Quick Times - The Lone Star Performance Buick Club
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Quick Times - The Lone Star Performance Buick Club
Quick Times Lone Star Performance Buick Club Volume 20 Issue 4 • • • • • • • • Winter 2008 Inside QT: This Year’s Club CHAMPS!! Notes From the Officers LSPBC Race Series LSPBC Car Shows Buick vs. Ford Shootout Dyno Day Event Christmas Party Upcoming Year events Did You Know? As the year comes to a close, congratulations goes out to the series winners: Carl Brimer in the racing series, David Newton in the car show 80’s and Newer, Stan Bradford in the car show series ’79 and older, and Duke McClain in the dyno event! Officers : President: David Newton Vice President: Photo by Carl Brimer Victor Segovia Secretary 2008 Racing Point Champion—Carl Brimer Morgan Farrington Treasurer: Photo by Carl Brimer Morgan Farrington Show Director: V6 Dyno Champ—Duke McClain Victor Segovia Race Director: John Martin Webmaster: Carl Brimer Newsletter Editor & Design: Rob Downey and David Newton Photography: As Noted Quick Times is the official publication of the Lone Star Performance Buick Club (Chapter of the GS Club of America). No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or manner without the express consent of the Lone Star Buick Chapter GSCA, unless this publication is listed as the source. Club dues are $30 per year and are payable every January 1st. Dues entitle the member to a one year subscription to Quick Times along with other benefits accordingly. The “Buick” name and all other related Buick model names are registered trademarks of the General Motors Corporation. And are used with permission by the Lone Star Performance Buick Chapter GSCA through it’s association with the Buick GS Club of America. Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer V8 Dyno Champ—Stan Bradford Car Show Points Champs—David Newton for ‘80 and Newer Stan Bradford for ‘79 and Older A Word From the President A Word From the Vice-President Well it looks like another year is in the books, our club has just completed it’s 19th year in existence! Not to shabby if I do say so myself. Looking forward to year #20. Maybe something special for 2009 to celebrate our 20th year? Stay tuned for that. We had our annual Christmas party at Patrick & Deanna’s home in Forney. Thanks guys, I know I had an awesome time. Everyone brought a dish, I don’t think there was much left, I gained about 10lbs. :) The exchange gift game was a big hit, lot’s of stealing if you know what I mean. :) Congratulations to all of our 2008 Season winners, you guys did a excellent job. Hello members, I would like to take this opportunity to say thanks to everyone for a wonderful 2008 year. I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did. We started it out with the AutoRama car show in the early part of the year. We also participated in more indoor shows along with the outside shows. We had lots of good racing in at our monthly events as well as the Buick vs Ford in Oklahoma. We took some very fun road trips this year as a club which were great experiences as well as good fellowship. We had some really great meetings, dyno events and ended it up with our Christmas party hosted by Patrick Smith and family. I would like to congratulate everyone who received a trophy for racing and for the car shows for the year . The trophies were awesome this year and the money was not bad either. I just wanted to thank everyone for a fantastic year of great camaraderie and clean fun along with some awesome pictures to go with it. The memories will be with me forever. The year has passed by very quickly and I sure enjoyed it a lot and hope you did as well. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Thanks, Victor Segovia Just a reminder club dues are due by Jan. 01. 2009 Officers will be voted on at the Jan. 24th meeting. I hope everyone had a great Christmas, we’ll see you at the meeting. Your Prez, David Newton LSPBC CLUB MEETING!!!!! BIG BAD BUICK T- S H I R T S These will be available at the LSPBC Events and Club Meetings. Cost is $15. Sizes are limited! Be there to get yours and not miss out! Jan. 24th, 2009—6pm Spring Creek BBQ 14941 Midway Rd in Addison just south of Belt Line Get Published in Our Newsletter! We are always looking for folks to help out and write articles about events they attended or “How To” and “Did you know” articles about Buicks. If you would like to volunteer an article for an upcoming issue, please submit the article text in any format and pics to Rob Downey at onebadwskier@aol.com. Articles can be submitted at any time for future newsletters. So come on...GET TO WRITING!! January 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 February 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Motor- plex TnT Opener 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 March 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sat 7 PINKS 2nd Chance Qual 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 PINKS 2nd Chance Qual 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Motorplex 28 29 30 31 Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 Fast Friday April 2009 Sun Mon Tue 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Charity 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Racing League MCCC Motorplex Want to Advertise with Us? If you or someone you know wants to advertise in Quick Times, here’s how and the rates. If you are needing a service or product offered by one of our advertisers, do them a favor for supporting our club and buy from them! Rates for 1 Year (4 pubs) are: $50.00 for a business card size $75.00 for 25% page $150.00 for 50% page $300.00 for 100% page + a website link Mail payment payable to LSPBC and a copy of ad to: David Newton 1901 Northwest Hwy, Suite #106 Garland, Texas 75041 Or email electronic copy of ad to: onebadwskier@aol.com Thank You for Your Support! 2008 LSPBC Car Show Final Point Series Standings LSPBC ‘79 & Older Buick 1. Stan Bradford 2. Ralph Haber 3. Jack Laswell 4. Morgan Farrington 72 Skylark 70 Stage 1 71 GSX 77 Electra 36 points 33 points 27 points 12 points LSPBC ‘80 & Newer Buick 1. David Newton 2. Victor Segovia 3. Rob Pinkston 4. Danny Oviedo 5. Jean Laswell 6. Larry Johnson 7. Tammy Downey 8. Morgan Farr 9. Ron Rupert 10. Jayson Pruitt Rob Downey Victor Segovia 11. Bryan Alberti 12. Tony Rossi Chase Tucker Morgan Farrington 86 GN 86 WH1 87 GN 87 T 86 GN 87 GN 89 TTA 83 Rivi 87 GN 84 Rivi 87 GN 87 T white 87 T 87 GN 87 GN 87 T 84 points 24 points 22 points 21 points 20 points 17 points 16 points 15 points 14 points 12 points 12 points 12 points 11 points 10 points 10 points 10 points Brake Light Troubles? By David Ellis If you have no brake lights but the center brake light still works then read on Remove the cover at the dash under the steering column. Look on the right lower side you see a long connector with a white wire on the end that is probably burned into or not connected at all. Repair this wire to the connector and this should restore your brake lights. Now as to what causes this Check all 4 brake light bulbs and make sure that they do NOT say heavy duty or start with the numbers 20. The normal wattage for the brake light is 10 watts if you change this bulb to a heavy duty it will draw 20 watts hence that would be twice the amps for the circuit and this heats that wire under the column and burns it into. A 20 watt bulb has nothing to do with how bright it is. David Ellis David Ellis Real Estate Buick’s Top Secret History (Thanks to Rob Pinkston and Mitch Smith for the information for this article) Did you guys know there is a link between the SR-71 "Blackbird" and Buicks??? I'm reading a book right now titled "SR-71 Revealed - The Inside Story" written by Col. Richard H. Grahm. Colonel Grahm was an SR-71 pilot, squadron commander and wing commander in the US Air Force. For anyone who doesn't remember, the SR-71 "Blackbird" was *the* fastest and highest flying spy plane ever built. Actually, I believe the speed and altitude records set by SR-71's still stand today making the SR-71 the fastest airplane of any kind ever built. The "Blackbird's" official top speed was in excess of Mach 3 and, amazingly, the SR71 went into service in the mid-60's and continued service into the '80's. The book is page after page of fascinating information for anyone interested in the SR-71 or military aircraft in general. So, on to the good stuff... This book goes into very specific details about every aspect of the SR-71 and the pilots that flew them. In chapter 6, Col. Grahm gives some specific information about the engines used to power the SR-71. The SR-71 utilized two Pratt and Whitney J-58 turbojet engines. These engines and the fuel they burned were developed exclusively for the SR-71. According to the author, at full afterburner, maximum thrust, just *one* J-58 engine produced 32,000 pounds of thrust and consumed 65,000 pounds of fuel per hour - that's 1,083 pounds of fuel per minute!!! These engines are 20 feet long, 4-1/2 feet in diameter and weigh 6,500 pounds each! Anybody want to guess what the SR-71 ground crews used to start these monstrous engines?? If you guessed they used Buick engines, you'd be right! According to the author, in the early days of the SR-71, ground crews used what they called "the Buick" to start the SR-71's engines. What they had was actually not one, but two big-block Buick V8 engines (the author did not specify what displacement) on a roll-around cart. The engines were connected to a gearbox which drove a vertical shaft. The vertical shaft connected directly to the bottom of the J-58 engine. The author goes on to comment on what a spectacular sight it was to see and hear "the Buick" startup then run the J-58 engines up to their 4,000 rpm idle speed while parked in the hanger at night. Apparently, the engines had dragster style straight pipes and no mufflers so they made for an interesting sound and light show. Eventually, "the Buick" was replaced by a pneumatic starting system. Pretty cool huh? As another interesting side note, the author of the book, Colonel Richard Grahm, actually lives here locally right up in Plano. I had the privilege of meeting him and getting him to sign my copy of his book while at a small air show over in Addison earlier this year. Like I said, I just had to share this cool bit of info. Rob P. Information for this article can also be found at: http://www.wvi.com/ ~sr71webmaster/ ag330_sr.htm Buick’s Top Secret History (Thanks to Rob Pinkston and Mitch Smith for the information for this article) www.Maresonline.com Mac’s Performance www.macs-power.com Specializing In Diesel Service & Performance Toll Free: 800-850-3828 14851 Hwy 377 South, Fort Worth, TX 76126 Baby Dolls Show Brings out the Buicks! Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Victor Segovia It was a beautiful October day to bring the cars out and for the Baby Dolls entertainers to roam the parking lot. And the awards were nice! Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer And most of the entertainers were out posing with the cars, if you want to see more you’ll have to request the adult version of the newsletter, Babes and Buicks by emailing Rob Downey at onebadwskier@aol.com Photo by Carl Brimer 2008 Dyno Day at A&S Automotive Thanks to Scott Whitehorn and his crew at A&S in Keller for doing a great job! We dyno’d over 30 cars in just 8 hours. Food and drinks were provided by the club. All club members were free and we charged $30 (membership fee) to all non members. Congratulations to our Buick V6 champion Duke McClain and our Buick V8 champion Stan Bradford. HP and TQ numbers were totaled together to determine our Buick champions. NAME Mitch Warren Mitch Warren Ben Schlaht Jeff Swope Ron Britton Rob Downey David Newton Kevin Ferrin Chris Freeman Mitch Warren Jose Romo Jose Romo Duke McClain Steve Lamberson Carl Brimer Stan Bradford Mike Faulkner Tony Rossi David Trourbridge Raul Ponce Paul DeCoursin Mike Derden Evan White Chris Henderson John Bell Steve Townsend Heath Mitchell JR Bartram Mike Carter Don Simmons Ryan Morris CAR 94 Pontiac Firebird 96 Pontiac TA 02 Camaro Z28 05 CadillacCTS-V 87 Buick GN 94 Chevy Silverado 08 Saturn Sky 65 Chevy Malibu 88 Nissan 300ZX 94 Pontiac Formula 96 Chevy Impala SS 87 Buick GN 87 BuickTurbo T 73 Chevy Nova 87 Buick GN 72 Buick Skylark 09 Pontiac G8 87 Buick GN 91 Chevy Cavalier 01 Pontiac Firebird 07 Toyota Tacoma 87 Buick GN 03 Dodge Dakota 00 Dodge Dakota 82 Ford Mustang 08 Dodge Challenger 08 Chevy Duramax 05 Dodge SRT 4 00 Chevy Camaro 03 Chevy Corvette 96 Pontiac TA HP 245 253 331 352 391 236 206 795 214 264 307 264 495 299 402 227 324 246 242 397 336 460 236 240 403 354 432 235 444 388 346 TQ 286 299 358 341 516 253 222 658 246 309 289 319 452 301 501 280 334 318 292 398 352 443 295 282 387 352 785 285 451 350 347 TOTAL 531 552 689 693 907 489 428 1453 460 573 596 583 947 600 903 507 658 564 534 795 688 903 531 522 790 706 1217 520 895 738 693 Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Buick club members in Bold All photos for this article are by Carl Brimer— thanks for the good work Carl! Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer 2008 Dyno Day at A&S Automotive Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Rob Downey and Ron Bitton try to cram down some pizza 2008 Dyno Day at A&S Automotive Photo by Carl Brimer Your 2008 LSPBC Dyno winner for 80’s and up—Duke Photo by Carl Brimer Your 2008 LSPBC Dyno winner for ‘79 and older—Stan Photo by Carl Brimer Kevin’s 795hp ‘65 Malibu bent the tie down hook on its pull!! Photo by Carl Brimer Stan gained around 25hp over last year...his secret..drive it fast to clean it out! Photo by Carl Brimer Tony Rossi and Stan Bradford enjoy the horsepower show Photo by Carl Brimer 2008 Dyno Day at A&S Automotive Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer David Newton and crew hold down the fort Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer 2008 Dyno Day at A&S Automotive Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer LSPBC Dyno CHAMPS Stan Bradford and Duke McClain receiving their awards from David Newton 2008 LSPBC Racing Season Comes to a Close WOW.....I must say the LSPBC racing this year was the best ever and especially the last night with our largest turnout ever of the season. 15 members of the LSPBC fought it out for double points and anyone within the top 7 had a chance of winning the LSPBC points series championship. Yes the point series was that close! The rookie Chase Tucker started off the race season in April with a win over Carl Brimer when he broke an axle in the semi's bye run into the finals. May storms cancelled the race event giving everyone a little more time to add more parts and fix everything. Carl Brimer fixed his GN and was able to gain a small lead of 10 points over Chase Tucker after our 2nd event in June. The point series was tied in first place after our 3rd event in July between Carl Brimer, Chase Tucker and Tony Rossi reporting in at 75 points each. Don’t forget that Duke McClain and crew were lurking not too far behind within the field at 60 points. Carl suffered a small mechanical failure and David Ellis being the champ he is, waited as long as he could to see if Carl was going to make the first round. Duke McClain and Tony Rossi dueled it out in the final round with Tony being on top for the night for the win. Carl Brimer managed to go a few rounds in August to extend his lead by 20 points over Tony Rossi. Tim Winn was able to make ground on the field by winning in August with 45 points to bring him up to 5th place from previous 9th place in June. The competition within the series after Augusts race series was getting hot and heavy with only a 20 point difference separating 2nd through 5th places (Tony Rossi, Chase Tucker, Duke McClain and Tim Winn) A mild September brought showers to cancel our race but a make up race date was being discussed. October was shaping up to be a battle in the points race series as we were in the final swing of the race season and the unknown certainty if a make up race was going to happen. Tim Winn's "Orange Crush" suffered catastrophic failure prior to the event and called in the GS daily driver. Victor Segovia took the win in the 2nd round over Carl Brimer leaving the points leader with 135 points total for the night. Duke McClain was able to close in the gap with an additional 20 points by making it into the finals. Duke's consistent white T was able to boost him forward to 2nd place, from a previous 4th place, with a tight 15 point difference between Carl Brimer and Duke McClain. David Ellis was fighting ignition problems all night but managed to pull out the win in the finals over Duke McClain's red light start. David Ellis has been silent all race season but is making a nice charge for the points lead with 95 points and tied in 4th place with Chase Tucker. David's win took him from a distant 7th place to a tied 4th place with Chase Tucker with 95 points each making them within 10 points of Tony Rossi, 25 points of Duke McClain and 40 points of leader Carl Brimer, The November race date was set for November 8th with one of the coolest nights we have seen in the race season. Track meteorologist Carl Brimer reported a density altitude of 84 feet below sea level and 50 degrees right before our first round of eliminations! Every racer were cranking out some serious ET's with the biggest improved ET that we saw throughout the season was Ron Britton running 7.6's! The Sportsman ladder positions were set for our final and double points race with some big rivalries in the first round. Ron Britton was the man to beat for the night with the 1st place sportsman position and cruised his first round win with a bye run on a 7.78 pass. The points leader Carl Brimer and 2nd place Duke McClain paired up in the first round with the red light win going to Carl Brimer with a 7.42 on a 7.32 dial. The brotherly pairings of Kyle Faulkner with the "Fireford" and Mike Faulkner in the 2008 G8 with the win going to Photo by Rob Downey Look at that DA reading before the first round!!! Photo by Rob Downey Duke and Tim line up for a friendly duel 2008 LSPBC Racing Season Comes to a Close Kyle on a double breakout of 6.799 on a 6.80 dial. 4th place tie between David Ellis and Chase Tucker get paired up with the win going to Chase Tucker with David running a 8.18 on 8.40 dial to Chase running an 8.03 to an 8.02 dial. The LSPBC officers pairing of Rob Downey and David Newton with the win going to Rob Downey on a 7.59 pass to dial of 7.53. Victor Segovia and Dean Davis paired up with Victor staying ahead of Dean with an 9.06 run. Danny Oviedo came out to play and paired up with Tony Rossi and Danny taking the win with a 7.42 to 7.38 dial to Tony's 8.86 on an 8.70 dial. Tim Winn was fighting fluid leaks in the "Orange Crush" earlier in the night but got it fix in time to race Patrick Smith with his stealth 4.1 blue T and taking the win over Tim with a 7.73 on a 7.70 dial in. Ron Britton takes a hole shot win .686 reaction in the 2nd round over Rob Downey's .8033. Dan Oviedo ran another consistent 7.42 pass, on a 7.28 dial in, to take the win with Patrick Smith breaking out with a 7.6931 on a 7.70 dial. Kyle Faulkner runs a 6.79 on a 6.78 dial and gets the automatic red light win from Chase Tucker. Carl Brimer reels in the win with a 7.55 on a 7.32 dial over Victor Segovia with a 9.24 on an 8.90 dial. Carl clinches the 2008 LSPBC Race Series Championship in the 2nd round as he advances to the semi finals. The semi final payout round competition was going to be tough with Danny Oviedo and Kyle Faulkner running within .02 of their dial ins, Ron Britton's car getting faster with every pass, and Carl Brimer cutting reaction times in the .500's. Danny Oviedo and Ron Britton pair up in the semi's with Ron giving the automatic red light, .339, win to Danny. Ron's "Bin Laden seeker" ran a best 7.61 on a 7.65 and Danny's sleeper T running another 7.40 on a 7.38 dial. Carl Brimer faces the stiff competition of Kyle Faulkner to advance on to the finals. Carl cut's yet another .538 reaction, but Kyle gets a little edgy and cuts a so close .454 reaction giving the automatic win to Carl. Carl needed the help as his intercooler pipe blew off just after the 330' mark to coast to an 8.08 to Kyle's 6.85. Danny Oviedo and Carl Brimer pair up for the final round which will be almost heads up as Danny dials in a 7.38 to Carl's 7.42. Carl gets the jump by .04 handicap start and cuts a .588 reaction time. Danny brings up the boost pretty hard staging the car and pushes him through the lights with a .0963 reaction giving Carl the automatic red light win. Carl said that the car was running low on fuel and sputtered a little bit to a 7.81 to Danny's 7.79. Photo by Rob Downey David Newton’s ‘08 Sky and Patrick Smith’s ‘86 TurboT Photo by Rob Downey Rob Downey’s ‘87 GN cooling off after a pass Photo by Rob Downey Carl Brimer’s ‘87 GN gets starred down by John Martin Photo by Rob Downey Photo by Rob Downey Duke McClain and crew readies his ‘87 TurboT Photo by Rob Downey Ron Britton in his “Bin Laden Seeker” 2008 LSPBC Racing Season Comes to a Close 2008 LSPBC Race Series Final Point Standings Carl Brimer 225 Duke McClain 140 Chase Tucker 135 Victor Segovia 130 Tony Rossi 125 David Ellis 115 Tim Winn 105 Danny Oviedo 90 Ron Britton 80 Rob Downey 70 David Newton 40 Mitch Smith 30 Jack Laswell 10 Anthony Garret 10 Ken Bonzon 10 Photo by Rob Downey Tim Winn’s “Orange Crush” Photo by Rob Downey Danny Oviedo’s Turbo T and Tony Rossi’s GN Buick vs. Ford Shootout in OK This year’s shoot out weather couldn’t have been better, but the turnout of Buick’s sure could have. Although the Buick turnout was better than previous years, there still weren’t enough there to out number the Fords, even with the extended invite to all GM vehicles. The sand bagging was heavy as always but the Buicks turned out short 37 to 56. Better luck next year and if you have a running Buick, you better be there, and bring a shovel :) Special thanks goes out to the Oklahoma Buick club for again organizing the event this year, it was a great time no matter what the out come is each year! Photo by Carl Brimer Cody Copeland’s T resting after a pass The awesome artwork for the T-shirts this year! Photo by Carl Brimer Carl Brimer’s GN getting prepped for the next pass Photo by Carl Brimer Patrick Smith and Cody talk about the best way to beat a sandbagging stang! Photo by Carl Brimer Buick vs. Ford Shootout in OK Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Some of the other fine turbo Buicks from across the USA in attendance! Buick vs. Ford Shootout in OK Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer And there was a good display of the older Buick muscle out and about as well! Buick vs. Ford Shootout in OK Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Duke McClain and his crew have it all figured out for the next pass David Newton strikes a pose while waiting in the staging lanes :) Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer This El Camino was your fastest GM in the running Quit a few cars stacked up in the lanes Photo by Carl Brimer One tricked out Turbo’d Trans Am Photo by Carl Brimer GMC Syclone, another fine turbo GM product in the mix Buick vs. Ford Shootout in OK Photo by Carl Brimer Just one cool shot...compliments of okbuicks.com And a turbo Trans Am from the factory Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer And just hanging out with other Buick freaks makes the day too...not to mention the burgers and dogs David was serving up all day..he was even giving out food to the Ford drivers although I think those were the ones that fell off the grill :) Buick vs. Ford Shootout in OK—Final Results Buick vs. Ford Shootout in OK—Final Results Buick vs. Ford Shootout in OK—Final Results Did You Know? (Winter Edition) Hey guys, this is the last installment of the ” Did You Know”. I’ve seen and learned a lot about the different types of crazy options or combinations on the Turbo Regals throughout my time. The Grand National and the Turbo Regals, the Turbo Trans Am with the Buick motor, have some rally unique features to them and I’m glad to have put them together for you this year. I want to thank Rob Downey for his help putting it together for us to enjoy. I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did. We split them up into the 3 portions for the newsletter but if you would like a copy of them all as a whole please let me or Rob know and we will get you a copy. In 1989 the turbo v6 that powered the GN and T cars came back in the 20th anniversary Turbo Trans Am. The fastest of all the turbo cars built in the 80’s. This is a pic of it being introduced at the New York auto show in 1989. In 1989 the Turbo Trans Am was the first Pace car at Indy that did NOT need any modifications done to it. It just got the strobe lights put on them and they were ready. That’s pretty impressive considering that a lot of the Pace cars of today still need mods done to them to attain the performance needed. Not all 1989 Anniversary Turbo Tran Ams came with t tops and leather seats. Of the 1550 produced, 187 had T-tops and cloth, 24 had hardtop and leather, and the rarest are 15 hardtops with cloth. Sounds dull but very very rare!!! Did you know the Indianapolis 500 had a few of our Buicks as pace cars. In 1976 it was a Century, in 1981 they used a Regal, and in 1989 it was not a Buick but a Buick powered Turbo Trans Am. Did You Know? (con’t) There are some celebrities who are fond of the Grand National and have owned or still own one. Sean Penn, Jay Leno, David Spade, and I believe Steven Segal still own one. Carmen Electra bought one for her then hubby Dave Navarro (former Janes Addiction guitarist) as a gift. Comedian / Musician Sam Kinison owned a TTA which unfortunately he had a fatal accident in which caused his death on April 10, 1992 at 38 years old. He was on his way to Laughlin, NV to perform a show when a drunk driver crossed into Sam’s lane and hit him head on. Sam had seen the drunk driver approaching and had even slowed down to 15 mph, but he was not wearing his seatbelt and was thrown into the windshield and died from multiple traumatic injuries. In 1986 and 1987 some T cars came with leather interiors. In 1986 they were usually on the high optioned cars and on the 1987 cars they were usually on the Limited's. They only came in two colors and were always in column shift cars.....Tan or Gray Did You Know? (con’t) In 1987 Bobby Lobonte won the points championship at Caraway Speedway and to commemorate that event, Scott Garten Buick in NC which sponsored him wanted to do something special so he had the next 10 Grand Nationals and 1GNX(523) that came through his dealership be the commemorative cars. The cars received 3 commemorative stickers each that read Bobby Lonbonte's signature and below that had the words "Signature Series". The dealership called them the Bobby Labonte Signature series and it took off from there. I've been fortunate enough to have seen the GNX and one of the GN's before in Bowling Green KY. Do you know how the Grand National came about? In 1981 the Buick Regal G body dominated NASCAR's Grand National racing series and in early 1982 Buick introduced the car to commemorate the races by calling the car a Grand National. Something as small as the valve stem caps were different back then. On all the Grand Nationals and T cars the valve stem caps were gray. Most have since been removed and replaced with black ones but a true original car will still have the gray ones. I bet if you look at your spare tire on most of your cars you will see the that you still have one that survived. It’s a Turbo Buick Wedding Another LSPBC member ties the knot. John and Miranda were married on October 4th at St. James Episcopal Church. Several LSPBC members were on hand for the event. Please give congrats to John and Miranda Martin the next time you see them! Congratulations!! Photo by Jenny Allen Mr. and Mrs. Martin! The Buick Gang The Bride and Groom plan their getaway… “Let’s zip off in this bad to the bone turbo car?” And they speed away in the turbo Buick!! It’s a LSPBC Christmas! Patrick and Deanna Smith hosted this year’s LSPBC Christmas Party and it turned out to be a heck of a party! The neighborhood was all decorated up nicely as well. The gift exchange got a little wild and crazy again this year. The awards were handed out for the car show points winners and the racing series winners, and what nice awards they were! And after the dust settled, the sticks were broke out and the pool shooting began! Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer The greeting crew out front Stan and John discuss the good eats! Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Clear the way, Dave’s coming thru Photo by Carl Brimer Your hosts, Patrick and Deanna John, Tammy, Rob, and Cathrine hanging out At left, the guys watch in shock as the gift exchange starts to go wild with folks stealing gifts from each other. At right is Dave refereeing the exchange. Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer It’s a LSPBC Christmas! Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Looks like Dave is thinking of taking someones gift. The kids all get in on the gift taking action too! Advertisers Index Accounting / CPA Services: Brimer, Perry and Associates -12/08 Morgan Farrington & Company Inc. - 12/08 Look at these beautiful awards this year!! Love that light tree! Automotive: Mac’ Performance - 12/08 Computer / IT Services: eSI2, Inc. -12/08 Livestock: MaresOnline -12/08 Investment / Banking: Jayson Pruitt—Oil & Gas Minerals -12/08 Rentals: Budget Rental -12/08 Victor presents David the 1st Place ‘80s and newer show award It’s a LSPBC Christmas! Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer Victor presents Stan the 1st place ‘79 and older show award! John presents Carl the 1st place award for the racing series! Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer John presents Chase the 3rd place award for the racing series! John presents Victor the 4th place award for the racing series! Duke McClain, the 2nd place winner was not able to attend. Photo by Carl Brimer Photo by Carl Brimer John presents Tony the 5th place award for the racing series! After awards presentations, the pool shooting and maybe even some bets began! A few cold ones for sure. 2009 Charity Racing league Spring Cruise Date:4-19-09 Time:2:00pm Starting Location: Big Tony's Mckinney Texas Ending location: Big Tony's/ 5pm food, fellowship, and raffle drawings. Cruise will be a 150 mile round trip with 2 stops 1st at a picture spot and the 2nd at a Chevron for gas 1st half will mostly be straightaways and 2nd half will be mostly twisties. All driving laws shall be obeyed Pass at your own risk! Some of these roads have blind curves so please observe all warning signs. There will be a raffle for a $50 best buy gift card and tickets will be sold for 50 cents a piece We will also have a 50/50 pot and tickets will be sold for $1 or 20 tickets for $15. If you bring a 50 pack of size 4 diapers you will recieve a free raffle ticket. For every 10 extra diapers after that you will recieve an additional raff ticket for free. Promotional Video link http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Crus ... 209439.htm CRL 150 mile Spring Cruise: 4-19-09 2:00pm @ Big Tony's Mckinney Texas We hope to see you there with diapers in hand. For more details check out www.dfwcharityracing.com Join the LSPBC Yahoo Email Distribution List Find out whats going on currently! Maybe some members are going to the track or a car show, maybe you have a question on a problem with your car! Sign up now if you aren’;t on the LSPBC club email forum already. Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/ and “search” for “LSPBC” Click on the LSPBC Group and click “Join this Group!”
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