An Automotive Adventure
Welcome Vintage cars, Classic cars, and Sporting cars of all types!
Experience the nostalgia of your automobile in motion, while discovering our regions' beauty and unique points of interest with the first running of the Albemarle Classic. This pleasure driving road rallye & tour plans to provide club drivers and individual car enthusiasts alike an opportunity to get in their treasured vehicles and go!
Drift back in time - to an era not long ago - where men sporting fedoras and women in soft silky scarves enjoyed long leisurely drives through the countryside. The Albemarle Classic is a sporting and social event that celebrates the glorious automobiles of yesterday and today.
This rallye & tour is not just an automotive adventure. There will be plenty of magnificent motorcars to ooh and aah over and enough motor sporting excitement to keep the entire family entertained for a fun afternoon.
Tracing portions of the original southern Chesapeake Route 17 and Carolina’s Historic Albemarle Highway, this first annual event takes participating motorists on a 110 mile trek through the beauty and splendor this historic region has to offer.
The Rallye Event
Whether you belong to a club or have a special vehicle tucked away in the garage, we hope you’ll bring a companion and come out to share in an event that revives the nostalgia of an era gone by.
The Albemarle Classic Rallye & Tour is a driving tour on well paved public roads and has been created to become an annual family event to remember. It is not a race. Participants are encouraged (and some will be awarded) to dress in period with their sporting attire that may include driving caps, goggles and scarves that may capture the era of days gone by.
Participants will gather at the centrally located Virginia Beach Town Center. Promptly at 10AM drivers and passengers will depart on a 110-mile journey to the historic town of Elizabeth City nestled on the point of North Carolina's Albemarle Sound and back again. Four stops along the way only add to the fun and appreciation of unique points of interest. Gourmet boxed lunches are provided.
The event is scheduled to take approximately 4 hours, and brings participants back to where they started for a toast to all involved and awards ceremony.
The Concours Event
Back at the paddocks, concours participants will have an opportunity to safely present their vehicles to event visitors and the general public.
This is a non-sanctioned concours event. Vehicles will be informally judged. Placement is on a first-come first-served basis, and the event presentation is for general public viewing and concours participant camaraderie.
Concours participants receive event sponsor packets and are invited to attend the closing award ceremony and celebration.
Rallye Participation - Instructions
When: Sunday 19 April 2009 Rain or Shine.
Time: Rallye begins 10:00 AM sharp. Gate opens 8:30 AM.
Award ceremony and toast 5:00 PM.
Entry Fee: $100 per vehicle for Rallye Participants.
$50 per vehicle for Concours Participants.
Start/End points: Rallye begins and ends at same location. Columbus Two 4500 Main Street, Virginia Beach Town Center, Virginia 23462.
Course: Approximately 110 miles. Four stops. Traversing the roads of Virginia and North Carolina. The Albemarle Classic winds drivers to treasured points of interest and destinations for all to enjoy. (approx. 4 hours)
Registration: Pre-registration is required. Participation spots are very limited. No registration on day of event. Fax, email or hand-deliver form provided on the website - RSVP by Wednesday, April 15. Be sure to review the rules and regulations.
DAY OF EVENT: Provided:
- Road Book providing maps and instructions
- Landmark and sight quiz form
- A boxed gourmet lunch for two for each vehicle participation
- A goodie & sponsor bag
- An Albemarle Classic – Rallye & Tour patch 2009
- Award gifts for class winners
- Overall trophy award to winner
Bring:
- Drivers license
- Proof of auto insurance
- Street legal vehicle with registration
- Be prepared for any weather or mechanical breakdown. Road-side assistance is not provided by this event or organizer
Participation Celebration & Awards Presentation
- Best Female Motor Sporting Outfit
- Best Male Motor Sporting Outfit
- Best Vintage (pre-War) Sporting Vehicle
- Best Vintage (pre-War) Sedan Vehicle
- Best Classic (post-War) Sporting Vehicle
- Best Classic (post-War) Sedan Vehicle
- Best Modern (1990 or later) Sporting Vehicle
- Best Modern (1990 or later) Sedan Vehicle
- The Albemarle Classic - Landmark & Sights Quiz Winner
- The Albemarle Classic - Landmark & Sights Quiz Runner-up
- The Distance Trophy – to participant who traveled the furthest distance to participate.
- Spirit of Albemarle Classic – Awarded to participant who embodies the spirit of Albemarle Classic Rallye by way of endeavor or ill-fortune.
Albemarle Classic Grand Marshall 
Your host and 2009 Albemarle Classic - Rallye & Tour Grand Marshall is Mr. James Beckett. He is the former Assistant Secretary of the British Racing Drivers Club, a principal of the renowned Walter Hayes Trophy, and a former class winner of Great Britain’s' National Rally Championship event – the Rally Sunseeker.
His vast experience and boundless energy promise to make the Albemarle Classic Rallye & Tour a one-of-a-kind adventure for all who participate.
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