CRUZIN. From the President s Desk. June 29: Drive Your Corvette to Work Day. River City Corvette Club, Inc.

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1 River City Corvette Club, Inc. CRUZIN Volume 26, Issue 5 June 2018 Amy Allen, Editor From the President s Desk INSIDE THIS ISSUE: NCM News 2 Club News & Events 4-17 Sponsors 18 Member Spotlight 19 About Us 20 Keep Connected: WOW the next few months are going to be busy for River City. We need all the members to help with the Car Show in August. Door prizes, goody bags items and silent auction items are needed. Donation request form letter will be available at the meeting or you can Amy Allen moonlte2002@gmail.com and she will send you one. Please bring any donated items to the monthly meeting. Sign ups to work the show will be at the June meeting. The next meeting will be at O Charley s in Hixson on Thursday June 21, Dinner is at 6:00 PM and the meeting starts at 7:00 PM. Please plan on attending. ALL MEMBERS: Please take a moment and fill out the member spotlight form. This is a great way for all of us to get to know each other better, especially the new members. As always make sure to check the calendar on our website for upcoming events along with the RCCC member s page on Facebook. Chuck Logan, President etteclub.com/index.html etteclub.com/calendar.ht ml m/rivercity.corvetteclub. com June 29: Drive Your Corvette to Work Day

2 CRUZIN Page 2 National Corvette Museum News 2018 NCM 24TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND HALL OF FAME INDUCTION AUG 30 SEPT 1, 2018 In the 2 decades since the Museum opened the scope of the vision has blossomed to include changes such as the dedicated special exhibit hall, dedicated PDI delivery area, restoration area, full service store, interactive exhibits and a full motorsports park. Every year around the Labor Day weekend we celebrate the Grand Opening of the Museum in 1994 with a participant focused event. This year we mark the 24 th Anniversary milestone and focus on the diversity of the people that Corvette has brought together for a look back on the Museum s history and forward to the future! Registered can enjoy 3 days of activities in and around the Museum including access to interesting and unique road tours, special video presentations, raffles, the annual open Membership meeting and more during this event in honor of your help and support! The event will also include the Lifetime/HOF Inductee dinner, 10/15/20/25-year member recognition, Ambassador Luncheon, and the Corvette Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and banquet where we will induct new members into the prestigious and elite group of recipients who have made a significant contribution to Corvette history. Hall of Fame inductees for 2018 are John & Burt Greenwood, Tom Wallace, and Mike Yager. Individual seating and group tables are available. Anniversary registration is no charge to Lifetime members, $20 for members and $30 for non- members with deadline for online registration 5:00pm central, Thursday, August 16th, Early registration includes a hard card badge, lanyard, event pin and dash plaque. Onsite registration will Begin on Wednesday August 29 th at 1pm. Onsite prices are $5 for Lifetime, $25 for Members, $35 for Non-Members You Might Be A Corvette Nut, If You might be a Corvette nut, if you know the production years of low number paint color choices? Those years in which 15 or fewer Corvettes were produced for any particular color code. AMSWER ON PAGE 18 Member Spotlight Submission WE HAVE RUN OUT OF SUBMISSIONS. PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT AND SEND YOURS IN TODAY. We would love to highlight a club member in our newsletters. Please complete the information on the My First Corvette input form and it to Dan Smith. Click on the link below for form. Please make sure to include pictures of you and your car/cars. Dan Smith Dsmith0344@att.net My First Corvette Form

3 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8: The Mid-Engined White Whale Is Nearly Here CRUZIN Page 3 On the eighth day, God created Mid-Engined Corvette. Certain Mesoamerican cultures offered the still-beating hearts of human sacrifices to Mid- Engined Corvette. Medieval Europeans believed that Mid-Engined Corvette s horn could cure all maladies. It is said that Kublai Khan kept in his personal zoo at Xanadu a Mid-Engined Corvette of exceptional splendor. The phrase mid-engined Corvette means goat sucker in Spanish, owing to the thing s propensity to drink the blood of livestock. Inside the briefcase from Pulp Fiction? Mid-Engined Corvette. Mid-Engined Corvette has always been with us, even when it totally didn t exist. And short of a few concept vehicles over the decades, it has never existed beyond the realm of folklore, the occasional conspiracy theory, and the fever dreams of automotive journalists. But as it is written, so it shall be. Mid-Engined Corvette is real, and you ll see the official, genuine article next spring. And no, Chevy isn t playing any games with the terminology: The engine will be bolted between the occupants and the rear wheels. Those expecting a carbon-fiber spaceship powered by an antimatter machine will be somewhat disappointed. Like the recent front-engined Corvettes, the mid-engined one will remain an attainable sports car with supercar performance. Surely some bits of carbon fiber and magnesium will be stirred into the mix, but Chevy will construct the mid-engined car s spaceframe primarily from aluminum. And as in the past, its body will be made largely of fiberglass panels. To contain costs, Chevy will launch the new car with an updated version of the pushrod LT1 engine that powers today s C7 Corvettes. We expect the mid-engined Corvette, or C8, to be a bit heavier than the current car s roughly 3500 pounds, but it will compensate for that with about 500 horsepower from the LT1. And thanks to the increased traction of a rearward weight bias and a quickshifting transaxle, it ll be quicker than the C7. Oh, did we not mention the transaxle? (Note that we used the singular form of the word.) There will be only one gearbox, and it won t come with a clutch pedal. Chevy has been working with Tremec on a new eight-speed dual-clutch automatic unit. The driver s involvement in shifting gears will begin and end with the steering-wheel-adjacent shift paddles. But there s some consolation: That engine bay will also eventually host even more compelling mills. The first to follow the LT1 will be a naturally aspirated 5.5-liter DOHC V-8 with a flat-plane crankshaft capable of a Ferrari 458 like maximum engine speed of 9000 rpm. Sympathy for the transaxle, though, means the engine speed will be limited to several hundred rpm below that. That engine should be good for at least 600 horsepower. Then, because it is totally unnecessary, Chevy will bolt two turbochargers and two big air-to-water intercoolers to the 5.5-liter V-8. The turbo engine will make about 800 owner-maiming horsepower. You will not be surprised to learn that this will be the fastest version around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. But hang on: What if we told you that within a couple of years Chevy would add a 200-hp electric motor to the mix? The twin-turbo 5.5-liter V-8 will abuse the rear tires while the electric motor, housed in what would typically be a front trunk, will energize the fronts. That s right: This mid-engined/frontmotor Corvette will have a horsepower rating at or near the four-digit mark. To cool these nuclear furnaces, the mid-engined Corvette is going to need massive amounts of airflow. So basically the entire leading plane of the nose will be open to the air and packed full of heat exchangers. The C8 will extract engine-compartment heat through vents below the taillights on the rear fascia. Combustion gases will be fed through an exhaust that includes the familiar dual-mode system to maximize airflow and noise generation at high engine loads. There will be two tips per side instead of the four center-mounted pipes on the C7. In a break from past Corvettes, the mid-engined car will have a couple of active aerodynamic devices. In the rear will be a conventional power-operated spoiler. Up front, the picture is a little more complicated. We hear that Chevy will use the new Corvette s front-axle-lift system not just to clear speed bumps and steep driveway approaches but also to change the car s angle of attack, shifting the aero center of pressure fore and aft, depending on vehicle speed. And wonders never cease the C8 will use coil springs in place of the old transverse composite leaf springs. For an unspecified amount of time, the C7 will be built alongside the C8 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. We re guessing Chevy will continue building the old car until the company is ready to start producing the Corvette Hovercraft.

4 CRUZIN Page 4 Club News & Events RCCC Hosting Chautauqua County Corvette Club New York What a great time that we had meeting members of the Chautauqua County Corvette Club on May 15 & 16. On Tuesday night we met the over at The Boathouse and enjoyed a nice meal and got to know members of the group. Then on Wednesday evening we met them at their hotel and tool them on a drive over the mountain to the Cooke Jar. Glad they let us know they would be in town and wanted to meet up with fellow Corvette enthusiasts.

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6 CRUZIN Page 6 Great drive to the Cookie Jar in Dunlap and meeting new friends from Chautauqua County Corvette Club New York

7 CRUZIN Page 7 Club News & Events Corvette & Camaro Cruise In at Integrity Chevrolet INTEGRITY CHEVROLET #1 on Automotive Row 2110 Chapman Road Chattanooga, TN Sales: Service: Certified Corvette Technician

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9 CRUZIN Page 9 Club News & Events We will meet at Cracker Barrel in Lookout Valley for breakfast at 8:00 AM and depart around 9:00AM. After the show ends we will stop on the way back and eat at 50 Taters. If anyone doesn t want to attend the show they can meet us at 50 Taters. Contact person: Jan Weber (423)

10 CRUZIN Page 10 Club News & Events ATTENDEES 10 th Annual All Corvette Car Show - Vettes of the Smokies BRISTOL, TN TRIP DETAILS Larry & Norma Jerry & Judy John Holden Amy Allen Chuck Logan Harless Davis Len Bell Ron Kellogg Al Cerasi Billy & Ginger Maxwell Whit & Edna Cooze Ray Aubrey PRE-REGISTRATION FRIDAY JUNE 15 th Depart from Tractor Supply in Soddy Daisy at 9:45 AM. We will then head to the Cracker Barrel in Athens and arrive by 11:00 AM. We will plan on eating and early lunch and meeting up with anyone who can t meet in Soddy (other side of the river folks. LOL) We should arrive at the hotel around check in time. Arrive at approx. 3:00 4:00 PM Time to wash off car from the road trip before dinner Dinner with VOTS at 8:00 PM at Cootie Browns SATURDAY JUNE 16 th Gates open for registration at 9:00 AM. Awards at 2:30 PM Bingo during the day Evening: Cruise & Dinner with the VOTS (time TBD) SUNDAY JUNE 17 th Departure at approx. 9:00 AM They are taking donations of pet food & supplies for their charity. So anything you can bring is greatly appreciated.

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13 CRUZIN Page 13 Club News & Events We will meet at Hardee s in Soddy Daisy for breakfast at 7:30 AM and depart around 8:30AM. Bring your tents if you have one. Contact person: Ron Kellogg (423)

14 CRUZIN Page 14 Club News & Events Cruise to Lynchburg Location: Lynchburg, TN Date: Saturday July 14 th Time: 8:00 AM Depart from the parking lot across from Buffalo Wild Wings located at 5344 Highway 153 Hixson TN. We will depart promptly at 8:00 AM. We will caravan up to Lynchburg on the back roads. Activities available while in Lynchburg: tour the Jack Daniels Distillery, explore downtown Lynchburg, shop and just kick back in a relaxing atmosphere. If you want to dine as a group at Miss Mary Bobo s Boarding House, make your own reservation for the 11 o clock seating and specify you wish to be seated with the River City Corvette Club. The telephone number for Miss Mary s is (931) I would suggest making your reservation early as they fill up quickly. A good time to call is between 10 and 12 noon our time. If you get a voic spell your name, leave your phone number including area code and that you wish to make a reservation for July 14 th at the 11AM seating with the River City Corvette Club.

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16 CRUZIN Page 16 We will meet at Walmart on Signal Mountain Road and depart at 9:00 AM. Bring your tents and chairs for this event. Contact person: Amy Allen (423)

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18 Club News & Events CRUZIN Page 18 Membership Renewals are due. Please complete the form below so that we have your current contact information. Membership Application Form You can pay your $40 by mailing a check to: RIVER CITY CORVETTE CLUB, INC. P.O. Box 1061 Hixson, TN You can also renew online via the link below: Online renewal and payment Car Show We need silent auction items. We need all the members to help with getting donations. Form letters will be available at the meeting to give to potential donors. Please bring any donated items to the monthly meeting.

19 Our Sponsors CRUZIN Page 19 Dairy Queen 5433 Highway 153 Hixson, TN INTEGRITY CHEVROLET #1 on Automotive Row 2110 Chapman Road Chattanooga, TN Sales: Service: Certified Corvette Technician Chris Williams Insurance Agency Chris Williams-Agent FARMERS Auto * Home * Life * Business 7161 Lee Hwy. STE 600 Chattanooga, TN Bus: cwilliams8@farmersagent.com Oasis Glass Tinting 2114 Chapman Road Chattanooga, Tennessee (423) Answer: you might be a Corvette nut if 1954 (4-black) 1955 (15-Corvette Copper) Clear Bra 1977 (1-chartruse) 1981 (1-bright blue metallic) 1984 (1-yellow) LG MotorSports 418 E Jones St #200, Lewisville, TX (972) (4-copper metallic) 1998 (14-Navy Blue metallic) 1998 (15-Aztec Gold) 2000 (Platinum Purple metallic) 2005 (1-Torch Red) 2009 (1-Lemans Blue)

20 CRUZIN Page 20 Twenty Six Years. And counting RCCC 2018 Charities East Ridge Needy Child Fund Hospice of Chattanooga Our meetings are held the 3rd Thursday of each month at O Charley s on Hixson Pike. Dinner at 6pm and the meeting starts at 7pm. Visitors are welcome. Come see what we are all about! With 150 members we are one of the largest Corvette Clubs in southeast Tennessee. Our Members enjoy, organized road trips to events in almost all surrounding states. We enjoy cruises of scenic roads, including annual spring and fall weekend trips, annual spring poker run, and annual club picnic. We participate in local events like cruise-ins, cook-outs, homecomings, parades and other community activities. But most of all we have fun!!! About Our Organization RIVER CITY CORVETTE CLUB, INC. P.O. Box 1061 Hixson, TN rivercitycorvetteclub@hotmail.com We re on the Web! See us at: Facebook: rivercitycorvetteclub,inc RCCC Members The club is a 501(c) (3) organization and has fund raisers throughout the year in support of local charities. Giving back to the community is a high priority with the club. Cruzin is a publication of the River City Corvette Club, Inc. serving the Chattanooga, TN and surrounding area, created by appointed members for the benefit of the members. All rights reserved except where expressly waived Officers President- Charles Logan charlesrlogan@comcast.net Vice President- Amy Allen moonlte2002@gmail.com Treasurer- Lynn Roach roach9322@gmail.com Secretary- Michael Snowney masnowney@charter.net Deadline to submit items for the newsletter is the 25 th of every month. Please s your ideas/suggestions to: rivercitycorvetteclub@hotmail.com 2018 Board of Directors Dan Smith Tim Nutz dsmith0344@att.net webnutz@comcast.net Marc McNabb mmcnabb38@gmail.com Danny Norton norton1954@live.com Committees Membership Jerry Ray hjerryray@epbfi.com National Corvette Museum Ambassador Ray Aubrey rage6589@yahoo.com Newsletter Editor Amy Allen moonlte2002@gmail.com