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Re: Historical - Ellenville Hill Climb
Thanks to Ken Harris for this Ellenville Hill Club flyer from 1968!
[The SMMC is the Shongum Mountain Motor Club)
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Big score this morning!
Former A.M.E.C. member Craig Robertson dug up and sent me these three new photos from past Ellenville Hill Climb events. Craig said that these were taken at the July event in 1974.
Anyone recognize the car above? That's right, it our friend **** Vedder lifting a wheel through this corner in his 1966 850 cc Special Sedan, with Saab spec modifications.
This man needs no introduction either. It's Sherm Haven in his home-built Haven Special, powered by a big torquey Nailhead Buick V8.
And lastly this is Craig Robertson in his BMW 2002.
Craig, thanks very much for taking the time to locate and scan these pictures for us! 
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6/18/2007, 1:55 pm
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My recolection is one event in '73 and one in '74. The picture of my car had to be in '74 since it has the crinkled front fender that I got ice racing.
**** V.
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6/18/2007, 6:11 pm
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My recolection is one event in '73 and one in '74. **** V.
More than likely it was the third Ellenville Hill Climb event of 1974, but the first two were put on by other clubs.
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6/18/2007, 8:38 pm
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The BMW. could that be Craig ?
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6/19/2007, 5:23 pm
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Silly me, yes that's Craig Robertson's car. I just re-read his email. I will edit the post. Thanks Richard.
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6/19/2007, 9:05 pm
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My recolection is one event in '73 and one in '74.
**** V.
You're right ****, there was only one event per year, but they ran for three consecutive years. Here are some more details from Craig Robertson:
Michael,
I was a member of AMEC from 1969-maybe 81. My fault on the Ellenville dates. I meant that it was the third annual AMEC Mt. Cathalia hill climb. I have the dash plaques from the first and third. The photos I sent you were dated July 1974.
I auto crossed a BMW 2002 for 6-7 years at AMEC events and I ice raced from 69 until around 81. I started with my street car a 1961 red VW bug. Next I raced a 1300cc Karman Ghia for three years(towing it with the BMW). I got a few races in friends cars in opens. Tony LeBoutillier and I had a Ford Falcon that we shared and a Fiat. The Ford was pretty good the Fiat didn't work out as well. We also had a Ford Fairlane one season.
Craig
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This is excellent, Craig got out as many A.M.E.C. dash plaques as he could find and scanned them for us to see and enjoy.
Wow this club has an outstanding history behind it! 
Thanks again Craig!
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This next picture of another collection of dash plaques comes courtesy of Dave Burnham.
Dave wrote: Hi Mike,
Check this out. It’s the AMEC briefcase used by Sylvia and Mike Crayford in the 60’s and 70’s while they were Treasurer and Secretary of AMEC at various times.
Evidently Mike and Sylvia were into early Mustangs and road ralling, but if you look closely, there are some plaques from obscure early A.M.E.C. events from Glen Lake, Ballston lake, and even Swinging Bridge in all the way down in Monticello! I wonder how many of our members would travel that far to a race nowadays?
All of those plaques are interesting, but these two are of particular interest to this thread. As you can see, one of them pertains to an S.C.C.A. sanctioned event and the other an A.M.E.C. event.
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Miracles never cease!
This just released this morning from the Rally New York organizers........
Author: Rally New York Media 
The Rally New York Organization is pleased to announce the opening of the entry for the International Rally New York (www.RallyNewYork.com) scheduled for September 6 – 8, 2007. The entry will open on August 3. The International Rally New York is a round of the United States Rally Championship (www.usrallychampionship.com). Each of the two days of the Rally is a separate round of the New York Rally Championship (www.RallyNewYork.com).
We are expanding and moving closer to New York City into an entirely new headquarters town – Ellenville, New York. Ellenville is located just north of New York Route 17 – Quickway only 80 expressway miles from New York City. The Rally will be headquartered in a new community that is welcoming our event and will be rolling out the red carpet for competitors, service crews, staff, spectators and fans. This is an area with past racing history where the historic Mount Cathalia Hillclimb race took place for several decades. They are anxious to hear the sound of racecars in their town again!
The Rally will be based at a new single headquarters hotel location at Nevele Grande Resort that features breathtaking views of Shawangunk Mountains range! This hotel has 432 rooms and together with Fallsview Resort next door with additional 250 rooms is large enough to accommodate everyone with Central Service Park, indoor Scrutineering and indoor Parc Ferme just a short walk from your affordably priced room.
We are sure everyone will enjoy the friendly welcome atmosphere this town has to offer. Nevele Grande Resort boasts indoor and outdoor swimming pools, sauna, exercise room, lake, golf, indoor and outdoor tennis, horseback riding, babysitting service and if you come in the winter an indoor skating rink and its own ski hill. This region of New York has a lot to offer to every visitor before and after the Rally with historic Hudson River Valley, magnificent Catskill Mountains and exciting New York City nearby.
The Rally will be 450 miles long with 100 miles of special stages divided between tarmac and gravel. We will have a full day of tarmac in Ellenville, Wawarsing and Monticello on Friday and a full day of gravel rallying in Narrowsburg and Wawarsing on Saturday. Full Reconnaissance will take place all day on Thursday followed by Ceremonial Start in the center of the town in the evening. Ceremonial Finish in town is scheduled for Saturday night. The Rally will end with awards at Nevele Grande on Sunday morning.
The International Rally New York and its sister event Rally New York USA are the only two events in the United States that are conducted according to the international rules with FIA-style full Reconnaissance of the route and pace notes for increased safety.
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