Hi everyone…
I’m writing to let you know that the 2001 Jaguar Roadrunner 1000 classic car
rally will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico September 18 through 23 of this
year.
The Jaguar Roadrunner 1000 is an affordable classic car event designed to
offer almost as much as the more expensive car events across the United
States but at a fraction of the cost. We are looking for enthusiasts who
would like to drive and show their cars without taking a second mortgage on
the house, and Northern New Mexico offers fantastic fall colors and
panoramic vistas bisected by enjoyable twisty roads. Add to this the lure
of spicy New Mexican food and the colorful intertwined history of Native
American, Anglo-Saxon, and Spanish settlers, and you have an event which is
not to be missed. If you have a pre-1977 car you love and want to share,
and if you have a competitive nature and want to win serious prizes, then
this is the event for you.
Overlaying the event is a tribute to the new breed of cat � the great new
cars of Jaguar. Melloy Jaguar of Albuquerque and Jaguar North America are
sponsoring much of the event, which includes a car show on the Santa Fe
Plaza the morning of September 23, judged by classic car luminaries such as
Ken Gross, former curator of the Peterson Auto Museum in Los Angeles, and
Dennis Little, former chief of design for Cadillac. Shining examples of the
new Jaguars will be on display on the Santa Fe Plaza during the show.
Additional sponsors for the event include Haggerty Classic Car Insurance and
Meguier’s.
Well-known race driver and author Denise McCluggage lives in Santa Fe, and
she has personally designed the driving tours for the event. The main
competitive portion, The Luigi Vercotti Rally, will take rallyists through
the streets of Santa Fe and on the road to Taos. It will be a
question-and-answer event - one drivers and navigators won�t soon forget.
Lunch will be served at the world-famous Rancho de Chimayo Restaurant in
historic Chimayo, located in the shadow of the historic Santuario de
Chimayo.
The winner of the Luigi Vercotti Rally wins a trip for two to Las Vegas,
Nevada, and each winner of the five concours categories on Sunday morning
will win an expense paid trip for two to Durango, Colorado. The car show
and concours is open to all types of cars, from cruisers to exotics. The
calendar of events follows:
Tuesday night, September 18, 6 pm, informal welcome gathering at the
headquarters hotel for the participants of the entire event, Fort Marcy
Hotel Suites - tall tales, appetizers and draft beer
Wednesday, September 19 and Thursday, September 20: self-guided 250 mile
tours of a part of New Mexico history, routes planned and designed by Denise
McCluggage
Friday morning, September 21, a quick tour of the roads surrounding Santa
Fe, again with route planned and designed by Denise McCluggage
Friday night, September 21, 6 pm: second welcome gathering for incoming
weekend participants at Fort Marcy Hotel Suites - tall tales, appetizers and
draft beer
Saturday morning, September 22, 9 am: first car on the road for the Luigi
Vercotti Rally
Saturday night, September 22, 6 pm: Event banquet at Fort Marcy Hotel
Suites. Speaker to be announced.
Sunday, September 19, 9 am-noon, Concours � location, Santa Fe Plaza.
The entry fee is only $75 per person. Please call for information about any
facet of the event, from activities to hotel rooms. The headquarters hotel
for the event is my property, Fort Marcy Hotel Suites (www.fortmarcy.com).
Please feel free to contact me for more information. Full details are at
www.roadrunner1000.com.
Thanks!
John Smallwood
2001 Jaguar Roadrunner 1000
800-561-0898
505-984-8682 fax
@John_Smallwood
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