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KALEIDOSCOPENovember 2012Volume 55 # 111-13-13Northern California Corvette AssociationAmerica’s Oldest Corvette Club

Americas OldestCorvette ClubIn July of 1956, two Corvette owners waved and stopped to talk.Corvettes were few in numbers then and several weeks couldpass before encountering another. These drivers discussed thestarting of a Corvette Club.By July 15, 1956, an informal meeting of Corvette owners haddecided to establish the Northern California Corvette Association.These early Corvette owners met frequently at each other’shomes with their numbers increasing each month.On March 28, 1957, an initial group of 35 met at Daily Chevroletin Oakland to establish the by-laws. By then Josh Hogue, SanFrancisco Examiner’s sports car event columnist suggested thatthis group combine with the one meeting at Les Vogel’s Chevrolet.On May 9, 1957 NCCA was incorporated and forty memberselected Roy Storey, a TV and radio sportscaster and Corvetteparticipant in SCCA‘s regional races, president. Sandy Greenblatwas elected Vice President, Patty Gellenbeck Secretaryand John Zeh treasurer. The charter membership for NCCA wasclosed at the end of May 1957 listing forty-seven members.Table of Contents—-This Month’s Articles —-Board of Directors: out going 4President’s Column 4Board Member Columns 5-8Minutes from GBM 6Presidents Run 9Veteran’s Day 16NCCA Fall Banquet 17ChumpCar 18New Board 20?? C7 Concept—Which one?? 21NCM 23C7 Mules 25Birthdays 28Calander 30BYE 32President Roy Storey suggested a series of autocross’ namedafter Grand Prix races. NCCA presented Northern California’sthird autocross. One hundred fifty cars drove the course at theMilpitas Ford Plant. This series set the standard for auto crossingin Northern California. Though Roy Storey was soon transferredto Hollywood by CBS, he helped NCCA to properly startas a competing club.NCCA is still participating in auto crossing, drag races, trackracing and car shows. The club is a the oldest member of theWestern States Corvette Council (WSCC), joining in 1966. Wehave evolved into more of a social club over the years with thefocus on day and weekend trips. In recent years interest hasincreased in racing, with members taking trophies in drag racing,autocross races and entering more and more track days atThunderhill, Laguna Seca, Infineon and Buttonwillow racetracks.NCCA celebrated its 50 th anniversary in 2007 by inviting pastpresidents to a dinner dance where we shared memorabilia .Our calendar is filled each January with events for the comingyear that include trips to an assortment of locations, car shows,our annual fall banquet and Christmas party.Vette Magic, an all Corvette Drag Race and Car Show, issponsored by NCCA each summer. Each year this eventdraws a large number Corvette racers and spectators fromnorthern California and the surrounding states.NCCA is a valuable member of our community, as we contributeto several charitable organizations each year throughour charitable foundation.Front/Back cover: Front—Back— Me, See Ya

President:Board of DirectorsGeorge RobinsonPresidentsColumn650-291-4601 president@nccacorvettes.orgEvents:Stephen Logan415-425-3105 vpevents@nccacorvettes.orgMotor Sports:Chuck Gerughty650-799-1975 vpmotorsports@nccacorvettes.orgSecretary:Shirley Smith510-481-2739 secretary@nccacorvettes.orgMembership:JoAnn & Al Zwicky510-314-1938 membership@nccacorvettes.orgSocial:Michelle TornayDoug Knudson925-855-0901 social@nccacorvettes.orgTreasurer:Carole Robinson650-218-8965 treasurer@nccacorvettes.orgPublications:David Northrop925-250-0458 publications@nccacorvettes.orgPublic Relations: Don Henning925-846-6011 publicreltions@nccacorvettes.orgHistorian:Dave Meccariello209-814-2984 historian@nccacorvettes.orgBMAL:Ken Rabello925-484-9838 bmal@nccacorvettes.orgWSCC Rep:Steve Bisset925-455-6431 wsccrep@nccacorvettes.orgCharitable Foundation: Lloyd PeoplesGeorge Robinson—PresidentNovember 2012First and foremost: Congratulations to Doug and Michelleon their engagement. The proposal took place at Doug’s50 th birthday party. Best wishes from all of us to you.It is hard to believe it is November already and that I havebeen in the President’s roll for a year. I have enjoyed thejob as I did the Publication Director for the three previousyears and as I’m sure I will BMAL when this roll ends.NCCA is a great organization because of great members.How can one not enjoy it?Carole and I seemed to group our events close togetherthis year with three within a month: Shooting, Ledson andthe Presidents Run. It makes finding time for work difficult.But who cares! This is more fun than work.This month we say farewell to a number of board memberswho are leaving and welcome new board members.The rotation of a board is good for any organization as itbrings fresh ideas and enthusiasm. I would like to thankthe outgoing members and welcome the incoming.We have our big social events coming up and I hope themembership will turn out in force for the Fall Banquet andChristmas Party. Michelle has put a lot of effort into it andthese events are always fun. This year thanks to Tim Sullivanwe are holding them at his HOA club house which iswell located for most of us and we have the building toourselves. NCCA is underwriting a portion of the cost sobe sure to sign up and get your checks to Michelle rightaway if you have not already. Carole and I will be lookingforward to seeing you all.510-278-7763 charitable@nccacorvettes.orgWebmaster:Jim Wells925-443-2707 web@nccacorvettes.org4

News from WSCCSteve Bisset – WSCC Rep for NCCASee the WSCC Membership Application on page 15. This form must be filled out and sent in without dues.Membership NewsAl and Jo Ann ZwickyCo-membership DirectorsNovember Membership NewsFirst and foremost we would like to welcome our newestmembers, Paul and Dina Sotela to the club. They were inductedat the October meeting. See their photo in this issue.They own a 2005 magnetic red coupe. Be sure to introduceyourselves when you see them at one of our events.The annual membership renewal drive has concluded and weare glad to have almost everyone back. A few members soldtheir Corvettes last year and we will miss them. Hopefullythey repurchase and will be back soon. We continue to receivenew membership requests, especially from our website.Your efforts spreading the word is also a great help.Our three big events at yearend, Fall Banquet, ChristmasParty, and San Andreas Runwill be great fun and end theyear on a high note. We lookforward to attending them alland hope to see you theretoo.We would like to welcome newly elected Co-membershipDirectors, Greg and Carol Brott to their new positions. Theywill bring a lot of enthusiasm and new ideas to the Eboardand do an outstanding job. We have enjoyed our time workingwith new members and will continue to do so everychance we get.Welcome new members Pauland Dina Sotela5

BUD II, Coming soonand maybe some MotorsportsGeneral Business MeetingMinutesShirley SmithSecretaryStephen Logan - You can access the member’s only webpageon our website for the treasurer’s report. The Sonomarace track cost was very expensive, so at this time we will becontacting Sacramento raceway to set up our day for nextyear’s Vette magic which will be the second weekend in June2013. Legends on Display will be the 1 st weekend in Maylocation is being looked into by Stephen and Rob Anderson.WSCC will have to approve out dates for these events.Northern California Corvette AssociationMinutes November 6, 20127: 00pm @ Castro Valley Women’s ClubCall meeting to order at 7:06 PMWelcome to E-Board and members.Roll Call of Members- 29 in attendance.President: George Robinson-absentStephen Logan – Pro TemMotion for approval of the previous General Business Meetingminutes as they were presented in the “K”. Minutes fromOctober 2012 meeting approved as published.Welcome all members, E-board and Guests.Membership: Al & Jo Ann ZwickyWe have no guests this evening. We will be inducting Pauland Dina Sotelo. Welcome new members.Treasurer: Carole Robinson-absentSocial: Michelle TornayPresident run –Per Ken & Becky was in Carmel we had goodweather, good trip, good roads, nice facilities and good food,fantastic run. Ledson Corvettes at the Castle we had 85cars, Friends and Family Corvette club attended and everyonehad a great time, a beautiful day and great picnic and ofcourse lots of good wine and conversation. Per Bonnie wehad 6 people attend the USS Hornet Monster Ball and it wasa fun evening, different things to see on the ship and theyhad a ghost tour which took you below deck with short storiesabout the ship and its ghosts. Golden Gate fields thank youto everyone who attended, some won and some lost but everyonehad a good time. This sat. Nov. 10th is our fall banquetin Danville- 6pm start. Dec. 8 th at 6 pm in the sameplace, is our Christmas party- Pot Luck and bring a white elephantgift 1 per person attending to participate in the gift exchange,also please bring an unwrapped toy and cannedgoods to donate. San Andreas is our last run of 2012.BMAL: Ken Rabello- absentStephen Logan reports that Ken will not be attending the dinnerfor the Veterans Memorial in Castro Valley, due to a(Continued on page 7)6

(Continued from page 6)New Business:The club members have approved a floral spray to be purchasedto be set up at the Memorial dedication. No objections.Bob & Diane Ashbaker went to the Diner in Castro Valleyand they have opened and are currently planning a grandopening celebration which they want our club to be part of.They will let us know the details as soon as possible.Buzz Marston has asked for us to join the Veterans Parade indowntown San Jose on Sunday Nov. 11 th . Al Zwicky emailedeveryone with the information and the pass you need to getinto the parade. We have approximately 5 to 6 cars goingthis year.Charitable Foundation: Lloyd PeoplesThank you to the membership for donating so much merchandisefor our raffles. We are able to support quite a fewof our local charities. I have selected 3 local charities. I have3 local charities to donate to. If you have a local small charitythat you would possibly like us to consider donating too,please email me the information. San Andreas Foster KidsRun – We have been helping out Glass Packs for the last 6to 7 years. In the past we have bought gifts for 15 children.This year I would like to ask the membership to vote tonighton purchasing gifts for 20 kids. There are a total of 135 kidsthis year, our donations will be appreciated. Membershipvoted and all agreed to purchase gifts for 20 kids with fundsfrom the general business account. A signup sheet will be upfront for those who want to attend this event of giving the fosterchildren rides in our corvette’s and we will be given ahome cooked pot luck dinner provided by the foster parents.We need women corvette drivers for this event so anyoneinterested please sign up. The date is Dec. 15 th , a Saturday.Announcements:This is the 18 th year of the foster children’s run. A great eventper Jim Neyland.October 20 th we had Doug’s birthday party and Doug thankseveryone who attended and it was a great party. At the partythat evening,Doug proposed to Michelle and she accepted.Congratulations to both of you.Please be sure to fill out the new WSCC form and get themto Carole asap. We have blanks upfront for you to fill in tonight.mixup from the chairperson not getting a ticket for him to attend.The veteran’s memorial dedication is only asking for 1corvette, red, white or blue to attend decorated. DougKnudson has agreed to take his corvette. Parking will be anissue as they are expecting 2000 people to attend. DougKnudson donated material and our former member Mike Emersondid the brick work for the memorial and neither of them New Eboard Members Election –have been invited to the dinner.Nominees are-Bonnie asked if we had heard from WSCC about the list ofpeople who will receive trophies and it was suggested to lookon WSCC website.President George Robinson,Secretary Shirley Smith,Treasurer Carole Robinson,VP Events Rob Anderson,VP Motorsports Bob Ashbaker and Chuck Gerughty Cochairs,Membership Greg and Carol Brott,Public/Sponsor Relations Don Henning Temporary,Publications Stayc Feil,Social Al & Jo Ann Zwicky,Historian Dave Meccarriello,BMAL Ken Rabello,Web Director Jim Wells,Charitable Foundation Lloyd PeoplesWSCC Rep Steve Bissett.Everyone who is listed above is unopposed, Lloyd Peoplesmotioned to accept the new Eboard members. Motionpassed.All approved in agreement of the new Eboard members.Next Meetings:E-board – Next meeting November 27, 2012 Next GBM December4, 2012 at 7:00 pm - Castro Valley Women’s ClubMeeting adjourned at 7:45 pm7

Charitable FoundationI wish to thank all the members who donated articles for our raffles, and for every one who bought tickets this year.Your generosity has made the Charitable Foundation strong for us to keep up the donations to the charities we support.Keeping this in mind, December 8 th is our Christmas party to get together with our Corvette family and enjoy the Holidays,also for members to donate unwrapped toys and canned food for our local Charities.Mark your calendars for December 15 th is our San Andres Foster Children‘s run. Aside from having a good time andgood home cooking we can show these Kids that some one does CARE.Thank You for your supportLloyd PeoplesCharitable Foundationcharitable@nccacorvettes.orgNotes from the Editor, David Northrop—Publications Director8Guess where this is going.As you all know this is my last K, Stayc Feil will be takingover next month. She will do a great job, I hope everyonehelps her out by sending her photos and articles. That’s alwaysthe challenge in putting the K together. I’ve enjoyedputting this together for the past twelve months. Somemonths were a challenge for me because I want to be planningand wrenching on my C4 race car and need every momentI can get outside work and all the other things in ourlives. That will be my focus now because I really miss beingout there autocrossing and getting out on the great roadcourses we have here in California. I’m a little better engineeringand wrenching than typing, I hope.Thanks to my wonderful wife Myra, who lets me do prettymuch what I want to do while hoping I don’t spend muchmore than a years retirement with my project.Also, a big Thank You to everyone who helped out with articles and pictures, hope you enjoy my last K. I look forward toseeing you out there next year. I also look forward to seeing the new C7, 1-13-13.Enjoy the Ride!

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2012 NCCA Fall BanquetI’m pretty sure there were many club members atthe fall banquet held at Tim Sullivan’s clubhousein Danville but these are the only pictures thatmade it to me for this month’s K. That’s a goodlooking cake. Nice job whoever made it.NCCA at NCMDon Culver recently visited the National Corvette Museum and took over a hundred pictures, some of whichyou will see in this edition including these of our club’s picture. Time for a new one.Thanks Don!17

drivers for most events, and it’s wise to have a couple of crew guysas part of the team. Get people on your team that know what end of ascrewdriver to use and can think clearly at 3:19am when a wheelbearing starts to disintegrate.Welcome to the ChumpCar World Series! ChumpCar is NorthAmerica's home for $500 race cars and REAL endurance road racing.Real racing, real tracks, real drivers and really cheap cars! We're allabout endurance races that range from 7-hours to 24-hours long...and, even longer! ChumpCar has the distinction of holding the longestclosed-course endurance road race in the world... 25 hours, 25minutes and 25 seconds - the 25:25:25.So, why do we do this and who is this series for?This series is for gear-heads; for people who love driving and drivingfast. It's not about gimmicks or theatrics. Rather, it's for grassrootsrace teams and for Chumps like you that have always wanted to goroad racing without all the hassle. It's about 'Joe Average' and almostrace-readycars.ChumpCar is a throw-back to the era when racing was fun andcheap... when Bondo beat carbon-fiber; when a crescent wrench wasthe most valuable tool in your box; when home-made engineeringmade everyone sit up and take notice; and when adding a little themeto your car didn't get you laughed off of pit lane.Those were good times... and they're back.Here are the Basic RulesNot including the required safety equipment that you’ll need – rollcage,racing seat, racing harness -- your car must be valued at lessthan $500. That’s valued at, as assessed by the general market, notwhat you paid for it.Personal safety gear includes a Snell SA helmet and SFI-FIA certifieddriver's gear.Strip out all the interior and take out all the glass, except the windshield.Install the roll cage, seat and harness. Add some numbers andyou have just created a $500 race car. Okay, so there’s more to it thanthat, but not much. Read the rules to fill-in the blanks.You can upgrade the brakes a little but don’t even think of addingany trick racing suspension crap. Tires are up to you… as long asthey’re DOT legal and rated at 190 or higher for treadwear.ChumpCar has various race formats, but they’re all endurance racing…ranging from 7 hours to 24-hours. You’ll need a minimum of 4If you cheat or screw-up or both… you'll be docked laps. If you cometo Tech Inspection with a car that’s worth $1,500… plan on startingthe race about 100 laps down from everyone else. You can still run inthe race and you’ll have a great time… but you’ll never win. If thatdoesn’t bother you, you’re our kind of Chump!After the 5,342 email inquiries we received from you chumps justyesterday, we're pleased to present the 2013 ChumpCar World SeriesSchedule. Go to www.ChumpCar.com to view schedule and be preparedto drool.Registration for the 2013 will open in mid- to late-December. Be onthe lookout for this announcement as well. Any questions, pleasedirect to your appropriate ChumpCar regional director found on ourCONTACT page.Along with this new schedule, we recommend that you familiarizeyourself with the 2013 Rules.CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS WITH CHUMPCAR! SonomaRaceway & Laguna SecaThere are still two very special ChumpCar races this year at two"bucket list" tracks...Sonoma Raceway on 8-9 December and MazdaLaguna Seca Raceway for New Year's Eve, 31 December. While theSonoma event is the West Region Chumpionship, any and all teamsare invited to participate (just not in contention for the Chumpionship).In fact, 3/4 of the field will probably be running just for braggingrights. For Laguna Seca, this event is limited to only 35 cars, perthe track. Come out and enjoy the race of your lifetime, food, music& festivities. There are a couple of spots remaining for each event; toregister:For Sonoma's "How the West Was Won: Western RegionalChumpionship," visit www.ChumpCar.com and click on ENTER.for the Supplemental Rules & Event Schedule.For all information regarding New Year's Eve at Laguna Seca,and to register (note, this is a site separate from the usual ChumpCarregistration). Trust me, it's gonna be a party in the paddock all nightlong!My C4 already has cost me way over the$500 but maybe someone has an old car torace? If not these are a kick to go see. LagunaSeca March 31, Buttonwillow Dec 7-8.Demolition derby on a road course, so I hear,but much safer. I’ll help drive if someonewants to race.18

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CORVETTE ASSOCIATION2013 Executive BoardSeptember 4, 2012PresidentSecretaryTreasurerEventsMotorsportsMembershipPublic / Sponsor Relations*Publications:Social:HistorianBMALWeb DirectorCharitable FoundationWSCC RepGeorge RobinsonShirley SmithCarol RobinsonRob AndersonBob Ashbaker / Chuck Gerughty as co-ChairsGreg and Carol BrottDon Henning (temporary)Stayc FeilAl & JoAnn ZwickyDave MeccarielloKen RabelloJim WellsPresidential appointmentPresidential appointment* Position responsibilities may be changed. By-Laws to be modified.20

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General MembershipMeeting ScheduleFIRST Tuesday of EveryMonthCastro Valley Women’s Club18330 Redwood Road, CastroValley 7:00PMBoard of DirectorsMeeting ScheduleLAST Tuesday of EveryMonthRicky’s Sports Theater andGrill15028 Hesperian Blvd.San Leandro 7:00PMNovemeber 2012DATE DAY EVENT27 TUE Eboard MeetingDecember 2012DATE DAY EVENT4 TUE General Business Meeting8 SAT NCCA Christmas Party 6pm-10pm Michele Tornay 510-396-845615 SAT San Andreas Run w/ Glass Packs –9am-5pm McDonalds Santa Rita Rd. Pleasanton, Lloyd Peo-25 TUE Christmas1-13-1330

KALEIDOSCOPEPO Box 6232Hayward, CA 94544FIRSTCLASSNOV2012PostageNorthern California Corvette AssociationIncorporated May 9, 195732