No.  The interest had been up before then.  Mainly from word of mouth.  The
surfacing on Car Talk is more a sign of the event's growing popularity
rather than a cause.  Although the mention has generated new web traffic
from people searching "syncro de mayo" on Google.  So it may result in a
few new attendees, who knows.  But it's mostly the core western US syncro
folks who pull together each year and make it such a great event.  Lots of
talented people pitch in to make it something special.  We enjoy the event
as much as our syncros and thus give it the same kind of love and attention
to detail.  After 6 years of doing it, we're getting good at it, too!

At 03:22 PM 2/6/2005 -0500, Brien K Dews CC wrote:
>I wonder if all the extra interest is a result of the plug the event got
>on NPR's Car Talk a couple of weeks ago?
>
>Brien K Dews CC
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>From: <mailto:steve@syncro.org>Steve Schwenk
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>Mayo 2005
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> >Is this event just for syncro vans?
>
>No, we welcome all VW busses and exotic euro off road vehicles, but syncros
>get priority early registration.  Once early registration closes, anyone
>can register.  We will close registration when we reach 75 vehicles.  We
>could actually reach that this year if interest remains as high as it has
>been.  There have been a lot of inquiries about the event, more than any
>year in the past.  My guess is we will have 10-20% more people this year.
>
>Registration form will be posted by the end of the week (Sunday).
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