Monday, October 3 NCM and Hooked On Driving will take to the track at Autobahn Country Club to host a special High Performance Driving School. The full course is 3.1 miles with 21 corners and is located in Joliet, IL, just outside of Chicago. While the school includes mandatory classroom instruction, there's also plenty of run time! Spectators are welcome, and spectator rides with instructors will be available.

The registration fee of $295 includes coaching, classroom briefings, lunch and nearly two full hours on-track. Rental helmets are available from the track if you don't have one of your own. This event benefits the National Corvette Museum, but all marques are welcome.

Learn more and register online here.

I am most gratified to announce the next two caravan captains for 2014.  Ron Tremblay and Sue Woodland have agreed to provide the leadership for the second caravan from our northern neighbors in Canada.  Ron and Sue reside in Newmarket, Ontario, and are members of the Corvettes of Durham Corvette Club.  We expect a large contingent of our friends and fellow Corvette enthusiasts from up North to participate in the 2014 caravan due to the efforts of captains like Ron and Sue, and Graham Borley in Alberta. 

It is also great to announce that once again Ivan Schrodt has taken on the task of leading the Wisconsin caravan to Bowling Green. Ivan is a resident of Sherwood, WI and  was captain of the 2009 caravan from the Badger State. With his experience and dedication to the NCM, we can only expect that the next caravan will be even more exciting.  Thanks to these fine members for helping to make the 20th Anniversary Celebration one of the biggest and most exhilarating yet.

- Paul Mariano, National Chair, 2014 Corvette Caravan

Each Labor Day weekend during our Anniversary Celebration the Museum awards "Master Ambassador" status to those Ambassadors who accrue 200 or more points the previous year (July-June). At this year's event we had 43 individuals and couples earning that recognition:

Edward Huck (Cruisin' Corvettes of Tallahassee), Michele Cantelmo (Pocono Mountains), Ed Clark (Corvette Atlanta), Brenda & Mac McDonagh (Coastal Carolina), George Sipprell (Connecticut-at-large), Mike Furman (Frederick County), Paul & Barbara Mariano (Queen City), Jack DeLong (Skyline Drive), Charley Robertson (Circle City), Paul Pearson (Corvettes Limited of BG), Len Tucker (Classical Glass), John & Colette Killebrew (East TN), Judy & Marty Dooley (St. Louis), David & Janice Raven (Corvettes of Durham), Randall Shinn (NCM Fighter Squadron), Janet & Nick Polasek (Ontario-at-Large), Don Nabors (Bluegrass), Ernie Naugle (North Central PA), Ed Snell (Central IL), Glenn & Andrea Johnson (Tri-City), Steve & Paulette Blunk (Circle City), Frank & Laura Sancineto (RTP Corvettes), Carl & Marie Stover (Perry), Charlie & Debbie Meade (Myrtle Beach), Bobbie & Bill Weir (Texas-at-large), Jeff McQuade (Calhoun County), Jerry Pelton (Emerald Coast), Tuna & Susan Dobins (Central Oklahoma), Johnny & Edie Downs (Lone Star), John & Helen Jensen (NC-at-large), Richard Loch (Down the Road), Joe Moncado (Kansas City), Fred & Glenda Hale (Classic Glass), Berry Pinney (Corvette Cleveland), Bruce & Donna Bronsema (Lookingglass), Frank LoMonaco (Santa Barbara), Joe Thomas (Michigan), John Bieglecki (Spirits of '53), Dave Putz (Florida), Jim Egan (Pace Car Registry), Dennis Morrill (Long Island), Doug John & Francie Denis (Central CA)