Gentlemen (and you truly are),
This year was simply amazing!! I really thought I(my car that is) wasn't going to make it Thuesday night after a lot of thrashing, but ONLY because of Gary Sharapata and Drew Baird not allowing me to WOOS OUT on Friday morning( and figuring out that I actually had a dead ignition module), we pushed the car on Drew's trailer & off we went! After a little thrashing Friday afternoon in the parking lot(Greg, thanks for the ride to the Ford Dealership), we fired & were ready to roll!!
Well, actually, we were ready to PARTY in the parking lot( THANKS DOUG REED!!!!!!!), and we all learned a lot about a lot of the attendees and we have pictures to prove it! Then it was Saturday morning and I lead a group of the Louisiana contingent over to the garage about 9:15am, and we announced our presence to those above us starting on level #4......YEEHAAAAAA!!
We all pulled in and we began to watch Cobra after Cobra afrer Cobra(replica cars, to be correct) pull around and force us deeper and deeper into full sensory overload! After lunch and the digital work of Jack Puryear for the group photo, we broke up into six groups of 10 cars for a Poker run of about 110 miles, ending at Joe Z's ranch! We were met with banners, flags, security, home brew, BBQ, Birthday cakes(five of us celebrated, with yours truly in the lead @ the posted speed limit..hint the numbers match).
After stuffing ourselves with hospitality and food, the business began.
After many prize give aways(thanks to Enzo & Paula @ the Finish Line and Gary Sharapata with Ford), LOTS of people were happy. Then after a well deserved thanks to Joe Z for the use of his home and property and to Tom Meadows for his truly magnificent leadership of our Club for the past year, the elections began.
After many votes, recounts and dangling chads, apparently Dennis Mosley bought enough votes to bring Houston the leadership role for the next year!!(this might not actually be true, but it is close enough!)
Then the music began, with Stretch & Bobby laying down some hot licks with a fabulous back up band!
We rolled out early Sunday morning, and beat most of the wind that came up, arriving home about 11:30 am.
Thanks Austin, it was a SMASHING SUCCESS ONCE AGAIN.
John Russell
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