Permian Basin Corvette Club Newsletter
MARCH / APRIL / MAY / JUNE 2009
EVENTS
BLUEBONNET CRUISE Harold and Linda Gregory led this year’s cruise to see the bluebonnets in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. Fourteen Corvettes headed to Boerne on Friday morning. Besides looking at the flowers, there was a car show. The PBCC made a great showing (as usual). The following won their classes: Harold & Linda Gregory Bob & Kathy Young Daniel Young Brenda & David Mault Gary & Le Smith Frank and Pam Suttles hosted a brunch at their river house before the trip back home. SNYDER CAR SHOW Its car show time….and Brenda & David Mault won 1^st Place at the Snyder car show. Congratulations Maults. LONE STAR CORVETTE CLASSIC Bob & Kathy Young led a group to this year’s Lone Star Corvette Class at Texas Motor Speedway in May. It rained quite a bit on Saturday but that did not deter them from the car show. Gary & Le Smith and Brenda and David Mault won awards for their Vettes out of the hundreds in attendance. Bob Young said he was beat by a 1999 Z06 – which is to be expected since Chevrolet didn’t make a Z06 in 1999. It was a one-off I guess. The weather was better on Sunday and many were able to drive around the Texas Motor Speedway oval track. The 24* banking in the corners makes you think you might tumble down the track. LAKE BROWNWOOD CRUISE While not officially Summer, the temperatures had been pretty warm. What a better way to cool off than to go to the lake. Monty and Darla Holmes put together a cruise to Lake Brownwood to enjoy the nice cool water. Amy Bushong had this to say about the cruise, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to the HOLMES, REZNIKS AND PARKERS for opening up your wonderful lake homes to those of us who were able to make the Lake Brownwood Cruise!  Your hospitality was much appreciated! Steve and I had a blast - between the fellowship, the food, the water sports and our HOSTS.... ohhhh my, did we have a great time!!   We really enjoyed visiting with everyone. We had homemade ice cream at the Parker's with yummy cookies. Burgers and dogs and so much more at the Reznik's.  Ya gotta watch that Linda Reznik though... when she puts on a luncheon...she goes ALL OUT!  You simply cannot imagine the food we had that weekend - everything was delicious!!  (I need Annette's salsa recipe- I'm addicted) And because we had to leave a little early... I know we missed some darn good brisket at the Holmes' on Sat. night! If you didn't go -you really do not know what you missed!!  Again, THANK YOU to all our hosts and to all who attended, it was a super weekend and I have the bruises to prove it!!  hahaha Amy & Steve Bushong ODESSA CAR SHOW Bob Young and Daniel Young participated in a car show in Odessa on June 28. Daniel won first place and Bob was in the top 25. Daniel said Bob would have won but he had to leave early. Good showing Youngs.
RACING CORNER
BIG BEND OPEN ROAD RACE Corvettes are built to go fast. The Big Bend Open Road Race offers racers the chance to satisfy their “need for speed”. Congratulations to the following PBCC racers: 90 MPH: George Scott – 1st Place 4.375 seconds fast @ 90.083 mph 95 MPH: Michael Courtney / Sharon Courtney – 3rd Place 1:14.586 slow @ 93.441 mph 105 MPH: Frank Suttles / Khenda Davis – 5th Place 1.757 seconds fast @ 105.046 mph Tom Sorrels / Robert Anderson – 9^th Place 10.157 seconds slow @ 104.737 mph Don Hoffman / Mark McCaffrey – 10^th Place 31.230 seconds fast @ 105.817 mph 115 MPH: Michael Reznik / Derek Reznik – 1st Place 0.273 seconds slow @ 114.992 mph 120 MPH: Phil Parker – 6th place 1.585 seconds slow @ 119.946 mph Malcolm Davis / Brooke Davis – DSQ (don’t know what happened because that isn’t like them) 125 MPH: Lee Morgan / Brett Brackett – 14th Place 46.457 seconds fast @ 126.732 mph 130 MPH: Scott Sparkman / Stephanie Sparkman – 5th Place 0.846 seconds slow @129.966 mph James Watters / David Watters – 15th Place 20.206 seconds slow @ 129.191 mph 135 MPH: Bob Young / Daniel Young – 4th Place 5.949 seconds fast @ 135.256 mph As you can tell, it was some close racing. The PBCC team came in 6th out of 9 in the team competition. NASA Scott Sparkman is continuing to compete in Time Trials with NASA-TX Region. In Time Trials, winners are determined by their fastest lap for the day. Scott has raced at Motorsport Ranch – Cresson and Hallett Motor Racing Circuit (Tulsa, OK) this year. You have to compete in 6 one-day events to qualify for the season. Just 2 race weekends left this year. Scott is currently in 2^nd place in the TTS class and will make the last race of the season at Eagles Canyon in October.
NATIONAL CORVETTE MUSEUM
The 2009 Caravan is quickly approaching. Over 4,000 Corvettes will be converging on Bowling Green from all parts of the country for the 15^th Anniversary of the National Corvette Museum. The NCM is one of the premier automotive museums in the world – and the only one devoted to just one model car. The NCM has undergone a huge expansion project and has purchased land to build a race park. The NCM is not affiliated with General Motors in any way and survives on membership, donations, and other fund raising activities. Every Corvette owner should be a member of the NCM. Annual dues are as low as $25/year. For more information, visit http://services.corvettemuseum.com/PortalTools/NCMF/membership.cfm Would you like to become a permanent part of the NCM? You can purchase a brick on the Walk of Fame. http://www.corvettemuseum.com/brick/index.shtml
TECH TIPS:
I couldn’t pass (pun intended) on this one…. Dear Tom and Ray: My problem began when I was driving down the road in our 2005 Dodge Caravan, packed full of our own kids and kids from the neighborhood. My elderly and ... let us call her "severe" mother was asleep in the front passenger seat when one of the neighborhood kids -- now a hero among his peers -- excreted certain organic gases, which announced themselves with a remarkably acute "crrrrraaaack." My severe, elderly and not very well-liked (by the kids) mother startled awake in her seat and said, "What?" This resulted in a tidal wave of elementary- and middle-school-aged hilarity. My kids now pay daily homage to the perpetrator of the pungent pontification -- he's a local hero, but that isn't my problem. Mom refuses to get back into the vehicle, claiming, "That awful thing is still loose in there." This is a problem, since she likes to attend each and every yard sale within 50 miles and is even more unpleasant if she is denied that pleasure. I have accused Mom of being vengeful about the children laughing. She denies this and claims there is a good, valid reason for her refusal to re-enter the vehicle. What I need is an authoritative statement on whether it's possible that the "awful thing is still loose" in the vehicle. Exactly how long is it justified for people to avoid a vehicle interior after such an incident? She thinks we need to get a new car! -- Distraught Daughter in a Dodge RAY: Gee, Distraught Daughter -- we'll call you D.D. -- I think this is largely psychological on Mom's part. She just doesn't want to ride with those little brats anymore. TOM: I agree. I mean, even if that "awful thing" was a magnitude nine or 10 on the WindBreak Scale, it would still dissipate in a matter of minutes. Certainly within an hour. RAY: I take it she hasn't refused to enter your living room, where your husband, no doubt, watches TV from the same spot on the sofa night after night and has his way with that poor foam cushion. TOM: Cars have ventilation systems to bring fresh air into the passenger compartment. So, air is always circulating. And even with the vents off, cars are not airtight. If you put a car in water, it will sink. So it's nearly impossible for that particular collection of nitrogen, hydrogen, methane and hydrogen sulfide to still be inside your vehicle. RAY: Unless, of course, it was more than just "wind" this kid released. But let's not go there. TOM: It's also possible that Mom is smelling something else. You could have mold spores in your air-conditioning ducts, or one of those little brats could have spilled some milk and not told you about it. So you might want to ask an impartial nasal observer (call the Nasal Observatory) to take a ride with you and offer an honest opinion. RAY: But even if you get a clean bill of smell, for the sake of family unity, I'd have the car detailed, D.D. That'll cost you about $100, but it includes a very thorough cleaning of the inside of the car. Tell them you want the seats and carpets shampooed, and ask them to use a "heavy hand" with the pine-tree air freshener. That way, Mom will know immediately that something has been done. TOM: Then tell her you've had the car fumigated and you've called the kid's mother and had his diet changed, and that if she's willing to ride shotgun again, you'll take her to a yard sale nearby with lots of military surplus items, including gas masks. Good luck.
Reprinted from www.cartalk.com
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TENTATIVE CALENDAR OF PBCC EVENTS
JULY 25 – McDonald Observatory Cruise AUGUST 31 – Sept 7 NCM 15^th Anniversary / National Corvette Caravan SEPTEMBER For more information on these and other events – make sure you visit the calendar page on our website. Also check the calendar for racing events and other Corvette events happening this year.
MEMBER UPDATES
We want to welcome our latest PBCC members: Alan & Amber Biel 2002 Coupe Joe & Kelly Phillips 2006 Z06 Butch & Lorene Shook 2002
BUSINESS MEETING
Next business meeting is July 9, 2009 at Eattiques
If you are new to the Club and would like to order a PBCC name badge, please contact Harold Gregory at (432) 889-0580 for information.
PBCC CLASSIFIEDS
OFFICER CONTACTS
President: Vice-President: NCM Ambassador: Secretary: Treasurer: Asst. Treasurer Event Coordinator: Racing Events: Club Merchandise Raffle / Fundraising Name Tags Newsletter: Web Master:		Bob Young Harold Gregory Scott Sparkman Joe Lynch George Nesrsta Scott Sparkman Rick Heckler Malcolm Davis Bob Halford Harold Gregory Kathy Young Harold Gregory Scott Sparkman Scott Sparkman	Email Email Email Email Email Email Email Email Email Email Email
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