I find it hard to believe half of 2019 is now history. Someone once said, “Time flies by when you’re having fun.” I can attest to that based on the events we’ve already enjoyed this year, and I hope that’s been true for you, as well. April brought an annual favorite, Festival d’Avion, followed by our May business meeting in Pinehurst in preparation for the Sandhills Motoring Festival over Memorial Day weekend. Most recently, Triangle members participated in Rally for the Rescue Mission. You will find details of these events in this newsletter. Moving ahead, I’m looking forward to our Members Appreciation Luncheon July 20 at Maggiano’s “Little Italy” at the Streets of Southpoint (mall) in Durham. We will be honoring members who have reached five-year membership milestones of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, etcetera, in the Mercedes-Benz Club of America. If you are one of our members who has reached one of these milestones, I hope that you will join us. The weekend of August 23-25 brings the annual Shelton Vineyard’s Mercedes Car Show. This event, held on the vineyards’ shaded lawns, is very laid back and relaxing. Amenities include a restaurant, wine showroom, and discount rate at the nearby Hampton Inn for event goers. Group dinners and a leisurely drive along the famous Blue Ridge Parkway have become traditional favorites for Triangle members attending this event with the car show taking top billing on Saturday. So, mark your calendar to head for the foothills that weekend. In closing, I want to thank all of you for your support and efforts that have helped the Triangle Section to become one of the best MBCA sections in the country!

Bill Faison

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SMF pp.1,3,5

Exotic Car Club p.8

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NASCAR Museum p.6

Memorial Day weekend brought hundreds of car owners and enthusiasts to the heart of Village of Pinehurst to enjoy a spectacular array of 125 European and exotic cars on display. From Friday’s opening informal car show to Sunday’s concours there were multiple-choice events including a road rally, leisurely backroads drive, historic village tour, restoration shop tour, tapas and wine walk, and group dinners. The Sunday awards dinner was attended by 159 people who, in addition to enjoying the first-class buffet, were entertained by Sotheby’s Ramsey Potts who had worked tirelessly throughout the concours interviewing classic cars buffs. Sandhills Motoring Festival (SMF), in only its second year, is cosponsored by MBCA Triangle Section and Sandhills Porsche Club, and by any measure 2019’s event was a huge success. !

Sandhills Motoring Festival Hits the Village’s Streets

This 1962 220S cabriolet catches the attention of passersby.

Rally for Rescue Mission, p.15

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This gorgeous 1953 300 S owned by Guy Lewis of MBCA South Florida Section, took top honors for Best in Show (Touring), Mercedes-Benz Award of Excellence, and Best in Class for Early to1979 Sedan, Coup, Cabriolet & Estate.

Triangle Section’s Jeff Files is interviewed by RM Sotheby’s Ramsey Potts about his winning 1958 300 SL Roadster that took Best in Class - Early SL, 1957 to 1970.

Below: MBCA Central Florida Section’s Alan Foster’s green 2019 S 560 Cabriolet gets awarded Best in Class - 1980 and Up Sedan, Coup, Cabriolet, and Estate.

This 2009 SLK 55 won Peachtree Section’s James Fekete Best in Class, AMG.

2019 SANDHILLS MOTORING FESTIVAL

Mercedes Awards

(Not pictured: Best in Class - SL 1990 and Up awarded to a 2011 SL 550 owned by George Fortunes of Holly Springs)

Triangle’s Chris Smith obviously is pleased with the judges’ decision awarding his 1989 560 SL Best in Class - SL 1971 to 1989.

Photos by Tom Reedy and Vicki Wilson

Sandhills Motoring Festival ADDITIONAL AWARDS

Best in Show (Sporting) plus British (Open) 1960 Lotus Elite

Bill Timmons, Pinehurst

Mayor’s Award - 1957 Jaguar D Type Jack Norton, West End

Chairman’s Award - 1967 Ferrari P3/4 Wilson Collection, Jupiter, Fla.

President’s Award - 1952 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith, Jack Kenard (Triangle member),

Southern Pines

Ferrari Award - 2017 488 Spider Bjarne Berg, Mooresville

Exotics Award - 1974 DeTomaso Pantera Rob Duquette, Jackson Springs

BMW Award -1988 BMW M3 Payman Bazooband, Raleigh

British Award - 2015 Jaguar/Proteus C Type Lawrence Baxter, Durham

By Chris Smith Hagerty Youth Judging was on hand for the second Annual Sandhills Motoring Festival. There were nine youth judges with four returning from 2018. After gathering at the MBCA tent to go over the rules of judging

and passing out their official Hagerty gear, they judged five cars in all: a 1994 Ferrari 348TS, a 1970 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL, a 2000 Porsche Boxster Clubsport, a 1964 Porsche 356C, and a 1957 Jaguar D Type. The cars were judged in five different categories on a scale of 1 to 5, and each youth judge also asked engaging questions of the car owners. The youth judges did an excellent job in calculating their scores and with their keen eye came up with the final placing. They were also interviewed by Master of Ceremonies Ramsey Potts from RM Sotheby's on their favorite cars. The award for 1st place went to the 2000 Porsche Boxster Clubsport owned by Marvin Waters, 2nd place to the 1970 Mercedes-Benz 280SL owned by John Byrne, and 3rd place to the 1964 Porsche 356C owned by Steve Gaddy. We look forward to having the youth judges return for SMF 2020.!

Tom Holderfield, (second from left) owner of Mercedes-Benz of Fayetteville which is a sponsor of Triangle Section and Sandhills Motoring Festival, asked to become a MBCA Triangle member during Sandhills Motoring Festival. A delighted Steve Redwine, Triangle past president, congratulates Tom along with Triangle President Bill Faison, left. MBCA National President Gene Jurick, who traveled from Texas to attend SMF, also was on hand to congratulate the new member.

Future MBCA Members?

Joining Up at SMF

John Bryne sounds the horn on his 1970 280 SL for these serious note-taking Hagerty Youth Judges.

Photo by Tom Reedy

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A Visit to the NASCAR Hall of Fame Museum in Charlotte By Rob VanDewoestine

The NASCAR Museum is in a very modern building in downtown Charlotte and the weather on Saturday, Logistics were pretty simple with a large parking garage right next to the museum. Triangle President Bill Faison had arranged for museum entry and a guide to take us to the various displays. The main hall provides a visual history of the evolution of cars and the increase of banking on tracks to allow higher speeds through corners.

There are two places on the ramp where one can step up onto the track. It was very difficult to just stand there without holding onto the railings for support when the banking gets to be over 30 degrees.

There are many displays showing the people and vehicles who started and grew this class of racing over the decades. There are extensive video displays of races from the past and the trophies associated with them. If you go through each display in detail, it would be easy to spend a day at the museum.

For information about tours: nascarhall.com

The highlight of the tour is the opportunity to “drive” a race car on a virtual track. Our tour guide knew enough to take us there first before the area became crowded. Eight race cars are set up as though racing. Each car has two positions equipped with a video display and steering wheel along with brake and accelerator pedals. The wheel also has paddle shifters with 4 gears and a reset button for when you crash (a frequent event) that puts the driver back in the pit in a replacement car. The racing computer in each car is linked to the other cars so that you are actually racing against the people in your group and can see their cars on your screen. Speeds and lap times are posted on another display at the end of the race. This is the same system that is used to train people who would like to race professionally. Triangle’s Alan Goodman achieved the fastest lap time in the virtual race and was awarded “The Mercedes (coffee) Cup.” !

The central room upstairs is the Hall of Fame itself. Cars associated with the last 5 inductees are in the hall along with biographical information on the owners or drivers. Past inductees have a position around the walls with pictures, videos and material on their careers.

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741 miles - longest distance driven to SMF

36 Mercedes 23 Porsches

showed on the Village

Green

Photos by Tom Reedy

34 competed in the PCA & MBCA Rally

CAROLINA EXOTIC CAR CLUB Unique by any measure By Rob VanDewoestine

Members of the Triangle Section joined car owners from other clubs for a Cars and Coffee event at the Carolina Exotic Car Club May 11. The club, located in a facility on Glen Royal Road in Raleigh, combines the functions of a social club with vehicle storage and maintenance. There are two climate-controlled main buildings as well as a row of garage bays in a third building at the rear. There is a lounge just inside the entrance door with the first car storage area to the right. Many of the cars at the facility are exotic European models but also there are some VWs and a scattering of American cars. It is not often that you see cars displayed on Persian rugs. This area held about 40 cars. Décor is “industrial chic” as evidenced by the unique coffee maker (below) sliding door leading into the shop area. The second building held about 40 more cars. Carolina Exotic Car Club is a great place to see a wide variety of vehicles or to store a car under well controlled conditions.!

Note the impressive number of interesting vehicles driven to the Cars and Coffee event.

Visitors were surprised to see this vintage bi-wing suspended overhead in the main building.

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Loyalty Members THANK YOU to these members who renewed their memberships between March 30 and June 20. Date in parentheses is member’s join date. Highlighted names represent 25 or more years MBCA membership.

New Members WELCOME to the following new members who joined Triangle between March 30 and June 20

Larry Allen Raleigh Phillip Brown Whispering Pines Claudia Carlson Whispering Pines Clarence Fitts Apex

Steve Pattison Pinehurst John Richardson Raleigh Curt Wheeler Apex Lisa Winston Cary

Tom Holderfield Pinehurst Mike Katz Pinehurst John Kennard Southern Pines Lance Lewis Fayetteville John Palmer Oak Ridge

Samuel Addison (2016) Boone Larry Allen (2019) Raleigh Ivan Bahamonde (2008) Cary Miles Baldwin (1989) Pinehurst Harris Berman (2015) Cary Richard Booth (2014) Manteo Charles Bronk (2003) Whispering Pines Walter Bryan (2018) Wilmington Hubert Burden (2007) Greenville Carla Butler (2017) Southern Pines Deborah Castle (2014) Whispering Pines John Chamblee (2012) Nashville Charles Cochran (2012) Holly Springs Daniel Cohen (2017) Wrightsville Beach Vernon Creech (2008) Zebulon Ron Crowson (2016) Raleigh John-Hunter Dailey (2011) Williamston James Davidson (2011) Raleigh Peter del Sol (2015) Southport Bill Faison (2010) Cary William Friedrich (2019) Raleigh Hobson Gattis, Jr. (1999) Raleigh Phil Gevertz (2017) Raleigh Nancy Goodman (2-15) Raleigh Jim Gruenebaum (2011) New Bern Steve Hale (2017) Cary Mike Hamby (2009) Fuquay Varina Steve Hamelly (2015) Chapel Hill P. Huber Hanes III (2013) Glendale Springs Michael Howell (2011) Raleigh Barry Huff (2005) Elkin Owen Hughes (2016) Wake Forest Leigh Humphrey (2018) Pinehurst Steve Kocsi (2013) Midlothian, Va.

Ronald Kuligowski (1999) Chapel Hill John Lubker (2006) Chapel Hill Randall H.H. Madry (2013) Raleigh J. Mahoney (1990) Chapel Hill Watts Mangum (1990) Durham Benny Martin (2001) Sandy Ridge Evan Maxwell (2009) Durham Con McDonald (2018) Raleigh George Meyer (2018) Pittsboro Stephen Miller (2004) Pinehurst Larry Murray (2008) Sanford Dale Parker (2017) Benson William Parrish (2015) Conover David Pettengill (1987) Raleigh Gary Phillips (1988) Rocky Mount Isaac Pipkin (1986) Pine Knoll Shores Doris Raymond (2018) Raleigh Steve Redwine (2012) Raleigh Ronald Rice (2004) Cary Steven Robinson (1996) Sanford Ted Sampson (2016) Wilmington Jurgen Stanley (2017) Fayetteville John Stike (2008) Wilmington Andrew Surasky (2014) Lewisville Oliver Sweeney (2016) Pinehurst Richard Talach (2013) Lake Frederick, Va. Jimmy Taylor (2004) Wilmington David Tseng (2018) Greensboro Blair Tyson (2008) Durham Jack W. Van Stavern (2002) Raleigh Robert VanDewoestine (2012). Durham George Vaughan (1985) Durham Sue Vespa (2016) Pinehurst Vicki Wilson (2014) Chapel Hill

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SAM - Drive to “House in the Horseshoe” battle reenactment Ice Cream Social & Business Meeting with backroads drive to S&T Soda Shop, Pittsboro SAM - Cars and Coffee Blue Ridge Parkway drive, Mercedes-Benz Car Show, Shelton Vineyards, Dobson MBCA Eastern Region Leadership Conference, Dobson Hampton Inn

SAM - Cocktail Social on Lake Pinehurst SAM - Cars and CoffeeRumbling Bald Euro Classic, Lake Lure CANCELED

2020 Event Planning, Budget, Officers & Board Members Nominations Meeting SAM - Cars & Coffee, drive to Ben Owen Pottery, Seagrove, lunch OctoberFest German Car Show with Mercedes and Porsche clubs, Lake Montague, Cary SAM - Fall Foliage Tour through Western North Carolina

Hilton Head Concours d’ Elegance, Hilton Head, S.C. SAM - Sandhills Dinner at local restaurant SAM - Cars and Coffee

Christmas Luncheon, Toys for Tots Charity Drive, Busines Meeting with board/officers elections SAM - Old Salem Christmas Tour, lunch SAM -Cars and Coffee

For more information about the Mercedes-Benz Club of America, Triangle Section, visit trianglembca.org or contact info@tringlembca.org.

2019 Calendar Members receive e-mail updates

about events added during the year. Listed events are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances.

JULY 17 20

AUG. 3

10 17

23-24 25

SEPT. 7

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OCT. 5 or 12

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NOV. 1-3 13 16

DEC. 7

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Listings include Sandhills Area Mercedes (SAM) which is a subsection of Triangle. SAM events are open to ALL Triangle members.

This is one event you won’t want to miss! Make Shelton Vineyards

in Dobson your weekend destination

August 23-24. FRIDAY ✦Leisure drive along the

Blue Ridge Parkway ✦Group dinner at

Coach’s Neighborhood Grill

SATURDAY ✦Car show on shaded

lawns at the vineyard ✦Beautiful cars, wine tastings, onsite food options - totally relaxing atmosphere ✦Judging by Shelton staff awarding 12 top choices plus a Best in Show

The Hampton Inn in Dobson, conveniently located for Shelton Vineyards just off I-77 at Exit 93, offers event room rate at $129 per night. Call the hotel directly 336-353-9400 to get the Mercedes-Benz Car Show rate. NO CAR SHOW ENTRANCE FEE REGISTRATION REQUIRED: https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/shelton-vineyards-mercedes-gathering

August 23-24

TIME for the SHELTON VINEYARDS 2019 Mercedes-Benz Car Show

TRIANGLE MEMBERS COME TO SUPPORT MERCEDES-BENZ OF DURHAM CHARITY EVENT Saturday, June 15, brought Triangle members to Mercedes-Benz of Durham in support of the dealer’s annual Rally for the Rescue Mission to generate essential supplies and monetary donations for Durham Rescue Mission. The nonprofit organization serves thousands of local needy annually. The event raised nearly $3,000 in goods and money.

Many Mercedes got admiring looks including Lisa Winston’s 2019 E 53 and Steve Redwine’s 1970 280 SL. The Mercedes-Benz of Durham provided DJ and music for entertainment plus lunch of grilled dogs, brats sausages with all the fixin’s.

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President…………………………………..Bill Faison (919)469-9228

Vice President………………………….Chris Smith (910)528-2524

Treasurer..........................Barbara VanDewoestine (919)309-4517

Secretary..........................................Pam Redwine (919)360-8227

Past President………………………Steve Redwine

Eastern Region Director..................Doug Geganto

For information about Triangle Section, please visit us online at https://www.trianglembca.org/ Or contact us via email at: info@trianglembca.org

Triangle Section Officers

Tri-Star newsletter is a quarterly publication by Triangle Section of Mercedes-Benz Club of America, Inc., (MBCA) provided to Triangle Section members. Explicit permission to copy or republish any article is given to all sections of the Mercedes-Benz Club of America, Inc. The articles in the Tri-Star are the opinions of the writers and no authentication is given or implied as to the validity of any expressed opinions. Articles and photos are by the editor unless otherwise credited. Send your information to the editor. Deadlines for submitting materials are February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1.

Newsletter Editor...................................Vicki Wilson (336) 253-9690

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