NEW MEETING LOCATION

 Next General Club Meeting is October 1, 2025 @ 7:30 PM

NEW meeting place is:  Spring Creek BBQ (1509 Airport Freeway, Bedford, TX 76021)  Directions

Watch emails and the calendar on the home page for future meetings

Kim West 

 I would like to thank everyone for being patient while we are in another transition. Our October 1st meeting location is at Spring Creek BBQ in Bedford.

1509 Airport Freeway, Bedford, TX 76021

I have reserved the meeting room from 6:00-9:00 pm. If you need more info, see the email I sent to all on September 11th. We are going to try this and see if it works. If anyone knows of a good location, please let me know. I will check out any suggestions.

Thank you to James and the NCCC committee for putting on 2 auto crosses in September. I hope the second one has less excitement than the first.

The Brazos River car show in Granbury is on October 11th. See the Cruiser section for details on a cruise to the show.

The 23rd Annual Car Show is approaching fast, October 18th. We have a great location this year at Jerry’s Chevrolet in Burleson. Please contact The Buhler’s to volunteer to help, they have the signup sheet. Looking forward to another great show. The flyer and registration form are on the website.

It’s hard to believe the year is winding down. We have had lots of excitement and having to be flexible this year. Gayle is working on a wonderful Christmas party. Fingers crossed we can continue our plans for a toy drive.

We are all looking forward to the Hangin at the Hangar Party on November 1st. See details int the Low Down and on the web site.

Thank you to everyone for showing your cars at Pinstripes. It was a great opportunity to show off your beautiful cars.

Thank you to Larry Currey for filling in as Web Master. 

Kim West - President
kdcwest@sbcglobal.net  

Gayle Cherry        

October 2025

Happy Fall Everyone,

I am sorry I wasn’t able to have lunch in September. I ended up being gone longer than planned during the month.

I will have lunch planned for Wednesday October 22nd. I will announce where at our October meeting, on Facebook and the website. As last time, no RSVP is required for this event. You can just come if you can make it.

Our November social will be the “Hangin at the Hanger Party” set for Saturday November 1st. We will have lunch at 1:30 at the Wing it Café and then head to the Currey’s hanger for a fun afternoon of socializing and games

Robert Geyer will head up the Cruise to the Currey Hangar at Hicks Field.

 Plans are underway for our annual Christmas party. Saturday Dec. 6, 2025 @ Chisholm Trail Rustic Venue in Cleburne TX. Time-TBD, but it will be late afternoon early evening.

 Our theme will be a Country Christmas, so dust off those boots and hats. (We’ll have a small prize for the best men’s and ladies’ outfit). I’ll begin taking sign-ups and money at the October membership meeting. The menu will be a traditional holiday meal with tickets at $40 per person. The venue is a BYOB establishment, so feel free to bring a 6-pack, bottle of wine, or a flask and mixer. (Tea and Coffee will be available)  Parking is free. If you have any questions, please just call, text, or email me. RSVP no later than Friday November 21st.

I hope everyone can get out soon and hopefully enjoy some cooler weather.

Have a great month!

Gayle
850-517-7346
texascherry@att.net 

Mary Pittman - Historian

LowDown Article - Historian - September 2025

I had great fun putting together the Cowtown Vettes 50th Anniversary scrapbook.  I tried to encompass a great deal of what happened during the decade of 2015 to 2024... it was fun looking back through pictures, the website and LowDowns from that period of time. 

This era was dissected by the Covid pandemic of 2020 which brought about a myriad of changes to how we operate on a daily basis in life overall as well as as a club. 

First of all our membership is getting older not only locally, but regionally and nationally, also.  Venues for racing or events are not as readily available or affordable. 

From a historical point of view, going forward I feel we will be relying on our digital LowDown for club info and memories as well as the new website (when it is available) where our current activities as well as past activities, etc will be archived. 

The historian will still be responsible for gathering misc. info, club trophies, etc.

Thanks again to Mack Maxwell for storing our physical archives.

Mary Pittman, Historian
marypittman@hotmail.com   

Vicki Currey - Secretary - Timing Chair

• It is time to elect our 2026 CTV Officers! The timeline for these elections is as follows:

• October 1st Membership meeting – Nominations for all other officers will be taken at the meeting.

• October – all nominees will be contacted by email from vfrostcurrey@live.com for confirmation of willingness to serve.

• November 5th Membership meeting – a preliminary ballot will be presented to all with any additional nominations taken from the floor.

• By November 19th, ballots will be mailed to home addresses. All ballots are due by Wednesday, December 3rd Membership meeting by 7:45 pm. Please follow all the instructions at the top of the ballot in correctly returning it.

• Ballots will be counted, and the new 2026 officers will be announced. In case of a tie, a runoff will be held prior to end of the membership meeting.

Please consider taking an active role in Cowtown Vettes in 2026.

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 - none

VISITORS - none

Richard Downing shot the great car shots 

Robert Geyer - Cruiser/Equipment Chair - 2025

To all Cruisers

I'm baaack...  First I want to thank all of you for your thoughts, prayers, and compassion for me and  Cydnie. You can only imagine what that meant to me and my family. 

Now on to business.  As you should know by now the  Brazos River Corvette Club will be hosting their annual car show October 11, 2025 in Granbury.  As before if you are participating and would like to caravan with me to Granbury, we will meet up BEHIND the Cracker Barrel restaurant in Benbrook and travel together. Please be at our designated meeting place by 7:15am as I will promptly leave at 7:30 am. Remember they strongly support our car show and we should in turn help support theirs. 

I am working on a new cruise for Fall. Details will be forthcoming soon. Hint, Mystery Dinner Cruise, Poker Run.😎

And for those participating in our Cruiser program keep collecting those points. And for everyone else remember to take your 'what I saw along way' photos as Fall is a great time to showcase your car. 

Your Cruiser Chairperson 

Robert Geyer 

Hi everyone,

Thanks to everyone who participated in the 50/50 drawing last month.  Larry Currey won half of the $220 pot and generously donated his share back to Charity!  Thanks to Larry and everyone who contributed!  Thanks also to Steve and Lee Ann Parker, who donated a couple of items: a corvette book, won by Nick Kupferle and a ‘53 corvette model, won by Keith Hunten.

Your Charity Co-Chairs are working to get in-kind donations from businesses for our car show on October 18.  If you know of a business who might be willing to donate items for our goody bags (we need 110), our raffle (less than $50 value) and/or our 50/50 drawings (over $50 value), please let Paula or Debbie know.

Charity events coming up:

If you will not be at those meetings and would like to sign up for either event, please contact Debbie (debglind@aol.com ) or Paula (jpwinter80@gmail.com ).

We look forward to seeing you all soon!

Debbie and Paula

Larry Currey - Low Down Editor

Garcia: Corvette Needs to Be “Prepared” to Counter Attack

 Antonio Garcia on Corvette by Pratt Miller’s strategy for GTD Pro title with two races to go

Garcia and Sims hold a narrow 53-point lead over DragonSpeed driver Albert Costa and a 191-point gap over AO Racing’s Laurin Heinrich and Klaus Bachler in GTD Pro heading into this weekend’s six-hour Battle on the Bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The drivers of the No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R are coming off a long-awaited first class win in more than a year in last month’s Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway, which slightly extended the gap on second-place finisher Costa.

“It felt really nice to really break through with how the last year or year-and-a-half has been going,” said Garcia.

As Garcia mentioned, the 45-year-old Spaniard also has one eye on becoming a winner at the Brickyard this weekend, a race that has alluded him from his resume.

“Ever since my first time I raced there in Grand-Am, I really loved it and loved to be there, even if we were going the other way around!” he said.

“But I really, really liked it. So it’s a shame I’ve never been able to win there, but I had a lot of fun.

“Even last year was a fun race between all of us with all the changing weather conditions we had.

“It’s a six-hour race, so there’s also a ton of strategy playing out. In order to be in a really good place at the end of the race instead of a regular two-and-a-half hour race, you need to work it out a little bit differently.

Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports (GTD PRO)

· No. 3 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Antonio Garcia/Alexander Sims

· No. 4 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Tommy Milner/Nicky Catsburg

The long-awaited first win of the season for Antonio Garcia and Alexander Sims at VIR couldn’t have come at a much better time for the GTD PRO championship picture.

larrycurrey@yahoo.com 

Larry Currey - Acting Webmaster

Please visit our Home Page on our website (Cowtown Vettes of Ft Worth, Texas ) to catch up on the past months of activities and events and...see the remaing schedule of events for 2025.

We are open to elect a new webmaster if you have an interest and love corvettes...please contact Larry Currey or Kim West for info.

his is an Officer Level position with the club and you will be a voting member at the monthly Board Meetings. The job is a lot of fun and you learn so much about the club and our history.

You will need a basic computer Level skill set and be able to handle HTML code. Doug and I will be glad to help you learn the platform for our MSEW-4 website.

Keep the rubber side down.

Larry Currey
larrycurrey@yahoo.com 

Corvette Racing took the green flag for the 2025 Battle on the Bricks from the second row on September 21st, 2025, giving them a great view of the front of the field for the six-hour sprint. And after making the right call on fuel strategy in the latter half of the race, the No. 3 Corvette Z06 GT3.R of Antonio Garcia and Alexander Sims brought home a much-needed fourth-place result when the checkers dropped.

 Both the No. 3 Vette and its sister entry, the No. 4 Vette of Tommy Milner and Nicky Catsburg, ran near the middle of the pack for most of the day. Sims lost time early in his stint when he stalled going into the first corner, forcing him and Garcia to make up ground as the race wore on. But a late-race full-course yellow changed the trajectory of the race for the better, bumping both Pratt Miller Corvette Racing entries inside the top six.

Sims had his hands full of the No. 77 Porsche for a few laps, ultimately moving up to fourth and hanging onto the position until the end of the race. However, the No. 4 Corvette was slapped with an incident responsibility penalty due to a run-in with that very same Porsche, dropping Milner and Catsburg to sixth place in the GTD Pro class.

“I don’t think we could have done much better today than what we did,” Garcia said. “There were times where we were fighting and giving everything we had. So that was our day. It felt like we were lacking some overall pace to have a chance to win.”

The No. 3 Corvette team currently leads in GTD Pro points heading into the final race of the 2025 season.

The No. 13 Corvette Racing team finished sixth in the GTD class, fighting to gain position throughout the six-hour sprint. The trio of Matt Bell, Lars Kern, and Orey Fidani held down second place for a while before a late-race penalty bumped them to 10th in the standings, forcing them to focus on making up ground before the end of the race. The No. 36 Corvette fielded by DXDT Racing was unable to continue on after suffering damage in an early-race crash in Turn 14.

Larry Currey / On-Line LOW DOWN Editor
larrycurrey@yahoo.com 

Mary Pittman - NCM Ambassador - 2025

LowDown Article - NCM Ambassador

Sept 2025

“The mission of the National Corvette Museum is to educate worldwide

audiences on the evolution of the Corvette --America’s Sports Car-- through collections, preservation, and celebration of its legacy.”

At the museum’s 31st anniversary celebration that was just held on August 28 - 30, 2025, Zora Arkus - Duntov’s, only Corvette, fully restored was debuted.  Who, you ask, is Zora Arkus - Duntov?  Depending on where you read he is referred to as either the “Father of the Corvette” or the “Godfather of the Corvette” although Harley Earl was the original designer of the Corvette.  After seeing the 1953 Corvette on display in New York City, Arkus - Duntov wrote General Motors that he found the car “visually superb, but was disappointed with what was underneath”.  He went to work at GM in May of 1953 as a staff engineer with the idea of changing that perception and was “pivotal in elevating the Corvette into a world class performance vehicle”.  The only Corvette Arkus - Duntov owned was a retirement gift from Chevrolet. You can read more about his life and work on the museum’s website or other online sources.

For the latest on museum happenings you can go to the website for info. Museum members can log onto the website for more news and info. As always the museum offers car raffles, NCM insurance, shopping and event info as well as article about exhibits.

Mary Pittman, NCM Ambassador

To visit the NCM website... Click

National

Corvette Museum

Cowtown Vette’s 23rd Annual Car Show Coming Soon

The Car Show Committee is excited about our 23rd annual corvette show scheduled for October 18, 2025 at Jerry’s Chevrolet in Burleson, Texas.  This is a new location for the show and it has been great to work with Jerry’s as we plan this year’s show.   It will be great to have a covered location.  It’s rain or shine!

This is a club show and we need help from all members to make it successful.  What can you do to help us?

• Do you know anyone who might like to be a vendor at our show? 

• Do you know any business that would donate 110 items for our goody bags?

• We would appreciate any new gift items for the Door Prizes or the 50/50 prizes.

• We need workers for the day of the show.  Signup sheets will be at the    September meeting.  We need people to help with parking, registration and selling 50/50 tickets. 

AND….

• Grab a registration form at the meeting and complete your own registration for the show.

We are looking forward to another great show!  Please contact us if you can help with any of the above and we will get you to the right person on the committee.

Bill Buehler and Cliff Holden
Car Show Committee Co-Chairs

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

Hello everyone,

We had a great turnout for our Fall Autocross and had a great 2 days of Autocrossing. And by the time you are reading this, we will have completed hosting the SW Region Fundraiser Autocrorss.  We had over 34 racers participate in the event, along with a number of volunteers and spectators.  I hope you were one of them; if not, you missed out on a great time, and I hope to see you next time.

Thank you very much to everyone who came out to race or volunteered to help with the events.  We could not do this without your support.

Other events around the region can be found at http://ncccswregion.org/schedule.html

This is the end of NCCC events for the club for 2025, and thank you for your support this year.  Looking forward to a great 2026.  Palemanary dates of 2026 are:

Spring AX - April 11-12 (14 sanctions)

Spring Scramble April 25-26   Sat Only (7 sanctions)

Fall AX Sept 19-20  (14 sanctions)

See some photos from the event:

Watch how fun Autocrossing can be. 

Norman Walker - NCCC Govenor

NCCC EVENTS

Now up to 142 members strong 

Cowtown Vettes membership sits at 142 members!

IMPORTANT NOTICE!!! NATIONAL DUES INCREASE!!!

At the September Governor’s Meeting, the dues increased was voted on, and passed. Primary Member dues increased $15.00 and spouse/companion dues increased $5.00. Lifetime Memberships increased from $300.00 to $500.00.

RENEWALS ARE NOW OPEN.

An updated Renewal form has been uploaded to the website.

Competition is ongoing. In the ladies division, Lee Ann Parker is first, Mary Pittman is sixth, Lauren Whitcomb is in ninth, and Cathy Anthony is tenth. In the men’s division, Larry Schaapveld is second. Cowtown Vettes is currently second. Lee Ann Parker is twelfth nationally.

On October 11/12 there are 14 autocrosses at McLane Stadium in Waco. In addition, on the 11th, Brazos River is hosting their (non-sanctioned) car show in Granbury. Cowtown Vettes’ car show will be on October 18, at Jerry’s Chevrolet in Burleson, under the awnings!

More information can be found on the SW Region Calendar, located here: http://www.ncccswregion.org/schedule_2025.html .  There are events in October and November. 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

Welcome to Cowtown

The “WELCOME TO COWTOWN” Committee PRESENTS

COWTOWN 101

October 1 from 6:15 to 7:00

Spring Creek Barbeque,

1509 Airport FWY, Bedford

We welcome newer and future members to attend 101, before the Club Meeting starts at 7:30. You’ll have time to order food and refreshments from the serving line before you are seated at the Cowtown 101 table, or between 101 and the Club Meeting.

This discussion group will share how Cowtown works, the activities offered to members and what all the acronyms and abbreviations mean.  Plus we want to talk about what you are looking forward to doing with your Vette and your new Cowtown friends!

Thanks,

Barb Greenfeder 

Barbsc6@sbcglobal.net

817-017-0975