GazetteThe Vette Set, Inc.

221 Paseo De Suenos

Redondo Beach, CA

90277

AUGUST 2018

The Vette Set

Sponsored by

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Trains, Dinosaurs, & Vermillion Cliffs Run

CLUB PICINIC AND FUNDRAISER AT HESSE PARK

OFFICERS AND APPOINTEESThe Vette Set Gazette is a monthly publication of The Vette Set, Inc., sponsored by WinChevrolet, 2201 E. 223rd Street, Long Beach, CA 90810. Articles from members are alwayswelcome, and are to be submitted to the Newsletter Editor (Pat) by 6:00pm Sundayfollowing the General Meeting. These meetings are held on the first Thursday of eachmonth at 7:00pm at Win Chevrolet, 2201 E. 223rd Street, Long Beach. Guests are alwayswelcome to attend any Vette Set event.

2018 Vette Set Officers & Appointees

Chevrolet trademark(s) used with the written permission of General Motors.

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Office Name

PRESIDENT David Tavares

VICE PRESIDENT Chuck Hammer

SECRETARY Stephanie Klakovich

TREASURER John Tully

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS Gary Gaffney

ACTIVITIES Jennifer Walton

AMBASSADOR Anton Wijenayake

Dixie Foster

Sharon Cowley

BY-LAWS Jerry Clement

John Tully

Dick Whitford

Santiago Chavez

Linda Glaza

CHARITY Linda Tully

HISTORIAN Sharon Cowley

N.C. MUSEUM

AMBASSADOR George Person

NCCC GOVERNOR Bruce Gaines

NEWSLETTER EDITOR Pat Cowley

PROCUREMENT Bill Molinelli

RACE Santiago Chavez

Reata Chance

Yvonne Molinelli

SPONSOR RELATIONS George Person

SUNSHINE Yvonne Molinelli

WEB MASTER Raul Rodrigues

RAFFLE

AWARDS BANQUET

CAR SHOW

Outside contact can be made with:

1. President David Tavaras, 562-308-0390, davidtapc@earthlink.net

2. Vice President Chuck Hammer, 310-874-6657, ballpien99@hotmail.com

3. Ambassador Anton Wijenayake, 310-283-5426, awije@yahoo.com

PREZ SEZDavid Tavares

Since I was on travel, Jerry Clement conducted our monthly meeting at Win Chevrolet. Afterwards, members enjoyed pizza & beer at Shakey’s Pizza. Oh yeah, Dennis had a salad.

VETTE SET ACTIVITIES CALENDAR

ACTIVITIESJennifer Walton

August 15 --- Activities Dinner Meeting at 6:30pm at Islands Restaurant, 1609 Hawthorne, in Redondo Beach. Bring your well researched ideas for new club runs or activities!

September 6 --- General meeting at WIN Chevrolet at 7pm. Donations of books & magazines can go to Linda Tully for our veterans.

September 19 --- Activities Dinner Meeting at 6:30pm at Nico’s Pizzeria, 399 W. 6th St, San Pedro, 90731. Bring your well researched ideas for new club runs or activities!

Sept 19-Oct 1 --- Lee & Diane Feher propose a 12 day Alaska cruise aboard the Star Princess. The cruise leaves from the Port of Los Angeles, in San Pedro and returns to the same port. If you are AAA member and don’t have a travel agent, you can contact Melissa Colburn at the Torrance AAA office (310) 791-6739 or call Princess Cruises at (800) 774-6327. This link takes you directly to this specific cruise: https://www.princess.com/find/cruiseDetails.do?voyageCode=9831&bID=PCDIR 3

August 2 --- General meeting at WIN Chevrolet at 7pm. Donations of books & magazines can go to Linda Tully for our veterans.

Fall (TBD)--- Breakfast Club Run to The Filling Station Restaurant Old Towne Orange led by David Tavares and Jennifer Walton. Details TBA.

November 10-12 --- Club Run with Jack Walter and Jerry Clement. (Saturday-Monday). “California Highs to Lows” cruising to Lone Pine and Death Valley National Park. Monday’s return will feature the 1st Annual “Desolate Desert Run” for those who wish to explore their Corvette’s potential. This run celebrates the conclusion of the 3rd year of Monday Driver’s Club Runs.

December 8 --- Holiday Party at The Green Onion Mexican Restaurant in San Pedro. Cocktails at 5pm and dinner at 6pm. $25/person. Checks made to The Vette Set.

February 2, 2019 --- Awards Banquet at Admiral Risty’s Restaurant in Palos Verdes Estates

Postponed: Monday Driver’s Club led by Jack Walter to Rubel’s Castle in Glendora. Cost for the tour is $10/person with the Glendora Historical Society. Tour is followed by lunch and optional twistys. Meet at 8:30am at Krispy Kreme, 1199 Artesia Bl in Gardena.

NON-VETTE SET SPONSORED SO CAL ACTIVITIES

August 23-26 --- Vettes on the Rockies at the Steamboat Grand Resort, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Last Vette Set “Run to the Rockies” was in 2008, led by Hal Vatcher. He has all the info regarding that last trip if someone wants to lead? His number is (310) 594-4615.

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September 30 --- 8am-2pm Ronald McDonald House 19th Annual Charity Car Show, Loma Linda. Info: www.rmhcarshow.com Open to clubs and individuals.

October 6 --- 14th Annual Corvette Blast in Santa Maria, a Vapor Trails Event. For info, contact Gale Haugen at galehaugen@charter.net

November 10 --- North Coast Vettes hosts Vettes for Veterans, an all Corvette Car Show honoring San Diego area veterans. Net proceeds go to Paralyzed Veterans of America, Cal-Diego Chapter and the Semper Fi Fund of San Diego. Info: jdtheking@roadrunner.com

Garden Grove Car Show --- Every Friday 4-8pm in Old Town Garden Grove. For more info, contact David Tavares at davidtapc@earthlink.net or (562)308-0390.

Cruising 50’s --- 2nd Saturday of each month, 2-6pm for pre 1974 cars at Farmer Boys, near the 110 Freeway & Redondo Beach Bl.

Caffeine Cruisers --- Every Saturday, 7-10am in Torrance, on SE corner of Artesia & Hawthorne, between Starbucks & Sizzler.

Jennifer

Features• Monterey Red with Cashmere interior• 6 speed paddle shift• 70,000 pampered miles• New Michelin run flat tires• New Z51 cross-drilled rotors and Red

Calipers• New Delco battery• Custom polished Stainless steel exhaust

system (cat back)• Custom carbon fiber leather trimmed cons• 2 tops• Sequential tail lights• Complete factory documentation• Build Sheet, Window Sticker and

Showroom BrochureContact Kim Foster• 310-420-4471 , text or call for

appointment to see car• karkrazy66@gmail.com

2007 Corvette Z51, 3LT For Sale, $21.5K

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ORVETTE RACING AT ROAD AMERICA:

By the Numbers

DETROIT (August 1, 2018) –Corvette Racing’s next stop in 20th season campaign is a track that is universally praised by not just everyone on the team, but in sports car racing in general. Here are a few fun facts and trivia as Corvette Racing returns to Road America for the 17th time…

1: As in one team, one manufacturer and one model of car for 20 years: Corvette Racing, Chevrolet and the Chevrolet Corvette.

3: Generations of Corvette Racing entries at Road America since 2004 – Corvette C5-R (2002-2004), Corvette C6.R (2005-13) and Corvette C7.R (2016-current).

3: Consecutive GTLM runner-up finishes for Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen coming into Road America.

4: Number of cars Tommy Milner passed in the final 15 minutes of the 2016 race. He and Oliver Gavin went on to win in class and capture the GTLM title.

4: Road America wins for Oliver Gavin, tied for second-most among IMSA drivers.

RACE REPORTSantiago Chavez

7: Number of victories at Road America for Corvette Racing, the most of any entrant in IMSA.

7: Pole positions at Road America for Corvette Racing by four different drivers.

8: Fastest race laps for Corvette Racing drivers at Road America, including four by Gavin and one by Magnussen.

8: Number of drivers who have won races at Road America for Corvette Racing – Gavin (four); Olivier Beretta (three); Johnny O’Connell (two); and Kelly Collins, Ron Fellows, Magnussen, Milner and Andy Pilgrim (one each).

8: As in Chevrolet’s small-block V8. More than 100 million units have been sold worldwide and is the most successful engine in American motorsports.

12: Manufacturer Championships for Chevrolet and Corvette Racing since 2001.

16: Number of GT Le Mans wins in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Corvette Racing since the start of 2014. That’s the most of any manufacturer and team in GTLM.

24: Tracks at which Corvette Racing has won races – Baltimore, COTA, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park/Mosport, Daytona, Detroit, Houston, Laguna Seca, Le Mans, Lime Rock, Long Beach, Miami, Mid-Ohio, Portland, Road America, Road Atlanta, Sebring, Sonoma, St. Petersburg, Texas, Trois Rivieres, Utah, VIR, Washington DC and Watkins Glen.

28: Number of drivers for Corvette Racing since 1999.

107: Victories worldwide for Corvette Racing – 99 in North America and eight at Le Mans.

208: Event starts by Corvette Racing since 1999.

NCM AMBASSADOR &SPONSOR RELATIONSGeorge M. Person, Jr.

NCM NEWS

The 'Most American' Car You Can BuyCorvette has long had the nickname 'America's Sports Car' and according to the annual Kogod Made in America Auto Index, it is also the 'Most American' made vehicle. With a top score of 83.5 points, Corvette earned bragging rights by racking up the points ithin seven criteria including profit margin; labor; research and development; inventory, capital and other expenses; engine; transmission; and body, chassis and electrical components.

SPONSOR RELATIONS

I was told by the Sales Managers that the dealership would be getting a ZR 1 in the dealership soon. Something to look forward to seeing. Also a customer has ordered a Long Beach Red ZR 1.

Unfortunately at this time, there are no discounts or incentives to be had.

George Person, Jr.

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• Color is LeMans Blue with shale interior, red calipers

• clear top (removable)• chrome wheels (Corvette) • 94,000 miles• Car is in very good shape • service records since 30,000 miles • near new brakes• just serviced including 4 wheel

alignment a couple months ago.• Contact Kurt Swanson 310-920-4595

2004 Commemorative Edition Corvette For Sale, $14K

BYLAWS Jerry Clement

At the August meeting members approved the addition of the following sentence to the description of the Treasure’s duties:ARTICLE VI OFFICERS/SECTION 7. TREASURER/C. Any Check written by the Treasurer for more than $250 must be verbally approved by the President, or by the Vice President if the President is unavailable.

9,921.69: Number of racing miles completed by Corvette Racing in its 16 previous trips to Road America. That represents 2,453 laps or 150 trips from Gen. Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee to the track.

278,214.60: Total number of racing miles completed by Corvette Racing since its inception. To put that in perspective Apollo 13 – the longest manned spaceflight in history –covered “just” 248,655 miles.

Santiago Chavez

REATA/YVONNE

50/50

NAME BADGE DRAWING

The name badge winner this month could have been Marcie O’Brien; however, she was not present to win the $60. Next month’s drawing will be $70.

50/50 DRAWINGS July Monthly Meeting

This month, Reata and Dennis collected $180 for the 50/50 drawing. The lucky winners were Sharon and Pat ($90) and the club ($90).

ANGELES CREST HIGHWAY 50/50 RUN

$110 was collected. Jeanette Weimer drew the ticket of the lucky winner. The club and Gary Gaffney each received $55.

Yvonne/Reata

SUNSHINEYvonne Molinelli

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AUGUST BIRTHDAYSHOT AUGUST NIGHTSHAPPY BIRTHDAY8/01 Yvonne Molinelli8/03 Ricardo Flemming8/09 Dalene Ficquette8/11 Toni Whitford8/21 Jim Masaki8/25 Tom Raichel

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIESHAPPY ANNIVERSARY8/04 Henry & Nelie Aguirre8/20 Frank & Gloria Tecca8/25 David Tavares & Jennifier Walton8/31 Paul & Debbie Jackley

Yvonne Molinelli

NCCC REPORTBruce Gaines

7th annual OC Vettes poker run. Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

WC-325-001 Sanctioned poker rallyeClick here to see a flyer and registration form

August  2018

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NCCC West Coast Region Calendar

Sanctioned events are in red West Coast Region events are in blue Other events are in black

We had

PRESIDENT’S PICNIC POTLUCK & YARD SALE FUNDRAISER

JULY 15, 2018

HISTORICAL REPORT

The club had a picnic and fundraiser from 1-4pm at Hesse Park in Rancho Palos Verdes. Members brought car-related items to sell with 50% of the sale going to seller & 50% to the club. The club provided main dishes, paper plates, napkins, utensils, and cups. Members brought lawn chairs, side dishes to share, and drinks, along with car-related items for the fundraiser.

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WIN CHEVROLET

HOME OF THE VETTE SET

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