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Delphi Energy Releases Year End 2012 Reserves and Provides Bigstone Montney Update CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/28/13 -- Delphi Energy Corp. (TSX:DEE) ("Delphi" or the "Company") is pleased to report its crude oil and natural gas reserves information for the year ended December 31, 2012. 2012 was a year of significant achievements for Delphi with the initial development of its Montney play at Bigstone. The Company brought three horizontal Montney wells on production through 100 percent owned and constructed facilities and associated gas gathering systems during the year. Success on this play has translated into significant reserve additions. Highlights -- Replaced 2012 production of 8,276 barrels of oil equivalent per day ("boe/d") (3.0 million boe) by 2.0 times with total proved plus probable reserve additions of 11.9 million boe and dispositions and revisions of 5.9 million boe; -- Increased total proved plus probable reserves by seven percent to 43.0 million boe compared to 2011. Total proved reserves decreased by five percent to 23.8 million boe compared to 25.1 million boe in 2011; -- Increased total proved plus probable Bigstone Montney reserves by 233 percent to 11.0 million boe compared to 3.3 million boe in 2011; -- Achieved finding and development costs ("F&D") including changes in future development costs ("FDC") of $16.35 per boe for total proved plus probable reserves. Including dispositions in the year, finding, development and acquisition costs ("FD&A") including changes in FDC were $18.03 per boe for total proved plus probable reserves; -- Increased total proved plus probable reserve liquids (light and medium crude oil and natural gas liquids) weighting to 24.2 percent in 2012 from 22.9 percent in 2011; -- Successfully drilled and completed two additional Montney horizontal wells in the first quarter of 2013, utilizing a slickwater hybrid frac system resulting in a combined final test rate of 13.0 million cubic feet per day ("mmcf/d") of raw gas and 1,100 barrels per day ("bbls/d") of wellhead condensate. Reserves Summary GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd. ("GLJ"), the Company's independent petroleum engineering firm, has evaluated Delphi's crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids reserves as at December 31, 2012 and prepared a reserves report in accordance with National Instrument 51-101 "Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities" and the "Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook". To view the Reserves Summary graph, please visit the following link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/228dee_graph.jpg. The following is summary reserves information detailed in the GLJ reserves report at December 31, 2012: December 31, 2012 -------------------------------------------------- Light and Natural Gas Natural Gas Total Medium Oil Liquids % of Reserves(1) (mbbls) (mmcf) (mbbls) (mboe)(2) P+P ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proved Developed Producing 520 65,923 2,433 13,941 32 Developed Non-producing - 5,283 236 1,117 3 Undeveloped 171 38,162 2,207 8,738 20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Proved 691 109,368 4,876 23,796 55 Probable 326 86,427 4,536 19,266 45 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Proved Plus Probable 1,017 195,795 9,412 43,062 100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Delphi's reserves represent the operated and non-operated working interest share of reserves before deduction of royalties and include any royalty interests of the Company. (2) Oil equivalent amounts have been calculated using a conversion rate of six thousand cubic feet of natural gas to one barrel of oil (6:1). Net Present Value of Reserves The estimated future net revenues associated with Delphi's reserves at December 31, 2012, based on the GLJ January 1, 2013 price forecast, are summarized in the following table. Unit Value Before Net Present Values of Future Net Income Tax Revenue Before Income Discounted at Taxes Discounted at (%/year) 10%/year(2) ($ millions)(1) 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% ($/boe) ($/mcfe) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proved Developed Producing 248.6 196.8 163.3 140.1 123.2 14.23 2.37 Developed Non- Producing 17.0 10.7 7.4 5.5 4.2 7.57 1.26 Undeveloped 132.7 73.3 41.4 22.6 10.9 5.52 0.92 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Proved 398.3 280.8 212.1 168.2 138.3 10.63 1.77 Probable 443.3 240.4 150.8 103.3 74.8 9.22 1.54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Proved Plus Probable 841.6 521.2 362.9 271.5 213.1 10.00 1.67 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) The estimated future net revenues are before the deduction of estimated future site restoration costs but are reduced for estimated future abandonment costs for reserve wells and estimated capital for future development associated with the reserves. The estimated values disclosed do not necessarily represent fair market value. (2) Unit values are calculated using net reserves defined as Delphi's working interest share after deduction of royalty obligations plus Delphi's royalty interests. Reserves Reconciliation The following reconciliation of Delphi's reserves compares changes in the Company's reserves at December 31, 2011 to the reserves at December 31, 2012, each evaluated in accordance with National Instrument 51-101 definitions. Light and Associated and Medium Non-Associated Natural Gas Total Oil Crude Oil Gas Liquids Equivalent Proved (mbbl) (mmcf) (mbbl) (mboe) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 31, 2011 1,913 114,791 4,029 25,074 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extensions and Improved Recovery - 19,598 1,525 4,791 Technical Revisions 52 1,393 27 311 Discoveries - - - - Acquisitions - - - - Dispositions (1,018) (7,590) (138) (2,421) Economic Factors (1) (5,066) (86) (931) Production (255) (13,758) (481) (3,029) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 31, 2012 691 109,368 4,876 23,796 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Light and Associated and Medium Non-Associated Natural Gas Total Oil Crude Oil Gas Liquids Equivalent Probable (mbbl) (mmcf) (mbbl) (mboe) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 31, 2011 765 71,072 2,498 15,108 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extensions and Improved Recovery - 29,670 2,183 7,128 Technical Revisions (56) (8,317) (83) (1,526) Discoveries - - - - Acquisitions - - - - Dispositions (382) (2,273) (43) (804) Economic Factors (1) (3,724) (18) (639) Production - - - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 31, 2012 326 86,427 4,536 19,267 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Light and Associated and Medium Non-Associated Natural Gas Total Oil Proved Plus Crude Oil Gas Liquids Equivalent Probable (mbbl) (mmcf) (mbbl) (mboe) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 31, 2011 2,678 185,862 6,527 40,182 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Extensions and Improved Recovery - 49,268 3,707 11,919 Technical Revisions (4) (6,924) (56) (1,215) Discoveries - - - - Acquisitions - - - - Dispositions (1,400) (9,863) (182) (3,225) Economic Factors (2) (8,790) (103) (1,570) Production (255) (13,758) (481) (3,029) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 31, 2012 1,017 195,795 9,412 43,062 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finding and Development Costs Finding and development costs in 2012, 2011, and averages for the three most recent financial years, were as follows: 2012 2011 2010-2012 Proved Proved Proved Plus Plus Plus Proved Probable Proved Probable Proved Probable ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capital (unaudited) ($ thousands) Exploration and Development ("E&D") Costs 83,728 83,728 114,477 114,477 303,155 303,155 Change in Future Development Costs ("FDC") related to E&D 31,644 65,642 1,473 10,112 65,995 121,800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total E&D Costs 115,372 149,370 115,950 124,589 369,150 424,955 Acquisition Costs (unaudited) 139 139 273 273 431 431 Disposition Costs (unaudited) (34,664) (34,664) (12,873) (12,873) (47,783) (47,783) Change in FDC related to Acquisitions and Dispositions ("A&D") (8,299) (8,299) (1,162) (1,935) (9,638) (11,491) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total A&D Costs (42,823) (42,823) (13,762) (14,535) (56,990) (58,843) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Costs 72,549 106,547 102,188 110,054 312,160 366,112 Reserves (mboe) Reserve Additions(1) 4,172 9,134 5,882 9,450 17,990 29,157 Acquisitions and Dispositions (2,421) (3,225) (291) (551) (2,993) (4,267) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Reserve Additions 1,751 5,909 5,591 8,899 14,997 24,890 Finding and Development Costs ($/boe) E&D, excluding change in FDC 20.07 9.17 19.46 12.11 16.85 10.40 E&D, including change in FDC related to E&D 27.66 16.35 19.71 13.18 20.52 14.57 Exploration, Development, Acquisitions and Dispositions, including change in FDC 41.45 18.03 18.28 12.37 20.81 14.71 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total exploration and development costs incurred in the most recent financial year and the change during that year in estimated future development costs generally will not reflect the total cost of reserve additions in that year. (1) Includes extensions and improved recovery, technical revisions and economic factors. Net Asset Value The estimated net asset value of the Company at December 31, 2012 has been calculated using before tax, net present value of reserves discounted at ten percent as follows: ($thousands except share count and per share value) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated future net revenues of proved plus probable reserves (1) 362,860 Undeveloped land (2) 65,319 Mark-to-market value of hedging contracts(3) (3,789) In-the-money option proceeds (4) 573 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total asset value 424,963 Bank debt plus working capital deficiency (unaudited) (92,815) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net asset value 332,148 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common shares outstanding and in-the-money options 153,896,798 Net asset value per share 2.16 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Discounted at 10 percent and before deducting future income tax expenses and reclamation costs. The Company estimates it has approximately $315 million of tax deductions available to offset future taxable income. (2) Undeveloped land was determined by an independent land valuation report by Seaton-Jordan & Associates Ltd. Fair value was determined according to paragraph (e), subsection (1), Section 5.9 of NI 51-101 and further detailed in Companion Policy 51-101CP. At December 31, 2012 Delphi had an interest in 196,543 net acres of undeveloped land. (3) Includes both physical and financial positions at December 31, 2012. (4) In-the-money option proceeds are based on the closing December 31, 2012 share price of $1.14. Delphi is also pleased to provide the following operations update. At East Bigstone, Delphi recently brought on production its fourth horizontal Montney well. The 15-10-60-23W5 well was drilled during the fourth quarter of 2012 to a total depth of 4,455 metres with a horizontal lateral length of 1,424 metres. The well was completed with a 20 stage slickwater hybrid completion. Total drill and completion costs are estimated to be $8.3 million. During the seven day clean-up flow period, prior to running production tubing, the well had recovered approximately 29 percent of the initial load frac water volumes. The well was brought on production on January 27, 2013 through the Company's 100 percent owned compression and dehy facility and over the first 12 full days on production, averaged 4.2 mmcf/d of raw gas (rate on the last full day of production was consistent with the 12 day average), with associated field condensate production over the same period averaging 50 barrels per million cubic feet ("bbls/mmcf") of raw gas. Including plant recovered liquids (estimated to be 36 bbls/mmcf raw gas), the Company estimates total natural gas liquids ("NGL's) production to be 86 bbls/mmcf of raw gas production (100 bbls/mmcf sales) consisting of 70 percent field and plant recovered condensate. Total production rate over this initial period was approximately 990 boe/d (37 percent NGL's). Initial results of this well, and particularly the new completion design employed, are very encouraging based on the shallower initial declines exhibited on the 15-10 well (as compared to the first three wells drilled in East Bigstone which were completed with gelled oil fracs), as well as the higher initial field condensate to gas production ratio. The Company has just concluded fracturing operations on its second horizontal Montney well of the winter season in East Bigstone. The 10-27-60-23W5 well was drilled during the first quarter of 2013 to a total depth of 5,260 metres with a horizontal lateral of 2,407 metres. The well was successfully completed with a 30 stage slickwater hybrid completion. The well has been flowing on clean-up over the past 4.5 days, recovering approximately 21 percent of the initial load frac water and is now shut-in to equip the well for production. Over the past 4.5 days the well has flowed at an average rate of approximately 8.9 mmcf/d of raw gas and approximately 800 bbls/d of wellhead condensate (90 bbls/mmcf of raw gas). Over the last 24 hours the well has produced at an average rate of 8.8 mmcf/d of raw gas and approximately 750 bbls/d of wellhead condensate (85 bbls/mmcf of raw gas), at a flowing pressure of approximately 530 psi. With a similar plant NGL yield of 36 bbls/mmcf of raw gas, total production over this last 24 hour period was approximately 2,350 boe/d (45 percent NGL's). The Company is currently drilling its third horizontal Montney well of the winter season in East Bigstone with a planned bottom hole location at 16-23-60-23W5. The horizontal lateral is planned for a total of 2,900 metres and will also be completed with the same 30 stage slickwater hybrid frac system. Delphi expects to commence drilling operations after spring break-up on the previously announced farm-in lands to earn a 75 percent interest in the Montney and Nordegg on the 32.5 section land block. After earning, the Company will hold an average working interest of 85 percent in 78.5 sections of prospective Montney and Nordegg rights in the Bigstone area. The Company's Montney production at East Bigstone was shut-in on February 12, 2013 due to unscheduled pipeline repairs on a third-party main gathering pipeline. The outage is estimated to last until the first week of March. Delphi anticipates releasing its audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 on March 20, 2013 and its Annual Information Form by March 29, 2013, which will include all required National Instrument 51-101 reserves disclosure. Certain financial and operating information included in this press release for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2012, such as, but not limited to, finding and development costs, production information, net asset value calculations, are based on unaudited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2012 and are subject to the same limitations as discussed under forward-looking statements outlined at the end of this release. These estimate amounts may change upon completion of the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 and those changes may be material. Delphi Energy is a Calgary-based company that explores, develops and produces oil and natural gas in Western Canada. The Company is managed by a proven technical team. Delphi trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol DEE. Forward-Looking Statements. This management discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. The use of any of the words "expect", "anticipate", "continue", "estimate", may", "will", "should", believe", "intends", "forecast", "plans", "guidance" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements or information. More particularly and without limitation, this management discussion and analysis contains forward looking statements and information relating to the Company's risk management program, petroleum and natural gas production, future funds from operations, capital programs, commodity prices, costs and debt levels. The forward-looking statements and information are based on certain key expectations and assumptions made by Delphi, including expectations and assumptions relating to prevailing commodity prices and exchange rates, applicable royalty rates and tax laws, future well production rates, the performance of existing wells, the success of drilling new wells, the capital availability to undertake planned activities and the availability and cost of labour and services. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements and information are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Since forward-looking statements and information address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors and risks. These include, but are not limited to, the risks associated with the oil and gas industry in general such as operational risks in development, exploration and production, delays or changes in plans with respect to exploration or development projects or capital expenditures, the uncertainty of estimates and projections relating to production rates, costs and expenses, commodity price and exchange rate fluctuations, marketing and transportation, environmental risks, competition, the ability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources and changes in tax, royalty and environmental legislation. Additional information on these and other factors that could affect the Company's operations or financial results are included in reports on file with the applicable securities regulatory authorities and may be accessed through the SEDAR website (www.sedar.com). The forward-looking statements and information contained in this press release are made as of the date hereof for the purpose of providing the readers with the Company's expectations for the coming year. The forward-looking statements and information may not be appropriate for other purposes. Delphi undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless so required by applicable securities laws. Basis of Presentation. For the purpose of reporting production information, reserves and calculating unit prices and costs, natural gas volumes have been converted to a barrel of oil equivalent (boe) using six thousand cubic feet equal to one barrel. A boe conversion ratio of 6:1 is based upon an energy equivalency conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and does not represent a value equivalency at the wellhead. This conversion conforms with the Canadian Securities Administrators' National Instrument 51-101 when boes are disclosed. Boes may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. As per CSA Staff Notice 51-327 initial test results and initial production performance should be considered preliminary data and such data is not necessarily indicative of long-term performance or of ultimate recovery. Non-IFRS Measures. The release contains the terms "funds from operations", "funds from operations per share", "net debt", "cash operating costs" and "netbacks" which are not recognized measures under IFRS. The Company uses these measures to help evaluate its performance. Management considers netbacks an important measure as it demonstrates its profitability relative to current commodity prices. 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"They are in charge of their careers, and I must try to understand their decisions," Deschamps told L'Equipe. "The important thing is that we have players who want to wear the blue shirt. That desire must come from them."
The changes mean a clutch of younger or less established players including Eliaquim Mangala, Lucas Digne, Morgan Schneiderlin, Remy Cabella and Loic Remy have a chance to impress Deschamps over the next fortnight.
A friendly meeting with Spain in Paris on 4 September precedes an away match against Serbia four days later - the first of ten 'centralised friendlies' that must be played against nations in qualifying Group I.
There is no place for Arsenal's injured striker Olivier Giroud, but his Gunners team-mates Mathieu Debuchy and Laurent Koscielny are included. Mangala and Bakary Sagna represent English champions Manchester City. Newcastle United boast two members in the squad - Cabella and Moussa Sissoko - and Hugo Lloris flies the flag for Tottenham Hotspur, with Remy of Queens Parks Rangers also called up.
Paris Saint-Germain duo Yohan Cabaye and Blaise Matuidi are the star names from Ligue 1, but in-form Marseille hitman Andre-Pierre Gignac has been omitted. Florian Thauvin, Dimitri Payet, Sebastien Corchia, Layvin Kurzawa and Wissam Ben Yedder are among the other promising France-based players who have been overlooked on this occasion.
France squad:
Goalkeepers: Lloris (Tottenham), Mandanda (Marseille), Ruffier (St Etienne);
Defenders: Debuchy (Arsenal); Digne (Paris St Germain), Evra (Juventus), Koscielny (Arsenal), Mangala (Manchester City), Sagna (Manchester City), Sakho (Liverpool), Varane (Real Madrid); Cabaye (Paris St Germain)
Midfielders: Matuidi (Paris St Germain), Mavuba (Lille), Pogba (Juventus), Schneiderlin (Southampton), Sissoko (Newcastle)
Forwards: Benzema (Real Madrid), Cabella (Newcastle), Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Lacazette (Lyon), Remy (QPR), Valbuena (Dynamo Moscow).


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The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution urging the European Union and its member states to designate Hezbollah a terrorist organization and impose sanctions on the group.
The bipartisan resolution, which passed Wednesday, would prevent Hezbollah from using EU territories for fundraising, recruitment, training and propaganda.
Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) authored the resolution, which was co-sponsored by 85 representatives.
"Once called the 'A Team of terrorists' by a senior State Department official, Hezbollah has a well-documented and undeniable record of terrorist activity that demands recognition by the international community," Kelly said on the House floor. "For decades, Hezbollah has committed murderous acts on Americans and our allies in both Europe and the Middle East."
The United States has designated the Lebanon-based Hezbollah as a terrorist organization since the late 1990s.
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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered special surveillance on all Kingfisher Airlines ' flight following a meeting with the airline's CEO, Sanjay Aggarwal this morning. The airline has in the past few months cancelled around 50 flights and on Sunday, the issue aggravated when the airline, without prior intimation to its passengers cancelled 22 flights.
In the wake of massive KFA flight disruptions, the aviation regulator had summoned Aggarwal seeking an explanation on the entire issue of flight cancellation. ±We have asked the airline to submit a revised flight schedule,½ said Bharat Bhushan, the DGCA chief.
KFA which is currently operating 38 aircraft of the total 64, has assured the regulator that it will submit a report within 24 hours. ±We have not cancelled flights due to pilot shortage,½ said Aggarwal referring to media reports that there is a crunch of cockpit crew in the airline.
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Family history play a part in life insurance underwriting because many diseases are genetically passed on. Companies look at heart disease and cancer primarily.
Bait And Switch Life Insurance Alive And Well!
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2016 Great Race route announced
Team Hemmings's 1932 Ford Speedster arrives in New Bern, North Carolina, during the 2014 Great Race. Photo by author.
There are still three months of planning and preparation ahead for the roughly 100 teams entered to compete in the 2015 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty, which will start in Kirkwood, Missouri, and travel along Route 66 through Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, before finishing in Santa Monica, California. However, during the 2015 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, Great Race and Coker Tire Company owner Corky Coker announced that the 2016 edition of the legendary vintage car rally will travel along the historic Lincoln Highway.
Scheduled to begin on June 18, 2016, the Great Race will start on California's Gold Coast, before heading east through Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota and Iowa, and then finishing in Illinois on June 26. As has become a Great Race tradition, teams will be able to see many of the route's historic natural and man-made monuments, such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Lake Tahoe, the Bonneville Salt Flats, the Rocky Mountains, of course, the Crazy Horse Monument, Mount Rushmore and other interesting sights.
First run in 1983, the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty is arguably the quintessential time/distance/endurance rally open to all 1972 and older collectible cars, trucks and motorcycles (yes, a motorcycle competed once). Based on experience, team entries compete in five divisions: Grand Champion, Expert, Sportsman, Rookie and X-Cup divisions, the latter reserved for college and high school teams. Initially a cross-country adventure, in recent years it's been massaged to a more manageable 2,400-mile, nine-day test of man and machine, and the 2016 Great Race looks to continue that practice.
Although the 2015 Great Race has been sold out, early registration is already open for 2016 for teams wishing to compete in this northern west-to-east adventure along the Lincoln Highway. For more information, or to register, visit GreatRace.com.
A quick note to those who would like to catch segments of either the 2015 or '16 Great Race: As is always the case, the exact rally route is kept secret to prevent teams from practicing. Before the start of each day's stage, teams are given course instructions just one hour before their start time. No GPS or maps are permitted in the rally vehicles, so drivers and navigators must rely on analog watches and course instructions to get from point A to B successfully and on time. The best locations to see the cars and meet the drivers/navigators are at the day's lunch and dinner stops. Exact locations for each day's stops will become available as details are finalized, or you can monitor the official Great Race website, where you can also learn more about the Great Race history, rules and award structure.
1939 Alfa Romeo 6C2500 with a dark past (and ties to Hemmings) heads to auction
1939 Alfa Romeo 6C2500 Sport Berlinetta by Touring. Photos by Tom Wood, courtesy RM Auctions.
Wearing an aluminum berlinetta body crafted by Carrozzeria Touring of Milan, the 1939 Alfa Romeo 6C2500 carrying chassis number 915.033 has proven itself a show winner at places like Villa d'Este and Salon Prive. Its stately appearance hides a dark past, however, one that links the car to an Axis power leader and his beloved mistress. Once sold for $300 through the pages of Hemmings Motor News, the Alfa Romeo is now a featured lot at RM's upcoming Paris sale.
Completed in 1939, the Alfa received a factory or dealer upgrade to Super Sport specifications, which added a trio of Weber carburetors to the car's 2.4-liter, double overhead-camshaft, inline six-cylinder engine, boosting output from 95 horsepower to 110 horsepower. Combined with a lightweight Superleggera aluminum body and four-wheel independent suspension, the 6C2500 would have been an impressive performer in its day. Though details such as chassis number have been lost to history, one such Alfa Romeo was acquired by Italian Fascist Party leader Benito Mussolini, who gifted the car to longtime mistress Claretta Petacci.
History notes that Claretta Petacci and her brother, Marcello, were attempting to flee Italy in such a car in April of 1945, when their German-led convoy was stopped by Italian partisans. Claretta and her lover were captured and later executed, while the Alfa Romeo was seized by Italian authorities and sent to Livorno. There, the car fell into the hands of U.S. Army Air Corps Major Charles Pettit, who used the Alfa as his daily driver while stationed at Camp Darby in Italy. When his tour ended in 1949, Pettit shipped the car home to his family's farm in upstate New York.
Pettit is said to have enjoyed the car on rural backroads for several years, at least until the engine snapped a connecting rod. Lacking the ability to repair the damage, Pettit simply pushed the car into a barn, where it would remain until a relative, Albert Harris, purchased the Alfa in 1967. A pre-restoration teardown commenced, but the work was never completed, and in 1970, the car was offered for sale in the pages of Hemmings Motor News.
Enter Ron Keno, a Mohawk, New York, high school teacher who dealt in antiques as a sideline. A student of Keno's brought the car to his attention, and a deal was struck over the telephone to purchase the semi-disassembled car for the sum of $300. With the car came a story from Harris, identifying the Alfa as the very car that had once belonged to Mussolini's mistress.
Intrigued, Keno began to research the tale, which led him to historian Richard Collier. Collier, in turn, referred Keno to Franz Spögler, a former German army officer who'd once served as Claretta Petacci's chauffeur and bodyguard. Spögler remembered the Alfa well, though there was little that could be done to positively identify the car over the telephone or via written correspondence. In November of 1975, Spögler visited Keno in New York, and immediately recognized the Alfa as the car he'd driven Petacci in decades earlier. Proof came in the form of a German army tool roll, given to Spögler by a soldier encountered during a roadside repair; remarkably, the canvas and leather tool roll had remained with the car throughout its history on both sides of the Atlantic.
Circa 1979, Keno sold the partially restored car to collector Donnie Morton. Morton, in turn, sold the car to the Imperial Palace auto collection in Las Vegas, and there a cosmetic restoration was finally carried out before the car was put on display. In 1999, the Alfa once again changed hands, this time going to an owner determined to properly restore its mechanicals so that the car could be used in vintage rally competition.
The engine was sent to Italy for rebuilding, using parts supplied by Alfa Romeo authority Francesco Bonfanti. Once back together, the car was entered in the 2001 and 2002 running of the Mille Miglia Storica, before its owner agreed to fund a no-expenses-spared restoration with Garage Bonfanti. The work, which went so far as to recreate replicas of the original dashboard switchgear, reportedly took two years and cost a staggering €500,000 (roughly $625,000 in 2004).
Since its restoration (during which Francesco Bonfanti estimated that roughly 90 percent of the car's bodywork is original), chassis 915.033 has gone on to earn a class win at the 2007 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este and a Best of Show at the 2011 Salon Prive. As offered in Paris, the Alfa will include the correspondence between Keno, Collier and Spögler documenting the car's history, and will also include the tool roll used to identify the car (courtesy of Ron Keno). Its past aside, as one of just 16 Alfa Romeo 6C2500s fitted by Touring with a berlinetta bodystyle, the car is both rare and desirable, and RM predicts a selling price between €1.9 – €2.4 million ($2.15 – $2.7 million) when the car crosses the block in Paris on February 4.
For additional details, visit RMAuctions.com.
UPDATE (5.January): The 1939 Alfa Romeo 6C2500 achieved a high bid of €1.8 million ($2.1 million), but failed to meet its reserve price.
Rodder's Journal reprints vintage aftermarket performance catalogs
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One of my favorite aspects of building traditional hot rods and gow jobs is that there's just so much room for creativity and experimentation. Didn't like how the twin-81 carbs ran last time? Try dual 97s. Heard that Stude V-8s are untapped high-compression colossuses? Drop one in and see! This, along with our reverence for the past and our pursuit of authentic vintage speed parts, means that—blessedly!—our rides are never really done.
It also means that there is a veritable galaxy of castoff, forgotten and unidentified parts floating around out there. From blocks to heads to ignitions to cams, pistons, gears, diffs, steering boxes, axles, wheels… the potential selection of componentry sold at swap meets and traded among greasy-handed friends is almost infinite.
Aftermarket catalogs from the period are indispensable guides, both to identifying what you've got and to charting your future performance mods.
Trouble is, the original literature, as you'd expect, tends to have been hard-used and then abandoned to the tattering of time as soon as the next issue showed up in the mail. Recently, I nearly pulled the trigger on one such catalog being offered on an online auction site that had been bid up to around $50 and was described something like: "Oil-stains. Binding mostly missing. Rat-chewed?"
The rarity of these catalogs, in decent usable condition, makes tracking down a comprehensive collection time-consuming and costly.
So, unless holding the actual half-century-plus-old paper in your hands is important to you—and I do appreciate how enjoyable that can be—our friends at Rodder's Journal have gone to the trouble of gathering a significant library of the literature for us.
The ready-made and affordable reference is comprised of almost 30 catalogs from legendary aftermarket performance parts manufacturers and distributors from the late '40s through the '60s like Edelbrock, Bell Auto Parts, Karl Orr, Iskenderian, Chet Herbert, American Racing, Hurst and Mickey Thompson.
This Pandora's Box of performance is full—over 500 pages!—of products, specs and tips, depicted in catalogs reproduced in their entirety and in full color to look and feel just like the originals. A supplemental directory of the companies still in business, along with their current contact information, is a time-saving bonus.
Any enthusiast would be giddy to receive this box of hot rodding goodness in the mail. To pre-order the Vintage Catalog Collection Boxed Set, visit the store at www.roddersjournal.com, or call 800-750-9550. Cost: $49.95, plus shipping and handling.
2015 Great Race sold out
Outside Ogunquit, Maine, during the 2014 Hagerty Trophy Run. Photo by author.
The Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty is arguably the quintessential vintage car rally. First run in 1983, it was conceived as a time/distance/endurance rally across the country. Over time it grew to include five divisions – Grand Champion, Expert, Sportsman, Rookie and X-Cup – and is now open to all 1972 and older collectible cars, trucks and motorcycles (yes, a motorcycle competed once). In recent years it's been massaged to a more manageable 2,400-mile, nine-day test of man and machine that has taken entrants down the east coast, along the Mississippi River and around the Great Lakes. So when it was announced that the 2015 Great Race would return to the west – for the first time in several years – and travel along historic Route 66, it was expected entries would be swiftly submitted.
On October 8 we reported that there were less than 20 spots remaining. Great Race director Jeff Stumb has since announced that the 100-vehicle field has been sold out in record time, and there is a lengthy list of hopefuls waiting to hear of cancellations.
Why cap the number of Great Race entries at 100 (excluding X-Cup, reserved for college and high school teams)? Teams depart each day's starting line at one minute intervals. When you do that math, it's easy to understand the limitation, not forgetting the logistics involved for officials and support crews that have to stay one step ahead of the racers.
For 2015, teams will begin arriving in Kirkwood, Missouri, in advance of the now-traditional, equally-challenging warm-up rally, the Hagerty Trophy Run, which will be held on Friday, June 19; reportedly it will trace the eastern end of Route 66 in parts of Illinois. Kirkwood will also serve as the official starting point for the 2015 Great Race on Saturday, June 20, at which point teams will rally to a lunch stop in Rolla before finishing the day's stage in Springfield, Missouri.
Lunch and dinner stops from there – in order of appearance – are Claremore and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on June 21; Elk City (Oklahoma) and Amarillo, Texas, on June 22; Tucumcari and Santa Fe, New Mexico, on June 23; Albuquerque and Gallup, New Mexico, on June 24; Winslow and Flagstaff, Arizona, on June 25; Kingman and Lake Havasu, Arizona, on June 26; Twentynine Palms and San Bernardino, California, on June 27; and lunch at City of Industry, California, before hitting the finish line in Santa Monica, California, on June 28.
Here are a few tips if you are already thinking of catching segments of the Great Race. As is always the case, the exact rally route is kept secret to prevent teams from practicing. Before the start of each day's stage, teams are given course instructions just one hour before their start time; no GPS or maps are permitted in the rally vehicles, so drivers and navigators must rely on analog watches and course instructions to get from point A to B successfully and on time. The best locations to see the cars and meet the drivers/navigators are at the day's lunch and dinner stops. Exact locations for each will become available as details are finalized at each host city. We will provide updates here as they become available, or you can monitor the official Great Race website, where you can also learn more about the Great Race history, rules, and award structure.
2015 Great Race entry list already past 80 cars
The Hemmings Motor News Ford Speedster on the 2014 Great Race.
The 2015 version of the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty promises to be bigger and better than ever, with next year's route tracing the path of Route 66 from Kirkwood, Missouri to Santa Monica, California. As with last year, the number of entrants will be capped at 100 cars (excluding X-Cup entries, reserved for college and high school teams), which leaves less than 19 slots open for the 2015 event.
The reason behind the cap comes down to logistics; with 100 competitors in The Great Race departing one minute apart, the field is spread out across two hours, making it a near impossibility that the race will expand beyond its current size. While the field traditionally fills well in advance of the race, director Jeff Stumb observed that it's never filled this quickly, with 80-plus entrants received just months after the conclusion of the 2014 event.
Jeff attributes this surge in popularity to the race's 2015 route. "No one wants to miss Route 66," he said, "driving it in the Great Race is two bucket list items that can get crossed off at the same time."
The 2015 event will have scheduled stops in Rolla, Missouri; Springfield, Missouri; Clearemore, Oklahoma; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Elk City, Oklahoma; Amarillo, Texas; Tucumcari, New Mexico; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Rio Rancho, New Mexico; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Gallup, New Mexico; Holbrook, Arizona; Flagstaff, Arizona; Kingman, Arizona; Oatman, Arizona; San Bernardino, California; and Santa Monica, California.
With a "couple dozen" veteran teams not yet registered, Jeff predicts that the cutoff may be reached as soon as November 1. In other words, those considering an entry into the 2015 Great Race would do well to register immediately, if not sooner. For additional details, visit GreatRace.com.
Coker Tire Challenge 2014 visits Chattanooga for a three-day vintage car rally
Photos courtesy of Coker Tire Challenge
Corky Coker is once again hosting his own Coker Tire Challenge this weekend in and around his home of Chattanooga, Tennessee, which is also the location of the headquarters of Coker Tire and of Honest Charlie's Garage. This will be the 9th annual installment of the Coker Tire Challenge, a three-day time-speed-distance rally that features many of the same race cars that you have seen participating in the Hemmings Motor News Great Race over the last several years.
The race is similar to the Great Race; however, the entire event will begin and end each race day at the same location, making the logistics much easier for the racers and support crews by reducing the carnival "here today, gone tomorrow" atmosphere usually surrounding cross-country distance races.
The rules are the same as those used in the Great Race, and the pre-planned course will wind participants through some of the prettiest scenery in the southern United States. The event officially starts on Friday, September 19 at 8 a.m. in front of the Staybridge Hotel in Chattanooga, with racers returning to Coker Tire Headquarters beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Racers will again be on course beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, and are scheduled to return to Coker on Fort Street at approximately 4:40 in the afternoon. This would be a great time to see all the cars participating, as there will be a parc fermé between 4:40 and 6 when you can talk to the racers and see all of the race cars up close.
Racing on Sunday begins at 8 a.m., again from the Staybridge Hotel, and finishes at 11 a.m. at Coker HQ, where this year's winner will be announced. Last year's winners, Jody Knowles and Beth Gentry, will certainly be among the favorites, but as they won last year's event by just 1.74 seconds, it's really anybody's trophy to win in this 3-day event.
Hemmings Motor News' 1932 Ford Speedster is also entered in the race, with publisher Jim Menneto behind the wheel and business manager/navigator Mari Parizo telling her boss where he can go and when.
More information on the Coker Tire Challenge and updated results from each day's competition can be found online at www.cokertirechallenge.com/. We will also be posting updates on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/HemmingsNews and Twitter twitter.com/HemmingsNews.
One-off handbuilt car pays tribute to Barney Oldfield's groundbreaking Golden Submarine
Photos by Teddy Pieper, courtesy Auctions America.
Dale Bell and Charlie Glick might not have the same name recognition among auto historians as do Barney Oldfield and Harry A. Miller, but the duos do share something in common: Both conspired to build a car for competition, and both ended up with the Golden Submarine. But while the result of one collaboration is lost to time, the result of the other will head to auction this weekend.
According to lore, the inspiration for the original Golden Submarine came when Bob Burman, a racing friend and rival of Oldfield's, died in April 1916 at the wheel of his open-cockpit Peugeot during a road race in Corona, California. Oldfield ostensibly felt that Burman would have lived had he been safely enclosed inside his car, with a safety cage around him.
Then again, in the spring of 1916, when Oldfield approached Miller, he was also in need of a new mount – his seven-year-old Christie front-wheel-drive race car was "ready for the scrap heap," in his words – and Miller had just completed his first from-scratch racing engine, a lightweight overhead-camshaft 130-hp 289-cu.in. four-cylinder that would be capable of 120 MPH speeds.
Oldfield debuted the original Golden Submarine in June 1917 to much fanfare and some ridicule, but it would prove itself later that year when Oldfield took four out of seven match races from Ralph De Palma in a Twin Six Packard and when Oldfield proceeded to take down every AAA dirt-track speed record from one to 100 miles.
Later that year, however, Oldfield's enclosed-cockpit idea nearly killed him when a fuel line ruptured in a crash at Springfield, Illinois, and the Golden Submarine's single-door jammed. Oldfield fought his way out of the Golden Submarine, but from there on out raced the car in open-cockpit configurations. Though he retired from racing at the end of 1918, he held on to the Golden Submarine for a while longer, handing the wheel over to Waldo Stein and Roscoe Sarles.
Like Oldfield, Dale Bell had a penchant for racing – at least in the Great Race time-speed-distance rallies – and he called up Glick at Heartland Antique Auto Restorations in Paris, Illinois, in late 2005 asking him to build a car to run in the next year's Great Race – something patterned after an old race car, but also enclosed to keep out the elements during the Great Race. "So I said you're absolutely describing only one vehicle," Glick said. "And that's the Golden Submarine."
Bell gave Glick seven months to complete the car, but he also handed over a basis for the build: a 1916 Chevrolet with a 171-cu.in. Chevrolet four-cylinder engine of the same vintage, already built for racing with dual SU carburetors.
Glick's first order of business was to visit the Indianapolis Motor Speedway archives for photos of the original Golden Submarine, which he then took measurements from and scaled up to a little larger than the car's original size. "I had to make it to fit a regular human, two actually – driver and navigator," he said. "In those old photos, you see Oldfield really had to squeeze himself into the car."
He then created a set of patterns for the body and began to hammer it out of sheet aluminum, the same material that Miller used for the original, laying the body panels over a cage of one-inch square aluminum tube, bent to shape. He fabricated both front and rear suspensions as well and adapted four-wheel hydraulic brakes to make it more roadworthy. Hidden headlamps and marker lamps make the car street-legal.
While Glick admits that it's not as accurate as other replicas out there – Robert "Buck" Boudeman's replica, for instance, has an authentic Miller engine powering it – he said he worked hard to engineer a measure of reliability into it that a perfect replica wouldn't have. Indeed, while Bell dropped out of the 2006 Great Race with health issues partway through, he said that the combination of light weight, powerful engine, and favorable model year handicap made it competitive in vintage rallying. "It ran so good, it was almost like cheating," he said.
The Glick-built Golden Submarine tribute car will cross the block at this weekend's Auctions America Auburn sale with a pre-auction estimate of $40,000 to $60,000. For more information, visit AuctionsAmerica.com.
UPDATE (4.September): The Golden Submarine tribute car was withdrawn from the auction.
Take Your Kid to a Vintage Rally Day
Photos by author.
Every day should be "Take Your Kid to a Vintage Rally Day."
Okay, that's not a real holiday—not that any "take your kid to anything" day is any more real than we make it, but this past weekend, I took my son, Santiago, to the Fifth Annual Domenico Spadaro Memorial Drive.
And we had a blast!
The rally was setup as a "gimmick" rally with driver and navigator pairs getting the route instructions about 30 minutes before departure. Along with the route, there were a couple of pages attached that asked participants to count a few different types of signs and to mark the location of various landmarks along the way.
The Domenico Spadaro Memorial Drive began four years ago, after the death of its namesake, for two reasons: to raise funds for cancer research and to celebrate among friends and family the life of a man who loved Italian cars.
Domenico Spadaro's White Plains, New York, shop is now run by his three children, Frank, Santo and Vera. The customers remain as loyal as ever and plenty of them showed up early on Sunday morning to share breakfast and then burn some rubber on an approximately 80-mile route in southeastern New York State. Graciously hosted by Mike and Meg Bruno (car collectors themselves) at their Armonk, New York, home, approximately 100 cars attended. If it were a car show and not a rally, it would have been considered a grand success. Largely Italian by origin, the field of rally entrants included a broad list of models from Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Fiat, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, BMW, Aston Martin, Porsche, Triumph and more. You get the picture.
After the rally, everyone gathered again at the Bruno farm, surrounded by acres of horse pasture, to eat lunch. As several people mentioned, it was more like a family get together that just happened to include a hundred cars and about a gajillion horsepower.
We saw some old friends, including the rally meisters Richard Klein and Walter Eisenstark, and Michael Maddalena, who brought his trick Mercedes-Benz Fintail rally car with him. And we made some new friends, which seems about as good a reason as any to get out and play with old cars. In our case, it wasn't an old car, but a fun one nonetheless.
The best for me, however, might be that Santiago has really gotten the hang of being my navigator and seems to truly enjoy the event. Of course, the two of us "winning" the rally for the third year in a row might have something to do with it. A nine-year-old kid doesn't care that the old, busted rally trophy he just received had been gathering dust on someone else's shelf for 30 years. It might as well be the Borg-Warner Trophy to him.
We often speak around the halls of 222 Main Street about getting kids into this hobby. If you read only the front-page news, they would have you believe that kids today are happy with a tablet or an iPhone and could not care less about automobiles. We beg to differ. They just need the right exposure beyond the typical crossover utility vehicle or vanilla sedan, designed by a computer to be most fuel efficient, that most of us own to get to work each day. Hell, if I were nine years old, the video screen in the minivan would probably be a lot more important to me than the computer-controlled engine without a dipstick under the hood.
But, if you can get your kids—or grandkids—to do something fun, something different, with an old car, then that might just pique their interest. Instead of telling the little man that "We are off to do some old car stuff with a bunch of old grownups," I simply invited him to be my navigator. It certainly can't hurt to see the unusual shapes and bright colors of so many vintage sports cars. To his credit, he was fascinated with "the blue one," Glenn Rudner's sharp and exhilarating 1957 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Zagato. Already, I can tell the kid has good taste.
Beyond the cars, he had a great time following the rally route and we got into a rhythm, with him calling out the mileage for the next instruction, whether it was a left or a right turn. To his credit, he corrected me when I thought we were supposed to take a different route. He also noted when a lot of the other participants were playing follow-the-leader and ganging up like lemmings to take a wrong turn. He already knows the number one rule of rallying: Never follow the guy in front of you.
So, before the season ends, find an event to take the young ones to, preferably something where the cars are run and where the owners will let the kids get in them, sniff around the leather, petrol and Castrol, perhaps peer under the hood to see what the world used to be like. They'll love it. And you won't regret it.
Roostertailing in Russia to celebrate the centennial of the Russian Grand Prix
Photos courtesy Oldtimer.ru.
Just a few years before, the famous New York-to-Paris race wound its way through tsarist Russia, with competitors describing nearly impossible-to-traverse terrain there, some of the worst on the global competition. But by 1914, Russian motoring enthusiasts had not only grown in numbers, they had also organized their own rallies and races and set the stage for the first Russian Grand Prix, which took place in May of that year.
But with the onset of World War I and the Russian Revolution, that Grand Prix would also be the country's last, at least until the one scheduled for later this year in Sochi. Russians, understandably, are proud of their brief moment in the international motoring spotlight, and so last month the organizers of the third annual Bosch Moskau Klassik paid tribute to the Russian Grand Prix on the occasion of its centennial with a rally around Moscow and some spins around a wetted extreme driving track. The folks from Oldtimer.ru shared some photos and a writeup of the event with us on the My Hemmings pages:
27 crews took off with a minute interval from the national Historic Museum just next to the famous Red Square. Early morning crowds in their hundreds flocked to the city center to see all that historic automotive delicacy in action. The first leg of the run was a classic regularity rally through the historic center of Moscow, while the second one took place on the Federal Guard Service extreme driving track near Moscow, where the pilots had to show off their driving skills under varying road conditions.
Among the cars which took start that morning were mighty Americans, traditionally loved in Russia – Cadillac De Ville, Chevrolet Corvette and Dodge Charger; English icons of automotive style – Jaguar XK120, E-Type and Austin-Healey; fine examples of German automotive craftsmanship – Mercedes-Benz 300D and BMW 2000CS, and, of course, nostalgic and memorable to the older generation Russian classics of the communist era – Chaika, Volga, Moskvich and Pobeda.
One of the most exciting parts of the competition were paired speed trials, in which two Russian Moskvich's threw down the gauntlet to some of the best cars in motorsports history – Austin-Healey Mk 3000 and Austin Mini. The outcome, of course, was predictable, but it was a lot of fun both for the drivers and for the spectators. As a result of a tough final race, the winner's trophy was awarded to the Austin-Healey Mk 3000 crew G.Artamonov/F.Golov, while Belarusian team I.Krishkevich/A.Khaletski on the Austin Mini – last year's event winners – took second place overall. The third prize deservedly went to a well-known in Russia, automotive journalist A.Pikulenko who drove a Moskvich 2140 Rally.
This year's edition of Bosch Moskau Klassik celebrated a centenary of the first Russian motorcar race ever to have a Grand Prix title – Grand-Prix d`Automobil-Club de Saint-Petersbourg, held on May 18, 1914. The Grand Prix and a special Bosch trophy were awarded to a German driver Villie Scholl, who came first overall on his Benz racer and covered the distance of 224 km in 1h 48m, showing a spectacular average speed of 123.8 km/h. Notably, the oldest of the vehicles taking part in this year's Bosch Moskau Klassik turned 100 years old – it was a 1914 Locomobile Model 48 speedster, restored recently in Russia. This 8.6-Liter giant was built on an imposing 3.6-meters chassis and weighs over 3 tons. The start of this exotic beast was quite a show for Muscovites!
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Great Race 2014 – parting thoughts
Teams are staged for the start of the 2014 Great Race in Ogunquit, Maine. Photo by the author.
On one hand, it's an epic adventure: 2,400 miles of mostly scenic back roads rarely travelled by those who are more interested in getting from one stop to another in a hurry. In the other hand, it's an epic adventure: a 2,400 mile mechanical torture test that manages to find the breaking point of everything from headlamp brackets to entire transmissions, and then some. And somewhere in between these two extremes, the racers, navigators, support crews and volunteers who sign up to tackle those 2,400 miles do so as a family. Friendships are formed and rekindled; teams help other teams in distress; and there's genuine care about the well being of all involved. It's what makes the annual Great Race the pivotal pre-1972 vintage car rally that it is.
To quickly recap, the Great Race was conceived as a time/distance/endurance rally for vintage vehicles. First run in 1983, it has evolved over time to include five divisions – Grand Champion, Expert, Sportsman, Rookie and X-Cup – and is now open to all 1972 and older collectible automobiles, trucks and motorcycles (yes, a motorcycle competed once). If you're curious as to how the divisions are organized, here's how it works. Grand Champions – comprised of a driver, navigator, or both, who have won the Great Race prior. Expert – drivers and/or navigators who have had success in the race, but never won overall. Sportsman – usually the largest class of competitors, it is comprised of teams that have done the Great Race before but have yet to find major success. Rookies – self explanatory (this year, there were 39 rookie teams competing). X-Cup – designed to entice high school and college students to both compete in the Great Race and become involved in the collector car hobby.
The 2014 edition, which began in the seaside tourist town of Ogunquit, Maine, and finished in one of the largest retirement communities on the east coast – The Villages, Florida – marked the second consecutive year I've had the honor of participating. Along with my colleagues Jim O'Clair, Jeff Chao and Carson Cameron, I followed driver (and publisher) Jim Menneto and navigator Mari Parizo through each leg of the 13-state, nine-day journey that made stops in 17 cities between the start/finish bookends. Reporting on the day's activities, division leaders and overall standings were followed by hours of hopscotch driving and car maintenance, leaving little down time to reflect on what passed in front of our eyes. But now that the adrenalin has subsided and another chapter of the Great Race has been written, I finally have the chance reflect on the little things that, in most cases, were unseen by the casual observer.
Semi lift gates have more than one purpose. As evidence, I snapped this shot with my cell phone at 9:38 p.m. in the parking lot of the Valley Forge Resort Casino in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, which also doubled as the day's finish line. We were just wrapping up some much-need maintenance on our 1932 Ford Speedster, which had just traversed perhaps the most undesirable road conditions we've ever faced, when word was passed to us that Jeff and Eric Fredette were well on their way towards swapping out transmissions in their 1933 Ford pickup. Contenders for the overall lead going into the day, they managed to limp in with an ailing transmission. A replacement was kindly donated by a spectator who heard of their trouble, and to expedite the swap the Fredette team removed the front end sheet metal and used the lift gate on the Coker Tire rig to get the job done. Their effort, which wrapped up after one in the morning, kept the team in contention right to the bitter end. Incidentally, those horrific frost-damaged roads in the Pennsylvania Poconos had an impact on more than one team. Grand Champion Rex Gardner (1998 and 1999 Great Race winner) and grandson Kolton Hastert apparently found themselves briefly airborne while negotiating the day's route, and upon landing witnessed the transmission in their 1935 Ford three-window coupe fail in epic fashion. Though sidelined from the race, they opted to follow it to the finish, just like Mary and Ted Stahl, whose beautiful 1936 Auburn 851 Phaeton gave up just one mile from the Pennsylvania border on I-84 in New York.
Never underestimate a Japanese car. There were four international teams entered in this year's Great Race: Team Wildfire's 1966 Jaguar 3.8S (Tom Nawojczyk and Wally Leach – both from the United Kingdom); The Krauts' (as printed in the program – Thomas and Benjamin Karr from Germany) 1934 Ford Deluxe Phaeton; McPherson College with their 1957 Ford Fairlane (whose driver, Jake O'Gorman hales from Canada); and Toshi Team Wam with Guillermo Wam of Florida and Toshi Haru from Japan. Pictured above is their steed – a right-hand-drive 1970 Nissan Laurel. Never seen without a smile, Toshi and his team arrived in Ogunquit without a Timewise calibrated speedometer and a mere handful of tools. Picking up a few words of English along the way, Toshi and the little car that could managed to make it to the finish without major issues. They finished 82nd of 82 cars that completed the race – 40 minutes and 59 seconds off perfect; but that didn't seem to matter to them. They finished. Toshi fittingly received the Everyone's Friend award at the banquet, and it sounds like he intends to run the 2015 Great Race.
Do what it takes. Never was this more apparent to us than right at the starting line. As we've reported prior, Team Hemmings was the second car out of the gate in Ogunquit, except that the start was not an auspicious one: The clutch pedal rod snapped, leaving the car stalled in first gear with a few thousand onlookers – and us as a team – wondering if there was some kind of joke being played out. Forced to push-start the car past the green flag, Jim nursed it three miles in heavy traffic in first gear to the town's Welcome Center where, after retrieving our truck full of tools, we cut a length of bottle jack handle to use as a sleeve, hopefully enabling Jim and Mari to continue on to both the lunch stop in Rochester, New Hampshire, and the dinner stop in Lowell, Massachusetts. One of the unsung heroes of many a Great Racer, Hal Everett immediately immersed himself in our Ford at the Lowell stop, welding the two chunks of otherwise useless metal back together again. In a page right out of the "do not attempt this at home" manual, Hal's welding goggles had gone missing, so instead he borrowed two other sets of sunglasses – which he positioned over his own – to help him get the job done. Later in the evening, Naomi Schnell – nurse and mechanic extraordinaire – helped us create some extra clearance on the floorboard for that new weld. Both Hal and Naomi worked tirelessly each night, helping any team in need, often past midnight.
One Meat. Sounds kinda bland. Boring. It is. But when a lunch or dinner stop is facing a lot of hungry, thirsty and often tired racers, crews and staff, what's the easiest way to offer some kind of nourishment? Let's do some math here for perspective. This year there were 109 teams entered. A total of 104 started the race, but multiply that by two – driver and navigator, which brings the number of people to 208. Now throw in some 35 or so Great Race staff and volunteers, a few extra crew members per cars – and we can't forget that some teams were swapping drivers and navigators during the race – the number of hungry mouths easily swelled to 500; give or take a few. At the banquet in The Villages, there were 450 meals dished out. So one meat sounds like a logical way to go for the host cities. Or, as was the case this year, a slice of cold peperoni pizza at one stop. Really?! Note to cities petitioning for a stop for 2015: Offer more than one kind of meat – please. A hot dog, bag of chips and a glass of something that was supposed to be sweat tea does not cut it, nor does it evoke the thought "Gee, I could come back to visit Portsmouth, Virginia."
Feeling Hot. I'm not talking about a popular song played at most weddings; I'm talking about the weather. If you're considering joining the Great Race extravaganza, we suggest you increase your budget for lots of water and other suitable thirst aids. In just one day we went thru three bags of ice and a case of bottled water – not including what we received at the lunch and dinner stops. Once we got into southern Pennsylvania, the temperature continued to rise the further south we went. At one point, Jim O'Clair – who rode his Harley-Davidson most of the distance – reported the ambient temperature was 105 degrees. Cool towels help, but only briefly when 90-plus cars are parked on a paved lot on a 95-degree day after four hours of negotiating the rally route.
The Sights. In spite of the hours of ceaseless driving, heat, storm threats, mechanical malfunctions, late dinners, awful trailer parking conditions, bad roads, insane traffic and the occasional grumpy city volunteer, most of us would never see the sights we passed. It's hard to view the vintage car lots and the drug store where Pepsi was invented from 40,000 feet. Or have dinner on the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10). Smart phones – in spite of how aggravating they can be – have a neat little camera that take some decent shots. It's the one thing I regret this year: I didn't use it as often as I should have to capture the brief moments of time along the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, New York, or the historic section of New Bern, North Carolina (birthplace of Pepsi, incidentally). Take a moment – albeit briefly – and capture that sight for posterity. You may never have the opportunity to see it again.
Great Race 2015. It was announced at the banquet in The Villages that the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty will be heading to the desert southwest during the third week of June. Though many of the details and exact route are still in the planning stages, the race will start alongside the Mississippi River in Missouri and will meander along and/or on Route 66 before finishing on the southern California coast. Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona are all on the preliminary map. Entries are already being accepted for 2015. Visit GreatRace.com for more information. I hope to see you along the way.


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Wild ponies that were searching for food on the Long Myndd in Shropshire, the blizzard came upon us all very quickly!
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Nice shot, you have captured the cold well, nice detail too. One thing that may (or may not) improve the shot though is if you crop out some of the right-hand side and throw the ponies off center. This would improve the image in my mind, worth a try anyway. Fantastic capture.
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What a beautiful image !
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Lovely image, a crop on the right would improve the composition as Scott said.
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this is a beautiful shot made even more special by the snow. the exposure is well handled and its a fabulous subject. the ponies are just so appealing.
i agree with many of the above about the negative space to the right side and reframing with the ponies off centre is definately the way to go with this one.
i wouldnt worry too much, because its just lovely. it would make a great print.
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Thanks to all for the very constructive critique, I will endeavour to frame the image whilst at the photo stage, and if not crop as needed, I am looking forward to the next winter scene that I can capture.
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Ryan Freel is hitting .053(1 for 19), while Womack is hiting .380 (7 for 18). If this keeps up this spring, it could be very bad for the opening day lineup. :thumbdown
Ryan Freel is hitting .053(1 for 19), while Womack is hiting .380 (7 for 18). If this keeps up this spring, it could be very bad for the opening day lineup. :thumbdown
I think I accepted that awhile ago and guess I can deal with it. Makes it much easier knowing that EE is taking care of business at 3rd. The worst thing is that I feel like Freel isnt even being given a real look at 2nd.
Freel's no idiot, he knows he has no chance to get the 2nd base job, it was handed away.
But he should be putting up better numbers, I mean he is too valuable to start
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Saturday, March 11, 2006
Second base still a mystery
SARASOTA, Fla. - Reds manager Jerry Narron said the decision on who will start at second base could go down to the last days of spring training.
"Probably so," he said. "It might go down to June or July."
Ryan Freel started at second Friday in the team's 5-4 victory over the New York Yankees. It was Freel's fourth start there. Tony Womack has started six games, Rich Aurilia one and Frank Menechino one.
Three weeks remain in spring training, and that's plenty of time for things to play out. But don't put too much emphasis on spring training stats, either.
After going 0-for-3 Friday, Freel's hitting .045. Aurilia had an RBI single in three at-bats Friday to push his average to .200. Womack didn't play, but he's hitting .389.
How much do spring stats matter?
"Not one bit for guys who've proven they are bona fide major-leaguers," Narron said.
It would appear the Reds have three or four bona fide big-leaguers vying for one position.
Coming into camp, it looked like Aurilia might play third base if Edwin Encarnacion faltered. But the way Encarnacion has played (five homers, 12 RBI in seven games), Mike Schmidt would have trouble supplanting him.
Narron continues to talk about Freel in a utility role.
"He can play second, third, all three outfield positions," Narron said. "Not only us, but all of baseball would like to have someone like that."
As for second, Narron might pick and choose, depending on the pitching matchup.
Freel and Womack are top-of-the-order guys who can run. Aurilia is more of a down-in-the-order run producer.
Womack is coming off a rough year (.249, no homers, 15 RBI in 108 games). Aurilia had a better year hitting (.282, 14 HRs, 68 RBI) than Freel (.271, four HRs, 21 RBI).
But Freel got on base more - a .371 on-base percentage, compared to .338 for Aurilia - and stole 36 bases in 46 attempts.
Look at it this way: We'll know the choice by July.
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With 3rd spring start, Freel stays in 2B mix
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SARASOTA, Fla. - Eleven games into the Grapefruit League season, Ryan Freel made his third start at second base Friday.
Theoretically in competition for the starting job there, the utilityman has spent most of his exhibition time in the outfield so far, with Tony Womack starting six games at second base and Rich Aurilia and Frank Menechino one each.
"Freel probably would have played more at second if (Ken Griffey Jr.) and Wily Mo (Pena) had been here," manager Jerry Narron said of his World Baseball Classic participants. "With two outfielders missing, we're just trying to make sure he's always out there on the field."
Womack appears on track to garner the most starts at second base, but the Reds aren't in a hurry to designate a starter. If they do name one player the starter, Narron said the competition probably would come down to the final days in camp.
Or, he said, "It might go down to June or July."
"Enjoy this Reds fans, you are watching a legend grow up before your very eyes" ... DoogMinAmo on Adam Dunn
If it is JNs decision then it is a fait accompli.Originally Posted by CaiGuy
Narron continues to talk about Freel in a utility role.
What are you, people? On dope? - Mr Hand
June or July?
I just hope if they do Run Womack/Aurilia out there that they are batted 8th and not 1 or 2.
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