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Early in
May of 2004, the Roadster was sighted at Lone Star Corvette Club's annual
show. Located in north Texas, and home to the
Texas Motor Speedway;
the
Texas
Motor
Speedway
Classic
XV
was
held
just outside of Fort Worth.
The Speedway is a one and a half mile, Nascar, sanctioned oval track in a stadium
environment; perfect for pushing the limits of your muscle machine. …
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Young Chevrolet of Dallas
has sponsored the club since 1988. |
Lone Star
Corvette Club played host to over 350 corvette, and an estimated
crowd of 3,500-4,000 spectators. The show was open to the general public with no admission
charge.
On hand for this year's event were GM's
dignitaries:
Craig
Eppling
Mrs. Dollie Cole
Dick Guldstrand
Nate Love
Dave Hill
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The
Texas
Motor
Speedway
provided
the
optimum
environment
for
Lone
Star's
annual
event.
Underneath
the
stadium
setting
was
a
clean
cool
atmosphere,
where
refreshments,
and
merchandise
were
displayed
for
the
well
heeled
crowd.
For
more
information
visit:
the
New
C6
Early in the
evening, Mrs. Dollie, Chairman of the National Corvette Museum
(NCM),
radiated the
need to
support the
Museum from
the podium
of the San
Marcos room
at the Doral
Tesoro.
While
humoring the
crowd with
her stand-up
comedy, she
emphasized
her
appreciation
of Lone
Star's
charitable
efforts, and
support of
NCM.
For
additional
information
on how you
can support
the museum; contact Bobby Jo at NCM,
or Stephanie Farrel.
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Doral Tesoro
Hotel |
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Tom
Peters, and
Dave Hill
are the
proud papas
of
corvette's
new legacy
design; the
C6.
Currently on
tour across
the US;
one was made
specially
available to
the largest
corvette
club in the
country;
Lone Star
Corvette
Club.
The sellout
banquet
crowd listened
passionately
to Dave
Hill's power
point
presentation.
Dave Hill
highlighted
GM's
attention
for
detail."...rendering
the C5
obsolete to
create the
most perfect
corvette...".
The new
design
features
incorporate:
"...With a large
margin of
safety,
lasting
power,
interior
upgrades,
new
headlamps,
and shifter
more akin to
a
joystick..."! |
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The new C6
appears to have
just returned
from her Jenny Craig diet; dropping
weight, length,
and width of her "supersized" older sister.
She was redesign to be 2.9 inches shorter in the rear, and 3.3 inches in
the front; while trimming down in the waist one dress size .6 inches.
Less we forget to mention, the muscle tone of her new LS2 400 horsepower
small block.
She's a supermodel!
Kudos to
Hill & Team! |
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Doral Tesoro
Hotel-
Saturday
night 's
banquet, and
silent
auction
raised
thousands of
dollars for
charity. The
culmination
of the
evening
revolved on
a bidding
war for a
National
Corvette
Museum's
flag; which
sold in
excess of
$2,000.00. Diecast to
oils were
additionally
auctioned
prior to the
banquet.
Autographed
renderings,
and diecast
appeared to
be
collector's
interest of
the evening.
Highest
honors went to the notable dignitaries Mrs. Dollie
Cole, Dick Guldstrand,
and Dave
Hill; who spoke at Saturday nights banquet.
It was
refreshing
to hear Dave
say; "...GM
was
continuing
to support
corvette
racing. He
lauded on
the facts;
that the
C5-R was 9
seconds
faster at
LeMans, and
5 seconds
faster in
laptime...".
Cruis'n!
Above
(left to
right):
Nate Love-
(Head of
Corvette
Marketing)
Dave Hill-
(Corvette
Chief
Engineer)
Craig
Eppling- (GM
Communications) |
Saturday, May 15, 2004 -
Texas Motor Speedway
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| Vendor Move-in and Setup |
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| Registration |
6:00 - 8:00 a.m. |
| Car Show Move-in/Parking |
8:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
| Car Corral Move-in |
8:00 - 11:00 a.m. |
| Car Show Open to Public “NO CARS |
8:00 - 11:00 a.m. |
| PERMITTED TO MOVE UNTIL 4pm |
11:00 - 4:00 p.m. |
| Vendor Display |
8:00- 4:00 p.m. |
| Judges Meeting |
12:00 - noon |
| Judging |
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. |
| Show ‘n Shine Participant Voting |
11:00 - 2:00 p.m. |
| Swap Meet |
11:00 - 4:00 p.m. |
| Celebrities Signing |
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. |
Saturday Evening,
May 15, 2004 -
Doral Tesoro Hotel |
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| Silent Auction |
5:00- 10:30 p.m. |
| Dinner |
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. |
| Speakers |
6:30 - 7:00 p.m. |
| Live Auction |
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. |
Awards
(Wheels & Pipes and Car Show) |
8:00- 10:00 p.m |
Sunday - May
16th
Back at the Track 8:00 - Noon
Laps, Road Course, Photos |
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Formed in 1982,
Lone Star Corvette
Club was
organized by owners to show, enjoy, and restore the
first American sports car.
The Lone Star Corvette Club of Dallas is now the premier, and
largest Corvette Club in the United States. As of December 2004, the club boast a
membership in excess of 1200 enthusiastic
corvette owners.
Underneath the stands, Lone Star Corvette Club gathered May 14, 15, and
16th.
The show benefited The National Corvette Museum, and Speedway, Children's Charity. Past
contributions have gone to the Battered Women's Shelter, Bike for Kids, Collin County
Intervention for Youth (CITY House), Dallas Teddy Bear Program , Collin County Senior
Citizens, and Speedway Children's Charities, to name a few.
 
Equally
represented were
corvette racing
replica, and our
good friends at
Lone Star
Caliper. Ken and
the crowd can
handle all your
braking, and
suspension
needs. You can
contact Monty
at:
http://lonestarcaliper.com.
We were fortunate to meet some new friends at the Corvette Corner, Young Chevrolet, and run into some old friends; like Lone Star's ex-president, and fellow Board members:
Hope to see ya'll next year!
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| President |
Tom Snodgrass |
| Vice President |
Greg Hester |
| Competitive Events |
Allen Kaus |
| Recreational Events |
Sam Morehouse |
| Treasurer |
Mike Dawley |
| Communications |
Paula Hambrick |
| Membership |
Ann Betts |
| Recording Secretary |
Marilyn Bechtol |
| Newsletter Editor |
Tom Holstrom |
| Financial |
Bob Paton |
| Classic 2001 |
Sully Sullivan |
| Classic 2002 |
Gary Wyatt |
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