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The ‘Glass Gazette NOVEMBER 2015 Kentucky One Lap (KY 1-Lap) I NSIDE T HIS I SSUE By Dick hammaker 1 K ENTUCKY O NE L AP 2 NVCC Contacts Kentucky One Lap is part of the National Corvette Museum's (NCM) Museum In Motion (MiM) Program and partnership with the Kentucky State Police (KSP). KY 1-Lap is also 3 President’s Corner a charity event for NCM and KSP Trooper Island, a summer camp for disadvantaged 7 Spotlight on Members youth. 8 Halloween Update Day 1 – October 24, 2015 8 Upcoming Events First leg of the trip was to Louisville, KY. Easy 600 mile, 9.5 hours trip, averaging 71 mph, and 29.7 mpg. Once west on I-64 the fall leaf colors really popped...red, yellow, 10 10/27/15 GBM Minutes orange, green, brown. Close to WV state line the rain started and stayed with us until 11 Banquet Info Louisville. 12 President’s Holiday Day 2 – October 25, 2015 Party Flyer Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 30th-most populous city in the United States. Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark and is named after King Louis XVI of France, making Louisville one of the oldest cities west of the Appalachian Mountains. Sited beside the Falls of the Ohio, the only major obstruction to river traffic between the upper Ohio River and the Gulf of Mexico, the settlement first grew as a portage site. It was the founding city of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which grew into a 6,000-mile system across 13 states. Today, Louisville is known as the home of the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Fried Chicken, the University of Louisville and its Louisville Cardinals athletic teams, Louisville Slugger baseball bats, and three of Kentucky's six Fortune 500 companies. Its main airport is also the site of UPS's worldwide air hub. Today Denise & I visited two attractions.....Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory and Churchill Downs. Before getting to the details, let me share some Bourbon Fun Facts....95% of the world's bourbon is produced in Kentucky....1/3 of the world's bourbon is produced in Louisville....bourbon must be made from at least 51% corn....bourbon must be at least 160 proof or 80% alcohol....bourbon must be aged in new, charred oak barrels....on 4 May 1964, Congress recognized bourbon as America's only native spirit. (Cont’d Pg. 4) The ‘Glass Gazette November 2015 Page 1 4) The folks working hard for you …. NVCC Council Members Officers President – John Palmgren Vice President – Kris McCandless Treasurer – Marsha Batchellor Secretary – Vicki Scott Officer At Large – Shawn Waddell Public Media - Mae Fromm Committee Chairpersons Chief Instructor – David DuBois Newsletter – Marsha Batchellor Publicity – Open Social Events – Open Historian – John Scott Webmaster – Paul & Lori Benish Tech – Paul Benish TDS Registrar – John Stark Membership – Jeff Klain NCM Ambassador – Doug Swanson NCCC Gov – Andrej Balanc Rallye – Kris McCandless Concours – Open AutoCross/HPDE – Stewart Fox Dealer Sponsor – Page Chevrolet 6500 Little River Turnpike Alexandria, VA 22312 The ‘Glass Gazette November 2015 Page 2 PRESIDENT’S CORNER NOVEMBER 2015 This year has flown by. We're into November and you know what that means (other than putting away your baby for its winter nap!)... It's the last GBM of 2015 and time to elect your club's officers for next year. Nominations for President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Officer-At-Large were taken at the October GBM and will be taken again during the first half of the November GBM just prior to voting. Additionally, we still have other non-elected Committee Chair roles on the Council that need to be filled. These include Publicity Chair, Social Events Chair, Membership Chair and Concours Chair. If you would like to get more out of your membership in the club, I encourage you to step up. I would like to extend my gratitude to Jeff Klain for handling the Membership Chair duties the past few years. Thanks as well to our NCCC Governor, Andrej Balanc, who has offered to take up the position if no one else steps up to take it. I would also like to thank new member, Mae Fromm, for volunteering to take on the role of Social Media Chair. In this role, she will maintain the club's Social Media presence on Facebook (www.facebook.com/nvcorvetteclub), Twitter @nvcorvetteclub, Instagram @nvcorvetteclub, etc. Please follow us on all those forums. There are a couple events coming up soon after the GBM: 1) The Old Dominion Corvette Club (ODCC) is hosting a Corvettes and Golf event at Top Golf in Ashburn, VA, on Sunday, November 29. Details and purchasing of tickets can be done at the following Eventbrite.com link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/corvettes-top-golf-tickets- 19170589750?ref=enivte&%3Binvite=ODYzNzI3MC9qb2huLnBhbG1ncmVuQGdtYWlsLmNvbS8x%2F%3Faff%3Defb nreg. 2) NVCC Presidents Holiday Party at 5 PM on Saturday, December 6. Kara and I will be opening up our home to all club members and their families for a holiday party featuring a Cookie Exchange and a White Elephant Gift Exchange. Food and drinks will be provided; however, feel free to bring a beverage of your choice to share if you so desire. We look forward to seeing you there for cookies and some holiday merriment. The White Elephant Gift Exchanges can be pretty hilarious! The flyer with additional details can be found elsewhere in this newsletter. 3) NVCC Annual Banquet - Save the Date - Saturday, January 30, NVCC will have its Annual Banquet at Wildfire in Tysons Galleria. A flyer with details will be sent out shortly, but we are already receiving great feedback on the venue after sending out an initial communication. Should be a fantastic event. See you at the GBM. John Palmgren The ‘Glass Gazette November 2015 Page 3 Kentucky One Lap (KY 1-Lap) – Continued The Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory is a must stop. We took the guided factory tour seeing bats being made. Slugger bats are made ash or maple trees grown in northern Pennsylvania and southern New York. A major league player will use 80-120 bats per year at $53 per bat. Besides the factory, the museum has great historic bats....Babe Ruth's broken bat (worth $3M) and Hank Aaron's bat used to hit his 700th home run. I actually got to hold and swing a bat used by Mickey Mantle. If you're brave enough, they have a batters Day 4 – October 27, 2015 cage. You can also have a personalized bat made while taking It was an outstanding day except for driving in the rain for 10 the tour! Everyone gets a souvenir mini-bat. hours and it's still raining....DAMN Hurricane Patricia! Koolest thing was following the leader...Kentucky State Police The Kentucky Derby Museum and Corvette. We got a city police escort through one town and Churchill Downs were also very "our KSP Trooper" blocked many red lights and street interesting. Kentucky Derby Fun intersections so it was mostly clear sailing for the caravan. Facts....thoroughbred horses go from zero to 40 mph is three strides....estimated total bets at KSP Corvette – C6 Z06 seized the Derby is $12M, all from a drug dealer! cash....winner's trophy is four pounds of solid gold or about Week Three of KY 1 Lap is 14 very nice $102,000. Corvettes...1-C5, 9-C6s, 4-C7s... including 2-C6 ZR1 (625 hp) and 2-C7 The Kentucky Derby Museum has various tours....Denise and I Z06s (650 hp)...also a couple of C6 Grand Sports. Not sure that just did the "General Admission Tour"....great 20-minute means a lot to non-Vette folks but trust me, very nice Vettes!!! video, 30-minute walking tour around Churchill Downs, and Derby history and artifacts. Only attractions on our list we OK back to today's agenda...first stop was some parade laps at missed were the Evan Williams Bourbon Experience, the new NCM Motorsports Park track. Laps were slow (55 Muhammad Ali Center, and KFC Center....just ran out of time! mph) due to the rain and wet track rather than 75 to 80 mph. Then it was off to Abraham Lincoln's Birthplace and boyhood Day 3 – October 26, 2015 home in Hodgenville, KY. After the tour, it was off to lunch at Today started with a photo op at Churchill Downs then the Old Talbott Tavern. Next another wet drive to the French downtown Louisville to the Brown Hotel for lunch. The Brown Quarter Inn, Maysville, KY. Group dinner will be in Maysville Hotel is known for a Louisville at Deshay's Restaurant. Original called the Hot Brown....basically an open- Day 5 – October 28, 2015 faced turkey sandwich with Another great day and it only gets better. Nice visit and guided tomato, bacon, and cheese tour at Rosemary Clooney's Vacation home in Augusta, KY. sauce. Also a Kentucky Also found out that George Clooney's aunt is Rosemary Original....the Derby Pie.... Clooney not son. Hadn't made that connection before. Then chocolate chip and walnut pie. another rainy trip to Newport, KY to visit the Newport Aquarium and have lunch at a German Restaurant - After lunch is was a two hour Hofbräuhaus-andthenthesuncameout. Hadn'tseenthe sun drive in the rain to Bowling Green for the KY 1 LAP Greet and and dry road in two days! Pizza Party at the National Corvette Museum. Before the Party, Denise & I wondered the museum looking at the displays Highlight of the day was the behind-the-scenes tour of Paul as well as seeing the Sinkhole Corvettes.