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Good
Sam Announces Date Change for the Upcoming 2015 Phoenix Rally
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Lincolnshire,
IL – October 2014 / Newsmaker Alert / Good
Sam, the world’s largest RV owner’s organization, announces a date
change for the upcoming Good Sam Phoenix
Rally, which was originally scheduled for March 19 - 22, 2015 at the
Phoenix International Raceway. The date change comes on the heels of the
release of NASCAR’s upcoming 2015 Sprint Cup Series race schedule.
The
race schedule, which was released on August 26, 2014, outlined that the
Phoenix International Raceway requested the race be held at the track on
March 15, 2015, instead of the original date of March 1, 2015. This new
date of the Phoenix race affects the scheduled Good Sam Phoenix Rally,
and the event has now been advanced to February 26 - March 1, 2015, with
early bird arrival dates of February 24 and 25.
“With
the new date of the NASCAR Phoenix race, we are left with no choice but
to advance our event in order to ensure a successful event while considering
the planning and logistics of this Rally,” said Marcus Lemonis, Chairman
and CEO of Good Sam. “We are extremely disappointed with this change and
the fact that we were not informed until late August, after we had already
published our Rally dates in May of 2014. We had begun discussions with
the track personnel in April and locked in the original dates at that time,
while it was not mentioned to our organization that the Phoenix International
Raceway was in discussions with NASCAR to change their original scheduled
race date.”
The
Good
Sam Club boasts a combined 14 years of experience hosting rally events.
Ten days before the attendees arrive, staff are on-site setting up tents,
building stages and laying out the parking site grids, including full electrical
hook-ups, for an anticipated 3,000 attendees. For the convenience, safety
and security of all those attending, the planning committee expressed concerns
that scheduling the event within 3 days of the race would not be sufficient.
Lemonis
continued, “We are committed to providing our rally-goers the best experience
possible with the latest in RV models and outdoor products, new and improved
RV and camping seminars and activities, and world-class entertainment.
We want our Rally goers to know that if this could have been avoided we
would have made other arrangements to alleviate any confusion and inconvenience
to our attending members and guests. We apologize for any inconvenience
this may have caused our guests.”
Visit
The Rally website at www.TheRally.com
to register online or call 800-701-1399 to stay up-to-date on entertainment
and daily activities as plans fall into place over the next several months.
About
Good Sam Club
The
Good Sam Club, www.GoodSam.com, is
the world’s largest RV owner’s organization with over 1.3 million member
families. Founded in 1966, the club offers its members a wide variety of
services, including the Good Sam Extended Service Plan, Roadside Assistance,
RV Financing, Good Sam Visa Card, Life & Health Insurance and member
discounts at parks, campgrounds, and RV events. Good Sam Club members also
receive a subscription to Highways, the club’s popular RV travel magazine.
Additionally, the club represents more than 1,500 local RV chapters designed
to bring RVers together from similar geographic regions for group camping
excursions. Extremely committed to its RV members as well as to the environment,
the club is a founder of the annual National Cleanup Day program and an
advocate of public land access, Adopt-A-Highway programs and Adopt-A-Park
programs.
Media
Contact:
Karen
Porter
847-229-6408
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