MAY 2016

 

UPCOMING EVENTS April 30 – SOCIAL – Spaghetti Dinner – see flyer

May 2 – TTCC Membership Meeting – Serpentini Chevrolet – Tallmadge – 7:30 PM May 15 – TTCC Car Shows @ Serpentini Chevrolet – Tallmadge – see flyer

May 18 – Board Meeting @ Smith’s – 7:30 PM

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TTCC 2015 Officers Phone Email President – Tom Geul 330-630-2708 tgeul@neo.rr.com

Vice-President –Gail Moore 330-633-7562 alanmoore@att.net

Secretary – Bonnie Smith 330-825-7283 franksmithsr@hotmail.com

Treasurer – Peg Quine 330-630-9071 Wquine1@aol.com

Membership – Diana Bray 330-603-9346 Wbray1@neo.rr.com

Governor - Alan Moore 330-633-7562 alanmoore@att.net

Social – Frank Smith 330-825-7283 franksmithsr@hotmail.com

Sunshine – Barb Ruman 330-688-1225 bjr4life@aol.com

Fast Glass Editor- Elaine Heretta

330-498-0107 chtnldy1@att.net

Website – Tim Obert

tim@racesports.org

From the President……

I hope everyone is looking forward to our cook out meeting on May 2nd at Serpentini Tallmadge. If it is nice weather, please drive your Corvette.

Our May 15th Car Show is rapidly approaching and, as always, we will need your help and support. Look for Gail’s write-up in this newsletter.

On Sunday, April 17th, we had 18 club members, 9 Corvettes and 3 guests attend the Progressive Car show hosted by Corvette Canton and Buckeye CC. In attendance at the show were Alan and Gail Moore, Tom and Diane Geul, Frank and Bonnie Smith, Chuck and Elaine Heretta, Greg Gruhn, Dave and Lori Weninger, Dan Rinaldo, Judy Spada, , Jerry and Joan Wagner, Diana and Bill Bray, George Ortopan, guests Ken and Connie Clausen and Maria Ortopan joined us at Panchos.

There were 106 Corvettes entered in seven sanctioned events. We all hung out and had a great time at Pancho’s restaurant afterward. Hope I didn’t forget anyone. It would be great if we could have these attendance numbers at more regional Car Shows.

Tom Geul

Membership

The April 4th Meeting had 22 members enjoying a delicious dinner of Wings, Pizza, and Pasta from Danny Boys' the new restaurant on the Circle, the dinner was provided by Serpentini Chevrolet. Visitors Mark Caetta, Mike Holmes, and Dutch Schwarze were also at the meeting. Mark filled out a new member application before the end of the meeting. Mark and his wife Chris live in Tallmadge and own a 2001Silver Corvette. Mark and his wife will be joining us for the Italian Dinner on Saturday, April 30. We have had two people contact us through the website, Paul Kittle and Charles Lambert, President Tom has welcomed them and invited them to our next meeting Monday, May 2nd at Serpentini Chevrolet on West Ave. in Tallmadge. We will be grilling hot dogs out and members are asked to bring a dish to share. Tiretown Corvette Club's Car Shows are Sunday May 15, visitors and members are welcomed.

Happy Birthday Happy Anniversary

May 13 Missy Stoltz May 21 Montie & Melanie Hardman May 21 Melanie Hardman

Diana Bray

MEMBERSHIP MEETING 4-4-16 AT SERPENTINI TALLMADGE

SECRETARY Correction to March newsletter - 50/50 was won by Gary Tubb, not John Taube. Motion was made by Bill Bray to accept minutes, seconded by Frank Smith TREASURER Peg read report. We still have money. MEMBERSHIP We have 22 members and 4 guests present. We have a new member - Mark Caetta. Welcome. SUNSHINE Charlie Johnson's wife Diane is doing OK. SOCIAL Dates to remember April l7 car show at Progressive Chevy, followed by dinner at Don Pancho, 4-21 lunch bunch at David B's on Market St in Montrose, Spaghetti dinner 4-30 .We will cook out next month weather permitting. Dave has agreed to cook the hot dogs. Remember to bring a covered dish. Montrose Group has invited us to their wine tasting on 4-26 and grand reopening of Montrose Ford on 5-7 GOVERNOR At Regional Banquet, Warren Obert was inducted into East Ohio Region Hall of Fame. Can get Tiretown shirts long & short sleeved for $32.00. VP Save tabs from cans. Have flyers for upcoming events. Have sign up sheet for car show, please bring basket to next meeting. Car show meeting 4-13 at Moore's. NEWSLETTER Elaine forgot to change the month on the April newsletter – March should be April. PRESIDENT Have charities lined up. Will earmark a couple for each event. If anyone has any other suggestions let me know. NEW BUSINESS Aaron Quine received an e-mail alert from E BAY regarding Corvette search, found the Oberts 63 Vette listed and bought it. SWAP & SELL Jerry Waltenberger still has C4 parts for sale. Board meeting 4-20 at Heretta's. Newsletter deadline 4-22 50/50 won by Gary Tubb - $12.00 Motion to adjourn by Arron Quine, seconded by Jerry Waltenberger Meeting adjourned 8:00PM

Bonnie Smith - Secretary

Social News May 2016

Monday, May 2nd Membership meeting SERPENTINI Chevy. West Ave. Tallmadge, Ohio. Food served at 6:30pm till 7:15pm and the meeting will start at 7:30pm. Saturday, May 7th Montrose Ford Grand Opening family fun day, 3:00pm til 6:30pm. Frank S. with Montrose Auto Group invited our club to attend. There will be extra parking in Acme Foods parking lot across from the dealership. Saturday, May 14th We may be moving cars at Serpentini's that evening so we will have room for our show Sunday the 15th. Gail will have the details and what time for us to be there, if needed. Please plan to help. Sunday, May 15th Tiretown's Car Shows - Gail will have the times we need to be there to get set up for the show. We will also need club members to help. The dealership will be open during the show. They are now open on Sundays. We will go to the Firehouse Grille at Tallmadge circle after the show. Thursday, May 19th The Lunch Bunch will meet at 12:00 noon, the location will be Primo's Deli 1707 Vernon Odom Blvd. Akron, Ohio 44320 Phone 330 745 9056. (they are near the intersection of Vernon Odom Blvd and Romig, & Akron- Wadsworth roads, at the top of the hill just west of Vandevere Chevy). Saturday, May 21st 11:00am till 4:00pm Bair's Corvette, Lineville Pa is having their annual Corvette and classic car cruisn / car show. We would like to have some of our club members attend the event. Our intent is to have those interested in going meet at Summit Racing and travel as a group and park together as a club. This is not just for Corvettes, it is for all makes fiberglass, metal, or whatever you have. We are thinking of meeting between 9:00am & 9:30am as a time to leave. Please let Tom G. or Frank S know if you are interested in doing this little road trip. Sunday, May 22nd Buckeye Corvettes Inc 7 car shows. This will be held at Skipco in Canal Fulton, Ohio. Check NCCC event calendar for flyer and details. They attend some of our events and as a club we should attend theirs. Sunday, May 29th Medina Corvette Club One COUCOURS and 3 car shows. Check NCCC event calendar for flyer and details.

Please let us know if you are planning to attend some of these events Your Social Committee.

Frank   

  

  

Vice President’s Report - May 2016 Gail Moore It’s getting close – our first event(s) of the year. Just looking back a few days, we had many people attend the first EO event this year at Progressive Chevrolet. The weather was absolutely FANTASTIC, and over 20 of us went to Poncho’s for Mexican food!

Back to the upcoming events!

Sunday, May 15 Serpentini Chevrolet Tallmadge, Ohio

As we have been reminding people, we are asking every single or couple in the Club to furnish a basket to be used for a drawing at the event. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask! Either bring the basket to the May meeting at Serpentini, or call and we’ll make arrangements to pick it up!

We still need workers, so either sign up at the meeting, or call, and we’ll add you to the list. We especially need help moving cars (Saturday evening or Sunday at the end of the show); Placing cars for the show, and assisting with the presentation of trophies.

This is one of our two biggest fund-raisers of the year, so your help is VERY MUCH needed. We plan to see you there!

NCCC GOVERNORS REPORT Alan Moore The biggest news from the National Governors meeting is that there will be no 2017 Convention. Seems that the Corvette Motor Sports Park doesn’t want us. NCCC has been told that the track has now lost over a million dollars and they can’t afford to let all the Clubs to use the credit from giving their $15,000 dollars to the Track, then getting that agreed amount to use for track rental. Wendell Strode has stated they never thought that clubs would use their credits. Any Group that is still paying for their acreage has been told by NCCC to hold on to their money. The museum claims that NCCC has given very little to the Museum and the Track. The problem is that the Museum will not count any donations from individual NCCC members and Clubs toward that contribution. Our records show that nearly half the museum total donations have come from NCCC members and Clubs. Three NCCC members have actually donated over a million dollars each. After much back and forth negotiations, NCCC received their final contract for the 2017 Convention with a take it or leave it declaration from the track and the museum. This contract was 23 pages long and held these stipulations.

(1) The track could cancel our contract up till 60 days from the date of convention if they received a better offer on the rental and we were unwilling to pay the higher fee.

(2) That up till 30 days till convention the Track could make changes to the contract even if NCCC did not approve of these changes.

(3) That NCCC would have to hire the track corner workers for the Convention and pay their Workers Comp..

(4) That NCCC could not use their One Acre credit toward the track rental.

(5) When NCCC asked for the rental fees (in writing) we were told if the fee needed to be provided at that time, it would be double the 2016 fees.

(6) All entrants would need to have approved drivers suits including street cars. (This requirement is also in the signed East Ohio Contract for 2017)

(7) That NO ONE other that the entrant could be on the Track property. (8) That No one could wear a yellow shirt on the track property. (9) Wendell Strode sent the NCCC President an email during the NCCC meeting that

as far as the contract went, “That the rules are the rules, take it or leave it” and cancelled his speaking engagement for this year’s NCCC Convention.

Another problem was the Host Hotel; Their contract specifies if NCCC were to cancel the Convention within 60 Days of the Convention NCCC would owe the Hotel an $80,000 penalty, If we cancel within 30 days of Convention we would owe a $120,000 penalty.

BOTTOM LINE: NO CHANCE OF A CONVENTION IN BOWLING GREEN FOR 2017.

If anyone now wishes to attend the 2016 Convention the Convention Treasurer says she will accept registrations that can be late for the May cut off date for a few extra days if you contact her.

Currently there are no bids for a 2018 Convention – Bids were due at this NCCC Meeting.

At the RCD Meeting I again asked about requiring NCCC cards to be shown at registration, the RCD’s again voted not to add this rule back into the NCCC Competition Rulebook and again felt that it was a Region problem, and if a Region wished to have this rule then they should pass it for a Regional Rule. (The Mid West Region has such a requirement).

We asked about requiring Clubs wishing to park together be required to arrive together and it was decided that a Club has no requirements to move other cars so that Clubs could all park together.

The new 2017 Grand Sport will be placed in “N” Class. (The Grand Sport is a Z06 without the Z06 motor).

The new Competition Rulebook for 2017/2018 will be presented to the Governors at the Sept. NCCC Governors Meeting. A Red Lined copy should be available prior to the Sept. Meeting.

The new Charity for NCCC will be: St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and the new Charity Director will be Michele Cantelmo of the East Region.

As of April 24 NCCC has 249 Clubs and 18,000+ members.

2016 Convention: Day passes to go on sale June 1st, 2016. Currently there are 321 signed up for Convention.

Next Regional Meeting: May 21, 2016, Belgrade Gardens, 3476 Massillon Rd.. Uniontown Oh. 44685 @9:30 am. Everyone is welcome

2016 Corvette Road Trips 

TTCC has 3 separate road trips planned this summer.  The Road Trips will be an hour to 2 hours 

long each way and should be of interest to Corvetters.  I would like to see people bring out their 

Corvettes. In order to put the work into the planning we would need a minimum of 5 

Vettes/Cars to sign up up for each trip. Please let Tom G. or Frank S know if you are interested 

in doing any of these Road Trips. 

1) Saturday May 21st.  11:00am till 4:00pm Bair's Corvette,  Lineville  Pa   is having. their annual Corvette and classic car cruisn / car show. We would like to have some of our club members attend the event. Our intent is to have those interested in going meet at Summit Auto Racing and travel as a group and park together as a club. This is not just for Corvettes, it is for all makes fiberglass, metal, or whatever you have. We are thinking of meeting between 9:00am & 9:30am as a time to leave. If we have time we will stop at Pymatuning Carp Hatchery Spillway. 

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Saturday June 4th.   ACI Corvette Car Show and Open House.  http://acivette.com/      ACI “It's simple...we manufacture the finest quality, best-fitting Corvette® f iberglass in the world.” September 17th is an alternate date without a Car Show.

Let us know which date is better than the other.   

  Time to leave TBD. 

Saturday July 16th or Sunday July 17th Bob McDorman Auto Museum in Canal Winchester, Oh.  http://bobmcdormanautomuseum.com/.  The City of Canal Winchester is also interesting  

  and we will have a place to eat downtown before heading home, 

http://www.destinationcw.org/ 

  Time to leave TBD. 

 

The Links in Blue will provide additional information.

RELAY FOR LIFE BENEFIT

INDOOR CORVETTE SHOW SUNDAY May 29 , 2016

at Pat O’Brien Chevrolet 3880 Pearl Rd. Medina Ohio 44256 REGISTRATION FROM 9:00 am UNTIL 10:45am. EDST.

STOP CLEAN AT 11:00 am. DRIVER’S MEETING AT 11:15AM. EDST

$15.00 FOR 3 SHOWS, $10.00 FOR CONCOURS TOTAL $25.00

OVER 50 AWARDS & TROPHIES FOR SHOWS & CLASSES

hosted by: Medina Corvette Club A member of the National Council of Corvette Clubs / East Ohio Region

4 sanctioned Corvette Shows (1Concours, 3 Peoples Choice Shows) 1 Concours sanction number EO-116-0003 a Judged event

1 Sponsors Choice sanction numbers EO-116-0005 by O’Brien Chevrolet

1 Sponsors Choice sanction number EO-116-0006 by Excalibur Auto Body

1 Entrants Choice sanction number EO-116-0010 by Exhibitors

Food & beverages will be available for purchase

Coffee & donuts in the am, at noon pull pork, chips, potato salad & soda

Directions; from I-71 exit at St. Rte. 303 west Brunswick, to St. Rte. 42 Pearl Rd turn left (south)

follow to dealership. Or use GPS for different route.

N St. Rte. 42 / Pearl Rd. � I-71

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show site * � �

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Chairpersons; Debbie Brooks, Katie Ball, Christian Ball, Marci Steinke

Contact 330-483-9925

Governor; Rich Brooks

EOR Competition Dir, Al Flanhofer

Entrants are responsible for any damage caused by items they bring to the show site

Concours entrants will be asked to assist in judging

Please support the Relay for Life

Additional Support from; Grizzly Tire & Auto, Wiant Jewelers, Arby’s Medina

Corvette Mystique, Valley Auto Works, Donutland, O’Reilly Auto Parts & Camp Bow-Wow NON-NCCC MEMBERS ARE NOT COVERED BY NCCC INSURANCE. HOST IS NOT RESPONSIBLE

FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY CANOPIES,CHAIRS,CHILDREN, PETS, SUN UMBRELLAS, TENTS, OR

TRASH OF STAFF, ENTERANTS OR GUESTS.

Three Car Shows

Saturday June 11, 2016

Chuck Nicholson Chevrolet Buick GMC

7190 State Route 39, Millersburg, OH 44654

Registration: 10:00 AM—Noon EDST

Drivers Meeting: 12:15 PM EDST

Awards: 3:00—3:30 PM EDST

Registration/Payment Options: $10 per event OR $20 for all

FROM CLEVELAND AND AKRON (NORTH): I-77 South toward Canton, US 30 W/ US 62W to OH 241, exit toward OH 93/ Brewster/Mt Eaton, 8.5 mi Turn left onto OH-241 S, 226 ft Turn left onto Canton St, 0.1 mi Turn right at the 1st cross street onto Dover Rd/E Main St, 6.9 mi Turn left at the 3rd cross street on-to OH-241 S/S Market St, 2.4 mi Turn right to stay on OH-241 S, 4.2 mi Turn left onto Co Rd 201, 3.3 mi Turn right onto OH-39 W/US-62 W Destination will be on the left.

FROM CAMBRIDGE (SOUTH): I-77 N toward Cleveland, Take exit

83 for OH-39 toward OH-211/Sugarcreek/Dover, 23.2 mi

Turn left onto OH-39 W, Destination will be on the left.

Alcoholic beverages and drones are not permitted at these events.

No Refunds once the event starts. Non-NCCC entrants not covered by NCCC INS.

Entrants are responsible for canopies, chairs, children, pets, tents and trash.

For questions Contact :

Dan Gallagher, MOCC Governor

Cell Phone 216-926-1639

dan@dagainctech.com

Chair and Co-Chair persons to be named at drivers meeting day of event

Sanction Numbers:

EO-013-001 Best C-1 thru C-7

EO-013-002 Best of selected colors

EO-013-003 top 10

Event Information

DJ from Noon until end of show

Refreshments will be available

50/50 Raffle Door Prizes

Store: (330) 674-4015

Tiretown Corvette Club PO Box 331 Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221-0331