6:30 PM - Board Meeting   /   7:30 PM General Club Meeting

Visitors are Welcome - come early, socialize, and enjoy dinner prior to the meeting

Watch your email and the calendar on the home page for info about meetings

Kim West 

I would like to welcome a new 2-year sponsor.  You can see the Eckler's and American Muscle logos on the home page of the website in the Sponsor section.  If you click on the names, it will send you to their website.  I have a list of discount codes for $15.00 off a $299.00 purchase.  Let me know if you are ordering from them and I will assign a code to you.

Vicki Currey will pass out ballots for officer elections for 2027 at the October membership meeting.  Please think about who would do a good job and be a great fit.

It is time to renew your CTV membership.  The form is on the website or see Norman and Ann Walker for details.

We will be meeting at Mercardo Juarez Cafe on Northside Drive for the rest of the year.

A big thank you goes out to Randy and Cathy Baker for hosting the picnic social.  What a fun time we all had!

The Fall Round Up Autocross was a success.  Thank you to those that volunteered and raced! 

The Brazos River annual car show is October 10th.  Please attend to support the show.  They share NCCC sanctions with us, so we want to really be there for them.

We have been invited by Leah Testa, previously long-standing member, to attend the 2nd Annual Frank Testa Memorial Scavenger Hunt Ride on October 24th.  It will be fun to hange out with the motorcycle group and participate in the scavenger hunt.

The Fall Scramble and 24th Annual Corvette Show is on November 7th at Streetside Classics.  Due to a lot of circumstances, we have had to modify the show.  Hopefully, next year things will get better and we can resume as normal.  Or who knows, everyone might love it and it will be a new tradition.  Registration is open.  When registering, the fee and t-shirt can be paid online, with cash or with a check.  We will need all to participate and help with the events.  The committee is planning a fun day.

Kim West

President
kdcwest@sbcglobal.net

Lee Ann Parker

September 19th CTV Jimmy Buffet picnic was a BLAST!  We had 35 members join us for our family picnic held at the Baker's home.  Thank you again Randy and Cathy for a beautiful evening.  Everything was perfect, right down to the sunset!  Congratulations to Robert Geyer and Kay Snegon for being voted the best "Jimmy Buffet" outfits.  Everyone enjoyed the potluck dinner and the views from the boat dock.

In the month of October, there are several things going on with NCCC as well as Robert Geyer will have a cruise planned for this month.  Hopefully, we will see you at one of these events, as I do not have anything official planned for October.

Norman Walker

Membership stands at 115 members!

The 2026 season is winding down. By the time you are reading this, Cowtown will have held it’s last autocross event of the year. All we have left is the Fall Scramble (see link to flyer below).

Upcoming Events (Sanctioned & non-Sanctioned):

·        10/3 – LCC’s SWR Scholarship Fundraiser – 4 People’s Choice Car Shows @ AutoNation in Austin, TX – Early Registration ends – 8/20/26

·        10/10 – 20th Annual Judged Car Show –Judged Car Show (non-Sanctioned) on the Historic Granbury Square Save-the-Date / Announcement – w/special 20th Anniversary Celebration on Friday evening.

·        10/31-11/1 – COAST’s Fall Weekend – 7 Low-Speed Autocrosses @ Texas A&M Central along with 3 – Drags (1/8th Mile ET, Matching Times, Records) @ Little River in Hollan, TX – Early Registration ends – 10/18/26

New SWR Flyers (Sanctioned & non-Sanctioned):

·        10/10-11 – CTCC’s Fall Autocross – 14 Low-Speed Autocrosses @ TSTC / Airport in Waco, TX – Early Registration ends – 10/02/26

·        11/7 – CTV’s 24th Annual Corvette Show (non-Sanctioned) @ Streetside Classics in Ft Worth, TX – Early Registration ends – 10/24/26?

·        11/7 – CTV’s Fall Scramble – 7 Valve Cover Race Funkhanas @ Streetside Classics (CCT Sanctions) in Ft Worth, TX – Early Registration ends – 10/30/26 – this event was rescheduled from 10/17 due to loss of location

Last month I mentioned that CTCC (Cen-Tex) is back at the TSTC Airport in Waco. I assumed they were back on the airport, but that assumption was incorrect. They are back “at the airport,” but they are on a parking lot, not the actual tarmac where they had always been before.

SW Region points standings have two Cowtown men in the top 10, prior this weekend’s event in Drumright, OK. Larry Schaapveld is still 5, and Kris Zschirnt is still 10. On the ladies' side, Lee Ann Parker is still 4. In club standings, Cowtown is still third, behind Cen-Tex and Longhorn. We have a chance to catch Longhorn, depending on how Larry and Kris do at Drumright.

Save the wave!                                                                                                                  

Norman Walker

CTV NCCC Governor

Vicki Currey

It is time to begin the election process for our 2027 CTV Officers! The timeline for these elections is as follows:

October 7th Membership meeting – Elect NCCC Governor, if needed. Accept nominations for the remaining 2027 Officers. Nominations can be sent to vfrostcurrey@live.com by noon October 6th, if you are unable to attend the meeting.

October – all nominees will be contacted by email from vfrostcurrey@live.com for confirmation of willingness to serve.

November 4th Membership meeting – a preliminary ballot will be presented to the Membership with any additional nominations taken from the floor.

By November 20th, ballots will be mailed to home addresses. 

December 2nd Membership meeting - All ballots are due by Wednesday, December 2nd Membership Meeting by 7:45 pm. Please follow all the instructions at the top of the ballot in correctly returning it. Ballots will be counted, and the new 2027 officers will be announced. In case of a tie, a runoff will be held prior to end of the December Membership Meeting.

Please consider taking an active role in Cowtown Vettes in 2027.

CTV Secretary

Just a reminder, the Membership and Board minutes are located in the Members Only section on the CTV Website.

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

Just a reminder, the Monthly reports are located in the Members Only section on the CTV Website.

If you have any questions about the reports... please feel free to contact me.

Steve Parker

stevenp1954@gmail.com 

Doug McMahan

Our monthly sideshows are focused around sharing photos & videos from Events, Socials, Member's Sharing their Corvette Activities, a few funny "Toons", Back in History, and various other Corvette happenings around the country. Please provide any submissions for the slideshow to me no later than noon, the Monday before the Membership Meetings.

If you have been working on or updating your Corvette with cool items of interest …or if you have taken a trip in your Corvette and have some photos or videos 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 meeting screen(s) since they would show grainy / blurry. 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 that 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 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.

If you change your email or home address, Corvette, or other info – please drop an email to ann.walker@charter.net and myself, to get you updated on the eMail distribution lists.

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 🤣 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

NEW MEMBERS

Robert Allen

VISITORS

Jack Arnold

Kevin and Annette Broom

24th Annual Corvette Show Online Registration 

Mark Your Calendars – November 7th - The Cowtown Vettes Car Show is Coming to Streetside Classics!

The excitement is already building for one of our favorite events of the year! We are thrilled to announce that the Cowtown Vettes Car Show will be held on Saturday, November 7, at the incredible Streetside Classics showroom in Fort Worth (5400 Sandshell Dr, Suite 100, Fort Worth, TX 76137).

This year we are throwing it back to the Wash and Shine days.  Shine up your Corvette and come socialize with us!

We will also have Valve Cover Races to watch or participate in for NCCC points or just for fun; see FLYER. Car show participants are not required to participate in the Valve Cover Races.

If you are interested, please pre-register to speed up on-site registration.

Register at Online Registration Form    Printable Registration Form

Schedule

● 7:00a - 9:00a  Setup (Help wanted)

● 8:00a - 10:00a  Park Corvettes

● 8:30a  Onsite Registration Opens

● 10:00a - 12:00p  Corvette Show Voting for Best of Show Early and Late

● 10:30a - 12:00p  Valve cover Racing for NCCC points

● 1:00p   Awards

●   1:30p Clean up and go home

For questions or if you would like to help, reach out to:

James Swaringen  cell (817) 832 - 9812   -   ncccevents@cowtownvettes.org  

Robert Geyer

Hello all,

You wouldn't know it by the weather, but it's now Fall and now we must start thinking about Cowtown's many other events happening soon. 

But first I want to thank everyone that traveled with me to Cranfills Gap and got to experience the Horny Toad Bar & Cafe with me. We had 17 cars which made for a spectacular sight rolling through the Texas countryside.  I hope everyone had as much fun as I did leading all those beautiful Vettes. 

Now I want to remind everyone of our ' what I saw along the way ' photo contest. Each member can submit 3 photos for membership judging during our November club meeting. Not much time left for that photo, but Fall can be a great setting for a beautiful Corvette and Fall foliage picture. So get out there and take that special photo to share with everyone in November. 

Next is our Cruiser Points program.  I know several of y'all are in the process of collecting points and think you have plenty, but don't stop now. Who knows you may be only short of 1st place by just a couple more points.

October is generally when I do my last cruise. So if you haven't been on one recently, don't miss this last one. A tentative date will be October 17. I'll confirm this date by our October meeting. Location and route to be determined. 

That's all for now and enjoy the cool weather😁 

Robert Geyer

Your Cruiser Chairperson 

geyerdrill@aol.com 

Melanie Swaringen

Hello!  

Who's hoping for cooler weather?  Maybe it will eventually show up!  I hope you enjoy this edition of the newsletter.  As always, if you see something interesting you'd like for me to include, please send it my way.  Have a great October!

Melanie Swaringen

melanie@swaringen.us

Throwback Ads

Since we are going back to the Wash and Shine days for our car show, I thought it might be fun to include some old Corvette advertisements.  Enjoy!

Source:  Corvette Ads 

James Swaringen 

We’ve added NEW Classified Ads as of 9/15—go check them out!  https://www.cowtownvettes.org/classified-ads

Don’t forget to snap pictures at events, anytime you’re out enjoying your Corvette, or working on your Corvette. Photo Album links will appear on the home page after each event (as long as I receive pictures).

Want to add your shots? Email them to webmaster@cowtownvettes.org.

If you spot anything on the website that needs updating or you’d like something added, I’m here to help.

Need help navigating the new site? A walkthrough document and video are available: https://www.cowtownvettes.org/about#h.2ko3on5z3v5f

Be sure to follow our Facebook page and show some love on posts and events:
https://www.facebook.com/cowtownvettes

James Swaringen - CTV Webmaster 

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

The Rezvani Beast X Is a C8 Corvette That Wants to Be a 6th-Gen Fighter Jet

A brand-new carbon-fiber body, a steering yoke, and more than 1500 horsepower turn a hybrid ‘Vette into a road-going F-22.

By Emmet White  Published: Aug 12, 2026 2:01 PM EDT

The C8-generation Chevrolet Corvette is a fairly wild ride straight out of the factory, capable of hitting 200 miles per hour even in its most basic form. But it apparently isn’t enough for the folks at Rezvani, as the custom shop’s new ‘Vette-based Beast X gives the mid-engined machine a thorough exterior reinvention the likes of which most aftermarket builders would shy away from.

The Rezvani Beast X starts with a C8 Corvette, but you wouldn’t be blamed for not recognizing it. Thanks to an all-new carbon fiber body, the Beast X appears more like an F-22 than a C8. Lightweight materials can be found all over, as the car combines carbon-fiber bucket seats and lightweight magnesium wheels with its sculpted carbon body.

But the real heart of the Beast X is its bespoke 6.2-liter V-8. The Irvine, California-based tuning company took the pre-facelift Corvette’s V-8 and turned it up several notches. With twin-turbo setup for the V-8 and an electric motor that gives it all-wheel drive among the go-fast bits in play, Rezvani is pushing the car’s output up to 1560 horsepower and 1280 lb-ft of torque. According to the company, the Beast X sprints from 0-60 mph in 1.9 seconds. That’s in the territory of rapid EVs like the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT and Lucid Air Sapphire.

Rezvani didn’t specify which version of GM’s 6.2-liter V-8 is the foundation for what’s under the hood of the Beast X, but our sibling publication Car and Driver believes the underlying powertrain is a heavily modified version of the Corvette E-Ray’s setup, although a version of the Corvette ZR1X’s hard-hitting system also seems possible.

“Limited to just five examples,” the tuner wrote on Instagram, “a new American hypercar engineered around one uncompromising mission: to combine extreme power, relentless traction, advanced aerodynamics, and raw mechanical emotion into a car that feels alive from the instant the driver presses the throttle.”

Inside, the C8 steering wheel has apparently been chopped into a yoke-like shape, and while “purpose-built” carbon fiber bucket seats add another layer of extremeness to the build.

Only five examples of the Rezvani Beast X will be produced, and its price has yet to be revealed, but those interested in a chance to purchase the Beast X can place a refundable $1500 allocation on Rezvani’s website. If you’ve been looking for a Corvette with a little more pizzazz, the Beast X could be for you.

Source:  Road and Track Rezvani Beast X Article 

Rezvani Beast X website

Mary Pittman

Do you belong to the National Corvette Museum? The museum is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky just across the street from the GM Assembly Plant where Corvettes are built. The mission of the museum is “to educate worldwide audiences on the evolution of the Corvette -America’s Sport Car- through collection, preservation, and celebration of its legacy”.

The museum hosts a variety of permanent exhibits as well as special rotating exhibits such as the Red, White and Corvette exhibit which celebrates the legacy of the Corvette as America marks 250 years of independence.

The museum facilitates General Motors Assembly Plant Tours and provides volunteers to assist with these tours. Plant tours are only available on select dates. Information can be found on the NCM website.

The most exciting happening on the NCM campus is the building of the new Collections Facility. The new facility will significantly increase the museum’s ability to their ability to store and exhibit their growing collection of Corvette and Corvette memorabilia. The building is scheduled to be finished in the Fall of 2026.

Check out the museum’s website for all they have to offer including not only exhibits, events, NCM Motor Sport Park, Museum in Motion, car insurance and more.

Mary Pittman, NCM Ambassador

Click to visit the National Corvette Museum website

James Swaringen

Please join us for the Fall Scramble and Car Show on November 7th!

1st Fall Corvette Scramble  Saturday, November 7, 2026. 8:00

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

LOCATION:   Streetside Classics  (5400 Sandshell Dr Suite 100, Fort Worth, TX 76137) 

Same Location and time as our Cowtown Vette Car Show, but not required to register for the car show.

EVENT DETAILS:  Saturday, October 17, 2026.

•   9:00 AM - Setup, Tech, and on-site registration

• 10:30 AM - Drivers Meeting

For More Information:   FLYER     ONLINE REGISTRATION     VOLUNTEER TO HELP

James Swaringen

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

Watch how fun Autocrossing can be.

Donna Forsythe

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

April 2026 at our membership meeting on April 8th Cowtown Vettes celebrated 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

Barb Greenfeder

New and Interested Individuals

Are Welcome to Attend

COWTOWN 101 to Learn About Membership!!

COWTOWN 101 will be held October 7, at Marcado Juarez Café, 1651 E Northside Dr, Ft. Worth TX from 6:15 until 7:00 pm. The Club Meeting starts at 7:30. You probably don’t know all the opportunities of the Club, the Region and the National Council of Corvette Clubs offer. There will be handouts for you to take home to refer to.  We’ll ask you what you are interested in getting out of Cowtown as well.  We will be ready to help our new and prospective members.  Join us!

Look for the COWTOWN members in the seating section to your left of the front door.  Come on in to see a table with a Welcome sign.  You’ll be greeted shortly and we will move to a quieter table to start COWTOWN 101.  We will discuss some basics and review a few handouts.  We’ll do our best to answer your questions, find your interests in Cowtown and welcome you to your new club.

Regardless of the year of your Vette or the years you’ve owned one, or talking to members about what year and type of Vette you’re interested in getting, Cowtown is a great place to start!  

Please RSVP by text, call or email to Barb Greenfeder.

Barb Greenfeder, Welcome to Cowtown Chair

817-917-0975 - barbc567@gmail.com 

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