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Lone Star Performance Buick Club
Volume 16 Issue 3
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Letter from the Director
Upcoming Events
Stories
Club News
Officers :
President:
Rick Kinworthy
Vice President:
David Newton
Secretary
Morgan Farrington
Treasurer:
Winter 2004
LSPBC members Bill Duke and
John Nguyen were given top ten honors for their qualifying efforts. Bill’s all
out stage II Grand National qualified
in the #3 position with a 9.82. John
Nguyen’s recently built stage II Grand
National qualified for the #10 slot with
a 10.83. The event’s day started out
with a crisp light chill. Fortunately,
the sun was out, and the weather
conditions later became warm
enough for short sleeves. After battling wind and bitter cold last year,
everyone rejoiced that the forecasted
rain held off for this event. Unfortunately as usual, Noble can either
make you or break you. Both sides
suffered qualifying engine casualties.
The Buicks came out of the gate hard
winning 15 out of the first 20 races.
The Fords came back near the end,
but; it was too little too late. The
Buicks came out on top 39 wins to
the Ford’s 35 wins. More pictures of
this event can be found inside this
issue of Quick Times.
— Carl Brimer
Morgan Farrington
Show Director:
Robert Davison
Race Director:
Mark Metdker
Happy
Holidays!
Asst. Show / Race Director:
Patrick Smith
Newsletter:
Carl Brimer
MCCC Representative:
Morgan Farrington
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A Word From the President
A Word From the Vice President
Let me first say that I have been pleased to
serve as your LSPBC president in 2004. I
think that it has been a very successful
year, and; that we are set to have another
great year in 2005. The show and race
events have given our members something
to remember and look forward to in the
coming year. It is my hope that even more
of you will be able to participate in all that the club will offer
in 2005. The car shows at Chucks, the drag races at Redline, the club picnic at the Malouf Ranch, the Brand X
Bash, the Ewing Buick show, the bowling at the Main
Event, the Speedzone event, the Bass Pro event, the dyno
event and the Christmas party have all been a challenge for
our officers and volunteers. I greatly appreciate everyone
who has worked so hard to make these things possible this
year. We could not have done it without you. As we look
ahead to 2005, remember that the elections are in progress
for next year’s leaders. As always, we are open for suggestions to make our club’s organization better for everyone. I will be happy to serve our club again in 2005 if you
choose to re-elect me to office. Either way, I am sure that
our newly elected leaders will continue in a direction that
makes LSPBC an organization to be proud of.
Well I can say is it's been a hell of a year
and I hope everyone agrees. There has
been a Buick club event / activity on just
about every weekend this year. That is
what I love about the Buick family. They
are always giving back to the family. Here
is just a recap on some of the events we
have had this year. Of course we had our
monthly events, the car shows at Chucks and our racing
program at Redline. The Brand X Bash in Temple at Little
River Dragway that brought out a great showing of Texas
Buicks. LSPBC member Tom Malouf hosted our annual
picnic at his beautiful ranch. You missed out on some
great food and fun if you were not there! There was also
the Annual Buick Bash at EJ Howe's place in Conroe. This
was a blast, and the burnout contest was a must see event!
We had our annual show at Ewing Buick in Plano (Great
show good food). We did a bowling event this year
WOW!
Who has Buick balls? <grin>.
Speedzone, Speedzone, Speedzone, we got to beat on someone
else's cars for a change. The 1st ever club paid Dyno
event was at A&S in Keller, TX. We had 25 vehicles show
up and dyno that day! The Bass Pro Shops car show in
Grapevine had a good turnout. There were over 30 members and 18 cars in attendance! Our annual trip to Noble in
late Oct. helped the OK boys beat up on the Fords. And
finally, congratulations to our winners in the car show and
drag race points battles. I look forward to joining each of
you in 2005. I’ll see you at the other end.
Rick Kinworthy
2004 LSPBC President
David Newton
2004 LSPBC Vice-President
LSPBC member Tom Malouf hosted the club’s picnic in
style at his ranch near lake Tawakoni. Above, Tom stokes
the coals in one of the grilling pits as Rick Kinworthy waits
to put on some “dogs”. You could not have asked for a
better show than the one that the entire Malouf family put
on for the club. Many thanks.
Join LSPBC for 2005!
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Top Picked Picnic Pics
The abundant wildlife on Tom’s Ranch is a testament to his
family’s land management skills and is widely renown
among the hunting community.
There was a lot of “talking turkey” between members at the
picnic. These guys were going to see who could lay the
The kids really enjoyed feeding and petting “Nelly”, a
friendly doe who had been placed in the Malouf’s care by
the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
There was plenty of catfish, hushpuppies and fries for everyone! The food was so good that not many of the attendants had room left for dessert.
The Howe’s came all the way from the Houston area to join
in the fun.
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Rick is probably talking about either Billy’s or Tom’s turbo.
There was some great fishing action for everyone to enjoy.
Kyle Faulkner catches a whopper catfish!
The members had it “made in the shade” to relax, enjoy the
great food and swap stories. Even though it was the middle of summer, a recent “cool front” could not have made
for a more beautiful day to have a picnic.
Join LSPBC for 2005!
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Pictures from the Buick / Ford Shootout
Mitch Smith catches a little air under the tire!
David Newton qualified well but, unfortunately broke before
the final event.
Because of a fairly good track temperature, a wheels up
launch was not uncommon for stage II Buicks during
qualifying.
Patrick Smith has been running hard all year but unfortunately fell to the Noble engine gremlins as well.
There were also several sweet Buick GS’s and GSX’s out
racing.
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Chuck’s Show Points Results
Bass Pro Shop Show Pics
Congratulations to Jack Laswell and Tina Newton who
have topped the list in the LSPBC show points battle. All
contestants worked very hard to bring out their best and
show the public what “going fast with class” really means!
1
Jack Laswell
86 GN
169
2
Tina Newton
72 GS
136
3
David Newton
86 GN
84
4
Morgan Farrington
87 GN
79
5
Victor Segovia
87 Grey T
55
6
George Ray
70 GSX
49
7
Rick Kinworthy
87 GN
45
8
Robert Downey
89 Turbo TA
37
9
Daniel Oviedo
87 Turbo T
35
10
James Weinam
72 GS
30
11
Cody Copeland
87 Turbo T
27
12
Tim Winn
85 T-Type
24
13
Victor Segovia
87 Blue Limited
14
14
Jesse Cole
87 GN
12
15
15
15
Brian Alberti
Brian Alberti
George Ray
87 Turbo T
03 Park Ave Ultra
87 GN
11
11
11
16
16
16
16
Robert Downey
John Martin
Marty DeRemer
Wayne Turner
87 GN
86 T-Type
85 GN
87 GN
10
10
10
10
LSPBC members Erin Walker, Rick Kinworthy, Daniel
Oviedo and David Newton tally up the votes.
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LSPBC Drag Racing Series
Congratulations to our points winners in our 1st annual
LSPBC drag racing series! It was a great year of racing in
2004. The competitors were battling it out to the bitter end
in a fight for the first place prize and bragging rights. After
continuous postponements due to weather and construction delays, the unbelievable happened. In a last minute
strive for fairness, David Newton secured our final race at
Texas Raceway in Kennedale Texas. Rick Kinworthy who
had led the points battle for most of the season retained a
slim margin over second place Cody Copeland. Rick went
out in the first round of competition leaving the door open
for Cody to gain points. Cody would need to win the last
event to make up the points gap. And that’s exactly what
he did. In a cruel twist of fate though, the small car count
provided just enough rounds to result in a points tie between the two drivers. Due to the lack of time and deteriorating weather conditions, the two drivers decided that they
would split the prize money for first and second place
evenly. Third place honors will be given to Victor Segovia
who fought off challengers David Newton and Danny
Oviedo. It looks like the bragging rights will have to be settled next year. Thanks to all who participated this year and
made this event possible. Special thanks goes to Jerry
Goss, manager of Redline Raceway for hosting
our monthly racing events the last two years. Our
race directors have done a great job this year coordinating these events.
— Carl Brimer
EWING Plano: New Cars: 866-262-3333 Used: 866-261-5555
4464 W. Plano Parkway, Plano Texas (www.EwingPlano.com)
Above:
Rick Kinworthy lights em’
up at Texas Raceway.
Left:
Cody Copeland not only
races well, but shows his
car at LSPBC’s show
events.
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LSPBC Christmas Party
The club’s Christmas party and officer elections will be conducted at Morgan Farrington’s home this Sunday, December 12th, beginning at 11:00 a.m. We will additionally be
having a short awards ceremony after lunch. Don’t forget
to bring your designated dish if you signed up. Morgan’s
address is:
(This area intentionally left blank)
We look forward to seeing each of you there!
Sunset at the Malouf Ranch
LSPBC President Rick Kinworthy wins his round with a nice
12.10 at Noble against the Ford Mustang who discarded it’s
driveshaft just past the starting line.
LSPBC Webmaster Daniel Oviedo runs a nice 11.98 to win
his round against the Ford Lightning’s 12.50.
There was plenty of burgers, chicken and hot dogs for the
LSPBC fans to take a break from racing and eat.
Many of the Buick racers decided to meet up at the Love’s
truck stop. The resulting “train of Buicks” was a sight to
see going down the highway.
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LSPBC Dyno Event Results
Here are the results from the Dyno Event @ A&S Automotive:
Note: Pulls may not be in the exact order that they were ran. If the run was a .7 or higher it was
rounded off to the next number.
HP / TQ
Name
Rob Downey
Marty DeRemer
David Newton
Chip LeClair
Danny Oviedo
Danny Oviedo
Bryan Alberti
Greg Kring
Jesse Cole
James Weinman
James Winchester
James Winchester
Thomas Crandell
Gary Busby
Larry Johnson
Rob Downey
Cody Copeland
Brandon Bailey
Merlin Harger
Mike Faulkner
Mike Faulkner
Patrick Smith
John Martin
Spencer Taylor
Car
89TTA
71 GS455
72GS455
87 GN
87 T
87 T
87 T
87 GN
Mach 1
71 GS455
Camaro
Dodge PU
87 WE4
87 T
87 GN
95 TA
87 T
Dodge 4x4
Mustang
87 WE4
Envoy
86 GN
86 T-Type
87 GN
High numbers are in bold for each vehicle
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
228 / 291
267 / 358
159 /269
383 / 412
309 / 335
327 / 414
391 / 459
744 / 582
279 / 297
294 / 363
149 / 227
347 / 417
395 / 414
428 / 440
478 / 462
236 / 273
414 / 528
238 / 456
232 / 285
370 / 470
217 / 219
471 / 440
492 / 460
304 / 394
234 / 304
274 /358
154 / 273
382 / 408
325 / 411
172 / 260
197 / 284
168 / 297
306 / 347
330 / 420
301 / 316
283 / 319
280 / 295
302 / 371
153 / 246
298 / 371
139 / 215
300 / 366
303 / 370
401 / 410
405 / 416
497 / 484
449 / 403
393 / 469
408 / 496
441 / 509
775 / 608
271 / 283
293 / 395
149 / 238
315 / 383
385 / 390
420 / 400
476 / 449
227 / 258
410 / 491
305 / 537
313 / 375
370 / 446
6th
401 / 480
323 / 394
380 / 467
492 / 495
301 / 384
I apologize in advance if I missed anyone or I made a mistake on your numbers, it was hard to keep
up when I was working on my car. Thanks
We had 25 cars make it out today some with 4-5 pulls each. The guys at A&S were
AWESOME! They worked their A$$e$ off taking care of us and our cars on the dyno.
They even made available their lift and a tool or two when needed. Job well done guys! I
would guess that about 60 people overall came by. Some came early and made their
pulls and left. Others came late and got there pulls in also. No one was left out and everyone that wanted a pull got one. Thanks to Scott Whitehorn Owner of A&S and to his
crew. Thanks to fellow club member Rob Downey for hooking up the club with A&S, and;
thanks to all of the members that showed up to support this event, there would not be a
club without you! I Don't know what else to say here boys and girls, but; I had a blast.
David Newton
LSPBC Vice President
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Buick IQ Test
Bass Pro Show Report
This contest is open to all members and members families age 16 and
over. Winners will announced at the Xmas party, must be present to win.
Thanks to everyone who came out to the
show to support the club. We had a great turnout of 18 cars with over 30 of the greatest
Buick folk you'll ever want to meet! A special
shout goes out to Rob Downey for gracing us
with his AWESOME Pontiac collection a ' 79
TA , a ' 89 TTA & a ' 99 TA. Thanks Rob, I
know it's not easy trying to get three cars to
one show. Additionally, John Martin, brought
two very sweet T's, one light blue the other
dark blue. Thanks John. Also, thanks to Greg
Kring, for bringing out his very fast 87GN
(9sec. car) and a beautiful early 70's Dodge
Challenger. I guess I could go on and on.....
Oops, also Marty, that 71GS convertible is
sweeeeeeeet! There were several members
that won awards in their respective classes.
Member Jack Laswell won Best of Show with
his 86 GN. Congratulations to all that won
awards.
You must answer all 10 questions and bring your answers with you to
the Xmas party. Everyone that has all 10 answers correct will be put in a
drawing for free speed zone passes, these are worth $40 -50.00 each
with no expiration date. We have 8 passes so there will be 8 winners.
Must be present to win.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
What is the oil capacity in quarts of a Buick 350?
What year was the first GS offered?
What does SFI stand for?
In what year did David Buick organize the Buick Motor Company?
How many times did a Buick pace the Indy 500?
How many LeSabre GN's were built and what year were they built?
The Star Wars air cleaner debuted on what car and year?
In what year was the fist Grand National produced?
What was the first year of the Riviera?
Name the first concept car built by Buick?
Note: There will be 8 winners drawn so even if you don't have all 10
questions answered correctly you could still be one of the top eight.
David Newton
LSPBC Vice President
Good Luck!
A Quick Note From David Newton
Now that '04 is just about gone I thought we would take a moment and look into the future just a bit to get some feedback
from you our club member. As most of you know the race program and the show program for '04 evolved into more than
just a show and a race by adding the point system. I think that worked out pretty well, but; maybe for ‘05 you have some
ideas on making it better? I have a couple of ideas that I would like to share. On the Car Shows maybe have more than
one points winner at the end? Pay more places? Split up the LSPBC class? Maybe GS & GN or maybe by year '79 &
older Buick and 80's & newer Buick? Your thoughts? I don't know that I would change anything on the Race program, but
I'm all ears? Maybe change how we award points? Places paid? Be at the Xmas Party and let your voice be heard! We
will be electing new Officers for '05 and discussing new and old business. We had a great year in '04 so let's make '05 better. See you at the Xmas party!
David Newton
LSPBC Vice President
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Where To Get Wholesale GM Parts
I trade with Lance Dirksen (Parts Department) at Don Snell
Buick on Central Expressway and Royal Lane in Dallas
(214-363-7251). Lance, and his co-worker Jesse Calame,
have known a number of the club members for many years.
In fact, Jesse used to do heavy duty wrench work on the
GS’s many years ago. Jesse has since left about a year
ago due to his wife’s illness, but; Lance continues on. I
recently spoke with Lance and he will give wholesale pricing to any LSPBC club member. Additionally, he is able to
look up and get parts for any GM car or truck product. He
is knowledgeable and always helpful.
Morgan Farrington
LSPBC Treasurer / Secretary
Each member was presented with an unlimited use card to
make as many passes on the tracks as they could handle.
Morgan Farrington, Robert Davidson and Catherine Roberts take a break from racing at the LSPBC Speedzone
There was plenty of pizza and salad for all as we took a
break for lunch and to hold a club meeting.
David Newton says “you’re going down this time!” while
racing one of Speedzone’s notorious propane dragsters.
On the behalf of the LSPBC I would like to wish everyone a wonderful holiday
season and a happy new year! See you in 2005!
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