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www.corvetteclubsantabarbara.com PRESIDENTS MESSAGE EVENT CALENDAR Peter Mackins February I have often remarked and have heard the same thoughts from others that “Dollar for dollar the Corvette is the best sports car in the world”. Intuitively, that has always 5th Super Bowl Party [Santa Barbara] seem to be the case but if it is really so, by how much? I decided it was time to test it 7th General Meeting out. Okay, I’m a bean counter and probably have too much time on my hands but [Goleta] here’s what I did. I took six vehicles at random which in the opinion of most would be 18th Runch Run—Jalama considered super cars. The cars I have selected are the Aston Martin Vanquish, Bugat- Beach [Lompoc] ti Veyron, Ferrari 488 GTB, Lamborghini Huracan, McLaren 650S, and the Porsche 911 26th Daytona 500 Party Turbo. With the exception of the Bugatti, these vehicles are not the top model for [Goleta] their respective makes. However, generally selecting the top of the line vehicle would add even more cost in March relation to the added performance. The source for the information was Car and Driver. Below are the results 4th Estrella Museum of my little exercise. [Paso Robles] 7th General Meeting Horsepower: Cost divided by horsepower to arrive at dollar per horsepower. [Goleta] Zero to 60: Since the zero to 60 performance is better the lower it is I established a base of 10 seconds. 18th? Winos Gone Wild [Thore Edgren’s Home] Next, I took the number of tenths of second under that base to arrive at dollars per tenth of a second under April the base. 2nd Warner Bros Studio / Bob’s Big Boy [Los Angeles] Top Speed: Price divided by listed top speed to arrive at dollar per mile per hour. 4th General Meeting [Goleta] Best Sports Car Dollar for Dollar Actual Per Dollar Vehicle MSRP HP 0 to 60 Top Speed HP 0 to 60 Top Speed Aston Martin Vanquish 305,520 568 3.6 201 537.89 4,773.75 1,520.00 Bugatti Veyron 1,250,000 1200 2.9 255 1,041.67 17,605.63 4,901.96 Ferrar1 488 GTB 249,150 661 3.0 205 376.93 3,559.29 1,215.37 IN THIS ISSUE Lamborghini Huracan 203,295 602 2.8 201 337.70 2,823.54 1,011.42 Presidents Message 1 McLaren 650S 349,500 666 2.9 205 524.77 4,922.54 1,704.88 Porsche 911 Turbo 160,250 540 2.8 199 296.76 2,225.69 805.28 NCM Ambassador 3 Corvette Z06 79,450 650 3.0 205 122.23 1,135.00 387.56 Activities 4-5 Membership 6-12 Last Month Minutes 13 You can draw your own conclusion but mine would definitely be that yes dollar for dollar the Corvette is in fact Sponsor Page 14 the best sports car in the world. Member Advertising 15 Now that I have established the Corvette as the best sports car in the world, it will soon to take its place among the exotics with a mid-engine model. More and more is being leaked on photos of mules, photos of Meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm camouflaged prototypes, rumors of new engine types and projected release dates. The other day I High Sierra Grill, 521 Firestone Rd Continued Goleta Ca. ran across the following article (click link on next page) which again hints at a new and possibly Page 2 Editor/Publisher: Ed Clerkin-Publicity | Our Board/Contact Us www.corvetteclubsantabarbara.com PRESIDENTS MESSAGE: CONTINUED Peter Mackins the C8 Vette—This is the Mid-Engine Corvette and This is not the Mid- Engine Corvette (in case there were any questions). I continue to look for speakers for our meetings and welcome any suggestions. For the upcoming meeting I do not have a speaker but do want to remind you that in March we have the privilege of hearing from Seth and Tanis Hammond and their experiences at the Bonneville Salt Flats. I am very much looking forward to hearing from them. See you Tuesday February 7th at 6:30 at the High Sierra Grill. Come early to socialize with your friends. 2 www.corvetteclubsantabarbara.com NATIONAL CORVETTE MUSEUM MASTER AMBASSADOR Frank LoMonaco If you purchased a $10 raffle ticket from me for the Arctic White 2017 Corvette - THANK YOU! The drawing for that car will be held on Thursday, February 9th and the name of the winner will be posted on the NCM website after the drawing. Or check it out on the Museum live webcam and watch the drawing as it happens! Here is the next chance for you to buy a ticket to win a Corvette. Please purchase these tickets through the Museum and then let me know so that I can get credit towards the 2017-2018 Master Ambassador award. 2017 TORCH RED GRAND SPORT COUPE RAFFLE 3/2/17 THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2017 AT 2 PM CT IS YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A 2017 TORCH RED CORVETTE GRAND SPORT COUPE Car Features include: 6.2 Liter V8 460 HP Engine 7-speed Manual Transmission Magnetic Selective Ride Control Multi-Mode Performance Exhaust Grand Sport Performance Package Grand Sport Chrome Aluminum Wheels with Red-Painted Calipers 2LT Equipment Group with Jet Black leather interior including head-up display, heated and ventilated seats, Bose 10-speaker audio system, universal home remote, and remote vehicle starter system Chevrolet MyLink Radio with Navigation System Dual Roof Package including One-Piece Carbon Fiber, Body-Color Painted Removable Roof Panel and Transparent Roof Panel Performance Data and Video Recorder Carbon Flash Hood Stinger Stripe Curb-View Front Cameras Battery Protection Package Front License Plate Bracket Corvette Museum Delivery Tickets are $200 each and limited to 1000 tickets. BUY NOW 3 www.corvetteclubsantabarbara.com ACTIVITIES COLUMN Tony Megowan th January, we had the Griffith Park Observatory on Saturday the 14 [See article following Activities]. About the Tower Tours, I have changed my retirement date to 31 Mar so I will be able to conduct the tours in Feb and Mar for those that are interested. For February, on the 5th, Steve and Linda Petersen will host their Annual Super Bowl Party. Plan to arrive around 2:00 pm and bring money (small bills) if you want to play in the pools. Also bring your own drinks other than soda or water. They will have soda and water. Bring a dish to share, dessert, main dish on snacks. There will be sandwiches and a salad from Costco. The Jalama Beach Runch Run is planned on Saturday the 18th. We will plan to leave Timbers in Goleta at 8:30 and should be there by about 10:15 or so. We will then have lunch at the Jalama Beach Grill. Hib and Sandy will be hosting their Daytona Party again this year on Sunday, February, 26th. See flyer to the right for more details. Daytona Party Flyer For the month of March, we will have a run to the Estrella Warbird Mu- seum in Paso Robles on the 4th. This is now a one- day run and I will have further information in the next newsletter. There is a good chance another club will be joining us for this run. We are also adding a wine event in March— Wino’s Gone Wild. This will be at Thore Edgren’s home [see CCSB Roster for address] on either the 18th or 19th of March. We will sample Central Cali- fornia Syrah’s while enjoying a (hopefully) beautiful day with friends and colleagues. We will plan on or- dering pizza and have everyone attending bring a side dish, appetizer, salad, or dessert. For April we will have the Warner Bros Studio/Bob's Big Boy Run on the 2nd. I will also have more details on this as it gets closer. We did this run a couple of years ago and had a blast. Continued I hope to see all of you on our Event runs scheduled for 2017. Page 5 4 www.corvetteclubsantabarbara.com EVENT RECAP: GRIFFITH PARK RUN Tony & Paula Megowan Our first run of 2017 was interesting to say the least. Paula and yours truly were joined by Dennis Trammel and Lise, Mike Christensen, Art and June Aldritt, Ray Tracy and Terri, and our illustrious president Peter Mackins. We could not have asked for better weather and this turned out to be both a blessing and a curse. As we approached the Griffith Park Observatory, we found that half of Los Angeles had the same idea. Griffith Park was PACKED with hikers and others just enjoying the beautiful weather after all the rain. We could not find parking within 2 miles of the Observatory. But we are a flexible bunch and our President is a quick thinker. After a mini board meeting (OK just Peter and I), we made a command decision and decided to visit the Columbia Memo- rial Space Center in Downey. Peter had men- tioned this as a possible run and now it became a reality for most of us. Art and June were able to find parking close to the Observatory so they were able to enjoy the day there. The rest of us (minus Ray and Terri who went on to Torrance) headed off to Downey and after a short drive we arrived at our destination. The building housing the Space Center was the same building that housed the production line for the Apollo Command Module used to take the astronauts to the moon and back.