Tony! Glad to see you're still around.
I might be able to make it...but not with my Contour. I just drove it 2500 miles to WI and back for the American LeMans race at Road America. Third gear is going crunch crunch if I try to shift it with anything but gentle care. It's ok on the street, but not in any type of hurry up situation.
I'll know more about what's going on later this week as I just got home about 30 mins ago from WI..