Club Officers Secretary Sharon Bell

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1 Northwest Arkansas Corvette Club P.O. Box 1064, Rogers, Arkansas Corvette Times May, 2012 Newsletter Editors: Linda and Gordon Slothower Newsletter deadline: Pictures, articles, items for sale must be to the editor by noon on Wednesday after the monthly meeting. President John Bakker Vice-President Briggs Whitefield Club Officers Secretary Sharon Bell Treasurer Joanna Peak President s Corner ~ John Bakker May 9, 2012 Dear Corvetters: It is with a sad heart I write today. We lost one of our own around 1:00 this morning. He was a great guy, a wonderful role model, and a bad one to lose. Joe Cempura passed away last night and he will be sorely missed. I can honestly say that every time I have ever seen Joe, he had a smile on his face, even if he was feeling bad. Several times over the last four years he volunteered to help with things concerning my fiance s foundation and everybody who worked with him enjoyed being around him and hearing that wonderful laugh he had when someone told a joke. He absolutely loved to go to Gaskin s cabin in Eureka Springs and couldn t wait to wrap his mouth around a great piece of Prime Rib. I think a trip there in his honor would be nice. Please keep the Cempura family in your thoughts and prayers. It is obviously a very hard time for them. I ws very proud to be able to call him one of my friends. Joe, rest in peace my friend. We all miss you down here. John

2 Next Club Meeting: Monday, June 4 7:00 p.m. Western Sizzlin 3492 West Sunset Avenue Springdale To eat before the meeting, please arrive by 6:00 p.m. Invite other Corvetters to join us. If you have not yet paid 2012 dues, mail to NWA Corvette Club, P.O. Box 1064, Rogers, AR Events & Cruises FIRST ANNUAL EDENS BLUFF COOK OUT Jeff and Sharon Hunter will be hosting a cook out at their home on Beaver Lake, Saturday May 26th. Arrival time: 4:30 to 5:30, eat at approximately 6:00 p.m. Pulled Pork, as well as Steak and Turkey Ka-Bobs will be provided. Last name begins with A through M please bring a side dish. Last name begins with N through Z please bring a dessert. Live music will be provided by Vicky Cunningham. All of the roads are paved so please drive your Vetts.Directions: From 71 Business in Lowell, Go East on McClure turn LEFT(North) on Old Wire Road. Go approx. 1/8 mile turn RIGHT (East) on Frisco Cemetery Road, turn LEFT (North) on Ervin McGarrah Road, go approx. 1/16 mile turn Right on Edens Bluff Drive. Go to Eden s Bluff Road, (first house you will see). NOTE: from 71 Business the total distance is approximately 6 miles. Call Jeff at if you need additional directions. Please RSVP to Sharon, by Wednesday May 23, at Sharon@Proscape77.com. BYOB or drinks, some lawn chairs may be needed as well. Hope you can join us, Jeff and Sharon CRUISE TO SOUTHEAST KANSAS Our Members have been invited to join 4-States and Hawg Country Corvette Clubs on Saturday, June 2 for a fun and informative event in Southeast We still have no cruises scheduled for July and August. Kansas. We will have a chance learn about the history of the coal mining industry there and more. DON T FORGET YOUR RADIOS, Channel 5. Please consider leading a This event will also be a Poker Run with a nice prize for the winning hand! cruise by signing up on the We ll draw 6 cards at the stops on the cruise. The best 5-card hand out of poster at the next meeting 6 will win the prize to be awarded at Gebhardt s. All cruise participants are or let President John Bakker eligible to participate in the Poker Run. bakker@dental-idt.com know We ll meet at Sam s Club in Joplin at 11:30 a.m. and drive to Pizza Hut in you are interested. Webb City for a quick lunch. At about 1:15 p.m. we ll drive through Carl The following club members Junction and over to the Rainbow Bridge on old Route 66 (one of the last have signed up to lead cruises standing Marsh Arch Concrete Bridges anywhere and one of 3 last concrete this year: bridges in Kansas). From there we ll head to Corona, Kansas approximately 11 miles. Cruises planned: From the Corona Depot we ll go over to Big Brutus (2 more miles). This is June - Brian and Lanette coal country with BIG strip pits! Big Brutus is the largest electric shovel in Sorum the world. There is an $8.00 per person fee to enter the shovel s grounds. July and August - Open Portions of the museum are free. I expect there will also be a fee for the September - Larry and Patti Corona train depot. Daniels Next we ll drive through Pittsburg, Kansas and stop at the Vietnam Veteran s November - Jim McMillen and wall. This is a scaled down replica of the Wall in Washington DC. David Adams From there we ll head on out to Gebhardt s Chicken Dinners, one of Additional information will be Southeast Kansas noted chicken restaurants. announced at meetings and From Gebhardt s we ll head home. It s about a 40 minute drive back to Joplin listed in upcoming newsletters. Hope you all can make it.

3 NWACC 2012 Car Show Update T-shirts are here. You may purchase them at the next meeting.they are $15 for sizes through XL. 2XL and 3XL are $ We have flyers for our members to sign up for the show. Please pre-register as soon as you can. We also have flyers to pass out at car shows to other Corvette owners. If you are attending a show, please take some flyers with you to keep the advertising up. Willy Berry is working with Pinnacle Hills Promenade shops on the Scavenger Hunt. Karen McMillen is handling registration. Jim McMillen is heading up the judging. Briggs Whitefield is taking care of parking. Brenda and Jim Murphy and Ken and Mary Clayton are in charge of Friday night hospitality, meal, drinks and entertainment. Vicki Cunningham is providing the entertainment Friday evening for the fourth year in a row. Gwen Adams is heading up the silent auction Friday evening and Saturday at the show. (More information below.) Randy Imbeau is going to take care of getting our signs out on Friday for directions to the registration and the car show on Saturday. Richard Peak is making sure our fine banquet at Springdale Holiday Inn and Convention Center is set up. He managed to keep the price at the same $28.00 per person as last year. Amazing since food prices have risen so sharply this past year! Thanks to Karen McMillen, all last year s attendees had a flyer mailed to them. We ve even gotten some preregistrations back already! Mary Clayton and Teddy Holcomb are taking care of advertising and promotion. This is especially important to get the word out through clubs and car oriented websites that host car show calendars such as Maguire s, Zip Corvettes, Mid America Designs, etc. Anyone who may have a show calendar, we need to get our show posted into August. Our plaques and awards have been ordered. We have received our dinner tickets for inclusion in registration packets for those who prepaid. There will also be tickets for the awards dinner for sale on the day of the show until noon when a final headcount is needed. Setup and tear down is all hands on deck are needed. It only takes a little while if everyone helps! I see a lot of the same faces volunteering. This is a good opportunity to involve other members of the club. If you see an area you want to work in, contact the person heading up that area. Invite newer members to register their cars and to work with you in an area. The more hands, the more fun! Your 2012 Car Show Chairman, Jeff Bell Car Show Silent Auction Items: Some of the prizes donated for the Silent Auction for our Car Show are: Spring Mountain Ron Fellows Driving School, Pahrump, Nevada (45 minutes north of Las Vegas), one-half day with a private instructor - $1250 value Hot Air Balloon Ride, two people for a one-hour ride or one hour of tethering for more people - donated by Darrel Wieland - $650 value Hooters Golf Bag - $250 value Photo Setting and Poster of you, your car, or family, donated by Heather Brody - $185 value Homewood Suites in Rogers, two-night stay to be used any time this year - $218 value Wine donated by Dennis Burton Corvette Golf Umbrella donated by Gwen and David Adams - $50 value One Yard of Mulch donated by Jeff and Sharon Hunter, Professional Landscaping - $40 value Gift cards to Fish City Grill, Mimi s Restaurant, Texas Land & Cattle, Coldwater Creek One-Year Membership to the National Corvette Museum Corvette Bag from NWA Corvette Club

4 Auto Cross Brought to you by 4-States Vettes Corvette Club Join the 4-States Vette Club for Races - Low Speed NCCC Event NS-564 at Frisco Station Mall in Rogers on June 10, July 15, August 26, September 23, October 28. The May 20 race location is to be announced. Race day begins at 9:00 a.m. There will be 2 events for the day. Each event will consist of a minimum 3 runs each on the course. Your best time of the day will count as your best time, combining events. Entry Fee: $10.00 per event per driver. This is a timed event, one car at a time, racing against time on a marked course. Stay between the cones and you may just win!!! For more information contact: atomicz@4-statevettes.org Cell Phone or visit their website at Corvette Shows Lonestar Corvette Classic, May 18-20, 2012 Texas Motor Speedway, 3545 Lone Star Circle, Ft. Worth, TX For more information and to register for the event and hotel: Corvette Club of Kansas City McCarthy Chevrolet Corvette Show, May 19, 2012, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. 675 N. Rawhide, Olathe, Kansas. *Additional information below and at Ponca City Corvette Show, June 2, Judged show by Cherokee Strip Corvette Club Lake Ponca, Ponca City, Oklahoma; For more information: Marc Heitz Chevrolet 5th Annual All Corvette Show, June 16, 2012, 9:00 a.m. - 2 p.m. Norman, Oklahoma; For information: Vettes on the Falls, July 17-18, 2012 Black Hills Corvette Classic July 19-21, 2012 Sioux Falls, South Dakota Spearfish, South Dakota For more information and to register for both shows go to National Corvette Homecoming, July 19-21, 2012, Sloan Convention Center Bowling Green, Kentucky; For more information: Corvette Midsummer Classic, July 21, 2012, 8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Zona Rosa Shopping Mall, Kansas City, Missouri, Presented by Corvette Club of Kansas City For more information: (not the club that comes to our show) Vettes on the Rockies, August 9-12, 2012 Winter Park Resort, Winter Park, Colorado; For up-to-date information: Outback Corvette Show & Cruise-In, August 11, 2012, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Outback Branson Complex, Branson, Missouri Northwest Arkansas Corvette Club Car Show, August 25, 2012 Pinnacle Hills Promenade, Rogers, Arkansas Plan now to bring your car(s) and join the fun! 5th Annual Meet & Greet, September 29, 2012, Presented by Linn Creek Corvette Association Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri - Host and Sponsor: Hulett Chevrolet/Buick/GMC, Camdenton, MO Eureka Springs Corvette Weekend, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, October 4, 5, 6, and 7, 2012 More information and web site soon Vettes for Warriors, November 11, 2012, Harrison, Arkansas

5 Area Car Shows Below is a list of car shows in our area. Corvette shows are listed separately on page 4. May 19 - Heart Beat of Ozarks, Rogers June 2 - Galena Days, Galena, Kansas June Fort Gibson s Annual Car, Truck, and Motorcycle Show, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma June 9 - Seligman Days, Seligman, Missouri June 12, 13, 14 - Hwy. 59 Swap Meet and Car Show, West Siloam Springs, Oklahoma June 16 - Gateway Days, Gateway, Arkansas June 16 - Rods for Rapha, Bella Vista June 16 - Bordertown Outpost Casino Car, Truck, and Bike Show, Seneca, Missouri June 23 - Mud Days, Lowell June 30 - NWA Mustang Show, Bentonville July 28 - Nash Back at Ya, Rogers July 29 - Rendezvous 66 Benefit Car Show, Carthage, Missouri August 11 - Cherokee Casino, Siloam Springs, Oklahoma September 8 - Bluegrass & Chili Festival, Claremore, Oklahoma September 22 - Shakin in the Shell, Shell Knob, Missouri September Bikes, Blues, & B-B-Q, Fayetteville September 29 - Cave Springs Show, Cave Springs Cars for Sale: Alan and Phyllis Lauber are selling their 2004 Torch Red Coupe (last year of the C5). The car has 51,000 miles, black interior, both tops, a car cover, polished aluminum wheels, Borla exhaust system, K & N cold air, as well as the original exhaust, and original air cleaner. The car has been garage kept. Asking price: $21,000. Call Alan or alauber@cmfoods.com. Saturday Night Cruise-Ins 1st Saturday Allen s Sugar Creek Shopping Center, Bella Vista (Hwy. 71) 2nd Saturday Home Depot, Rogers - New Hope Road and I-540 3rd Saturday - No information to-date 4th Saturday - Andy s Custard and Mazzio Pizza - West Walnut, Rogers (no cruise in on May 26) Start arriving around 5-5:30 until dark. Hope to see you there!

6 Meeting Minutes ~ Sharon Bell MINUTES Northwest Arkansas Corvette Club May 8, 2012 President John Bakker called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Brenda Murphy made a motion to accept the April meeting minutes as submitted in the newsletter. The motion was seconded, and passed. Joanna Peak presented the Treasurer s report. Brenda Murphy made a motion to accept the report as presented. The motion was seconded and passed. NEW CARS There were no new cars this month. OLD BUSINESS We welcomed new member, Wayne H. to the Club. NEW BUSINESS We had no one attending who had a birthday in May, so we sang Happy Anniversary to those with May anniversaries. Jeff Bell gave a report on our car show. Our show shirts are in. Members are encouraged to go ahead and register for the show and purchase their show shirts so they can begin wearing them to help advertise the show. We have flyers to hand out at car shows. Please see Jeff to pick up flyers if you are going to any shows. We have a contract for the trophies. Willie Berry is working on the scavenger hunt. Gwen Adams and Pat Holcolm have been working hard to get some very nice prizes to auction off. Some of the items are: One hour in a hot air balloon ride for two; one-half day with an instructor at Spring Mountain Driving School (John Bakker opened the bid tonight at $350); $150 in photos by Heather Brody. West Coast Corvettes has a special of up to 20% off on wheels and accessories for cars. Contact is JT Melton. The Power Tour is coming nearby, June 2-9, in Miami & Stillwater. Cost is around $25-$30 for 1 day. President John reminded the club that our outing to see the Northwest Arkansas Naturals with the Razorback Corvette Club is Saturday, June 23. CAR SHOWS May Lone Star Corvette show in Dallas, TX May 19 Kansas City (CCKC) Club show (They have been big supporters of our show let s get some folks to go to this one!) June 2 Ponca City, OK show June 8-9 Ft. Gibson June 9 Fayetteville in support of Honor Bound June 10 next autocross at the Dixieland Mall in Rogers June 16 Bordertown Casino in Seneca, MO July 21 Another Kansas City club show August 11 Branson Outback September 22 Springfield, MO October 4-7 Eureka Springs show There being no further business, Kenneth Clayton made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Respectfully submitted, Sharon Bell

7 Corvette Tech Corner ~ Jim McMillen Do you need help with that Corvette repair? Here are a few suggested businesses that can help. MECHANICAL: Bill Alred ~ Rogers Bill s Automotive One ~ Bentonville Chevrolet of Fayetteville ~ Fayetteville ; discounted shop rates for corvette club members to $68/hr and 15% off on parts Hedges Corvette, LLC ~ Rogers (also Body/Paint, Auto Glass, Interior, Auto Parts, and Suspensions/Exhaust) Specializing in Corvettes Rick Lynn ~ Centerton ( ) BODY/PAINT: Bob Morey s Auto Body ~ Bentonville Redline Finishes ~ Springfield MO Whitlow s Auto Body ~ Rogers SUSPENSIONS/EXHAUSTS: Corvette Crib ~ Bentonville TIRES: Garrett Tire ~ Springdale The Tire Rack ~ AUTO GLASS: American Window Tinting ~ Fayetteville Auto Glass Center ~ Bentonville INTERIOR; Ashley Auto Trim ~ Bentonville Corvette Crib ~ Bentonville Turley Custom Auto Trim ~ Springdale AUTO PARTS: Country Corvettes ~ Rogers Corvette Crib ~ Bentonville Everett Chevrolet ~ Springdale If you have had a positive experience with other Corvette suppliers and would like club members to know about them please their information to newslettereditor@nwacorvetteclub.com so we can include in future newsletters. If you have had a poor experience and would like others to know, feel free to let us know about those, too Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 to Pace 96th Indianapolis 500 INDIANAPOLIS A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 to the green flag Sunday, May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With 638 horsepower, the Corvette ZR1 is the most powerful production car ever to pace the race. This will be the 23rd time a Chevrolet has paced The Greatest Spectacle in Racing and the 11th time a Corvette is serving as the Pace Car. Both are event records. The 2013 model year will mark the 60th anniversary and the final year of production for the current generation Corvette. A supercharged, 6.2-liter LS9 engine generating 638 horsepower helps to create the ZR1 s performance. Of all mass-production companies, Chevrolet is the leader in using carbon fiber. The lightweight material is used for structural components, including the front fenders, hood, roof, front splitter, rocker panels and floor pans. With a curb weight of 3,353 pounds, the ZR1 features a powerto-weight ratio of just 5.2 pounds per horsepower. The ZR1 also features advanced technology such as Magnetic Selective Ride Control, Launch Control system with Performance Track Management, a four-channel ABS system and Brembo carbon-ceramic disc brake rotors. As a result, the ZR1 is the fastest Chevrolet ever produced, capable of accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds, and capable of reaching a top speed of 205 mph. The ZR1 lapped the famed Nurburgring Nordschleife ( north loop ) in 7: The 96th Indianapolis 500 is scheduled to start at noon (ET) Sunday, May 27. From Corvette Action Center Forum 5/8/2012