When there is an opportunity to spend a long weekend surrounded by interesting automobiles and be able to sleep in your own bed, you have to take it. Such an opportunity presented itself on the weekend of October 15-17, 2021, with the second Chattanooga Motorcar Festival. The first festival was in 2019, but it was the same weekend as the Sports Car Club of America’s national championships – the Runoffs. I did not sleep in my own bed that weekend. 2020 saw the pandemic cause the cancellation of that year’s event, but it allowed quite a bit of thought to go into the planning for this year’s event. The first festival included a display of cars belonging to various local car clubs, a rally, time trial, and concours d’elegance. The car clubs were welcomed again this year, and there was another rally and a concours, but there was also a race and a two-day auction by Mecum. 2020 was a much expanded festival that would benefit CHI Memorial Hospital’s Stroke and Neuroscience Center.
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