Hello fellow Stone Bridge Drivers,
As you know our 2020 event has been canceled.
But we do have some unfinished business. Most of you responded to Carole to let her know which option you prefered and we appreciate that.
Here is a reminder of the 3 choices:
1. Get a full refund.
Although many of you responded, there are a number who haven’t gotten around to it yet and we need to know now, so that we can continue our planning for the 2021 event.
Founders Tour has 15 who haven’t responded yet.
FLX has 7.
Glenkhana still has one hold out.
There are 26 Glenora Runners.
Knapp Sporting Roadster has 10.
Concorso 11.
And Tour de Marque has 15.
Now I know, because we haven’t made the decision yet as to whether the 2021 Featured Marque will be Alfa Romeo or something else, that makes it hard for Tour de Marque and FLX participants to make a decision. That decision should be coming very soon. On the other hand if you choose the preferred option of donating your registration fee, the problem would be solved without having to wait for an announcement.
So if you are in that group of undecideds, please make up your mind and contact Carole at prom...@gmail.com or 607-535-3003 and let her know which event you are in and what your choice is. Do NOT reply to this email because that info goes to the wrong place.
Keep wearing your mask while keeping six feet from the car ahead,
Casey
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Hi John,
What I can tell you is that there are a number of factors that go into choosing each year’s Featured Marque. Some have to do with history, some have to do with logistics, and some have to do with how willing the various car clubs are to get involved. And then there are the numbers involved. Chances are Borgward is not going to be the featured marque anytime soon. No offense to all of you Borgward Izabella fans out there. And don’t expect the Humber Super Snipe in the near future either.
Additionally we like to consider what SVRA is doing relative to their featured marque. Does our featured marque have to be the same as theirs? Not necessarily, but it is better when the two coincide.
We try to schedule our featured marques a number of years in advance for planning purposes, although we don’t announce the next year’s pick until it is time because you never know what sort of pandemic might throw a monkey wrench into all of the planning.
Be patient, we should be able to announce the 2021 Featured Marque soon.
Casey
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Yes, every one of these emails goes to almost everyone on the Grand Prix Festival Committee. Yes, we pay attention to all of your comments. The good, the bad, and fortunately we don’t seem to get any of the ugly.
Just because we pay close attention, that doesn’t mean we will always agree with what you say or think. There are times when your comments seem to make a lot of sense, but there are some inner working type details that you are not aware of that can make your idea a nonstarter.
On the other hand there are times when your comments make so much sense, we take the suggestion and act on it. One that I can think of recently is that if we had been able to put on our event this year in it’s entirety, you would have seen that everyone that has anything to do with directing traffic (with the exception of the police) would have been wearing yellow/greenish safety vests. And you would have been instructed to follow their instructions and to ignore any directions from well-meaning people without one of those safety vests.
Franklin Street gets very crowded during your Stone Bridge Driver Laps. Lots of photographers, pedestrians, spectators and often a few people in the street who shouldn’t be there. From the perspective of a Stone Bridge Driver, trying to keep up with the car ahead, it can be a visual nightmare.
Last year some of you alerted us to this situation and we reacted and came up with what we hope will be a viable solution, or at least a big improvement. One of the things many of us on the committee learned from Terrie (who used to have a retail store in Pen Yann), was that you should always try to look at your business from the eyes of the customer. Try to see what the customer is seeing. Try to understand what the customer is experiencing.
As for this discussion relative to the Featured Marque, what you have been suggesting had been previously discussed at a number of our meetings and like a lot of those Pony Cars, it hasn’t gotten enough traction yet to get on the list, but it also hasn’t been taken off of the table yet. I realize that part of why those cars lacked traction was the amount of HP, but they also just didn’t have a lot or rear grip as compared to many of the European cars of that era. Including the under two liter Trans-Am race cars.
So, the idea is still on the table and we do appreciate your input. Be patient, we hope to have a decision on the 2021 Featured Marque fairly soon.
Remember that a major priority of the Grand Prix Festival, (beyond safety) is to Have Fun With Cars!
And you all know the next priority. To keep up with the car ahead of you.
Casey
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Remember that a major priority of the Grand Prix Festival, (beyond safety) is to Have Fun With Cars!
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A wise(a**), old(think moss-covered) saw doctor I know from Burdett NY once reminded me about 25yrs ago on the topic of safety:
“Without safety, you can only have fun once!”.
True then and true now. Keep up the great work Casey and team.
Woody
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Hi Christopher: I’m with you on the safety (don’t do something stupid and ruin it for everyone) and just plain having a good time with other car enthusiast.
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From the TDM page of the GPF website:
Featured Marques of the Past:
2019 - Triumph
2018 - Jaguar
2017 - Cars of the Autobahn
2016 - Corvette
2015 - Mazda (Miata's 25th Anniversary)
2014 - MG (90th Anniversary)
2013 - Mini
2012 - Ford Mustang
2011 - Datsun/Nissan
2010 - Alfa Romeo (100th Anniversary)
2009 - Morgan
2008 - Triumph
2007 - BMW
2006 - Porsche
2005 - Alfa Romeo
2004 - MG (80th Anniversary)
2003 - Corvette (50th Anniversary)
2002 - Mini
2001 - Cunningham
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Hello fellow Stine Bridge Drivers,
I am happy to announce that the Founders Tour has a new starting location, and a new name thanks to it’s new sponsor.
It is now the Ryan William Vineyard Founders Tour. Check them out at https://www.thetastingbarn.com/
The Grand Prix Festival Committee and the long time Founders Tour chair, Carl Benson are all looking forward to working with Ryan and the staff at the Ryan William Vineyard to make the 2021 Ryan William Vineyard Founders Tour a continued success and a fun event.
Those who are signed up for the 2021 Ryan William Vineyard Founders Tour will find the location and the operation there to be a real treat and a great way to start off your Grand Prix Festival day.
As for the 2021 featured marque decision, we are still in a holding pattern at the moment, but I expect that we will be reaching a decision fairly soon.
Keep on having fun with cars, buying wine, and keeping 6 feet from the car ahead, while wearing a mask.
Casey
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I’ll add an unsolicited plug: we ate lunch there early in the year before initial shutdowns and it was _very_ good.
W
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