State Street Cruise Night
The blistering heat of summer had passed for the most part, but things were heating up at the State Capitol as car after car assembled for the second annual Sate Street Cruise Night. Like last year, this event attracted a few cars that had not been seen at previous events and the trek down State Street lured a bunch of eager drivers out for a spin and some good food.

We waited until 7 PM and true to form, a couple cars showed up at the very last second as we were about to hit the road. And hit the road we did, cruising leisurely down State Street all the way to 90th South. There we turned up the hill to the Sandy Dairy Queen, owned by Joe Chou. Everyone ordered dinner or snacks and we had a grand time. Joe had prepared a very large ice cream cake with a picture of an MG on it. Jon Hermance, master of the Klingon knife, pummeled the cake until it surrendered itself into many small pieces to feed the hungry masses of the BMCU clan. Indeed, we stumbled across a real Brit, out for ice cream with her kids, and she gave us rousing pep talk.

Then we got down to business for a small raffle. Some automotive prizes were donated by Bill & Julie Robinson and Joe Chou donated certificates for ice cream cakes. We raised $60 from the event for our club coffers.

It was another great BMCU turnout with 19 cars present. 18 were British and yours truly had to show up in the British Motor Werks sedan, as the clutch on the Spit hasn't fixed itself yet. Present from the sign up sheet were Joe Chou, Bill & Julie Robinson, Nichols & Stuart Nichols, Bill & Julie Van Moorhem, Kent & Kaye Thomas, Larry Farrington, Rick Florer, Will & Diane Pataki, Bill Walton, Kendall & Connie Dewsnup, Jim & Barbara Munter, Jenny Robinson & Ben Fonnesbeck, Dil Strasser, Mike Pennington, Barbara Nordquist, Ted Hemsley, Mitch & Diane Johnson, Barney & Toni Bauernhuber, Mary & Larry Bishop, Mark & Joyuce Noeltner and Roger & Jill Davis. Sorry if we missed anyone. Thanks to all for making this another successful BMCU driving event.

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