NEW MEETING LOCATION

 Next General Club Meeting is December 3, 2025 @ 7:30 PM

NEW meeting place is:  Angelo's BBQ,  2533 White Settlement Road, Fort Worth, TX 76107

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

Kim West 

Happy Holidays

The year is winding down and what a year it has been! I’m counting my blessings every day.

I have been working hard to find us a new and ongoing meeting location that meets most of our needs. Please be patient with the transition.

On Dec. 3rd we will be back at Angelo’s BBQ.

This time of year, is great for giving to the community. Thank you to everyone who worked at the Tarrant Area Food Bank on Nov. 19th.

CTV will be collecting new un-wrapped toys for Toys for Tots again this year. Please bring the toys to either the Dec. 3rd membership meeting or the Christmas Party.

Thank you to Randy and Cathy Baker for coordinating the toy drive.

Be sure to sign up for the Christmas Party. The location sounds like it will be a hoot’n good time and a fun western theme. Dust off your boots and contact Gayle Cherry for your reservation.

We will be giving out the year end awards during the party.

Have a Merry Christmas,

Kim West

 Thanks to Larry Currey for filling in as Web Master. 

Kim West - President
kdcwest@sbcglobal.net

Gayle Cherry        

December 2025

Happy Fall Everyone,

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:  

On November 17th, ballots were mailed to the home addresses. All ballots are due by Wednesday, December 3rd Membership meeting by 7:45 pm. Please follow the instructions at the top of the ballot to correctly return it.

On Wednesday December 3rd. 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 

VISITORS

JOE AVALOS & WADE SIMMONS 

 Cowtown Vettes Cruzin to Glen Rose

Everyone had a great time and enjoyed the Cruise to see more...

Go to our website  Cowtown Vettes of Ft Worth, Texas 

Robert Geyer - Cruiser/Equipment Chair - 2025

Hi Cruisers

I led my last cruise of 2025 in November and had a great turnout.  I hope everyone had as much fun as I did leading all to Glen Rose for lunch at the Sexton Feed Mill restaurant. 

I now have the results from my Cruiser Photo contest. This was by far the largest participation with some of the best pictures yet.

Come to the Christmas party and see if the picture you voted for was a winner.  In my book they were all winners.  Also the Cruiser program points have been tabulated for each participate and those winners will also be announced during the party. 

On a different note, I have been your Cruiser program chair for several years now and would like to pass the honor onto someone else.

I believe this is necessary to maintain a new and fresh perspective to the program. So if you might be interested, come talk to me and I'll help get you started with all the help you might need. I think you would find leading the program as rewarding as I did.

That's all for now and I'll see y'all at our Christmas Party

Your Cruiser Chairperson 

Robert Geyer 

Hi everyone,

Thanks to everyone who participated in the 50/50 drawing last month. Ann Walker won half of the $230 pot and generously donated her share back to Charity! Thanks to Ann and everyone who contributed!

Cowtown Vettes received a thank you letter from the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country.  It is below at the end of the Charity section.

We look forward to seeing you all soon!

Debbie and Paula

Larry Currey - Low Down Editor

Corvette Racing Reveals Who Will Drive GTD Pro Class Entries In 2026

Hot off a GTD Pro title victory, Corvette Racing is already looking to the future, announcing which drivers will pilot the fleet of Corvette Z06 GT3.R race cars in the 2026 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The roster includes the return of familiar faces, alongside a brand new driver joining to support The Bowtie brand's efforts in the season's endurance races.

Six Corvette Racing factory cars will take to the track for the GTD Pro title next year. Antonio Garcia and Alexander Sims - the drivers who rallied to the GTD Pro title in 2025 - will again split the No. 3 Corvette Z06 GT3.R next year, racing in all 10 class events. Garcia celebrates his 18th season with Vette in 2026, and Milner isn't far behind, marking his 16th campaign as a factory driver.

"I’m really happy to be back with the Corvette and Pratt Miller group again for next year," said Sims. "It’s been a great couple of seasons with them full-time and obviously last year was fantastic in winning all three GTD PRO championships.

We obviously have a very strong and experienced team on both sides so our expectations are high. It’s a pleasure to be back with Antonio and to race with Marvin, who is someone we all recognize as highly talented and very fast."

Nico Verrone will return to help pilot the No. 4 Corvette alongside Milner and Catsburg for the season's endurance races. Varrone is no stranger to Vette machinery, winning the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) GTE Am championship behind the wheel of a Z06 GT3.R.

Finally, Marvin Kirchhöfer will join Garcia and Sims in the No. 3 Vette for the first time, bringing plenty of motorsports expertise to the table. He has some experience with the Z06 GT3.R, helping to win the 2025 24 Hours of Daytona with AWA Racing. He'll do off-season testing with Vette and Pratt-Miller Motorsports to get up to speed this week.

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 have a new Webmaster for 2026...James Swaringen

I know James will do a great job and ask that you give him the same support and help that you have given me these past 6 years.

Larry Currey
larrycurrey@yahoo.com

 I am excited to start work on the Cowtown Vettes website.  I hope to get the site updated quickly.  I've started work on a new and updated website, and I would like your opinion on what you'd like to see on the new site. The update aims to:

●     give the site a fresh and new look

●     make it easier to find upcoming events

●     update the information on the site

●     easier for the webmaster to update the site

I have a draft that has not been released to the public yet but if you want an early look at my thoughts. When we release the new site, it will be accessible at the same address you are used to (www.cowtownvettes.org), and the old website will receive a new address, allowing us to still access the historical data.

https://sites.google.com/view/cowtownvettes You may see changes on this site as I try out new or different looks to test.

Please email me at James@swaringen.us or fill out the form on the new site with your suggestions or questions.

Thanks,

James Swaringen

Corvette Movies & Movie Stars 

Above - Animal House, George Clooney, and Steve McQueen...the King of Cool 

Did you guess them all?? 

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 is behind us and although Mother Nature didn’t exactly cooperate, it was still a great show.  We had 58 pre-registered cars, and we’re told that was the most pre-registered cars we’ve ever had.  A total of 72 cars joined the show. 

Congratulations to our Best of Show winners:

Early model: Paul and Mary Wolter, C1 1962 Satin Silver Convertible

Late model:  Eudale Bell, C8 2023 Black Coupe

Our own Tony Sokoloski won the 50/50 raffle!

We learned a lot about putting on a show at our new location, and the good news is that Jerry’s Chevrolet has invited us back again.  That’s a great start for planning the 24th annual show!

Thanks to everyone who volunteered on the committee and the day of the show!  We couldn’t have done it without you!

Your 23rd Annual Car Show 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 

December 2025 

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

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.

The dates for 2026 are now set for next year:

Spring AX - April 11-12 (14 sanctions)

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

Fall AX - Sept 26-27  (14 sanctions) this date has changed

Fall Scramble - October 17 with CTV Car show  (7 sanctions) 

Watch how fun Autocrossing can be. 

Norman Walker - NCCC Governor

Cowtown Vettes membership sits at 144 members!

Renewals are coming in VERY slowly. Please get them in to me ASAP!

Competition is winding down. There is ONE event left. With all numbers current, in the ladies division, Lee Ann Parker is first, Mary Pittman is eighth, Cathy Anthony is in ninth, and Lauren Whitcomb/ is tenth. In the men’s division, Larry Schaapveld is second. Cowtown Vettes is currently second. Lee Ann Parker is on the bubble at 15th, nationally.

RENEW, RENEW, RENEW! Let’s get the renewals coming!

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

Whenever new visitors come to a meeting, Welcome to Cowtown wants them to know they are warmly and enthusiastically welcomed by the club membership.

We have an opportunity to let them know that Cowtown is about sharing our enthusiasm for an amazing vehicle and getting to know others who share their interests.

Cowtown Vettes has so many special events, charity activities, cruises and more such as including other NCCC clubs to participate in our car shows and auto crosses that we even have an introduction group participation session, Cowtown 101, to help them learn about all these opportunities. 

Experienced, friendly members can share their enthusiasm by becoming guides for new members.  A couple of monthly contacts by texts or telephone calls to get to know what the new member’s interests are, reminders perhaps and references to other members who can help answer questions would go a long way to make our new members feel welcome.

New members are welcome to contact me for more information or if I can find better resources for more detailed questions at 817-917-0975 or at barbsc6@sbcglobal.net.

If you’re interested in joining our Welcome to Cowtown group, I’d really like to talk with you!

Barb and Red Greenfeder

817-917-0975

Barbsc6@sbcglobal.net