Corvettes at Carlisle was a great success

[QB93Z]

Despite the threat of Huricane Irene, The ZR-1 Net Registry participation in Corvettes at Carlisle was a great success. The fantastic display of all of the Corvettes in the ZR-1 (ZR1) lineage was the highlight of the entire C@C event. Many visitors came to the exhibit and there were thousands of photos taken. There were lots of questions about ZR-1's and the King of the Hill was brought to the attention of the masses.


The Registry tent, in our new location near the Midway was very visible. We became the most active and busy area in the whole show. Many people stopped by and chatted.


The Registry Hospitality was well recieved. We served burgers and sodas to about 500 people and we made sure that everyone stayed hydrated.

With the help of our fine sponsors, the Registry Raffle raised $1215. Thank you to:

Fuel Injector Connection
Corsa Performance Exhaust
Reflected Images Detailing
Corvette Art by Jim Voter
Adams Polishes
Keen Parts
Doug Rogers

I want to give a special thank you to David Johnson. David is our Activities and Events Director. David's hard work and organizational skill made this event a success. WELL DONE!! :salute:

I will post some pictures as soon as things settle down.

Jim

[Jagdpanzer]

Well done David! Another great event.
You realy really outdid yourself on this one.

[Kevin]

just walked in the door from the drive home, had a blast. see ya'll next year

[LGAFF]

Who won the 91 Z?

[QB93Z]

Good question Lee. In all the excitement I lost track. I am not even sure when the drawing was going to be held, Just about everyone left Saturday evening due to the weather.

Jim

[secondchance]

Thank you David. An outstanding job!

[phrogs]

I went to Hershey on saturday and drove past the fairgrounds today and it was dead so I didn't bother swinging by I figured everyone had left. Sucks that the storm rolled through but it was pretty hot on friday spent about 4 hours there with a friend of mine she was shopping for a corvette!

[Michael Beal]

It was unfortunate that Irene chased many of us away prematurely. It was a spectacular showing. Congratulations to David Johnson - an enormous amount of effort must have gone into this, and it showed. Having so many ZR-1s gather like this is a tribute to our fondness for the Beast and the Registry and its' members. It was a moment none of us will forget.

[FU]

Good time at Carlisle , it's getting to be quite an event for us. It was great seeing everyone. Darn Irene had us leaving early Saturday morning.

The weather got progressively worse. We hit bans of rain on the way home. We were actually driving into the storm. They had mandatory evac. Saturday night.There were wind's steady at 70 and gusting to 100 mph by Sunday morning.

[Scrrem]

Thanks David for the great display this year!!
Rich

[HIZNHRZ]

Sounds like another geat job David. Congrats.

[ZR-1nce removed]

Thanks David for the huge effort to put together that amazing display.

[ZZZZZR1]

Thanks David for the huge effort to put together that amazing display.

Darrin

Thank you for your help with logistics, support and your "nack" for selling tickets!!!!!

Great time had by all! Can't wait for next year

David

[Blue Flame Restorations]

Good job, David.

Everything looked great.:cheers:

[Kevin]

Congrats to Douglas Brooks from NY - he just won himself a 1991 Corvette ZR-1 from Corvettes at Carlisle and AllVette.net! Life certainly is good for Douglas!!!

[hihok9]

Great job David! It was good to see you again!

[GSJoe]

Thanks, David, for the fantastic job you did to make this event a memorable one.
The hospitality and camaraderie shown by you and all the other ZR1 Net Registry members toward two
"newbies" to the group--Matt LoTruglio and myself--was overwhelming, to say the least.
We both felt instantly accepted and part of the club. So thanks again for everything.
Matt and I will look forward to seeing you at Carlisle next year.
Joe Rose

[RICKYRJ1]

Thanks, David, for the fantastic job you did to make this event a memorable one.
The hospitality and camaraderie shown by you and all the other ZR1 Net Registry members toward two
"newbies" to the group--Matt LoTruglio and myself--was overwhelming, to say the least.
We both felt instantly accepted and part of the club. So thanks again for everything.
Matt and I will look forward to seeing you at Carlisle next year.
Joe Rose

Just wanted to say Thanks to the new kid Matt.1st for being a young gun and selecting a C4 ZR-1 for his ride of choice (we are getting old & need some new blood) & 2nd for cooking up some mean burgers. :saluting:
Can't thank David J. enough for his efforts, he is always balls to the walls in trying to put things together for our club. I know 1st hand he always puts the club 1st & him & his blue turtle 2nd. We are very fortunate to have such tremendous boad members (ALL of THEM!)
I only made it for Sat. but it nice to see my Z brothers from all over.
Darrin did a killin in selling the raffle tickets, he is a man of many talents.

[Kevin]

Just wanted to say Thanks to the new kid Matt.1st for being a young gun and selecting a C4 ZR-1 for his ride of choice (we are getting old & need some new blood) & 2nd for cooking up some mean burgers. :saluting:
Can't thank David J. enough for his efforts, he is always balls to the walls in trying to put things together for our club. I know 1st hand he always puts the club 1st & him & his blue turtle 2nd. We are very fortunate to have such tremendous boad members (ALL of THEM!)
I only made it for Sat. but it nice to see my Z brothers from all over.
Darrin did a killin in selling the raffle tickets, he is a man of many talents.

speak for yourself...i'm only 29. I may feel old but I'm not actually old.....

but those burgers were really good.

[QB93Z]

I finally got a few pictures to post. These were from Friday. Here is a view of ZR-1 row with the Registry tent and the ZR-1/ZR1 Walk through the Years Display tent behind it. The Registry had one of the largest club display areas in the Fun Field:
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The other side of ZR-1 Row:
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Here is Mim, the Registry Secretary welcoming some new members who just joined the Registry:
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Brian from Reflected Images Detailing gets a ZR-1 ready for the day. Reflected Images was one of the sponsors of the Registry Raffle that raised $1215. Thanks Brian:
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Here is David J. talking to some folks in the Registry tent:
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And here's me with my QuasarZ next to the Registry tent:
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Jim

[jrd1990zr1]

It was unfortunate Irene spoiled our party this year chasing us off early.

Hats off to Jim, Darrin and all of the members who made this event the success it was.

A special HUGE thank you to David Johnson for coordinating the event and making this year at Carlisle another excellent event.

THANK YOU DAVID!!!!!!!

Wish I could have stayed longer Saturday, but had to get back to tend to the monsoon.

Will you be posting the raffle winners????

:cheers: John

[QB93Z]

Some more pictures. Here I have the honor to pose with Mike Beal and his ZR-1 convertible. Joining me are Marc Haibeck and David Johnson:
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The "ZR-1/ZR1 Through the Years" display was amazing. Thanks to David's hard work and the generosity of the owners of some special Corvettes, every one got to see an example of every ZR-1 made. Here is a 1990 white ZR-1 with 22 miles on it. Thank to Roger's Corvettes for bringing this beautiful car to Carlisle:
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Some more of the ZR1's in the collection:
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Here are the 1970, 1971, and 1972 Corvettes with the 454 Cubic inch ZR1 option. These may be the rarest Corvettes made:
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And here is another look at the ZR-1's and a beautiful blue sky that, unfortunately didn't last much longer:
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Jim

[QB93Z]

Here are the winners of the Registry Awards and the Raffle Drawing winners.

Registry Awards:

Most miles Traveled in a ZR-1 to Get to Carlisle - Don Kressen (1340 miles)

Most Original ZR-1 - Chuck Ungren

Ricky Award for Best Looking ZR-1 - Phil Wasinger

Raffle Drawing Winners
Full set of Fuel Injector Connection injectors - Paul Farrance

Corsa Exhaust 1/2 off a complete system - Bobby Farrell

Reflected Images Detailing 1/2 Off a $500 Package - Bert Rankin

Framed Art Print by Jim Voter - Mike Bartkus

Adams Polishes Detailing Kit - David Johnson

Keen Parts $50 Gift Certificate - Glenn Reschke

Framed LT5 Picture from Doug Rogers - Mike Beal



Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to everyone who participated in the Registry Raffle. We raised $1215.

Please support the vendors that support the Registry.

Jim

[Kevin]

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And here's me with my QuasarZ next to the Registry tent:
http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp152/QB93Z/2011%20Carlisle/DSC04299.jpg

Jim

Jim,
I was just going to ask who had the blue z with the zr-1 splash on it. I haven't seen one of those in person in years. really looked nice

[Pete]

WOW,looks like you guys had a great time.
Nice job David and Jim.
Sorry i couldn't make it this year but next year for sure.

Pete

[4CAM LT5]

Absolutely KILLER work on the ZR-1 Display...!! Great attendance, despite the threat of Hurricane Irene. David, as always, you out-did yourself. And, both Lou and I are proud to have had AllVette sponsor the '91 ZR-1 Giveaway Corvette...!! All-around, another wonderful Corvettes at Carlisle...!!

[SteelBlueZR1]

Thanks David and Jim for a phenomenal Corvette's at Carlisle experience! You guys did an amazing job on the ZR1 display and activities, and I only wish Sunday was not a wash out.
I had so much positive feedback from Corvette lovers about the ZR1's on display it made me proud to be a lucky owner of one... While moving my 1991 ZR1 to allow another vehicle to be shipped out, I was greeted by Gordon Killebrew and David McLellan, who went over my car with me and shared some really cool insights and history.
Then, to my utter suprise, Gordon handed me a Celebrity choice certificate at the same moment my wife won the ZR1 Net Registry raffle drawing for the Extreme Detail... Wow! what a great day.
On Sunday at 1pm we returned to the fairgrounds for the award ceremony, to find the ZR1 tent had collapsed and only a few stragglers remained, but somehow we found Lance Miller (what a nice fella), the co-owner of Covette's at Carlisle, and got our trophy... 27mpg on the way home, all in all a great weekend.;):flag:
I can't wait till next year!

[jcruz]

I sure do miss Carlisle. I haven't been since moving to FL back in 2004. I'll definitely be there next year to meet lots of fellow ZR-1 owners!

John

[USAFPILOT]

that ZR-1 convertible is the car that should have been...GM missed the boat on that one.

[mlotruglio]

This was my first time to this event and WOW was it great......to wait for next year already!!!! Being prob the youngest person in the club I want to thank every body that was there for Bringing a "kid" only 20 But it was great and Congrats to David for seting it all up. I have a feeling Ill be cooking a lot more burgers next year though!!!!

[mlotruglio]

I almost for got I have had a miss under load for months It started right after I bought my car I did every thing plugs wires coils fuel test cleaners I thought I was loosing my mind and was about to spend $600 for new injectors. Some how the topic came up with Ray he said in his Ray way no you need to fill the plug boots with dieletric greese, Marc walked over and said the same thing. Long story short after months of chaseing my tail on this miss Ray and Marc gave me the $5 fix in the hotel parking lot!!! Thanks Guys That was HUGE!!!!!!!!!!

[Kevin]

The only change, and I do mean the only change, I'd make for next year is to have more drinking in the hotel parking lot like I'm used to. That's one thing I always looked forward to was sitting around in the hotel lobby or parking lot and bullshitting till the early morning hours while having a few beers. That was the only thing missing for me this year.

[95ZR1#418]

I almost for got I have had a miss under load for months It started right after I bought my car I did every thing plugs wires coils fuel test cleaners I thought I was loosing my mind and was about to spend $600 for new injectors. Some how the topic came up with Ray he said in his Ray way no you need to fill the plug boots with dieletric greese, Marc walked over and said the same thing. Long story short after months of chaseing my tail on this miss Ray and Marc gave me the $5 fix in the hotel parking lot!!! Thanks Guys That was HUGE!!!!!!!!!!

I never heard about doing that. I assume you mean just wiping some grease over the plug terminal?

[95ZR1#418]

The only change, and I do mean the only change, I'd make for next year is to have more drinking in the hotel parking lot like I'm used to. That's one thing I always looked forward to was sitting around in the hotel lobby or parking lot and bullshitting till the early morning hours while having a few beers. That was the only thing missing for me this year.

Sounds great to me. I made it for the first time on Saturday, didn't take #418 cause I new it would rain, it's never been in rain, I came with my two English Setters instead. Hope to come for a couple days next year with the car and would love some parking lot bull and beer till the wee hours....:mrgreen:

[mlotruglio]

I never heard about doing that. I assume you mean just wiping some grease over the plug terminal?


Well, the way Marc Haibeck descibed it to me between the high compression, and super hot coils it is easier for the charge to travel down the side of the spark plug and ignite there then ignite the spark plug inside the engine because the air in the boot gets ionized or something like that. So you need to get all the air out of the spark spug boot and the best way, is to fill the boot with dialectric grease before you put it on the plug. I filled it to the top and when I thought it was full I added more. I was out of ideas, parts to replace, tests, I had no idea what I was was up against and would try anything. But after months for chasing my Tail for a low speed stumble......$5 worth of diaelctric grease fixed it!!!!

[Kevin]

Well, the way Marc Haibeck descibed it to me between the high compression, and super hot coils it is easier for the charge to travel down the side of the spark plug and ignite there then ignite the spark plug inside the engine because the air in the boot gets ionized or something like that. So you need to get all the air out of the spark spug boot and the best way, is to fill the boot with dialectric grease before you put it on the plug. I filled it to the top and when I thought it was full I added more. I was out of ideas, parts to replace, tests, I had no idea what I was was up against and would try anything. But after months for chasing my Tail for a low speed stumble......$5 worth of diaelctric grease fixed it!!!!

in the olden days we'd spend all night out in the parking lot doing that, among other bullshitting. I think we need to put that on the carlisle schedule next year

[mlotruglio]

in the olden days we'd spend all night out in the parking lot doing that, among other bullshitting. I think we need to put that on the carlisle schedule next year


Sounds good to me:cheers: