ENCOUNTER 2024

Healeys on display at ENCOUNTER 2019 on the Ocean City, N.J., boardwalk. We return to the boardwalk for ENCOUNTER 2024!

September 15-18, 2024 • Ocean City, N.J.

Hosted by the Philadelphia Region

The Austin-Healey Sports and Touring Club’s annual, multi-day meet called Encounter is open to all Healey owners and enthusiasts. The AHSTC regions take turns hosting the event, which features a popular vote car show, judged concours, a rallye, tech sessions, a gymkhana and a flea market.

On September 15-18, 2024, the event returns to Ocean City, N.J., site of Encounter 2019, and the host hotel will again be The Historic Flanders Hotel, a 100-year-old landmark located just a stroll away from the boardwalk.

ENCOUNTER 2024 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Registration fee is $99, and includes:

One show car plus two adults and children under 21
Hospitality Room access throughout the event
Free flea market space
Free participation in all driving events
Admission to all tech sessions
Sunday Welcome Event • Movie and Trivia Night
Monday Charity Auction & Social • Valve Cover Races
Encounter Car Show on the Boardwalk on Wednesday

ABOUT ENCOUNTER 2024

See map below

ONE-DAY REGISTRATION is $40, and includes:

One car plus two adults and children under 21
Hospitality Room access throughout the day you attend
Free participation in all open events scheduled for the day you attend. (See schedule)
Paid dinners an option on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

HOST HOTEL

The Flanders Hotel
719 East 11th Street
Ocean City, N.J.

HOTEL INFO
& RESERVATIONS

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
SUNDAY September 15

2-5 p.m. • Registration open
7-9 p.m. • Welcome Event – Movie & Trivia Night FREE

MONDAY September 16

9-11 am & 1-4 p.m. • Registration open
9:30 a.m. • Rally School
10:30 a.m. • Rally departs from hotel parking lot.
11 a.m.-5 p.m. • Vendor area open
11 a.m.-5 p.m. • Hospitality Room
3-4 pm • Tech Talk: Prepping for Pebble Beach: Ed & Melissa Sweeney
4-6 p.m. - AHSTC Board Meeting
7-10 p.m. • Wine and Cheese Reception & Charity Auction

TUESDAY September 17

8 a.m.-Noon • Gymkhana
9-11 a.m. & 1-4:9p.m. • Registration open
11 a.m.-5 p.m. • Hospitality Room
11 a.m.-5 p.m. • Vendor area open
Noon-2 p.m. • Ladies Luncheon, offsite at Jon & Patty's Coffee Bar & Bistro
3-4 p.m. • Tech Tslk: The Goodwood Experience: Ray Donovan
4-5 p.m. • Tech Talk: Classic LeMans Report: Dae & Charlene Hutchison
6-8 p.m. • Southern BBQ Buffet | $47
8-10 p.m. • Valve Cover Races Download the rules here

WEDNESDAY September 18

7-10:30 a.m. • Funkhana
8:30-11 a.m. & 1-2:30 p.m. — Registration open
11 a.m.-5 p.m. • Hospitality Room
11 a.m.-1 p.m. • Vendor area open
11 a.m-Noon - Cars stage for parade to Boardwalk
Noon.-3:30 p.m. • Encounter 2024 Car Show, Ocean City Boardwalk
6 :30 p.m. • Specialty Cocktail Reception
7-10:30 p.m. • Encounter 2024 Awards Banquet | $60

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