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NCM eNews - January 26, 2012

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National Corvette Museum eNews
  JANUARY 26, 2012
IN THIS ISSUE:
  • ZpeedFest Registration Open
  • Corvette Daytona Prototypes Take the Track
  • Build Your Own Z06 Winner Drawn
  • Classic Glass Corvette Club Surprises Soldier
  • Corvette Store Featured Item
  • Berry Pinney Named Caravan Captain
  • Bricks Make Great Valentine's Gifts
ZpeedFest Registration Open

Forget about washing and waxing your ride for this event - it's all about performance and competition! ZpeedFest is open to participants with all models of GM competition oriented products including Camaro, Cobalt, CTS and of course Corvette.

Kicking off on Thursday, May 31 is a day of seminars from tuners and competitors filled with 'how to' information and demonstrations. Then Friday and Saturday (June 1-2) are dedicated to track time at Beech Bend Raceway. Participants will enjoy drag racing and autocross with several classes and trophies.

Check out the full agenda online here.

Corvette Daytona Prototypes Take the Track

Five new Corvette Daytona Prototypes will compete under the Team Chevy Racing banner in the 50th Anniversary of the Rolex 24-Hours at Daytona! SPEED Network will be providing 10 hours of live coverage beginning at 3:30pm on January 28, with live coverage for the full 24 hours at speed.com.

Click here for the track event schedule for this weekend. Click here for the Grand AM website. Click here to be a "fan" of Team Chevy.

We are also in search of volunteers for Corvette Corrals at upcoming Grand-AM races. If you are interested in helping out at the events listed below, please email Roc or Karen: Barber Motorsports Park, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Belle Isle, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Watkins Glen 6/29-7/1 and 8/10-11, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Lime Rock.

"Build Your Own" Z06 Winner Drawn
 

Congratulations to Richard Murphy of The Woodlands, TX! His winning ticket #490 was drawn in today's raffle for a "Build Your Own" Z06 or Grand Sport Corvette! We sold 918 of the 1,500 available tickets.

Next Thursday is your chance to win a 2012 Torch Red Coupe Corvette for only $10!! The car features cashmere interior, 3LT package with navigation, transparent removable roof panel, automatic transmission and more! Get your tickets before your time runs out! This raffle also offers a 2nd prize of a beautiful Corvette quilt.

Learn more and purchase tickets online at www.corvettemuseum.org/raffle or call 800-538-3883 during normal business hours.

Classic Glass Corvette Club Surprises Soldier
 

Members of the Classic Glass Corvette Club of Marietta, Georgia surprised Sgt. First Class Adam Troxel upon his return from a tour of duty in Kuwait by doing a partial restoration of his 1980 Corvette. Troxel was amazed when he showed up to Day Chevrolet where a crowd of 150 people had gathered for the grand reveal of his car.

Troxel had asked his wife, Holly, to get the brakes done on the car while he was gone, but Holly took it a big step - or rather leap - further by approaching friend and club member Scott Oliver for help, and she had her husband's $6,000 re-enlistment bonus to put towards the project.

“We jumped on it,” club member Calvin Cruce said. “It was something we wanted to do. We just kind of picked the ball up and ran with it. It worked out just really wonderfully for us and for him. Through club members’ contacts, through the generosity of the Corvette community in general, we were able to do a mostly cosmetic restoration of the exterior and the interior.”

Read the full story online here at Hemmings and here at Corvette Blogger!

Corvette Store Featured Item: Made in the USA

Two-Piece 56" Race Ramps. 56" Race Ramps are ideal for low ground clearance vehicles with tires up to 10" wide. With an incline of only 10.75°, they lift the car up 8" and hold up to 3,000 pounds per set while weighing only 10 pounds per ramp. Quantity of two. Made in the USA. $240.00

Check out all the great "Made in the USA" items offered by the Corvette Store online here!

Berry Pinney Named Caravan Captain
 

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Berry Pinney as the captain for the Ohio caravan in 2014.  Berry is a lifetime member of the NCM and has participated in the 1994, 1999, 2003 and 2009 caravans. He serves as NCM ambassador for the Corvette Cleveland Club and is a resident of Olmsted Falls, OH.  Berry fills the last captain's slot for the fifty states and will be coordinating his plans with those caravans in the adjoining states.  His experience and dedication to the museum will ensure a most successful Ohio caravan.

Bricks Make Great Valentine's Gifts!
 

February 14 is less than a month away! Have you bought that special someone something that is truly special? How about a brick!

A Valentine's gift letter can be sent for you to present to a loved one. To place a brick order, click here.

 

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Framed Corvette Racing & Earnhardt Photo Collage

Framed glossy photo collage of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, Feb. 3 & 4, 2001. This collage is 18-1/2" x 17-1/2" with a black frame. That weekend included: Freon, O'Connell, Pilgrim, Fellows, Kneifel, Collins, Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Jr. Proceeds benefit the Museum and bidding ends February 2 online here!

NCM LATITUDE LONGITUDE HOODED SWEATSHIRT

$29.00

NEXT RAFFLE


2012 Torch Red Coupe Corvette with 2nd Prize Corvette Quilt

Thursday, February 2 at 2pm CT

Tickets $10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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