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BABE 2011 Group Photo on Day 2, in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Day 2 is traditionally Costume Day. The 2011 theme was Clint Eastwood's "Man with No Name" Trilogy.

The winners of BigApple2BigEasy 2011 Banger Rally are:

BABE 2010 Group Photo on Day 2, in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Day 2 is traditionally Costume Day. The 2010 theme was "The Wizard of Oz."

We're off to see the Wizard... or maybe we're just off. BigApple2BigEasy 2010 rolled across the Finish Line. And we lived.

The winners of End2End 2010 Banger Rally are:

Moving into the fifth year of the BABE Rally, we're making a few minor changes. So it's that time of year to drive the route, collect material for challenges (mainly ideas), meet hotel owners, find new places to annoy, and familiarize ourselves with this year's cop car colors.

My first question is: where on earth do we start for this wrap article?

The first mention has to be the StreetSafari forum. About six weeks from the event, someone posted the question, "Will BABE2009 Preparations section beat the highest Preparation section ever?" At first look it didn't seem possible. There were only 3,500 posts and there were 3,900 or so to beat (Staples2Naples 2006 Preparation section).

But a few calculations, and it looked like this year's prep section would beat it.

And that's where 2009 became special.

By the time the forum was closed on the Sunday night after Check In, the forum was running at 6,068 posts or so. It didn't just beat the next best, it crushed it.

The winners of BigApple2BigEasy 2009 Banger Rally are:

The annual group photo is taken on Day 2, Costume Day, in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The theme for 2009 is Astronauts. What kid didn't want to grow up to be an astronaut? Probably just not ones like these, though...