January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Check out the photo's from the D-Day Memorial Club Photo Event... CLICK HERE CHANGE IN MEETINGS!!!! Next meeting THIS Saturday Night (12th) @ Monte Carlo 7PM We are now half way thru 2008 and we have tried the every other month on week night strategy and there has been some success. However, while this has allowed some members to attend that cannot make weekend meetings, the attendance is a little low, and some of you have voiced your opinion that every other month is not enough especially during the summer months. So, we will still do the Tuesday Night meetings at the HOG Club House AND we will start having casual meetings the other months on a weekend night at a restaurant. The restaurant meetings will be informal without any speakers but will still have lots of info sharing. After all, that is what we do, we share information for you to enjoy your Corvette more and live the Corvette lifestyle. For those who have ordered name tags please pick them up! And if you have not received your VCC 25th Anniversary patch you can pick that up at the meeting also. CLUB PHOTOGRAPH !!!!!!!! STAR CITY MOTOR MADNESS Bob had mentioned some members were not picked up with the Lynchburg group in Bedford. I apologize for that as we came thru a few minutes earlier than planned. Be sure to check out photo's from the event... CLICK HERE!!!! BY LAWS VETTE FEST SATURDAY JULY 26 CRUISE NIGHTS NCM RAFFLE TICKETS
Note from the WebMaster... sorry for the late update folks! ;) Next Meeting: Parkway Ride:
UNCLE BILLY’S DAY!!! Happy Belated May Birthday Happy June Birthday Benefit Car Show June 8th Thomas Road Baptist Church and Liberty University Cruise Ins Vette Fest JnJ Vette Parts Club By Laws Star City Motor Madness SEE YOU AT THE JUNE MEETING, CRUISE NIGHTS AND EVENTS! No May news to post... Next Meeting: We are famous again! (almost) Corvette Drag Racing Update Corvette Factory Racing MDA Car Show An Old Fashion Parkway Ride? Club By Laws Star City Motor Madness
MDA Car Show Update Mike Swain sent in these photo's from the event this weekend. Click Here to View Photos Cleveland Auto Show Message From Matthew Downey, VCC Webmaster I had an opportunity to visit the new ZR-1 at the Cleveland Auto Show last weekend. Below are pictures of the ZR-1 that crossed the stage at the Barrett-Jackson Auction and represented the first ZR-1 sold. I gotta say... this car looks even more impressive in person. They also had a rolling chassis for the car showing the aluminum frame, new supercharged motor, and some other subtle (and not so subtle) goodies. Here's some pictures from the show...
As a side note, when my buddy and I walked through the Dodge display... there wasn't one single person looking at the Viper. I chuckled to myself over that one. February 2008 NewsletterIn case you missed this week's meeting, here's the new banner celebrating our 25th!!!
DUES / MEMBERSHIP FORM The dues this year will once again be $20 per household. We were able to hold this because of some extra money we made with auctions and great donations like the $500 from John & Jo Ann from J&J Vette Parts that was applied to our Christmas dinner. PLEASE fill out our revised membership form even if your information has not changed or if you have paid your 2008 dues. We have revised the information required from you and we want to make sure we can contact you in short notice when we have little time to prepare for events of if they get cancelled at the last minute. Send this form back (w/dues if not paid) in the enclosed self addressed stamped envelope. NEW MEETING PLACE, DAY, AND TIME!!!!!!! We are going to try a different approach to start off 2008. You know we have had most meetings on Sundays at local restaurants. It’s tuff holding our meeting (and your attention) to approx 1 hour when there is food and drink being served. Nothing is more permanent than change and we will see how this goes as we previously had meetings on Tuesday Nights several years ago with great success. We are also exploring the idea of having structured meetings EVERY OTHER MONTH! Information sharing and notification is what keeps civic groups and clubs moving forward and with 99.9% of the members having e-mail and internet access, the Board feels we can actually improve the club with this. Matt has done such a great job keeping up the web site with current events from Bob (Events Director) and other sources, this direction just makes sense. It also makes sense to send out mass e-mails to the members with information instead of waiting for a meeting or newsletter. We also support meetings at members homes in the warm months as we all want to be outside. Nadine has committed to have a cookout / meeting at her house in Concord and I will do the same. Can’t wait for warmer weather! VCC and 25th ANNIVERSARY ITEMS All paid households will get a special Virginia Corvette Club 25th Anniversary patch for their club jackets. More can be purchased (1st come / 1st served) at a minimal charge that is yet to be determined. The 25th patch art work is very close to what you see at the top of the cover page. Stickers of the same may also be available. Both are around 3” in diameter. A special 25th Anniversary 3ft x 5ft banner is also being produced by member Doug McBride of Central Virginia Signs and will be on display at the MDA Car show and through out the year. We will have all 2008 members sign the banner close to the end of the year, then we will auction it off at the last gathering of 2008.
Ok folks, It’s time to get this done! You should have received an e-mail from Dennis Gripp back on the 13th explaining how easy and inexpensive this is. If we have “Friends of Tibet” and “Butterfly Lovers” license plates, it will be a “SHAME ON YOU!” we don’t get a Corvette plate! This plate does not have to go on a Corvette. I run antique tags on both of my Corvettes so I will apply for one for my El Camino. Even if you own a Ford (don’t know why you would) apply for this plate. The deadline for this will be here soon! AN APPLICATION IS ENCLOSED! >>>A WORD FROM DENNIS GRIPP<<<
The Corvette will once again pace the Indy 500 this year. The actual Pace Corvette will also fun on E85 and it is painted the color changing Gold Rush Green and Gold. The ZR-1 is really getting a lot of attention. The first one was auctioned off at Barrett-Jackson. It was driven on stage by our Friend Jay Leno who really voiced his opinion on how great the Z06’s and this ZR-1 are. It will be the only one painted Le Mans Blue. Speaking of Jay Leno, He has one of those Pratt & Miller C6RS Street Racers. This Corvette costs approx $180,000 WITHOUT the donor ZO6 that has to be provided. With the projected cost of the new ZR-1 around $100,000 it will be interesting to see how the two land rockets will be compared. NATIONAL CORVETTE DAY SPEAKING OF MID AMERICA A MESSAGE FROM YOUR EVENTS DIRECTOR BOB HAGE Plans are proceeding for the MDA Car Show March 7, 8, and 9. A new banner touting our 25th anniversary is in the works and a brochure to hand out to potential new members is being designed. The show is going to be bigger and better than ever this year. The new addition to the Civic Center is complete this year and being opened up to house the “Car Club Alley” event, as well as more beautiful cars. The swap meet Saturday and Sunday is supposed to be bigger and better than ever. UPDATE FROM ROBERT: We have worked it out for The VCC and the Star City Corvette Club to be next to each other! Star City’s new President Roger Abshire came up with the excellent idea for the Star City club to have a newer performance enhanced Corvette and we will have an older one for a club display Corvette. Next year we will switch! They will have that winged C6 Z06 you saw at the Parkway Cookout and we will have Vince Owen’s killer Mid Year Pro Street Corvette. THANKS VINCE!!!
HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 1 (not a Mel Brooks movie) Long before The Virginia Corvette Club was even a thought, there was the Rallye Corvettes LTD club. I do not remember the years of existence but it was a big deal. They were part of the Southern Confederacy of Corvette Clubs. I still have my ticket stub from a Corvette Show I attended held by them at the old Fort Drive In back in 1976! Make it a point to sit down this year with Tony Moshonas, Jack Butler, Skinny, and anyone else that can recall those fun times. They had one event at the base of Afton Mountain called the Bo Hog Festival that is legendary. One of those “find yourself in the grass the next morning” events is what I have heard. They also did their share of Drag Racing which is what I think we should do more of. For a short time there was also the Hill City Corvette Club with a few members that were mostly made up of B&W employees. I had heard a lot of their activities were going on shopping trips. I knew some of those members and they were a great bunch. The President moved out of town because of work and the club ceased to exist shortly after. In early 1983 I bought my first Corvette (1975 Mille Miglia Red Coupe) from a guy I worked with. My best friend who had Corvettes was still alive at that time and pretty much most people in the area that had Corvettes kind of knew each other. The Corvette Fever was and maximum temperature anticipating the C4 and the timing for another Corvette Club was perfect. We picked a day in October that year and I started making phone calls. My first call was to Melvin Scott. Melvin and his late brother Ashby had more Corvettes that seemed humanly possible. On that perfect weather day in October we had 22 Corvettes meet at the River Ridge Mall and we headed for the Parkway. When I have a meeting / cook out at my house this year I will break out the photo album of that day and you will see R.A & Frankie, Tony, Skinny, Linda, and yours truly. Next time I will have a short story on how we came up with the Virginia Corvette Club name.
NEW MEETING PLACE, DAY, AND TIME!!!!!!!
The ZR-1 has been announced!!!!
December 2007 Newsletter
CHRISTMAS PARTY!!! Update!!! - Two items... The revised 2008 VCC membership form is now posted here on the www site. Please fill it out and bring your dues to the party this Saturday. Second item: Winter weather is headed this way... the decision to hold or cancel the party will be made Saturday morning. Check your e-mail or contact Robert or Nadine to find out if we are still a go!!!! If we do have to cancel, we'll schedule a party in January 2008. Holiday Lights at the Beach - Details
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