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Recent Events
Aug. 28 - Utah Concours d'Elegance This years Concours d'Elegance was held at the Thanksgiving Point Gardens and was absolutely fantastic!
There were approximately 150 cars on display and the venue was beautiful....grassy meadow-like areas separated with stands
of trees, winding sidewalks and magnificent flower beds. Although the weather looked pretty threatening in the morning, the
event made it through without rain. However, some got a bit wet in transit to this event.
A total of seven Austin-Healeys were on display: Dave and Sandy Maxwell,
Jon Hanson, Jim and Sheryl Thornton, Don and Marian Colman, Kevin and Marie Cowan and Phillip Hoopes (new member) as well
as Sue (from BMCU...afraid I do not have her last name). with her cute powder blue Froggie. Bob and Fran Riemenschneider brought
their Mini and Morris Minor woody and Jim Revel brought his wonderful Jaguar XK-120.
Jim Thornton and Kevin Cowen took 1st and 2nd place, respectively, in
the Q1 (Healey) class. Bob and Fran Riemenschneider took 2nd place in Q (Imports) class. The pictures below show them
collecting their trophies at the awards ceremony.
This is a fabulous venue for a car show. I encourage all who did not make
it this year to try to attend next year...I suspect that it will be even better. Article and photos:
J. Hanson
Aug. 21 - Mirror Lake There was a light turnout for the trip to Mirror Lake. We formed up at the Hogle Zoo parking lot and headed out at
9:30 a.m. Dave and Sandy Maxwell, Ann and Doug Lewis, Craig and Carol Mossberg and Jon Hanson and Jill Owen were in
the group. We met up with Jim Revel and his brother-in-law and Joe and Lora Morley at the Chevron station in Kamas.
Parking was at a premium at the Mirror Lake parking lot but we managed
to squeeze in. This was pretty close to noon so we found a nice spot and proceeded with our picnic lunches and lively conversation.
After lunch we headed down the road a bit to Provo River Falls. These falls
are really spectacular.
After a lot of picture-taking at the falls, we headed back to Kamas
and then on to the SL valley. Needless to say, as we dropped to lower altitudes the temperature got higher and higher. It
was around 90 F when we hit the I-80 - Foothill Blvd. exit. This was a very enjoyable trip and a good excuse to get
out of the valley heat. Article: J. Hanson Pictures:
C. Mossberg, J. Owen, D. Maxwell and J. Hanson
July 31-Aug. 1 - Healey Days, Park City There was a great turnout this year for the annual BAHC Healey Days in Park City. The festivities
started with a social gathering at Jim and Susan Revel's home in Park City on Friday afternoon. (Susan - I want the recipes
for a couple of those dips you served!). Old Main Street in Park City is a perfect venue for this event and cars started
filtering in around 8:30 am on Saturday morning. There were a total of 51 cars registered with an excellent representation
by the BAHC, Wasatch Mountain Jaguar Register and BMCU. Toward the end of the day,
awards were presented as follows: Austin-Healey, First Place: John
Progess (3000 Mk III BJ8) Austin-Healey, Class Award (aka Second
Place): Wayne Mortensen (1957 100-6) Jaguar, First Place: Gary Lindstrom
(1954 XK-120) Jaguar, Class Award (aka Second Place): Jim Revel
(1953 XK120) Classic Sports Car: Art Pasker (1950 Jaguar Drop Head
Coupe) People's Choice: Bob Riemenschneider (Morris Traveler Station
Wagon)
A banquet was held Saturday evening at the Grub Steak Restaurant (with
custom printed menus suitable for framing!). An auction, lead by Don Colman ("auctioneer supreme") of contributed
items was held after dinner and I believe the haul was around $500.
There were about 20 participants for the Wasatch Back Tour on Sunday.
The author was unable to go on this so unfortunately (at present) we have no pictures to show here. Many thanks to Jim Revel for organizing this event...well done, Jim! Article and photos: J. Hanson
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