August 2005 www.cowtownmopars.com The Starting Line Newsletter for Cowtown Mopars Performance Team Instead of reporting the routine monthly minutes, I'd like to report to you two events that I attended this past month. One was the Great Texas Balloon Races held in Longview, the other the annual W.P.C. Club National Meet held in Burbank, California. The Great Texas Balloon Races is an annual event held on the second/third weekend in July. Over 75 registered crews attended with a grand prize of $10,000. To anyone able to ring the pole, in addition to the other competition events. If you are not an early bird this event was not for you as the competition starts at 6:30 am. The skies are full of hot air balloons with the pilots, some with over 12,000 hours of flying time, jogging for position over the Gregg County Airport. It was an awesome sight to see 75 balloons in front of a red morning sunrise sky. The other event, the W.P.C. Club National Meet, was held in Burbank, California. A wide variety of cars and trucks was there, including the 20's, 30's, and 40's antiques and collectors. Gangster 1933 Plymouth's complete with tommy guns, and town and country cars were there as was a good representation of 50's, 60's, 70's, up to modern drivers. Two E- body modifieds were driven to the show, as was an elderly couple who drove from British Columbia in their 1934 Chrysler convertible. Lunch at the show field, Johnny Carson Park across from the Burbank NBC Studios, was supplied by In and Out Burgers. A fantastic cruise night was held on Thursday at Bob' s Big Boy, a cultural treasure, at this 1949 restored building. This historical landmark is visited by car clubs on Friday and Saturday evenings and has car hop service also. Other tour attractions included the Petersen Museum, Los Angeles Farmers Market, Universal Studios, San Sylmar and Nethercutt Museums, and the last tour, in which Jay Leno calls it his mechanically significant collection. He loves vehicles that are powered by interesting methods, are extremely fast, or has some historical significance, or just interest him in general. The awards and banquet dinner was held on Saturday evening. Thirty- four classes of vehicles were listed on the itinerary, final announcements were made after the awards ceremony. President Bowman's last request was for all to drive carefully, keep good health, and hope to see all at our next national meet in July 2006, at Williamsburg, Virginia. Pictures taken at the Walter P. Chrysler annual meet by Ken Angyl, CMPT Secretary. Submitted by Ken Angyal, Secretary Cowtown Mopars Performance Team W.P.C. Club National Director
Page 2 From the Vice President It is summer and you can tell by the amount of people that are off on vacation. Turnout to the meetings and cruise nights have been a little on the thin side. The TMCCC races are on summer vacation also and there isn't another one until late september. So... what is a person to do? Match race! Willie and I went out to Texas Raceway for a little fun and grudge match race. I did the no no and redlighted on the two passes we made handing Willie the best two out of three. Being the gentleman I am I handed him my pink slip... it was a womans pink slip, but a pink slip none the less. We did have a lot of fun. Alan Vasut is still receiving more info for our club history page so we anticipate having it completed in the near future. If anyone has any old photos or even a good story to tell, just let any of the board members have them and we will make sure they get to Alan! Pictures from various venues, including the 2005 NHRA Mile High Nationals in Denver. Mike Miller, Owner M.P.A.R. http://www.millerperformance.net
Page 3 Activities I don t have much to report this month. I can say that it has been hot enough that I don t move away from the air conditioner much. I do want to remind everybody about the Second Saturday night at Gene Quicks. This month we are going to have the scavenger hunt that was postponed from last month. And we are going to have breakfast food. We are asking everyone to be there by 6:00 so we can start the scavenger hunt at 6:30 and eat at around 8:00. So clean up your car and grab some friends and come on down. We will have the fans blowing in the shop. I guess that is about it for now. Gary Bradshaw, Activities Director CMPT Club Meetings CMPT holds its monthly club meetings on the 3rd Sunday of each month at 5:00pm. Meetings are currently held at: BILLY BOB S TEXAS 2520 Rodeo Plaza Fort Worth, Texas (in the Historic Stockyards!) August 21st, 2005 5:00 pm September 18th, 2005 5:00 pm October 16th, 2005 CMPT Board of Directors President: Mark Buchanan 972-617-2068 bbuchanan8@juno.com Vice President: Mike Miller 817-656-3218 greybeard360@yahoo.com Secretary: Ken Angyal 817-465-4344 KVJA54@aol.com Treasurer: Dan Robinson 817-428-8858 derob@charter.net Membership: Bernie Powell 817-246-1600 coyote440@sbcglobal.net Activities: Gary Bradshaw 817-759-2974 wedge65@charter.net Newsletter: Steve Wiggin 817-714-3783 wigginfam@sbcglobal.net Webmaster: Mike Miller 817-656-3218 greybeard360@yahoo.com Cruise Night At A New Time Cruise Night - currently the 2nd Saturday Night of Each Month (May( May-October), at: October), 6:00 pm at: Gene Quick Motorsports 3214 Friendly Lane Haltom City, TX GUESTS, including Non-MOPARS, are always welcome to join us! August 13th, 2005 CMPT Club Information COWTOWN MOPARS PERFORMANCE TEAM is a Mopar enthusiast organization, with its own elected officers & operating treasury. Membership is open to ALL Mopar enthusiasts and owners. You do NOT need to own a Mopar to join or participate. We are based in the Fort Worth area of North Central Texas, U.S.A. Currently, we have members from all around the area, even reaching into AUSTRALIA! Our Club Address is: COWTOWN MOPARS PERFORMANCE TEAM P.O.Box 162413 Fort Worth, Texas 76161-2413 http://www.cowtownmopars.org
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Page 5 Membership President s Desk Here are our newest Members and renewals! Welcome!!!! Bobby Spence James Buatte Reed Dobbins Michael Bearce Kevin Ferren Keith Laxson George Brown Jeff Brown We can t thank everyone enough for renewing with the Club & celebrating our 20th year together! You make us Strong! Contact me anytime! Bernie Powell, CMPT Membership Director HEY Cowtown Mopar Performance Team! In a few days I will be joining some of you at the Mopar Nationals. I have not been in several years, but I'm able to go this year. After all it is the year of the Road Runner. If I did not go it would be like Rick Mariano missing the year of the Dart. Or Mike Miller missing the May tag Nationals. Some things just go without saying. Beep Beep!! While some of us are at the Nationals many of you will be enjoying good ol' bacon and eggs at Gene's. Gary has prepared a scavenger hunt for us that will start at 6:30, don't be late. After the scavenger hunt we will eat breakfast for supper. The club will provide eggs, bacon,sausage,bread a cooker and something to eat on and eat with. Members please bring something that goes with breakfast like donuts,oj, milk,fruit,cereal,butter, peanut butter,jelly,...be creative. We also will need a couple toasters for the bread. I hate it, but I will not be there!!!!be safe and have fun!!! We will be starting our new race shirt soon to recognize our ongoing TMCCC winning ways. The shirt will be free to all club members and race team members. If you are a club member and do not race with the race team I would like for you to be at the August club meeting and give me your shirt size. If you are unable to attend the August meeting please contact me and let me know your shirt size. email bbuchanan8@juno.com or 972 617 2068. Thanks for your cooperation! The Dallas Mopar Club will be having their annual show on Labor Day weekend again this year, but it will be at a new location. We will have a map and directions soon. The show will be September 3rd & 4th at Central Park in Garland. It is said to have more room and more shade. Sounds good to me. We will be giving a club patriotic shirt to everyone who participates, be sure and see me at the show. We supported our Dallas Mopar brethren in a big way last year; let's do it again this year. See ya soon! Beep Beep! Mark Buchanan, Cowtown Mopars President
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Page 7 Dallas Mopars Presents The Southwest Mopar Mini-Nats September 3-4, 2005 Central Park, 1301 West Avenue F Garland, Texas (new location) Or check at http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/ dallasmoparclub/flyers/natsflyer80105.pdf
Car of the Month August 2005?????????????????????? After much debate & zero input there isn t an August 2005 entry for C.O.T.M. Are you interested now???? Want to see your car/truck/race car here??? Email: wigginfam@sbcglobal.net With a brief history & description of your vehicle. By September, we hope to feature 2 cars But only if you submit a picture & paragraph soon! Thanks! Cowtown Mopars
Page 9 August 2005 Activities 13th Cruise-in, Gene Quick s, 6:00pm 20th Christian Classic Cruisers, Birdville Fine Arts, 5:00pm 21st CMPT Meeting, Billy Bob s Texas, 5:00pm September 2005 3rd&4th Dallas Mopar Southwest Mini-Nats, Central Park (new location!!!), Garland, Texas 17th Christian Classic Cruisers, Birdville Fine Arts, NRHills, Texas 5:00pm 30th GoodGuys 13th Lonestar Nationals @ Texas Motor Speedway, Ft. Worth, Texas (thru Oct. 2nd). No TMCCC races in July & August! The New Club Online Store is Here!!! Shop & Support The Club At http://www.cafepress.com/ cowtownmopars/ For Sale & Wanted WANTED------- 71 road runner, call Mark Buchanan 972-617-2068 or e-mail bbuchanan8@juno.com Dodge Charger Owners for the Charger Registry (FREE) Join for $25 and get a newsletter, parts list, car list, event list. Morris Counts 817-545-7783 or 817-980-9411 See you at the next Charger Event. This Space For Free to members! Email : wigginfam@sbcglobal.net All ads will run for 2 months unless notified to cancel or renewed. Editor CMPT Cars of the Year 2005 Please submit a brief description and pictures in jpeg format or a good 5 x 7 printed format to: Steve Wiggin c/o CMPT P.O. BOX 162413 Ft. Worth, Texas 76161 at a club meeting, or wigginfam@sbcglobal.net
MOPARS FOR Summer Fun 2005 HOT August Nights ************************************* August 13th Gene Quick Motorsports Breakf Breakfast ast for Dinner & Cruise Night! August 21st CMPT Meeting, Billy Bob s Texas, 5:00pm We re the Car Club for Mopars, Food, Fun, & Friends! Cowtown Mopars Performance Team P.O. Box 162413 Fort Worth, Texas 76161-2413 Place Postage Here AUGUST 2005 Rush to: