What is it with the rain? How many years have we consistently had wet concours events? I am getting tired of the wetness! Maybe next year we will have a backup location with a roof!
Other than the wet weather we had another excellent concours this year! The turnout was still acceptable even though the rain made for many no shows. Let’s see. We had my spider. We had the Durning’s spider. We had the Broussard’s spider. And we had a brand new car!!
No it was not a brand spanking new car freshly arrived from Europe. It was a new car to the group. While driving around town the day before, several of us stumbled upon a Giulia Super just like Mike Hemsley’s! It was almost identical in trim, engine, condition, etc. The biggest difference was color! And the even better news, the owner lives in the area! Now if only we can get him to join the club…
Hey maybe we can get this fellow to join if we give him a trophy! In what seems like a new tradition, the new guy took first prize. I seem to remember a 164LS doing that a few years ago. But hey, based on the competition the right car won both times! This blue Super was just fantastic. Of course having Mike Hemsley as a judge probably helps too.
Our other judge was a member who not only loves Alfas, but he also loves BMWs. He is the local BMW club’s president of all things!! So to take advantage of this joint member we invited the BMW club to our concours and the rally the day before. No one stuck around for the concours, but the door has been opened for joint events in the future! Perhaps one day this event will be as big as our annual rally in Jackson.
Speaking of rallying, we had one. A poker rally. on the day before the concours. Oh yeah, it rained. The day started off with so much rain we almost called off the poker rally for safety reasons! On the course were two low water bridges that could have been flooded! And of course debris is always an issue on back roads in the woods. Despite the weather we managed to get everyone underway. And we even had a few guests! Jeff Cobb joined us in his Lamborghini Espada. Chappy and Mickey came in a hot little miata. And finally, we had a new comer in a wonder Sunbeam Alpine. He was the bravest of them all. Some of the parts to the top and weather seals are still missing from his restoration. Among the actual club members we had the Broussards in their immaculate spider. Trying to keep Jeff from running him over was Marshal and son in his spider.
The winner was Chappy and Mickey. I have no idea what their time was. But I do know they had the better hand. Was there a big prize? Nope. Did everyone have a great time? Yes!! I think next year we will invite more groups, hold the rally earlier in the morning, and have a big prize for the winner. How does that sound? Yeah, I like it too! Not only that, but Ed wants to do the same for the concours. We want more cars, more clubs, more judges, and bigger prizes. So if you have any suggestions for how to make these events bigger and better for next year, let me know!! Till then, keep your car shiny and your tires warm.
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