Kim West 

Hi everyone.

I’m going to keep this short and sweet. I just got home from a very long summer road trip. There is a lot going on. Please see the web site for all the details. 

I will see you all at the July 1st membership meeting at Sickie’s Garage and the 4th of July Parade. 

I can’t wait till the next cruise to see a movie. There are a lot of charity opportunities to attend.

See you soon,

Kim West

Kim West - President
kdcwest@sbcglobal.net

 July 2026 CTV Newsletter

Saturday July 11, 2026, is just around the corner and we have a unique social planned. 

***We will meet at the Cracker Barrel on Winscott and 820 on July 11th at 9:30 am. 

Drivers meeting at 9:45 am and depart for Clifton by 10:00 am. ***

We are going to cruise to Clifton, TX where we have rented a (remodeled) vintage indoor theater. 

We will get there by 12:00 so you will have some time to grab some popcorn from their snack bar and settle in to watch our private showing of F-1 the movie. 

After the movie we will visit a local car museum with some older corvettes, then head to Meridian for dinner at the Cactus Grill before heading home. Larry Schaapveld is organizing the cruise and tour. 

We will be joined by the Centex Corvette Club from the Waco area for this event. This should be another very fun social. I hope you can join us! There is a $5.00 per person fee to be collected at the theater. 

Save the date:

Thursday August 13, 2026 I am planning a lunch time get together in the middle of the week. I’m looking for a casual restaurant where we can gather, eat, and visit for a little while. (Suggestions on the restaurant welcomed). More details to come.

Saturday September 19, 2026. 

We are planning a family picnic on Eagle Mountain Lake with boat rides on the lake, thanks to three of our members that will have their boats available to give us a ride on the lake.  

We will be going to Randy and Cathy Baker’s house on the lake. We will have some games to play like corn hole and Ping Pong and more. Bring your lawn chair. We will be doing potluck so be thinking of your favorite side dish or dessert you would like to share with the group. More details to come.

Lee Ann Parker

Vice-President 

   Lee Ann Parker  VP/Social

Membership stands at 113 members!

Cowtown’s first autocross event of the year was the 6th Annual Larry Hoaldridge Memorial Event on June 6 and 7. It was a great success. Thanks to James Swarigen for all his hard work.

The next NCCC event will be the Freedom 250 Fundraiser in Brenham on July 25th. There will be two car shows and two rallyes. The flyer can be found here: http://www.ncccswregion.org/2026/SW-063-008.pdf

There is a scheduled autocross event for September 19 and 20. The location is still TBD. 

The next Cowtown Vettes event will be the next weekend, September 26 and 27. 

This 14 autocross event is scheduled to be held at Herman Clark Stadium parking lot. This is across the street from our previous location at TCCC. 

The flyer can be found here http://www.ncccswregion.org/2026/SW-540-Flyer-2026-AX.pdf

Save the wave!                                                                                                                 

Norman Walker

CTV NCCC Governor

Vicki Currey - Secretary - Timing Chair

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.  

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 ann.walker@charter.net 

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
macsvettes@gmail.com  

Ann Walker - Membership Chair

NEW MEMBERS   

DERICK & CRYSTAL KNEELAND

VISITORS                                                                                                      NOAH KNEELAND

 MARIA KOEGL

                                       Cowtown Members...Working and helping at the TAFB

Robert Geyer - Cruiser/Equipment Chair 

Hi cruisers

It's July now and the heat is on. I just finished my June cruise and from all accounts everyone enjoyed the slightly longer cruise to a very  unique one mans collection of Americana memorabilia with a stop for lunch in West, Tx.

In July I will be turning over the Cruiser duties to Larry Schaapveld as he will be taking us to Clifton to see the movie F1. 

Larry will be explaining the cruise and give y'all the details you need. 

As always keep looking for that perfect spot for your 'what I saw along the way' picture and keep collecting your Cruiser points. 

Remember if you know of a destination that might make TX. a club cruise, let me know and I'll try to make it happen.

Your Cruiser Chairperson 

Robert Geyer

Your Cruiser Chairperson 

Robert Geyer 

Corvette Racing Endures 2026... Six Hours Of The Glen

Larry Currey - Low Down Editor

The Corvette Racing teams had a relatively quiet day at the 2026 Six Hours of the Glen on June 28th, posting solid finishes in an otherwise trying event.

The No. 3 Corvette Racing Z06 GT3.R, driven by Alexander Sims and Antonio Garcia, earned a fourth-place result in the GTD Pro class. 

The duo started eighth, but steadily worked their way forward, leveraging pit strategy and driving technique to pick off their competitors before ultimately falling just short of a podium result.

“Fourth at the start of the weekend would have been great,” Garcia said. “It seemed like we couldn’t really pass anyone so it was down to strategy and track position. 

I’m glad we made the right decisions and had a chance to fight for a podium so we have to be happy with fourth.”

The No. 4 Corvette Racing team of Tommy Milner and Nicky Catsburg finished eighth in GTD Pro after a drive-through penalty was assessed during the closing laps.

“Unfortunately I had an incident in the end with the Ford, which gave us a drive-through and put us back at the finish, which is unfortunate,” said Catsburg. “I just need to take that, learn from that and try to prevent that from happening in the future.”

James Swaringen - CTV Webmaster

webmaster@cowtownvettes.org  - cell:  817-832-9812

July 2026

Hope everyone is enjoying the new website.  Please let me know if you see any updates or corrections needed.

●     Document and video describing how to find areas of our new website at  https://www.cowtownvettes.org/about#h.2ko3on5z3v5f

●     I need your help to keep the site updated and current.  If you lead activities, awards, or competitions, please make sure the rules and guidelines on the site are correct.

●     Also, remember, after an event, you will find a link to a Google Photo Album on the home page, right after the upcoming activities.  Please go there to see the photos we have uploaded, and if you have any good pictures you want to add, please email them to webmaster@cowtownvettes.org.   Also, from the album, you can download photos to keep in your personal photo collections.

Also, make sure to follow our Facebook page and like the posts and events.  https://www.facebook.com/cowtownvettes 

Thanks

James Swaringen - CTV Webmaster 

james@swaringen.us  - cell:  817-832-9812

Corvette Racing Breaks 17-Year Drought...

                                                ...With GT3 Win At 24h Of Spa

The No. 0 Corvette Racing GT3.R snapped a 17-year drought for The Bow Tie Brand at the 24 Hours of Spa on June 28th, 2026. 

Four drivers combined to deliver Vette’s first victory in the event since 2009.

Ben Green, Jordan Love, HH Prince Jefri Ibrahim, and HH Prince Abu Bakar shared seat time in that No. 0 Corvette Racing machine, which is fielded by Johor Motorsports Racing. 

The team started ninth in the Pro-Am class, but they were handed an early-race penalty for contact with a competitor. 

However, they regrouped and completed the rest of the race without incident, and had already muscled into sixth in-class by the six-hour mark, gradually working up to second at the halfway point.

Green and Love tag-teamed the final hours of the race, rallying the No. 0 Corvette Racing machine to the class lead despite multiple lengthy safety car periods inside the last six hours. Green even nabbed the fastest Pro-Am lap time with a blistering 2:17.869 (114.36 mph) record on the way to victory. 

All told, the team is credited with the class win and a 29th-place overall finish.

“A great result for everyone,” Green said. “I’m just immensely proud of everyone at Johor Racing. It’s their second year of competition and second year trying the Spa 24 with the Corvette… We made it hard for ourselves at one point but came back in the end! 

So I’m just so proud and happy for everyone.”

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

James Swaringen - NCCC Events Coordinator

ncccevents@cowtownvettes.org   - cell:  817-832-9812

July 2026

Spring Events:  Thank you to everyone who helped and participated.

Autocross Photos of the Event  

Spring Scramble was a great success.  Photos of the Event

Upcoming 2026 NCCC Events:

Fall AX - Sept 26-27 *May change  (14 sanctions)

consisting of 14 low-speed autocrosses between Saturday and Sunday. 

LOCATION:  Herman Clark Stadium (FWISD) (5201 Ca Roberson Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76119)

There is a possibility that the location will change.  See www.cowtownvettes.org for updates

EVENT DETAILS:   September 26-27, 2026

■ 6:00 AM - Track setup will be on Saturday before the event and taken down on Sunday after.  We can use your Help

■ 7:30 AM - Safety tech and on-site registration

■ 8:30 AM - Drivers meeting - parade lap, then will start racing

For More Information:   FLYER     ONLINE REGISTRATION     VOLUNTEER TO HELP

Fall Scramble - October 17 (7 sanctions)

1-day event featuring 7 Funkhanas of Valve Cover Races.  Potential 70 NCCC points for all events.

LOCATION:  Sickies Garage Burgers & Brews  (6770 Fossil Bluff Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76137)  

EVENT DETAILS:  Saturday, October 17, 2026.

■     8:00 AM - Setup, Tech, and on-site registration

■     8:30 AM - Drivers Meeting

For More Information:   FLYER     ONLINE REGISTRATION VOLUNTEER TO HELP

Watch how fun Autocrossing can be. 

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 

Mary Pittman - Historian

 LowDown Article - Historian

  April 2026 At our membership meeting on April 8th Cowtown Vettes will celebrate 52 years of existence! 

In April of 1974 a group of people met together to enjoy their shared passion for America’s sports car. The only one of that original group that is still active today with CTV is Jerry Lindsey. 

The group which started with about 20 members grew to sometimes over 200 members… as with all things that changed after 2020 and the Covid Pandemic, our numbers are not as large as they once were, but we are still going strong. We have a variety of activities hoping to provide the proverbial “something for everyone”. 

In addition to our monthly business meeting we have NCCC events…ie autocross and drag racing and scrambles, car shows, cruising..ie seeing the countryside in our Corvette, charity events, and socials. 

Come out and enjoy our history and our future. “We came for the cars, but we stay for the people” 

Mary Pittman, Historian

“WELCOME TO COWTOWN” PRESENTS

COWTOWN 101

July 1st, from 6:15 to 7:00

Sickies Garage Burgers & Brews 

6770 Fossil Bluff Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76137

https://sickiesburgers.com/locations/fwtx/ 

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

ABOUT COWTOWN?

  Do you know how to find our website? Do you know how to use the website to find the information you need or explore what to look forward to?  Can you find the CTV Directory, find the Officer’s or Committee Chair’s names and contact information?  Do you want to know how to sign up for or volunteer to help out  for an event?  Come to COWTOWN 101 FOR  ANSWERS!!

  COWTOWN 101 will be held July 1, at Sickies Garage Burgers & Brews (before our Club Meeting) from 6:15 until 7:00 pm. You’ll be asked about what you are interested in getting out of Cowtown as well.  You probably don’t know all the opportunities the Club, the Region and the National Council of Corvette Clubs offer. There will be handouts for you to take home to refer to later. 

We will be ready to help our new and prospective members.  Join us!

Barb Greenfeder, Welcome to Cowtown Chair

817-917-0975

         Barbsc6@sbcglobal.net

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