NEW MEXICO COUNCIL OF CAR CLUBS

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1 NEW MEXICO COUNCIL OF CAR CLUBS FOUNDED IN 1977 TO REPRESENT THE AUTO HOBBY IN NEW MEXICO NEWSLETTER FOR MAY, 2013 NEXT MEETING TO BE AT OLD CAR GARAGE WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013, 7:00pm MEETING AGENDA: May Meeting early to stuff goody bags, Nominations for Officers and Directors for ELECTIONS There will be an election of officers at the June meeting of the NMCCC. Nominations and volunteers will be taken at the May meeting. The current Directors, Joe Ballengee, Lisa BonDurant, and Joyce Clements are accepting these nominations and volunteers. We especially need a Secretary. Any Active Member Club representative is eligible. It is your chance to get involved with the management of the Council. You will get a lot of help and guidance if you decide to join the Board, and it is enjoyable. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Car Council is a current member of SEMA. Any club may join free. It keeps members updated about proposed legislation that affects the car hobby nationwide. If your club wants to sign up, do it at It free and should be informative. The editor will publish any pertinent information received. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * New Mexico Council of Car Clubs Minutes April 24, 2013 Meeting Laurie Rector, our Vice President, called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM, and the following club representatives were present: Ron and Su Rymarz-OCCA, Lisa BonDurant-Saabisti NM, David Pachak-Robie- Saabisti NM, Stan Kravitz-NM Pontiac Club, Joe Ballengee-ABQ Model Club, Jerry Jennings-Pajarito T- birds, Chris Padilla-LOE GTOs, Bill Lemen-LCOC, Dennis Seibert-Rickshaws, Louie Paul-RRCC and VMCCA, JD-RGMC, Bob Agnew-CCCA, Jim Clements-Early Ford V-8, Mike Stickler-Corvairs of NM, John Hayne-Horseless Carriage Club, Tommy Willers-Guest, Jeff Rector-NM4W, Lauri Rector-NM4W, Paul G. McLaughlin-Mustang Owners Club/ATHS-NM Chapter. Treasurer's Report- Ron Rymarz reports that our financial situation as of this date is fine. Old Business: Web Site Update-David Pachak-Robie reported that our web site is pretty much the same as when last reported. However he is seeing more activity now that the car show season has started. Albuquerque Museum Car Show-Joyce Clements reported that the trophies and dash plaques have already arrived. She passed around a volunteer list showing what people have volunteered for and which areas we need more volunteers to work in. We are going to stuff goodie bags at our next monthly meeting which will be held early on May 15, 2013 at the Old Car Garage starting at 7:00 PM. Spring Thaw Open House-Bob Agnew reported that over $ was raised for the Cuidando los Ninos (clnkids) charity at this event. Bob also wanted to thank all the people who showed up to support this worthy cause. He was also thankful that all the food was eaten at the party and they didn't have to deal with leftovers at the shop. Large Cooler Replacement-Bob Agnew also spoke about damage to two of his very large coolers and how he would like to replace them. The Car Council uses these coolers for many of its activities. Bob asked for a motion to replace the coolers at a cost of $ apiece. The motion was made and seconded, and the Council representatives present voted in favor of reimbursing Bob for the cost of two new coolers. All Clubs Picnic- Louie Paul reported that the facility has been lined up and that we have some very nice door prizes to give away at the event. He also reported that event flyers are being made up as we speak. Cruise and Schmooze Car Show-Su Rymarz reported that between cars showed up for the Annual Cruise and Schmooze Car Show held at the Sonic Drive In on San Mateo on April 20th. Buick-Olds-Pontiac Car Show at Quality Buick on Lomas-Stan Kravitz reported that there was a good turnout of cars at this show held on April 21, New Business-

2 President Gary Zimmerman has resigned his post and the present slate of officers was asked what their feelings were on running for another term in office. Some responded that they thought it was time for a change and they thought it would be nice for some new candidates to come forward. The club representatives were asked to think about coming up with a list of candidates that could be presented at our next monthly meeting on May 15, 2013 for elections to be held in June. At this point the meeting was brought to a close. Paul G. McLaughlin Secretary * * * * * ANNOUNCEMENT * * * * * CAR SHOW * * * * * ANNOUNCEMENT * * * * * The May 15 Council meeting will be for stuffing goody bags for the car show. If you have anything to contribute, bring it to the meeting. Please bring only appropriate items. Pens, pencils, restaurant discounts, carrelated services, etc. There is a list of volunteers at the end of the newsletter. If you can help at any station, and your name is not on the list, please joyce@nmcarcouncil.net or call I thank you in advance for your help. Joyce, Show Chair * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * EVENT LISTING If you need a flyer for any event, joyce@nmcarcouncil.net, and I will send the flyer to you if I have it; or look for events at: Thank you. Joyce 2013 EVENTS If you have major events scheduled and want to post them on our website, please submit them using our online form. To help us streamline the process of listing events, go to This sends the information directly to the web master and newsletter editor at the same time. It should get your events posted faster. Thanks. Joyce NMCCC SPONSORED EVENTS MEMBER CLUB-SPONSORED EVENTS and OTHER NEW MEXICO EVENTS 2013 EVENTS MAY May 11 Los Lunas Clue Cruz Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms 6:00pm Bill Schofield May 11 3 rd Annual Hoffmantown Body Shop Car Show 702 Carmony Lane NE, Albuquerque (behind American Furniture Warehouse Plus on Comanche) Land of Enchantment GTOs Sponsor Benefit to Albuquerque Christian Children's Home 8am-3pm Entertainment, vendors, lunch included with $15 registration Cash prizes and trophies Chris Carrejo or ccarrejo@q.com May 11 Northern New Mexico Street Rodders Swap Meet San Juan Plaza, Farmington (next to Dunkin Donuts) 10'x20' spaces $10 Auto-related parts, please Bob Fuller (562) or Dennis (505) or hotrodsnharleys@aol.com May 11 Hot Rod Rumble ABQ Dragway, Albuquerque Pre-1974 Hot Rods & Classics Run the Strip or just show 4pm-11pm Jim Costa info@yearwoodperformance.com May 11 8 th Hurley Pride Car Show Hurley Park, Hurley Rex Kilgore (575) May 11 Open House & NSRA Appreciation Day PJ's Classic Stop, nd St. NW, Albuquerque Info at or pjsclassic@qwestoffice.net May 18 Barkin' Bad Car Show Unser Racing Museum, 1776 Montano Road NW, Albuquerque Sponsored by New Mexico Dogs Deserve Better: All proceeds go to rescue of dogs in NM 9am to 4pm No entry fee Tanya Munding barkinbad@nmddb.org or or May 18 Ladera Care and Rehabilitation Center Car Show 5901 Ouray Road NW, Albuquerque Celebrating National Nursing Home Week Take a drive down memory lane with a car show No fees, no worries, just memories 9:30am-4pm Kim Kucevic at Kimberly.kucevic@genesishcc.com or May rd Annual Celtic Festival & British Classic Open Car Shows Balloon Fiesta Park, Albuquerque Bonnie Bagley or britcars2012@yahoo.com 2

3 May 19 ASR Drags Arroyo Seco Raceway, Arroyo Seco Roger (575) or or May 19 NMCCC/Albuquerque Museum Car Show Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain Rd. NW Featuring Corvettes and Light Trucks Trophies for 1988 & older vehicles, Open to all May Annual Mustang Enchantment Car Show Marriott Pyramid, Albuquerque Rio Grande Mustang Club, Frank McMullan or or May Deck of Cars Custom Car Show Route 66 Casino Hotel on I-40, west of Albuquerque 52 custom cars to be picked for deck of Casino cards Entry $20 T-shirt, dash plaque, gifts, discount tickets to concert & restaurant, awards in judged categories (505) May 27 Tumbleweed V-8 Club Birthday Party & Picnic Los Ranchos Village Hall on Rio Grande, Albuquerque Ice cream and cake, Ford Show Bring your own lunch picnic 11am-2pm May 31 Mopar Challenge Race Abq Dragway, Albuquerque 6pm No Bull Races as well All out/call out next day May 31-June 2 Red River Car Show 100 E. Main St, Red River Red River C of C sponsor Register at noon Friday Live music, parades, show and shine, cash and prizes Registration $30 till April 30, $35 after Karen (575) , ext 1 or karen@redriverchamber.org or May 31-June 2 Corvair Tri-State Meet Cripple Creek, CO Corvairs of NM John Wiker wikerj63@yahoo.com JUNE June 1 Car-A-Fair 2013 At the Beach, Carlsbad Judged show, open to all Registration $30 Friday night cruise, registration 6pm-7pm Show Saturday 8am-3pm Joy Springer sps@valornet.com or (575) or June 1 Seniors Rock Classic Show & Shine Car Show Hillcrest Shopping Center, Santa Fe & First, Grants Proceeds to send local seniors to Sr. Olympics in Roswell Music, Goody Bags, T-shirts Entry $20, Setup 8-10am, Show 10am to 3pm Bob Ewell (505) or Sr. Center (505) June New Mexico Motor Tour Cruising Route 66 Gallup to Tucumcari Presented by NM Route 66 Assn, 1415 Central NE, Albuquerque Entry $35 early, $45 day of tour or Vickie Ashcraft (505) or vickie@rt66.com June 7-9 Rockabilly on the Route Convention Center, Tucumcari Proceeds benefit New Mexico Route 66 Museum Sponsored by Voodoo Creeps and Straightrazors Car Clubs Friday: Variety show at the Lizard Lounge with Austin s The Danger Cakes and El Paso s The F-Bombs Saturday: Classic Car Show at the Tucumcari Convention Center, burn-out cruise along Route 66, featuring Queen of Rockabilly, Wanda Jackson and The Chop Tops After-party at the Tri-Star Bar with Albuq. s Mr. Right and The Leftovers and The Shadow Men Sunday: Rockin Brunch and Bowling Open to pre cars Entry $1-$30 Ungie Davila lalocamagazine@yahoo.com or ungelproductions@yahoo.com or June 7-9 SWMS Driver School, Road Race & High Performance Driving Experience NAPA Speedway, 100 Speedway Park Blvd.SW, Albuquerque Spectators free John Slenes jfslenes@aol.com See web page or Facebook for details June 8 Los Lunas Cruz Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms 6:00pm Destination TBA Bill Schofield or June 8 Fat Sat's 3 rd Annual Hub City Car, Truck & Cycle Show Fat Sat's Bar & Grill, 51 I-25 Bypass Road, Belen Door prizes, special awards, live music, outdoor BBQ $20 Entry 8:00am-4:30pm Vehicle years from Diego Trujillo , , diegotruj@msn.com or visit June th Anniversary Fun Run, Show & Shine, 50th Anniversary Father's Day Car Show White Sands Mall & Alameda Park, Alamogordo Golden Gears Car Club 3 days of events Jack Harris at June th Annual Mopar Club Mopar Fest Haynes Park, Rio Rancho 8am-3:30pm Trophies in 20 classes, goody bags, vendors, T-shirts, raffle prizes, long distance award, swap meet, drawing for dovetail trailer ($5 per ticket), Mopar model car show Paul (505) or 3

4 June 15 Kiwanis Kars for Kids Car Show Young Park, Las Cruces Jim Pudlewski (575) June 16 Fathers' Day Car Show Alameda Park, Alamogordo Jack Harris (575) June rd Annual New Mexico Classic Car Show Convention Center, Ruidoso Registration & free evening BBQ at Sierra Blanca Lodge June 21, Show June 22 7:30am-3:00pm Entry $30-$35 100% of proceeds go to benefit Make A Wish foundation of NM Open to all Terry Williams (512) or (575) or willtaw241@yahoo.com or June 23 ASR Drags Arroyo Seco Raceway, Arroyo Seco Roger (575) or or June 29 Carapolooza Car Show Zenith Park, James Canyon Hwy, Cloudcroft Cloudcroft C of C Music, Food, Pie Auction, Trophies, Cash Prizes 11am to 3pm Entry $15, Free public admission Tom Belverud tom@cloudcroft.net or or (575) JULY July 4 Freedom 4 th Car Show & Celebration Balloon Fiesta Park, Albuquerque Sponsored by City Free event Live entertainment, food, micro-brews, fireworks, music, children's activities 3:00pm- 10:30pm Call 311 or see July 5-6 Santa Rosa's BOZO and the Crew 8 th Annual Rod Run Santa Rosa Friday: Registration, Cruise, Burger Burn, Music by Fat City, 3pm-11pm Saturday: Registration, Rod Run, Door Prizes, Show with trophies, Live Music Bozo Cordova (575) , (575) or (575) July 13 Collector Car Appreciation Day Mild to Wild Classics, 1300 Third St. NW, Albuquerque 11am- 2pm, lunch served 12pm-1pm Cruise Albuquerque 3pm Ice Cream in Los Lunas 5pm July 13 Los Lunas Ice Cream Cruz Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms Time TBA (In conjuntion with Collector Car Appreciation Day Bill Schofield (505) , David Silva (505) , or vintagegasser@aim.com or July 13 Mopar Challenge Race Abq Dragway, Albuquerque 4pm No Bull Races as well nmmopars@gmail.com July st Annual Northern New Mexico Street Rodders "Land of Enchantment Rod Run" Civitan Park, Farmington "Rat Fink" and "Trixie" Roth will be here with merchandise, artists and pinstripers Info: Dennis Hahn or Bob Fuller July 20 Flea Market Under the Canopy PJ's Classic Stop, nd St. NW, Albuquerque Old car/truck parts, auto-related items and accessories - $20 for 10'x12' space, $25 for auto space Setup 6am, open 8am to 2pm or pjsclassic@qwestoffice.net July 20 Gals, Guys and Grills Retirement Home Show Las Colinas Retirement Village, 500 Paisano NE, Albuquerque 10am-2pm Live music, prizes, food for sale Entry fee $5 Proceeds to benefit Alzheimer' Association Need cars Call if you can come Trish Reamy or lcvprograms@seniorstar.com AUGUST August 10 Los Lunas South Rte. 66 Hint Cruz Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms 6:00pm Bill Schofield August th Annual Classic Car Calendar Show Route 66 Casino Hotel on I-40, west of Albuquerque Awards, trophies, calendar picks (505) August 11 NMCCC All Clubs Picnic Oak Flat Picnic Area VMCCA will co-sponsor the event; volunteers will be needed joyce@nmcarcouncil.net August 17 2 nd Annual Car Show Estancia City Park, 8 th & Highland, Estancia Sponsored by Independent Businesses of Estancia Area Fair Parade Entry fee: Donations accepted to sponsor future shows Registration 9:30am, show 12-4:30pm Open to cars, tractors, antique engines, motorcycles, RV's, 25 years and older Tommy Crosswhite (505) (w), (h) or tjautosupply@qwestoffice.net August 24 Mopar Challenge Race Abq Dragway, Albuquerque 4pm No Bull Races as well SEPTEMBER September 7 Las Cruces CC Swap Meet Mayfield HS, Las Cruces Free to buyers & spectators Walter Brown (575)

5 September 7 Flea Market Under the Canopy PJ's Classic Stop, nd St. NW, Albuquerque Old car/ truck parts, auto-related items and accessories - $20 for 10'x12' space, $25 for auto space Setup 6am, open 8am to 2pm or pjsclassic@qwestoffice.net September 14 Los Lunas Mystery Cruz Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms 6:00pm Bill Schofield September 14 Mopars on the Midway Details TBA September 14 5 th Annual Mountain High Fly In and Pine Top Car Show Sierra Blanca Regional Airport near Ruidoso Register for car show 8am-11am Early registration $25 until August 24, $35 afterwards or rcky_mtn_dave@yahoo.com September 14 Pin-Ups & Pistons Car Show Las Cruces Pre-'74 Doantions accepted Jen Silva (575) September ASR Drags Arroyo Seco Raceway, Arroyo Seco Roger (575) or September 22 2 nd Annual Santa Ana Star Casino Fall Classic Car Show Benefitting Habitat for Humanity & Kiwanis Charities NM Viper Club, Michael Shepard FallClassicCarShow@aol.com September NMCCC/Los Lunas Swap Meet Morris Field, Los Lunas joyce@nmcarcouncil.net September Rio Grande Valley Regional Rendezvous Hampton Inn, Santa Rosa (575) September 29 Sunset Grille & Bar Show Details TBA OCTOBER October th Run to Ruidoso Downs Ruidoso Downs Racetrack Pre-'78 Ron Duscha (915) or October 5 Raffle for Corvair and Balloon Fiesta Car Show Details at louiepaul@earthlink.net October 12 Los Lunas Pumpkin Pie Cruz Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms 1:00pm Bill Schofield October 20 ASR Drags Arroyo Seco Raceway, Arroyo Seco Roger (575) or October 26 Mopar Challenge Race Abq Dragway, Albuquerque 11am nmmopars@gmail.com NOVEMBER November 9 Los Lunas Food Drive Cruz Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms 1:00pm Bill Schofield November 9 17 th Veterans' Day Car Show Veterans' Hospital, T or C Sam Shannon (575) November 16 Toys for Tots Run Las Cruces Jenn Silva (575) November 16 Just for the Hell of It Car Show Body Works, 124 Westgate, Las Cruces Mike Garcia (575) November 17 ASR Drags Arroyo Seco Raceway, Arroyo Seco Roger (575) or DECEMBER December 7 ASR Banquet Location TBA Roger (575) or December 14 Los Lunas Toy Drive Cruz Wells Fargo Bank, Bosque Farms 1:00pm Bill Schofield OTHER NEARBY EVENTS MAY May 9-11 Chickasha Spring Swap Meet Adjacent to Grady County Fairgrounds, Chickasha, OK (405) or or Chickasha Antique Auto Club, P. O. Box 271, Chickasha, OK May 11 Cross Roads Living History Farm Show Grand Junction, CO Sam (970) May th Page-Lake Powell Car Show Page City Park, Page, AZ Judy Edwards (928) or May 18 VMCCA Car Show At the Abbey, Canon City, CO Ralph (970) May Pagosa Springs 5 th Annual Car Show Pagosa Springs, CO Chamber of Commerce 5

6 May VMCCA National Heritage Tour Tiffin, OH Open to cars 1949 and older Mike & Shirley Doherty (614) or May 25 Chamber of Commerce Cruise Ignacio, CO May 30-June 1 Rat Fink 11 th Annual Reunion Manti, UT JUNE June 1-9 Hot Rod Power Tour Arlington, TX to Charlotte, NC (877) or June 2 Brighton Run Colorado AACA, Rocky Mtn. Region June th Colorado Nationals Larimer Co. Fairgrounds, Loveland, CO Pre-'73 Goodguys (925) or June 8 High Plains Burnin' the Bricks Car Show Downtown, Pampa, TX Show, Burn-Out Contest, "Elvis" music live, Cruise, Goody bags, Trophies Entry fees for each event Randy (806) June 15 Cruizin' Havana Denver,CO Colorado Collector Car Council June th L.A. Roadster Show Pomona Fairplex, Pomona, CA Roadsters Don (818) or June Early Ford V8 Grand National Golden Jubilee South Lake Tahoe, NV For details: June th Rocky Mountain Nationals Colorado State Fairgrounds, Pueblo Pre-'84 NSRA (209) or JULY July 1-6 Studebaker International Meet Crowne Plaza Hotel, Colorado Springs July Rod & Custom Thin Air Nats Colorado Springs July National Impala Association Annual Convention Spearfish, SD Hosted by Northern Lights Impala Association Sheila Rempel at (204) for info July ColoRODans RodFest July th Pacific NW Nationals Puyallup Fairgrounds, Puyallup, WA Pre-'73 Goodguys (925) or AUGUST August th Street Rod Nationals Kentucky Expo Center, Louisville Pre-'84 NSRA (901) or August 17 Front Range Airport Car Show, Vintage Airplane Fly-In, Air Show, CCCC Swap Meet Front Range Airport Colorado Collector Car Council August th West Coast Nationals Pleasanton Fairgrounds, Pleasanton, CA Pre-'73 Goodguys (925) or SEPTEMBER September th Run to the Pines Car Show Pinetop Lakes Country Club, Pinetop, AZ Pre-'73 Bob Gates (928) OCTOBER October st Lone Star Nationals Texas Motor Speedway, Ft. Worth, TX Pre-'73 Goodguys (925) or October 9-12 Eastern Fall Meet at Hershey Hershey, PA (717) or October th Cars in the Park Veterans' Memorial Park, Sierra Vista, AZ Gary Skogheim (520) or October Amigos On Wheels Biggs Army Air Field, Ft. Bliss, TX Early Registration $20, $30 Late Registration Esther Juarez (915) or carsho@amigoairsho.org or October th Run to the Sun Nautical Inn, Lake Havasu, AZ Pre-'73 (928) or October th Annual Chickasha Fall Swap Meet Adjacent to Grady County Fairgrounds, Chickasha, OK (405) or or Chickasha Antique Auto Club, P. O. Box 271, Chickasha, OK

7 October 19 7 th Annual Classics Car Show St. Gregory Prep School, Tucson, AZ (520) or NOVEMBER November th Southwest Nationals Westworld, Scottsdale, AZ Pre-'73 Goodguys (925) or November rd Del Mar Nationals Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA Pre '73 Goodguys (925) or ALBUQUERQUE RACING 2013 MOPAR Challenge Series at ABQ Dragway Race for points and money at each race May 4 (4pm), May 31 (6pm), July 13 (4pm), August 24 (4pm), October 26 (11am) For info nmmopars@gmail.com Southwest Motorsports Oval Racing every Saturday night. Motorcycle Events and Quarter Midget Racing. See for schedules. Albuquerque Dragway On Broadway south of Rio Bravo, east on Bobby Foster Rd. or call for details CRUISE NIGHTS & DAYS Cruz'n Los Lunas Cruise from Wells Fargo Bank in Bosque Farms to Los Lunas 2 nd Saturday of each month, October April at 1:00pm, May-Sept at 6:00pm vintagegasser@aim.com or contact Bill Schofield or Dave Silva Christian Rods & Customs 3 rd Saturday each month, April-October Sonic, 5000 block of San Mateo Route 66 Rodders Cruisin' at Fastino's, 2600 Juan Tabo Blvd NE 3 rd Sun each month Nov - Mar, 1:00pm Bernalillo Cruise Night 3 rd Wednesday Evening, Mar thru Oct 5:30pm 'til? Twister s on Hwys 550 and 303, Bernalillo Open to all vehicles and clubs Free Drinks and Discounts to Car Owners Duke(505) Owl Café 2011 Cruise Nights, Eubank & I-40 Hot Rod 1959 & Older 1 st Tuesday each month Owl Café 2011 Cruise Nights, Eubank & I-40 Muscle Cars 1960 & Newer 3 rd Thursday each month Fastino's Cruise Nights 2600 Juan Tabo NE Every Wed. during summer, 5-7pm Open to all No fees Starts May 9 R & C Sumthin's Ice Cream Shop Saturday Night Cruising 902 N. Date St., T or C 1 st Saturday of month, May to Oct, 5-9pm Free Food, music, ice cream specials, dash plaques (575) or sumthins@windstream.net New East Mountains Car Cruise Mountain Valley Church, 5 Dinkle Road, Edgewood 5:30-9:30pm, first Friday each month, May-October Open to all Free, no awards, informal get-together Terry Pehrson chevy38_454@yahoo.com DONUT DERELICTS Donut Derelicts aka Burrito Bandits meets in the Starbucks/Dos Hermanos Plaza off of Jefferson (same location as the past year) at 8AM on Saturdays. There are several places there for coffee, or even breakfast. There is a Maestas and Ward in the NW corner, and that's where we park; there is a Starbucks, a Dos Hermanos, a Hello Deli and a Twisters Jefferson NE. Spread the word - all makes of cars. It s on Jefferson between Paseo & San Antonio. Everyone welcome!!!!! pasalerno@prodigy.net Pat Salerno, Director RGCC. CARS & COFFEE Cars and Coffee Cruise-In, every 2nd Saturday, April thru Oct, 9:00 AM. All cars, make, model or year, are welcome. Casual show and shine, no charge, free coffee. All donations will go to our car repair fund for widows and single mothers in the community who can't afford repairs. Beginning Date: April 10, Place: Grace Church at 6901 San Antonio NE (NW corner of Louisiana & San Antonio). NAPA and Discount Tire are sponsoring gift cards for raffle. For info: or CARS & COFFEE LAS CRUCES 4 th Saturday of each month, meet at the Pan Am Plaza, Las Cruces, NM, 9:00am to 11:am. Open to all cars. Bruce Kading (575) or brucekading@comcast.net. COFFEE & CARS RIO RANCHO Coffee & Cars is a free Car Meet that occurs the first Saturday of each month. Location is Cafe Bella Coffee, 2115 Golf Course Rd. SE, Rio Rancho. Open to all makes, models, years. No fees or judging. From time to time we will partner with a charity to help them raise awareness and/or funds. Start time in warm months is 7am; start 7

8 time in cold months is 8am. There is no hard end time. See for flyer. Starts April 6. BREAKFAST AT RICH FORD Almost any Saturday morning from 8:00 on, various car guys and gals meet at Rich Ford on Wyoming and Lomas in Albuquerque, to have breakfast in the Mustang Café there. The Rio Grande Mustang Club, the Model A Club, the Model T guys, and the Ford V8 Club meet there from time to time but not on a weekly basis. A bunch of car guys, Ford and Chevy fans, meet there every week for breakfast on Saturdays. It is an impromptu group that shares stories and pokes fun at each other. Anyone is welcome, if they want to have some fun and don't mind being kidded about their choice of vehicles. Paul McLaughlin at pmacautoart@msn.com is a regular attendee, if you have questions. SNEAKERZ MONDAY NIGHT CRUISE Come join us every Monday, every month and "cool your soles" at Sneakerz Sports Bar and Grill, 4100 San Mateo NE. All classics, rods and customs are welcome. Event is free, starting at 5:00pm. Monday night special dinner is steak dinner with choice of potato and salad for $8.95. Minors are allowed with parent until 10:00pm. Call for more information. Dates are: May 11, June 8, July 20, August 10, September 14, October 12. HOOTERS SHOWS Registration 8am-11am, Show 11am-4:30pm, Awards 4pm Entry $20 Hooters East, San Mateo Dates: May 4, June 1, July 13, August 3, September 7, October 26 Hooters West, Hwy 528 & Alameda Dates: May 18, June 22, July 27, August 24, September 14, October 5 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NMCCC Officers and Directors Acting President Lauri Rector NM 4-Wheelers jeeps4us8495@yahoo.com Secretary Paul McLaughlin Mustang Owners Club pmacautoart@msn.com Treasurer Ron Rymarz Old Car Club of Albuq rryma5@aol.com Director Joe Ballengee Albuq. Model Car Club JoBall@aol.com Director Lisa BonDurant Saabisti of NM Lisa@nmcarcouncil.org Director Joyce Clements Tumbleweed V8 Club joyce@nmcarcouncil.net Newsletter Editor Joyce Clements joyce@nmcarcouncil.net Web Masters David Pachak-Robie & Lisa BonDurant info@nmcarcouncil.net NEXT MEETING WEDNESDAY MAY 15, :00 PM OLD CAR GARAGE 3232 GIRARD NE PLEASE NOTE EARLY MEETING DATE AND TIME! GOODY BAG STUFFING MAY 15 AT 7:00PM NMCCC EVENTS FOR 2013 ADD TO YOUR CALENDAR MAY 19 NMCCC/ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM AUTO SHOW JULY 13 COLLECTOR CAR APPRECIATION DAY AUGUST 11 NMCCC ALL CLUBS PICNIC SEPTEMBER NMCCC/LOS LUNAS SWAP MEET 8