DER’s Chez Smith Bar-B-concours

Great weather with a great turn-out!

by Glenn Hill
Porscheforme Editor

    Members of the Down East Region got lucky again this year with great weather, great cars, and great people at the Annual DER-BBQ, held as always at Past President Jeff Smith’s house in Yarmouth.  This year showed a record turnout of approximately 24 Porsches, and about 36 Down-Easters making the trek.  Most remarkable was the number of new members who showed up, as well as how much of a “family event” this has become.  DER President Don McGilvery finds this to be a very encouraging trend, and is especially pleased to see so many fresh faces at recent events.  Naturally, there was plenty of food available, and Chez Smith has outdone himself once again.  However, what many people may not realize is that Jeff and club secretary Sally Sprafka apparently have an ongoing salad rivalry going, and this year Sally is claiming a decisive victory as her brightly-colored garden salad was gobbled up long before Jeff’s entry was gone.  This sounds like a real grudge-match, so we’ll have to check back next year to see who laughs last.

            Just as exciting as the social gathering was the variety of cars brought to the BBQ.   Porsches from every era graced the rolling lawn of the Smith estate, from a gorgeous 1958 Speedster to several 2002 996’s, and certainly everything in-between.  Naturally there was concours judging, conducted this year by Don McGilvery.  This year’s surprise criteria for judging centered around license plate numbers and letters.  Simply, whichever license plate added up to the highest number was declared the winner.  Letters were given their numerical equivalent.  Unusual?  Yes!  However, there were plenty of laughs and smiles, so mission accomplished!  Results of the BBQ concours are below.

            Plenty of pictures were taken so if you weren’t there, you can get a feel for what a great event this was.  We’ve got a few here, and there are more on the website in the Photos section.  Maybe we’ll see even more new faces and great cars at next year’s event!