Your Club Photographer - hard at it!! IN THIS ISSUE: August - September Pontiac Uprising Page 1-4. Club Jacket order form Page 5

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1 Your Club Photographer - hard at it!! August - September 2018 IN THIS ISSUE: Pontiac Uprising Page 1-4 Club Jacket order form Page 5 Business Minutes Page 6 & 7 President s letter Page 8 Letter from the Editor Page 9 Upcoming Events Page 10 Page #1

2 Photos by your Club Photographer - Janessa Warnock. AWESOME shots Janessa!! Page #2

3 Photos by your Club Photographer - Janessa Warnock. AWESOME shots Janessa!! Page #3

4 Photos by your Club Photographer - Janessa Warnock. AWESOME shots Janessa!! Page #4

5 EXAMPLE: Page #5

6 AUGUST BUSINESS MEETING CALL TO ORDER - WELCOME MEMBERS AND GUESTS: The August meeting was called to order at 7:02 pm by President Jared. There were 8 members in attendance. MEETING MINUTES: Jay Robinson read the minutes from the previous meeting, and they were approved as read. TREASURER S REPORT: Mary Chevalier gave the treasurer s report, and we still have money in the account. NEW BUSINESS: As always, there were lots of activities discussed. The Pontiac Uprising in Great Bend Kansas is September 7, 8 and 9. The Gathering of the Goats picnic will be at Berthoud Park on Berthoud, September 23. Please see flyer for all information. East Coast Pizza is willing to host our annual BYOC Car Show. This will be a much cheaper venue, as we need no barricades, reservations, or bathrooms. More information to follow. Meeting adjourned at 7:36 pm OLD BUSINESS: We decided to give $200 to the charity for the BYOC car show, which is Drumming up Hope. There was an update for the Longmont Cruise, several Club members attended, and there were several hundred cars cruising the streets of Longmont. A really nice showing considering the weather conditions. Club Clash was discussed, and there are only a few more races left to get your car on the track! Club jackets are for sale!! - they will be $22-$29 + $1 for every size over XL, + $4 for your name on the front. Please see examples in this newsletter. Place your order with Mary Chevalier today!! NEXT BUSINESS MEETING: The next Business Meeting will be held September 6th at Johnson's Corner - dinner at 6pm, meeting at 7pm. (NOTE: We need more members not only showing up for the meetings, but ordering food as well. We get the room for free, as long as we continue to order meals by the majority of members in attendance). Page #6

7 SEPTEMBER BUSINESS MEETING CALL TO ORDER - WELCOME MEMBERS AND GUESTS: The September meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm by Vice President Mary, in Jared s absence. There were 10 members in attendance. MEETING MINUTES: Jay Robinson read the minutes from the previous meeting, and they were approved as read. TREASURER S REPORT: Mary Chevalier gave the treasurer s report, and we still have money in the account. OLD BUSINESS: The last Club Clash was temporarily rained out and high winds, but eventually got under, way, of course after the racers from our Club had had enough and went home. The Gathering of the Goats picnic will be at Berthoud Park on Berthoud, September 23. Please see flyer for all information. Club jackets are for sale!! - they will be $22-$29 + $1 for every size over XL, + $4 for your name on the front. Please see examples in this newsletter. Place your order with Mary Chevalier today!! NEW BUSINESS: As always, there were lots of activities discussed. The Pontiac Uprising in Great Bend Kansas is September 7, 8 and 9. East Coast Pizza is willing to host our annual BYOC Car Show. This will be a much cheaper venue, as we need no barricades, reservations, or bathrooms. More information to follow. The Blue Light car show hosted by the Road Knights had 728 cars - a great turnout! October events mentioned were a Poker Run, and a scavenger hunt. The annual Christmas Party was discussed, and Jay and Mary offered their house for the party. The date chosen was December 8th. Meeting adjourned at 7:30 pm NEXT BUSINESS MEETING: The next Business Meeting will be held October 4th at Johnson's Corner - dinner at 6pm, meeting at 7pm. (NOTE: We need more members not only showing up for the meetings, but ordering food as well. We get the room for free, as long as we continue to order meals by the majority of members in attendance). Page #7

8 It is hard for me to grasp that September is here already! Where has summer gone? The leaves are starting to change and before too long we will have to start thinking about that S word! I know for me summer is never long enough. I wait with eager anticipation for warm weather and car events to start up again every spring! Not to worry though! We still have some big things coming up before the end of the year. I just returned from the Pontiac Uprising event held in Great Bend Kansas. As usual it was a great event and a good time was had by all who attended. This event was September 7Th and 8th. This year we were plagued by a bit of rain. It kept the attendance numbers down a bit. The rain cleared however and we were able to complete the event. This year there was a strong contingency from Colorado. Myself, my dad and sister, Bob Pope, Jack and Lee Roy George, Paul Dreyer, Jay Robinson, Terry and Patty Henry, and Bill and Chris Lewis all made the trip. If you have never attended this event I strongly encourage you too. It is always a good show, race, and swap meet put on by the great people of the Wichita Pontiac Club. There is one final Club Clash Race this season. It has been moved from September 21st to the 28th due to some scheduling conflicts. If you haven t been out to a race yet this season please come out for the last one. Run your car down the quarter mile or just hang out with an awesome group of people and show support. It is a great time even if you choose not to race. Sunday September 23rd is the Gathering of the Goats and club picnic at Berthoud Park. Flyers for this event have already been sent out, and I believe a second flyer will be attached to this newsletter. It starts at 11am. The Club will be supplying the meat, and we ask everyone to bring a side dish to share. We had an amazing turn out last year and a lot of beautiful cars. I would love to see an even more impressive display this year. We have invited the Denver club to this with hope to see some of those folks as well. At the November meeting we will have officer nominations, so please plan on attending. If you have someone that you would like to nominate for a position on the board please do not hesitate. We are always looking for new blood. Board members for 2019 will be voted on and announced at the Christmas party. Speaking of the Christmas party.. We need to make a decision on this at the October meeting. We need a date, time, and location. If any of you have something in mind please attend the October meeting to bring ideas forward to the group. It has been a great summer, and lets finish the year out strong!!! As always if you have event ideas for the future please bring them forward. We are always looking for new ideas. Until next time! Adios, Jared Warnock NCGTOA President Page #8

9 2018 President: Jared Warnock 5628 Meyers Drive Loveland, CO Vice President: Mary Robinson 655 Zuni Circle Fort Collins, CO Secretary / Newsletter Editor: Jay Robinson 655 Zuni Circle Fort Collins, CO (h) (c) secretary@ncgtoa.com Treasurer: Mary Chevalier 1803 Daphne Drive Loveland, CO chev52285@yahoo.com So I went to the Pontiac Uprising in Great Bend Kansas for the first time. I have to say I was blown away by the whole event. The hosts were more than accommodating, the racers were as always - friendly, approachable, willing to lend a hand if needed, and the track was a place out of the past, frozen in time with it s memories. This was the very first track in this Country to ever hold a sanctioned NHRA event, way back in the early 50 s. Sitting there, I could only imagine the names that frequented this track lost in the middle of Kansas. There is nothing fancy about it, the staging lanes are flat, not like Bandimere where you can roll to the burnout box, and the return road is a full 3/4 mile down the track, making for a very LONG gas consuming drive back to the pits. Days before we got there, I heard one local saying they had 8 of rain in one day. This made anything that was not covered by asphalt or concrete very soggy. The humidity was unbelievable! This also made for problems with the timing lights, as they were flooded underground making the wiring short out. We got in time runs using only one side of the track - the one that worked, as they tried their best to fix the other side. Unfortunately, they were unable to fix it for the 1/4 mile racing, but it was working for the 1/8th mile, so to keep everyone there and racing, that is exactly what we did - eliminations were run at a 1/4 mile. This obviously is not conducive to our types of cars, they are made to run out a full 1/4 mile. So - it became a race of who could get the best reaction time. I unfortunately got set up beside Sharon Wilhite (if you don t know who she and her husband are, you need to get to the track more - google it). I dialed a 7.00 for the 1/8th, and ran a A helluva a good run if I say so myself! BUT - as I stated, it was more about the reaction time - and she bested me by.009. I loose by.007 seconds.. That is racing!! The best thing to come out of it other that hanging out with some amazing friends, from the club and those who I met there, was I was able to get that bucket of Bolts (my 64 Tempest) into the 10 s with a best time of mph. Not too shabby!! I would HIGHLY recommend attending this annual event, it is a lot of fun, only takes roughly 7 hours to get there, and the best thing about it is the people that you get the pleasure of hanging around with. Racers are a breed of their own. Page #9

10 GATHERING OF THE GOATS: September 23 (Club Event) Berthoud Park - 11:30 -?? - SEE FLYER FOR ALL INFORMATION Bandimere Test & Tune May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; June 6, 13, 20, 27; July 11, August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 - Bandimere Speedway J.B. s Drive-In Cruise Nights June 13, July 11, August 8, September 12, October 19 - Greeley CO Eaton A&W Cruise Nights 3rd Thursday of every month - Eaton CO Golden Super Cruise 1st Saturday of every month - Golden CO 1st Friday - Runza Cruise night in Loveland; 2nd Friday - South Sonic in Loveland cruise night; 3rd Friday - Dairy Delite in Loveland Cruise Night; 4th Friday - Freddy s in North Loveland Cruise night; 5th Friday - SmashBurger in Loveland Cruise night - ALL CRUISE NIGHTS START AT 5pm 2018 CLUB CLASH at BANDIMERE SPEEDWAY MAY 11 JUNE 1 and 29 JULY 13 AUGUST 3 SEPTEMBER 7 and 28 (changed from 21) PHS, PO Box , Shelby Township, MI Phone: 586/ (fax), 586/ (office) By supplying PHS with the VIN of your car, along with the other information listed on our "Order" page, you will receive the most complete historical background and VIN information ever offered by any automobile nameplate. The information packet from PHS will include the following: Want to know more about your Pontiac? A copy of the factory invoice or billing history Contact Pontiac Historical Society today! A letter decoding the options (when necessary) Price is just $50! A copy of a dealer order form for that year Other specific information for that year and model Pontiac, if available Page #10

11 The Northern Colorado GTO Association was founded in 1984 with several objectives in mind. The primary objective is to HAVE FUN and to promote interest in the Pontiac GTO. With that in mind, we try to schedule at least one club event every month. These events may be car shows, picnics, club member attendance at car shows, sanctioned drag races, participation in charity events, Drive-In movie nights (Yes we still have a drive-in theater in Northern Colorado!) or any other event that involves people getting together to enjoy the fun of owning a true muscle car. DUES: $30.00 yearly for the entire household CLUB WEBSITE: Follow us on Facebook! Group name: Northern Colorado GTO Association (On electronic version of newsletter - control "click" to follow link for both website and Facebook site) The club business meetings are held the first Thursday of each Month Please see the minutes for the time and place of the next business meeting The Northern Colorado GTO Association is an affiliated chapter of the GTO Association of America, and we encourage all of our members to become members of the GTOAA. As an affiliated chapter of the GTOAA, your club is supplied with a $3,000,000 liability insurance policy. This covers both Officers and Members while conducting approved Chapter events. When you become a member of the GTOAA, you get a monthly publication of the Golden Quill award winning magazine, THE LEGEND. This is a 32 page monthly magazine that contains technical articles, stories about members GTO's, a large classified section and much more information. The GTOAA hosts an annual National Convention where GTO enthusiasts can come together and see the vast diversity within this great organization. From the Technical Seminars to the Concours Judging to the Activities and Popular Vote Car Show, there is no other single GTO event like a GTOAA National Convention. No other Pontiac organization or publication does more to bring together the issues, ideas, needs and wants of GTO enthusiasts worldwide. Technical experts for each of the production years are available through GTOAA to answer those difficult questions we all have encountered while working or restoring our GTO's. The annual dues to join the GTOAA are $35.00 and $5.00 for each additional family member. To become a member of the GTOAA online, you can visit To receive a membership by mail, write to GTOAA, PO Box 455, Timnath, CO You can contact Bill Vantuono at chapters@gtoaa.org for Local Chapter Information. (NCGTOA Newsletter Editor's Note - This is the "canned" letter given to all local clubs by the GTOAA to place in their newsletter. Not necessarily the views of your newsletter editor) Page #11

12 Northern Colorado GTO Association c/o Jay Robinson, Newsletter Editor 655 Zuni Circle Fort Collins, CO Address service requested Page #12