A salute to Bruce & Norma Stummp and others for keeping the Carlisle SOC event an on-going successful event.
Carlisle Tributes from Jim Ignacio on Vimeo.
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Hope you all enjoy this video salute to Bruce & Norma Stummp! 
Another masterpiece from our producer !! Great job Jim !!
great job el guapo;]
MusbJim posted:Hope you all enjoy this video salute to Bruce & Norma Stummp!
Nice one, Jim.....as usual ! Thanks for that.
Sorry I missed so many of you at Carlisle, I could only be there on Friday, as one of my flying buddies celebrated his 90th birthday today, he still is flying his own Cessna 172, and Aeronca Champ and driving without glasses !!
But I did get to see "Wild Bill", Shu, and Rich Drewek yesterday.
Wow what a fantastic video tribute Jim. Looks like you all had a great time this year with the weather forecast being torrential rain. Missed being there with all these wonderful friends.
Musbjim
what a great video. Thank you for putting this together for those of us who were not there this year.
I only attended in 2015, but remember such a well organized weekend.
To Bruce and Norma, sincere gratitude for all the labor of Love put into this event for all those years.
Tom Lorenzo
Thank you Bruce, Norma, Al, Dude, Gordo and the Hoopty! Everyone always made us feel at home. The kids from Chi-town
And thank you Max for gettin the ball rolling on this tribute!!
Jimbo, Thank you, a great video and tribute. I really miss SOC and the good people I've met during the 4 times I attended Carlisle. So many things have changed since I last attended and was more active in the group. I still have my Cabriolet and drive the hills of East Tennessee but family issues have darkened my outlook on things I had enjoyed. Our daughter passed away expectantly and things we once thought were important now seem pointless. Good friends, love and understanding are bringing things in focus now. Looking forward to a fall meeting with some fellow SOCers and thinking about Carlisle 2019 although I won't be in the running for my 4th Long Distant Drive award. A huuuuuuge thanks to Bruce, Norma and Gordon for hosting events and a big wave to my friends in SOC, you know who you are.
Jim, another great video !!!
Nice work Jim!
Sorry to have missed the weekend, but many thanks to Bruce and Norma for all they did to make past Carlisles so enjoyable.
Best to everyone who was there.
Tom Buchanan posted:And thank you Max for gettin the ball rolling on this tribute!!
Yes indeed. A large thanks to Max for setting this up. Nice one, Max !!
NOLAN!
Had a chat with John Hallstrand at Carlisle about you and how you and your wife were doing, but, as a gentleman he didn’t mention the bad parts. So very sorry to hear that and made me think about us losing some family members a few years back and how that knocked the stuffing out of me, so I totally understand. Take the time you need to slowly return to a “new normal” and then engage with some of us when you’re ready. Till then, we’ll still be here, offering conflicting opinions on what’s wrong with all sorts of things on other people’s and fifteen different ways on how to fix them.
Missed you at Carlisle, but it was a wet, wet time, made brighter by good friends (and beer - Lots of beer).
All the best, there in the Tennessee hills. Gordon
A big Thank You from Norma and I to everyone who had something to do with this tribute - especially Jim Ignacio, Max Zimmer, Cory and Jeni Drake. Jim created a super video with tributes from the participants (thanks everyone!) and photos that bring back many memories. Max spoke and presented us with an amazing photo album (that also includes tributes from participants) which I can only assume took him many hours to compile. Cory and Jeni made a really cool plaque that will hang in a special place in the garage/man cave.
As has been said before, there have been many people along the way who have pitched in in so many ways – everyone who purchased or created items donated for the raffle that helped to cover the costs of the weekend, people who provided event artwork and t-shirts over the years (Rich Drewek was our go-to guy the past few years), Alan Merklin who insured we had lodging and Bill Drayer who coordinated the Thursday cruise and dinner at the CaddyShack.
And special thanks to Gordon Nichols and Cory and Jeni Drake for giving us four years and one year respectively of a break from coordinating the weekend. They did a dynamite job of keeping things rolling and in many cases bumping the event to a higher level. And thanks to all the participants who made the weekend something worth coordinating and attending.
This year was a prime example of what Carlisle is. There was an early-on forecast threat of rain and still MANY people attended - some driving many miles - even though they did not bring their Speedster or Spyder. It’s been said many times this is a reunion that continues to grow with new family coming every year.
If anyone wants to know what it felt like 15 years ago to experience the results of our efforts to get this show started, read the chapter titled “Ghost Riders” in Max Zimmer’s book Actual Miles. The Carlisle gathering never ceases to attract.
Will the Speedsters Meet Spyders gathering happen again in 2019? No one has stepped up to take over the reins but I am confident someone will - this event will happen in 2019 - mark the dates on your calendar! May 16-19. Drive ’em, trailer ’em, tow ’em, but get ’em there somehow!
I have attended 14 of the 15 Carlisle gatherings and I am certain there will be a 16th. Bruce, Norma, Gordon, Alan, Bill, Jeni, Cory, etc., etc., etc., have created something that may change, but isn’t about to die. Too many lasting friendships have been created. I’m not sure what the form, date, or venue will be (I’m betting on superficial changes), but there will be something next spring that is “Carlisle.”
Agreed, Lane. You've got me by one year. My car was done and ready in 2005 but not legal with the registration yet. My introduction to you crazy folks was the 2006 build of Lane's car. What a great year!
I've been going ever since, don't plan to stop.
Bruce, Norma, Gordon, and the Drakes: Thank you!
No pics of me there in disguise?
Terrific job Jim and Max!
Bank account has been opened in my name with the SOC Carlisle starter kitty in it. I will be reaching out shortly to folks for help in getting Carlisle 2019 on track.
Ed PM sent ..... call me when you can.
Thanks Ed!