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VCRA at the HEMMINGS CHALLENGE RALLY 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 2008 Hemmings Challenge
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Fifty four of America’s premiere rally teams, including seven past world championship teams, took the green flag on June 23rd to begin the 2nd annual Hemmings Challenge Vintage Car Rally in Rogers, Arkansas. For the next five days, under near perfect weather conditions (only a brief rain on Monday hampered the entire event weatherwise) the racers rallied to five select “Host Cities” for spectacular lunch stops. These cities, all vying for a $5,000 prize for “Best Lunch Stop”, Van Buren, Ar, Joplin, Mo, Claremore, Ok, Muskogee, Ok and Eureka Springs, Ar each welcomed the racers with their selected theme that exhibited tremendous enthusiasm and originality. After a delicious lunch and a brief rest, the racers rallied back to the Embassy Suites host hotel in Rogers each night for a well deserved rest and, perhaps, even an impromptu rally school in the hotel lounge. Tuesday’s day of rallying finished at the Simple Pleasure’s meeting center just outside of Bella Vista, Ar. A special dinner of Cajun food was enjoyed courtesy of Tony Chachere’s Creole Foods out of Opelousas, La. (Thanks Guys!) Along with the great food and special drink, there was live entertainment and a good time was had by all. ( And thanks to Richard Fredette for arranging that) So how did it turn out..well, here are some interesting facts: number of husband / wife teams – 9 , number of father/son-daughter & grandfather / grandson- granddaughter teams – 11 , brother /sister team -1, high school teams -1 with a contingent of 10 team members….what a blessing that we have so many young folks coming up in the sport (and as I spoke with some of the younger ones _WATCH OUT-these kids are smart!) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total number of Aces scored | Gold Cup - 87 WOW! | Ace Winners with 8 Aces - #17 Kuck/Kuck | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total number of Aces scored | Silver Cup - 26 " | Ace Winners with 4 Aces - #10 Mace/Heneley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overall Winners of the 2008 Hemmings Challenge |
| Gold Cup | 1st Place | - | #19 Weyer / Curtis | - | total score 0m43.31s |
| 2nd Place | - | #27 Stumb/Stumb | - | total score 0m46.40s | |
| 3rd Place | - | #35 Jason/Jason | - | total score 0m48.51s | |
| Silver Cup | 1st Place | - | #10 Mace/Heneley | - | total score 0m43.31s |
| 2nd Place | - | #99 Brothers/Brothers | - | total score 2m13.63s | |
| 3rd Place | - | #39 Dortch/Renfro | - | total score 2m28.92s | |
| Tin Cup | 1st Place | - | #137 Nelson/Titusville | - | total score 10m27.84s |
| Tour | 1st Place | - | #52 Darrow/Darrow | - | total score 5m13.00s |
HOST CITY WINNER:
After the votes were tallied, and it was a very close vote indeed, the city of Muskogee, Oklahoma was declared the winner of the “Best Lunch Stop” for the Hemmings Challenge. I think you will agree that all the cities we visited were truly winners…each had a special theme and every one had their strong points..but you, the racer, have choosen the winner.. CONGRATULATIONS MUSKOGEE…a $5,000 check is on the way for your favorite city project.
Congratulations to the winners and to all those who participated! You are all truly winners…with your help, and the tremendous response to the silent auction headed up by Pat & Pat Brothers, we were able to contribute $10,000 to the Autism Society of America. As soon as the fiscal year ends we will post the total additional dollars VCRA will contribute to the charity.
And how about a hand for the Embassy Suites!! What a great venue! And to the city of Rogers for inviting us..and to our sponsors, a hearty thank you….you are the ones that make this all possible..we, and all the racers, truly appreciate all you do! And a special thanks to all the volunteers who took their time to make this a successful event..we cannot do it without you!
Now its on to the next VCRA event…get your entry in now to the Michigan Cider Run in Livonia, Michigan….September 5-7…as it develops we will post information, but we all know it will be a great event…and it’s the first “Points” event… ENTER NOW..entry forms on the web site.
THANK YOU ALL….WE HOPE YOU HAD AS MUCH FUN AS WE DID!! MORE LATER!!!
