ANOTHER ONE IN THE BOOKS!
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British Marque Car Club News hosted the ninth running of the three-stage event known as the British Car Triathlon August 26-28, 2011, at Point Lookout Resort in Northport, Maine (just north of Camden). The event featured the usual antics for which Triathlons have become (in)famous: a Mountain Climb, Fun Rallye, and Car Show. Sponsors this year included AMGBA (American MGB Association), British Vacuum Unit, British Wiring/Triumph Rescue, Caputo Business Services, Classic MG Magazine, JC Taylor and SNG Barratt. This year, the Grand Champions were Team #50, Mark Karas and Andrea Berman.
The Cape Cod British Car Club won back the Dorothy Wiggin Teapot Trophy for accumulating the highest number of points at Triathlon IX. The Delaware Valley Classic MG Chapter, however, won the Don and Nancy Hull Founders' Cup (awarded for the first time this year) for the highest average score. As a consequence of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene, many teams opted to enjoy an extra night in the cabins at the Resort (left), which was spared the worst of the weather.
Click here to download the Team Rankings.
And now, some photos from Triathlon IX!
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Royal Lensperson Bill Richardson stages a photo while Jorgen Mortensen's TVR (foreground) awaits its turn.
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Steve and Abby Neal, who recommended Point Lookout as a Triathlon site, brought their lovely and well-traveled MG Y-type.
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Richard Mooers (center) demonstrates the power of a screwdriver in getting a recalcitrant Triumph to start to driver Dennis Mamchur, as Constable Jon Gardner looks on.
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The Welcome Reception Friday night, held at The Summit overlooking Penobscot Bay, included some fraternizing between members of rival clubs.
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Then on Saturday, after experiencing the challenges of the Mountain Climb and the Fun Rallye, teams had to face the judges.
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But the judges had their hands full, too...here with martinis and an encounter -- the first of many -- with Bond, James Bond.
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This included cocktails shaken, not stirred...
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Bond girls, of course...
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And a double agent!
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The judges also met Tommy "The Gun" Rippert (center right, in shadow) and his Prohibition-era pals.
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Not to mention flappers and guys in straw hats...
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"Tricky" Dickie Suffredini (back to camera) dispensing "strickly legit" scrips for booze for medicinal purposes...
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And hippies...
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...with bongos!
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Rallyemasters Jim and Barbara Lea stood their ground on the show field.
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When the smoke cleared (from automatic weapons, tommy guns and felonious combustibles), the team that rose to the top was Mark Karas and Andrea Berman. They are Triathlon IX's Grand Champions.
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The Dorothy Wiggin Teapot Trophy for the highest cumulative club score -- adding together the scores of all the teams that are members of the club -- went to the Cape Cod British Car Club, President Bill Scott proudly accepting it.
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2011 Triathlon IX
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The Don and Nancy Hull Founders' Cup for the highest average club score went to the Delaware Valley Classic MG Chapter, Chairman Tom Rippert happily receiving the award from Faith Lamprey.
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There are 19 Triathlon items.
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