SCR10, from the "pres"

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Where to began? Except to say THANKS.

Thanks to our sponsors and faithful members whose financial support help make the SCR possible. Thanks to all who donated and or bought auction items, we raised close to $5500.00 for charity. Thanks to everyone who bought a car(s), as I know first hand this is not easy, nor cheap. Thanks to all who pitched in to make the event run smooth, your efforts allowed me to relax, and have a blast. Thanks for Helen and Nancy Gibb, Mel and Bart Bogus, Lynn Yenko and son Alex for spending the weekend with us, allowing us to be a part of their extended “supercar” family.

For some reason, and I do not know why, there seemed to be a special feeling in the air this year, almost as if we had returned to 1998 and SCR1. I have been hearing the last year or so how the musclecar hobby is soft, especially the Chevy side of things. I do not believe it. We had at least four professional journalists covering the event this year, three that I know there shooting stuff for upcoming books. Of course the usual parade of articles, featuring cars from SCR10, will be appearing in numerous musclecar magazines during the next several months.

We had several firsts (that I know of). Four Motion Corvettes racing. A pair of 1969 Yenko 427 Novas racing side by side. The only known L-89 Nova on display. Three Dana Chevrolet cars on display. All eight colors of Yenko Deuces on display, 12 in all. Because some of the Deuces were never in Canonsburg, (some went to Hurst), even Yenko Chevrolet never had all 8 colors together. Not a first, but very rare, all 6 colors of Yenko Camaro together.

My favorite moments, of course most at the track. Late in the day, watching Ken Barnhart and Pete Gerling going at it head to head, Ken 10.20s, Pete 10.70s. Pete and Dru doing their burnouts together. The Deuce shootout, with 8-9 involved. The bracket race, always fun to see who can prevail. Congrats to all of the winners. Getting to run my cars, with Nancy Gibb as my co-pilot. For the first time since SCR1, I got a chance to sit in the stands and watch part of the action. All I can say is WOW! Hats off to everyone who made a pass.

Was great to be on hand when Mel Bogus slide behind the wheel of his Yenko demo car for the first time since 1969, the grin from ear to ear said it all. A special moment when Mel took the stage at the banquet, to see just how special the SCR has become, not only to us, but to the folks who made the history. Enjoyed hearing Lynn Yenko talk about spending time around the dealership and with her dad. Of course no one tires of visiting with Helen Gibb. Her smile is contagious. Always fun to see the “first timers” rolled out the trailers. As usual, we had several this year, both restored and survivors.

And finally, at least for now, the answer to the question I was asked most often this weekend.. With SCR10 history, will there will be a SCR11 and beyond? Yes.