Wake the Dragon 2025

[86salmon]

Save the dates!

Make your plans and join us at Deals Gap and the legendary Tail of the Dragon!

March 28-29 2025

If you're interested in coming along, join the CivicX+ Wake the Dragon group on Facebook

https://m.facebook.com/groups/wakethedragon/

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[Savannah@TSP]

Thanks for posting!

I'm happy to answer any questions about the event here in this thread should anyone have any.

 

[AngryPandaFL5]

I’m game! I’m on the south side of Atlanta and have been looking to ride around up there.

 

[Tougefl5]

Don't use Facebook however I'm definitely going to attend.

 

[Savannah@TSP]

Don't use Facebook however I'm definitely going to attend.

I am currently working on a website for all info to be streamlined.

 

[86salmon]

I'll post updates here as they come up as well

 

[86salmon]

I guess I should post some background info about the event for those unfamiliar


It's my favorite car meetup by far. I've also gone Classic Hondas on the Dragon a few times and will be back again this October. Wake is very different. While CHD is huge and has a great meetup portion with a large variety of old Hondas and wild builds, Wake is more curated. Wake the Dragon is about the roads

Some folks arrive the Wednesday or Thursday before so that they can get good clean runs on the Dragon and explore the Smokey Mountains.

On Friday, there's usually a newcomer drive in the morning. That evening there's a meet and greet and folks will get their welcome packets



Saturday there's traditionally a rally at the Fontana dam for a group photo before driving groups head out. Folks usually run the Dragon and loop back to Deals Gap via the Cherohala Skyway with stops for lunch and at the Killboy T-shirt shop and/or 129hub.

Groups are split up before hand by the pace drivers of are confident in running. Slow medium and fast. While we're up there to have fun, we encourage everyone to be safe and NOT push beyond your comfort, as well as maintaining proper mountain etiquette

After the days runs there's a car show at Fontana villages followed by a BBQ banquet and charity raffle that usually has pretty amazing door prizes

Honda pro Jason, Derek Robinson, Two Step Performance, Hybrid Racing, Unity Performance, and Wunderladen Racing were all present at last year's event and gave away gift certificates, a free tune, a shifter assembly and loads of other swag

The best part is being able to actually meet and talk to other enthusiasts. This meet is very much about the community and of course, that amazing bunch of roads!!


Things to see in the area? The Dragon and Skyway are both phenomenal drives. Dragon is white knuckle twists and turns. Skyway has long fast sweepers and pull offs with great views. Foothills parkway is a slow road along the top of a ridge with great views of the valleys below.

Also nearby are Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Maggie Valley, Pisgah National Forest, and Smokey Mountains National Park

The Blue ridge parkway runs through a lot of these sights. I love highway 28, the Moonshiner. It climbs up the mountain from Walhalla, SC all the way to Deals Gap and the Dragon. It's a great road with just as many technical sections as the Dragon, but more spread out and with great views, waterfall hikes, and nice towns along the way

Hope to see y'all there!

 

[86salmon]

Update on lodging at Fontana!

https://m.facebook.com/groups/wakethedragon/

https://bookings.travelclick.com/11...7w_aem_pTsn-UqYiLWLWPXPuUW5vQ#/guestsandrooms

 

[Djseto]

Awesome. I do an annual RX7 event thats very similar. It’s a blast up there. The dragon is getting repaved so there it should still be relatively fresh.

 

[86salmon]

Awesome. I do an annual RX7 event thats very similar. It’s a blast up there. The dragon is getting repaved so there it should still be relatively fresh.

Come join in with the FL5

The more the merrier!!

 

[Djseto]

I also have an FL5 (hence being on the forum). I live in NC so it’s not too bad of a drive for me. Trying to convince @PointByPatrol to join. I just gotta see when the RX7 meet is next year. If they are too close, its hard to get two hall passes from the wife.

Is this a Civic event or specifically FL5?

 

[Savannah@TSP]

I also have an FL5 (hence being on the forum). I live in NC so it’s not too bad of a drive for me. Trying to convince @PointByPatrol to join. I just gotta see when the RX7 meet is next year. If they are too close, its hard to get two hall passes from the wife.

Is this a Civic event or specifically FL5?

We'd love to have you both!

This is Honda/Acura event primarily catered to the 2016+ Hondas and Acuras, but we are definitely welcoming to the older generations! We had a 2nd gen CRX join us last year to name one of a few.

Other makes and models that are part of the Honda/Acura family have come in the past and are welcomed with open arms as well. We even have a special trophy for them at our car show called "Party Crasher".

 

[Djseto]

If there is a Party Crasher trophy, maybe I should bring my wife’s Odyssey

 

[86salmon]

Pics from last year's event

 

[BC504]

I've known Derek from HR since back in our 8th Gen days and he actually got in touch with me when he saw me post my car on FB after buying it in March, but there was no way I could make it this year. I'm already trying to pencil in next year's event though. I've done the dragon in my old scat pack so the civic should be a blast.

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