Our annual gathering on Saturday, September 19, 2025, at 11:00 AM at Falkenhorst.
The Mercedes-Benz Mid Atlantic Section ( Organized by the Mercedes-Benz Club of New Jersey ) is once again proud to sponsor the annual picnic and popular vote car show held at home and on the grounds of Falkenhorst, John Bleimaier’s country estate, 41 Moore’s Mill/Mount Rose Road in Hopewell, NJ 08525
As in years past, this picnic has attracted not only some exceptional classic Mercedes-Benz cars and members from distant states. Good times are always had by all.
The picnic and car show will be held on Saturday, September 19th, starting at 11 AM, with lunch being served around noon.
Participants and guests MUST sign the waver form, please have this signed upon arrival
http://www.paft-nj.org/240808_2024_MID-ATLANTIC_MBCA_PICNIC_GENERAL_HOLD_HARMLESS_FORM.pdf
Active Members and their guests are invited to attend the picnic and car show.
NNJS will provide hot dogs, hamburgers, paper products, condiments, water, soda, and ice. Although NNJS will supply most of the food and drinks, we encourage you to bring an appetizer, main dish, side dish, salad, or dessert to supplement the buffet.
Join the fun with: The Jersey Lawn Sprints ( Weather Permiting )
It's been called a cross between a stroll in a rose garden and the Baja 1000. The Jersey Lawn Sprints represent a unique Mercedes Club event which takes place during the Mid Atlantic Picnic at Falkenhorst in Hopewell, New Jersey. After the convivial repast and the amiable people's choice car show, a gaggle of competitive enthusiasts take to the back 20 acres at the farm and run their starships around a course marked out with traffic cones. This is an autocross which takes place on the lawn with participants running the course, one car at a time, against the stop watch. Driving on grass with a street legal Mercedes is a hoot. It also takes a certain finesse with no relation to pedal to the metal brute force. One year the fastest time award went to a 60 year old Mercedes riding on skinny bias ply tires with a physicist behind the wheel. Give this event a try. It is run on an unobstructed field and ham-fisted attempts to attain high speed are rewarded by wheel spin and dust. The Jersey Lawn Sprints: a safe and jolly diversion.