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Happy Holidays
The year is winding down and what a year it has
been! I’m counting my blessings every day.
I have been working hard to find us a new and
ongoing meeting location that meets most of our needs. Please be patient
with the transition.
On Dec. 3rd we will be back at Angelo’s
BBQ.
This time of year, is great for giving to the
community. Thank you to everyone who worked at the Tarrant Area Food
Bank on Nov. 19th.
CTV will be collecting new un-wrapped toys for Toys
for Tots again this year. Please bring the toys to either the Dec. 3rd
membership meeting or the Christmas Party.
Thank you to Randy and Cathy Baker for coordinating
the toy drive.
Be sure to sign up for the Christmas Party. The
location sounds like it will be a hoot’n good time and a fun western
theme. Dust off your boots and contact Gayle Cherry for your
reservation.
We will be giving out the year end awards during
the party.
Have a Merry Christmas,
Kim West
Thanks to Larry Currey for filling in as Web
Master.
Kim West
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Gayle Cherry
December 2025
Happy Fall Everyone,
Plans are underway for our annual
Christmas party. Saturday Dec. 6, 2025 @ Chisholm Trail Rustic Venue in
Cleburne TX. Time-TBD, but it will be late afternoon early evening.
Our theme will be a Country Christmas,
so dust off those boots and hats. (We’ll have a small prize for the best
men’s and ladies’ outfit). I’ll begin taking sign-ups and money at the
October membership meeting. The menu will be a traditional holiday meal
with tickets at $40 per person. The venue is a BYOB establishment, so
feel free to bring a 6-pack, bottle of wine, or a flask and mixer. (Tea
and Coffee will be available) Parking is free. If you have any
questions, please just call, text, or email me. RSVP no later than
Friday November 21st.
I hope everyone can get out soon and
hopefully enjoy some cooler weather.
Have a great month!
Gayle
850-517-7346
texascherry@att.net
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LowDown Article - Historian
September 2025
I had great fun putting together the
Cowtown Vettes 50th Anniversary scrapbook. I tried to encompass a
great deal of what happened during the decade of 2015 to 2024... it was
fun looking back through pictures, the website and LowDowns from that
period of time.
This era was dissected by the Covid
pandemic of 2020 which brought about a myriad of changes to how we operate
on a daily basis in life overall as well as as a club.
First of all our membership is getting
older not only locally, but regionally and nationally, also. Venues
for racing or events are not as readily available or affordable.
From a historical point of view, going
forward I feel we will be relying on our digital LowDown for club info and
memories as well as the new website (when it is available) where our
current activities as well as
past activities, etc will be archived.
The historian will still be responsible
for gathering misc. info, club trophies, etc.
Thanks again to Mack Maxwell for storing
our physical archives.
Mary Pittman,
Historian
marypittman@hotmail.com
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It is time to elect our 2026 CTV
Officers! The timeline for these elections is as follows:
On November
17th,
ballots were mailed to the home addresses. All ballots are due by
Wednesday, December 3rd
Membership meeting by 7:45 pm. Please follow the instructions at the top
of the ballot to correctly return it.
On Wednesday December 3rd. ballots will be counted, and the new 2026
officers will be announced. In case of a tie, a runoff will be held prior
to end of the membership meeting.
Please consider taking an active role in
Cowtown Vettes in 2026.
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CTV Secretary
Just a reminder, the Membership and Board minutes are located in the
Members Only section.
If you have any questions about the minutes, please
feel free to contact me.
Timing Chair
If you are interested in learning timing for CTV’s autocrosses,
come spend
some time in the trailer and join in the excitement!
Vicki Currey
vfrostcurrey@live.com
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J ust a reminder, the Monthly reports are located in the
Members Only section.
If you have any questions about the reports... please
feel free to contact me.
stevenp1954@gmail.com
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If you have been working on or updating your
Corvette with new items …or if you have taken a trip in your Corvette and
have some photos to share with membership, please send those to me and
I’ll include them in the monthly slideshow. Cowtown’s
Microsoft O365 account allows us to use OneDrive, which makes
it much easier for you to provide high-resolution photos from events for the
web and/or monthly slideshow. If you would like to share photos, please
take them in high-resolution; if not, they can’t be used on
the big screen since they would show grainy / blurry. These are needed
by noon, the Monday before the Membership Meeting. If you have questions,
please contact me and I’ll provide you with more information and the
OneDrive link to share your photos – basically use the highest
resolution option you can set on your camera or smartphone .
When you receive a CTV-ALL eMail blast, we would
request that you please only reply to the
originator when you are replying to a CTV-ALL email. When you opt
to reply, simply select Reply on the email, then remove
the CTV-All entry and replace it with the email address of the
originator. If you are sending CTV-ALL emails, please include your email
address in the body of the email so you have that address handy.
If you change your email or home address, Corvette, or
other info – please drop an email to
CTV-Membership@groups.io.
If you are not receiving CTV-ALL emails, please get
with me so we can either add you or figure out why you aren’t receiving
them.
More information on email distribution lists and the
acceptable use of them
can be found on our
website .
Facebook – if you are on Facebook and not a “friend” of
Cowtown Vettes, members cannot include you in tags at events; these tags
show your non-club member friends all the fun we are having. Who knows,
maybe some of you are in the witness protection program and
don’t want to be tagged J If you are
posting, be sure to tag Cowtown Vettes so it appears on our Facebook
news feed.
Doug McMahan
Digital / Social Media Chairperson
socialmedia@cowtownvettes.org
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CODY AKRIDGE
VISITORS
JOE AVALOS & WADE
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BIRTHDAYS:
DECEMBER 3 – RALEY SMITH
DECEMBER 5 – BELINDA BIGGERS
DECEMBER 7 – ROXANNE REEVES
DECEMBER 9 – CLIFF HOLDEN
DECEMBER 10 – MARGARET PROCTOR
DECEMBER 12 – CODY AKRIDGE
DECEMBER 12 – BILL BUEHLER
DECEMBER 12 – SHARON BACHELOR
DECEMBER 26 – BOB SNEGON
DECEMBER 26 – RICK YOUNG
DECEMBER 27 – JOHN MOULTON
DECEMBER 31 – DEBBIE
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DECEMBER 11 – RED & BARB GREENFEDER
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Cowtown Members Cruzin, Racing, and Having Fun |
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Hi Cruisers
I led my last
cruise of 2025
in November and
had a great
turnout. I hope
everyone had as
much fun as I
did leading all
to Glen Rose for
lunch at the
Sexton Feed Mill
restaurant.
I now have the
results from my
Cruiser Photo
contest. This
was by far the
largest
participation
with some of the
best pictures
yet.
Come to the
Christmas party
and see if the
picture you
voted for was a
winner. In my
book they were
all winners.
Also the Cruiser
program points
have been
tabulated for
each participate
and those
winners will
also be
announced during
the party.
On a different
note, I have
been your
Cruiser program
chair for
several years
now and would
like to pass the
honor onto
someone else.
I
believe this is
necessary to
maintain a new
and fresh
perspective to
the program. So
if you might be
interested, come
talk to me and
I'll help get
you started with
all the help you
might need. I
think you would
find leading the
program as
rewarding as I
did.
That's all for
now and I'll see
y'all at our
Christmas Party
Your Cruiser Chairperson
Robert Geyer
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Hi everyone,
Thanks to
everyone who participated in the 50/50 drawing last month. Ann Walker
won half of the $230 pot and generously donated her share back to
Charity! Thanks to Ann and everyone who contributed!
Cowtown Vettes
received a thank you letter from the Community Foundation of the Texas
Hill Country.
On Wednesday,
November 19, seventeen Cowtown members showed up at the Tarrant Area
Food Bank to volunteer their time and efforts to help those who do not
enjoy food security.
Thanks to
everyone who gave their time:
Randy snd Cathy
Baker, Norman and Ann Walker, Larry and Vicki Currey, Mike Lindner, Mike
Messerli, Jerry and Debbie Lindsey, Mary and William Nolan, Steve and
Lee Ann Parker, Kim West, and Jack and Paula Winter.
Thank you all
for giving your time and energy!
Charity events coming up:
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Cook Children’s Group Visit:
Monday, December 22, 1:00 -
3:00 pm
A sign-up sheet
will be available at the December meeting.
If you will not be at that meeting and would like
to sign up for either event, please contact Debbie (debglind@aol.com)
or Paula (jpwinter80@gmail.com).
We look forward to seeing you all soon!
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Corvette Racing Reveals Who Will Drive GTD Pro Class Entries In 2026
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Hot off a GTD
Pro title victory, Corvette
Racing is already looking to the future, announcing
which drivers will pilot the fleet of Corvette
Z06 GT3.R race cars in the 2026 IMSA WeatherTech
SportsCar Championship. The roster includes the return of familiar
faces, alongside a brand new driver joining to support The Bowtie
brand's efforts in the season's endurance races.
Six Corvette Racing factory cars will take
to the track for the GTD Pro title next year. Antonio Garcia and
Alexander Sims - the drivers who rallied to the GTD Pro title
in 2025 - will again split the No. 3 Corvette Z06 GT3.R
next year, racing in all 10 class events. Garcia celebrates his
18th season
with Vette in 2026, and Milner isn't far behind, marking his 16th campaign
as a factory driver.
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group again for next year," said Sims. "It’s been a great couple of
seasons with them full-time and obviously last year was fantastic in
winning all three GTD PRO championships.
We obviously have a very strong and experienced team on both sides
so our expectations are high. It’s a pleasure to be back with
Antonio and to race with Marvin, who is someone we all recognize as
highly talented and very fast."
Nico Verrone will return to help pilot the No. 4 Corvette alongside
Milner and Catsburg for the season's endurance races. Varrone is no
stranger to Vette machinery, winning the 2023 FIA World Endurance
Championship (WEC) GTE Am championship behind the wheel of a Z06
GT3.R.
Finally, Marvin Kirchhöfer will join Garcia and Sims in the
No. 3 Vette for the first time, bringing plenty of
motorsports expertise to the table. He has some experience with the
Z06 GT3.R, helping to win the 2025 24 Hours of Daytona with AWA
Racing. He'll do off-season testing with Vette and Pratt-Miller
Motorsports to get up to speed this week.
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Please visit our Home Page on our website (Cowtown
Vettes of Ft Worth, Texas ) to catch up on the past months of
activities and events and...see the remaing schedule of events for 2025.
We have a new Webmaster for 2026...James Swaringen
I know James will do a great job and ask that you give him the same
support and help that you have given me these past 6 years.
Larry Currey
I am excited to start work on the
Cowtown Vettes website. I hope to get the site
updated quickly. I've started work on a new and
updated website, and I would like your opinion on what you'd like to see
on the new site. The update aims to:
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give the site a fresh and new
look
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make it easier to find upcoming
events
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update the information on the
site
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easier for the webmaster to
update the site
I have a draft that has not been
released to the public yet but if you want an early look at my thoughts.
When we release the new site, it will be accessible at the same address
you are used to (www.cowtownvettes.org),
and the old website will receive a new address, allowing us to still
access the historical data.
https://sites.google.com/view/cowtownvettes You may see
changes on this site as I try out new or different looks to test.
Please email me at
James@swaringen.us
or fill out the form on the new site with your suggestions or questions.
Thanks,
James Swaringen
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Sept 2025
“The mission of the National Corvette
Museum is to educate worldwide
audiences on the evolution of the
Corvette --America’s Sports Car-- through collections, preservation, and
celebration of its legacy.”
At the museum’s 31st anniversary
celebration that was just held on August 28 - 30, 2025, Zora Arkus -
Duntov’s, only Corvette, fully restored was debuted. Who, you ask,
is Zora Arkus - Duntov? Depending on where you read he is referred
to as either the “Father of the Corvette” or the “Godfather of the
Corvette” although Harley Earl was the original designer of the
Corvette. After seeing the 1953 Corvette on display in New York
City, Arkus - Duntov wrote General Motors that he found the car
“visually superb, but was disappointed with what was underneath”.
He went to work at GM in May of 1953 as a staff engineer with the idea
of changing that perception and was “pivotal in elevating the Corvette
into a world class performance vehicle”. The only Corvette Arkus -
Duntov owned was a retirement gift from Chevrolet. You can read more
about his life and work on the museum’s website or other online sources.
For the latest on museum happenings you
can go to the website for info. Museum members can log onto the website
for more news and info. As always the museum offers car raffles, NCM
insurance, shopping and event info as well as article about exhibits.
Mary Pittman, NCM
Ambassador
To visit the NCM
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Cowtown Vette’s 23rd
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Cowtown Vette’s 23rd Annual
Car Show is behind us and although Mother Nature didn’t exactly
cooperate, it was still a great show. We had 58 pre-registered
cars, and we’re told that was the most pre-registered cars we’ve ever
had. A total of 72 cars joined the show.
Congratulations to our Best of Show
winners:
Early model: Paul and Mary Wolter, C1
1962 Satin Silver Convertible
Late model: Eudale Bell, C8 2023
Black Coupe
Our own Tony Sokoloski won the 50/50
raffle!
We learned a lot about putting on a show
at our new location, and the good news is that Jerry’s Chevrolet has
invited us back again. That’s a great start for planning the 24th
annual show!
Thanks to everyone who volunteered on the
committee and the day of the show! We couldn’t have done it
without you!
Your 23rd Annual Car Show
Committee
Bill Buehler and Cliff Holden
Car Show Committee Co-Chairs
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December 2025
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR
This is the end of NCCC events for
the club for 2025, and thank you for your support this year.
Looking forward to a great 2026.
The dates for 2026 are now set for
next year:
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Watch how fun Autocrossing
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Now up to
106 members
strong
Cowtown Vettes membership sits at 106
members!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Renewals are over! As
of now, counting renewals and new members, we are at 106 members.
Competition is over. With all numbers in,
in the lady’s division, Lee Ann Parker finished first, Mary Pittman
finished eighth, Cathy Anthony finished ninth, and Lauren Whitcomb
finished tenth.
In the men’s division, Larry Schaapveld
finished third.
Cowtown Vettes finished second.
Lee Ann Parker finished 13th,
nationally.
Cowtown Vettes finished 13th
nationally.
Save the wave!
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Norman Walker
CTV NCCC Governor
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Hello and welcome to the Logo Merchandise store.
There are lots of
great things for sale with the Cowtown logo on them:
Caps.Visors,
Sweatshirts, Long Sleeve T-shirts, Short Sleeve T-shirts, Men’s &
Women’s Long Sleeve Denim Shirts, Polo shirts Name Tags
(Please note
that on all shirt orders, 2XL and up sizes are slightly higher)
If
you want your name added to your shirt, Or a Cowtown logo or a certain
year Corvette added to your shirt.
We also have stickers, patches
and koozies
So stop by the Logo table before and after the meeting to
place your order.
You’ll get your order by the next meeting.
Donna
Forsythe CTV Logo Mechandise
dforsythe817@gmail.com
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WELCOME
TO
COWTOWN
Whenever
new
visitors
come to
a
meeting,
Welcome
to
Cowtown
wants
them to
know
they are
warmly
and
enthusiastically
welcomed
by the
club
membership.
We
have an
opportunity
to let
them
know
that
Cowtown
is about
sharing
our
enthusiasm
for an
amazing
vehicle
and
getting
to know
others
who
share
their
interests.
Cowtown
Vettes
has so
many
special
events,
charity
activities,
cruises
and more
such as
including
other
NCCC
clubs to
participate
in our
car
shows
and auto
crosses
that we
even
have an
introduction
group
participation
session,
Cowtown
101, to
help
them
learn
about
all
these
opportunities.
Experienced,
friendly
members
can
share
their
enthusiasm
by
becoming
guides
for new
members.
A
couple
of
monthly
contacts
by texts
or
telephone
calls to
get to
know
what the
new
member’s
interests
are,
reminders
perhaps
and
references
to other
members
who can
help
answer
questions
would go
a long
way to
make our
new
members
feel
welcome.
New
members
are
welcome
to
contact
me for
more
information
or if I
can find
better
resources
for more
detailed
questions
at
817-917-0975
or at barbsc6@sbcglobal.net.
If
you’re
interested
in
joining
our
Welcome
to
Cowtown
group,
I’d
really
like to
talk
with
you!
Barb and
Red
Greenfeder
817-917-0975
Barbsc6@sbcglobal.net
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