Our First Award

In late September of 2005 we participated in a rally in Southampton, NY (yes, THAT Hampton, with all the "bling bling") for a charity rally. After the rally we ended up in our own wine country on the North Fork of Long Island for an awards ceremony (free wine and food at Pindar Vineyards).

Well, we came in next to last out of 80 cars in the rally - seems that stopping twice to clear dirt out of the float needles is not a way to win a 2 hour rally. Especially when some of the Mercedes and BMW owners were cheating and using their built-in GPS systems!

BUT, they had a "People's Choice Award" for the most popular car and we tied for first place with a gorgeous '69 Shelby Mustang! We won a bottle of Pindar wine - nothing to hang on the wall, but better than the taste of gasoline in my mouth from blowing out the needle valves (I installed an in-line filter the following weekend).

Here's a picture of us with our "trophy".