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Tech info Bob Alexander (970) 221-0754 2950 Neil Drive, Unit 10 Fort Collins, CO 80526 [email protected]

Club Store / Board Member Robert J. & Connie Maher 5829 Stroebel Road (989) 781-0807 Saginaw, MI 48609-5249 [email protected]

Legend Editor / Board Member Tom Szymczyk phone (856) 439-0314 30 Sandhurst Drive fax (856) 866-9003 Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054-6206 [email protected]

Board Member & Past President Bill Markowski 1341 Stolle Road (716) 652-1911 Elma, NY 14059-9734 [email protected]

Membership Coordinator / Board Member Beth Butcher P.O. Box 213 (970) 493-3932 Timnath, CO 80547-0213 [email protected]

Commercial Advertising / Board Member John & Diana Johnson (573) 581-8013 620 N. Jefferson fax: (573) 581-6486 Mexico, MO 65265-3217 [email protected]

Chapter Coordinator Bill Vantuono (732) 208-6860 431 16th Avenue fax: (212) 633-1863 Brick, NJ 08724 [email protected]

Membership, Recruitment & Public Relations Dan Elder (254) 986-2900 2074 Allena Lane fax: (254) 986-2411 Temple, TX 76502 [email protected]

Webmaster Sean Mattingly 335 East 360 North (765) 608-1109 Anderson, IN 46012 [email protected]

Concours Judging Chairman Jon Wacholtz 706 13th Avenue SW (507) 433-5201 Austin, MN 55912-2726 [email protected]

Convention Coordinator Steve Hedrick 3676 Morgan Way (636) 942-4020 Imperial, MO 63052 [email protected]

1964 Mike Schulz (952) 472-2125 4878 Edgewater Dr Mound, MN 55364-2006

1965 Scott Tiemann (517) 647-2433 11817 E. Grand River Portland, MI 48875

1966 Marvin Minarich, Sr. (815) 467-0381 26265 West Highland Drive Channahon, IL 60410 [email protected]

1967 Terry Weiner (847) 758-6112 (days) 409 Ronnie Drive Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-1151 [email protected]

1968 Ed Dreksler (352) 622-3281 2208 N.E. 40th Terrace Ocala, FL 34470-3171 [email protected]

1969 Kevin Beal (603) 313-9696 PO Box 367 Marlborough, NH [email protected]

1970 Quint Stires (603) 357-6499 26 Kingsbury Street Keene, NH 03431 [email protected]

1971 Dan Jensen (517) 647-2474 & 72 11929 E. Grand River Portland, MI 48875-8444

1973 Bill Markowski (716) 652-1911 1341 Stolle Road Elma, NY 14059-9734 [email protected]

1974 Terry Doolittle (541) 476-4280 543 Serenity Lane Grants Pass, OR 97526-9795

2004-06 Jonathan Schwenn (414) 687-6470 735 Longwood Drive Algonquin IL 60102 [email protected]

Judges Jon Wacholtz (507) 433-5201 706 13th Ave S.W. Austin, MN 55912-2726 [email protected]

GT-37 John Sawruk 667 Oxhill Court White Lake, MI 48386-2336

Paint Gary Cave (301) 868-3483 & Body 7805 Ferry Avenue Clinton, MD 20735-1702

Differentials Position Open

Volunteers may send resumes to Steve Lucas, Chief Tech Advisor

Exhaust Systems Gardner Exhaust Systems 15 Glenn Pond Drive Red Hook, NY 12571 (845) 758-8003

Engine Interchange & Heads Ronald Rocchi Pontiac Performance Engineering 9444 N. Marion Morton Grove, IL 60053-1258 (847) 966-0998 [email protected]

Carburetors Jon Hardgrove 204 East 15th Eldon, MO 65026-2524 (573) 392-7378 (8-5CST)

www.thecarburetorshop.com

VENDOR DISCOUNT PROGRAM Participating Companies

A&M Soff Seal 800-426-0902

The Paddock, Inc. 800-428-4319

Performance Years GTOs 800-542-7278

Warpath Restoration Parts 440-845-4612

Year One, Inc. 800-950-9503

Chief Technical Advisor Steve Lucas (630) 346-2967 230 South Hudson, Westmont, IL 60559-1936 [email protected]

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1 September 2008

IN THIS ISSUE Volume 26 Number 9

September 2008

1 Officer & Staff Info

2 First Gear Tom Szymczyk

3 From The Prez’s Pen Bob Alexander

4 Convention Thank You Mark Klos

5 Chapter Awards John Johnson

7 Tom Foster Award John Johnson

8 Drags & Autocross Mark Klos

9 Convention Photos 11 Concours Gold Winners 14 Concours Silver 15 Concours Bronze 16 Popular Vote Winners

21 Little GTOs Tim Sickle

22 Club Store 25 2009 Meet Forms 27 2009 Hotel List 28 Classifieds

Want Pictures? We Got 'Em

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this issue of The Legend speaks volumes. For the first time ever, we are able to bring you color photos of all the Popular Vote and Concours win-ners from the GTOAA Nationals.

A specific confluence of events had to take place to make this possible. First, of course, was the availability of many color pages in this issue. Next, the co-operation of our Meet photographers, Signature Studios, who provided the photos. Then we have Steve Ruggles who managed the Meet entry database, and computer whiz Gary Brodock who assembled the PowerPoint presentation at this year's awards banquet. All of these folks working together made it happen, so a heartfelt thanks to them. I think you will find that with only a cou-ple exceptions, we have every winning car pictured here for you.

Speaking of pictures, we also got over 1,500 images from GTOAA volun-teers who were kind enough to send along the shots they took at the conven-tion. Among them were Karen Adreani, Bob Alexander, Bob Axtman, Joe James, John Johnson, Stephen Morton, Steve Ruggles, and Nick Sickle. We didn't have room for a lot of them in this issue, but as space permits in the coming months, we will run some of them for your enjoyment.

Aside From Photos…

No amount of pictures can convey the amount of hard work and long hours it takes to conduct a successful conven-tion. The Electric City GTOs, with plenty of good help from the Pioneer Valley club, kept things running smoothly and on time. They worked while the rest of us had fun, and that's what hospitality is all about. All in-volved deserve a big thank you!

Mike Landau and Paul Bourbeau, along with their respective parking lot crews, are to be commended for manag-ing a challenging parking area situation. With space at a premium and a previous convention booked at the hotel that liked the place so much that they decided to stay an extra day, it took some juggling. Still, the Electric City and Pioneer Val-ley team managed to accommodate eve-ryone, which is a credit to the care and dedication they put in day after day after day by. An outstanding job.

If anyone walked in from the park-ing lot well after dark, you also saw Steve Ruggles and/or Gary Brodock working night after night to keep every-thing up to date on the computer side of things. And of course we had conven-tion chairmen Mark Klos and Greg Du-brule dealing with minute-by-minute is-sues with the hotel and other venues that are involved with this kind of event.

What Did You Think?

Please tell us about your Meet ex-perience. It's always good to get the per-spective of people who attended and weren't involved with the day-by-day is-sues of running the convention like we were. What you liked, what you didn't like, what we could do more of, less of, or differently. The convention is for your enjoyment, so please let us know how it worked for you.

Don't Forget . . .

Your thoughts, suggestions, com-plaints, comments, letters, and ideas are always welcome. My e-mail address is [email protected] and my phone number is (856) 439-0314. Feel free to call anytime up to midnight Eastern Time. Operators are standing by.

Tom Szymczyk The Legend 2 September 2008

HIGHLIGHTS:

2008 Meet Summary & 2009 Meet Preview New Chapter Coordinator Announced

Less than 24 hours ago, I returned

from my first visit to New York and this year’s annual convention. The week I was there flew by in a blur. I assure you that I will never forget my trip to Sara-toga Springs and the surrounding area and the incredible 2008 Meet. With that in mind, I want to thank Chairmen Greg Dubrule and Mark Klos and the men and women of the Electric City GTOs for hosting this year’s event and the Pioneer Valley GTO Association for their sup-port. On behalf of the GTOAA Direc-tors and Staff I also send a special “thanks” to all of the vendors, VIPs, and the sponsors.

I especially want to recognize John Sawruk for attending while struggling with serious health issues. John is a long-time and dedicated supporter of the GTOAA and I can’t begin to express my appreciation for his attendance this year. I noted that there were more than 300 members registered this year with over 60 cars in Concours and approximately 150 entered in the Popular Vote Show. I also know that we gained at least 20 new members in the GTOAA as a result of the 2008 Meet!

Among the many highlights for me was the largest gathering of 1973 GTOs I have witnessed since I began attending Meets in 2000. The conventions are only getting better and more enjoyable for everyone in attendance and the ven-ues continue to be very interesting with a myriad of activities for the GTO enthusi-ast and his or her family. If you have never been to a Meet or haven’t gone lately, I encourage you to start planning now for next year. You will never forget the experience.

Speaking of an unforgettable ex-perience, plan now for next year’s his-tory making event. For the first the time

ever (and maybe the last time), the GTOAA and the Pontiac Oakland Club International (POCI) will hold a joint convention. Can you imagine the variety of cars we will see next year? How about the number of cars and people? Folks, we could see over 1,000 cars at next year’s event and 2,000 registrations.

Why do I state this? Well, within a day’s drive of Dayton, Ohio, GTOAA and POCI have 8,000 members! I hope to see all of you next year at this incredi-ble event in Dayton, Ohio. Carefully re-view this month’s issue and future issues of The Legend for updates and high-lights. We already started coverage of the 2009 Meet in the August issue.

What happened between July 15 and July 19? As in the past, Meet partici-pants were treated to seminars and a dis-play of special vehicles from Pontiac, in-cluding the 400+ horsepower G8 GXP. As usual, several VIPs attended includ-ing Jim Wangers, Arnie Beswick, John Sawruk, Paul Zazarine, Jim Mattison, and Milt Schornack.

Meet attendees enjoyed discussions on various historical and pertinent topics relative to their GTOs. Drag racing and autocross were on the schedule with the historic Lebanon Valley Raceway as the venue for the drag race.

For history buffs like me, just a 20-minute drive from the Meet and you ar-rived at the site of the Battle of Saratoga, the event that was the turning point in the Revolutionary War. The Saratoga Auto Museum featured a display dedi-cated to GTOs with display cars repre-senting 1964-1974 GTOs and a 2004 GTO representing the 04-06 models. For me, the highlight of this year’s Meet was the cruise on beautiful Lake George that culminated with an amazing fire-works display that evening.

The Meet concluded Saturday night, July 19, with the awards banquet featur-ing opening entertainment via bagpipes and a presentation about next year’s Co-vention by Chairman John Spiess and Steve Fleury of the POCI Grand Prix Chapter. Again, I encourage you to start planning for next year. You can make hotel reservations now if you desire.

After an exhaustive search for nearly a year, I am proud to announce that we have a new Chapter Coordinator. The GTOAA Board of Directors and I selected Bill Vantuono for this position. John Johnson, after over three years of dedicated service, stepped down in early August and immediately transitioned his duties to Bill. John will remain as our Commercial Advertising Coordinator and a GTOAA Director. Bill may be familiar to you because he has written numerous outstanding articles for this publication. I look forward to great things for our organization and our chap-ters as a result of Bill’s dedication, ex-perience, and service.

It’s time to close for now. I need to finish unpacking. Next month, I will provide the highlights from the 2008 GTOAA Board of Directors meeting in-cluding detailed information on new ini-tiatives and a review of the previous year’s accomplishments.

I will also provide a summary of the Council of Presidents' Meeting and as a result of a request during that meeting, I will investigate the possibility of increas-ing our liability insurance coverage in 2009.

Keep checking our website for up-dates and note the link to next year’s Meet website. Thank you for your sup-port of the GTOAA!

The Legend 3 September 2008

The Electric City GTOs would

like to formally thank the Pioneer Valley GTO Association for their hard work, commitment, and dedication to help in making the 2008 GTOAA International Meet a truly memorableevent. Also to Paul Bourbeau, presi-dent of Pioneer Valley, for agreeing to throw his club under the bus as assistants for the event.

Event Sponsors Ames Performance Chrys Enterprises

Gil's Garage Golden Corral

Nitemare Performance Olde Saratoga Brewery

The Paddock Pedders USA

Performance Years PPG Paints

Saratoga Autobody Supply Jim Wangers

Thanks also to Stephen "Morty" Morton, member of PVGTO, for managing the '04-'06 contingent's tech-in and show field spaces, pro-viding a more balanced flow for view-ing and judging.

Not once did any PVGTO mem-ber complain or leave their post dur-ing the entire event, and most were working long hours without relief. These things do not go unnoticed, and are to be commended. Thank you members of PVGTO.

I would also like to thank Amy Perciballi, president of the Long Is-land GTO Club, for gathering the second largest group of chapter par-ticipants (second only to Pioneer Val-ley) and their help on the field, in a strong show of support for their up-state New York neighbors. Thank you Members of LIGTO Club.

Thank you to all our VIPs and sponsors, and a very special thank you to John Sawruk for his never ending passion for Pontiacs and his willingness to share his knowledge, even in these trying personal times. We wish him and his family well. Please keep John and the family in your prayers.

Lastly, thank you to all that at-tended and became part of the Na-tionals, see a part of this country you might not ever get to see otherwise, and enjoy the hobby and the cars with old and new friends. On behalf of all of the Electric City GTO members, Mark Klos Co-chairman 2008 convention

Tech Speakers Pete Basica

Art Fitzpatrick Merle Green

Dennis Kirban Jim Mattison

Meguiar's PPG Paints

John Sawruk Pete Serio

Scott Tiemann Jim Wangers Paul Zazarine

Special Car Displays Jim Wangers -- GeeTO Tiger Arnie Beswick -- Tameless Tiger Walt Hollifield -- '69 Ram Air V GTO Milt Schornack -- '70 Royal Ram Air V GTO Merle Green '66 Knafel GTO Pontiac Performance Trailer Pontiac Historical Fleet

VIPs Pete Basica

Arnie Beswick Art Fitzpatrick Merle Green

Walt Hollifield Dennis Kirban Jim Mattison John Sawruk

Milt Schornack Pete Serio

Scott Tiemann Jim Wangers Paul Zazarine


..Chapter Awards at the 2008 Nationals


by John Johnson..

Membership Affiliation Awards

GTOAA’s goal in chartering clubs as official chapters of the national organization is to increase GTOAA membership and provide ways for GTOAA members to get together on a local level to enjoy the fellowship of people in the GTO hobby. Chapter Membership Affiliation Awards recognize local clubs for the percentage of national GTOAA members in the local organization.

I will note that just as the minimum GTOAA membership require-ment for the older chapters was increased a couple years ago from 33% to 40% (newer chapters need 100%), the award percentages for each level increased as well, as follows:

Bronze – 50% to 69% national membership Silver – 70% to 89% national membership Gold – 90% to 100% national membership

For 2008, 25 of our chapters received GTOAA Membership Affilia-

tion Awards, indicating that many local clubs are increasing their na-tional membership as time goes on. This is a positive step in increasing overall national participation. The following chapters were recognized for their GTOAA membership levels at this year’s International Meet in Saratoga Springs, NY: Gold Level Connecticut GTO Club Goat Herd GTO Club of Oregon Land of Enchantment GTOs Long Island GTO Club Northeast Ohio GTO Association Silver Level Delaware Valley Old Goat Club God’s Country Pontiac Club Greater Pittsburgh GTO Club Gulf Coast GTOs Southeastern GTO Association Bronze Level Classic GTO Association of Denver Gateway GTO Assoc. of St. Louis GR-RRR8‘R Wichita GTO Club GTO Association of North Texas Inland Empire GTO Club Indy GTO Association Land of Lakes GTO Club Louisville Pontiac GTO Club Northeast Indiana GTOs Northern Colorado GTO Association Southern California Gathering of Goats Sunshine State GTO Association Tarheel Tigers Pontiac Club Western NY GTO Club Woodward GTO Tigers

Best Chapter Display

Garden State GTOs

Best Chapter Apparel Long Island GTO Club

2008 GTOAA

Chapter of the Year

Gateway GTO Association St. Louis, Missouri

..Chapter Awards at the 2008 Nationals by John Johnson..

Just as The Legend magazine is the

primary communication tool that keeps every GTOAA member informed as to the club’s activities and news, the chap-ter newsletter serves the same purpose on a much more personal level. For those of you who have done the editor’s job, you know how many hours of work are put into each issue. Therefore it is only proper that we step back a minute and recognize chapter newsletters that are a step above average.

One obvious thing to note is that I reviewed only chapter newsletters for which the chapter was in compliance with the GTOAA guidelines. Also, GTOAA chapters were divided into three categories by membership size: under 50, 51 to 100, and over 100 mem-bers. This was done so that smaller chapters would not be in competition with larger ones that have greater finan-cial resources and more available talent. Obviously, a chapter with 22 members does not have the same amount of money and personnel that a chapter with 150 members has. Also as from last year’s awards, I tried to use the same ob-jective standards for selecting the win-ners, much as a car show judge evaluates various areas of a vehicle at a show. The Newsletter Excellence Award recipients were selected based on the following cri-teria:

Consistency of publication

Newsletters are eligible to be judged for awards as long as they are published on a regular schedule even though it might not be monthly. The minimum will be quarterly. Also, for those chap-ters that continue to publish and mail out a printed newsletter, please continue to do so. Many chapters are e-mailing out their newsletter. We will accept these as well. Either way, as long as we receive the newsletter, you’re in the running to be judged for the award.

Please note that we have a new Chapter Coordinator, Bill Vantuono. You now need to mail or e-mail your newsletters to him. His contact info is at the end of this article.

Service to the organization Consideration was given for how

well a publication reported on club func-tions, promoted club events, provided in-formation on things of interest to mem-bers, and generally advocated participa-tion and involvement. Promotion of the GTOAA was also evaluated and does count toward your rating.

Quality of writing

Spelling and grammar count. Much like a car show judge evaluating a vehi-cle, we look for “correctness,” and “numbers matching.” So, knowing the difference between “there” and “their” or recognizing that Verdoro is not spelled “Verdauro” or “Verdero” counted for something. Most word-processing pro-grams have a spelling and grammar-checking feature, and by now everyone should have stopped saying “Irish Mist.” Having minimal errors per issue sepa-rated the carefully edited publications from the, let’s say, not-so-carefully ed-ited ones.

Contribution by chapter members

Members’ articles submitted to the chapter newsletter make for a more di-versified and interesting publication. The best ones exhibit a variety of techni-cal articles, stories about peoples’ cars, reports on club activities, and original material submitted by club members.

Overall production values

Whether it may be attractive page layouts, a variety of typefaces, use of columns, sidebars, graphics, and even color, turning out a professional-looking newsletter takes time and effort. Quality photo reproduction is a key area, and the really attractive newsletters in our group approach magazine quality in that re-gard.

I would add that in general the qual-ity of newsletters has improved every year, and the competition has become greater. It is possible that some chapters that won last year didn’t get the award this year because of the increased quality of the competition. Desktop publishing

makes great strides every year, and many of our chapter newsletter editors really do an amazing job. This year’s recipi-ents of the “Certificate of Chapter News-letter Excellence” are: Cactus GTOs Carolina Classic Pontiac Club Classic GTO Association of Denver Cruisin’ Tigers GTO Club Gateway GTO Association of St. Louis Goat Herd GTO Club of Oregon GR-RRR8'R Wichita GTO Club GTO Association of Pennsylvania Gulf Coast GTOs Heart of Illinois GTO Club Land of Lakes GTO Club North East Indiana GTO Club Northern Colorado GTO Association Ohio Valley GTO Association Pioneer Valley GTO Association Royal GTOs Southeastern GTO Association Southern California Gathering of Goats Sunshine State GTO Association Susquehanna Valley GTO Tigers Tarheel Tigers Pontiac Club Tri-Valley GTO Club of Southern Cali-fornia Western NY GTO Club Woodward GTO Tigers

In closing, I would like to thank everyone for sending their publications to me over the past three years. It's been great to see what's happening around the country in various clubs.

As I mentioned earlier, Bill Van-tuono is now your Chapter Coordinator, so be sure to add him to your mailing (or e-mailing) list of newsletter recipients. Chapter Coordinator Bill Vantuono 431 16th Avenue Brick, NJ 08724 (732) 208-6860 [email protected]


..Chapter Awards at the 2008 Nationals by John Johnson..

History Of The Award

About 14 years ago, a dedicated GTO-er named Tom Foster co-founded the Goat Herd GTO Club of Oregon. Obviously he was a mover and a shaker -- a very active GTO-er to say the least. Tom was also very dedicated to the GTOAA, which was proven by his efforts to form and be-come a leader of that chapter, mak-ing sure it became affiliated with the GTOAA, and helped begin The Tiger Run Northwest GTOAA Regional Meet. His level of commitment to the GTOAA, and his influence on the chapter is evident as The Goat Herd is a 100% GTOAA membership chapter, which is very impressive for a chapter of over 100 members.

Outside of the car hobby, I have also heard him described as the kind of person you’d want to have for your neighbor; honest, a good hus-band, a decent person, always willing to offer his assistance to help you out.

Tragically, an accident took Tom’s life a few years ago.

To honor his memory, the GTOAA created the Tom Foster Memorial Award. This award is dedicated to his love for the GTO, the commitment he made to his chap-ter, his volunteer spirit, and his sup-port of the GTOAA Our 2008 Recipient

This year's Tom Foster Memorial Award recipient is a charter member of his local chapter, the Long Island GTO Club, and the proud owner of a 1964 GTO. He exhibits the ultimate GTO/GTOAA attitude! He is posi-tive and enthusiastic about the GTOAA, his local chapter, and the car hobby.

to Westchester nd more! He zeroes in on GTOs

about joining the

mation.

to his efforts that our club has grown so large so quickly.

At his club’s monthly meetings, he gives a membership report. He keeps the club aware of his efforts – and does not believe in e-mail and computers. He is old fashioned and likes to get people on the phone and speak to them personally. He con-tacts GTOAA members, his club’s members, as well as non-renewed members and potential members.

He calls just to say “hi” – giving a more personal approach rather than cold e-mail. He will talk to people who have not renewed either club and find out what the problem is and

He works for the railroad and is 80 – 120 miles from home most days. Even though he keeps long work hours, he will still drive to cruise nights and shows all around the New York area – from Long Is-land to upstate NYaand talks to the owners

GTOAA and his own club. He is also well prepared. He has with him GTOAA applications, a copy of The Legend, applications to his own club, and business cards. He answers any questions the person may have and if he does not know the answer, he will get it and contact the person with the correct infor

He even has been in contact with the membership of the now defunct Hudson Valley GTOAA chapter and brought the "lost" members into our club, keeping them a part of the GTOAA. No matter where he goes he wears the club logo, be it on a hat, a t-shirt, or a jacket. He will talk to anyone and 99% of the time he will have won that person over to join the club and GTOAA. It is due mostly

actually follow through and fix it. He personally called all GTOAA members in our territory and his own club members to solicit the 2008 Na-tionals. He will also call to make sure people know what upcoming events and happenings are around. Above and beyond the whole mem-bership drive thing, he also volun-teers for all shows and events. He is known to his fellow club members as “Mr. 50/50” raising THOUSANDS of dollars for charity at various events.

He is a promoter of not only our club but is also a patriot. EveryMemorial Day he takes part in his local town Memorial Day parade with his GTO and he will get several members of our club to join with himin these parades, again promoting not only our club but the USA!

On behalf of the GTOAA offi-cers and board of directors, it is myprivilege to present the 2008 Tom Foster Memorial Award to Steve Calabrese of the Long Island GTO Club. Congratulations!


CLASS PLACE DRIVER LAP TIME GTO 2004-2006 Stock 1st Mark Melrose 30.551

GTO 2004-2006 Stock 2nd Tom Razzagone 30.641

GTO 2004-2006 Stock 3rd Judy Proctor 31.291

GTO 2004-2006 Prepared 1st Rob Anderson 26.557

GTO 2004-2006 Prepared 2nd Todd Olejniczak 27.236

GTO 2004-2006 Prepared 3rd Kurt Bergantini 28.283

GTO 1964-1974 1st Doug Moyer 32.933

Most Cones Hit Special Award Stephen "Morty" Morton

Quickest Lap Special Award Rob Anderson

CLASS PLACE DRIVER ET / MPH GTO 11.00 and over 1st Tom Oxler 13.967@ 99.82

GTO 11.00 and over 2nd James Gammache 12.11 @ 109.68 redlight

GTO 11.00 and over 3rd Dana Young 11.68 @ 113.63

GTO 10.99 and under 1st Donald Dixon 11.03 @ 126.75 bye run

GTO 10.99 and under 2nd Marc Silva 10.76 @ 122.58

Other Pontiacs 11.00 and over 1st Pasqualle Vitetta 11.59 @ 115.12

Other Pontiacs 11.00 and over 2nd Scott Quirion 14.13 @ 93.70

Other Pontiacs 10.99 and under 1st Jamey Horton 10.27 @ 127.14

Other Pontiacs 10.99 and under 2nd Lou Buxbaum 10.43 @ 127.82

Other Pontiacs 10.99 and under 3rd Richie Hoffman 9.25 @ 146.35

Longest Distance Driven 64-74 GTO Tampa, Florida Glen Yudman Longest Distance Driven 04-06 GTO St. Charles, Missouri Tom Oxler


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The Legend

One of the nicest activities ever at a GTOAA Meet was the dinner and firworks cruise on Lake George aboard the paddle wheeler Minne-Ha-Ha.

10 September 2008

Ames and Performance years were both on hand, along with many other ven-dors in the swap meet area.

Camper option on a 1974 GTO at the Saratoga Auto Museum GTO display.

Jim Wangers thanks the attendees of the 2008 convention.

We were welcomed into the awards ban-quet by a bagpiper

Frank Pelly Concours Original Imran Chaudary Concours ModifiedJoe Guerra Concours Original

Frank Platt Concours Modified Ken Braun Concours Modified Lou Rendano Concours Modified

Rick Last Concours Modified Orvil Osche Concours Modified Tom Savage Concours Modified

Ed Hill Concours Modified Joseph James Concours Restored

Craig Gibney Concours Restored Paul Lesiczka Concours Restored Brandon Goodwin Concours Restored

Jack Scott Concours Restored Stewart Davis Concours Restored Stephen Kiellar Concours Restored

Charles Seybert Concours Modified


Lindsey Carte Concours Restored

Steve Stewart Concours Restored

Rick Mahoney Concours Restored

Terry Weiner Concours Restored

Jack Alongi Concours Restored

Joe Guerra Concours Restored

Dave Wickles Concours Restored Ray DeCrescenzo Concours Restored

Kenneth Rahe Concours Restored Wayne Brown Concours Restored

Nick Massaro Concours Restored

Chuck Henley Concours Restored Mark Simiele Concours Restored Brian Bengen Concours Restored

Michael Bailey Concours Restored Ray DeCrescenzo Concours Restored

Edwin Wolfe Concours Restored

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Concours & Popular Vote Photos Courtesy of

Signature Studios 14 - 18 Warren Street

Glens Falls, NY 12801 518 - 792 - 6857

September 2008

Larry Bart Concours Original Marc Komorsky Concours Original Robert Bugbee Concours Original

Ed Rowe Concours Restored Harold Murray Concours Modified George Disque Concours Modified

John Nicastro Concours Restored Bob Adams Concours Restored Larry Bart Concours Restored


Albert Golden Concours Restored

Bob Desio Concours Restored Lloyd Paro Concours Restored Keith Willnauer Concours Restored

William Prizer Concours Restored Bob Serrao Concours Restored Michael Sloan Concours Restored

Al Minervino Concours Restored

Mark Mastin Concours Modified Doug Hoffman Concours Original Amy Perciballi Concours Restored

Greg Dubrule Concours Restored Alan Simard Concours Restored Barry Buchinski Concours Restored


2nd Ralph Marsai 3rd Stephen Freitas 1st Paul Menin

1st Jack Horrigan 2nd Jim & Alena Eyer 3rd Russ Catalano

1st Bill Gallagher 2nd Mark Kelly

3rd Steve Busalacchi

Don Chamberlain Memorial

Dual Gate Award

Presented to Charles Seybert

3rd Paul Bourbeau

1st Don Simione 2nd Russ Catalano 3rd Robert Corazzini

3rd James Warrell 2nd Ed Korejko 1st Jim Napoletano

1st Steve Laughlin No other entries in class 2nd Bill Markowski


2nd Larry Wyker 1st Frank Balsama 3rd Ralph E. Moyer

2nd Mike Spizziri 1st Arthur "A.G." Kelly 3rd Bob Mollinary

2nd Rick Jamieson 3rd John J. Greco 1st Joe & Ronnie Bartha

Electric City GTOs Founding Fathers

Award

The Legend

1st Gary Brodock

1st Jeffrey Kipe

1st Bill Brunker

1st Tom Szymczyk

No other entries in class

2nd Harry Santa

2nd Michael C. Gallagher 3rd Ralph Reynolds

2nd Dan Schulte 3rd Michael Daugherty

Presented to Jim & Alena Eyer

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1st Paul Menin 2nd Cap & Robin Proffitt

3rd Donald R. Elder 3rd Al Gierut

1st Andy Roberts 2nd Kerry Friedman

1st Joseph Dean 2nd Bob Harmon

1st Joe & Gretchen Barber 2nd Rich Simberg

1st Jerry Plante 2nd Randy Varney

1st Robert Cheney 2nd Robert M. Heim

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Champions

3rd Mike Contarino

3rd John & Marn Lawton

3rd Tyrell Furman

Stephen Morton '06 GTO

Keith Moore '70 GTO

Donald Dixon '05 GTO

Michael Coyle '70 GTO & Doug Reno'65 GTO photos not available

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1st Neal Sullivan 2nd William M. Sandusky 3rd Richard Iannazzi

1st Judy Proctor 2nd Tom Razzagone 3rd Steve Hedrick

3rd Bobby Dirion 1st Todd Smith 2nd Mark Melrose

1st John K. Delore 2nd Keygan & Kim Spencer

1st John Owoc 3rd Joe Suhrada 2nd Alex Ipiotis

3rd Kirk McFarland

1st James T. McDonald 3rd Mark Mastelli 2nd Joseph A. Liquori

1st Mark Nowak 2nd Serge Collarette 3rd Jay Bovarnick


Timothy Sickle [email protected] GTOAA #9015

I owe all my fellow GTOAA mod-elers an apology. My goal was to have the completed “Smokey & the Bandit” T/A finished and on display at the Nats. Well, that obviously didn’t happen. One thing led to another in trying to get ready for the ‘Big Show,’ and something had to suffer. I don’t seem to be alone, though. I talked to several of our "Little GTOs" column readers who admitted to me that they had X-number of models they were intent on bringing, but ran short on time. Steve Kodesch, model car contest coordinator, told me there were 53 pre-registrations (!).

So, what happened to the rest of you guys? Several of you actually offered apologies, and promised to bring them next year to Dayton if you are able to at-tend. Speaking of Dayton, considering the 2009 combined POCI / GTOAA Co-Vention, and the variety of Pontiac kits still available out there (i.e., Firebirds, Bonnevilles, Grand Prixs, and, of course, GTOs), the ‘09 model car contest could be huge. So, let’s work on that, OK? I’ll try to post some Internet sites where models are available.

I also brought along some of my previously built collection of Pontiacs that will grace the “Pontiac Builds Ex-citement” museum when finished (you saw it in the construction stages if you were at the convention).

Oh, and as soon as humanly possi-ble, I’ll show you guys all ‘the Bird.’

As usual, if you run across some-thing that has not been covered in this column (diecast or plastic), I’d love to hear about it. Thanks to all of you out there who have responded with com-ments and Goat finds. Questions? Suggestions? You know where to reach me. As always, have fun buying, build-ing, and/or collecting. In closing, remember—the Great One STILL rules (in several scales!).

Here are the winners of this year's GTOAA Nationals model contest.

Plastic Pontiacs 10 years and younger class

11 to 16 year class 17 to adult

Plastic Pontiacs 11 to 16 year old class

Plastic Pontiacs 17 years and older class

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1st place – Jeff Ashworth, MonogramGold ‘66 GTO hardtop

2nd place – David Ashworth, Red

AMT/ERTL ‘72 GTO hardtop

2M

3p3rd place – Tyler J. Rapant, Monogram

1/32nd scale ‘68 GTO snap kit

1g

1st place – Kevin Beal, ‘71 MonogramHemi Cuda (though this WAS a Pontiaccontest, Kevin showed us that there AREother brands of cars!)

2B

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nd place – Steve Laughlin, AMT / ERTLonkeemobile

st place – Tom Szymczyk, Polar Lights64 GTO hardtop.

rd place – Lucas Hedrick, Monogramrimer gray ‘68 GTO

Diecast Pontiacs

st place – Tom ‘Spellcheck,’ lizard-scalyreen 1/18 scale “GoatZilla”

nd place – Louis Adreani, 1/18 scalelack ‘69 Judge convertible

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