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The Official Newsletter of the Indy Miata Club Volume 27 From the Car Cave By Ken Koehler, President Issue 8 Wow! July has turned out to be one heck of a month! August 2016 We had two very successful events -- the MMG Rally Rerun, July 9th, and a fun and well attended Night Before the 400 Mingle in Mooresville on July 23! The MMG Rally started out as any other rally, but did- n't end that way as it started a game of "Musical Miatas" within IMC. As Gary Collings called it: "It was fun to see all the dominos fall as soon as our yellow ’02 SE hit the market!" Yes, I will no longer be able to lead the second group of cars off in my "hard to miss" bright yellow Miata. But, John and Elaine Weiss can, as they are the new owners of this beautiful Miata. I'll admit to being a bit prejudiced, but I still think it's one of the best looking Miatas ever built! Aww, but I'm getting ahead of myself. How did this "musical Miatas" event start out? What’s Inside It seems senior member Alex Gray had an absolutely perfect 2010 Miata (I believe with the sport package) hidden away in his garage that he only drove on sunny days Page 2 when the temperature was 75. No, actually, I'm only making that up, but, it did only have 5032 miles on it when Sara and I drove it before the start of the MMG Rally. It “From the CAR CAVE” continued was love at first sight for me. It was the incredible copper red color with my favorite tan Membership update leather interior and matching tan soft top. After Sara and I took it for a short spin Classifieds around the park, we both decided it was definitely a deal to take advantage of. Some- . how, the words adding a second lift to our garage so we could keep our yellow SE too Page 3 stumbled out of my mouth. But a nasty look from Sara told me that wasn't going to hap- Eric & Mike’s Redux pen. So, we made arrangements with Alex to meet the next day and firm up the deal. However, we were not the only members to notice what a great deal a perfect 2010 Page 4 MX-5 with 5000 miles was. During the fabulous rally Tom Lewis recreated for us, Upcoming club events Gary Collings mentioned to me that if Sara and I decided not to buy Alex's Miata, he and Kathy would be interested. This got the wheels turning in my head as Gary and Page 5 Kathy also have a beautiful copper red '07 Miata with the retractable hard top. While The Millionth Miata MX-5 Tour Continued on page 2 Page 6 Our condolences go to the family of James L. (Jim) Jones who passed MMG Rerun report away on July 17, 2016. Jim was an ex-member of the Indy Miata Club. Brickyard Mingle report Page 7 Looking for clothing with the Indy Miata Club logo on it? We've got two stores to help you out at the Clothing tab on our website. For digitally print- 2016 Regional Miata Events ed casual wear, head over to our Spreadshirt store. How about an embroidered shirt or jacket? Our Lands' End store can Page 8-9 deliver the goods to your door. Polos, jackets, sweatshirts and more with the Collings @ Miata Mtn Getaway IMC logo embroidered on the item. Page 10 SPECIAL Sale! Funny Stuff? Want an IMC sticker for your Miata or OTM? We've got them! Page 11-12 Only $2 and only available if you attend an event! See Sara J or Steve C! Advertisers Page 2 Open Road August 2016 Indy Miata From the Car Cave, cont. their car still looked brand new, the Collings definitely liked to travel and had driven it around Club Officers the block (or country) a few times. Still, the dominos were beginning to line up. I asked Gary to come up with a price for his RHT, and the next day after Sara and I drove their Miata, it 2016 was decided we would buy Gary and Kathy's MX-5, and they would buy Alex's. Word travels fast within IMC! Before the MMG was over, Elaine Weiss came over to talk to Sara about President how beautiful our yellow SE was. Later that evening I received an email from John saying they would be interested in our Miata if we decided to sell it. Well, low and behold, three of Ken Koehler the dominos fell and now there is a red hot MazdaSpeed Miata for sale (John and Elaine's). I [email protected] shouldn't imagine it will take too long for a rare MSM to sell. John let me drive it and it is incredibly fast! Whew, what a ride! And, that's the story behind IMC's own version of Vice-President Musical Miatas! John Lyghtel Well, getting back to the rally, we had a bunch of cars participating -- I believe the count was 24! It was a great run from Plainfield down to Nashville in Brown County. Boy, was [email protected] Nashville packed that day! Wall to wall people! Our entourage made its way through town for another leg of driving, all ending up at the Pine Room Tavern for a great lunch, and to cool Treasurer off from the blistering heat outside. It turned out to be quite a day for all who participated. Ben Hecht That morning Sara and I decided to sponsor the Night Before the 400 Mingle, and knew [email protected] exactly where we would hold it. On the way home from Nashville, we drove across to Mooresville, down SR67 to an old favorite of ours -- Observatory Road. We took a quick spin around a curvy route, then back to Mooresville to find a meeting point. We even tried it out, Secretary and it passed! We both had cones at the Dairy Queen. They were delicious -- as usual. Right Sonya Cady Continued on page 3 [email protected] 2016 Membership Update: 99 members Membership Director Welcome New Members ! Dick Cady Richard & Melinda Blaiklock [email protected] John & Maggie Eisenbarth Deborah Wattier & Dominique Galli Website Editor Sara J McBride CLASSIFIEDS [email protected] Pair of tan “Wet Okole” high-back seat covers for 2nd Gen. Miata, $50, contact Newsletter Editor John Lyghtel at 317-626-9117 or [email protected]. Steve Crouse [email protected] 2004 MazSpd Velocity Red, Many extras, 93K miles, $14000, More details on club Classified. Contact John @ [email protected] 2003 Silver 6-speed, 31k miles, leather interior, canvas top, near new tires, $10k/nego. Contact [email protected]. 1992 Sunburst Yellow, low mileage, hardtop, $11,950 Terry King, 317-491-5916 $300 for set of 14”OEM wheels (185x60-14) with The Open Road is published monthly center caps, from 1997 Miata. Rims in excellent for the members of the Indy Miata condition with new Fuzion Touring tires (less than Club. The Indy Miata Club assumes no liability for any information contained 100 miles). Contact Clif by text @ 765-210-0765, herein, or injury or damage resulting or email [email protected]. Located in from the use of this information. The Marion IN. ideas, opinions, maintenance or modi- fication tips expressed are to be used at the reader’s discretion. Individual AGX adjustable shocks w/ stock springs: If anyone is interested. Dust boots contributors and/or the editors express no approval, authentication, or en- have seen better days. make an offer! [email protected] dorsement. Thank you. Page 3 Open Road August 2016 “Eric & Mike” Return Engagement! Indy Miata Club member, Eric Drumwright, again wants to invite you to stop by Blackhawk Winery in Sheridan, this Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5th, from 2:00 to 5:00. In this return engagement, Eric will be performing with his friend, Mike Click, as part of the Vocal, Guitar Duo, “Eric & Mike”. They will be performing songs from the 50’s to today. Blackhawk Winery is located at 28153 Ditch Rd. ,Sheridan, In. 46069 In their first outing there in June, a nice crowd of family, friends, and strangers turned out to listen to some fun music, have a little snack, sample some good wine, and just have a great time. You have a little more warning this time! So if you don’t have Labor Day plans, jump in your Miata, drive on over to Sheridan, and give Eric & Mike some friendly support! They will play outside if it’s nice; inside if it’s not. We don’t know if there will be a crowd, but you might bring a couple chairs, just in case. From the Car Cave, continued from page 2. behind the DQ was a Lowes with a huge parking lot providing a place where we all could meet. So, the mingle was set! Very last minute, but the show would go on. The day of the Brickyard mingle turned out to be another scorcher with temps into the 90's. So, we drove our "new" Miata down to Mooresville from our home in Noblesville -- quite a trip already -- with the hardtop in the up position and the A/C blowing very cold. Of course, if it's not raining, you cannot run a rally with the top up (unless of course it's freezing outside like our first rally was this year -- still had some diehards that ran it top down though), so we all lowered our tops and let the "natural" air conditioning take over -- by driving as fast as we could! We had a very good turnout for a mingle, 11 cars plus one non-Miata Mazda (but, since it was a Mazda, it could not be considered an "SOB").