The Galloping Gazette The Official Newsletter Of The Central Virginia Mustang Club April 2012 / Issue 304

to 1:00PM. Registration fee day of the CVMC News show is $25.00. The non-refundable pre-registration fee is $20.00 and must be post marked by April 10, 2011.

The 7th Annual Central Virginia April Car Show

Show Registration Form

Pre-Registration forms and show fee should be sent to:

April Car Show Pre-Registration P.O. Box 35-474

Richmond, VA 23235-0474 The 7th Annual Central Virginia April Car Show Show will take place at: Westchester Commons; Westchester April 21, 2012 Commons Way, Midlothian, VA 23113

Westchester Commons is conveniently Westchester Commons located at the Northwest Corner of Westchester Commons Way Route 288 and Route 60 (Midlothian Located at the NW Corner of Rt. Turnpike) in Richmond, Virginia. 288 and Midlothian Turnpike For more information, call Richmond (Midlothian), Virginia George Bobrovsky at 804-658-8173, Come and join us for the best Dave Thomas at 804-937-2495 or Ron Car Show in Virginia. This year at a Martin at 804-347-8701 or email: new location. See and/or display your [email protected] antique, classic or muscle car or truck. You can also visit the CVMC website at All car and truck makes welcome to www.centralvamustang.com participate. Participants will be Article by George Bobrovsky displaying cars from all over Virginia, Photo by Tony Hall North Carolina, Maryland and beyond. Popular Vote awards include Top 15 pre 1974, Top 15 1974 to the present, best of show for General Motors, Chrysler Corp., Ford Motor Co., Import and Truck. The car show benefits the Wounded Warriors Project. Event hours are 9:00AM to 4:00PM with check-in running 9:00AM

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Everyone had a great time and we look forward to returning to the

Richmond International Auto Show in the future! Article by Tony Hall Photos by Tony Hall & Mac Osborne

2012 Mustangs and Motor Trend!!

CVMC was invited back to the 2012 Richmond International Auto Show presented by Motor Trend. The show lasted from Friday, March 23rd to Sunday, March 25th. CVMC had a great location inside the main display at the Richmond Convention Center.

O'Reilly Auto Parts Cruise In March 17, 2012

CVMC was invited to have a cruise in at O’Reilly Auto Parts on St. Patrick’s Day! CVMC had a nice little turnout at the Store; of course we could always use a much larger turnout. Maybe next time!

CVMC would like to thank We had 10 fantastic Mustangs O’Reilly Auto Parts store for the Door on display. CVMC would like to thank Prize donations they gave us. CVMC each of the owners who displayed their would also like to thank everyone who Mustangs and all of the club members came out to support CVMC and who came by to visit and support O’Reilly Auto Parts! CVMC. CVMC would also like to thank Motor Trend for inviting us back to the show.

Page 2 we will go to the Pizza Hut in Midlothian for lunch, compliments of CVMC. Please come out and support the club, have some fun and enjoy a great lunch!!!! Look forward to seeing you there.

We hope everyone had a fantastic St. Patrick’s Day! Article by Tony Hall

Photos by Ray Louth & Tony Hall

Cruise to Smithfield May 12, 2012

The CVMC members cruising with us this year will be meeting at 8:00 AM at the same location as last year for this event (The East Coast Service Station on State Route 10 and I-295). From I-295 South take exit 15- B. At the end of the exit ramp you can see the station on the left. From I-95 South, take exit 61-A toward Hopewell. This is a rain or shine event. Departure to Smithfield will be at 8:30

Richmond Ford AM. Phone: 804-358-5521 On May 12, 2012 the Town of 4600 West Broad St. Smithfield will again close historic Main Richmond, Va. 23230 Street and fill it with Mustangs. You www.richmondford.com are invited to be part of this annual Be sure to present your CVMC event which includes fun, food, music, Membership Card for a Club Discount shopping, a farmers market and much on parts in their parts department more. The show runs from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Registration begins at 9:00 CVMC Adopt-A-Highway AM and all cars must be in place by Trash Pickup 11:00 AM. This will be a Top 75 show April 14, 2012 with Specialty Awards. Dash plaques will be given to the first 100 registered

cars. Pre-registration is $20.00 per car Come out and help take care of if registered and paid by May 5. After our adopted highway and have pizza May 5 the registration fee will be afterwards! We'll be meeting at the $25.00. IVYMONT SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER This event is being hosted by in downtown Midlothian (Midlothian Peninsula Mustang Enthusiast and the Turnpike and Le Gordon Drive) and we Town of Smithfield with all proceeds will leave at 9:30 a.m. to go to our benefiting the Children’s Hospital of stretch of Otterdale Road. Afterward the Kings Daughters (CHKD). For pre-

Page 3 registration, visit the website www.peninsulamustang.com (after Feb. 15) or contact Scott Brubaker at [email protected]

For additional information, contact Ray Louth at 804-271-6225 or 804-229-3862. Article by Ray Louth Photo by Mike Peyton

Crossroads Ford Cruise In & Open House May 19, 2012

Come one and come all to the th to crossroads ford on May 19 , 2012, Spring Parade Season from 9am to 3pm. There will more people with all makes and models of The Bon Air Parade: is May cars. This is also great day for kids to 12th, 2012, at 1:00 PM. We need to enjoy many games that will be there. line up for the parade at the Bon Air Article by Tommy Wilson Baptist Church by 12:00 PM sharp. Photo by Ray Louth

They usually have this parade on the first Saturday in May but this year they moved it to the second Saturday. Sandston Memorial Day Parade: All I have so far on Sandston is a phone call. What I do know is it will be May 28th, 2012 at about 1:00 PM. Stay tuned for more information. The Colonial Beach Parade: is June 9 at 12:00 PM. We can decide if we want to do this parade at the next membership meeting. CVMC at the National If you have any questions or Memorial Day Parade need more information please contact me. Washington D.C. Llew Stakes May 28, 2012 Phone: 804-262-5789 Email: May 28, 2012 – Monday, Time [email protected] – Start Time 2:00 PM (tentative) Are you ready to honor our veterans? Come out and participate in

a nationally recognized parade! Parades don’t get any bigger than this one!. Who knows, you maybe on national television, last year the

parade was on the Military Channel. We have slots for all Mustang body styles that are willing to let a veteran or even parade marshal sit in the back seat of your convertible. Club participants will leave on

Page 4 Monday morning and met at Speed & I would like for everyone to be Briscoe Auto Truck Stop at I-95 and identified as CVMC members, please Lewistown Rd. Time TBD. see George and purchase a CVMC To sign up, please contact T-shirt. Kathy McWilliams. Specific time and I will be meeting with Jeff Jessy meeting location information are and Ron Kody in the next several forthcoming and will be communicated weeks and will have additional to all participants. information on this great event. Please The official parade website is: remember we must have a BIG National Memorial Day Parade turnout! I HOPE YOU CAN COME OUT I will have more information at AND CELEBRATE OUR VETERANS!!! our March meeting so please attend. If Kathy McWilliams you have any questions please call me Phone: 804-512-7403 at 804-272-4007. E-mail: Also, I would like to start and [email protected] get a list of everyone that plans to attend so if you could please send me an e-mail I would appreciate it. [email protected] Thanks. Mark Abrams

Richmond MCA National Update

CVMC is looking for volunteers to help with the Richmond MCA National. If you are interested please contact Dave Thomas and let him

know. Wounded Warrior Family High Five Tour Dave Thomas MCA National Chairman July 7, 2012 Email: [email protected] Cell: 804-937-2495 Mark your calendar now. The Wounded Warrior Family High Five Tour will be in Richmond on Saturday July 7, 2012 at Richmond Ford. Col. John Folsom will arrive at the dealership between 8:00AM and 9:00AM. He will be at Richmond Ford for 3 to 4 hours. We should plan to be at Richmond Ford no later than

7:15AM to stage our cars. We will park our Mustangs up front in the lot and For a 10% discount on Labor Charges Col. Folsom will drive by our cars as he be sure to present your CVMC enters Richmond Ford. Membership Card Richmond Ford and Ron Kody are expecting a great turnout by CVMC!!! There will be a cookout, and possibly K95 at this event as well as news coverage.

Page 5 CVMC Merchandise

CVMC now has CVMC Logo Car Magnets for sale at $17.00 apiece.

Mustang Restoration, Part’s, Appraisal’s, MCA & SAAC Judging Experience. Give Rick Nochta a call for all your Mustang needs! 804-321-5383 George Godsey Be sure to present you CVMC Phone: 804-562-9545 Membership Card for a 5% to 15% E-mail: [email protected] discount!

CVMC March Monthly Facebook Meeting Minutes By Michelle Jordan

Tony Hall, President, called the meeting to order at 7:35. The meeting

was held at the Holiday Inn Crossroads CVMC Is Now On on Staples Mill Rd. Facebook & Twitter Items Covered CVMC now has a Fan Page on Facebook. To follow us on Facebook Welcome New Members & just type Central Virginia Mustang Club Visitors: No new members or visitors in the search and become a Fan. in attendance. You can also follow CVMC on Old Member News: No old Twitter. Type CentralVAMust in the member news. find on Twitter. Hope you will follow us Treasurers Report: Ron with your computer, laptop or smart Martin provided a detailed report on phone! the income and expenses for January Article by Tony Hall and February. Announcements: It is time to renew your membership for 2012. $25 is due and can be given to Laura or mailed to the club’s PO Box listed in

the newsletter. Membership Report: No report for this month. MCA Report: Dave Dickey

reported that all of the 2012 shows have been posted on our website and Facebook. The 2013 Grand National will be held in Orlando. More shows for 2013 and 2014 are being reviewed now. If you would like to join MCA, please see Dave. Parade Report: Llew reported that we were awarded “Best Vehicle

Page 6 Unit” in the Chester Kiwanis Christmas On March 23-25, CVMC will have 10 Parade. We are waiting on information cars on display at the Motor Trend for upcoming parades. If you are show being held at the Richmond interested in going to the National Convention Center. Please come out Memorial Day Parade in DC, please see and support the group. Kathy McWilliams to sign up. The meeting was adjourned at Website/Facebook Update: 9:17 pm by Tony Hall. No update this month. Spring Show: The Spring Show is fast approaching. Set-up will be held Friday night, 4/20, between 9 and 10 pm. Fall Show: Larry reported that the Fall Show flyers have been updated and will be in print in the near future. We are setting a 150 car limit this year and hope to add a good number of vendors. For all of your Hardwood Flooring Cruise Ins: There is a cruise-in needs give Don Lane a call at! March 17th from 9 to 2 at O’Reilly Auto 1-800-379-5353 or Parts. Also, the Smithfield cruise is set 804-748-0723 for May 12 from 9 to 3. Crossroads Be sure to present you CVMC Ford will host another cruise this year Membership Card for a $0.05 per Sq. on May 19 and they have invited us to th Ft. discount! participate. June 9 is the Richmond Ford cruise. On July 7th, the High Five Tour will come thru Richmond Ford. Thanks for Contributing We are looking for a huge turnout To The Galloping from our members in support of the Gazette tour and of Richmond Ford. We would like everyone in the club to wear their I would like to take a minute to CVMC attire. Please see the website thank everyone who has contributed to for details. the Galloping Gazette and let everyone Richmond MCA National: 43 know that if you have an article that clubs across the country were you wrote on anything CVMC, Mustang contacted about the new MCA and or Ford related please send it to Member/Judged rule. A motion was me to be used in the newsletter. carried to submit a letter to MCA Ideas for articles are but not asking that they rescind the new limited to the following… Club membership requirement rule. Functions; Car Shows that you Merchandise Report: attended; Parades; Restoration George Godsey has flags, hats and Projects; Modification’s; Unique shirts, and he also has door magnets Mustang’s and or Ford’s; Unique for sale. He is working on getting people connected with Mustang’s and some ladies shirts. Please see George or Ford’s; etc… Please include any if you have a specific order or request. pictures. Open Agenda: The Spring Be sure to send your articles to. Adopt-a-Highway trash pickup on Tony Hall Otterdale Road has been set for [email protected] th Saturday, April 14 . We will meet at the Ivymont Square Shopping Center in Midlothian between 9 and 9:30, leaving at 9:30 for pick-up. All participants will be treated to a pizza lunch courtesy of CVMC.

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Page 8 I’m sure Mike over here was tired of listening to me, but he kept taking notes of what I was saying and made it better. It was weird. The track went loose for a while and the last couple runs it started tightening back up and Mike made a good pit call there at the end and got us freed up. The guys on pit road did an awesome job to get us

out first and that really helped to win us that race.” MIKE KELLEY, Crew Chief – No. 6 Ford EcoBoost Mustang – “This race today was a lot about what we knew about notes about these cars and these tracks, and not coming here on Thursday and Friday and making a lot of changes to our car based on what we saw when we got on the track. We just kept the course of what the whole

plan was for the day. Ricky is really Stenhouse Jr. Gives good about giving feedback. He talks and explains to us everything the car Ford First NASCAR is doing, what the track is going Nationwide Series Win through, what temperature is doing to of 2012 the track, and we’re scanning other drivers and we kind of knew where we

 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won his started that if the track did what we third career NASCAR thought it would towards the middle of Nationwide Series race and the race, our car would start to find its became the fourth different way to the front and it did. A few more Roush Fenway driver to win a changes later it showed some speed series event at Las Vegas Motor and the guys did a great job on pit Speedway, joining Mark Martin, road and got him out front when we Jeff Burton and Greg Biffle. needed to, and, from that point on, it  The win was the 13th at LVMS was Ricky setting sail. The car was for Roush Fenway and Ford in fast. Doug and those guys gave us a 30 combined NASCAR Sprint really good motor and Jack and Ford Cup and Nationwide races at allow us to build great race cars and I the facility. can’t say enough about my team.  Ford has now won a NASCAR They’ve been working a lot of hours Sprint Cup or Nationwide race here and it’s really hard at the shop. 11 out of 16 years at Las Vegas We’ve downsized some and running Motor Speedway. less teams and we’re trying to build cars for us and Trevor and bringing RICKY STENHOUSE JR. – No. 6 really good pieces to the track. I felt Ford EcoBoost Mustang – WINNER’S like we had a shot at winning Daytona PRESS CONFERENCE: “It was really coming off turn four and I felt like we cool. Looking at all the fans in the had a really good car at Phoenix and stands that came out was pretty cool just missed on getting him out front before the race and to win here was when we needed to, but I’m just so fun. I got here Sunday, so I’ve been proud of my guys and proud of Ricky here a while and it paid off. Our Ford for coming out of the box strong. We EcoBoost Mustang was not as good as didn’t get the finish we wanted at we wanted at the start of the race. If Daytona, but, obviously we showed you would have listened to our radio, today that we’re here to win.”

Page 9 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. is disappointing. We want to be in CONTINUED – DID YOUR CAR LIKE Victory Lane every week and there for CLEAN AIR THAT MUCH WHEN YOU a while I thought we had a shot at it. GOT OUT FRONT AND IS THIS We just got too tight at the end when INTERMEDIATE TRACK WIN A the sun went down, so it’s a decent BENCHMARK WIN FOR YOUR CAREER? run. I’m proud of the team for having “It definitely was good out front. I two cars in the top five with very think that’s gonna be the case at a limited guys and budget and short track or anywhere. We stretched everything else, so they’re doing a the lead out there to four or five great job this year. I just hope we can seconds and then I just kind of rode keep it going. I really want to contend around and saved the tires in case we for this championship this season. had a late restart. To win on a mile- We’ve got an 11th and a seventh and and-a-half is big for me. I feel like our a fourth, so we’re getting better every cars are better than I am at some week and that’s all you can hope for. mile-and-a-halves, and I feel like I We’ll see what happens here in the drive really hard at the short tracks. I future.” WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT think we’ve got a really good package FINAL RESTART WHEN YOU FELL going right now and to get that win on BACK? “I got trapped in the middle. I a mile-and-a-half feels good.” was pushing Mark Martin and thought WOULD YOU HAVE WON IF YOU he was going to get the lead and I just CAME OUT OF THE PITS SECOND OR got trapped right there in the center of THIRD? “I definitely think we had the them and when you get in the middle car to beat. I feel like we could have you just drop back. I was doing all I started sixth and still won that race at could do, but it just took us too long to the end. I found a line that I liked to get back by everybody.” run and the car was coming around to MICHAEL ANNETT – No. 43 it. Mike Kelley made some awesome Pilot/Flying J Ford Mustang (Finished pit calls there and I think we just had 13th) – “It was just a long day. the car to beat. We were running Mark Obviously, we had a bunch of pit stops down the run before. We were to try and make it better, but we catching Brad and he had his troubles, struggled for speed all weekend. Our so I feel like we could have won if we trouble spot through practice was started second or third row, but it was turns one and two, and then in the definitely a lot easier starting on the race it was three and four so it kind of front.” flip-flopped on us. We definitely got a WAS THERE ANY CALL DURING lot of notes. We found some things THE RACE THAT HELPED GET YOU TO that helped us and definitely didn’t, so THE FRONT? “We were at the front all we’ll put that in our notebook and try day. I don’t think we really ran out of to make ourselves better for the top five at all and the guys getting California.” me off pit road first, we came in Article & Photos by Ford Racing second and got off first, so that was huge. That meant I could start the race where I wanted to on the outside, where I had been running, so that was nice. We tightened the car up when we needed to tighten it up and we freed it up when we needed to be a little bit looser, and Mike did the adjustments on how far to go and I think we all worked as a team this weekend and worked really hard.” TREVOR BAYNE – No. 60 Roush Fenway Ford Mustang (Finished 4th) – “It’s good when you can say a top five

Page 10 The Rule 2013 is scheduled to be discussed at this meeting. Tony will be giving you an update. The MCA website had been down for days near the end of March because it was experiencing weeks of hacking attempts. The software upgrading and testing was taking a little longer than expected. As this is

being written the site will hopefully be Professional Appraiser of Antique, back on line by March 30th. Classic and Special Interest Vehicles. I received my April Mustang The price is $75 a car when in a group Times last Wednesday to find a good of 4 cars. friend of mine, Joe Horne, lost his 757-421-9028 battle with Cancer on February 27. Joe was relentless in establishing the Mahoning Valley Mustang Club and instrumental in obtaining the Youngstown, Ohio Grand National in September 2005. Besides Judi & I, several other CVMC members attended that show. The National shows for 2013 have been awarded by the board and are:  April 19 – 21; Wild Horse Mustang For all of your Auto Detailing needs Club, at Ford Park in Beaumont give Mr. Hoff a call at! Texas Office: 804-355-4633 or  July 5 – 7; Blue Ridge Mustang Cell: 804-387-2638 Club, at the Crowne Plaza Golf and Be sure to present you CVMC Tennis Resort, Asheville,N. Carolina Membership Card for a 10% discount!  August 2 – 4; Mustang Club of Indianapolis, at the Lucas Oil Raceway Park, Indianapolis, Indiana  The Grand National will be August 31 – September 2; hosted by the Imperial Mustang of Polk County and the Mid-Florida Mustang Club at the Richard Petty Speedway at Walt Disney World Labor Day Weekend. Host Hotel is the Coronado which is about 1 mile from the speedway. The Coronado will start accepting reservations after April 16, 2012. The rate is $99.00 per room that includes 1 set of 2 tickets to Disney World after 4 PM (a $104.00 value. There will be a parade lap around The next Board of Directors the speedway and a picture of your th meeting is April 16 just outside of car will be taken at the start/finish Dallas, Texas. The show review line. committee will probably recommend to If you would like to join this the Board the location of the National worldwide Mustang organization and and Grand National shows for 2014. receive a fabulous magazine full of

Page 11 great pictures, stories, and “how to tax. I wish to thank all the car do” articles, see me during the break. hobbyists who contacted people in the Check our newsletter, website Assembly and got this bill changed and face book for upcoming shows and from a negative for our hobby to a big cruise-ins in the Richmond metro positive. region. President Obama has now put Dave Dickey the Keystone XL pipeline on a fast MCA Regional Director track. This is a big change from his Phone: 804-730-1450 veto of the pipeline. The president has E-mail: taken a beating from critics due to the [email protected] ever increasing price of gasoline. What is truly sad is the fact that due to new CVMC - MCA Gold Card Judges private lands being drilled for oil and 1964½-1966: Don Lane new techniques for drilling that the 1967-1968: Dave Dickey North American continent now 1965-1970 Shelby’s: Rick Noctha produces more oil than we use. I think the president and his team have CVMC – MCA Certified Judges missed an opportunity to break 1966: Karen Lane America free from foreign oil. The th 5 Generation: Tony Hall, Dave Dickey administration has spent a lot of & David Lythgoe money on green energy. Literally billions have been invested by way of Department of Energy loans and grants in green energy. Change will happen when change is ready to happen. You cannot force major change in the energy sources we use daily. I wonder what the state of our country would be if our political leaders had invested in oil News from the Car Club and natural gas production instead of electric cars (failed at the turn of the Council 20th century, may fail again this

century), hydrogen fuel cell vehicles HB 878 has been passed by (none in production), solar panels both the House and the Senate. The (Solyndra failed), electric car batteries version the Senate passed was (A123 Systems failed) and of course different than the House version. the poster child for failed green energy When this happens, a conference the Chevy Volt (production halted). committee is formed with three The EPA recently approved members of the House and three some new guidelines to make the members of the Senate. The selling of E15 fuel easier for gas conference committee works to make stations to sell. Any gas station a bill acceptable to everyone. In this wishing to sell E15 fuel must complete case the committee was successful a Misfueling Mitigation Plan (MMP) and and the bill has been sent to the file it with the EPA. Very few have filed governor for his signature and then it the paperwork. The Renewable Fuels will become law this summer. Association plans to produce a 44- This bill was amended a couple page E15 Retailer Handbook which it of times. Additional amendments to says will help gas stations negotiate the bill will now totally exempt from the red tape of the EPA’s E15 approval the license tax ALL vehicles and parts process. That association wants to sell cars that are stored on private more ethanol. In fact the plan just property for the purpose of restoration approved by the EPA was submitted by or repair. Vehicles stored within a the Renewable Fuels Association. So structure will remain exempt from the much for the EPA only doing what is

Page 12 right for the environment without April 26, 2012 - April 29, 2012 interference from others. Just like MCA 2012 NATIONAL SHOW other government decisions there are MUSTANG SHOWDOWN AT THE winners and losers. E15 is a loser for RED ROCK CORRAL not only car hobbyists but consumers St. George and Ivins, Utah in general. Even Green Car Reports Northern Utah Mustang Owners (The ultimate guide to cleaner, Association presents MUSTANG greener driving) states “But while the SHOWDOWN AT THE RED ROCK general message has been that E15 CORRAL, April 26, 2012 - April 29, won’t hurt your car, owners of older 2012 at Tuacahn (Too-Ah-Kon) Center cars or other gasoline-powered for Performing Arts in St. George and equipment like garden tools or boats Ivins, Utah, Utah. Event hours are 8 might find refueling with E15 could am - ??? (variable). Registration is cause significant damage.” open 8 am - 11 am. The registration CCCCV President fee is $60. Register by March 15, 2012 Fred Fann at $60. Contact Joyce Epperson at 801-269-1364 for more information, Upcoming Car Shows or visit the web site at www.numoa.com. MCA Events Mustang Club of America 2012 National show CAR SHOW, Good News! AUTOCROSS & BURNOUT CONTEST, MCA has gone back to the old PONY TRAILS CRUISE THROUGH format of listing their shows. I will ZIONS NATIONAL PARK, BBQ, now be listing MCA National & CONCERT, BANQUET, VENDORS, Regional Shows in the Newsletter RAFFLES, IMPORTANT INFORMATION again! MCA National Car show is limited to 350 cars. There is no on-site April 15, 2012 registration. Register online or 8th Annual Spring all Ford Show postmarked no later than March 15. Car & Truck Show There will be security personnel at Front Royal, Virginia Tuacahn parking lot throughout the Shenandoah Valley Mustang Club weekend. If you choose to park presents 8th Annual Spring all Ford elsewhere, security is not provided. Show Car & Truck Show, April 15, Portable tents/popups, alcohol, pets 2012 at Shenandoah Ford Dealership are not allowed. Lot in Front Royal, Virginia . Event hours are 9 AM - 3PM. Registration is May 5, 2012 - May 5, 2012 open 9AM - 12 Noon. The registration 5th Annual Spring Mustang and All fee is $15. Register by April 7, 2012 at Ford Show $15. Contact Tommy at 540-662-0584 Woodbridge, Virginia after 6pm for more information, or VA - National Capital Region Mustang visit the web site at facebook at Club presents 5th Annual Spring shenandoah valley muatang club like Mustang and All Ford Show, May 5, us. Show open to all fords, mustangs, 2012 - May 5, 2012 at Cowles Parkway antiques, classics, hot rods, street Ford in Woodbridge, Virginia . Event machines,& trucks (old &new ) Must hours are 8 AM till 3 PM. Registration be all Ford & Ford Power. Dash is open 8 AM till 11 AM. The plaques to first 100 entries, participant registration fee is $25.00. Register by voting. Four classes and top 10 at no-preregistration. Contact Buddy trophies in each class. Food fun music Turner at (703) 350-5104 for more all day. Rain date for show is Sunday information, or visit the web site at April 22 2012. Show sponsored by NCRMC.org. This annual show is under Shenandoah Ford. roof for the first 80 cars. Judging is modified MCA rules by NCRMC. Dash plaques for all registered cars and 1st,

Page 13 2nd, and 3rd place trophies awarded May 12, 2012 at $15.00. Contact to all classes. 2011-2012 are judged KIRBY PAGE at 336-228-1482 for by popular and participant vote. "For more information, or visit the web site Sale" car corral is $10.00, display at www.mustangsofburlington.com only. Food, door prizes, 50/50, music OPEN TO ALL MAKES AND MODELS and more. Rain date is May 12th. For more information on other MCA May 5, 2012 Car Shows and Events please visit the 24th Annual Mustang & Ford Mustang Club of America’s website at… Powered Show Mustang Club Of America Salem, Virginia VA - Roanoke Valley Mustang Club Non-MCA Events presents 24th Annual Mustang & th Ford Powered Show, May 5, 2012 at April 7 , 2012 Red Sox Stadium, Salem, VA in Salem, Virginia Classic Cruisers 16th Virginia . Event hours are 8am-4pm. annual Open Car Show Registration is open 8am-12noon. The From 9:00AM to 3:00PM at Southside registration fee is $25.00. Register by Nazarene Church (Route 288 and April 29, 2012 at $20.00. Contact Luis Courthouse Road), Chesterfield, Garcia at 540-467-3651 for more Virginia. Proceeds from the show will information, or visit the web site at be used to provide aid and comfort to www.roanokevalleymustangclub.com. wounded veterans at McGuire 24th Annual Mustang & Ford Powered Veterans Hospital through the RAT III Round-up Rain date May 6th. Family organization. The church is planning Fun Day at the Salem Red Sox some family oriented activities, Stadium to benefit St. Francis Service including an Easter Egg Hunt for the Dogs & Children's Miracle Network. kids. Join us for a day of family fun. Ford Powered Car Show - open to all Pre-registration fee is $20 prior to makes and models of Ford powered March 31st, $25 on day of show. Call vehicles. Multiple class, sponsor, & Cindy Jackson at 804-739-5558 or e- specialty awards. Sponsored by mail her at [email protected] with any Berglund Ford, Salem Red Sox, T.J.'s questions. You can visit our website at Mustang Supply, Dalton's Automotive www.vaclassiccruisers.com for Restoration, Banners & More. information or to print a pre- Additionally: Automotive flea market, registration form. Arts & Crafters, Car Corral and April 7th, 2012 multiple other vendors. Red Sox Kids Home Town Cruize-In Car and Zone & concessions will be open. Truck Show Cost Notes: Automotive Flea Mkt(auto Motorcycles welcome. Time 9:00am to parts only)$15.00, Vendor Spaces 3:30pm Rain Date April 14 2012 Will $50.00, Pony Corral(vehicles for sale) be at Awshucks Country Store 2025 $5.00, Display only vehicles $15.00, Hylas Blvd Glen Allen Va 23059 Crafters space $25.00 Download a Registration fee is $15.00 Classes of flyer from our website. cars include Classic AntiqueTrucks and May 19, 2012 Motorcycles Judging will begin at CHARITY CAR SHOW BY 1:00pm will be awarding 1st 2nd and MUSTANGS OF BURLINGTON 3rd place Best Overall and Peoples BURLINGTON, North Carolina Choice Music by Fre-Ray Sounds DJ NC - Mustangs Of Burlington presents Foxy and DJ Ray For more Info please CHARITY CAR SHOW BY call Ernest Wright at 804-350-6680 or MUSTANGS OF BURLINGTON, May 804-883-5575 19, 2012 at HOLLY HILL MALL in April 14th, 2012 BURLINGTON, North Carolina. Event Cruise-In to “Celebrate Liberty” hours are 9 AM TO 3 PM. The An all-vehicle cruise-in will be a registration fee is $20.00. Register by featured part of “Celebrate Liberty,” a

Page 14 patriotic family event at the April 21st, 2012 Chesterfield County Fairgrounds on Glenn & Kendall Duke 6th Annual April 14. Owners of street rods, Memorial 2012 Spring Car, Truck, antiques, motorcycles, foreign, and Motorcycle & Tractor Show custom vehicles are invited to show off This show will benefit the Hadensville, their specialty vehicles. Tommy VA. Company # 6 Volunteer Fire & Herman will be there with his antique Rescue Group; located at the fire engines. Display hours are 1pm to Goochland Drive-in Theater, 4344 Old 4pm. Co-sponsored by area patriotic Fredericksburg RD., Hadensville,VA. groups, “Celebrate Liberty” will include 23067, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Trophies live entertainment, food vendors, : Top 20 Classic Car / Truck;Top 5 patriotic displays, historical re- stock or Custom Car / Truck '00 to enactors, and well known speakers. Present; top 3 Motorcycles & Tractors The Lee Brothers from WRVA will host (2 tractor Classes); 10 "Best" In Show the main stage events. Also on hand Winners; Plus Peoples Choice for Car / to entertain and educate will be the Truck / Motorcycle & Tractor. On-site Patriot Pipes and Drums, Righteous registration from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Outlaws, and a high school Battle of - ($25.00); ($20.00) advanced via the Brains competition with emphasis email; Excellent / affordable snack bar on The Constitution. A special Kid concessions; Free Public Admission; Zone will keep the youngsters Vendors welcome ($25.00) (email for engaged. A press conference featuring space reservation), no food vendors; General George Washington, Thomas Raffles include cash & other great Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and James items. For info and advanced Madison (followed by Patrick Henry’s registration - contact Kelly Woods @ “Give Me Liberty” speech) will round [email protected] Rain out the educational agenda. Numerous date will be April 28th non-profit organizations will be th represented such as the Family April 28 , 2012 th Foundation, American for Prosperity, 5 Annual Car, Truck & Motorcycle Oath Keepers, FreedomWorks, 4H, and Show the Boy Scouts. The Chesterfield Hyles Baptist Church, 7220 County Fairgrounds is located near Courthouse Road. Chesterfield Chesterfield Courthouse at 10300 Virginia, Saturday at April 28th 10:00 Courthouse Road, Chesterfield, VA am to 3:00 pm. Rain date May 5th. 23832. For more information, contact Trophies for 3 classes, truck division, 2 Phil Rapp at [email protected] or 804- motorcycle classes, best of show 441-3749. “Celebrate Liberty” awards, also we will be having awards information can also be found on the for the following: best interior, best home page of RichmondTeaParty.com paint, best engine, best Ford, best Dodge, best Chevy, best street stock, April 21st, 2012 best import, and best other along with American Legion Post 233 Car, people's choice and judged best in Truck and Bike Show show. Once again we will have many Location Sportsman Restuarant 3306 activities for the children along with Williamsburg Road. Cash prizes for great food and a bake sale. Over 100 each class. (rain date May 12, 2012). prizes given away to the spectators. Proceeds for Veterans Organizations Vendor booths are available but go and American Legion Baseball. Pre- quick. All the proceeds will go to help register by April 1, 2012-$15.00 Day our less fortunate youths and building of show $20.00. Contact Info Donald fund. The cost is $15.00 per entry if Small 804-222-2872 or 804-840-5656. postmarked by April 21st and $20.00 after that. For more information email [email protected] or 804-839-

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Page 15 www.hylesbaptistchurchannualcarshow May 19th, 2012 .com LVFC Car, Truck, and Motorcycle Show th May 11 , 2012 Ladysmith VOLUNTEER FIRE Company, th The 11 Annual Southern States 17401 Jefferson Davis Highway, Employees Association Car Show & Ruther Glen, VA 22546 Car Show: 9 Picnic AM till 2:00 PM Register by 11 AM - 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Come out and Classes for Classic Car (pre-1987), enjoy seeing all the Classic Cars, Modern Car, Truck (all years), and Trucks, Motorcycles & Specialty Motorcycle (all years) Plaques given to Vehicles! This show benefits the the Top 3 Vehicles in each class, also Virginia State Police Association. Vote Best in Show, Sponsor’s Choice, for your favorite car! Enjoy S.O.S. – Chief’s Choice, Best Ford, Chevy, “Sounds of Spencer” music at its best!! Mopar, and Import. Door prizes, 50/50 Brock’s BBQ will be supplying the raffle, Bake Sale, Breakfast lunch! Trophies, Prizes and a 50/50 Sandwiches and Coffee, Hot Dogs and Raffle all make this a great show!! Pre- Hamburgers available for lunch. Come registration deadline, May 4th but you enjoy beautiful cars and great food. can also register day of the show. 1st Let the kids check out the Fire Trucks! 50 vehicles receive a free dash plaque. Vender space available for small Southern States is located in the businesses or arts and crafts $25. Genworth Complex off of West Broad. Sandra Phillips 804-448-8603 Registration fee: $10 and includes one [email protected] For directions go free lunch per vehicle entered. to www.ladysmithfire.org (rain date – Contact: Greg Wyatt – 281-1610; Jack Sunday, May 20) Borinski – 281-1376; Joe Will – 281- 1541; Vickie Campbell – 281- For more information on other Area 1551;Dave Parker – 281-1398;Jayson Car Shows and Events please visit the Rivera – 281-1975 or Mark Williamson Car Club Council of Central Virginia – 281-1626. website at… Car Club Council of Central Virginia th May 12 , 2012 M.A.C. First Car, Bike & Truck Officers Show At New Deliverance Evangelistic President: Tony Hall Church, 1701 Turner Road, North Phone: 804-337-4807 Chesterfield (Richmond), VA 23225 Email: Open Show - 11 AM to 4 PM Pre- [email protected] registration: $20 (before April 27) Day of Show: $25 Swap Meet Registration: Vice President: Larry Noble $25. Special Trophies. DJ and Food on Phone: 804-784-2227 site. Admission is FREE for spectator Email: Benefits Men’s Ministry Outreach and [email protected] Scholarship Fund. Event features the 1967 Eleanor from the movie “Gone in Secretary: Michelle Jordan 60 sec”. Bring the family and enjoy! Phone: 804-746-3091 For more information contact: Tony Email: Anthony at [email protected] or [email protected] call 804-869-4283 Website Treasurer: Ron Martin sites.google.com/site/menacknowledgi Phone: 804-798-1780 nchrist/events-calendar Email: [email protected]

Page 16 MCA Regional Director: Dave Dickey Mark Abrams Phone: 804-730-1450 Phone: 804-272-4007 E-mail: Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Membership Director: Laura Pegram Gordon Martin Phone: 804-557-3366 Phone: 804-550-3196 Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Directors David Thomas Phone: 804-364-3381 2012 Email: [email protected] David Lythgoe Phone: 804-909-0869 Volunteers Rusty Wiseman Phone: 804-357-6196 Newsletter Editor: Email: Tony Hall [email protected] Phone: 804-337-4807 Email: Militza Simic [email protected] Phone: 804-756-7251 Email: Web Site/Facebook [email protected] Rusty Wiseman Phone: 804-357-6196 Johnny McGrath Email: Phone: 804-769-1238 [email protected] Email: & [email protected] Kathy McWilliams Phone: 804-512-7403 Kathy McWilliams Email: Phone: 804-512-7403 [email protected] Email: [email protected] Club Merchandise: George Godsey Mike Peyton Phone: 804-562-9545 Phone: 804-672-0726 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Club Promotions: Vacant 2013 Membership: Llew Stakes Laura Pegram Phone: 804-262-5789 Phone: 804-557-3366 Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Ray Louth Parades: Phone: 804-271-6225 Llew Stakes Email: Phone: 804-262-5789 [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tommy Wilson

Phone: 804-672-6159 Email: [email protected]

Page 17 Cruises In’s: Technical Advisors Ray Louth Phone: 804-271-6225 1st Generation Mustangs Email: Sonny Coble [email protected] Phone: 804-282-4932 And

Tommy Wilson Bill Jarvis Phone: 804-672-6159 Phone: 804-262-2137 Email: [email protected] Rick Nochta And Phone: 804-321-5383 Mark Abrams Email: [email protected] Phone: 804-272-4007 Email: Richard Jones [email protected] Phone: 804-740-2096 Email: [email protected] Track Events: George Bobrovsky Dave Dickey Phone: 804-794-0350 Phone: 804-730-1450 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Spring Show Chairman: George Bobrovsky 3rd Generation Phone: 804-794-0350 Email: [email protected] Mustangs

Fall Show Chairman: George Bobrovsky Larry Noble Phone: 804-794-0350 Phone: 804-784-2227 Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Club Sponsors MCA National Show Chairman: David Thomas Present your club Phone: 804-364-3381 Email: membership card at the following business to Judging: Dave Dickey receive valuable Phone: 804-730-1450 discounts. E-mail: [email protected]

Monthly Door Prizes: Betty Wiseman Phone: And Pam Doser Phone: 804-230-0322

Social Events: Gordon Martin Phone: 804-550-3196 E-mail: [email protected]

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