly was something/everything for everyone. (Oh, and the bus driver that got lost, sources say he owns a Corvette
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To those who came, on behalf of the VCA and especially the National Officers and National Board of Directors, we say a sincere THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Your attendance, whether simply to see a VOI, or to socialize with hundreds of Viper manics, or to see where and how a Viper was made, or to meet many of those persons who founded the Viper program etc, or perhaps to come out and show your support for the VCA and the Viper program...YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE!!!
Many Chrysler execs and indeed representatives of the new owners of Chrysler milled about and many told myself and other VCA leaders about the obvious PASSION the VCA Nation has for this car. We had hoped to introduce this passion to those who had not experienced us before, and we can say Mission Accomplished, Thanks to you.....
On a more global note, We, the National Officer corps wish to convey our absolute confidence that the Viper program will be continued. Right now, Viper belongs to Chrysler/Dodge. If this changes,(and recall that outside third parties are soliciting Chrysler not vice-a-versa) we received express representations from the highest company authorities that any change in the latter would be to PRESERVE the Viper. If a new player is introduced we are confident that the Viper's history has already sold itself as both a highly desirable automotive benchmark/icon, but also as a profitable business case. Importantly, the VCA can play a significant role in assuring that Viper will remain viable in the future and indeed be an important component in that business case. What the future ownership structure will be is to be determined, but I can assure that the VCA's voice will be heard.
In closing, we thank you for your support past, present and future. VOI 10 was a resounding success by any objective measure. YOU made it a success.........
Bob Carroll
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Just a brief note from one very tired National Officer to all the VCAers who heeded our call and attended VOI 10. While you will always get someone who was not happy about something or another, I can say that Chrysler and the VCA volunteers, led by the JRT Event Management Team, did one hell of a job!
If you total up what you had an opportunity to do, tours, CAAP, some driving, banquets, riverboat cruise, parade laps, interaction with SRT Personnel, track events, drag racing, full Belle Isle multi event race weekend, merchandise, casinos, and on and on, there truly was something/everything for everyone. (Oh, and the bus driver that got lost, sources say he owns a Corvette
)To those who came, on behalf of the VCA and especially the National Officers and National Board of Directors, we say a sincere THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Your attendance, whether simply to see a VOI, or to socialize with hundreds of Viper manics, or to see where and how a Viper was made, or to meet many of those persons who founded the Viper program etc, or perhaps to come out and show your support for the VCA and the Viper program...YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE!!!
Many Chrysler execs and indeed representatives of the new owners of Chrysler milled about and many told myself and other VCA leaders about the obvious PASSION the VCA Nation has for this car. We had hoped to introduce this passion to those who had not experienced us before, and we can say Mission Accomplished, Thanks to you.....
On a more global note, We, the National Officer corps wish to convey our absolute confidence that the Viper program will be continued. Right now, Viper belongs to Chrysler/Dodge. If this changes,(and recall that outside third parties are soliciting Chrysler not vice-a-versa) we received express representations from the highest company authorities that any change in the latter would be to PRESERVE the Viper. If a new player is introduced we are confident that the Viper's history has already sold itself as both a highly desirable automotive benchmark/icon, but also as a profitable business case. Importantly, the VCA can play a significant role in assuring that Viper will remain viable in the future and indeed be an important component in that business case. What the future ownership structure will be is to be determined, but I can assure that the VCA's voice will be heard.
In closing, we thank you for your support past, present and future. VOI 10 was a resounding success by any objective measure. YOU made it a success.........
Bob Carroll
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