New for 2020: First-Ever Rolling SweatFest YFE Pg 5 1 See page 3 Calendar Special Discussion: SLTOA Christmas Party COVID 19 is still in full swing and will be with us till an effective vaccine is rolled out to the world. This is not going to happen until 2021. So until then our only defense is social distancing. Our Christmas Party is not a “social distance” event. Please bring your thoughts and ideas regarding cancellation or alternative events to our monthly meeting. If you have some thoughts but aren’t able to attend our meeting send me an email at [email protected]. —Creig Houghtaling, Events Chairman 18 Aug 20—SLTOA monthly meet- 11-13 Sept 20—Goodwood Revival, Goodwood House, ing, Faust Park, 15185 Olive Blvd in West Sussex, England. Info at https:// Chesterfield. See back page. www.goodwood.com/ motorsport/goodwood-revival/. 29 Aug 20—Tentative SLTOA drive, to 11-13 Sept 20—The Octane Tour: three-day drive starting be discussed at the 18 August meeting. at Gateway Classic Cars in O’Fallon, IL, then proceeding to Cape Girardeau for the night, Saturday drive to Ste 31 Aug-4 Sept 20—VTR National Genevieve with a return to Cape, home on Sunday. Reg- Convention POSTPONED. istration open through 21 August at www.octanetour.com, proceeds go to the Treehouse Animal Sanctuary in Dow, 10-12 Sept 20—Triumphest 2020, POSTPONED. Illinois, and the ASPCA. 15 Sept 20—SLTOA Monthly Meeting, location TBA. 12 Sept 20—Rescheduled Missouri Endurance 19 Sept 20—39th Annual All British Car & Cycle Rally/”The Triumphant Tour,” sponsored by the MG Show, at Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park. Hosted by Club of St Louis. Meet at the Starbuck’s, 922 S Meramec the MG Club of St Louis; see pg 3 and monitor https:// Station Rd, Valley Park at 7 AM; drivers’ meeting at 7:15, allbritishcarshow.com/. mileage check at 7:30 and first car departs at 8 AM. See the flyer at the back of this issue. 8 Nov 20—SLTOA Veterans Run VIII. Meet in Columbia th for a short ceremony honoring our veterans, followed by 12 Sept 20—19 Annual Brits in the Ozarks All Brit- a drive to Chester and lunch. All donations will go to a ish Car & Cycle Show, sponsored by the British Iron veterans’ support organization. Details to follow. Touring Club of Northwest Arkansas, benefitting the ALS Association of Northwest Arkansas. —Annual , at 4 Dec 20 SLTOA Christmas/Holiday Party th the Missouri Athletic Club-West, see above. 12 Sept 20—70 Secretary of State Vehicle Show & Swap Meet, downtown Springfield, Illinois, at Second St and Capitol Ave, east of the state capitol. This year’s 15 Aug 20—MG Club of St Louis Pre-Pre-Dawn Rally; featured marques/models are the Chevrolet Corvair and meet at the parking lot across from Target in Chesterfield Harley-Davidson. Registration $10, monitor the SecState Commons, first car off at 8 PM. Figure on a two-hour Show FaceBook page at https://www.facebook.com/ drive with a frozen custard stand serving as the end point. IllinoisSecretaryofStateVehicleShow. Monitor www.stlouismgclub.com for more information. 18 Sept 20—Annual Pre-ABCCS BBQ, Creve Coeur 16 Aug 20—BSCC Autocross No. 6, Family Arena, St Lake Memorial Park, 5 PM until dark, hosted by All British Charles. For more information or to get on the emailing Car Repair (www.themdoc.com). list, contact Racer Steve at [email protected]. 19 Sept 20—39th Annual All British Car & Cycle 22-30 Aug 2020 Hemmings Motor News Great Race Show, hosted by the MG Club of St Louis. See below. vintage rally, San Antonio, TX, to Greenville, SC. Over- 19-20 Sept 20—Rescheduled St Louis Region SCCA night stop in Cape Girardeau, SLTOA group drive to Cape Gateway 1.6 Part Deux, sprints/time trials/bracket to observe the proceedings in planning, stand by for fur- endure, qualifier for the SCCA National Runoffs. At World ther details. Postponed Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, for more info 23 Aug 20—St Louis Region SCCA Autocross No. 5, monitor https://www.stlscca.org. Family Arena, St Charles. Event fee $55, plus a $15 20 Sept 20—St Louis Region SCCA Autocross No. 6, weekend membership for non-SCCA members; online pre Family Arena, St Charles. Info at https://solo.stlscca.org/. -registration is $45 at https://solo.stlscca.org/. 27 Sept 20—MG Club of St Louis Annual Sporting Clay 4 Sept 20—Friday Nights at the Sonic, 1002 S Kirkwood , 9 AM at Blackhawk Valley Hunt Club, Old Mon- Rd (Kirkwood & Big Bend). Every Friday night into Octo- Shoot ber, all makes and years welcome. roe, Missouri. Open to all, contact John Mangles at [email protected] or (314)426-1600 or (314)852- 6 Sept 20—Kansas City All-British Car Day, hosted by 1706 by 20 September if you plan to participate . the Kansas City Triumphs Sports Car Club at Merriam — , Family Arena, St Marketplace, 4750 Merriam Dr. Merriam, Kansas. 27 Sept 20 BSCC Autocross No. 7 Charles. Show around 9-9:30, $40 for six runs. For more Cancelled information or to get on the email list, contact Racer Steve at [email protected]. 2 27 Sept 20—34th Annual Oktoberfest Car Show, gang will be at this one with his E-Type FHC, more into to hosted by the First Capital Classics Car Club, at follow, in the meantime monitor www.vscda.org. Boone’s Lick Rd and S Main St in St Charles. Stock 18 Oct 20—St Louis Region SCCA Autocross No. 8, vehicles only through 1995 model year, for info call up Family Arena, St Charles. Info at https://solo.stlscca.org/. https://firstcapitalclassics.wixsite.com/autoclub/. 4 Oct 20—St Louis Region SCCA Solo II/Autocross No. 7, Family Arena, St Charles. Info at https:// solo.stlscca.org/. 9-11 Oct 20—Lake Garnett Grand Prix Revival, Gar- nett, KS. Racing on the historic road course around the lake, plus an autocross at Garnett Airport and car show on Garnett Town Square. Featured marque/model this year is the Datsun/Nissan Z. For more info, call up http://lggpr.org/. 11 Oct 20—Rescheduled 33rd Annual St Louis Eu- ropean Auto Show, early registration through 30 September is $30, $40 afterwards. For information, call up www.eventbrite.com/e/st-louis-european-auto- show-2020-presented-by-stl-motorcars-registration- 9181690182. 11 Oct 20—BSCC Autocross No. 7, Family Arena, St Charles. Show around 9-9:30, $40 for six runs. For more information or to get on the email list, contact Racer Steve at [email protected]. 17 Oct 20—Annual Jaguar Association of Greater St Louis Concours d’Elegance. At the home of John and Emily Testrake, 2041 Desloge Estates Dr, Villa Ridge. Show beings at 1 PM, ends at 4:30 PM with catered meal and awards to follow. For more information, monitor www.jagstl.com and the online Growl. 17-18 Oct 20—Blackhawktoberfest, at Blackhawk Cars & Coffee Farms, South Beloit, IL. Phil Taxman and the JAGSL On hold—watch for updates 39th Annual St Louis All British Car & Cycle Show Hosted by the MG Club of St Louis Saturday, 19 September—Creve Coeur Lake Park 1340CANCELLED Marine Ave, Maryland Heights, 9 AM-3:30 PM This year’s featured marques/models: the MGA and TR3 Friday night BBQ sponsored by All British CarRats... Repair Registration at https://allbritishcarshow.com/registration/ 3 President’s Musings Meeting—Saturday, 18 Jul 2020 SLP By John Willerton August? Already? Photo by David Yannayon Did you make it to the July Rolling Sweatfest in the Park? Our Events Great drive and a great turnout of about 14 cars, mostly Triumphs, followed by 24 Coordinator, Creig Houghtaling, came members gathering for lunch and a meeting at Bud Weil Park off MO 141 in Fenton. up with a great location for the start Yes, the attendees had shade, yes there was a bit of a breeze and yes, all present and finish of this drive at the Bud Weil socially distanced. In short, a fine time enjoyed by all. Memorial Park in Fenton. It turns out there is a wealth of winding, steep, Much of the mid-lunch discussion concerned the possibility of continuing into the fall and challenging roads in northern with picnic/park meetings. What with the late sunset and the convenient locations of a Jefferson County, and Creig took us number of suitable parks, the idea might prove feasible. As is, save for the early-May on an hour and half drive that was drive, this meeting marked the first opportunity for many SLTOA members to actually just plain fun (here is a fun fact; no sit and talk with each other in several months. They made the most of it. DF car broke down!). There were at least One item of sad news, from Linda Massey: she reported Cecilia the Ceiling Possum, three 10 mph curves, ten or more 15 The Official Possum of SLTOA, had passed on to…well, possum kingdom, following mph curves, and I lost track of how an unfortunate accident in Linda and Dave’s neighborhood. many S curves and 20 mph curves there were. President John Willerton initiated the meeting portion of the gathering at 1255 and started with a round of applause for drive organizer Creig Houghtaling. John said he I think the experiment of holding a was really impressed with the route, particularly the number of 10 mph and/or hairpin BYO picnic with a social distancing curves.