ALL-STARS FOR AUTISM
ALL STARS FOR AUTISM RALLY
It was a great weekend of rallying in northeast Oklahoma!!! There was
the occasional look of rain, but the rain gods took it away and left us
with almost perfect weather for the three day All Stars For Autism Rally.
And rally they did…some of the best rally teams in the country took to
the Ozark foothill highways in their quest for perfect times. Traveling
through four states in three days made for some exciting and interesting
routes. Competitors saw it all…chicken houses to sunflower
fields…Little Debbie snacks factory to driving through a
zoo…overhanging cliffs to casino parking lots.
A challenging course with something for all. The general comment was
“It didn’t rain and I didn’t get lost..a perfect day”
No one came away hungry from this one! A lunch was served at the
check in meeting on Friday. Then it was an open house with pizza and
beverage at FlatMotor Research that evening. . Saturday lunch was
hosted by the Downtown Committee in Monett, Missouri, and then that
evening all were treated to a BBQ and beverage at Dave Kanes Route 66
Packard Museum in Afton, Oklahoma. At the finish on Sunday, we had to
help the chicken farmers out, so we had chicken, beans and coleslaw at
the awards ceremony. If you didn’t win any money, you still had a full
tummy!
With a field of the finest rally teams in America in attendance, it was sure
to be a competitive rally. Three past world champs were in attendance,
and everybody was on their game. When the smoke cleared, it was the
team of Gary and Scott Kuck out of Lincoln, Nebraska that took their
1917 Hudson Indy Car to victory with an amazing 20.01 total score.
Within striking distance and a score of 34.85, coming in second, was the
team of Wayne and Jeff Fredette from Illinois in their 1933 Ford Pick Up.
Third was garnered by the team of Bill and Dan Loubiere, former Silver
Cup winners at the Branson Rally, in the 1932 Ford Speedster with a
mighty close 35.28 score. Wait a minute!!! What in the world is going on
here? The top three teams all had same name driver-navigators!! Is this
the new secret? Getting a family member, with the same name, to rally
with must be the key!!! Huuummm! Lets see now, there is Crump and
Crump, Caldwell and Caldwell, Joiner and Joiner, Campbell and
Campbell..does anybody else see this thing developing, or is it just my
imagination!
We would be amiss if we didn’t point out the remarkable job of Richard
Fredette, doing his imitation of the Lone Ranger, driver AND navigator
(so I guess you could put him in the same name class), in the 1928 Ford
speedster coming in seventh with a time of 44.80 seconds. The team of
Knowles and Gentry were able to put together four perfect legs in the
rally to win the overall ACE Award. Check the score column for all the
results.
Our deepest gratitude and appreciation for all those that attended this
event. Some came a long, long way to be here (how about the Harpenau’
s from California and the Dan Harris crew from Nevada). Others came
from Michigan, Texas, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Missouri, Louisiana, South Carolina and Nebraska. Thank you
one and all..we look forward to seeing you all next year at the regionals
and the HEMMINGS Challenge in Rogers , Arkansas.
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