Posted December 31, 2015
Posted December 24, 2015
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THE COTV LEADERSHIP TEAM WISHES YOU
AND YOURS A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
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Posted November 17, 2015
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Posted November 17, 2015
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Holidays are about joining family and
friends and creating cherished memories
that will last a lifetime.
And who among us will ever forget……..
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“Hansi Baby”
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Posted November 17, 2015
HOSTED BY RAY & JUDY AND CURT & DARLENA
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Posted October 28, 2015
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Jim Sommars and Hans Boers are teaming up
to lead a trip to Oxnard to visit the Mullin
Automotive Museum, Trackmaster
Products, Magnuson Supercharger &
Vortech Superchargers on Wednesday
November 18 as described on the flyer you
received via email. Contact Jim if you need to
have the flyer resent.
The plan is to arrive in the Oxnard/Ventura area
Tuesday and stay at a hotel, attend the event Wed
and stay in the area for that day to explore
places of interest, spend the second night at the
same hotel, returning on a leisurely drive back
home on Thursday. Spouses/significant others
are welcome to join and some can visit Ojai
or Santa Barbara while others are doing the
car “stuff”.
We suggest driving our Corvettes. Hotel cost is
estimated at $ 130 per night for a moderately
priced room (for instance Holiday Inn at Ventura
harbor). Jim and Hans will plan the details in the
next week, but if you are interested please
reserve your spot quickly.
The event is limited to 40 Cars and the price is
$50 per person.
Reserve your spot by calling 805-385-5400.
Let Jim Sommars know you made a reservation.
If you plan on attending RSVP to Jim sommvette@gmail.com
They will be staying at:
Holiday Inn Express & Suites
Ventura Harbor
1080 Navigator Dr, Ventura, CA
(805) 856-9533
Posted October 28, 2015
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COTV TO VETTES FOR VETERANS
COTV was well represented at the “Vettes For Veterans” car show staged by North Coast Vettes on Sunday, November 15. The show took place in the large parking lot at T.G.I.Fridays in Carlsbad and although the forecast was for rain showers none fell. Karma. North Coast Vettes was really well organized with dedicated parking areas for each club and a central area where a red, a white, and a blue Corvette from each C-generation were parked next to each other. Steve Rose’s C5 was the white car for that generation. Joe Priebe’s ’63 Split Window also had a place of honor at the front of the show. Other members who parked in the COTV area were Marilyn and Doug Glenore with their sparkling new C7, and Bill Steed, Dave Hellman, and Bill Stedfield with their C6s. Jerry Roubos also was in attendance though he did not enter his car in the show.
All proceeds, including entry fees, raffle tickets, and silent auction items, went to two charities, “The Semper-Fi Fund of San Diego” and “Paralyzed Veterans of America”, Cal-Diego Chapter. This was the fourth year of Vettes For Veterans and in excess of $40,000 had been raised from previous shows. The unofficial estimate was that more than 160 Corvettes were entered.
Judging was done by representatives from The Semper-Fi Fund.
Steve Rose won 3rd Place for the C5 class.
The rest of us from COTV were puzzled that Joe Priebe did not win any award for C2 but we found out why when it was announced that……
Joe won Best in Show!
Congratulations Joe and Steve.
A terrific cause, good weather, many beautiful Corvettes, and success for COTV. Vettes For Veterans was an excellent show.
Posted October 28, 2015
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YOU MISSED A GREAT TIME WITH
YOUR FELLOW COTV MEMBERS
SOME IN THEIR CARS
AND SOME ON MOTORCYCLES
AT MURRIETA’S VETERAN’S DAY PARADE
Downtown Murrieta along Washington Avenue
and into Town Square Park.
The Parade began at 10am with a Flyover
NO – NOT THAT FLYOVER, THE BIG BOY FLYOVER
Murrieta 13th Annual Veterans Day Parade
November 11, 2015
The day started cool, with frost on roof tops and sweaters on participants, but the sun came out for the start of the parade a little after 10am. As in years past, some COTV members participated with members of the Temecula Women’s Club to show our all-American pride.
Bill Steed and Joe Priebe decorated their convertibles to provide seating for some of the TWC officers and Ray McIntosh and Rob Weber covered their motorcycles with flags to lead the way. One TWC member’s husband also brought along his Slingshot to add to the moving finery. Everyone got there by 9am and then patiently or impatiently waited for their turn as entrant #50 in a very long parade
Judy McIntosh, her son and her soon-to-be in the army granddaughter and her Marine spouse, as well as Daryl Weber, were viewers and photographers along the route and Dave and Betsy Crook were at the finish line to greet the slow driving vehicles. Those who were hungry afterwards headed to Pechanga for the buffet honoring veterans.
Posted October 28, 2015
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7
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RALLY POINT
Contact
Steve Page, Ray McIntosh or Rob Weber
if you plan on attending.
We will be meeting at Douglas Burgers, 18461 Dexter Ave,
Lake Elsinore (74 & 15 – Costco Exit) and depart promptly
for the track at 0640 am. Its about 40 minutes to Fontana.
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Join Your Friends and Hone Your Driving Skills
Register to Drive
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Come and Cheer On your fellow COTV Members
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You are only competing with yourself. Don’t worry about being the low
time of the day. Some 16 year old in a clapped out GTI with mismatched
fenders will remind you why you will want to keep your day job.
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PRICE: $75 Early Signup Fee ($85 at the Gate)
(This entitles you to ONE day of Autocross, but one day is
plenty for me.)
NOTE: There is a $10 gate fee for all drivers, spectators, friends, and family.
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DRIVERS SHOULD BRING:
Helmet
(they have loaners-who wants to put on someone else’s sweaty helmet)
Tire Guage and Compressor to fill your Tires
A note pad and pen to record your times
Chair (to rest your weary bones between sessions)
Something to Drink (you will be thirsty)
Your Lone Ranger Lunch Box & a couple of Sandwiches & maybe some chips
(or purchase at track)
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SPECTATORS SHOULD BRING
Chair (who wants to sit on the ground anyway)
Something to Drink (it can get hot out there)
Your Hello Kitty Lunch Box & a couple of Sandwiches & maybe some chips
(or purchase at track)
(Rob will bring a shade.)
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Email the Webmaster so he can tell you about any changes in the program.
If you plan on attending email the Webmaster
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For Details, go to the Speed Ventures autocross page. Click on the link below.
Register for AUTOCROSS at Auto Club Speedway
When you register, select SATURDAY, select the $75 option , tell them about your car and select your lucky number, select “Don’t want timing” (that’s what the pad and pen are for), if this is your first time driving at Speed Ventures enter discount code SV091515MC and get $10 dollars off, and don’t worry about the helmet requirements as in the past they never checked. You have to have a full helmet (plastic covers your ears). And don’t forget the Carte Blanche option which allows you to run in all the groups so you only have to take a break when you want to.
Posted October 27, 2015
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Breakfast Social – November 6, 2015
Today marked the last of our first year of breakfast socials. It has become such a successful event that COTV will be continuing with 6 new ones in 2016. Vickie Hackworth introduced the team who will work together to find new and interesting places to eat that all-important meal of the day. Carol Buote and Marilyn Watson will coordinate for the next year.
As always, if you arrived after 8:30am for a COTV event involving food scheduled to start at 9am, you could be considered late. By 8:40, there was already food on the table in the private room at the Corner Bakery, where you place your order and the staff delivers it to you when it is ready. For some reason, oatmeal seemed to be more difficult to get out in a timely manner than the more complicated combinations, so Leonard and Carol might have been among the first to arrive, but not necessarily the first to eat.
Somewhere between 30 and 35 COTV members turned up to chow down and catch up – including the Buotes, the Clarks, the Crooks, the Finches, Greg Grajeck and Cindy Hart, the Hackworths, Skip Hipp, the Homans, the Jenkins, Ray McIntosh (he walked from home!), the O’Briens, John Olivas, the Sommars (ahead of time for the second event in a row – maybe he is taking his new role as Events Coordinator for 2016 seriously!), Bob Smith and Rose Streets, the Sparks, the Thackwells, the Watsons, and the Webers. We kept adding tables and chairs to the configuration in the room until we almost ran out of room.
Well, Vickie, thanks for introducing this great idea and starting a new custom in such style. We are already looking forward to what Carol and Marilyn can come up with for January.
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Support CHARITIES Involving Children
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