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CORVETTE TODAY #66-Get a Preview of Corvettes at Carlisle With Owner, Lance Miller!
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May 8, 2025
Corvettes at Carlisle is the largest Corvette show in the country. Owner, Lance Miller comes back to the CORVETTE TODAY podcast with your host, Steve Garrett, to preview the show! Learn about everything that is going on at the show this year, which happens August 26-28. Find out about new things at Corvettes at Carlisle. Plus, get registered to win one of two free passes to the show via the CORVETTE TODAY podcast! Hear about everything happening at Corvettes at Carlisle on the CORVETTE TODAY podcast.
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a returning guest as a matter of fact
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he's lance miller the owner of corvettes
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at carlisle
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which is taking place august 26 through
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the 28th this year
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now that things are really opening up
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the corvettes at carlisle event will
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definitely be a terrific one to attend
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so today we're going to talk about
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everything that's going on at corvettes
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in carlisle this year
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lance welcome back to corvette today i'm
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excited to be back on thanks for having
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me
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you bet buddy it's good to have you here
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let's talk a little bit about the
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history of corvettes at carlisle
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tell everybody how everything got
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started well
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it was my father and his good friend
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bill miller which have the same last
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name
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they actually got kicked out of hershey
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car show which is in pa
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and essentially started up fall carlisle
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well after they had fall carlisle for a
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few years which started in 1974 by the
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way
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we're going way way back yeah and 1982
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time frame
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my dad decided you know what would be
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pretty neat is bringing all my friends
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together and essentially hosting a
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corvette party
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so that's exactly what he did and that's
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how corvettes at carlisle came to be
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and your dad and bill miller had no
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relation did they they didn't it's kind
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of funny because i always hear people
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come up and say hey your uncle
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now all the time typically ironically
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we're probably
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closer with bill than i am my own family
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so it's
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uh that's amazing that's for sure
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at its peak lance how many corvettes
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have attended
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carlisle at any given year that's a
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complicated question
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just because of the fact and i'm not
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trying to skirt it but
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corvette said carlyle has a lot of
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corvettes that come and i don't know
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the exact number i can tell you that our
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fun field
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and those are the people that
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specifically sign up for our fun field
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entry meaning that there's a big show
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field
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and it's right in the middle of
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everything so you can come park on our
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facility i know that number
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and the most that we ever had was just a
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tad under 3 000 cars
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which is a lot of cars it makes for an
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absolutely amazing display
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but at the same time it's very
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challenging to get that many cars on a
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82 acre facility
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it's a lot of fun seeing them all
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together and seeing the variety of
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colors and obviously the different
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generations yeah that's cool so at 3 000
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cars how many people do you think have
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attended
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corvettes at carlisle during any given
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year then typically during a big year
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you're right around
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60 000 visitors throughout so and when i
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say that you've got
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again we don't know the exact number
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because say that we have a vendor entry
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there could be
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10 people that come in for that
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particular vendor that help out
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so i don't keep a direct count i don't
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obviously go out and look and see how
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many people are in a van a vendor that's
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coming in but
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we have a pretty good number as far as
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gate entry
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and obviously show field as well so
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that's around the mark that we have
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and that's a big event 60 000 people
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coming through
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that's huge that's amazing 60 000 people
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for an event for corvettes that's
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amazing
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lance talk about the grounds the
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corvettes at carlisle grounds how big is
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the area for this event
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well again we have 82 acres but we also
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incorporated about 25-30 acres
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outside of our fence for parking and
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what have you it's important obviously
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not only for the people that come in
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their corvettes to park and have a great
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location
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at our facility but also the people that
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want to come in and check out all the
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cars
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frankly for me that's even a bigger part
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of it just due to the fact i want people
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to come in look at the cars have fun
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really enjoy that camaraderie that we
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all enjoy so much at corvettes of
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carlisle
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have them become a corvette person and
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hopefully go out and buy a corvette and
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become a part of it
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that's my number one job that's true and
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it's nice because
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if you don't own a corvette or can't
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drive it across country
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to come to pennsylvania at carlisle you
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can just fly in
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and still park and still enjoy
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everything isn't that right
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absolutely yeah we encourage that in
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fact that's awesome
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talk about how the name came about
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corvettes at carlisle came from
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carlisle events though didn't it oh
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absolutely it essentially
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there's no big bragging rights about a
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name i guess and corvettes at carlisle
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just had that
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right ring to it and my dad and bill
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went for it that sounds good well buddy
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and now back to corvette today with your
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host
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and my husband steve garrett hey thanks
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for listening to corvette today the
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podcast that talks about everything
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corvette
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i'm your host steve garrett with me
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today is lance miller the owner of
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corvettes at carlisle
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the biggest event in the world of
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corvette lance in this second segment
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let's talk about this year's event
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again let's give everybody the dates
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coming up sure august 26th to the 28th
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will be the event and we encourage you
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to come on out
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now talk about some of the packages and
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the admission pricing that goes
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on are there any discounts military
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people that can come in and
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things like that absolutely there is a
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military discount and at the same time
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12 and under we certainly encourage
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children to come to the show
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it's free for those children that's near
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and dear to my heart just because of the
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fact i want to see
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young children coming out to the shows
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and having a good time with either their
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grandparents or their parents
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hopefully both and become a car person
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down the road that's what it's all about
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typically an event passes only 35 for
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the three days so you can't really go
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wrong there
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if you want to come just daily it's 20
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for admissions
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it's just a lot of fun you can buy the
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tickets online prior
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and get a discount as well at
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carlisleevents.com too
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perfect now talk about the fun field
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talk about the registration and also
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the gate and go registration absolutely
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the fun field's what the events
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all about that's kind of the heart and
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soul i shouldn't say that the vendor is
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probably the heart and soul to it but
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nevertheless fun field is very important
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because
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those are the car owners that are coming
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in bringing their vehicles
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and really just displaying them
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throughout the weekend
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and it's amazing to see all these
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vehicles come together like i said
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earlier just seeing
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the display the different colors it's
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just amazing i'd love to stand on top of
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the hill look down
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and just see this mass array of vehicles
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it's staggering truly and i still
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i i'm like taken away every time i look
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down and see that
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on top of the hill at each of our events
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it's amazing to see and i always
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encourage everybody to go up and check
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it out for themselves
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it's a lot of fun bringing your own car
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because you have the opportunity to also
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win a celebrity award
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celebrity award is just that for
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instance say that steve you come to our
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show you're a celebrity
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people listen to your podcast and that's
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what it's all about we want you to go
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out pick your
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favorite vehicle for whatever reason it
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doesn't matter you simply just go out
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and say you know hey i like pink cars
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and i'm gonna go find myself a pink
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corvette that's what it's about that's
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fine
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or you could say i want the modified
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corvette one that has a big engine
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hanging out of the hood
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and i want it to be a c3 you go hunt it
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down you'll find it at carlisle
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so that's what it's all about just
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having fun doesn't matter what type of
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car the judge
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likes or wants to pick in fact i'll give
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you a little side note
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typically when i go out and pick my
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celebrity pick at any of our shows
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it's usually when there's a family
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sitting around their car
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they're having a little picnic and i
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just kind of go up and randomly talk to
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them and hang
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out and all of a sudden you quickly
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realize that that's what this is all
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about
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the people and the families that come
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and that's
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exactly what i look for just talking to
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them getting to know them and see how
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much fun they're having and then you pop
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it hey
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guess what guys i'm going to choose your
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car for a celebrity pick and it's
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typically oh let's take pictures let's
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do this
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and it's so much fun and i wish i could
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take the claim and say that that was my
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idea but it wasn't
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it was actually my dad's friend david
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gray that came up with that idea and
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then he implemented it and it's
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lasted ever since well it's a cool idea
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and you know what so many other
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different shows
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use that same format and do the same
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thing as well
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also lance it's so cool because i've
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watched different videos on youtube and
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follow different corvette people on
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youtube
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you can actually buy a corvette at
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corvettes at carlisle right
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oh there's no lack there it's amazing
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how many cars are out there to purchase
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i try and get through there but i'm too
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darn busy most of the time
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and the funny thing is i have friends
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that come up to me and they're always
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like oh look at what i just got and i'm
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like holy cow and you got it for this
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i'm jealous in a sense but yes there's a
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big area we call it the
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corvette corral there's plenty of
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vehicles all generations available so if
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you don't have a corvette
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come to corvettes at carlisle there's
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your opportunity that's really really
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cool and
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the flea market returns this year right
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absolutely
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as i said earlier you know that's the
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heart and soul to our event
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we started off carlisle through vendors
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that's what it was all about
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and to me it's very important to
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continue that tradition
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one it's a lot of fun just walking
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through there and literally i tell
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people you could build a corvette
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walking through
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corvettes at carlisle vendor area
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there's no doubt about it
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it's crazy the amount of parts the other
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thing that i love about the vendor area
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which is so nice is the knowledge as you
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walk
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through that area if you're able to just
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walk through and actually talk to the
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various vendors you'll be blown away at
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the knowledge that they have
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in the corvette arena many of them have
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worked for gm throughout the years
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it's unbelievable i'm blown away every
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time i walk through and meet new vendors
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that
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seriously have an amazing background and
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our celebrities and their their own you
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know it's
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neat so we're very fortunate to have
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them support us and being a technical
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geek that i am
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i love this you have an app for
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corvettes at carlisle
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it helps you organize your visit at the
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event doesn't it
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it's awesome i use that thing all the
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time i'm glad you brought that up
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it's funny because i have people come up
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and ask me all the time we do have an
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event magazine for the show as well
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however i never have it with me so when
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people come up and ask me i just simply
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go on the app and they sit there and
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watch me uh cruise around the app and
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they're like oh
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i need to download that so it's amazing
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little tool it tells you where all the
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vendors are located
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it also tells you as you had mentioned
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the scheduling
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what i like about it is it's a push
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notification so it will remind me
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let's say i want to watch a seminar at
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noon on saturday
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it'll tell me hey 15 minutes you want to
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be up at this area for this seminar so
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it's a great tool
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that's amazing i'm glad that you have
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that because that really helps me
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organize my visit
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at any show and especially as big as
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corvettes at carlisle
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is that would be an awesome tool to have
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it's nice
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also talk about what's available for
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kids and also for women
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attending the show that might not be the
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biggest corvette person in the world
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absolutely you heard me talk about
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children earlier i'm all about it so is
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my partner bill
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it's so important to grow our hobby and
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get children involved so what we decided
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to do was have
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a kids area there's activities there we
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have little drawing competitions
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coloring competitions we have a slide
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for them just to hang out slide we'll
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typically put out some video games
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obviously some card games and just have
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fun we even bought a volkswagen where
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kids can actually color it we have that
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chalk paint on it so they can color it
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with chalk
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really just try to encourage them to
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become a part of the hobby
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even when they don't even know it that's
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fun that's great because
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a lot of people aren't necessarily there
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might be one corvette person in the
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family
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but everybody else comes and attends
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with that person but
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it's nice because you have different
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things for women to do and children to
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do
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even if they're not the biggest corvette
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enthusiast in the world
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exactly and the neat thing about the
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women's oasis area is what we dub it
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you can just go in there hang out and
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there's a lot of things just to purchase
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whether it's food or candles or jewelry
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it's nice to just have that little
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section and quite frankly it's even
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better if your husband and you broke
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away for the weekend and your wife's mad
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at you and you can go buy her something
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there so
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we do provide that and it's just nice to
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have that's a smart idea buddy
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well i tell you what let's take our
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final break and then the third segment
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thanks for listening to corvette today
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i'm your host steve garrett with me
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today is lance miller
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the owner of corvettes at carlisle we're
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talking about what's going on at this
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year's event and in this third and final
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we're going to talk about what's new at
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corvette's carlisle
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first of all lance talk about if a
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owns a 2012 carlisle blue corvette
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what do they get they get free entry and
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there's good reason for that the 2012
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carlisle blue corvette is a one year
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only color and it was for a 30th
17:23
anniversary of corvettes of carlisle so
17:25
i just think it's awesome that chevrolet
17:27
gm did that and we felt it was
17:29
imperative in fact when i found out
17:31
and they announced it at one of the race
17:33
events i had told everybody
17:35
listen if you have a carlot blue
17:36
corvette you will always be able to come
17:38
into carlisle events
17:39
free of charge and i've always held to
17:41
that that's amazing
17:43
i would love to have a carlisle blue
17:45
corvette anyway let alone just get into
17:47
the event itself that would be fantastic
17:49
it's pretty cool it's neat you know
17:51
we're almost at 10 year mark now
17:53
getting away from that it's funny
17:55
because people are still buying those
17:56
cars and they'll still reach out to me
17:58
and say hey i hear i can go free and
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they haven't been here before so it's
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awesome
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it was just fun to do that's fantastic
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now
18:05
talk about what's there and available
18:07
for corvette clubs with the corvette
18:09
club challenge
18:10
and what a corvette club gets for having
18:12
the largest representation at corvette's
18:14
carlisle
18:15
absolutely bragging rights that's what
18:17
it comes down to
18:18
myself my team go out there and we'll
18:20
check out what the different clubs have
18:22
up
18:23
when they have a tent what they can do
18:24
is basically dress it up however they'd
18:27
like
18:27
now on that note some people go
18:29
completely bananas others may just have
18:31
a banner up for that matter
18:32
so typically when they go bananas we
18:34
love it and we want to
18:35
encourage other clubs to do just that so
18:38
we give them an award
18:39
so it's always fun to go through and see
18:41
people enjoying themselves with whatever
18:43
theme they might want to do that
18:45
particular year so
18:46
it's fun to see and it's a lot of fun to
18:48
hand out the awards as well
18:49
and obviously we want big clubs because
18:51
we want lots of people to come out to
18:52
the show
18:53
that's cool and if the club doesn't have
18:56
their own tent they can actually
18:57
rent a tent on the grounds there right
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absolutely
19:00
my dad started a long time ago he had
19:03
clubs coming
19:04
and saying hey we want to become a
19:05
corvette to carlisle just remember
19:07
where we can set up and we want to have
19:09
all of our clubs parked right next to
19:10
the tent
19:11
so what we did my dad started doing this
19:13
for about two years and he realized that
19:15
he created a monster
19:16
so quite frankly he said you know what
19:18
i'm gonna stop doing this but for
19:20
everybody that's in here
19:22
now club wise we're gonna grandfather
19:24
you in providing you
19:25
25 cars or more so we did that
19:28
strategically
19:29
long long long time ago and i've
19:31
continued that tradition so what we did
19:33
was create an
19:34
area where it's just tense and where the
19:36
clubs can all get together but you can
19:38
park your car
19:39
basically anywhere throughout the fun
19:41
field but you will not be parking
19:42
directly to your tent
19:44
so it's still a fun area and it's great
19:46
area for people just to get out of the
19:47
sun
19:48
hang out with their club members and
19:50
have fun so that's what it's all about
19:51
that's cool and the one of the biggest
19:53
events that you do is saturday night you
19:55
have a parade through downtown carlisle
19:58
that thing is massive and it's so much
20:00
fun because
20:01
it's nice to see not only the corvette
20:03
owners have so much camaraderie but
20:04
quite frankly the town of carlisle
20:07
really comes together there's bands
20:08
downtown that are playing music
20:10
it's just a very party-like atmosphere
20:13
and you're a part of this
20:15
monster parade of 400 plus cars
20:18
going through town and then we literally
20:20
stop in the center of town and just shut
20:22
down the entire town
20:23
so it's a lot of fun people just
20:25
absolutely love it
20:26
last year in fact dudakova we couldn't
20:28
have it so i'm thinking this year is
20:30
going to be a little bit crazy downtown
20:32
because there's a lot of pent up demand
20:34
i think you're right i think everybody's
20:36
aching to get out to shows and i think
20:38
this year's downtown parade is going to
20:39
be
20:40
awesome oh it will be a blast also this
20:42
year you're celebrating the 1971
20:44
corvette because it's the 50th
20:46
anniversary
20:47
and the 25th anniversary of the c4 grand
20:50
sport
20:51
talk about what those owners get and
20:53
what is going to happen during those
20:54
celebrations
20:55
absolutely the 71 core event we've
20:57
continued that theme
20:59
ever since 1953 just because of the fact
21:02
we had to keep
21:03
taking it you know since 2003 i should
21:06
say bringing
21:06
the 53s out to their 50th anniversary we
21:09
just continued that theme just because
21:11
people really enjoy
21:12
checking the different colors different
21:14
engine that type of stuff
21:16
so we've done that and we're continuing
21:18
that theme
21:19
and of course we can't put all the 71s
21:22
underneath the tent so
21:23
we do have an area where people can park
21:25
their cars and hang out and have fun
21:27
and really it's their time to shine and
21:30
let everybody come by look at their
21:31
beautiful cars and they can talk about
21:33
them and have fun so again bragging
21:35
rights
21:35
and the brand sport oh my gosh the skunk
21:38
group is such
21:39
a blast they're such good people they
21:41
love to get together and do a giant
21:43
blowout
21:44
every five years or so and now is their
21:46
reunion time so
21:48
if you want to see the most grand sports
21:50
that you've ever seen at
21:51
any event i guarantee you carlyle will
21:53
be your spot it's it's so neat to see
21:55
them come together
21:57
and i'll tell you what the pictures that
21:58
you get are just phenomenal
22:00
again it's just like-minded individuals
22:02
coming together having fun
22:03
and it really becomes finite because the
22:06
same people liking that particular car
22:08
it's just neat to see them all get
22:10
together and it's funny because all
22:12
their personalities are very similar and
22:13
it's just a
22:14
fun vibrant way to have a blast at a car
22:17
show
22:18
i can't wait to see those grand sports
22:19
and the 71 corvettes that'll be so much
22:22
fun
22:23
also seminars are a key element for
22:25
corvettes at carlisle
22:26
talk about the seminars i know that
22:28
master mechanic paul corner is going to
22:30
be there
22:31
talk about his seminars and the other
22:32
seminars that will be offered this year
22:34
we always try to get a different array
22:36
of seminars each year just because of
22:37
the fact we're trying to hit
22:39
every category essentially there's one
22:41
i'm talking to a gentleman
22:42
right now that does a big vlog on
22:45
youtube
22:45
and i think it's crucial to get
22:48
everybody involved just because of the
22:49
fact
22:50
it's important for people to see our
22:52
hobby growing and expanding
22:54
whether it's social media or just simply
22:57
your podcast for instance you'd be a
22:58
good one to do a seminar
23:00
no pressure buddy but we'll rope you in
23:02
i'll do one for you that'd be great
23:04
there you go
23:04
but i think it's a lot of fun for people
23:06
and it's interesting because a lot of
23:08
people won't take that step
23:09
reach out and say you know what i'm
23:11
going to do this i love the hobby and i
23:12
want to expand it further and that's
23:14
what you're doing
23:15
your passion shines through and it's
23:16
good for everybody well thank you
23:18
oh absolutely and you look at like paul
23:20
corner as you had mentioned
23:22
his seminar is unbelievable he carries
23:24
so much passion
23:25
it'll absolutely baffle you watching him
23:28
i think he
23:28
likes when your corvette breaks because
23:30
he can dive in and literally say okay
23:32
here's the problem
23:33
boom i'm gonna make it right he knows
23:35
every little issue on these cars
23:37
and i gotta tell you he saved a lot of
23:39
our different fun field participants
23:41
throughout the years because of the fact
23:42
their car may have broken down
23:44
paul will literally just come up and be
23:46
like okay here's what we need boom boom
23:47
boom he'll go down the list he'll be
23:49
done that car in an hour
23:50
and the people are just literally
23:51
hugging him at the end so the knowledge
23:54
that he has
23:55
he's almost like an encyclopedia for the
23:57
c5 and up gens it's unbelievable
24:00
what he can actually achieve in such a
24:02
short period of time
24:04
and the way that he conveys it to our
24:06
guests essentially it's like corvettes
24:08
for dummies on how to fix it and i'm one
24:10
of those dummies
24:11
i can break cars but i'm not very good
24:12
at repairing
24:14
you sound like me buddy that's for sure
24:16
and for those of you that are listening
24:17
and don't know paul corner
24:19
paul is a corvette master mechanic i've
24:22
seen him give seminars
24:23
and lance is right his enthusiasm just
24:26
pours through
24:27
and he will help you out if you bring
24:29
him over to your car he'll help you
24:31
solve the problem of what's going on
24:33
definitely go see a paul corner seminar
24:36
also lance this is so cool you can win a
24:38
2021
24:39
c8 corvette and a weekend stay at spring
24:42
mountain
24:43
how can people get registered for those
24:45
the 2021 corvette we actually have two
24:47
corvettes this year that we're going to
24:49
be giving away
24:49
wow one's going to be going away at fall
24:51
carlisle which is actually a cunningham
24:53
c8 corvette and it's a sweepstakes that
24:56
we do
24:56
and that's solely online so that's
24:58
chipmiller.org
25:00
or you could go directly to it it's
25:02
called corvettecontest.com again
25:05
corvettecontest.com
25:06
plenty of details and information about
25:08
that all the proceeds go to my father
25:10
chip miller amyloidosis foundation what
25:12
we're trying to do is
25:13
obviously encourage people to learn
25:15
about amyloidosis which is the disease
25:17
that took my father's life in 2004
25:20
and the other one is actually a raffle
25:23
car which will be given away
25:24
on saturday evening during corvettes at
25:26
carlisle those tickets are sold for 125
25:30
and they're only sold at our event or
25:32
you could send
25:33
in so you can find out more information
25:35
at carlisleevents.com on that particular
25:37
one
25:38
we typically sell out very quickly on
25:40
friday of the show for those tickets but
25:42
it's a lot of fun
25:44
hopefully we know the people that want
25:45
it if not i love hearing their
25:47
enthusiasm
25:48
when you pick up the phone call them and
25:50
tell them that they want it's it's just
25:51
phenomenal
25:52
that's fantastic and the weekend stay at
25:54
spring mountain is awesome as well
25:56
i tell people all the time that's like
25:58
my favorite place to go
26:00
not only are they incredible instructors
26:02
and teachers
26:03
but to have fun in a corvette at a
26:06
world-class facility i gotta tell you
26:08
spring mountain
26:09
has all the right ingredients and they
26:11
do it right you leave that place with a
26:13
big smile
26:14
but more so you leave it going i gotta
26:17
go back
26:17
and that's the way i feel every time i
26:19
go there it's such a good time and i
26:21
always encourage
26:22
every corvette owner not only go out and
26:24
drive your car
26:25
but go to spring mountain and see the
26:27
capability of these cars you'll be
26:29
absolutely blown away with how
26:31
phenomenal these things handle break
26:33
and of course where do you know how fast
26:35
they are so that's what it's all about
26:37
at spring mountain
26:38
they do a great job at teaching you how
26:39
to respect the car and quite frankly how
26:41
to drive it
26:42
on the edge i agree with you totally
26:44
when i went to spring mountain with my
26:45
c7
26:46
it was fantastic and for those of you
26:48
that have never been to spring mountain
26:50
it's like top gun for corvettes
26:52
they teach you how to drive that car to
26:54
the edge of the envelope
26:55
and the edge of the envelope for a c8
26:57
corvette is way out there so you're
26:59
going to have a great time
27:00
it would be neat if you could win that
27:02
weekend at spring mountain all right
27:04
hopefully lance we have wedded
27:05
everybody's appetite about coming to
27:07
corvettes at carlisle this year
27:09
how can someone register and also get a
27:11
hotel reservation
27:12
just stop in on carlisleevents.com on
27:15
our website and the hotel i told you
27:17
earlier amazingly enough
27:19
you get a better deal on our website
27:20
than anywhere else people think that we
27:22
have room blocks but reality is
27:24
on our website is by far the best prices
27:26
so i always encourage people just to go
27:28
there
27:28
and certainly register online at
27:31
carlisleevents.com
27:32
that sounds good and lance has been
27:34
gracious enough to give us
27:36
two fun field passes to give away on the
27:38
corvette today podcast
27:40
so you have one week to write me at
27:42
steve corvette todaypodcast.com
27:45
give me all your particular information
27:47
and we'll get you registered to win one
27:48
of two fun
27:49
field passes to corvettes at carlisle
27:52
coming up
27:52
august 26 through 28th of this year
27:55
lance thank you so much for being back
27:57
on corvette today
27:58
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28:00
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28:02
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