BG 2012 Agenda

[FU]

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16
6:00pm – 10:00pm
Welcome Reception at Holiday Inn University Plaza

1021 Wilkinson Trace, Bowling Green, KY
Compliments of ZR-1 Net Registry

THURSDAY, MAY 17

8:00am
Museum Opens

8:00am – 5:00pm
Registration Open

Advance Registration pickup
Onsite registration open
Located in front lobby

9:00am – 11:00am
S1: Why & How

Frank Ellis - then a young Chevy marketing manager, now a retired GM executive, is an unsung Corvette Challenge Hero. He held together the patchwork of engineers, dealers, sponsors and racers that kept the series going in ’88 and ’89. But there wouldn’t have been a Corvette Challenge had not Doug Robinson orchestrated the rout of the SCCA’s Escort Endurance series in ’85, ’86 and ’87 that got the Corvettes kicked out.
Frank, Doug and retired Corvette Chief Engineer Dave McLellan and others will tell all.
Located in the Chevrolet Theater

11:00am – 12:00pm
Open Discussion on Corvette Challenge Series

Located in Chevrolet Theater

1:00pm – 2:30pm S2: Guts, Guile and Glory

This is a show-and-tell. It starts in the Chevrolet Theater and adjourns to the NCM garage, where Challenge cars will be described, inspected, and dissected.
Bill Cooper won the 1989 Challenge championship in Doug Rippie’s car. Hear them and others, including Chevrolet engineer Jim Minneker, discuss the racing and the machinery. How were ’88 cars different from ’89? What role did CAMS play? What rules did the racers not break?

2:30pm – 3:00pm Open Discussion on the win
3:15pm 4:15pm S4: Hoodwinks, Hanky-Panky and History

Hear first-hand about how Chevy dealers both affected (and were infected) by the series and about how collectors have been treated since then by a unique batch of VIN specific production C4 racers.
Listen to Wilkes-Barre’s Ken Wallace explain how he found himself the owner of so many ‘88s. Be awed by Curt Smith’s incredible spread sheets as he has documented and tracked Challenge Cars. Be thankful for Frank Ellis’ creativity and courage and the far-sightedness of collectors like Mike Yager and Chip Miller.
Located in the Chevrolet Theater

5:00pm
Museum Closes

5:30pm – 8:00pm
Reception at AutoMasters

790 Interstate Dr. Bowling Green, KY

FRIDAY, MAY 18

8:00am
Museum Opens

8:00am – 5:00pm
Registration Open

Located in front lobby
Advance Registration pickup
Onsite registration open


9:00am – 11:00am
S12: “Corvette Racing: From the Million Dollar Corvette Challenge, to the 24 Hr of LeMans. And Beyond.”

Speakers: Doug Rippie / Corvette Challenge & World Challenge Championship team owner and Graham Behan / Former Lotus Chief Engineer.
Hosted By: Jim Van Dorn
Rare Video and Slideshow included
Located in Chevrolet Theater

11:00am – 12:00pm S5: Upgrades on C4’s

Upgrading brakes & suspension
Speaker: Doug Rippie
Located in the Chevrolet Theater

Times TBD
Drag Racing at Beech Bend

798 Beech Bend Rd, Bowling Green, KY
Contact: Frank Urbinati at race@zr1netregistry.com

3:00pm – 4:00pm S11: Do it Yourself Tuning

ABC’s for tuning your C4 Corvette
Speaker: Dominic Sorresso
Located in the Chevrolet Theater

5:00pm
Museum Closes

SATURDAY, MAY 19

8:00am
Museum Opens

8:00am – 11:00am
Registration Continues

Onsite registration open
Located in front lobby
Advance Registration pickup

9:00am – 10:00pm
S6: Introduction to Drag Racing

Speakers: Marc Haibeck / Bob Gillig / Pete Polatsidis / Al Dashto
Located in Chevrolet Theater

10:00am – 11:00am S7: ZR-1 Start-up hints

If your ZR-1 hasn’t been started in years – here is what you need to look for
Speaker: Marc Haibeck
Located in the Chevrolet Theater

11:00am – 12:00pm S8: Building & Designing a Big Inch LT5

Speakers: Paul Workman / Pete Polatsidis / Bob Gillig / Marc Haibeck
Located in the Chevrolet Theater

2:00pm – 3:00pm
S10: Dual Disc Clutch for Hi-Horsepower C4 Corvette

“Last clutch you will ever have to buy”
Speaker: TBD
Located in the Chevrolet Theater

5:00pm
Museum Closes

5:00pm – 6:00pm Cash Bar

Located in NCM Blvd

6:00pm – 8:00pm
Banquet and Charity Auction

Banquet fee: $30 member / $35 non-member
Located in NCM Conference Room
Menu Includes
Salad
Entrée – Chicken Picatta & Sliced Roast Beef
Mashed Potatoes
Green Beans
Choice of Desserts

[JThomas]

Thanks Frank, looking forward to it!

[Gunny]

It will be good to see everyone again

George

[Chad N Swartz]

Are there no drives to register for and go on this year?

[ZZZZZR1]

Originally Posted by Chad N Swartz

Are there no drives to register for and go on this year?

Working on a cruise to a BBQ... Probably 30 miles roundtrip.



David

[Chad N Swartz]

Thanks, Dave! Was also wondering what day and time is the annual meeting for the club? Haven't seen it on any of the schedules yet, maybe I'm not lookn in the rite place.

[FU]

A group of Diesel guy's have had Beech Bend drag strip reserved since last year. This is the second year that they had reserved the drag strip for they're own use. They're event is a large one. We tried to get in with them but the Diesel guy's didn't want anything to do with us Corvette guy's. And since the Diesel guy's rent the track for they're event we had no choice in the matter. Dallas the owner of the track was contacted by myself and others trying to get access with no luck.
So we will have to go on in Saturday with the time slot guys at 5pm.

[Gunny]

Frank,

Thanks for all the hard work and for your efforts to get us drag racing slots ... I know it has to be terribly frustrating when it doesn't work out precisely as planned, especially when you're fairly certain everything is working out.

George