How many of the attendees were list members?
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite and stuck on the left coast.
Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 5/16/03 2:22:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu writes:
>
> > The Rally apparently went off with out a hitch, well except for the
> > rain. But that was Tuesday, I got there early Wed AM.
>
> - - - - - - - - - -
>
> Well, I was there for the rally. I had to be, I wrote it.
>
> The rally did go well, even in the light rain. At least two cars ran
> topless. We had 19 Spridgets (all Sprites, I think) and two non-Brit cars.
> John Sprinzel DID rally with us!! (THAT made MY day!!) Sorry he didn't win.
> :-( 7 cars ran in the Experienced class, 2 in Class X (non-Spridget) and
> the rest were novices.
>
> The rally was a question and answer, gimmick rally of 90 miles. Central PA
> is mostly hills, so it did resemble a hillclimb. John told me he would have
> liked trying those hills in his Porsche 911! There were some challenging
> hills for our little cars.
>
> No one got lost, no one opened their emergency envelope, and only one car
> broke down, with a dead generator resulting in a really flat battery. I used
> time as a tie-breaker, telling everyone that it should take 3 hours to
> complete the course. Fastest time was 2 hrs, 45 min., and closest to 3 hours
> was 3 hrs, 4/100 min. That's right, they were only 4 hundreths of a minute
> late. (Less than 3 seconds.) And that car was in the novice class.
>
> We partied at a nifty restaurant in the woods someplace, and had a Hawaiian
> buffet. Great food, great people, loads of fun. And I had Daniel Stapleton
> and John Sprinzel help me hand out awards!!! I had a lot of fun all day,
> even though I had to drive my Ford to the rally. There was just too much
> "stuff" to fit in the Midget. It was nice using the cruise control on the
> Turnpike, though!
>
> I'll try to remember to post the list of winners next week. Actually, they
> were all winners!
>
> Allen Hefner
> Phila. Region SCCA Rally Steward
> '77 MG Midget (#51 FSP)
> '75 MG Midget (The Project)
> '99 Ford Contour SE Sport (24v V6)
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