Vol 19 Iss 4

Quick Times
Lone Star Performance Buick Club
Volume 19 Issue 4
Winter 2007
Inside QT:
Notes From the Officers
LSPBC Christmas Party
Upcoming Events
Officers :
Photo by Carl Brimer
President:
Rick Kinworthy
Vice President:
David Newton
Secretary
Morgan Farrington
Photo by Carl Brimer
Treasurer:
Morgan Farrington
Show Director:
Victor Segovia
Race Director:
David Newton
Webmaster:
Daniel Oviedo
Newsletter Editor & Design:
Photo by Carl Brimer
Carl Brimer
Photography:
As Noted
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Photo by Carl Brimer
Steve and Lisa Tapper graciously
opened their beautiful home to host the
Buick club’s annual Christmas party. A
great time visiting and eating some fine
fare was had by all. Above, Kent Hagler
accepts his award as the 2007 car show
season points champion. In the picture
below Kent, is Tim Winn accepting his
award as the 2007 LSPBC drag racing
series season points champion.
A Word From the Vice-President
Here are the details of what was discussed at the recent club meeting:
Club Dues:
These were due as of January 1st
and are valid through December 31st.
The charge for dues will happily remain at $30 per year for 2008.
Club T-shirts:
We plan on having a batch of 50 “Big Bad Buick”
style T-shirts produced. Their sizes will range from
medium through “XX” Any other sizes will be required to be special ordered. You can email me
your size(s) if needed. The club will only charge
$15 for any of the regular sizes. These should be
available at the next club meeting. Also available
by special order only are Golf shirts with the
LSPBC logo on the front chest. Cost for each of
these will be finalized at a later date.
I predict
that they will be somewhere in the $20 to $30
range depending on your size requirements. You
can email your requests to me for these as well at
dnewtoninc@aol.com.
Next club meeting:
The next club meeting will be held at PAPA's BBQ
on Saturday, March 29th at 6:30pm.
Newsletters:
The newsletters for 2008 will be issued on a quarterly basis at the end of March, June, September
& December. All material for the newsletter must
be submitted no later than 30 days prior to the
scheduled issue date to be included in that newsletter. All club members are encouraged to submit
tech articles, stories and etc. for the newsletter.
Pinks Car:
The club had already received a car donated by
David Poyner. Paul Alberti, Bryan’s father, has
allowed the club to store it at his shop in Midlothian during the construction process. I will submit
a parts list of what is needed and what we have
another time. We did have some more parts
pledged at the last meeting to add to the list. A
set of ported heads, a fiberglass bumper, a set of
T-Type rims and slicks.
There are also going to be items on the car that
we will not need. These will be sold on Ebay and
the money will go back in to the car. Again, a big
thanks goes to club member David Poyner for donating the car.
3rd Saturday Cruise nights:
We will be negotiating again with Prizim Partners
in the coming weeks to establish locations for the
2008 show schedule. Please stay tuned for more
info.
2nd Saturday Race night at Redline:
These details should finalized very soon. Please
stay tuned for more information.
Upcoming events:
Feb.15th-17th: Dallas Autorama @ Market Hall
The club will have a 10 car display
Feb. 23rd: Lone Star Buick X Bash in Temple
March 9th: TX Muscle Car Club Challenge @
Texas Raceway in Kennedale.
March 29th: Next club meeting at Pappa’s BBQ
Thanks,
David Newton
2008 Club President
February 2008
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Club Meeting
Congratulations !
Congratulations to your newly elected officers for
2008! After the voting commenced at the January
26th meeting, the new officers stand as follows:
President:
Vice-President:
Treasurer:
Secretary:
David Newton
Victor Segovia
Morgan Farrington
Morgan Farrington
The officers have appointed the following volunteers to their new posts:
Show Director:
Race Director:
Newsletter:
Webmaster:
Victor Segovia
John Martin
Rob Downey
David Newton
Carl Brimer
These members bring a wealth of experience to
our organization and we expect that 2008 will be
another great year for the LSPBC.
NorthStar Dragway
Where:
NorthStar Dragway in Denton, Texas
When:
February 10th & Gates open @ 11am
Time Trials and Qualifying start at 12pm
The Rundown:
Gates will open at 11:00am
Qualifying runs will begin at 12:00pm
Qualifying runs will end at 3:00pm
NSD officials will choose the 16 most competitive
cars for a winner take all showdown for $2000.
Rules:
1. No motor or weight restrictions
2. Instant green start
3. No times will be shown
4. Run-offs to be decided by NSD officials, not by
fastest cars.
5. Cars must make at least 1 qualifying pass to be
eligible for run-off
There is no additional fee to race for the $2000.
Just pay $10 admission and buy a tech card for $5
and race. Remember, you don't have to be the
fastest car in order to get a chance to run for the
money.
Pinks Car Voting
TMCC Event
March 9th is the date of the first Texas Muscle Car
Club Challenge event. It will be hosted by the
newly renovated Texas Raceway in Kennedale,
Texas. Please come on out and join us for some
friendly competition and support the club. Don’t
forget, you do not have to be driving a Buick to enter and earn points for team “K”. More information
is available at www.tmccc.org.
Be sure to be at the next LSPBC club meeting on
March 29th to participate in a discussion concerning the club building a “Pinks Car”. Many of the
more expensive parts and platform have already
been donated by members who are enthusiastic
and ready to help make this project happen. A
voting and approval process by the members will
be conducted after further discussion at this meeting. If you have any concerns or would like to participate in the build process, be sure to attend.
www.Maresonline.com
Brand X Bash
AutoRama
Lone Star Buick Brand X Bash 08
Temple Academy Dragway
February 23rd 2008
We now have our 10 car display full. We can still
have more cars, but they would be displayed in a
different section. The equipment needed to rope
off the cars will be taken care of by the club for
both sections if needed.
Gates and Times:
Here is the current list:
Gates open at 11:00 am
Time trials start between 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Racing to begin around 5:00 pm
Cost:
Spectator fee is $5
Test and Tune is $15 (spectator fee included)
Race is $25 (spectator fee included)
1st round buy back is $10
Other Info:
This will be a bring your own food event, A BBQ
trailer will be there for your use. The track also has
a concession stand available as well.
More to come.
David Newton 86GN
Kent Hagler 87GN
Rob Downey 89TTA
Victor Segovia 87Limited T
Larry Johnson 87 GN
Jack Laswell 71GSX
Don Hutson 71GSX
James Weinman 70GSX
Stan Bradford 72Skylark
Gary Rayburn 70 Riviera 455
This should be a very nice display.
Thanks,
David Newton
LSPBC Vice-President
Phil Green
Buick Performance Group Editor
Austin Area Buicks - Group Coordinator
Congratulations!
Redline Raceway
Stay tuned for the upcoming schedule and details!
Congratulations to Greg and Sheri Kring on their
new addition to their family! On January 4, 2008
their beautiful new daughter, Lilly Kring, was born
at 5:33 am.
Denso O2’s
Denso O2’s are still available through our club’s
group discount account at Monarch Products.
To order, call 1-888-800-9629 and give the sales
staff the following information:
P/N 234-1001 (1-wire sensor)
Group purchase Acct# 12876 (LSPBC)
2007 LSPBC Christmas Party
Photo by Carl Brimer
Photo by Carl Brimer
Photo by Carl Brimer
Photo by Carl Brimer
Photo by Carl Brimer
Photo by Carl Brimer