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Saturday, October 27, 2007
World Golf Village, St. Augustine, FL
Results from the Sixth Annual
United Way 2-1-1 Charity Oktoberfest 2007
More than 50 cars and their owners braved the wind and rain at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine for the Sixth Annual United Way 2-1-1 Charity Oktoberfest in late October. While the rain tried to slow down the previously rain postponed event, the activity around the cars remained strong throughout the day as the event participants, United Way 2-1-1 staff and volunteers assembled to celebrate their success and expressed their appreciation in the World Golf Village's Fairways Café during the Awards Ceremony.
This year's event continued the tradition of increasing community awareness of United Way's 2-1-1 Information and Referral Call Center and raised needed funds to help support the program. The combined donations for the event exceeded $6,000, with more than $3,000 in donated products and an additional $2,990 in monetary contributions.
Each year brings new excitement as we gain new participants, with unusual and very interesting cars. With the addition of a new Specialty Cars Group, this year's event produced a most unique assembly of high performance sports cars and race cars. Practically every registered participant was a winner with the special event grab bags; 50 drawings conducted every 30 minutes and the event's traditional awards presentations.
The date, time and location for Oktoberfest 2008 will be announced after the first of the year and all past and present participants will be notified via email.
EVENT GRAND PRIZE WINNER
- A very special grand prize was donated by Electrolux North America; a Frigidaire 35-inch Frigidaire Stainless Steel Cabinet Grill. The retail value of the grill is in excess of $1,600 and was won by Justin and Michelle Yovonavic of St. Augustine.
JUDGES CHOICE WINNERS
- Best Race Car: 1966 Ford GT40, owned by John Leonard of Fort Lauderdale
- Best Automobile: 1958 MG A Coupe, owned by Joseph Kaiser of St. Augustine
- Best Motorcycle: 2006 Harley Davidson, owned by Stephen Caravella of Jacksonville
- The Car That Would Be The Most Fun to Drive: 1976 Austin Mini, owned by J.T. Leonard of Jacksonville
- The Car the Judges Would Most Like to Own: 2004 Ferrari Challenge Stradale, owned by Mike Ferran of Jacksonville
PEOPLES CHOICE WINNERS
- Race Car Category: 2006 Ford GT40, owned by Mitch Turk of Jacksonville
- Automobile Category: 1973 Pantera GTS, owned by Tom Butler of Jacksonville
- Motorcycle Category: 2006 Harley Davidson, owned by Stephen Caravella of Jacksonville
PEOPLES CHOICE: TOP 20
- Joseph Kaiser's 1958 MG A Coupe
- Larry McClain’s 1977 MG MGB
- Jerry Sira's 1967 Volvo 122 S
- Elena Perry's 2002 Mini Cooper S
- Ken Perry's 2003 Porsche Boxter S
- Bill Young's 1956 Austin Healey 100
- Gene Troutman's 2006 Lotus Exige
- Michael Costley's 1989 Lotus Esprit
- Eric Huey's 2002 Dodge Viper GTS
- Mike Haile's 1979 Porsche 930 Turbo
- Mike Ferran's 2004 Ferrari Challenge Stradale
- Vladimir Kleynburg's 2006 Mini Cooper S
- John Duss' 1959 Alfa Romeo Sprint Veloce
- Jerry Kelly's 1969 Alfa Romeo 1750 Spider
- Joe Guiterrez's 2001 Porsche 911 Carrera
- Peter Leonard's 1965 (2005) continuation Shelby Cobra Daytona
- Alex Randall's 2003 Porsche Boxter
- Jim Culp's 1986 Porsche 911 turbo
- John Leonard's 1966 Ford GT40
- Justin Yovonavic's 1986 BMW 325
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