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July 2017 Navigator Newsletter

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NORTHEAST RALLY CLUB

P.O. BOX 547 MILLSBORO, DE 19966

It’s summer and fall is coming, time to get your rally shoes on.  The Pumpkin Run 2017 is almost ready to go.  Jim Feeney is entering the instructions as I send this letter and entry form.  I have enclosed an entry form, but they can be printed from our website (thanks Joe Roche) www.northeastrallyclub.com.  I have blocked a number of rooms at the MICROTEL by Wyndham in Georgetown, our host hotel for the last two years (302-858-5111).  They have another function the same weekend so if you plan to join us, make your reservations now and ask for the NORTHEAST RALLY CLUB rate and also ask about their cancellation policy.  They are holding our block of rooms until September 15th.

Another Great Race is now history.  If you attended last year’s Pumpkin Run you will remember this year’s winners. Beth Gentry and Jody Knowles were the overall winners with Beth’s daughters (also ran in the Pumpkin Run) winning the Rookie Division.  There were many from the Northeast Rally Club entered in this year’s Great Race and I have listed them on page 2.

Again, if you plan to join us in October, please return your entry form as soon as possible.  If you have any questions, please call me (302-934-1246) or email me at rhb19966@verizon.net.

Enjoy your summer and mark your calendar now for the 17th annual Pumpkin Run.

 

Bob Bryan

 

 

 

GREAT RACE 2017

Howard and Doug Sharp (3rd overall and 1st in Grand Champion Class)

Harald von Langsdorff and Steve McKelvie

David and Paul Dort

Josh Hull and Trevor Stahl (7th overall and 5th Expert Class)

Ken Creary and Lauren States

Brian Blood and Steve Keller

Dave Haverty and Steve Pusey

Gary and Jean Ann Martin

John Corey and Dale Kasson

Sam and Anne Pratt

Jim and Louise Feeney (10th overall)

Larry Tribble and Rock Rookey

Brian Lockwood and Chris Millikin

Steve and Ed Tourje

Bob Bryan and Mike Bitterman

John and Scott Hudson  (6th overall and 4th Expert Class)

Olivia and Genna Gentry (1st Rookie Class)

Jody Knowles and Beth Gentry (1st overall and 1 Expert Class)

Bill and Susan Greene

Guy McDorr

 

2017 Pumpkin Run Entry Form

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Pumpkin Run Entry Form

Remember, the earlier you get your entry in, the better your start position on Friday and Saturday.

We have a block of rooms at the MICROTEL by Wyndham.  Please ask for the Northeast Rally Club rates.  Please, if you are thinking about joining us, make your reservations NOW, you can cancel if necessary (check their policy for cancellation).  Rooms are limited and our group rate is for rooms booked PRIOR to September 15, 2017 (call 302-858-5111).

NERC at the 2017 Great Race

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What an exciting event the 2017 Great Race must have been.  Yes, I was stuck at home, working…  🙁 But I did check on the progress every day, looking for NERC members accomplishments!

Where to start?

How about the winner? Jody Knowles and Beth Gentry won the whole thing!

How about Howard and Doug Sharp pulling off a 3rd place overall and Grand Champion Division win in that 1916 Hudson! 1:05 over 9 stages, factored to 0:42.90. Great job fellas!

How about Scott Hudson coming out of ‘retirement’ and rejoining his Grandfather John Hudson’ s “Stovebolt” team to run 4th overall and 3rd in Expert Division with 0:54 raw factored to 0:45.9 (Sharps “old car’d” them again!!)

Awesome, awesome, awesome.  I can’t tell you how happy we are at the number of NERC competitors and how well they did.  Full results are here

Here is the NERC list:

Howard and Doug Sharp (3rd overall and 1st in Grand Champion Class)

Harald von Langsdorff and Steve McKelvie

David and Paul Dort

Josh Hull and Trevor Stahl (7th overall and 5th Expert Class)

Ken Creary and Lauren States

Brian Blood and Steve Keller

Dave Haverty and Steve Pusey

Gary and Jean Ann Martin

John Corey and Dale Kasson

Sam and Anne Pratt

Jim and Louise Feeney (10th overall)

Larry Tribble and Rock Rookey

Brian Lockwood and Chris Millikin

Steve and Ed Tourje

Bob Bryan and Mike Bitterman

John and Scott Hudson  (6th overall and 4th Expert Class)

Olivia and Genna Gentry (1st Rookie Class)

Jody Knowles and Beth Gentry (1st overall and 1 Expert Class)

Bill and Susan Greene

Guy McDorr

Remember, next on the calendar is the Pumpkin Run.  As soon as Bob gets done resting we will have the entry forms right here.  Stay tuned!!!

The Great Race talks about Team 60

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I have to mention that we have watched Scott grow from a young boy to a man and we are all very proud of his accomplishments. Quite frankly, we take credit for them! Not to mention his grandfather John, one of the nicest guys out there AND a great mechanic to boot! Let’s Go Team 60!!

http://www.greatrace.com/news/penn-york-rally-2017.html

John and Scott Hudson tuned up for the Great Race with a win in late May in the Penn-York Rally in Beach Lake, Pennsylvania. They got out to a large lead on Day 1 in their 1940 Chevrolet and never looked back. They beat out two-time Great Race champions Howard and Doug Sharp from Fairport, New York, in their 1916 Hudson Hillclimber. The event was a fundraiser for the Beach Lake Volunteer Fire Department.

In other Northeast Rally Club news, the Sharps announced that they will host next spring’s rally in early May in Fairport, New York. The one they held there in the Spring of 2016 had one of the largest turnouts of cars at any NERC event ever. More details can be found at www.northeastrallyclub.com.