SECOND ANNUAL CORVETTE TOUR SHOW 'N SHINE AND FROLIC
In spite of some problems, everybody has another great time again.

For sheer beauty and vitality that comes from breathing fresh, clean air in a scenic setting (as opposed to not breathing at all), there's little that can compare with Aspen, Colorado--site of the Second Annual Corvette Tour Show 'N Shine And Frolic sponsored by the Association of Super Sports and Homologated Original Legendary Engine Savers.

Due to a typographical error this year, in the club's announcement concerning the location of the meet, everyone wound up in Secaucus, New Jersey, in the beautiful park-like setting of a former toxic waste dumping site. While no match for the scenic beauty of the original location, the Secaucus site had a lot to offer and was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone who attended.

Of course, we wouldn't have had the fine turnout that we did without the help of John and Vickie Falato, who lined the entire route from Aspen to the meet at Secaucus with blue arrows painted on white oaktag cards. We all owe them a big debt of gratitude.

And what a meet it was--once the refuse trucks agreed to halt their dumping until the show judging was completed and the awards handed out. By the way, our thanks to Steve and Diane Flynn who brought all the 6-inch plastic trophies, and typed out the plaque inscriptions on pressure sensitive labels. We all owe them our thanks.

Highlight of the event, and a real crowd pleaser, was the traditional Porsche burning ceremony, and what a pretty sight it was indeed! Everybody had a great time singing the traditional "If You Can't Beat 'Em, Burn 'Em," and we're happy to report that more people than not sang in the right key. Of course, the owner of the 1984 928S didn't enjoy himself too much, and even had to be physically restrained at one point when Don and Linda Larkin poured the gasoline on the bright red import before igniting it with the traditional torch. Our thanks to Tom "Moose" and Peggy Chesterfield who helped out with the restraining chores.

The slalom event went off without a hitch thanks to the efforts of Joe and Nina Oldbridge. In our attempt to make the event more exciting this year, the dozen or so "space-suited" federal inspectors from the EPA who were checking out the former dump site with some sort of meters were used as pylons instead of the traditional orange stationary kind. Believe me, it's some kind of challenge when you try to line up and hook around a pylon that's trying to run away. By the end of the event most of the "pylons" either had been knocked down or were moving too slowly to offer any kind of real challenge, so further competition in this area was discontinued for lack of interest.

The slalom event was won by Sean and Christina Horowitz and was protested by Dave and Brenda Bury.