[Dirty Harry]

You see? It has to be about the cars. It's these cars that brings us together as a family. Otherwise we'd be just a big group of Type-A guys highly unlikely to ever show up all at once at a sleepy little Midwestern town, just to see what was new in strawberries.

DV was a visionary creator of an extraordinarily fun event that has continued against the odds of likelihood. We really do take over a small town and do burnouts in front of the Methodist church and go screaming down the street in front of peoples' front porches. How many towns would put up with us? We really do caravan around and have car shows and dinners and poker runs and autocross races. We really have taken over an airport and screamed up and down the runway. We've done some good for Jenny and the others along the way.

Now, the event has gotten really big. DV is going to be challenged, geographically, and may need more help than ever before. Any past problems should be regarded as nothing more than suggestions for future events. The product can be refined further with cooperative effort from all us, Type-A though we may be. Let's spend this winter cooperating and communicating like a well-functioning group and reconvene in person for some more self-indulgent fun. Be safe.