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Happy Birthday...Enjoy Your Day!

Inside this Issue

Presidents Message 1

Meeting Minutes 2-3

Tech Corner 3

NCCC Meeting Notes 4

Canepa Museum 5

Photo Gallery 6-8

Members Business Cards 9

VTV Sponsors 10

Calendar of Events 11-12

Event Flyers 13-14

Presidents Message By Gale Haugen It’s that time again! Time to renew your NCCC member-

ship. New members fee are: $35 plus $10 per family

member. Members renewal fee is $25.00 plus $10 per

family member. Please submit your fees to Treasurer,

Hector Paz by October 31st. Checks should be made out

to Vapor Trail Vettes.

Just another reminder that we will be taking nominations

for 2016 E-Board Members at the October meeting.

This month I had two couples in our club submit pictures

and one article for the newsletter. I would like to thank

John, Debbie, Bev and Cliff for sharing the things that

interest them with the rest of us.

It is hard to believe that we are approaching the end of

2015. Our Annual Corvette Blast and last autocross of

the year will be behind us in a short period of time. Spe-

cial thanks to members that have put so much time into

working the Annual Event so far. Jim & Mary Carson who

established the rallye route and gimmick questions. This

is not an easy task to accomplish. Joan and Patty for

planning all the food and drinks for hospitality night. I

am sure everything will be perfect and look great. Brian

and Roberta, thank you for being the other party to drive

the rallye route and take pictures of the gimmick an-

swers. They were also very involved in the raffle prize

collection and setup. Barry & Judy...what can I say. I do

not have enough room in this column to list all you have

done and continue to do. The amazing game Barry built,

goodie bags, registration packages, everything that went

into those packages, raffle baskets, collection center for

everything. Their house looks like a warehouse right

now. The list goes on and on. To all of our members

who collected items for the raffle and will be helping over

the weekend. You are all amazing and appreciated. This

event would not be a success without all of you.

Until next month, Save the Wave!

Gale

October 1 Hector Paz

October 15 Sean Dunlap

November 5 Michelle Miller

November 18 Renee Dobyns

December 4 Bev Erickson

December 16 John Frank

December 20 David Jacobs

December 25 Charlie Perry

December 27 Michele Watson

Board Members

President Gale Haugen 773-4515

Vice President Clay Beck 481-4597

Treasurer Hector Paz 773-4515

Secretary Judy Fitzjarrell 937-5434

NCCC Governor Charlie Perry 937-4420

Newsletter Gale Haugen 773-4515

Temp Sunshine TBD 345-5820

Lady

Web Master John Mahoney 937-1414

The Vapor Trail

September 2015

Vapor Trail Vettes, P.O. Box 5241, Santa Maria, CA 93456

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September Meeting Minutes By Judy Fitzjarrell The VTV meeting at Boy’s Restaurant in Santa Marie

was called to order at 6:35 pm by Gale Haugen. In

attendance were: Gale Haugen and Hector Paz; Cliff

and Bev Erickson; Bill Santmyer; Doug Nicoll; John

and Debra Mahoney; Larry Wright; Barry and Judy

Fitzjarrell; Brian Weber and Roberta Haylock; Gerry

White; Chuck Robertson; Clay Beck; Mary Carson;

Michele Watson; and Mark Miller. We also had two

guests – Gil Trujillo (owns a 2015 Gray Z06) and

Mike Roland.

Minutes—Bill Santmyer made the motion to ap-

prove the August 2015; Chuck Robertson seconded

the motion. The minutes from the August 6th meeting

were approved by all present.

New Business—Gale Haugen

Gale wished a happy birthday to the September VTV

members: Debra Mahoney (9-03); Verna Nicoll (9-

04); Alyson Dunlap (9-05); Joan Perry (9-08) and

Judy Fitzjarrell (9-18).

Gale congratulated Bill Santmyer for winning the Best

of Show and Jim Carson for winning Best in Class at

the Lompoc Car Show in August. She also thanked

Judy for organizing and taking inventory of the Blast

supplies and getting the information to the proper

members.

The registration is now open for the October 10th Au-

tocross.

Very Important – Gale reminded all members that

the VTV Board Members nominations will be done at

the October meeting. If you would like to nominate

someone for any of the positions, please check with

that person to make sure they are willing. This will

save time for Larry Wright for the election in Novem-

ber.

Old Business—Gale Haugen

Gale reviewed the Blast schedule status with mem-

bers. Since Charlie Perry was not at the meeting,

Gale will check with Charlie that we have obtained

the insurance certificate of the Blast. Judy reported

that she mailed event flyers to 20 Non-NCCC Cor-

vette clubs including Fresno and Monterey. Doug

Nicoll has talked with Home Motors and has sched-

uled picking up the Home Motors banner on Thurs-

day, September 24th. He will talk to them about be-

ing #4 of the Poker Rallye stops.

Judy passed around samples of the Blast welcome

letter, agenda, badges, dinner tickets and silent auc-

tion/raffle description sheets. Members reviewed the

samples and gave suggestions, correction and etc. so

she can start getting the registration and goodie bags

started. Gale said that the City of Santa Maria Com-

merce handouts will be available soon for pickup.

John Mahoney suggested that we add a value amount

to the silent auction and raffle sheets.

September Meeting Minutes By Judy Fitzjarrell Old Business—Gale Haugen

Mary Carson reported that they have established the

Poker Rallye route and gimmick questions for the route.

However, they need someone to drive the Rallye, take

the pictures and time the event.

Gale discussed the raffle prizes and will work with Rob-

erta on how we determine silent auction or raffle ticket

prizes. Donations are needed from all members and

members should notify Roberta with the information.

Barry discussed the games they have chosen. Dave and

Jan will do a dart game and Barry and Judy will do a

blinko game where one of the chips will be for double

points. Judy will work on the game rules and score

sheets for each of the games. Gale reminded members

that we need to track the top ten in each sanctioned

event for reporting purposes but everyone gets points for

attending. First and second place winners will be given

awards.

Gale and Clay have ordered the awards and they are due

in soon. The awards this year will be a 3” by 3” square

that is kind of like a paperweight.

Treasurer’s Report – Hector Paz

Hector reviewed the current budget changes that oc-

curred in August with members. We have received

$1,080.00 from the Annual Blast registrations. We also

received our Home Motors Sponsorship monies of

$600.00. We had our monthly expense of $12.95 for the

website; $24.07 for name tags; $10.00 to NCCC dues;

$324.15 for autocross expenses; and $137.76 Governors

meeting expenses. Bill made the motion to approve the

budget with Cliff seconding the motion. Budget was ap-

proved by all present

NCCC Governor – Charlie Perry

No report as Charlie was unable to attend the meeting.

Vice President’s Report – Clay Beck.

Clay updated the members regarding upcoming events:

September 18th & 19th – Cruizin’ for Life in Santa Ma-

ria.

September 19th – NCCC Regional Governors Meeting

September 19th – Porsche Autocross.

September 25th and 26th – 11th Annual Vapor Trail

Blast.

October 1st – Next VTV Meeting at CJ’s in Arroyo

Grande.

October 3rd – Cruisin’ for Christ Car & Bike Show at

Pacific Christian Center in Santa Maria.

October 10th – VTV Autocross.

October 17th – Pismo Clam Festival Parade – Gale will

get information out to members.

October 24th – 3rd Annual Ponies, Snakes & American

Muscle Car Show in San Luis Obispo.

November 5th – VTV Meeting.

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September Meeting Minutes By Judy Fitzjarrell Secretary – Judy Fitzjarrell.

Judy asked members to email her with any updates

they may have for the members listing.

Around the Table

Gale introduced our visitors – Gil Trujillo and Mike

Roland. Gil owns a 2015 Gray Z06 and asked Mike

about local Corvette Clubs. Thank you to Mike for

suggesting the Vapor Trail Vettes.

Barry – Barry is missing a bag of batteries for the

radios from the last autocross. If anyone remembers

putting them away in the trailer, please contact him.

Michele – Michele thanked everyone who attended

the Allan Hancock Car Show. We had 13 Corvettes at

the event. The Vet Day at the Santa Maria Veterans

Clinic is on Wednesday, November 4th. (Per Michele’s

email dated September 8th. It will be from 11:30 am

to 1 pm.

Bev – Bev shared their trip to the Western Legends

Festival.

Cliff – Cliff asked members to pray for Dan Haggarty

as he has been diagnosed with spinal cancer.

Gerry – Gerry went to the Mendenhall tour with the

Derelicts’ and was allowed to purchase the welcome

sign they did for the VTV event last year there. He

has permission from the artist that he can have in

copied but only for VTV members. So if you are in-

terested, call Gerry. He stated that the poster will

cost $25.00. Also, Gerry won a ’49 blanket at the

Allan Hancock College Car Show.

John – John asked that members send him via email

anything they want to add to our website. New pic-

tures; events; new bios, etc. and he will update the

website. Next weekend is the Santa Cruz Napa Mu-

seum tour. The 2nd Saturday of each month, the Mu-

seum is open for tour.

John thanked Clay for all the help he has done on his

’69 Corvette. There is still more to do but an end is

maybe in sight. John also wanted members to know

that Dick Goldstrand has passed. He was a Leman’s

winner.

Debra – Thanked the members for the birthday card.

Mary – Mary requested that we add them to Vettes

for Vets car show in November.

Clay – Asked if anyone wanted to write the next Tech

article for the newsletter. Sorry Clay, no one volun-

teered. Therefore, Clay will be writing the article.

Clay also wanted members to know that he is back

working for the six weeks or more.

September Meeting Minutes By Judy Fitzjarrell Roberta – Roberta has copies of the donation letter if

anyone needs one. She also stated that donations could

be dropped off at Brian’s shop – Santa Maria Tool at

2326 South Oakley in Santa Maria.

Mark – Mark introduced himself to the members. This is

the first time he was able to attend a meeting. Mark,

Shelley (wife) and Dan (son) have been at the last two

VTV autocrosses and they are looking forward to the

next one.

50/50 Drawing of $40.00 was won by Judy Fitzjar-

rell.

Name Tag Drawing of $15.00 was Randy Hansen

but he was not present so the money goes to the next

meeting.

Door Prize Drawing was won by Barry Fitzjarrell.

Meeting was adjourned at 7:40 PM.

Reminder – Next VTV Meeting will be on October 1st at

CJ’s in Arroyo Grande at 6:30 pm.

Minutes submitted by: Judy Fitzjarrell, VTV Secretary.

Tech Corner-Castrol GTX MAGNATEC By Clay Beck Many people are alarmed to learn that up to 75% of en-

gine wear occurs during warm-up. Most of an engine's

moving parts depend on an unbroken oil film for both low

friction operation and minimal wear. When an engine is

shut off, the oil drains from the engine's critical parts

such as bearings, camshafts, rocker arms and cylinder

walls; and cools. After startup, it can take up to 20

minutes to reach peak protection temperature. During

that time, traditional anti-wear additives such as zinc

dithiophosphate are not completely activated. When

starting without fully activated anti-wear additives and

residual oil film, your engine initially runs with less than

ideal lubrication, which can cause overall levels of wear

and impact engine performance over time. Poor lubrica-

tion during startup and initial engine operation causes

more wear than running your engine hard! So a weekend

full of short trips running errands is harder on your en-

gine than hauling a heavy load. So companies like

Castrol are doing something about this problem. In addi-

tion to recommending regular service, they develop new

technology to address vehicle issues like this one. In

fact, Castrol just introduced Castrol® GTX® MAG-

NATEC® motor oil that is specifically formulated to re-

duce wear generated during warm-up. Castrol GTX MAG-

NATEC has intelligent molecules formulated to cling to

engine parts like a magnet,

leaving a layer of protec-

tion even after your engine

is shut off and don't take

time to warm-up. So the

unique clinging properties

of the Castrol GTX MAG-

NATEC formula protect and

fight engine wear providing

instant protection from the

moment you start.

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NCCC Meeting Notes By Cliff Harris Friday, September 11th. Membership committee meeting. President Dave Heinemann said if we had 30,000 members we could reduce the dues to $15. The membership database is in renewal mode be-cause Steve accidentally clicked the wrong button. The only way to undo this is to restore the database to an earlier backup. We can’t do that because all the intervening transactions would be lost. The solution for now is to just add new members and they will merge in with the rest of your renewing members. Since the database is in renewal mode the new mem-bers won’t get their first NCCC membership cards or new member information until they are sent out with the rest of the members’ renewals. We can work around this by adding new members “by hand”. What this means is that you list the information for new members and send it to me with the appropriate dues check. Then Steve will change their status in the da-tabase and have Larry Higgins send out a new mem-ber package. We can’t do this the usual way because the database won’t let us submit a transaction until ALL the members are shown as having paid their dues (are highlighted in tan rather than yellow on the club renewal screen). Ron Scott reported from the Finance Committee that we lost about $4400 on the raffle car. Several people have suggested that maybe it is time to stop using this method for raising money because of multiple problems over the years. Webmistress Joan Thomas has created a new gover-nor email list after the mess that the previous system turned out to be. I said at the time that people won’t go to an email server to check their email and it turned out I was right. She is relying on the email address being correct in the membership database and she has used that to create her own list. It seems to me that she could extract this info from the database any time she needs to send out anything, but I guess that’s too complex. I will check every-body’s email against her list to make sure everything is OK. Saturday, September 12th. National governors meet-ing VP of Membership Steve Johnson reported that a committee is rewriting my “Governors Quick Guide to the Membership Database”. They plan to add screen shots and go into some of the areas I didn’t think were important and left out. Steve calls my document “Cliff’s Notes” and it has been used by many RMDs and governors. I just got tired of typing out instruc-tions multiple times for the same things over and over again. The newsletter contest results were announced. The results can be found on the NCCC web site under “Contests”. Business Manager Jack Wilson said he has updated the insurance FAQs on the NCCC web site.

NCCC Meeting Notes By Cliff Harris One change is that no drones or other radio-controlled vehicles are allowed at NCCC events. He said that if club timing equipment is left in a storage facility that its loss is not covered by NCCC’s insurance. He also said that the insurance will not cover any problems related to pictures taken at an event and then published on a social web site like Facebook or a similar site. He said take lots of pictures but keep them to yourself. Jack said that you should request a COI (Certificates of Insurance) at least 2 weeks prior to an event. This has become a growing problem because requests have been made only a few days before an event and they don’t have enough time to evaluate the risks before issuing a COI. He said in the future (mainly next year). They will refuse to issue a COI if the request is made too close to the event date. Jack said the 2015 Convention will break even or show a slight profit. I liked it. The turnout was good and the events were well run. The 2016 Convention is well along in the planning pro-cess. It will be in Omaha, NE July 17 to 22. Registration will open February 1st. See the NCCC web site under “Conventions” for more information. Director of Charities Patrick Dolan said the raffle car win-ner took the car, which will save a lot of trouble dealing with the car, though the dealer agreed to take it back if that was needed. There will be no raffle car in 2016 for multiple reasons, one of them being that the federal income taxes must be prepaid. NCCC has decided to switch to a different charity and the finances get very complex when that happens. The charity system is set up so that all proceeds go to the charity. When there is a switch all the accounts must be emptied and the charity system starts in the hole until a new program can be es-tablished. Sponsorship Director Debbie Lindsey said we have nego-tiated a 12% discount at Eckler’s, with a 5% rebate go-ing to the region the member belongs to. You must give Eckler’s your NCCC number when you order so they know which region is involved. This only works on web orders. If you call and order something the 5% rebate does not kick in. The electronic version of Blue Bars Magazine will appear on the NCCC web site soon after the paper edition is published. There is no notification that it is available -- you must go look for it. The NCM (National Corvette Museum) is dealing with noise issues from the new track. The neighbors say they will not sue, but they want the noise to go away, as it turned out to be much louder than they were led to be-lieve. The NCM has offered to buy out anybody who wanted to sell because of the noise (their employees want those houses close to the NCM so they can live close to work), but so far nobody has taken them up on this offer. They are currently working on adding a dirt berm, which will take about a month. After that they plan to build a sound wall on top of the berm. All NCCC members will get a free one year NCM mem-bership sometime in the future. NCM members get dis-counts at the NCM store and they are working on a smile.amazon deal.

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NCCC Meeting Notes—Cont’d By Cliff Harris

The Kimberlee Fast memorial pavilion has been com-pleted and is available to members. Webmistress Joan Thomas said that clubs need to keep their web sites updated because visitors will not return if the content is stale. She said many club web sites haven’t been updated in years. Nominations for national officers were conducted. We have 5 candidates for Secretary, which is very unusu-al. Balloting will be opened on October 1st and will close on October 31st. A tentative Convention bid for 2017 has been dis-cussed. The Convention would be at the same Holiday Inn in Bowling Green as in 2013. The dates will be August 21 (Monday) to August 25 (Friday)

Canepa Museum By John Mahoney

We finally made it to the Canepa Cars & Coffee Sec-

ond Saturday Car Event in Scotts Valley CA, just a few

miles from Santa Cruz. Deb & I were coming back

from a visit with my brother in San Francisco and the

timing was perfect to see the Canepa sales floor and

museum. We had watched Bruce Canepa win multiple

races at the Monterey Historic races for years so

thought a visit to the museum would be nice. We vis-

ited the museum on Friday just to see what was there,

but could not enter the garage area, just view it from

the overlook area next to the museum. Lots of great

cars for sale that included a C2 3-speed coupe, but I

do not think any of them are under $100K. Very me-

ticulously restored and waiting for new owners. The

museum included two cars on loan from the Indianap-

olis Museum otherwise all the cars are owned by Mr.

Canepa. Beautiful display of historic cars and if you

read the history of each the tour would take a long

time. We spent time reviewing both areas and taking

pictures as usual. Then headed back to the hotel until

the next morning.

We did not try and park next to the building because it

stated collectables and classic cars so we parked

across the street in the dirt parking lot. We did see

some unique Volvos, but did not want to push our luck

in thinking our car was something special. There were

lots of unique cars of all kinds including Corvettes,

BMWs, Porsches, Ferraris, Motorcycles, Cobras and

even a first generation Honda. The BMW club was the

invited club for this month’s event so everything came

out of the woodwork. I think I saw every version for

an M series that was ever made and then lots of clas-

sic BMWs too.

Then we got a cup of coffee and donut that was free

and sponsored by Hagerty Insurance. There were

even discounted Rennsport tickets for sale and free

posters. Lots of people enjoying the event.

Canepa Museum By John Mahoney

Then 10 AM came along and there was a two hour mu-

seum, sales area, and garage tour. Our guide was also

the company historian and very informative. He select-

ed about five cars from each section to discuss and the

history of each. I don’t remember any specific cars in

the sales area. They were either low mileage, original,

or had 4000 hours of restoration or detail work accom-

plished to include keeping the original paint.

When we went to the museum area various cars were

discussed to include; the Paris to Dakar Porsche 959,

Buddy Baker Dodge Daytona, original So-Cal 34 Coupe,

Formula Junior car driven by Steve McQueen, or multi-

ple race winning Porsches. Then after that discussion

we walked out to the viewing area of the garage and

went into the garage area to discuss more historic cars.

There were two Vettes there; one a 69 BB convertible in

restoration for a client and a fuel injected 63 coupe that

seemed to be completed. Some of the cars in work or

waiting restoration included multiple Porsche 959s, 64

Ferrari that won Le Mans (multi million dollar car some-

thing close to 75 owned by Indianapolis Museum), Por-

sche 935s, Mercedes 300 SLs, NASCAR/IMSA race cars,

and a few others that I can’t seem to remember. He

answered questions selected a few more cars to discuss

and mentioned many of the cars would be at MRLS later

in September for the Rennsport Reunion either racing or

just for display. It was a full historic car morning and

we headed for home. If you would like to see some of

the cars or watch a short video here is the web address:

http://www.canepa.com/index.html

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John and Debbie Mahoney at Canepa Museum

Photo’s Provided by John & Debbie Mahoney

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John and Debbie Mahoney at Canepa Museum

Photo’s Provided by John & Debbie Mahoney

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Members, Cliff and Bev Erickson Enjoy Rubbing Elbows with Western Actors

Photo’s Provided by Bev Erickson

Bev with Darby Hinton—

(American actor and filmmaker

initially cast in commercials

when he was six months old.

From 1964–1970 he portrayed

Israel Boone, a son of American

pioneer Daniel Boone, on the

NBC adventure series Daniel

Boone, with Fess Parker in the

title role.)

Our own “Kenny Rogers” in Kanab, Utah

Bev and Clint Walker (Clint Walker was

best known for his cowboy role as "Cheyenne

Bodie" in the ABC/Warner Brothers western

television series, Cheyenne.)

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For Sale by Non-Members 2006—Has the LS 2 engine (6.0 L, V8) with 40,000 miles. Excellent condition. Asking price: $29,000. Dave (805.423.3717)

2003 50th Anniversary Corvette with 7900 miles. Rudy Larsen

619-206-8448

Club Members Business Cards

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Vapor Trail Vettes Sponsors

“Where we Meet our Customers by Accident!”

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Monthly

Every Saturday N/A Pismo Derelicts Car

Meet

Ross Shopping Center.

Oak Park Drive Pismo

Beach

Jim Carson Every Saturday

7:30am

First Thursday

of each Month

N/A VTV Monthly Meeting -

See monthly calendar

for location

Santa Maria or 5-Cities

Area

VTV Meetings Start at

6:30pm

Every Sunday N/A Orcutt Derelicts Car

Meet

Golden Donuts Shop-

ping Center– Clark &

Bradley

John Ma-

honey

8am-10am

September 2015

Thursday 3 VTV Monthly Meeting Santa Maria—TBD VTV Meeting Starts at

6:30pm

Saturday 12 Porsche Autocross Santa Maria Airport Porsche Club

Sat-Sun 12-13 NCCC National Meeting TBD

Fri-Sat 18-19 Cruzin’ for Life Santa Maria 5-10pm 937-8008

Saturday 19 NCCC Regional Gov’s

Mtg

Marie Callenders , Vic-

torville

Friday-Saturday 25-26 VTV 11th Annual Blast Santa Maria Inn VTV 6 Sanctioned Events

Saturday 26 68th Old Days Celebra-

tion Car Show

Los Alamos 9-3pm 805-202-

8103

October 2015

Thursday 1 VTV Monthly Meeting 5-Cities—CJ’s Arroyo

Grande

VTV Meetings Start at

6:30pm

Saturday 3 3rd Cruisin for Christ

Car & Bike Show

Santa Maria 9-2pm 805-934-

1717

2015 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

NCCC, VTV & LOCAL EVENTS

Day Date Event Location Sponsor Comments

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2015/2016 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

NCCC, VTV & LOCAL EVENTS

Day Date Event Location Sponsor Comments

October

Saturday 10 Low Speed Autocross Santa Maria Airport VTV 2 Sanctioned

Events

Friday 16 Clam Festival Parade Pismo Beach VTV to participate

in parade.

Saturday 24 Pony, Snakes & American

Muscle Car Show

Mountainbrook Commu-

nity Church, 1775 Calle

Joaquin, SLO

Mustang Club 440-6831 Flyers

coming. Registra-

tion 7am $35,

Start 10am

November 2015

Sunday 1 43rd Nojoqui Falls Fun Run Solvang 8-3pm 805736-

7090

Wednesday 4 Vette’s for Vet’s Car Show Santa Maria 11:30-1pm

Thursday 5 VTV Monthly Meeting 5-Cities Area VTV

Sat-Sun 15 NCCC National Meeting TBD

December 2015

TBD TBD VTV Christmas Party TBD VTV

January 2016

Saturday 30 Santa Maria High Race

Team Car Show

Santa Maria High SM High

School

934-1717

February 2016

March 2016

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ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CORVETTE EVENTS?

NCCC Sanctioned Event – Details

and Registration at

www.motorsportreg.com

Autocross Schedule: Saturday – July 11, 2015

Saturday – October 10, 2015 Santa Maria Airport

Santa Maria, CA

NCCC Members $50.00 - Non-NCCC Members $60.00 This is an all-day event. Gate opens at 7:00 am to 8:30 am.

Questions: Call Charlie Perry at 805-570-9191 or visit our website at www.vaportrailvettes.com

(Since this autocross is at the airport, this is a closed event and only drivers and workers are al-lowed to attend.)

Events Schedule: 11th Annual Vapor Trail Vettes Blast

Friday & Saturday, September 25 – 26, 2015 The Historic Santa Maria Inn at

801 South Broadway, Santa Maria, CA NCCC Members $70 per Car - Non-NCCC Members $85 per Car

Awards Dinner - $25 per Person Questions: Call Gale Haugen at 805-773-4515

See Flyer at www.motorsportreg.com or on our website at www.vaportrailvettes.com