The 33rd Land O' the Pines Rallye Recap
September 28th – October 1st - 2017
Rallye Chairman - Dennis Tackett
This rallye was our second year at Diamond Don's RV Park located just one mile north of Jefferson, TX. The well maintained campground located in the woods of East Texas provided a great venue for our 33rd rallye. The campground sits on 100 acres
and has 50 RV hook ups, clean restrooms, free Wi-Fi, a huge covered pavilion with a stage, sound system, lighting. We'll be back there
next year.
BMOA President Many thanks to the British Motorcycle Owners Association (B.M.O.A.) and their President Jamie Farquhar for organizing and putting on the Field Events Friday afternoon. A very special thanks to
Sean Rizzo for being an outstanding master of ceremony.
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The Bike Show was
Sponsored by |
The Rolling Concours was
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The American Class was Sponsored by Shelby and Gloria Withrow. |
Click here for Carrie Spivey's photo album of the Rallye.
Click on photo to enlarge. Photo courtesy of Paul Valentine. Click here
for all of Paul's photos.
2017 Bike Show & Award Winners
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Class Description |
Winner(s) |
Bike |
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1 |
CONCOURS – Jack Wilson Memorial |
1st Jay Pope |
'72 BSA Rocket Three |
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NORTON (Pre-Commando) |
1st Richard Asprey |
'23 Norton |
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3 |
NORTON COMMANDO - Joe Edwards (aka Dr. Norton) Memorial Award |
1st Sid Guillot 2nd Doug Fox 3rd Gary Johnson |
'72 Interstate Commando |
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4 |
TRIUMPH (1970 & Older) |
1st Jay Tynes 2nd Clay Walley |
'63 Thunderbird |
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5 |
TRIUMPH (1971 - 1987) |
1st Mike Thomson 2nd Chris Parry |
'73 Hurricane |
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6 |
BRITISH MODERN (1988 & Newer) |
1st Carrie Spivey 2nd Trevor Packer 3rd Robert Dunaway |
'12 Triumph Thruxton |
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7 |
BSA |
1st Richard Asprey
2nd James Novey |
'69 BSA Rocket Three |
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8 |
OTHER BRITISH & EUROPEAN (1992 & Older) |
1st Richard Asprey 2nd Stewart Garrison |
Velocette Venom |
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9 |
GERMAN (1992 & Older) |
1st Richard Asprey 2nd Mike Thomson 3rd Luther Alexander |
BMW R60/2 |
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10 |
ITALIAN ( 1992 & Older) |
1st Richard Asprey 2nd Greg McBride 3rd Jason Small |
'84 Benelli SEI 900 |
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11 |
ITALIAN MODERN (1993 & Newer) |
1st Ben Davanza |
'09 Ducati GT1000 |
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12 |
COMPETITION - Ed Mabry Memorial Award |
1st Greg McBride |
'49 Vincent |
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13 |
SIDECAR |
1st Dominic Velanquez |
'74 BMW R90/6 |
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14 |
PACIFIC RIM (< 500cc, 1992 & Older) |
1st Richard Williford 2nd Bill Felton 3rd Rocky Fivecoat |
'77 Yamaha RD400 |
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15 |
PACIFIC RIM (> 500cc, 1992 & Older |
1st
Richard Williford 2nd Ray Donaldson 3rd Robb Green |
'78 Honda CB750 |
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16 |
AMERICAN (1992 & Older) |
1st
Dennis Smith 2nd Jim Hemsworth |
'53 H-D Hummer |
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17 |
MODERN (1993 & Newer) |
1st
Bill Sonntag 2nd Chris Baucum |
'03 H-D 883 Hugger |
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18 |
MODIFIED STREET (Cafed) |
1st
Rafael Barraza 2nd Steve Hampton |
Triton |
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19 |
MODIFIED STREET (Custom / Bobbed ) |
1st
Bob Katz 2nd Dennis Smith |
'65 Featherlastic |
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20 |
PIT BIKE / MINI BIKE (125cc or less / any year) |
1st
Richard Williford 2nd Richard Asprey |
'71 Honda Trail 90 |
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PEOPLES CHOICE |
Jay Pope |
'72 BSA Rocket Three |
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ROLLING CONCOURS |
1st Michael Forte 2nd Greg Spivey 3rd Greg McBride |
'75 Commando |
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BEST NORTON - Ridden to the Rally |
David Johnson |
'74 Commando |
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BEST TRIUMPH - Ridden to the Rally | Jay McCurry | '00 Triumph Sprint |
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BEST ITALIAN - Ridden to the Rally | Walt Stites | '83 Moto Guzzi |
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BEST GERMAN - Ridden to the Rally | Nick Gilbreath | '77 BMW R100 |
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Youngest Rider |
Nick Gilbreath |
30 years old |
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Oldest Rider |
Leroy Green |
77 years young |
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Longest Distance Ridden to the Rallye |
Everett Saverino |
1250 miles from Arizona |
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Bent Valve Award |
Everett Saverino |
BMW R65 |
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Dennis handing over the keys to Ernie Tacsik, the winner of the Raffle Bike, a '78 Triumph Bonneville.
The Fun at the Rallye Never Ends! |
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From Sam Ingraffia, Camano Island, WA First let me say thanks to the officers of the NTNOA for another fine rally. I always enjoy it. Now along that line on the subject, I would like to share a letter I submitted to the BSA club a couple of months ago. I’ve been asked many times why I come to the LOP rally year after year. While it’s certainly not for the riding (though it’s excellent) and the bike show is always outstanding, the following short essay, I think, illustrates what many of the NTNOA members feel when we all show up for the LOP every year. Reflections of the “All British Clubmans Show”. After the stunning announcement after the end-of-show ceremonies that this was the 30th and last Clubmans show ever, I tried to let that sink in. Several days afterward, some thoughts and feelings welled-up about what it meant to so many of us. As a founding member of the BSA club NC, I have not missed a single one of the 30 shows. My membership in the motorcycle clubs, activities and meets over the last 40 years have blessed me with untold numbers of friends and acquaintances. So for 20 years now I have made my annual ritual trek to San Jose for the Clubmans show. The one constant was always that I looked forward to seeing old friends and pals some of whom I’ve known for 40 years or more. I looked forward to hanging out for the day, catching up with our lives, telling lies about the old days, cutting-up and just pulling each other’s legs. Doesn’t get much better than that, right? Then parting with something like, “well see ya next year, hope you’re better looking then”, and go our separate ways all over the country. Well lately my thoughts have me realizing just what that one day meant to me. So many of the folks that I know and value our friendship, I will never, ever see you again and that saddens me. Oh I know some of us will still visit with each other, but so many others may not be able to. I was thinking, “if only I had known beforehand that this would be the last, we would have had a more meaningful farewell”. Now it just seems kind of empty. To all of you out there, as the song says, “thanks for the memories”. Ciao Bella, Sam Ingraffia NTNOA Member 573 |
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