| Winner: |
 The
winner of the new R1150R given away May 25th at the
awards ceremony was Chris Kochengur of Pennsylvania.
Congratulations Chris! |
| Food: |
1,680
|
pounds
of chicken |
| |
700
|
pounds
of curly fries/baked potatoes |
| |
250
|
pounds
of barbecue pork |
| |
400
|
pounds
of chopped/baked onions |
| |
360
|
pounds
of cole slaw |
| |
3,800
|
pancakes
(1,200 the first morning) |
| |
12,901
|
pickels |
| |
16
|
gallons
peaches |
| |
100
|
pounds
of peanuts |
| |
36
|
pounds
of popcorn |
| |
0
|
bottles
of Pepto-Bismol |
| People: |
There
were 627 people who attended (up from 588 last year)
from 25 states and 1 foreign country, Bermuda. |
| Field
Events: |
Solo
Event - Slow Race
1st place - Sonny Johns
2nd place - Charles Cloud
|
| |
Puzzle
Race
1st place - Sonny Johns & Skirt
2nd place - Ethan & Harry Wilson |
| |
Wet
T-shirt contest (T-shirt throw)
1st place - Wayde Barnes and Wayde
Barnes II
2nd place - Hiram Basemore &
? |
| Weather: |
The
weather was perfect; cool the first two days and warm
and breezy Saturday and Sunday. No rain. |
| Donations: |
The
remaining chicken, cole slaw, loaves of bread plus
butter and canned goods were donated to the Breaking
Free Rescue Mission. |
| Special thanks |
goes
to Venture BMW Motorcycles of Birmingham for providing
demo rides and Meadow Gold Dairies for providing a
refrigerator truck. Let's not forget all you who pitched
in large and small to make this a great rally. Without
all the volunteer help, we wouldn't have been able
to pull off one of the best rallies in the country. |
| Vendors: |
Bloodworth
Motorsports
Cloud Nine Massages - Terese Stevens
Helmet Sunblocker
Hucky's Spare Parts
Lee's Motorcycle Accessories
Memphis
Motor Werks
MotoLight
Motorrad
Electric
Venture
BMW |
| Door
Prizes: |
Bike
cover - Venture
Kermit chair - Kermit
Gear bag & Sweather - Metzler
Works Performance - six $50 certificates
Progressive - $75 certificate
Dennis Kirk - $50 certificate
Mustang - $35 certificate
Ron Barooby - 6 bike logs
Dells Gap Campground - two 3 nights stay
|
| Photographs: |
Digital
photos from Steve Merrill (coming soon) |
| Contact: |
E-mail:
vheadric@bellsouth.net |
