why am i up at 7:50am on saturday....

oh.. right.. to wash my car.

 

Just returned from the 2nd Annual MINICUP.
What a fun day..... truely a blast
It was good to see you all...again

30+ cars and an interesting... and tricky IMO.... (2) hour road trip ...which brought us thru interesting/varied roads and scenery in the Philadelphia area.
(we actually had to navigate thru a .. shallow stream w/ our mini's )

Most teams consisted of a driver and a navigator...
we were all given directions... then had to make notations on our forms to confirm that we actually visited specific... places.
There were many places to scr** up.... and we did...but we laughed...alot

It ended w/ a terrific barbeque... and nice conversations with a great gathering of MINI-acs....
I enjoy the varied group that these events seem to ...attract

Kudos to Eric @ Helix for this terrific event
Thanks for the fun day and again,....
I thank you for the invite and look forward to next year.

I'm sure there are a bunch of pics that were taken...
please...post away

Peace,
D

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I just got back - what a great time! Damn that Porsche.

The rally was definitely tricky - Eric's (intentional) mileage and direction mistakes made it interesting for everyone. The brewery tour / bench racing / burger&dog consumption / bench racing / beer drinking / bench racing was outstanding.

 

This is no MINI....



But very neat....

 

Nice turnout, great time. Good food, and great beer....now for the Advil.

 

Try more beer ... it works better than Advil. :smile:

 

 

The Prize (and mastermind) of MINI Cup II...

 

I think Eric is thinking: "How could I weld more parts onto that trophy?"

 

Perhaps a small "eternal" type flame from the center would be a nice touch in the future?

 

noooo Cheese and I have discussed it. We are building next years trophy!!!!

I will upload more pice later :smile:


Thanks ERIC. [b]This was by far the best MINI event I have ever been too[b]. It was so much fun even though Dennis and I got lost and I finished close to last. I just wanted everyone to see me roll in at the end anyway.

It was good to meet New people and see familiar faces. I liek Cheese's Scion. I am Jealous. I want one.

Can't wait for next year.

 

Doug....I am very curious to see what kind of pics ya got....

 

It all started Here:

 

I ran "The Cup".
I got lost.
I drove through water.
I didnt win.
I ate the burgers
I drank the beer.
I bought the soccer jersey.
I made some friends.
I saw some old friends.
I toured the brewery.
I used the new bathroom.
I had a great time.

Thanks Eric. Thanks Megan. Thanks Yard's. Thanks Everyone.

--
Cheese


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Eric,
Thanks for a great day and give my thanks to Hugh. He was a 1st class navigator.

 

Wow looked like such a great time! And my son's team lost in the semi-finals. Oh well...look out next year!

 

I had to search around to find this thread, sorry for the repeating posts!! As has been said:

What a blast at the HelixMINICup2!! It was great seeing all of our
MINI friends, some came from NY, CT, VT....and of course PA and NJ.

The race that wasn't a race! Thanks to an excellent navigator, changingman, there were no troubles whatsoever in my MINI! Except that we missed 1st place!

Thanks to Eric and his lovely wife Megan, for hosting and putting this together. Thanks to Yards Brewery for the guided tour and the free beer!
Thanks to those of you that cooked the hot dogs and hamburgs.

What an awesome event!

 

Great time - thanks to all - good to see people again and meet new mini nuts.

I'm mad about the boxster - i think he was informed that 9b actually means 9a. i was not aware of this fact...

 

>>Great time - thanks to all - good to see people again and meet new mini nuts.
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>>I'm mad about the boxster - i think he was informed that 9b actually means 9a. i was not aware of this fact...
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Really? Where did you get this tidbit of info?

 

I had agreat time :smile: Love the tricky mistakes
It was nice meeting all of you.
Eric thanks again for helping us get lost and see the area

 

>>>>Great time - thanks to all - good to see people again and meet new mini nuts.
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>>>>I'm mad about the boxster - i think he was informed that 9b actually means 9a. i was not aware of this fact...
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>>>>
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>>Really? Where did you get this tidbit of info?
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I dont know about that but I have a hard time believing he went through the water!

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Cheese

 

The local Police where so NICE (someone got let off with a warning :smile: ) and if you needed directions to DA PLANES they knew exactly how to get there :smile: oh yes and without making a RIGHT hand turn

 

We had a cop following us on the airport road (25 mph speed limit) while I was going ... ahem ... a bit faster than the limit. He stayed on my tail for a while and turned away immediately before I needed to take the no-right-turn-right-turn.

 

A cop pulled me & JLM over at a "non - functioning" traffic light and yelled at me for my ignorance of traffic laws...he seemed very agitated, but only warned me to "be careful"

BTW, the airport road may be one of the most fascinating drives I have done in some time. I definitely need to go back down there and shoot...

 

Well after looking at a map i had in the car it shows that road. ARRGGHH i guess I will have to go down there and visit it one day. When do you wnt to go Dan? I am always up for a PHOto Shoot.