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GazetteThe Vette Set, Inc.

221 Paseo De Suenos

Redondo Beach, CA

90277

FEBRUARY 2020

The Vette Set

Sponsored by

The Automotive Driving Museum2020 Annual Awards Luncheon

OFFICERS AND APPOINTEESThe Vette Set Gazette is a monthly publication of The Vette Set, Inc., sponsored by WinChevrolet, 2201 E. 223rd Street, Carson, CA 90810. Articles from members are alwayswelcome, and are to be submitted to the Newsletter Editor by 6:00pm Sunday followingthe General Meeting. These meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at7:00pm at Win Chevrolet. Guests are always welcome to attend any Vette Set event.

Vette Set Officers & Appointees

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

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Outside contact can be made with:1. President Rob Weimer, 310-941-7061, robert.a.weimer@me.com 2. Vice President Chuck Hammer, 310-874-6657, ballpien99@hotmail.com3. Ambassador Anton Wijenayake, 310-283-5426, awije@yahoo.com

OFFiCE NAME

PRESIDENT Rob Weimer

VICE PRESIDENT Chuck Hammer

SECRETARY Stephanie Bloom

TREASURER John Tully

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS Gary Gaffney

ACTIVITIES Jennifer Walton

AMBASSADOR Anton Wijenayake

BY-LAWS Jerry Clement

CHARITY Linda Tully

FILMMAKER Bob Borge

HISTORIAN Sharon Cowley

N.C. MUSEUM

AMBASSADORGeorge Person

NCCC GOVERNOR Bruce Gaines

NEWSLETTER EDITOR Pat Cowley

PROCUREMENT Kim Foster

RACE David Tavares

RAFFLE Emma Dela Cerna

SPONSOR RELATIONS George Person

SUNSHINEKelly Donlou

Sharon Cowley

WEB MASTER Raul Rodriguez

AWARDS BANQUETDixie Foster

Sharon Cowley

PREZ SEZRob Weimer

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Hi Vette Set Members,Many Thanks to Dixie and her team for putting together a wonderful 55th anniversary Banquet. I’ve received a lot of positive feedback on the food and venue. I’m looking forward to Jack’s run to The Ronald Reagan library today. Hope to see you all at a new dinner night out location, Habana Vieja Cuban Cuisine and cafe, located at 1648 W Carson Blvd, in Torrance.I would like to put together a few goals for our club for 2020. If you have ideas to help improve our club, please email me with them.Thanks,

Rob

VETTE SET ACTIVITIES CALENDAR

ACTIVITIESJennifer Walton

February 1 --- Awards Banquet will be held from 11-3, at the Automobile Driving Museum, 610 Lairport St, in El Segundo. Park behind the museum, off Mariposa. Following the banquet will be a 3:30pm tour of the museum led by Jack Walter. Tickets are $36.

February 6 --- General meeting at WIN Chevrolet at 7pm. Donate your magazines and books to Carolyn Shofner for the Heritage Rehabilitation Center or Linda Tully for veterans.

February 8 --- Buttonwillow driving event with David Tavares and Ken Morelock. For more info, call David Tavares (562) 308-0390.

February 10 --- The Monday Drivers’ Club celebrates President’s Day early with a visit to The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. The library and museum contain great exhibits including a replica of the Oval Office, Air Force One pavilion, Berlin Wall, Nighthawk Stealth Fighter, Egypt’s Lost Cities and two restaurants. Admission is $29.95 or $26.95 for seniors. Ample free parking is included. Meet at 9:45am, leaving at 10am from In-N-Out Burger, 3801 Inglewood Ave, Redondo Beach. For more info or questions, call Jack Walter (310) 617-4820.

February 19 --- Activities Dinner Meeting at 6:30pm at Habana Vieja Cuban Cuisine and Café, located in the Carson Western Center, at 1648 W. Carson Bl, Torrance, 90501. Bring your well-researched ideas for new club runs or activities.

March 5 --- General meeting at WIN Chevrolet at 7pm. Donate your magazines and books to Carolyn Shofner for the Heritage Rehabilitation Center or Linda Tully for veterans.

March 18 --- Activities Dinner Meeting at 6:30pm at Los Paisas Mexican Restaurant, 25720 Western Ave, Harbor City, 90710. Bring your well-researched ideas for new club runs or activities.

April 2 --- General meeting at WIN Chevrolet at 7pm. Donate your magazines and books to Carolyn Shofner for the Heritage Rehabilitation Center or Linda Tully for veterans.

April 15 --- Activities Dinner Meeting at 6:30pm. Location TBA.

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NEW IDEAS FOR CLUB RUNS1. Nethercutt Museum/Peterson Automotive Museum, Gary Gaffney

2. Filling Station/Antique Stores, Gary Gaffney/Jennifer Walton

3. Mullin Museum, Oxnard: Private tours T/Th plus two Saturdays/month, Hal Holzman

4. Central Coast Trip to Mullin Museum, Island Beach (?), Cachuma Lake, Solvang

5. California Speedway Race Track, Chris Donlou

6. Saturday run to San Antonio Winery in LA, Bill Molinelli/Dennis Chance

NON-VETTE SET SPONSORED SO CAL ACTIVITIES

NEW! Morning Shift Cars & Coffee --- 8am at Porsche Experience Center, 19800 Main St, Carson 90745. First Saturday of every month. All makes, models, spectators and photographers are welcome. No entry or registration fee required. Free coffee.

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. Entry $3/car.

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

April 17-19 --- Long Beach Grand Prix. Several club members will be going on Friday, April 17 including David Tavares and Jennifer Walton.

April 25 --- Ladies’ Luncheon at Ruby’s Diner in Redondo Beach at 11am. Please RSVP to Jeanette Weimer forjweimer@me.com or Rosie Gipson rosie.gipson@verizon.net

SUMMER --- Annual Anniversary Picnic and Yard Sale Fundraiser to be held on a Sunday, date TBA, from 12-3 at Hesse Community Park, 23901 Hawthorne Bl, Rancho Palos Verdes, 90275.

Aug 29 --- Ladies’ Luncheon at Ruby’s Diner in Redondo Beach at 11am. Please RSVP to Jeanette Weimer forjweimer@me.com or Rosie Gipson rosie.gipson@verizon.net

Sept 12-20 --- “Vino to Oro” Joint Club Run with Chaz McManis, Southwest Corvettes and other Corvette Friends. Departing from Magic Mountain to Napa Valley and back through the CA Gold Country. They are OPEN to suggestions for places to see, things to do, etc. Sat night stay in Patterson, Sunday 3 hours of open time at Fisherman’s Wharf, up to Santa Rosa, touring Napa and the Gold Country. Heading home with overnight stay in Fresno. Details in flier available at the meetings. For more details, email chazmanc6@gmail.com

Nov 14 --- Ladies’ Luncheon at Ruby’s Diner in Redondo Beach at 11am. Please RSVP to Jeanette Weimer forjweimer@me.com or Rosie Gipson rosie.gipson@verizon.net

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First 2020 Corvette Rolls Off the Assembly Line

Regular production of the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray coupe begins February 3, 2020 at General Motors Bowling Green Assembly in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Initial vehicle shipments to dealers are expected to begin in late February or March.

Have You Opted for R8C?

Though production of the 2020 Corvette has already started, it may not be too late to opt in for a Museum Delivery of your new ride! The program can be added on through any Chevrolet Dealer and customers are treated to a 'red carpet' V.I.P. experience. The program includes perks including guide tour of the Museum (and Plant when tours resume), laps at the NCM Motorsports Park, one-year Museum membership, special commemorative items including a plaque, lapel pin and unique door jamb decal. Delivery Corvettes are also displayed in the Museum and viewable world-wide via our webcams.

Check out all the other perks and details -plus a video about the program on their website!

Win the Last C7 Grand Sport Convertible!

2019 Blade Silver Grand Sport ConvertibleRaffle Drawing 02/20/2020Tickets $150 / Limited to 1,500 TicketsOnly 739 Tickets SOLD as of 02/06/2020

NCM AMBASSADOR &SPONSOR RELATIONSGeorge M. Person, Jr.

NCM NEWS

2020 Arctic White Corvette CoupeRaffle Drawing 03/26/2020Tickets $100 / Limited to 2,000 TicketsOnly 525 Tickets SOLD as of 02/06/2020

2020 Black Corvette CoupeRaffle Drawing 4/25/2020Tickets $20 / Unlimited Tickets

Registration Open for LeMans Viewing Party

On June 13 - 14, 2020 the worlds greatest car manufacturers will battle at the 24 Hours of LeMans. Through special arrangement with the ACO, they will have a special commercial free, ACO commentated, direct feed of the race at the National Corvette Museum.

Come enjoy the race on their 28-foot giant screen in the Chevrolet Theater, with live timing and scoring, refreshments, private Skypes from the Corvette Racing Team, and

door prizes. George Person, Jr.

Another TVS Gal Luncheon was held on January 25 at Ruby’s Diner in Redondo Beach. It seems that everyone had a great time - lots of talking!! If you missed this luncheon, please try to attend those scheduled for April 25, Aug 29, and Nov 14.

Thank you, Rosie

TVS Gals Luncheon

NCCC REPORTBruce Gaines

RACE REPORTDavid Tavares

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Points from January’s Meeting in Fontana1. From the treasury report, the current

balance is $18,549.142. From the regional competition director's

report:a) Members no longer need their NCCC

cards when participating in an event as coordinator can look then up.

b) Event dues run from $0 to $2 depending if the event is sanctioned and if the entrant is an NCCC member

c) Waivers can be downloaded from the NCCC national website

d) All sanction request need to go to Joe Orrico along with the results of the event

e) There are some things in the 2021 rule book that are not accurate, they are being corrected this Month.

Regional Executive report1. Blue Bars: If you have articles you wish to

publish, send teem to the blue bars editor.2. Regional officers election 21-22, Allen

Morris will not be running, Allen put fourth a motion for the region to pay for the new regional executive to attend the National meeting in November.

Old businessNext regional meeting: May 9 in Ventura.

Events1. Las Vegas: Weekend on the Queen Mary

end of Feb and Run to Reagan Library March 1st

2. Corvettes West: wings over wheels March AFB Oct 17

3. Palm Springs Corvettes: autocross in

Indio March 14 and 15th. Bruce

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 26, 2020) –Corvette Racing’s new Chevrolet Corvette C8.R finished its maiden race with a fourth-place finish in the Rolex 24 At Daytona to start the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCarChampionship.

Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor and Nicky Catsburg led the team’s effort Saturday and Sunday in the No. 3 Corvette C8.R, which had a mostly trouble-free run in its competition debut. The trio completed 785 laps for 2,794.6 miles – the greatest distance for any Corvette entry in Rolex 24 history.

The No. 4 Cor-vette C8.R of Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner and Marcel Fässler under-went multiple trials Saturday and Sunday. But they ultimately finished the race as well. An oil leak developed forcing the No. 4 Corvette into the garage for extensive work. The crew worked nearly nine hours to make the needed repairs since engine removal was required.

RACE RESULTS:1st: #24, BMW M8 GTE2nd: #912, Porsche 911 RSR-193rd: #911, Porsche 911 RSR-194th: #3, Corvette C8R5th: #25 BMW M8 GTE

Corvette Racing’s next event is the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on March 19-21 at Sebring (Fla.) International Raceway.

David

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▪ A C5/Corvette lover's dream. 1 owner. Factory ordered. Meticulously cared for SoCal car

Always garaged & covered Nearly immaculate Daily driver for 6 years.

▪ Options:1SB - Preferred Equipment Group-Sport CoupeB84 - Body Side MoldingsF55 - Magnetic Selective Ride ControlLS1 - 5.7L, 350HP V8M30 - Automatic Transmission12U - Quicksilver Metallic*67I - Light Oak*

*This color combo was not a dealer option.

2003 CORVETTE FOR SALE

▪ Mods:ZO6 tires & chrome wheels, Blackwing air intake, Borla Touring exhaust system, Cross-drilled brakes, Kenwood nav/phone/stereo unit.

▪ Aesthetics:Tinted windowsemblems/decals exhaust plate vent screens Car cover & bug bra included

▪ Some original parts & all paperwork available.

▪ Only 51,215 miles!▪ Asking $19,999. Willing to negotiate

• Eric Withee, Former TVS Member, 310-994-5073

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1984 CORVETTE FOR SALE

• $9.75K Or Best Offer▪ 56K Original Miles▪ Black Exterior/Black Interior▪ L83, 5.7 OHV 350 V-8 Engine▪ 4-Speed Automatic Transmission▪ B. F. Goodrich Tires▪ Epsilon Wheels, $1.8K Value ▪ Contact: Richard @ 310-707-7293

Note: Richard Gonzalez is Sharon & Pat’s mechanic and owner of Pierce Bros. Garage in San Pedro. This car belongs to Richard’s aunt who turned 89 and sadly decided that she should no longer drive it.

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AWARDS BANQUETAUTOMOBILE DRIVING MUSEUM

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2020

The banquet room before the members arrived. Three member’s cars were included for decoration.

HISTORICAL REPORTThis years awards banquet was held at The Automotive Driving Museum in El Segundo. This facility was recommended by our club member, Jack Walter, who is also a museum docent. After the buffet

luncheon and award presentations, there was a tour of the museum. There was also reserved parking for the attendees.

The banquet with members seated.

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A group photo of the 2019 Officers and Appointees.

The By-Laws identify annual awards to be presented. Below is a list of the awards and the recipients shown above:

1. Bert Pierce Memorial Participation Award ……………………………………….. Jack Walter

2. Jerry Belcher Memorial Outstanding New Member Award……….… Harry Kenyon

3. Hard Luck Award…………………………………………………………........ Chuck & Careen Hammer

4. Glen Childs Perpetual Memorial Award—Member of the Year…………Rob Weimer

The 2019 Officers and Appointees were thanked and given awards. The 2020 Officers and Appointees were introduced. Actually, the only change for the incoming group was the replacement of Dixie Foster with Kelly Donlou for the Sunshine position.

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niJack, with presenter, Gary Harry Chuck & careen Rob

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Personal awards were made: Dick Whitford gave awards to Bonniegay & Gary; Kim Foster gave awards to Jerry & Chuck; Raul Rodriquez gave an award to Dennis & Reata; Anton Wijenayaki gave awards to Bob, Jennifer, Diane & Lee.

A group photo of the cub members at the banquet.

This awards banquet was a huge success due to: (1) the location, The Automotive Driving Museum, recommended by Jack Walter; (2) mimosas provided by Jimmy, Adele, Ken & Dalene; (3) Danny’s catering and (4) the organization skills of Dixie Foster and Sharon Cowley. It was a great day for Bob Borge who won the $100 raffle.

Pat

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