Results: Great Pumpkin Thanksgiving GTA Tour Nov. 23
First, our thanks to everyone who ran our Great Pumpkin Thanksgiving GTA Tour Nov. 23. Without a doubt, Mother Nature provided a perfect fall day for a Great River Road rally/tour that began with a check-in at the Melvin Price Locks & Dam 26 in Alton, Ill., and ended at the lodge at Pere Marquette State Park in Grafton, Ill.
The assignment for the 50-mile rally, which also explored the country roads surrounding Pere Marquette: In the sign-counting part of the event, count the number of certain official road signs along the rally route.
Included in check-in at the locks and dam was an opportunity to tour the facility, as well as the National Great Rivers Museum that is part of the complex.
Second, below, please find the results of the rally.
Third, my thanks to a dedicated crew of volunteers who helped with the rally: Tom vonHatten and Rose vonHatten, safety stewards and lead car; Stan Lawson, setup navigator and sweep; Jose Hernandez, who graciously printed the route instructions; and Rose Marie Nester, who baked the chocolate-chip cookies and provided other hospitality for our check-in reception. We owe thanks also to the staff of the National Great Rivers Museum, who were patient and extraordinarily helpful, and to Alton’s Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau, who coordinated our use of the locks & dam as our starting location.
Finally, thanks also to Mark Morgan, photographer, editor, and publisher of the St. Louis Sports Car Council’s Gateway Relay, for taking pictures of the rally.
That’s it. Please join us again in 2025.
Jim Heine
Rallymaster/Chairman
Great Pumpkin Thanksgiving GTA Tour
RoadRally Chair
St. Louis Region
Sports Car Club of America
Results
The Great Pumpkin Thanksgiving GTA Tour
23 November 2024
Position, Team (Marque), Score
1, Schnippel/Schnippel (Honda), 44
2, Ammond/Ammond (Mercedes-Benz), 43*
3, Biggs/Biggs (Toyota), 43*
4, Elia/Elia, (Ferrari), 42*
5, Voss/Voss (Subaru), 42*
6, Young/Young (Hyundai), 41
7, Kammerer/Kammerer (Mazda), 39
8, Beggs/Beggs (Pontiac), 30
9, Buss/Buss (Honda) 45
10, Connelly/Docter (Nissan) , 45*
10, Major/Reiss (Mercedes-Benz), 45*
12, Burton/Bond (Nissan), 47
13, Muldoon/Muldoon (Ford), 60
14, Newbury/Pirrello (Cadillac), #
15, Simmons/Simmons (Mazda), DNS
16, Brunner/Brunner (Honda), DNS
Scoring: 1 point for each correct sign without exceeding the total number of correct signs (44).
* Tiebreaker (a Thanksgiving quiz).
# Did not submit a scorecard.
DNS – did not start.