356 Registry East Coast Holiday, June 2007
There is a lot of latitude in the geographical designation of the 356
Registry's East Coast Holiday, and fortunately for those of us who live
in the Midwest, in 2007 there was a good deal of longitude as well. That
year's event was actually held on the west coast--of Michigan that is,
in Harbor Springs, just a few hundred miles north of Chicago.
One of the driving events at the holiday was a timed hill climb. Although the course ran through a residential neighborhood, spectators were not allowed beyond the starting gate, so the opportunities to take photographs were limited.
66 drivers competed in the hill climb, all but one completing the course with times ranging from 56.5 to 87.4 seconds. The group included four members of the Midwest 356 Club, who placed as follows:
The starting gate of the hill climb.
The starting gate of the hill climb.
Cars queuing up for the hillclimb.
More cars queuing up for the hillclimb.
Still more cars queuing up for the hillclimb.
Checking in at the Boyne Highlands resort hotel.
A rare 1952 America Roadster.
Tom Klingbeil's Speedster and Marion Elmquist's Roadster
The culminating event of the holiday was, as always, a People's Choice Concours d'Élégance. Our cars were well represented on the concours field and in the winners' circle.
The following club members were winners in the ECH 2007 people's choice concours:
Concours field, Convertible Ds and Speedsters.
Concours field, B and C cars.
Jeff Leas wins a ribbon.
Tom Funk shows off Tom Klingbeil's ribbon.
Tom Klingbeil's Speedster is No Fake, and it's a winner.
Howard Yefsky's Convertible D is orange too, and it won First
Place.
Jeff and Pam Leas with their prize-winning Coupe.
Larry Petry with his prize-winning Roadster.
One of the driving events at the holiday was a timed hill climb. Although the course ran through a residential neighborhood, spectators were not allowed beyond the starting gate, so the opportunities to take photographs were limited.
66 drivers competed in the hill climb, all but one completing the course with times ranging from 56.5 to 87.4 seconds. The group included four members of the Midwest 356 Club, who placed as follows:
- Ron Goldstein, 64.9 seconds, 17th place
- Chuck Schank, 65.2 seconds, 19th place
- Rick Gurolnick, 73.7 seconds, 50th place
- Ken Smith, 79.1 seconds, 58th place
The starting gate of the hill climb.
photo by Pam Leas
The starting gate of the hill climb.
Cars queuing up for the hillclimb.
More cars queuing up for the hillclimb.
Still more cars queuing up for the hillclimb.
Checking in at the Boyne Highlands resort hotel.
photo by Pam Leas
A rare 1952 America Roadster.
photo by Jim Hinde
Tom Klingbeil's Speedster and Marion Elmquist's Roadster
The culminating event of the holiday was, as always, a People's Choice Concours d'Élégance. Our cars were well represented on the concours field and in the winners' circle.
The following club members were winners in the ECH 2007 people's choice concours:
- Howard Yefsky, first place in Speedster/Convertible D class
- Tom Klingbeil, third place in Speedster/Convertible D class
- Larry Petry, third place in B Roadster class
- Jeff Leas, fourth place in B Closed class
- Chuck Schank, fifth place in C Closed class
Concours field, Convertible Ds and Speedsters.
photo by Jim Hinde
Concours field, B and C cars.
photo by Jim Hinde
Jeff Leas wins a ribbon.
photo by Jim Hinde
Tom Funk shows off Tom Klingbeil's ribbon.
photo by Jim Hinde
Tom Klingbeil's Speedster is No Fake, and it's a winner.
photo by Jim Hinde
Howard Yefsky's Convertible D is orange too, and it won First
Place.
photo by Jim Hinde
Jeff and Pam Leas with their prize-winning Coupe.
photo by Jim Hinde
Larry Petry with his prize-winning Roadster.