Loudoun Leaf Prowl – NCJOC Jaguar Drive Day
October 25, 2025
On Saturday, October 25, the NCJOC hosted its second annual “Loudoun Leaf Prowl” drive with another great turnout and truly magnificent weather.
Beginning in Purcellville, sixteen Jaguars and NCJOC-member owned Porsche and Alfa gathered for lively socialization, a light breakfast, copious car ogling and a brief club meeting. This season is wonderful in our region when we experience the warm palette of autumn draping itself over roads meant for cruising. In 2024, this event was a smashing success and this year, we were again treated to another terrific drive and fellowship. We encouraged active participation and we practiced our group driving with a sensible pace and an emphasis on enjoying the beautiful scenery. Accordingly, this drive serves as one of the NCJOC “outreach events” as it is a great opportunity to invite new folks from the area introducing them to the club.
The leaves were in full color and the pace was enjoyable. Cars included an F type, a pair of XKR‘s, an XF, XJ6 variants, a trio of XJS‘s, five E-types, and a Mark-2. Plus, we were treated to a Boxter and an Alfa Spider! 18 cars and nearly 30 people left the McGinleys’ around noon heading south towards Middleburg and Delaplane.
As you can see from the pictures, with Beth McGinley driving ahead of the group, she was able to produce outstanding photographs of each car as they drove by some century-old buildings passed along the way and passed the historic towns of Bloomfield, Atoka and Rectortown. After about 45 minutes the group arrived in Delaplane for a short stop-over on a short drive-through off the beaten path. A half hour later the group was back on the prowl heading North on Route 17 towards Paris, just west of Upperville. After turning West on route 50 and passing through Ashby Gap, we got on Weather Mountain Road, arguably the prettiest stretch of driving in Loudon County passing the both FEMA’s Mt. Weather campus, and Bears Den on the Appalachian Trail. Coming through Bluemont the club enjoyed a beautiful stretch through the historic towns of Philmont, Lincoln, Purcellville, and ending around 2:30 in Hamilton at the wonderful Hamilton Gastropub where they provided US a private room and a wonderful lunch.
One of the nice things about NCJOC activities, be them social, mechanical, driving, and car shows is that there’s one thread that holds everything together: friendly folks committed to a classic marque. We were fortunate for the second year in a row to have wonderful weather, good friends, classic cars, and an enjoyable event.
Come join us next year in late October and let’s keep on the prowl!
Hunt Country Classic British Car Show
October 12, 2025
NCJOC had a good turnout at the 2025 Hunt Country Classic British Car Show on October 12, 2025, at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia. Jaguar Owners also collected a number of award as listed below:
Class 6 Sedans to 1969 -- 1. Geoff Howard (1961 Mark II)
Class 7 Sedans from 1970 -- 1. Eliot Brenner* (2003 XJ8 Vanden Plas)
2. Dan Drude* (1999 XJR)
3. Greg Furst* (2013 XF)
Class 8 Sports to 1960-- 1. Jack Triplett (1958 XK150 OTS)
2. Robert Feser (1953 XK 120)
Class 9 Sports 1961-1975-- Hon Mention Jaime Steve (1969 XKE)
Class 10 Sports from 1976-- 1. D. Squires (1999 XK8)
2. Doug Wolfire* (1989 XJS V12 Convertible)
(* NCJOC Member)
NCJOC Drive and Lunch
Prince Frederick to Deale
September 13, 2025
For the third year in a row the club met for lunch at the Dockside Bar and Grill in Deale Maryland. The big difference this year was that some of the attendees met at Graham Harlowe's house in Prince Frederick on the banks of the Cheaseperake bay to engage in a delightful leisurely drive from Prince Frederick to Deale. The route Graham had planned took us through lovely countryside and the towns of Chesapeake Beach, Fairhaven and Owings Beach on our way to Deale. In Deale we met up with other club members for lunch and good conversation.
For those who missed it look out for next year's event and don't miss a wonderful day.
Polo Night in Great Meadows VA
August 9, 2025
Eight club members' cars showed up for Polo Night in Great Meadows VA, including two XKs, and XJS, XF and F types (along with an M2 and Alfa Romeo). Our group of about sixteen enjoyed displaying our cars, while looking at the other cars on display. The event manager and her team ensured our Jaguars were parked where they wouldn't get dusty, but no royalty showed up to see our display, which looked great against the background of the polo fields and coutryside. Great conversation about cars and things the club that could be doing in the future, while sharing wine, beer and snacks and whatever dinner we each brought along. The Polo was fun to watch as well.
We all agreed that this polo/car show evening should be on our club calendar again next year
Unfortunately I could not find the leader of the large group of Corvettes that was also there, to set up some of competition. Maybe next time with better planning......
If you have an idea of a club activity we can do, let us know!
Katie's Cars and Coffee
July 19, 2025
On July 19th, a group of over 12 Jaguar enthusiasts gathered at Katie’s Cars & Coffee followed by a drive through Loudoun County and then across the river to Maryland. It was a great Saturday for the club to get together.
At Cars & Coffee, many eyes were on the XKEs driven by Joe Hikel and Scott Hoffman – truly I think they were amongst the popular cars there and really stood out amongst the many M3s and 911s. I hope the positive reaction to our Jags encourages more members to attend Katie’s!
After leaving Katie’s, it was on to Leesburg to pick up some more drivers to continue up through the rolling Loudoun Country countryside. The roadside fruit-stands and horse farms only added to the charm of the area.
Some nice curves on the approach to the Potomac River crossing led us to the Point of Rocks train station. Here we met the last piece of driving puzzle – Sherman Telis in his fantastic 1970 XKE FHC. We then enjoyed a scenic drive along Maryland 28 with a couple of diversions on some little country lanes. Then problems! The leader of the drive (that would be me!) got confused and took a couple of wrong turns which led to a brief separation of
the gang. Kudos to Scott Hoffman for leading us back to the correct path. The good news is that we still arrived at Hunter’s Bar in Potomac for an early lunch. Good food, good conversation, and good times! It was a fantastic group of cars – lots of variety including F-Type, XKE, XJ6, XJ8, XK, and F-Pace. If driving our cars couldn’t put a smile on our face, then the reaction to our parade of Jags certainly did. We received many honks, waves, and thumbs up from the passersby. \
I can’t wait for the next one!
Britain on the Green
Including the NCJOC Concours D'Elegance
2025
The club conducted another very successful Concours with 14 participating cars and a full crew of trained judges and support folks. Preparation began earlier this year with a multi-week Training program to get judges fully qualified under new JCNA rules, that requires judges be trained on current year rules and successfully pass a standard course within 30 days of their first judging event. Training was conducted by John Larson as our seasoned Chief Judge, with candidates from our own club, as well as other club members. John conducted the classes via Zoom in the weeks leading to the Concours, requiring significant dedication from participants. This year, many of the trained judges performed a practice judging exercise during our annual club Spring picnic at home of Scott and Kathy Hoffman in Cabin John, MD.
On Saturday before the Concours, John , Doug Wolfire and Michael Fox set up the staging areas for the Concours in anticipation of Sunday’s early morning events. Not to let good deeds go unpunished, Saturday’s night’s heavy rain and windstorms caused the set up to have blown away when we arrived Sunday morning, but we quickly recovered with the help of the folks that arrived early for the event. Fortunately our set up was not as extensive as the BOG crew’s requirements to re-set up all the food tents and other activities.
The concours ran well with 14 Jaguars participating. The strong judging staff covered lots of territory, strictly watching the rules they had studied during the preceding weeks’ classes.
This year, we tried a little side judging of the concours cars by Jaguar owners at the BOG . We asked them to complete a ballot for their “favorite Concours Jaguar”. We didn’t have as much voting participation as I had hoped, but pleasantly we had a multi-way tie between Bill Owen’s 1962 Mark 2, William Fox’s 1963 Mark 2, Paul Fagan’s 1953 XK120 and Dennis Pick’s 1966 XKE Roadster. Next year we can try this again with a little more sophistication and greater participation.
There are lots of folks to thank for their support during this major activity. Dan De Haan was there early to handle Sunday’s parking activities. Steve and Diana Groh manned the
registration and scoring activities. Greta was a great help in recording judges’ scoring notes. Matt Seagel pulled a miraculous weekend by attending the AGM in Philadelphia as a club delegate, returned in time to prepare his car for the Concours, and also judged the Concours, all within 24 hours!
Lots of folks really helped make this strenuous but rewarding activity really successful. For the first time, The Capital Triumph Registry, who runs the accompanying Britain on the Green car show, asked two of our members to participate in a “secret judging” activity to pick four cars from the BOG exhibit for special awards. John Esch and Joe Lynch gave full support to that activity, garnishing great compliments for their participation. I’m still not sure how they didn’t pick my Jaguar, which was sitting innocently off to the side of the event!
2025 JCNA AGM Review
Update from Greg Furst – NCJOC President
NCJOC member Matt Siegel and I attended the JCNA Annual General Meeting outside of Philadelphia on April 25 and 26th as representatives of the NCJOC. It was the first time I attended the meeting, though Matt has been before. Any member of a JCNA club may attend the AGM, though each club is authorized for two votes for any action that comes before the meeting, such as voting for leadership and other decision or recommendations. The meeting is held each Spring
The purpose of the meeting is to go over the actions of the club for the past year, to review other items presented on future JCNA actions/activities, and to vote for JCNA leadership for the coming year. The meeting was led by the JCNA and its Regional Directors of about 16 people, and 60 or some local club delegates like Matt and I in the audience.
The presentations were generally done by “committee leads” about their action items; there were about sixty such reports this year. Prior to the meeting, a list of the reports was distributed to attendees, so they were prepared for the presentations. This year the results of a JCNA-wide survey were also presented. If you would like a copy of either the committee reports or the survey, send me an email at president@ncjoc.com and I will be happy to forward either of them to you.
The meeting, which was hosted by the Delaware Valley Jaguar Club, started with an afternoon covered bridge drive on Friday afternoon. That evening we took busses to the Simoen Museum near the Philadelphia airport. This was an awesome museum of about 100 cars that were representative of multiple worldwide competitions, and displayed most of the cars in realistic, era-appropriate dioramas. We ate a sandwich-based dinner there for about two hours, sat at tables and met with members of other clubs.
Saturday morning the meetings started right after breakfast and went until about 2 p.m., and was followed by four technical sessions on maintaining cars, Jaguar heritage, professional concours detailing (which I attended and really enjoyed), led by a national concours judge and concours car preparer (at $150-$250/hour!) and who provided us a list of the products he likes to use and bootleg racing. There were a limited number of Jaguars on display in front of the hotel, one from a dealership and a couple from local members. I thought they could have invited some of us who drove to the meeting to bring our cars around, but that didn’t happen. After a very nice happy hour sponsored by one of the local car-based meeting sponsors, we had dinner and an awards ceremony in the hotel. I stayed for dinner but disappeared after that to get back to the Concours we were sponsoring on Sunday at Britain on the Green.
The JCNA members voted in new president Mark Mayuga of the Jaguar Owners Club of Los Angeles and the current Regional Director of the Southwest Region. He took the place of the current resident, J.J. Keig, who was very pleasant to talk to, at the end of the AGM. Dean Cusano again ran for Vice President, unopposed.
The membership group discussed increasing membership. There are fewer members this year than in 2024. The committee tried a direct mailing of membership material to about 1,000 non-member Jaguar owners, an experiment that did not yield significant results. They are looking for ways to attract dealership help to increase membership interests, improving the website, pushing the value of membership, and improving communications, including greater coverage of local activities in the Journal. A significant amount of time was spent on concours rule changes; that apparently is a consistent point of discussion at AGMs, including an upcoming Series 1 E-Type Supplementary Judges Guide that will be published soon after some pictures are located. There was some discussion about a proposed new Program called Driving Alive Program, an awards program for members that encouraged driving our Jaguars by keeping track of miles driven by a member, weighted for the type of car and car location (as some cars are less likely to driven in different club regions than other regions). This program is being reviewed for possible initiation within a year or so. Sounds interesting, and is an extension of other activities besides slaloms, rallies and concours events. This program was considered back in 2018 for implementation but died a bit during the pandemic period.
Other topics include administration, membership (lower numbers of members which potentially has impact on budget, obviously) and ways to generate new members; the upcoming International Jaguar Festival on 26-29 September in Atlanta, Georgia and the next AGM (in Mexico City!); the Jaguar Journal; the Coventry Foundation (which is a great resource of information on Jaguars); the JCNA trophies and Tool Loaning Program; the JCNA website; as well as the rally and slalom committees (which was prepared by our own member, John Larson).
There has been a lot of work done on The Jaguar Journal, including a new editor and some updates to the printing. There was lots of discussion about the hard copy version, and whether the JCNA should go to soft copy distribution only (soft copies are available on the JCNA website). The latest version, May-June 205, should have been delivered to you by now - I think you will find this latest version very attractive. Production and distribution of the Journal is the largest budget item of the JCNA. There did not seem to be a lot of support to going to a digital only distribution.
The happy hour and dinner had two prominent guests – Benhamin Franklin and a representative of Jaguar Land Rover. Ben provided some levity during the initial minutes of the dinner, while the JLR representative provided some thoughts on the direction of Jaguar in delivering the model 00, a high priced car that is the direction of the company in the future.
It was an interesting meeting, giving any attendee a great opportunity to meet JCNA leadership, other Jaguar owners and club members. If going to Mexico City next April seems interesting to you, watch for future announcements.
Greg Furst
President NCJOC
Scott’s BBQ Saturday April 12, 2025
Rain, what rain?
The forecast had been for rain in the days leading up to last Saturday, but not a drop fell on the group as they met at Scott’s and Kathy Hoffman’s house in Cabin John. We arrived to the aroma of ribs smoking in the smoker, with Scott in full command of the upcoming feast.
Scott’s car and motorcycle collection were on display leaving the spacious garage open for tables and chairs ready for the group. Unbeknownst to Brian Mix, his beautiful E-Type was the subject of the concours Judging training and came under the scrutiny of John Larson and his judging team. Gorgeous as the car is, some of the modifications that improve comfort and performance came under the category of “non-authentic” and it was up to the judges to spot and score those changes. Thank you Brian for being such a good sport.
As the morning went on more Jaguars appeared and many bonnets were opened and discussions ensued. As always Artur’s XJ-EV created a stir with many believing that his conversion was more in line with were Jaguar should be than the concept picture currently in the press.
Many discussions focused on where one could get reliable service for jaguars in the DC area. This is a topic that the club will be pursuing in the coming weeks.
Lunch was a culinary delight, with Ribs, Burgers, Beans and all the fixings and soft drinks and coffee on hand as needed.
In all there were over 25 people in attendance and all are looking forward to next years BBQ.
Thank you to Scott and Kathy.
E-Type Front Suspension Rebuild
I had the pleasure of hosting my first NCJOC event at my house last Saturday (March 22), where a group of members got together to help me refurbish the front suspension of my Series 2 E-Type. Last fall Moss Motors had a promotion on Front Suspension rebuild kits and that prompted me to get what I thought I needed to get the front end of the car on a firmer footing (more to come on that). I can recommend hosting an event like this for a couple of reasons: 1) it makes you tidy your garage. 2) It makes you organize your tools and 3) you actually get the job done. I had already done the driver's side so that I knew a little about the job, but it was very helpful having experts like Doug Wolfire on the team who asked the telling question like "Why are you removing the torsion bar? Leave it in place and you won't need to reset it!!" Having done the other side I knew that resetting the torsion bar is a painstaking task, so the advice was very helpful. Also having Graham Harlowe, Jim Latoff and Steve Shapiro along with Doug made the job much easier and a lot more pleasurable.
However, the saga will continue as while stripping down the suspension I found that I needed new flexible brake pipes and tie rod ends, so that's a job for another day.
Thanks to the team
Bill Owen
Matt Seigel's summary of the event:
Yesterday, Saturday, March 22nd, on a beautiful day just east of Annapolis, Maryland, our club webmaster, Bill Owen, hosted a master-class in restoring the front suspension of his 1970 Jaguar XKE FHC.
As I arrived in my XJS V12, hoping I was at the right place, I first saw something from Germany, then something from Italy, both incredible. Then I saw Doug Wolfire’s more familiar pre-facelift (quad headlights) red convertible/black top 1989 5.3 V-12 XJS. There was a striking blue shell of a Triumph GT6 stripped down pretty well. The German Cayman of Graham Harlowe was stunning in silver. Jim Latoff’s Lancia Fulvia was race-ready in copper-gold!
Bill’s 1962 Mark 2 was standing watch and looked terrific.
By the time I arrived midday, I had cleverly timed it to join the gathering as lunch was being served. No fool here! What I learned was to be demonstrated shortly thereafter, when Bill, assisted by the other skilled “wrenches,” returned to do the right side of the front end. Upper and lower control arms, and bushings. Evidently a bit easier on the right side with no conflicts with the exhaust that existed over on the left side. With Bill having a terrific set up with a lift, Doug mentioned that Bill didn’t face some of the challenges that Doug experiences when working under floor jacks!
Now Jags are known for Space, Grace and Pace,… but wow! If only I could find any shop that was as skilled and adept at working knowledgeably, in good cheer and spirit. Bill and the team seemingly able to do the job flawlessly reaching into bottomless tools that were immaculate! I didn’t see a single IKEA instruction sheet anywhere! Nor even a Jaguar manual with the words that I read that simply say “Repair and replace.”
As a lay person, I was a little bit gun shy about asking a few simple questions here and there, but each question was greeted with friendship and patience. Thanks, fellas!
What a terrifically fun afternoon of camaraderie, education, and a perfect day for a drive out to Annapolis and back again in weather that said to my big 6.0 V-12, go ahead, make my day!
Bill and his wife’s hospitality was first rate. And his skill and ability was top shelf. Those who supported him, including Graham Harlowe, Jim Latoff, Steve Shapiro and Doug Wolfire were impressive, and everybody enjoyed a wonderful afternoon.
These were one of those simple elements of the club that I find sometimes overlooked but really fun.
Caboose Commons Brewery - Event Summary
About fifteen members participated in our first NCJOC "meeting" of the year at the Caboose Commons brewery in the Mosaic district in Fairfax. This was the club's first time meeting there, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. Three new members attended, which was great to meet them for the first time, along with members who have been in the club for many years. Lots of great conversation about a wide variety of topics, including going over the club's upcoming activities and a recent article in Car and Driver magazine about the direction of Jaguar production in the future. Caboose Commons offered a good location for members to attend from all of our home locations, which is widely spread out over Virginia, Maryland, the District (and even some further origins). We also discussed what each of us enjoyed most doing with the club, and the consensus easily was "doing drives" around the area.
The brewery didn't really offer a place for us to display our cars (unless we use a level of the parking garage across the street, which we can use the next time). Caboose was a great starting point for our club's activities. It is being closely followed by a car modification meeting in Annapolis and the Bugatti visit in Easton over the next few weeks, followed by the club picnic on April 12th (the sign up for that just started so be sure to RSVP for that!).
If you have an idea of an activity for the club to do, please contact Greg at president@ncjoc.net or (703) 864 3870. It can be virtually anything - a drive around the area, a "destination drive" to a popular activity, a fun place drive to our cars and have lunch, a great car meet or show - whatever you can think of. Even better if you can lead the activity - we have all the tools needed to solicit and organize participants, gather the list of RSVPs, and help make the activity successful.
Capital Jaguar Register 2025 New Years Day Drive
At 8:15 a.m. on the first day of 2025, a beautifully bright, clear, crisp morning, where typically a gaggle of geese gather by the Potomac, this morning, the sound of well-tuned, mostly British cars rendezvoused by waters edge at the Washington Sailing Marina in Alexandria, Virginia.
A beautiful array of British cars gathered; primarily members of the CAPITAL TRIUMPH REGISTER (CTR). Terrific TRs ranging from TR 3s, 4s, 250s, TR 6s, 7s! Two Spitfires! One stunning red. Seasoned veteran vehicles with seasoned veteran drivers of a similar pedigree. However, one of my personal favorites was, “MISFIRE!” - a bright yellow Spitfire! What made that car stand out for me was that it was driven by an outstanding 17-year-old, young man. He was the owner! Additionally, his copilot was his 17-year-old high school buddy who also owned a Spitfire. How terrific to see that generation embracing British cars!
Making a strong showing in camaraderie, enthusiasm, good cheer and automotive quality if not quantity were members of our NCJOC. The CTR invited other British marques including Jags to join them for this outing.
Some of our club members may not have been immediately recognizable as they were camouflaged in other marques! However, Lyle Farmer was hard to miss in his ‘74 Lotus Europa twin-cam special. Despite its stealthy profile, it was impossible not to see its never-to-be-missed bold lizard green skin! And who couldn’t help but notice that outstanding ‘69 Citroen DS 21 (Viva la France!)! of Shane Sonneveldt.
Doug Wolfire, a veritable plethora of mechanical knowledge, was in attendance with his sharp looking opalescent maroon 1969 XKE FHC.
Sherman Telis was sharing his good company along with enjoying his always stunning, gleaming matching numbers, 1970 red E-Type FHC. It’s DOB just this month! Now 55 years old!!! The coupe that is!
Matt Siegel was in his ‘95 XJS V12 2+2 convertible in British Racing Green enjoying the days activities from the tail of the caravan taking some pictures along the way. Matt shares some of the photos below.
With the temperatures still chilly enough that none of the drop-tops were lowered, there was even a chance that temperature gauges might stay out of the red, and in the “N,” normal range! Be still my beating heart!
The drive from the Washington sailing Marina crossed the Arlington Memorial Bridge, towards the Lincoln Memorial. It then made a stately and majestic approach to the Capital, driving east on Constitution Ave., to Pennsylvania Avenue, to the Capital.
Passing around the circle in front of the west side of the Capital, then around for a photo op on the east side of the Capital building.
The drive continued and eventually ended at a breakfast Back in Arlington, Virginia at the Metro 29 diner.
Epilogue:
Following the terrific New Year’s morning Capital Triumph Register organized outing with British Car folks including our beloved Jag-U-ars drive, food and jocularity, two very thirsty Cats happenstance met at their favorite saucer of high-octane!
V 12 to V 12 guzzled down some go-go juice back in Bethesda and had a debrief exchange. Matt in his 6.0 L XJS and Doug, who had swapped out his E-type for a ride in his snazzy red 5.3 L XJS, “Vegas!” Both looking forward to a post-snow fair-weather ride! Albeit, now a few weeks after the salt-free roads!
Matt Siegel
Loudoun Prowl Pictures
September 21,2024 NCJOC Slalom
I’ve been an enthusiastic participant in our club’s slalom event since becoming a member a few years back, and they have always been great fun. The slalom we held on Saturday, 21 Sep, was extraordinarily successful, with the largest number of participants we have had in years, with lots of new drivers, and very impressive cars.
Doug Wolfire, our slalom chairman, took the bull by the horns on planning this event. He and John Larson met earlier in the week to map out the course in the parking lot of at the Unity Reed High School behind the Manassas Mall, where we have held the slalom for years now. Their advanced planning really paid off, because on Saturday morning I arrived an hour early, and the course was all laid out and ready to go. Their efforts, along with the assistance of David de Haan, had a huge impact of the conduct of the event, allowing us to efficiently easily get the 15 drivers through each of their five runs of the course.
We also had lots of side activities. Bill Fox brought his Mark 2, which unfortunately had difficulty starting after his first run. He had plenty of on-site expert advice, including from Peter Crespin NCJOC member and editor of the Jaguar Journal, to get it restarted but was unfortunately not able to continue. His car was brought quickly up to speed with their diagnosis later in the week, so he looks forward to breaking some records next year. George Cole, of Coca Beach, FL shocked us all by trailering his beautiful 1947 Mark IV to the slalom. George has been hitting a number of slaloms on the east coast, which he says are getting fewer and farther between. It was great to see such a beautiful car, and to be taken through the paces of the slalom.
During the slalom, we were able to monitor the times of other clubs’ participants that had been posted to the JCNA website, increasing the competitive of our timed attempts. We expect at the end of the competition season that some of our drivers will have some of the best times in the JCNA. The times of the top three reported JCNA member in each car class receive an award from the JCNA and are posted in the JCNA Journal. Overall best time of the day was posted by Lee Towne at 41.63 seconds. I am convinced that each of our event’s drivers will be at the slalom next year, and we encourage all member members to join us!
At the end of the competition a group of us met for lunch nearby, trading stories on a wide array of topics. Throughout the morning, each of us pitched in on the various tasks needed to make the slalom successful, from setting the course up, replacing cones during runs, and manning the start and end gates. It made for a “great day at the track”, and a very successful NCJOC event.
Finally a special thanks to Dee Cawthorn who did a masterful job as timekeeper.
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