Ocean City MD. Weekend

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Free State Corvette Club had their annual Ocean City(MD) Weekend on Oct 3rd and 4th. Over 670 Corvettes attending,with 200 cars participating in the car show and another 200 participating in the combination Gimmick Rally/Poker Run. The Club organized a cruise down the 2 mile Boardwalk followed by a Banquet at the Grand Hotel, good food, music and dancing. All proceeds went to the Spina Bifida Association. The weather was nice a little chilly but sunny most of the day.
Three of the CCDV members who showed their cars walked off with some awards.
Don and Sue Kellner recieved 3 awards, one for the Childrens Choice, first place for the Fun Display 68-77 C3s and lastly 2nd place for Race Prepared.
Ron Landis recieved honorable mention in the Fun Display catagory for 84-90 C4.
Greg Adams recieved honorable mention in the Fun Display catagory for C5s.

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Don and Sue cruising down the Boardwalk

[Mike Campbell]

Hey Don, thought you were going to e mail me so we could hook up down there? Anyway, it was a great weekend! The weather was great and my only disappointment was that I saw banners from the Free State Corvette Club, the Southern Maryland, the Northern Virginia, The Cumberland Valley Club, Allentown Area, The LAKES Club, Gettysburg , theDC area and the Skyline Club just to mention a few. Even though we ran into at least 8 other couples we knew, and there were at least 3 cars from our club in the show and 2 of which won major trophies, there wasn't any sign of our club. ;tt Next year I'm going to ask Bill Burkholder to borrow our club banner, and at least hang it on our motel railing. Plus, alot of these clubs, as far as I could see, didn't have cars that could hold a candle up to our club's. ;sm I really think that we should try to organize at least some sort of presense down there.;yn
What do you think?;tt;tt

[Glennm27]

I like that idea. I'd be in for next year. If this would be something we would attempt as a club, we should start talking now.
I would imagine that motel reservations need to be made well in advance.
I love going to these things, but would be more apt to travel that far for a show if I were going with a group.

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Mike I sent you an email by clicking on the email icon. It must not have gone thru or maybe the email address is no good. I was thinking the same thing about a CCDV sign, with a few thousand people milling about it hard to find anyone. The only people we were able to hook up with were Don and Sue Kellner, fortunately their C3 is easier to spot than a Banner.

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Cars lined up for judging

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Sweet C1

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Don Kellner standing third from left in a yellow shirt. He is recieving his Children's Choice Award. In front are some of the Children afflicted with Spina Bifida that chose Don's car for the Award.

[Norm Clemmer]

It's pretty difficult for me to believe that Don's car only came in 2nd for being prepaired for racing??? What did in the heck did number 1 look like????

[RichRog]

Don,

Great picks, sorry I couldn't make it.

Bill is looking for volunteers for a special events committee he is trying to organize. After a superb job with the road rally, taking part in both Ocean City events (NJ & MD) and posting great pictures on the web site for all three events, you need to get involved. You could definitely be an asset to that committee and also the club.

What do you think?


Rich

[Mike Campbell]

Interesting questions guys. As to Don Kellner's car only coming in second as raced prepared,I only saw a couple of other cars set up that way. One only had harness belts and a NO bottle, but no roll bar! The second one just had numbers on it, but who knows?
I saw the kids checking notes, so, maybe that's who judged the cars.
And Don, if you want to set up an organized trip, we can help you with motel input and added info. ;yn Plus, the place where we stayed is totally booked for next year due to a simultaneous "surf fishing convention"...;faz We know a couple other places that may be in expensive.

[Bill Burkholder]

Your right !! Don has done a great job and I'm going to talk to him on Thursday night about a special job....Bill

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I was also amazed that Don's car came in 2nd, when I asked him why he said that they had overlooked a small amount of debris on one of the seats and that was enough to drop him down just enough points to cost him first place.
I've been to a few of these Boardwalk events and they are a lot of fun we need to get a Boardwalk here in the Delaware Valley. You know if Pennsylvania raises all the bridges that span the Delaware River at the same time New Jersey just might float away and w'ell have instant beachfront property. ;bt