UPCOMING EVENTS July 4 Independence Day July 14 Cowtown Breakfast Club at Rudys BBQ, 9am, 451 E IH 20 (The Highlands), Arlington July 15 Monthly Club Meeting, 5 pm, Spring Creek BBQ, 1509 Airport Fwy, Bedford July 21 Cruise to Marys Café in Strawn, TX, meeting place and time TBA Cowtown Mopars Performance Team PO Box 162413 Fort Worth, Texas 76161-2413 Place Postage Here Rush To:
July 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.
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY Y'ALL!!!! THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES AND HELPED FIGHT IN THE DIFFICULT WARS TO MAKE US FREE AND HAVE US STAND FOR THE FLAG!!!!! I LOVE THIS CLUB AND ALL WE STAND FOR!!!! The people that are a part of us, members and visitors, are such amazing people and we have soooo much fun together laughing and enjoying each other's company!!! I'm sooo very thankful for each and every one of you!!!! Thank you for being a part of us!!!! June 29th will be one month since I started at Summit Racing!!! Being cross-trained for Customer Service and Cashier has been a great challenge (ed. note: not too much of a challenge, she has already been top employee a couple of times)...hope I will be at the front Information Desk soon...come by and visit anytime!!! Lydia The Cowtown Mopars breakfast club had a great turnout in June at Rudys.
In The Works Happy summer to all Mopar owners and club members. It s really getting hot outside, hope everyone can find a way to stay cool. June saw a great turnout for our monthly Rudy s breakfast as well as Pops Burger night. July will stay hot with some of the best chicken fried steak in Texas. Saturday July 21st we will cruise as a club to Strawn, Texas and Mary s Cafe for a late afternoon/early evening meal. Please watch the club website and Facebook for details on a meeting place and times. July 14th will be the monthly breakfast at Rudy s BBQ in Arlington at 9am. As of publication date, the much anticipated drive-in movie is not coming together as quickly as hoped for. Still working on it and planning to get it on the calendar. There are other activities in the works, and as always, if you have any ideas, please pass them along. Thank you as always for your support and coming out to the activities we have!! Watch the club website calendar and Facebook for upcoming activities, cruises, get togethers, dinners and breakfasts. 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 The other day in the parking lot at 6pm the car thermometer registered 114 degrees. After a few miles of driving went down to 108 degrees. I'm thinkin' summer is here. Kurt Schuster and I both purchased two new canopies for the club to replace the ones stolen out of the trailer last year. This club means a lot to us, this is one way we can give back. Enjoy. Worth a read dept... The Art of Mopar by Tom Glatch, photos by Tom Loeser, published by Motorbooks. I was lucky enough to score an advanced copy of this book last fall when we had a chance to preorder. Had it for a while and finally opened it up. Wow. A coffee table size book of the Brothers Collection (no details given about them) of Mopar musclecars photographed beautifully inside and out to look like modern art. So professionally and artfully done each photo stands by itself. I find myself studying the pictures and picking up details I didn't notice before. An extensive collection, you probably will find your car in there. A great addition to any Mopar library. Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble or Summit Racing. Speaking of Summit Racing...another Cowtown member on the payroll. Our esteemed president, Lydia, just joined customer service. Also spotted a late model yellow Ram pickup in the employee's lot with our big Cowtown Mopar decal in the back window. Turns out he is a fellow salesman and bought the truck from our own Mr. Lemon. Also at Summit Racing recently met several customers who run in the TMCCC. One said about three years ago he kept drawing our own Bobby Avis in semi-final or final rounds of about 6 different races that year. A life well lived dept...tom the Mongoose McEwen died in June. 81 long eventful years. Drove a lot of different makes in F/C and T/F but I remember him best for a string of Plymouths in those classes. He also pioneered early firesuit and top fuel safety improvements. Ever the promotor he is justly famous for making the deal with Mattel Hot Wheels to sponsor him and Don Prudhomme. Credited with bringing big time sponsorship to drag racing. got a groovy little street machine with a full blown Chrysler mill, she shuts down all the stocks just like they're standin' still... (ed note: well yeah, it had better) Little Street Machine by Hot Rod Rog
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 had two races in June, the makeup race from Ennis and a trip to Thunder Valley in Oklahoma. We had 22 racers in Ennis and 13 at Thunder Valley with one racer getting an award in Ennis and 3 getting awards at Thunder Valley. We went to Thunder Valley race in third place and climbed back into second place. We now sit 32 points behind the Mustang Club with 3 races left so check the schedule come out and race with us. It s a great time. Bobby Ennis Stock Semi James Blackwell 532L Thunder Valley Electronics Semi Outlaw Muscle Semi Stock Muscle Winner Runner-up 2018 Race Schedule: March April May May June June Sept Oct Nov 25 11 5 (Sat) 27 10 24 9 28 17 Ennis (1/4) Abilene (1/4) Ferris (1/8) (2p-11p) Ennis (1/4) Noble, OK (1/8) Lufkin (1/4) Wichita Falls (1/8) Ennis (1/4) Awards Banquet Ennis opens 8 AM Xtreme opens SAT 2p-11p All others open 9 AM Bill Boon Mike Moriarty Mike Moriarty L575 Mike Bearce L555 A BIG THANKS TO TEXAS TRAILER MAN FOR BEING OUR 2017 COWTOWN MOPARS RACE TEAM SPONSOR. Hellformotors.tumblr.com Don t forget we re online: www.cowtownmopars.com and Cowtown Mopars on Facebook!!! Pinterest.com
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. July Events: July 1 Charity Car & Truck Show, Grace for Eternity Church, 4605 Denton Hwy, Haltom City. 1p-5p, $20 entry. 24 classes, 8 BOS. July 4 Independence Fest Flower Mound, Bakersfield Park (enter from Spinks Rd & Geraut). 4p-9p. $15entry. 26 classes. Concert & fireworks after. July 4 Bedford Boys Ranch 4th OF JULY, 2801 Forest Ridge Rd, Bedford. 3:30p-8p. 42 Awards, BOS. $20 entry. July 14 Elks Lodge Charity Car, Truck & Bike Show, 2015 Britain Rd, Irving. 10a-3p. $20 entry. 34 classes. July 21 Race Street Round-up, 2920 Race St, Fort Worth. 11a-3p. $20 entry. 34 classes. July 28 TFT Foundation Charity Car Show hosted By StreetSide Classics. 5400 Sand Shell Dr #100, Fort Worth. 10a-2p. $20 entry. July 28 5th Annual Sizzlin' Summer Car Show hosted by Valwood Baptist Church, 2015 Valwood Parkway, Farmers Branch. 8a-12n. $15 entry. TOP 30, 5 BOS. Aug 4 3rd Annual WE ARE MOPAR, Texas Motor Speedway. sign up now. check our face book page for more as they come in 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