The 3rd Annual First
Generation Monte Carlo Club Meet
Atlanta Dragway in
Commerce, GA
MAY 31st to June 2, 2002
We had a great time at
the 3rd Annual FGMCC Meet!
Over 20 members were in attendance in the hot, hot sun of Commerce,
GA at the Super Chevy Show. On
Friday, when I arrived, the first members that I met were Duane and Sandy
Foster along with Rob and Patsy Peters.
The Super Chevy show area was just about empty at this time.
This was not the case on Saturday, as the show filled up and more
members started piling in.
Lets get right into the
hard luck stories! A blowout
on Marcos Marti’s 1972 Monte Carlo, coincidentally in Anderson, SC the
hometown of the FGMCC, put Marcos back a few hours on the trip to GA.
Luckily he made it to an open tire store.
Marcos wasn’t able to stay long, but we’re glad he was able to
make it with a smiling face despite the problem.
On Friday night when I, Kevin Wiles and my wife, Jennifer, were
about to go home for the night, we found that both sets of keys were
locked in our 1995 Monte Carlo. A
crowd of members surrounded the car trying to figure out what to do.
The Conkright family suggested calling AAA.
James Conkright went to get a pen and paper to take notes from AAA
and in the process locked his keys in the trunk of his 71 Monte!!
While James was removing his rear seat we were told by the operator that
it would take 2 hours to dispatch a locksmith.
Forget that. After
trying a slim jim for a while, a clothes hanger was used and member Craig
B. was able to hit the lock button with it.
Success!
Tragedy struck on
Saturday. We never expected
this. Jet car driver Jerry
Gannon died on Saturday after his jet car got sideways and struck the
wall, bursting into flames. His
life may have been saved if it weren’t for the foaming truck’s hose
falling off the speeding emergency vehicle which was on its way down the
track, with the hose whipping back and forth down the track, then as it
approached the crash site, the hose wrapped around the ambulance tire, and
snapped. Our prayers are with
Mr. Gannon’s family and all those affected.