National Corvette Museum
michelin Bash
April 27-29, 2023
day 1
began bright & early with a road trip
to the jim beam distillery
Photo courtesy of Dave Smits - Staged at the Museum for the Road Trip
Photo courtesy of Dave Smits - Staged at the Museum for the Road Trip
Photo courtesy of Dave Smits - Staged at the Museum for the Road Trip
Photo courtesy of Dave Smits - Staged at the Museum for the Road Trip
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Jim Beam Distillery Sign
Photo Courtesy of Lee Bates
Photo Courtesy of Lee Bates
Photo Courtesy of Lee Bates
Photo Courtesy of Lee Bates
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Arriving at the Distillery
Photo Courtesy of Lee Bates
Photo courtesy of Mary Smits - Arriving at the Distillery
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Arriving at the Distillery
Photo Courtesy of Lee Bates
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery
Photo courtesy of Mary Smits - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery
Photo courtesy of Dave Smits - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery - The Locations Water is Sourced From
Photo courtesy of Mary Smits - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery
Photo courtesy of Dave Smits - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery
Photo courtesy of Mary Smits - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery
Photo courtesy of Mary Smits - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery
Photo courtesy of Mary Smits - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery
Photo courtesy of Mary Smits - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery
Photo courtesy of Mary Smits - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Our Jim Beam Distillery Tour Guide
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery - Barrel Storage Area
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery - The Wood Barrels Are Made From
Photo courtesy of Mary Smits - The Aging Building
Photo courtesy of Mary Smits - The Aging Building
Photo courtesy of Lee Bates - 18 Millionth Barrel in the Aging Building
Photo courtesy of Mary Smits - The Aging Building
Photo courtesy of Mary Smits - The Aging Building
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Getting the Story and History of the Jim Beam Distillery - Black Mold Growing on the Trees Outside the Aging Building
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Tapping a Barrel of Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve - It Has Been Aged 9 Years
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Bottling Our Own Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve - Rinsing Our Bottle
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Bottling Our Own Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve - Rinsing Our Bottle
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Bottling Our Own Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve - Rinsing Our Bottle
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Bottling Our Own Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve - Rinsing Our Bottle
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Bottling Our Own Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve - Rinsing Our Bottle
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Bottling Our Own Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve - Rinsing Our Bottle
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Bottling Our Own Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve - The Bottling Machine
Photo courtesy of Mary Smits - Bottling Our Own Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve - Preparing to Imprint the Wax With Corvette Fob
Photo courtesy of Mary Smits - Bottling Our Own Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve - C6 Corvette Fob Logo Imprinted in the Wax - C7 Corvette Fob
Photo courtesy of Lee Bates - Heading to the tasting room
Photo courtesy of Mary Smits - The Tasting Room
Photo courtesy of Lee Bates - the Bourbon's We Tasted
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - The Bourbons We Tasted
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - One of the Bourbons We Tasted
Photo courtesy of Lee Bates - Tasting In Process
Photo courtesy of Lee Bates - The Tasting Glasses
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - The Tasting Glasses
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - The Tasting Glasses
Photo courtesy of Dave Smits - The Tasting Glasses
Photo courtesy of Mary Smits - Bonnie Taylor & Lee Bates Tasting the Bourbon
Photo courtesy of Mary Smits - Dave & Mary Smits Tasting the Bourbon
Photo courtesy of Dave Smits - His Tour Ticket, Bottle of Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve, and Yellow Socks (Just Because)
Photo courtesy of Dave Smits - A Successful Shopping Trip - Dennis & Eileen Cape
Photo courtesy of Dennis Cape - Jim Beam Distillery Sign
Video of the Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve
Video courtesy of Dennis Cape
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We Located the ridge runner corvettes Banner
in the National corvette museum parking lot
The seventh edition of the Ridge Runner Corvettes banner hangs from a light pole at the National Corvette Museum
The seventh edition of the Ridge Runner Corvettes banner hangs from a light pole at the National Corvette Museum
The seventh edition of the Ridge Runner Corvettes banner hangs from a light pole at the National Corvette Museum
Lee Bates & Bonnie Taylor's car below the Ridge Runner Corvettes banner
Lee Bates & Bonnie Taylor's car below the Ridge Runner Corvettes banner
Mary Smits has been practicing her Photoshop skills -- Lee Bates, Bonnie Taylor, Mike Rich, Diana Adams, Randy Cusick, Dave Smits, Wendy Cusick, Mary Smits, absent from the photo - Bill Bowman, Daylan Potter (Bill Bowman's Brother-in-Law)
Winner’s circle reception
The Ridge Runner Corvettes Club received an invitation to the reception because the club donated $1,000 in the past year. Lee Bates, as the club’s National Corvette Museum Ambassador, along with Bonnie Taylor represented the club at the reception.
National Corvette Museum Winners Circle Reception
National Corvette Museum Winners Circle Reception - Sharon Brawner, NCM CEO & Lee Bates RRC NCM Ambassador
National Corvette Museum Winners Circle Reception
National Corvette Museum Winners Circle Reception
National Corvette Museum Winners Circle Reception
National Corvette Museum Winners Circle Reception
Grand Opening of the McMichael family education gallery
Included in the National Corvette Museum Winners Circle reception was the grand opening of the McMichael Family Education Gallery
Sharon Brawner - National Corvette Museum CEO speaks ash the opening of the McMichael Education Gallery and introduces the the couple who provided funding for the project - Tim & Melanie McMichael
Melanie McMichael, Tim McMichael - Tim is hugging Bobby Jo Lee who had the idea for the education gallery
Tim & Melanie McMichael
Bonnie Taylor trying out the "Draw Your Own Corvette" tablet
A display of Hot Wheel cars
This exhibit allows kids to see how gears interact to make things turn
This exhibit shows how aerodynamics guides car design
Display shows a clay model of the C8 Corvette
This display shows the frame of the Corvette and explains how the car is attached to the frame
This exhibit allows kids to design an electric circuit. If it is designed correctly, a light will glow
