1st Annual Phelps Mustang Rally

Hello again to all our car fanatics out there – this time, Mustang and Ford fans particularly. We spent the weekend with a bunch of wonderful people in Phelps, NY participating in the first annual Phelps Mustang rally. We had a blast showing the ‘Stang, meeting people, photographing (of course) and hanging out. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and we hope there are many more rallies to come.

We’d like to be able thank everyone that made this event possible with their hard work, organizing and conducting the rally, but we just didn’t get to meet everyone that was involved. We did have the pleasure of meeting and talking with the mayor of Phelps (Jim Cheney) and some of the other people that were working while we were having a good time: Dan, Tank, Alan and Anne… everyone else, you know who you are and we’re sorry we didn’t get to speak with you, at least not on a first-name basis!

Well, I’ll get on with my story now, as I usually do… The rally was a two-day event, beginning with a Ford show. The weather looked a bit gloomy, so we heard later in the day of some car owners having decided not to bring their cars out. Still, we had a good number of cars for the first go around. The show ran from 10am to 4pm and then we all lined up to cruise back around to Main St., where we parked all the Stangs (and a Galaxie and an AC Cobra) in a row. It was quite a spectacle and talk about fun! We all gathered around while the awards were handed out and we took home two – Best in Show and Best Male Autocross Time. That’s right – not only does the Stang look good, Thann can drive it, too! Okay, enough of that… the second day’s activity consisted of a poker run through the western Finger Lakes. We’re talking about NY’s wine country here, so naturally a couple of the stops for cards were at wineries. It wasn’t just a fun road course though, the entire Finger Lakes region is absolutely beautiful – mountains and valleys with glacial lakes in between… just a beatiful place. So we wrapped up Sunday with the show of poker hands from the day’s course. Our hand wasn’t awful, but it wasn’t a winner either. Oh well, better luck next time. And that’s my quick synopsis of a weekend full of good times with good people – now, on with the good photos!

As always, you may click on any of the below “teasers” to open our gallery and view all the images. Enjoy!