LilRedCorvette
07-16-2008, 06:59 PM
Posting this for the Nolens, got it in my email box, thought you'd all enjoy...
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Rallye 3 Wrap-up
What a great turnout for Rallye 3, the Nolen’s Ultra Mega Easy Rallye!! We had 26 people and 11 cars come out and participate in this season’s third rallye. The rallye route wandered through Burke and Springfield and began and ended at Glory Days Grill in Burke.
Our day started with a rallye 101 review. Thanks to Chuck Pellerin, who gave a brief overview of rallye rules and expectations to the newcomers. Chuck and Karen also very kindly served as the rallye checkers for our route. The driver’s meeting followed, where NVCC President Rich Mars piped in his opinion on rallye topics from A to Z. The president’s lovely wife, Rita, elbowed him for edits.
The first car, Sherie and Gary Essex, left the lot at 11:00 a.m. and the first couple back to the restaurant was first time rallye-ers Ahsan and Cindy Sheikh. We had such a great turnout of new rallye participants, including Ken and Melanie Oppenheimer, who are considering club membership, Cindy and Sheikh, Gary and Sherie, Paul Cestone and his son Russell, John Palmgren, and relative newcomers Jerry and Irene Lelansky. Rallye pros included Fred and Claudia Wendling, Alice Arielly and Jack Hufnagle, Rich and Rita Mars, and Don Ellenberger.
Scores were very close, with only mileage separating both 1st and 2nd place and 3rd and 4th place. The standings were as follows:
1st place: Fred and Claudia Wendling
2nd place: Alice Arielly and Jack Hufnagle
3rd place: Rich and Rita Mars
4th place: Ahsan and Cindy Sheikh
We also ran a poker hand. Ken and Melanie Oppenheimer won with a flush as the high hand. Fred and Claudia Wendling took the low hand with a truly awful poker combination. Congrats to both couples!
All in all it was a great day - special thanks to all who came out, including Andrej Balanc and Don and Judy Patrick. The next official rallye is on Sunday, September 28 and will be hosted by Ahsan and Cindy Sheikh. The Sheikh’s plan to have the rallye run from the Manassas area to Harper’s Ferry. Stay tuned for more details on their rallye, and we will post pictures from rallye #3 to the website as soon as possible.
-Nicole and Cassidy Nolen
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Rallye 3 Wrap-up
What a great turnout for Rallye 3, the Nolen’s Ultra Mega Easy Rallye!! We had 26 people and 11 cars come out and participate in this season’s third rallye. The rallye route wandered through Burke and Springfield and began and ended at Glory Days Grill in Burke.
Our day started with a rallye 101 review. Thanks to Chuck Pellerin, who gave a brief overview of rallye rules and expectations to the newcomers. Chuck and Karen also very kindly served as the rallye checkers for our route. The driver’s meeting followed, where NVCC President Rich Mars piped in his opinion on rallye topics from A to Z. The president’s lovely wife, Rita, elbowed him for edits.
The first car, Sherie and Gary Essex, left the lot at 11:00 a.m. and the first couple back to the restaurant was first time rallye-ers Ahsan and Cindy Sheikh. We had such a great turnout of new rallye participants, including Ken and Melanie Oppenheimer, who are considering club membership, Cindy and Sheikh, Gary and Sherie, Paul Cestone and his son Russell, John Palmgren, and relative newcomers Jerry and Irene Lelansky. Rallye pros included Fred and Claudia Wendling, Alice Arielly and Jack Hufnagle, Rich and Rita Mars, and Don Ellenberger.
Scores were very close, with only mileage separating both 1st and 2nd place and 3rd and 4th place. The standings were as follows:
1st place: Fred and Claudia Wendling
2nd place: Alice Arielly and Jack Hufnagle
3rd place: Rich and Rita Mars
4th place: Ahsan and Cindy Sheikh
We also ran a poker hand. Ken and Melanie Oppenheimer won with a flush as the high hand. Fred and Claudia Wendling took the low hand with a truly awful poker combination. Congrats to both couples!
All in all it was a great day - special thanks to all who came out, including Andrej Balanc and Don and Judy Patrick. The next official rallye is on Sunday, September 28 and will be hosted by Ahsan and Cindy Sheikh. The Sheikh’s plan to have the rallye run from the Manassas area to Harper’s Ferry. Stay tuned for more details on their rallye, and we will post pictures from rallye #3 to the website as soon as possible.
-Nicole and Cassidy Nolen