CAPE FEAR CORVETTES. JUNE 2013

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1 CAPE FEAR CORVETTES. JUNE 2013 CLUB OFFICERS PRESIDENT Tony Caracciolo VICE PRESIDENT Richard Fox TREASURER Greg Stanley SECRETARY Peter Ziehl CAR SHOW CHAIRMAN Gordon Boyd WEBSITE/WEBMASTER John Talatinian NEWSLETTER Peter Ziehl MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN Jim Martin NCM Ambassador Facebook Administrators Publicity Chairman Don Paulson John Talatinian, Gordon Boyd, Ken Bomhan, NEXT CLUB MEETING: JULY 9th :30 p.m. Jeff Gorden Chevrolet In the Used Car showroom South College Road, Wilmington NC

2 MEETING MINUTES June 11th 2013 Call to Order: Tony Caracciolo called the meeting to order at 6:30pm and welcomed 36 members and several guests. All 2013 officers were present. Minutes: The minutes as printed in the newsletter were approved without any additions or corrections. Financial Report: The May CFC financial status was reported by Greg Stanley the club is on sound financial ground and the 50/50 raffle is doing well. Membership status: As of May 31st we have 74 members: 65 Full, 9 Associate. Membership Chairperson Jim Martin reported he had a number of name badges for new member so if you have not received your name badge contact Jim to get it. National Corvette Museum: Don Paulson spoke about the motor sports track project, if you like it on Facebook you will get updates. The official ground breaking will be very soon. Don has raffle tickets for a th anniversary coup. The complete report with details can be found in the newsletter Old Business Saturday May 18 th was the Twin River Corvette Club Show in New Bern Don t know if anyone went. Saturday May 18 th 19 th were the dates for the Caro Vettes Corvettes shows in Jacksonville, People s choice on Saturday one trophy won by a member and lots of 50 s and 60 s corvettes were displayed and judged show on Sunday was attended by members with four corvettes and two won trophies as well as the club picked up the trophy for best club participation. Saturday May 25 th was Hotrods & Hamburgers at Ocean Chevy in Shallotte. Several members went and they had a lot of nice cars and served hot dogs, hamburgers and drinks. Saturday May 5 th we had several members go to Pinehurst for the big show. Good time was had by all despite the cold damp weather. Saturday June 1 st was Corvettes at Myrtle Beach in Myrtle Beach SC. This was a very large show with over 300 corvettes. Tony counted 21 members corvettes at the show and that was enough for Cape Fear Corvettes to get the best club participation trophy. Two members picked up two trophies each and unfortunately one member had a slight mishap on the way home as he was rear ended at a stop light. Congratulations to all members that won trophies. Well done John Talatinian spoke about a charity Poker Run the Mustang club ran on May 19th several members took their corvettes and participated in the event and Tony won the prize for the best poker hand. New Business Saturday June 15th North Carolina Blueberry Festival Car & Truck Show in Burgaw we will meet at the truck stop off I40 exit 408 at 8:15 and depart at 8:30 to travel as a group to the festival. Wednesday July 3 rd at 6:30 Finger Food and Fireworks at the Fox s. send Richard an if you are attending and bring some finger food to share. Please don t bring things that need to

3 be refrigerated or go in the freezer as space is very limited for that type of item. Bring folding chairs as seats are limited and you will need them for the fireworks. Saturday August 10 th Darlington Raceway We will arrive at the Raceway at 11 AM and line up in your assigned group ( A or B ).Following a pace truck we will do 10 laps stop on pit road, switch drivers if desired. then complete an additional 10 laps! After completing the 20 laps we will line up the cars for pictures on the track. The cost is only $20.00 per Corvette. Helmets are not required and no passing is permitted. All of the CFC track rules apply. $20 fee must be paid in advance. You can mail your check made out to Cape Fear Corvettes to: Greg Stanley 2015 Woodwind Dr., Leland, NC Flyers for all events will be in the newsletter. Jim Rizzuti is thinking of planning a road rally and want to know how many members would be interested. This would be a time/speed event. The course would be about 120 miles and take about three hours with a couple check points along the way. By a show of hands there were many members interested so Jim will continue to work on it with a date tentatively in early November. There was a discussing about the dues and a motion was made Don Helms and seconded by Bill Bordwine to set the dues at $30 for new members and at $25 for renewing members effective January first 2014.the motion passed and notice will be provided to the membership before a vote next month. See the Presidents message later in the newsletter for more details. Tony showed and spoke about a gentleman that s making a Fanny Mat for your corvette it s a cover to put over the back edge of the corvette for when you re loading stuff into the corvette it s protected. They have corvette logos or custom logo printed on them for a cost of $20. If we get orders for 10 he will ship them to us for free. If your interested contact Tony ( a_caracciolo@bellsouth.net) to see a sample or order one. Club Logo Clothing: Club logo apparel will be available at Best Uniform Inc., 2716 Exchange Dr., Wilmington ( ). Car Show: Gordon Boyd was not at the meeting as his mother is very ill. Tony asked that the members start getting some donations for the silent auction and bringing them to the meetings. Remember the charity we will be supporting with the proceeds of the corvette show is Jeff Gorden drive to end hunger. TECH-TIPS Allen recommended if you have your corvette painted to be sure to get some touchup paint from the body shop at the time the corvette is painted as colors can be hard to match at a later date. Reminders: Send a photo of you and your spouse (if you have one) in front of your Corvette to Webmaster John Talatanian at jtdamage@gmail.com. so he may post it on our website. This will allow both new and old members to know what you look like and what your corvette looks like.

4 Next Membership meeting: 6:30PM on July 9th, at Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Used Car building. The meeting was adjourned at 7:35PM. Afterwards a group of members cruised to Carrabba s for a social gathering and meal. PRESIDENT S MESSAGE

5 Presidents Message At the March 12 membership meeting, the issue was raised of changing the bylaws to increase new members dues to $30. This small increase would help pay for the name tags we give new members and spouses. Renewal dues would remain $24. It is also hoped that this will encourage members to get their dues payment in before March 1, as after that date they would be dropped from the roster and considered as new members reapplying to the club. This required a bylaws change to be voted on at the next meeting. See proposed change below in red. Proposed change to By-Laws: Article VI - Annual Dues: "2. Annual dues are: $30 for Full membership for new members $15 if joining with less than 6 months left in calendar year $25 annual renewal if paid between January 1 and March 1 $30 annual renewal if paid after March 1" This proposed change was supposed to be voted on at the April 9, 2013 meeting. However, this has not yet been brought to a vote. At the June 11, 2013 meeting, two additional changes were proposed: Motion 1: The annual renewal will be changed from $24 to $25. Motion #2: The stated amount of the dues will be removed from the by-laws and shall be determined by a majority vote of the members present at a membership meeting. All these proposed changes will be on the agenda to be voted on at the July 9 membership meeting. Any changes approved by the membership will become effective beginning with the 2014 calendar year.

6 A special Corvette raflle I received the message and photo from the Jeff Gordon Children s Foundation about a raffle for Jeff Gordon s personal corvette if you re interested in taking a chance on this corvette see the below message I am an intern with the Jeff Gordon Children s Foundation. This year Jeff Gordon will be raffling off his personal Corvette Convertible Grand Sport 4LT. I thought that you and your members of Cape Fear Corvettes might be interested in this wonderful opportunity. All proceeds benefit the Jeff Gordon Children s Foundation s efforts to fund pediatric cancer treatment and research programs. Each ticket is $100 and the raffle will be drawn September 23, Links with more information and how to register are listed below. Please contact me with any of your questions or concerns. Thank you so much for your time. Have a great day! URL: bit.ly/srmoev Rules and Regulations: facebook: /jgchildrensfoundation twitter.com: /jeffgordon4cure Ashley Hlinak JGI Intern

7 JULY BIRTHDAYS 5 Mel Miller 7 Billy Hendricks 16 Bob Allee 17 Linda Allen 30 Charlie McNair I will work on getting a list of everyone s birthday and updating this with names as quickly as I can. Please Jim Martin (JMarti2148@aol.com) the day and month of you re and your spouse/ significant other birthdays I will be looking for items to populate the newsletter with so any corvette or major personal news you want to share with the members please me. Also any information you have about upcoming events please forward for the events calendar. And please if you go to a corvette event take some pictures and write a short note about it and send them to me Thank you Peter

8 CAPE FEAR CORVETTES CALENDAR OF EVENTS JULY Wed. 3 Finger Food & Fireworks at the Fox's Sat. 6 Cars & Coffee Red Robin Mayfair Tues 9 Cape Fear Corvettes Monthly Meeting Sat. 13 Poplar Grove Plantation Car Show Sat. 20 Cruise In Smithfield BBQ 17th Street 6:00-8:30 AUGUST Sat. 3 NCCAR Track Day Sat. 3 Cars & Coffee Sat. 10 CFC Darlington Speedway Laps Sat. 10 Made in the Shade Car & Truck Show, Elizabethtown Sun 11 Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival Car, Truck & Bike Show Tues 13 Cape Fear Corvettes Monthly Meeting Sat. 17 Cedar grove Car, Truck & Motorcycle Show, Supply, NC Sat. 17 Cruise In Smithfield BBQ 17th Street 6:00-8:30 Sat. 24 Capital City Truck, Car & Bike Show Raleigh Thu-Sun Corvettes at Carlisle Carlisle PA. See Flyers for details on these events

9 IT S NOT ABOUT THE TROPHY On June 1, 2013, I had the pleasure of attending the Myrtle Beach Corvette Club s 18 th annual Corvette show. It was by far the largest gathering of Corvettes that I have seen in our part of the country. I understand that there were about 300 Corvettes in the show. And I think it would be safe to say there were 100 more driving by and in the parking areas outside of the show. And, Cape fear Corvettes was well represented. Once again we brought home the trophy for Largest Club Participation. So, what s my point? It s not about the trophy. It s not about the opportunity to meet and talk with other Corvette enthusiasts. It s not even about all the great cars. It s about the primary purpose of many of these car clubs. It s about the opportunity to support some great charities. If you check our By-Laws, you will see that the number one stated purpose for the Cape Fear Corvette Club is Charity. The Myrtle Beach Club made substantial donations to two organizations at this year s show. I m sorry that I don t have the names of the organizations. One was to an organization that helps homeless children complete high school by providing both physical and emotional support. The second award was to a gentleman who trains adopted dogs to be service dogs for disabled US military veterans. We had a great time watching some of these animals in action. This September we will be having our annual Corvette show and we hope to raise some significant money for our charity, the AARP Drive To End Hunger. So ask yourself, why should the other Corvette Clubs come to Wilmington to support our charity. To see Wilmington? Because we do a great job putting on our event? To win a trophy? Sure, all of those are good reasons. But, I believe a lot of people come because we support their events. Some of us don t attend any of these shows for various and totally understandable reasons. Some don t want to sit in the hot sun all day. Some don t want their car judged. (Being judged is totally optional at every show.) Schedule conflicts prevent us from going. Health issues and family obligations come first, every time. But, with over 70 members in our Club, I am suggesting that we could do a lot better. I would like for all of us to consider doing the following. If you can t attend other Club s functions, pick one or two each year and send in your paid reservation form anyway. Tell them you can t make it but would like to show your support for what they are doing. If you can, register and go to the show even if you can only stay for a couple of hours. If we all do a little something extra, I ll bet we could see the Jeff Gordon parking lot overflowing at our next show. Yes, we brought home another great looking trophy. But remember, it s not about the trophy! Jim Martin Membership Chairman

10 Ambassador Report June 2013 Donald Paulson Master Ambassador & Life Member NCM See me on how easy it is to become a member of the NCM. You can join thru me or go directly to to join, just let me know so I can recognize you at our next meeting. NCM Motorsports Park LIKE us on facebook to find out all the latest information. Thanks to YOU... WE DID IT!!! Not only did we hit our $1 million goal over the Bash weekend, but we exceeded it by $95,471! Because you helped us achieve this milestone in our fundraising efforts we will be including the West Track as part of the initial construction of the Motorsports Park. The Motorsport Park Project Committee is continuing to look at specific pricing on various aspects and combinations for development of the park. NCM Management and the Board of Directors plan to make a special announcement at the groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, June 28 as to the amount of the park development that will be included with the initial construction. We are so pleased that the West track will be included, thanks to the support of Corvette enthusiasts, members and friend, from all over. The support each individual and club has made for this project is a strong testament to potential sponsors. We will continue to network with companies who are a good fit to have their name associated with the park. If you have any connections that could help us, please contact Wendell ( ) or Connie ( ). Excitement is growing as we keep driving the dream! Wendell Strode, Museum executive director,

11 th Anniversary Coupe Corvette Raffle Saturday, August 31, 2013 at 3:30 pm CT Last Regular C6 Coupe Built 6.2 liter V8, 436 HP engine 6-speed AT w/ paddle shift Magnetic Selective Ride Control Dual-mode performance exhaust Chrome aluminum wheels 4LT Premium Equipment Group including heated seats, custom leather-wrapped interior, memory package, navigation system with AM/FM CD player, head-up display Dual Roof Package 60th Anniversary Design and Stripe Package Unlimited tickets $10 PURCHASE YOUR RAFFLE TICKETS NOW

12 Finger Food & Fireworks at the Foxes Wednesday the 3rd of JULY at 6:30 Cold drinks ( beer & soda ) and sandwiches from Subway! Fireworks start at 9 PM and for best viewing a 200 yard walk will be required! Rain unfortunately will cancel this event :( Items you may want to bring : You re Corvette Your favorite finger food to share A portable chair or blanket A flashlight and bug repellant Please me by June 28th RLFox28409@aol.com Please include the name of the driver and if you are bringing a guest. Security will issue a day pass into Landfall at the gate. Richard & Sandy Fox 2125 Harborway Drive Directions Eastwood gate : Follow Pembroke Jones drive for 1.8 miles to left on Arboretum for.7 miles to right on Harborway Drive 8th home on the left. Military Cutoff gate : Follow Arboretum for 2.8 miles to left on Harborway Drive 8th home on the left.

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14 Saturday August 10, Harry Byrd Hwy. Darlington, SC (843) We will arrive at the Raceway at 11 AM and line up in your assigned group ( A or B ). Following a pace truck we will do 10 laps stop on pit road, switch drivers if desired, then complete an additional 10 laps! After completing the 20 laps we will line up the cars for pictures on the track. Your cost is only $20.00 per Corvette. Helmets are not required and no passing is permitted. All of the CFC track rules apply. We need your payment ASAP, but no later than our July 9 meeting. Finally, we will be escorted to the Gift Shop / Museum and at your option tour their informative museum for $5.00 per person. Lunch will follow at FATZ (about 1 PM ) Located at 95 and HWY W. Lucas St. Florence, SC (843) If you plan to caravan with the club: CFC will leave from in front of the Leland Harris Teeter (Dental Works) parking lot promptly at 8 AM. We will make a 20 min.planned stop in Dillon, SC Exit 193 for fuel and personal maintenance. Total one way travel time 2 Hrs. 20 Min. / 132 Miles.

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