LUCKENBACH RALLY REPORT
From JOASW

Well, the 15^th annual Luckenbach Rally sponsored by the San Antonio

Jaguar Club finally went off after the third rain delay on a beautiful, sunny Texas Sunday January 25^th.  Our JOASW Club “mission” with a team by yours truly and that expert navigator/pilot/painter/golfer & all around rennaisance man, Tom Jobe (ex-SAJC member) was to help SAJC return the rotating trophy to Jaguar from the Corvette clutches  the past three years…Well, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!An all Brit

Sweep returned the well worn trophy to welcome hands led by a MG and an assortment of Jags led by Brian Blackwell (even though Don Snyder was driving a Saab?)  Your  JOASW team placed 10^th out of 23 entrants, holding off a gaggle of Mini Coopers, Porsches, Corvettes and a Testa Rossa Ferrari to insure the  Anglophile eventual victory.

Oh what a glorious day for the SAJC, JCOH and JOASW and our true British heritage to see the grand ‘ol rotating trophy back “home”.  Bill Davis, Rally Hoss, did a devilish layout of a 5-leg course from quaint Gruene to historic Luckenbach all along the magnificent cattle-guard back roads of the Hill country with unique multi-use checkpoints.  We were coming and going from all compass points in a glorious cacophony of pounding tires, accelerating cars and screeching brakes.  Jayne Iffla , Virginia and Fran Curran did a herculean job of holding the Rally together in spite of the ever-present minor controvercies, weather delays, and bar- tab dis-agreements the night before the first car roll-out!

What a weekend!!!Thanks to the SAJC for their determination and hospitality.  We’re looking forward with delight and wonder for the 16^th Luckenbach Rally.  Results can be seen on the www.Sajaguarclub.org website.  Check it out and JOASW is throwing up a special 2005 Challenge to the SAJC for the 16^th Memorial Luckenbach Rally…

Cheers…Cheers…Cheers…