Thanks to all that have been posting about what a great weekend we had at the All Chrysler Nationals in Carlisle. Sorry this is a bit delayed! Here's an official run down of the weekend for those who could not join in the fun!
Thursday started pretty early for some as the travel to Carlisle began. Hank already having experienced car trouble was not to be counted out and arrived to transport food in his 300C rental. Goofy and Goody Sr. arrived to our new hotel first and scoped it out. Not only was it clean, but they had cookies in the lobby for all to enjoy! A mid afternoon lunch with 14 friends was a great way to start! Some afternoon shopping and last minute errands lead the group to dinner at Fudruckers. A meet would not be complete without a late night in the parking lot sharing laughs, stories, and drinks! Here, it was officially decided by John that sleep at a 300M meet is optional and certainly a luxury! This would prove to be true as the weekend continued!
Friday was our first day at the show field and required lots of set up for our M&M theme. The life-size characters were hung on the tent posts, and handmade garland was strung around the tent. Balloons were tied to the tent, welcome sign displayed, trophies set up, and Ms lined up! A relaxed breakfast was enjoyed and the heat was turned up!
Dinner Friday was at Texas Roadhouse where we were so nicely reminded by Scott that it was Stan's "birthday' and he was placed on a saddle, with a sombrero on his head, for a birthday "yeehaw'...find the video here (
Saturday started at 0'dark thirty with a group...yes, a group of people! Craig and Tyler fresh in from Ohio, Robert and Bob scrubbing away, and others trickled in for the day. A delicious themed breakfast of M&M pancakes was enjoyed and again, the heat was turned up! We hit 109 before the day was over!! Thank goodness for Charlotte and Gwen, Bill and Colleen's girls, who has spray bottles to cool everyone off!
Our annual club dinner at the Fire House had a huge group if people and it was so nice to have the entire upstairs to ourselves! While Seth and Tyler tormented the waitress, all dined on Duck Cakes (except Alan) and enjoyed a delicious meal. An exciting raffle left all with prizes and club awards were distributed.
Most Cruisin- Igor Nechaev 5500 miles (We will also be renaming our Most Cruisin award at Carlisle going forward. It will become- The Igor Nechaev Commemorative Most Cruisin Award)
Most Cruisin USA- Stan Walker
Most Original- John Benjamin
Most Clean- Bob Day
Most Custom- Alan Wittstein
Kid's Choice- Cindy & Dave Cochran
Member's Choice- Lindsey Clarkson
President's Choice- Tyler Campfield
Sight & Sound- Keith Jarvis
Best In Show- Cindy & Dave Cochran
Congrats to all!
Converging on the hotel parking lot for the Sight and Sound competition - 4 GREAT competitors each with impressive setups!! Again, the voting was close but found Keith winning by one vote. To top it off, the group gathered to enjoy a LED lit cake and toast to John Wyche with precious. The night was not over until Alan's car was wrapped up for bed....literally with a roll of cling wrap!
Sunday morning was quiet in the parking lot and as we all rolled into the show field a bit more exhausted the showfield winners were announced. It was great to support both the 300M and LH category as they took part in the parade. Our groups was certainly the loudest and nice to have all winners take place in the parade. Congrats again!
As the group began to depart some major packing of the cars took place to be sure our tent was cleaned and all items had a home! Many thanks to all again for helping to transport various items throughout the weekend (and back home - Jimmy!). The contributions of all really made the weekend a success!
All in all it was another outstanding meet! We had 4 new members join the club over the weekend, took a get well group photo for Ron's wife, managed to entertain some with Bob and Lindsey's M&M costumes and Mike's outfits, and share in many laughs! It was a great turn out of club members - the regulars and some of the news young guys! It's always great to expand our family at meets and we look forward to seeing you all next year!!
Thursday started pretty early for some as the travel to Carlisle began. Hank already having experienced car trouble was not to be counted out and arrived to transport food in his 300C rental. Goofy and Goody Sr. arrived to our new hotel first and scoped it out. Not only was it clean, but they had cookies in the lobby for all to enjoy! A mid afternoon lunch with 14 friends was a great way to start! Some afternoon shopping and last minute errands lead the group to dinner at Fudruckers. A meet would not be complete without a late night in the parking lot sharing laughs, stories, and drinks! Here, it was officially decided by John that sleep at a 300M meet is optional and certainly a luxury! This would prove to be true as the weekend continued!
Friday was our first day at the show field and required lots of set up for our M&M theme. The life-size characters were hung on the tent posts, and handmade garland was strung around the tent. Balloons were tied to the tent, welcome sign displayed, trophies set up, and Ms lined up! A relaxed breakfast was enjoyed and the heat was turned up!
Dinner Friday was at Texas Roadhouse where we were so nicely reminded by Scott that it was Stan's "birthday' and he was placed on a saddle, with a sombrero on his head, for a birthday "yeehaw'...find the video here (
)!!
Saturday started at 0'dark thirty with a group...yes, a group of people! Craig and Tyler fresh in from Ohio, Robert and Bob scrubbing away, and others trickled in for the day. A delicious themed breakfast of M&M pancakes was enjoyed and again, the heat was turned up! We hit 109 before the day was over!! Thank goodness for Charlotte and Gwen, Bill and Colleen's girls, who has spray bottles to cool everyone off!
Our annual club dinner at the Fire House had a huge group if people and it was so nice to have the entire upstairs to ourselves! While Seth and Tyler tormented the waitress, all dined on Duck Cakes (except Alan) and enjoyed a delicious meal. An exciting raffle left all with prizes and club awards were distributed.
Most Cruisin- Igor Nechaev 5500 miles (We will also be renaming our Most Cruisin award at Carlisle going forward. It will become- The Igor Nechaev Commemorative Most Cruisin Award)
Most Cruisin USA- Stan Walker
Most Original- John Benjamin
Most Clean- Bob Day
Most Custom- Alan Wittstein
Kid's Choice- Cindy & Dave Cochran
Member's Choice- Lindsey Clarkson
President's Choice- Tyler Campfield
Sight & Sound- Keith Jarvis
Best In Show- Cindy & Dave Cochran
Congrats to all!
Converging on the hotel parking lot for the Sight and Sound competition - 4 GREAT competitors each with impressive setups!! Again, the voting was close but found Keith winning by one vote. To top it off, the group gathered to enjoy a LED lit cake and toast to John Wyche with precious. The night was not over until Alan's car was wrapped up for bed....literally with a roll of cling wrap!
Sunday morning was quiet in the parking lot and as we all rolled into the show field a bit more exhausted the showfield winners were announced. It was great to support both the 300M and LH category as they took part in the parade. Our groups was certainly the loudest and nice to have all winners take place in the parade. Congrats again!
As the group began to depart some major packing of the cars took place to be sure our tent was cleaned and all items had a home! Many thanks to all again for helping to transport various items throughout the weekend (and back home - Jimmy!). The contributions of all really made the weekend a success!
All in all it was another outstanding meet! We had 4 new members join the club over the weekend, took a get well group photo for Ron's wife, managed to entertain some with Bob and Lindsey's M&M costumes and Mike's outfits, and share in many laughs! It was a great turn out of club members - the regulars and some of the news young guys! It's always great to expand our family at meets and we look forward to seeing you all next year!!
Lindsey
2022 Club Treasurer
Ride of the Month Winner: September 2017, May 2019, December 2022
Ride of the Year Winner: 2022
My what, my why, and my how:
2022 Club Treasurer
Ride of the Month Winner: September 2017, May 2019, December 2022
Ride of the Year Winner: 2022
My what, my why, and my how:
