New C9 ...No V8...What's Corvette Thinking??

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Our new meeting place is  

Pinstripes

5001 Trailhead Bend Way, Fort Worth, TX 76109

Happy Spring, hope everyone had a great April.

The Larry and Sylvia Hoaldridge Memorial Event looks to have been a great event. As competitors left, they seemed appreciative and had a good time. Thank you to James and Larry for coordinating. Also thank you to all the workers. From my perspective, it was another professionally run event as Cowtown always puts on. I worked a corner, section 3, there were a few oh *^%!*$# moments. Joe and I kept moving our chair over to make sure we were out of the way when the cars spun out. Luckily no one spun. It was a definite heart stopper corner. And that means everyone has a great time.

Everyone needs to plan on coming out and participate in the 13th Annual Spring Scramble, May 17th and 18th. It will be at Fat Daddy’s in Mansfield.

I’m still looking for a Parliamentarian, Sponsorship, and Cruise Master.

I’m so grateful everyone seems to like our new meeting location. Please thank Pinstripes for hosting us (words and tips). They are loving the cars parked in the circle during out meetings. I sent Pinstripes a photo from the February meeting. They loved it so much they sent it to the corporate office.
FYI: speaking of parking. Only park in the circle driveway if you signed up for that month and I have confirmed with you.

Kim West

Thanks to the Rod and Gayle Cherry, Mack Maxwell, Brian Glass, and the Batchelor’s

Kim West - President
kdcwest@sbcglobal.net  

Gayle Cherry        

April 2025

Happy Spring Cowtown Vettes!

Save the date for Drive your corvette to workday on Friday June 27th. We’ll be meeting for lunch to celebrate the first corvette produced.  The time and location will be announced as we get closer to the date.

I hope everyone has been enjoying the nice spring weather. Our hot summer days will be here before we know it.

Gayle

texascherry@att.net

LowDown Article - Historian

May 2025

I am currently working on the 50th Anniversary Scrapbook with the hopes of having it finished by the May 7th membership meeting.  It will concentrate on the 50th year of 2024, but it will also contain tidbits from 2015 - 2023.  This decade included many high points for the club as well as many changes that affected the way we do things, most notable being the world wide pandemic of 2020.  I see this as being the last “put together, physical” scrapbook that we will have as everything now days will be archived digitally.

I would like to say a huge thank you to Mack Maxwell who has agreed to house our archived collection of historical memorabilia, including scrapbooks, LowDowns, Blue Bars, club awards, etc.

Mary Pittman, Historian

marypittman@hotmail.com

Vicki Currey - Secretary - Timing Chair

CTV Secretary

Just a reminder, the Membership and Board minutes are located in the Members Only section.

If you have any questions about the minutes, please feel free to contact me.

Timing Chair

If you are interested in learning timing for CTV’s autocrosses, come spend some time in the trailer and join in the excitement!

Vicki Currey
vfrostcurrey@live.com  

Steve Parker - CTV Treasurer

Just a reminder, the Monthly reports are located in the Members Only section.

If you have any questions about the reports... please feel free to contact me.

 stevenp1954@gmail.com 

Doug McMahan - Social/Digital Media - Sponsorship

If you have not rec’d your 50th Anniversary Cowtown Vettes commemorative Deck of Playing Cards, please attend the next Membership Meeting and see me.  Each primary member / household receives one deck of cards.  I’ll bring a few decks on the next cruise as well.  If you’d like an extra set (or two), see me as well, we did purchase extra decks of cards- these are $5 per deck.

We will have the Events, Socials and such in the next Slideshow.   The slideshow will continue to include some Corvette Trivia along with various other Corvette happenings around the country. Brian (our webmaster) does post a lower-resolution version online, on the CTV Website. Please provide any submissions for the slideshow to me no later than Sunday evening of the Membership Meeting week.

If you have been working on or updating your Corvette with new items …or if you have taken a trip in your Corvette and have some photos to share with membership, please send those to me and I’ll include them in the monthly slideshow.  Cowtown’s Microsoft O365 account allows us to use OneDrive, which makes it much easier for you to provide high-resolution photos from events for the web and/or monthly slideshow. If you would like to share photos, please take them in high-resolution; if not, they can’t be used on the big screen since they would show grainy / blurry.  These are needed by noon, the Monday before the Membership Meeting. If you have questions, please contact me and I’ll provide you with more information and the OneDrive link to share your photos – basically use the highest resolution option you can set on your camera or smartphone.

When you receive a CTV-ALL eMail blast, we would request that you please only reply to the originator when you are replying to a CTV-ALL email. When you opt to reply, simply select Reply on the email, then remove the CTV-All entry and replace it with the email address of the originator. If you are sending CTV-ALL emails, please include your email address in the body of the email so you have that address handy.

If you change your email or home address, Corvette, or other info – please drop an email to CTV-Membership@groups.io. 

If you are not receiving CTV-ALL emails, please get with me so we can either add you or figure out why you aren’t receiving them.

More information on email distribution lists and the acceptable use of them can be found on our website.

Facebook – if you are on Facebook and not a “friend” of Cowtown Vettes, members cannot include you in tags at events; these tags show your non-club member friends all the fun we are having. Who knows, maybe some of you are in the witness protection program and don’t want to be tagged J If you are posting, be sure to tag Cowtown Vettes so it appears on our Facebook news feed.

Doug McMahan
Digital / Social Media Chairperson
socialmedia@cowtownvettes.org 

Ann Walker - Membership Chair

 NEW MEMBERS - 

VISITORS - 

Steve and Betty Woods  

Robert Geyer - Cruiser/Equipment Chair

Hello Fellow Cruisers, 

When y'all read this article, I will have already completed my last cruise to the George H. W. Bush library in College Station. I hope all had a good time and enjoyed the trip. 

As I informed everyone in attendance at our March club meeting, this was my last cruise I will be leading for the foreseeable future. The care and needs of my wife Cydnie will require my full-time attention as she has begun her second round of cancer treatment. It's now time for someone else to step up and continue Cowtown's cruise program.

I want to thank everyone for your kind thoughts and prayers during this trying time. The tag line 'I came for the cars, but stayed for the people' was never truer. We will get through this together and both of us will be back better than ever. Cowtown is the best extended family we could ever have. 

Your Chairpersons

Robert & Cydnie Geyer

P S

Keep taking those 'what I saw along the way pictures' and keep gathering your cruiser points.

Your Cruiser Chairperson  

Robert Geyer 

Hi everyone,

Thanks to everyone who participated in the 50/50 drawing last month.  We collected $275 and the lucky winner of the drawing was Brian Glass, who took home half.  As always, we appreciate your generosity!  Over the next few months, we will have some extra items in the drawings that have recently been donated to us by members.  More chances to win!

Our next Charity event will be at the June membership meeting, where Debbie Sharpe from Don’t Forget to Feed Me Pet Food Bank will be collecting our pet food donations.  Please bring cat and dog food to the June meeting according to the guidelines below.  If you are unable to bring pet food to the meetings or would rather make a monetary donation, please contact Debbie Lindsey or Paula Winter.

The mission of Don’t Forget to Feed Me (DF2FM) is to supply pet food to local agencies in support of pet owners while educating the public about pet food insecurity.  By providing pet food for those in need during challenging financial times and increasing awareness, they offer an alternative to surrendering - or worse, abandoning - a family pet.  Don’t Forget to Feed Me helps to ensure that no pet owner must choose between stay or go.  DF2FM is a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Fort Worth.

The following is a list of the items they can accept:

•   Canned dog and cat food

-    any brand, any variety (including recently expired and damaged product)

•   Dry dog and cat food food

-    any brand, any variety (including recently expired and damaged product)

•   Gallon-size Ziploc-style bags

They cannot accept:

•   Carriers/kennels/crates

•   Leashes/collars

•   Litter boxes/litter

•   Pet grooming supplies (non-medicated)

•   Toys

•   Beds

•   Medications (prescription and over-the-counter)

•   Flea/tick prevention

•   Medicated shampoos/conditioners

•   Bird houses

•   Fish tanks/supplies

Other Charity events coming up:

Tarrant Area Food Bank: Thursday, June 26th, 1 - 4 pm

Cook Children’s Group Visit:  Friday, July 25th, 10:15 am - 12:15 pm

Debbie Linsey and Paula Winter will have a sign-up sheet available for the Tarrant Area Food Bank at the May and June meetings.  If you will not be at those meetings and would like to help out at the food bank, please contact Debbie (debglind@aol.com) or Paula (jpwinter80@gmail.com).

We look forward to seeing you all at the next meeting!

Debbie and Paula

Larry Currey - Low Down Editor

For Only $750,000 you can buy a C8 Z06 GT3.R 

   ...and you have to have an approved race team

The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R is a GT3-spec race car built by Pratt Miller Engineering and Chevrolet to compete in GT3 racing series like LMGT3 and GTD/GTD Pro. It's a successor to the Corvette C8.R, which was retired after the GTE class was discontinued. The Z06 GT3.R is a customer-focused race car that leverages the experience of Corvette Racing and production teams, according to Chevrolet. 

The LT6 engine for the GT3.R originates from the Performance Build Center in Bowling Green, the same line on which all production Corvette Z06 engines are built.

The 5.5L powerplant shares more than 70 percent of its parts with the production Z06 engine, including the crankshaft, connecting rods, cylinder heads, fuel injectors, coils, gaskets and a variety of other sensors.

Those wins have led to 14 Manufacturer’s and Driver’s championships and 15 Team titles.

No team in IMSA history has won more races or championships than Corvette Racing in that span.

larrycurrey@yahoo.com 

Brian Glass

Howdy fellow Corvette enthusiasts!

I am working on our new Club Website and look forward to my role as Webmaster.

webmaster@cowtownvettes.org

A Peek Into The Future??

• GM has unveiled a concept for a future Corvette, the first of three concepts due this year.

• The first publicly shown work from GM’s new design center in England.

• Former Lotus and JLR man Julian Thomson heads the design center in Royal Leamington Spa.

The images show a Corvette that seems to be a fanboy of hypercars like the Aston Martin Valkyrie (which was designed 11 miles / 18 km away), while also paying homage to the Vette’s past. So while the dramatic cutaway section in the nose, huge intakes on either side, and another set of intakes ahead of each rear wheel, means the lower half of the concept taps into the latest aero knowhow, the upper portion feels much calmer, more Corvette in comparison. 

“It was important that they all pay homage to Corvette’s historic DNA, but each studio brought their own unique creative interpretation to the project. That is exactly what our advanced design studio network is intended to do – push the envelope, challenge  us to imagine what could be.” senior VP of global design Michael Simcoe said.

What do you think of this Corvette concept and would you like to see the production C9 taking cues from this Brit-designed study?

Larry Currey / On-Line LOW DOWN Editor

larrycurrey@yahoo.com

Mary Pittman - NCM Ambassador - 2025

LowDown Article - NCM Ambassador

May 2025

In addition to being the Cowtown Vettes Historian, I have also assumed the position of National Corvette Museum Ambassador.

The NCM is located at 350 Corvette Dr in Bowling Green, Kentucky. 

In addition to the Nostalgia Gallery “which takes visitors on a journey through the iconic eras of Corvette history, showcasing classic models and memorabilia that celebrates the timeless appeal and cultural impact of America’s Sports Car”, there are special exhibits, educational opportunities, special activities, museum car delivery and also, the NCM Motorsports Park.

One of the special exhibits available now through 12/31/2025 is Speed Captured: The Photographic Works of Richard Prince. Prince spend 30 years documenting “the evolution of the Corvette and its historical role in racing”.

Also, coming up in the latter part of April is the Museum Bash and in August they will celebrate the 31st anniversary of the museum.

If you haven’t been to the museum, I would highly encourage you to make the trip to see it and if you are not a member I would encourage that also, as a way to keep up with what is going on in the Corvette world and as a way to connect with other Corvette enthusiasts.

Information regarding memberships, tickets, etc are available on the NCM website.

Mary Pittman, NCM Ambassador

To visit the NCM website... Click

National

Corvette Museum 

Bill Buehler & Cliff Holden - Car Show Chairs

2025 Car Show Has a new team...

with Experienced Bill Buehler and Hard Working Cliff Holden...

...will make this a great Car Show!

 October 2025 Car Show Info Coming!!

James Swaringen - NCCC Events
james@swaringen.us   - cell:  817-832-9812
ncccevents@cowtownvettes.org 

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT TO THE 5th Annual Larry & Sylvia Hoaldridge Memorial Autocross Event

Special thanks to:

●     Vicki, Norman and Mary running the timing

●     Mike B and William and all the corner workers

●     James L and Doug running staging and everything else

●     Larry and Randy at the starting line

●     Kim for onsite registration and lunch

●     Larry S all his help training and co-chair for the event.

Everyone was great in helping set up and clean up.

And thank you all who came out and raced. From what can tell, we all had a great time.

Saturday’s FTDs

1S - David McMahan

1 - Tim Talley

2 - Mason Boyette

3 - Michael Rose

Ladies 1S - Lee Ann Parker

Ladies 2 - Lauren Whitcomb

Rookie - Danila Frolkin

Points have been posted https://www.corvettesnccc.org/NCCCCompetitionDatabase/2025/Programs/PointsCalculations.php

Suggestions?  Please fill out the following survey or contact James Swaringen.

https://forms.gle/vycQuCy95Z6L6Ws78

Now it’s time to get ready for the Spring Scramble in just a few weeks.  (May 17th and 18th, 2025)

If you are not registered yet, please do so online or at the next meeting or mail in your check registration form.

Don't miss out in the great times and memories with your Corvette and Corvette friends.

Saturday and Sunday each will have a Participant’s Choice Car Show, 3 funkhanas, and 3 Rallies.

There will be trophies/plaques for the car show on Saturday only (top 10 votes, Best of Show Early, and Best of Show Late)

But Lots of points and fun the whole weekend long.

Upcoming events following the Spring Autocross.

●     May 17th and 18th, 2025

●     Fat Daddy’s Sports & Spirits Cafe, (781 West Debbie Lane, Mansfield, TX 76063)

●     Flyer https://www.corvettesnccc.org/NCCCCompetitionDatabase/2025/Flyers/SW-074-001_-_Flyer_-_2025_Spring_Scramble.pdf

●     Online registration  https://forms.gle/GExdFZCWnJzuzRvo7

●     Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet (https://forms.gle/XvUnY8ehvVVz2moC9)

Fall Low-Speed Autocross: 

●     Sept 6th and 7th

●     Tarrant County College TCC - South Campus  (5301 Campus Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76119)

●     Registration form Coming soon

Regional Fundraiser Low-Speed Autocross

●     Sept 27th and 28th

●     Location TBD

●     Registration form Coming soon

Want to be part of the action?  Our events rely on volunteers to ensure everything runs smoothly and everyone has a blast!  Whether you're a seasoned pro or new to the scene, we welcome your help with timing, staging, corner work, setup/teardown, and more. It's a rewarding experience and a great way to meet new people.  Contact me to join the volunteer team!

Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet (https://forms.gle/XvUnY8ehvVVz2moC9)

Cowtown Vettes, let's make this NCCC season the best yet!  Join us for exciting events and unforgettable moments with fellow Corvette enthusiasts.  See you out there!  Whether you're behind the wheel, lending a hand, or cheering from the sidelines, we encourage everyone to join the Cowtown Corvettes NCCC Events for some fun and fellowship.  (Because, let's face it, hanging out with your Corvette buddies beats chores any day!)

Check out the club website (http://www.cowtownvettes.org) for more details, flyers, and registration.

A Few Videos from the Event.  I am sure there will be others.

Cowtown Vettes - Autocross @ Tarrant County College - 04/12/25 - 12th Run

2025-04-12 Cowtown Vettes - Autocross

If you have photos you want to share, please add them to this Google Photo Album or send them to James@Swaringen.us, and I will add them.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Jsta5AyyeJ3PJBDc7

Norman Walker - NCCC Govenor

NCCC EVENTS

Now up to 134 members strong  

Cowtown Vettes membership still sits at 134 members!

My second national Governors’ Meeting of the year in St. Louis will be the May meeting. We will probably be back by the time you read this.

I will let you know what is discussed in the meeting, concerning both the budget and membership retention. I will be sitting in on the RE meeting this time (for the first time). It should be interesting. As I mentioned at the last Membership Meeting, and in my last article, if you wish to only receive Blue Bars digitally, please let me know.

Thanks to James Swaringen for putting on our 5th Annual Larry & Sylvia Hoaldridge Memorial Event. It was a very successful event, and a good time was had by all!

Next up for the SW Region is May 10-11, Texas A&M Central, Killeen, Longhorn, 14 low-speed autocrosses.

Next up for Cowtown Vettes is our Spring Scramble on May 17-18, at Fat Daddy’s, Mansfield,

Then, next for the SW Region is May 24-26 at Drumright, OK, 21 low-speed autocross events. Finishing out the month,

May 31-June 1, McLane Stadium at Waco, Cen-Tex, 14 low-speed autocrosses.

More information can be found on the SW Region Calendar, located here: http://www.ncccswregion.org/schedule_2025.html 

More flyers will be uploaded as we get closer to the events.

Save the wave!

Norman Walker

CTV NCCC Governor

Donna Forsythe - CTV Logo Merchandise

Hello and welcome to the Logo Merchandise store.

There are lots of great things for sale with the Cowtown logo on them:

 Caps.Visors, Sweatshirts, Long Sleeve T-shirts, Short Sleeve T-shirts, Men’s & Women’s Long Sleeve Denim Shirts, Polo shirts Name Tags

(Please note that on all shirt orders, 2XL and up sizes are slightly higher)

If you want your name added to your shirt, Or a Cowtown logo or a certain year Corvette added to your shirt.

We also have stickers, patches and koozies

So stop by the Logo table before and after the meeting to place your order.

You’ll get your order by the next meeting.

Donna Forsythe CTV Logo Mechandise

dforsythe817@gmail.com

Want to help new members feel welcome?  It’s really pretty easy. A smile and a handshake can go a long way to say we’re glad you came! Let me know if you’d like to be part of the Welcome to Cowtown team by making a reminder phone call/text or greeting new members at the next few club meetings.  Maybe they have a question for you or want to know who to talk to about a Corvette interest they have.  

Be part of making sure our new members are feeling welcome to our great club!

Thanks,

Barb Greenfeder 

Barbsc6@sbcglobal.net

817-917-097