UPCOMING EVENTS May 5 (SAT) TMCCC, XTreme Raceway Park, 2p-11p, Ferris, TX May 12 Cowtown Breakfast Club at Rudys BBQ, 9am, 451 E IH 20 (The Highlands), Arlington May 13 Happy Mothers Day May 19 Antique Cruise to East TX. Meet 8am, Buc-ees, Terrell, TX for breakfast May 20 Monthly Club Meeting, 5 pm, Texas Trailer Man, 2411 Thomas Rd, Haltom City May 27 TMCCC, Ennis, 8am May 28 Memorial Day Cowtown Mopars Performance Team PO Box 162413 Fort Worth, Texas 76161-2413 Place Postage Here Rush To:
May 2018 THE STARTING LINE Official Monthly Publication of Cowtown Mopars 2018-2019 BOARD MEMBERS President - Lydia Dickey Secretary - Rich Lemmon Membership Director - JoAn Deering Activity Director - Chris Sharp Vice-President - Frank Smith Treasurer - Kurt Schuster Editor - Barry Hansen Appointed Positions Race Team - Bobby Avis / Don Deering Website - Kirk Maisenbacher Show Team - Ron Carroll / Morris Counts 1111 I-20 Frontage Rd Arlington, TX 76018 682-206-3742 We are honored to have Classic CDJRF as our dealership sponsor. Dan Dunfree, Service Manager and club member, is our contact there. For all your Mopar needs be it Service, Parts, New Car Sales or Used Car Sales, Dan will introduce you to the people that can help. Thanks Dan and thanks Classic CDJRF.
Hey my awesome Mopar people!!!! WAY TO GO TEAM ON AN AMAZING AND WONDERFUL CAR SHOW!!! Though it was bitterly cold we prevailed and had 104 officially in the (judged) car show and at least 50-60 in the show and shine!!!! Wonderful job to EVERYONE!!!! Thank you to ALL who helped volunteer!!!! No matter the job everyone did GREAT AND AWESOME!!! I'M ONE PROUD AND HONORED PRESIDENT!!!! Also I want to take the time to honor our veterans in the club and all over the world!!!! Those in the past and those who are still with us WITHOUT YOUR BRAVERY, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE FREEDOMS THAT WE DO!!!! SUCH BRAVE SOULS AND I HONOR ALL ON MEMORIAL DAY!!!! I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SACRIFICES AND YOUR SERVICE!!!! MAY GOD BLESS YA'LL!!!!! Go Team Mopar!!!! Lydia 32nd Annual Cowtown Mopars Spring Car Show East to West... Mopars are best The line was long but distinguished A,B,C s...b,b,e,e,b,lx,lx... But officer I had a Mopar show to catch Take that George Barris
In The Works Hello fellow club members and Mopar fans. Time to get Spring and Summer on the road. And do we have some exciting cruises and activities planned. Of course the Mopars are invited as well. Not all dates have been confirmed as of publication time and some activities may change as needed. But the following is a preliminary list of club activities through October. We will kick of off May with an Antique Cruise on Saturday, May 19th. For those who want to join us, we will meet at Buc-ee s in Terrell, TX at 8:00am for a breakfast Buc-ee style. We will then cruise to Jefferson, TX to antique shop. Great places to eat lunch in Jefferson. Then cruise back as a group or on our own. If anyone has questions please contact me. Cowtown breakfast at Rudy s BBQ in Arlington on Saturday May 12th at 9am. Additional activities that are being planned are as follows. June- Drive in movie in Ennis, Texas July- progressive dinner (details being worked out) August- working on something exciting. September- Hemi Hideout October- trunk or treat/dyno Days All dates and times will be listed in the next issue. Watch the newsletter, Facebook and website for future breakfast meetings. If anyone has any club ideas, please pass them along and I will see if we can make them happen. Thank you for all the support in the activities. Hope to see all of you on the road soon!!!! Chris Club Members Your Car is the Star Have your car professionally photographed. One of our club sponsors, Photography by Lydia, has a special offer for club members only. For $175 you and your car can have a professional photo shoot. You get: 1) Your desired location 2) Your unlimited props (plaques, mascots, small figurines such as diecast cars, flags, etc) 3) Unlimited time for the shoot 4) Full CD of every photo, originals and enhanced, with copyrights Contact: Photography by Lydia (see her card in our business pages)
Off The Wing by Barry Hansen Well, the 32nd Annual Cowtown Mopars Spring Car Show is history. And it made history. All went beautiful in spite of some obstacles. The day started out cold, windy and overcast. About 9am their was a long line of beautiful cars on the service road waiting to get in and by noon we had met or exceeded our best car show count to date. It was wonderful to see all the new cars from Classic CDJRF including some 2019 models and the T/A Challenger right in the front door of Summit. Always a crowd around it. And I did not realize until I got the show photos that our own Dan Dunfee was in the firesuit in the cockpit the last time they fired off the dragster. See pictures below. Lots and lots of beautiful cars of every age and type. Nothing but good feedback from the staff of Classic CDJRF who were attending, from some other dealership folks attending and from our host, Summit Racing. Summit is already talking about plans for next year's show if we want to have it there. Extensive coverage and pictures in this issue of Starting Line. Can't put it down dept..re: my review of Match Race Mayhem from last month. Still reading and really really enjoying this book. Very well written, every page has a great story or antidote. And the pictures...the inside title page has a two page color picture of Green Valley Race City on the starting line with a '67 Mustang and '66 GTO in front of the famous covered starting line seating. I have written of my recent purchases Dodge Brothers 100 Years, Dandy Dick Landy and Proving Grounds, a History of CDP Racing. They are all good but this has to be the best. I am getting to relive growing up at Green Valley, Kennedale Raceway and Dallas International Motor Speedway all over again. What a great trip. Get it at Summit Racing, Amazon and Barnes and Noble. The saga continues dept...work feverishly every night the week before the car show on the Charger. Carefully as I could installed a new intake manifold. Started it up that Friday night and would not idle at all. Vacuum gauge says 10 of vac at 2000 rpm and 5 of vac at 1200 rpm idle just before it dies. New cam is not that big and even if it was it should pull more vac that that. I wonder if I got the multiple keyway timing chain crank gear in the wrong position. Will check for possible blown out power valves on the Holley per suggestion from work before I pull the timing cover off. It continues... The wonderful thing about Mopars... Is that Mopars are wonderful things. (with apologies to A. A. Milnes) Dragster Dan More from the Spring Car show Suited up His ride, the Jenkins-T Bar-Cortines front engine T/F dragster
The Go Fast(er) Department Bobby Avis and Don Deering Race Team Coordinators Mike Bearse TMCCC Rep And now...seventeen TIME TMCCC CHAMPIONS!!!! Hello fellow Cowtown Mopar members. The race team headed out to Abilene to Big Country Raceway. They have a great facility and run a smooth program. We had 18 racers and four received awards. Not a bad start to the season. I would like to thank Don and JoAn Deering for making sure we all had something to eat and Bill and Becky Boon for bringing everything we need to set it all up. We will be heading out to the new Xtreme Raceway Park in Ferris on May 5 (Sat 2p-11p) so come on out. It s one of the closest venues we have this season. Hope to see you at the track! Bobby Results for Abilene: Stock Muscle - Jimmy Blackwell - Semi Finals Street Muscle - Dana Burth - Runner Up Super Muscle - David Huffman - Class Winner King Muscle - Rich Lemmon - Semi Finals (first time he had the car on a track!) 2018 Race Schedule: March 25 Ennis (1/4) April 11 Abilene (1/4) May 5 (Sat) Ferris (1/8) (2p-11p) May 27 Ennis (1/4) June 10 Noble, OK (1/8) June 24 Lufkin (1/4) Sept 9 Wichita Falls (1/8) Oct 28 Ennis (1/4) Nov 17 Awards Banquet Ennis opens 8 AM XTreme opens SAT 2p-11p All others open 9 AM A BIG THANKS TO TEXAS TRAILER MAN FOR BEING OUR 2017 COWTOWN MOPARS RACE TEAM SPONSOR. Photo by Flickriver Don t forget we re online: www.cowtownmopars.com and Cowtown Mopars on Facebook!!!
Mopars at the Motorplex... Mopar backsides to the competition I remember pulling one of these over in the day Old school Ram... New school Ram...Ron Carroll s beautiful Petty truck Challenger, Charger, 300...sweet JoAn and Don... fastest couple in Cowtown Comin off the line when the light turns green (The Beach Boys) Ram tough and Ram fast
Cowtown Mopars Spring Car Show a big success The 32 nd Annual Cowtown Mopars Spring Car Show is in the books. A great showing of all types, styles and ages of Mopars were displayed, crowds all day long, Classic CDJRF dealership vehicles inside and around the store. A working front engine T/F dragster. And all taking place front and center at Summit Racing Equipment. I am told we met or beat our best past car show with 104 judged entries and 50-60 in show and shine. This reporter, Cowtown Mopar member and Summit Racing employee could not have been more proud of Saturday, April 14. At 7am, cold and windy, great group of Cowtown and Summit volunteers set up. About 9am the line of cars on the service road started queuing up and did not stop for the next two hours. The diversity of vehicles was fascinating. Of course 60s and 70s Mopars represented across the board. Some 50s and earlier Mopars included a beautiful coupe and pick up. Some great front wheel drives and a couple of front wheel drive converted to tire shredding rear wheel drives. The LX contingent was in force and numbers, great to see them attend and walk off with several prizes. Some of the things they are doing with the modern Chargers, Challengers, Magnums and 300s are amazing. Our AMC friends were out in force with some stunning AMXs, Javelins, a Hurst ScRambler and others. And Jeeps, let's not forget the Wranglers and others. Jenkins-T Bar-Cortines (friends of Cowtown Mopars) brought their front engine T/F dragster and set up right in front of the store. They fired it up on nitro twice courtesy of The Texas Trailer Man and Classic CDJRF sponsorships. Dan Dunfree, Cowtown member and Service Mgr of Classic CDJRF put on the old firesuit and goggles and climbed in the cockpit for one of the firings. See the pictures. One of my favorite things is to stand next to someone who has never heard a T/F fire off before. Forget NASCAR, Indy, Gran Prix, there and only there is your real power. Thank you J-T-C for helping make it a great day. The Little Red Wagon (gotta love the name) food truck, a favorite of Cowtown Mopars, was back and did a brisk business all day. I told fellow Summit employees all week the food truck would be here. Nothing but compliments from everyone who tried them. Two other food trucks were invited but did not attend. Their loss. I really enjoyed seeing so many kid out there. This shows me the millennials are raising up a good group of next generation gearheads, boys and girls, and that our hobby can rest easy. Classic CDKRF, our dealership sponsor, brought no less than 12 cars and trucks to display at the show. We had a T/A Challenger right inside the store, always a crowd around it. 11 more vehicles including a 2019 Wrangler and 2019 Ram truck were prominently displayed. I really like that new Wrangler. No dealership has ever gotten behind our shows like Classic CJDRF. Vehicles, grab bag goodies, door prizes, coupons, personnel, advertising and more. Dan Dunfree organized it. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Summit Racing Equipment, our host, could not have been more accommodating. Need a secure place for 12 brand new dealer cars, pull them in the warehouse. Meeting rooms (with food) for several planning sessions. Need communications, professional walkie talkies provided. Huge box of grab bag goodies. Need door prizes, how many do you want? Security, personnel, managers on call, flyers in the store and on the website and more. Porta Potties, they got that bill (which blew over twice in the wind, no one inside though). Summit is already talking about next year. We must thank our show sponsors, the list is long and distinguished this year. Bill's Half Price Auto Repair, Denton Transco, Kurt Schuster Electric, Joe's Machine Shop, Phoenix Trans, Photography by Lydia, Professional Welding, The Ram Man, Randy Buntyn, SpeedTek, Texas Trailer Man, Vantage Administrators, Wards Body Shop and Windsor Classics and Collision. All great show sponsors. Thanks to you all. Last but not least we must thank the board and all the volunteers. This started in November with lots of meetings, emails, texts, phone calls. It was a group effort. If I tried to list them I would leave somebody out. However special mention must be made of Lydia Dickey and Kurt Schuster. Lydia had meeting after meeting follow up after follow up until all was worked out and Kurt sweated every detail and what-if until we had all bases covered. Special thanks to you both. See you next year, bigger and better. Barry Hansen Ace reporter Quite an eclectic line The show runs on lots of great volunteers Corinthian leather anyone?
Show Off Your Mopar Monthly: Every First and Third Tue. 6p-10p, Johnson County Car Meets, 812 S. Crowley Rd, Crowley, TX. Free. Every Wed. 8p-10p, Mopar Cruise-in, Redneck Heaven, IH 20, The Highlands, Arlington. Free. Every Fri. 5p-9p, Truck Cruise-In, Home Depot, IH 20 and Cooper St, Arlington. Free. Every Fri. 6p-10p, Cruise-In, Albertsons, Hwy 287 and Sublett Rd, Arlington. Free. Every Fri. 6p-9p, Cruise-In, Underwoods Boots, 530 S Main St, Grapevine. Every 2nd Sat. 9a-12n, Maverick H-D car, truck and motorcycle show, 1845 N I-35E, Carrollton. $15 entry. Top 30. Every 3rd Sat. 8a-11a, Cowtown Cars and Coffee, Texas Motor Speedway. Every 3rd Sat. Christian Classic Cruisers, 5pm-9pm, Birdville ISD, 9100 Mid Cities Blvd, North Richland Hills. $15 entry, spectators free. Every Last Sat. 9a-12n, Cars and Coffee at Gateway Classic Cars, 1250 Mustang Dr, Grapevine, TX. Free. May Events: May 5 Oak View Baptist Church, 1004 S. Story Rd, Irving. 8a-3p, $15 entry. TOP 30, food available May 5 Roanoke Roundup in front of City Hall, 108 S Oak St, Roanoke. 4p-8p. $10 entry. May 12 Robinson Restoration, 5240 Dakota Ln, Denton. 8a-1p. $10 entry. 26 classes, 6 BOS. May 12 Advantage Autoworks, 6432 Davis Blvd, North Richland Hills. 10a-3p. $15 entry. 34 classes. May 19 Lewisville High School Band, 1098 W Main St, Lewisville. 9a-2p. $20 entry. 26 classes. May 19 Charity Car & Truck show, Streetside Classics, 5400 Sandhill Dr, FW. 10a-2p. $20 entry. Judged show proceeds go Conner's car show May 20 Castle Hills Village Shops & Plaza, 2540 King Arthur Blvd, Lewisville. 10a-2p. TOP 30, 6 BOS. May 27 5th Annual Northwood Church Revive Ministry car show, 1870 Rufe Snow Dr, Keller. 11a-3p. $20 entry. 56 awards, 7 BOS. June 6 Music City Mall (old Vista Ridge Mall), 2401 S Stemmons Fwy (I-35 E), Lewisville. 10a-2p. 26 classes, show is between JC Pennys & Sears. Aug 4 3rd Annual WE ARE MOPAR, Texas Motor Speedway. sign up now. 2018 HOT ROD POWER 6-9-18 Bowling Green KY 6-10 Chattanooga, TN 6-11 Birmingham, Al MOPAR tour side trip to Wellborn museum 6-12 Hampton, Ga Atlanta Motor Speedway 6-13 Darlington, SC Darlington Raceway 6-14 Raleigh NC 6-15 Concord NC Z-Max Dragway On a sad note...ray Hershey promoter for Time Machine Car Shows passed away Monday April 23, 2018. A lot of our Cowtown Mopar members go to his shows. He will be missed. Attend an event? Win something? We sure would like to brag about you. Contact me, Ron Carroll at dodge_roncarroll@yahoo.com.
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MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION JoAn Deering, Membership Director Time to Enroll for 2018 Your membership fees for 2018 are due. You must be paid up to take advantage of the great discounts at our supporting dealership and businesses. Join or Renew right now by mail or at one of our events Single membership New $30 / Renewal $20 Family membership New $40 / Renewal $30 ITEMS FOR SALE / ITEMS WANTED WANTED: Big Block K-member for a 1971 Cuda. Contact Dave Valfer, 214-663-6865 or dvalfer@swbell.net FOR SALE: 73 Barracuda bucket seats and rear seat, great cores, $350.00. 73 Barracuda small block console shifter, T handle and all levers to trans. $100.00. 2 1/8" big block Mopar Hooker Super Comp headers, $1300.00 new, sell for $300.00. I can send pictures of all. Call Mark 214-727-4324 or email markbuch64@hotmail.com FOR SALE: Factory smallblock (340) steel bellhousing w/inspection cover. Casting part #2843887. Trans input dia 4 11/32. Good condition. $150. Doug Gulley, 972-672-4839. FOR SALE: Original T/A fiberglass hood. Great shape, ready to bolt on your car. $1700.00. Call Ken at 972-742-4456 A reminder to anyone looking for First Gen Charger ( 66-67) parts, especially original. Roger Bohl is selling all of his stock. He would like to sell it all before his health gets too bad. Roger is the Grandfather of First Gen parts (next to Great-Grand-Pappy Jim Rodebaugh). He has been my go-to First Gen guy since well before I got my first one back in 1998 and has a wealth of knowledge. There aren t too many parts he doesn t have. Contact Roger at bohl@sunflower.com or 913-400-7281. He now lives near KC, KS...Dan Robinson