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TCOC Events Calendar

Mar
22
Fri
2019
Triad Red Oak Tour @ Red Oak Brewery
Mar 22 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Mar
30
Sat
2019
TCOC Drive to Blowing Rock for Lunch @ The Ridgeline
Mar 30 @ 11:30 am – 4:30 pm
TCOC Drive to Blowing Rock for Lunch @ The Ridgeline | Blowing Rock | North Carolina | United States

Following the Tech Session at EVR in Denver, NC, a group of us will depart via US 321 to Blowing Rock for lunch at The Ridgeline (formerly Canyons) arriving around 1:00pm. Several of us make take a more scenic circuitous route back via the Blue Ridge Parkway. Weather Permitting, naturally.

Please ensure you are gassed up prior to the Tech Session at EVR, so that we can get on the road in a timely manner.

May
18
Sat
2019
TCOC CLT May Meeting-Lincolnton Country Drive @ Chick-fil-A
May 18 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
TCOC CLT May Meeting-Lincolnton Country Drive @ Chick-fil-A | Charlotte | North Carolina | United States

Spring country Drive via back roads from Mt. Holly/Huntersville/Lincolnton area to Valdese, led by George Lafave. Please meet up at the Chick-fil-A just off NC16 and Mt. Holly-Huntersville Rd around 9:45 a.m. for a 10:00 a.m. departure. A leisurely back road drive to enjoy the scenery, finishing up at Myra’s Diner in Valdese (see separate meeting notice). Be sure to top your tanks before you arrive. Gentle Reminder, please join us for the drive and lunch

Oct
6
Sun
2019
VTR National Convention & Car Show @ Dripping Springs
Oct 6 – Oct 11 all-day
VTR National Convention & Car Show @ Dripping Springs | Dripping Springs | Texas | United States

See Website

Oct
19
Sat
2019
Eastern Region drive to Carthage Pik-n-Pig @ Pik-N-Pig
Oct 19 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Eastern Region drive to Carthage Pik-n-Pig @ Pik-N-Pig | Carthage | North Carolina | United States

Drive to Pik n Pig at Carthage Airport  THE DATE IN THE NEWSLETTER IS WRONG.

Be aware that Pik-n-Pig is cash only!  No Credit Cards
Meet at Apex Home depot and leave at 10:00. Plan to get the takeout BBQ and picnic by the car’s located next to the runway.
Terry
Lester’s route

This is a route my motorcycle friend, BMW John, and I take to the Pik-n-Pig at the Carthage airport.

-Rt 64 to Pittsboro, around the Court House and south out of town on 15-501 to the first red light.
-Right turn go about 1/2 mile to Rt 902 turn left.
-Go straight when Rt 902 makes a 90 degree rt turn all the way into Goldston, about 12 miles.
-Left turn at the T intersection in Goldston, go about 1/2 mile, turn at first right, go across the RR tracks. Go about 1/4 mile make a left turn on Goldston/Carbonton Rd ( fire dept should be on your right about 200 yards ).
– Stay on this road, cross Rt 42 and then pass The House in the Horseshoe on the right. ( This is an interesting Revolutionary War house with public bathrooms.) Keep going to the red light on the outskirts of Carthage, about 14-15 miles out of Goldston.
-Right turn on Main Street, go into Carthage and around the Court House 270 degrees heading south out of town. Go about 1 1/2 miles to the airport on the right.
Seventh Annual Charlotte Region Memorial “BEER RUN” @ Wells Fargo Bank Branch
Oct 19 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Seventh Annual Charlotte Region Memorial “BEER RUN” @ Wells Fargo Bank Branch | Charlotte | North Carolina | United States

Seventh Annual Charlotte Region Memorial “BEER RUN”

What: The Charlotte Region is having the 7th Annual Charlotte Region
Memorial “Beer Run.”
When: Saturday, October 19, 2019 11:00 am
Where: Wells Fargo Bank Branch, 1500 Westinghouse Blvd, Charlotte, NC
(Line up on the street beside the bank- South Commerce
Blvd.)

The “Run” will depart at 11:15 am. The route is about 20 miles long
through western Mecklenburg County and across the river into Gaston
County and will take about 40 minutes.

But if you just want to join in on the “Beer”, the run will conclude at,
Glenway Premium Pub, 55 Glenway Street, Belmont, NC at 12:00 noon.
(This is in downtown Belmont.) They have indoor and outdoor seating
and a very good lunch menu. There are several parking areas across the
street from the Pub and we will park there. So meet us there and raise a
glass to members who are no longer with us!

What if it rains? We will postpone the event and set a new
date. Check eTCOC that morning if it is raining for instructions.

Nov
9
Sat
2019
Southern Supreme Fruitcake Drive @ Southern Supreme Fruitcake
Nov 9 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Southern Supreme Fruitcake Drive @ Southern Supreme Fruitcake | Bear Creek | North Carolina | United States

Date and time may change

Jan
29
Wed
2020
BBC Breakfast at Olympic Restaurant @ Olympic Family Restaurant
Jan 29 @ 8:00 am
BBC Breakfast at Olympic Restaurant @ Olympic Family Restaurant | Colfax | North Carolina | United States

The first Saturday of each month is  BBC Breakfast at Olympic Restaurant Breakfast, which is where some of us we head over to Colfax, arriving around 8:00am to kick a few tyres (if it is warm enough), and then head in for breakfast.

 

So, if you are able to sneak out of the house before the weekend’s Honey Do List is announced, please join us this coming Saturday for breakfast at  BBC Breakfast at Olympic Restaurant, which is at 8900 W Market St, Colfax, NC.

 

Feb
1
Sat
2020
BBC Breakfast at Olympic Restaurant @ Olympic Family Restaurant
Feb 1 @ 8:00 am
BBC Breakfast at Olympic Restaurant @ Olympic Family Restaurant | Colfax | North Carolina | United States

The first Saturday of each month is  BBC Breakfast at Olympic Restaurant Breakfast, which is where some of us we head over to Colfax, arriving around 8:00am to kick a few tyres (if it is warm enough), and then head in for breakfast.

 

So, if you are able to sneak out of the house before the weekend’s Honey Do List is announced, please join us this coming Saturday for breakfast at  BBC Breakfast at Olympic Restaurant, which is at 8900 W Market St, Colfax, NC.

 

Feb
8
Sat
2020
Chili and Moonshine Run @ Walmart parking lot
Feb 8 @ 1:00 pm

Johnston County Moonshine Run

If your TR is not running drive your everyday car

If you can’t do the drive meet at the Broadslab Distillery 4834 State Hwy 50 S, Benson NC at 3:00

There is a $12.00 fee for the tour and tasting at the Distillery


After the distillery we will meet about 5:00 PM MarJean and Terry Telke’s 267 Ocean Dr Clayton NC for our traditional Chili. Please Bring an appetizer or desert and your beverage.

This event is inspired by Percy Flowers the moonshine king. He operated an illegal liquor production facility on his 5,000-acre (20 km2) farm in Johnston County, North Carolina during the 1950s and 1960s. He is reputed to have earned $1million per year in untaxed revenue through this endeavor.[2] Flowers was indicted ten times by federal grand juries, and eighteen times at the state and local level. He was variously charged with bootlegging, reckless driving, illegal purchase of a firearm and tax evasion[2] but “rarely spent anytime in jail.”[3] Flowers was known as “king of the moonshiners.” As a result of his open disregard for the laws governing alcohol production and consumption along with his “lavish” donations to his church and those in need, he was seen by some as a Robin Hood-like folk hero.[3]