Dale just posted this on FB on the HR MINI page. I wanted to share it with everyone that came to the event
I just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone for making the 10th annual Cooper Vineyard MINI rally so much fun!
First a little history. Regina and I have been doing this event since 07 when we had to borrow Tyler's MINI to do it. Five years ago the auto industry wasn't doing well and Crown dropped the sponsorship of the event. Jacque (Jackie) wasn't sure she was going to be able to put on the event. I promised her if she would go ahead and hold the event I'd get the word out. She did, and I did. We had nearly 100 MINIs that year. It's been a labor of love ever since.
This year it was great seeing my MINI friends again, though I did miss our Tar Heel friends. So with meeting both old and new MINI owners and having a bunch of friends, another event comes to a close. If I didn't get to personally say hi, I'm sorry. I hope everybody had a good time. With the exception of the one employee that I plan to talk to Jacque about. Thanks to Crown MINI and David Baldwin and Matt Perry for the coffee and bagels as well as access to their dealership.
Thanks to everybody at Cooper Vineyard and the vendors. Smokin' Eddie's BBQ was pretty dang good. Animal Connections brought out some adorable doggies for adoption. I don't know if any got FURever homes, but Pepe came close to being a Poquoson resident.
And Lastly, thanks to all the MINI owners and their co pilots. Whether it was your 10th or your first, thank you for coming. If you did the drive over from Crown MINI, thanks for that too. Glad you got to experience one of my nearly world famous U-turns! Hopefully, 2015 will be as great as this years event was!
Thanks again