Mike Todd, O.D.
A day that started out cold and windy gave way to a beautiful fall day in Powhatan for the first annual Capital Chevrolet Customer Appreciation Day and Corvette Club of Richmond Corvette Show. 65 registered for the show and at least 15 other Corvettes brought their owners by to enjoy the show as spectators. Quite a few people asked about CCR and requested applications. There may very well be six to eight new potential members at the January meeting.
I believe everyone in attendance will agree that this was an excellent event and our thanks go out to Phil Gracik, General Sales Manager, Susan Poulos, President, and the staff at Capital Chevrolet for making this event possible. Capital put together the advertisement that aired on Liberty (98.9 FM), The Wolf (93.1 FM), and Big Oldies (107.3 FM) the week before the event. It was a wonderful announcement that provided excellent recognition for CCR.
Capital also put together the goody bags, provided the excellent food (through Cub Creek Farms BBQ), provided the door prizes, presented a detailing seminar, and provided the trophies. Susan has posted pictures she took at the show on Capital’s Facebook page. Check them out at https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/PickCapital Capital Chevrolet may be a new sponsor for, but they really know how to put on a great show!!!
Our thanks also go out to the Marines “Toys for Tots” program and for their participation in the show. Thanks to the generously of CCR and others we collected a large number of toys and $325 in cash donations.
A 50/50 drawing was held to benefit the Powhatan Christmas Mother. A total of $268 ($216 from the 50/50 drawing and an additional $50 in donations) was delivered to Carol Baltimore, this year’s Powhatan Christmas Mother. She and the organization are grateful for the contributions which will help them “Create Christmas Memories” for those less fortunate in the community.
Peggy and I would like to thank Butch Jones, Bruce Bugay, Mark and Vicky White, Peggy Maloy, Janie Hughes, Terry Corbin for their special efforts in making this a successful event. We would also like to thank all those that pitched in at the event when they saw there was something that needed to be done. This certainly speaks well for the character of our club.
TROPHY WINNERS:
Trophies were presented in for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each class along with trophies for Best Engine, Best Interior and Best in Show. The “Grady Award” was selected by the lady’s of Capital Chevrolet for their favorite corvette.
C1 1st Greg Lucyk 2nd Kirby Montgomery
C2 1st Dan Raidabaugh 2nd Butch Jones 3rd Rich Swisher
C3 (1968-1973) 1st Jeremy Welborn 2ndBrian Witcher 3rd Norm Hayes
C3 (1974-1982) 1st Dave Wood 2nd Maury Dunn
C4 1st Peggy Maloy 2nd Steve Goodwin 3rd Mike Grappone
C5 1st Danny Madison 2nd Terry Corbin 3rd Jeremy Welborn
C6 1st Wayne Mahan 2nd Jim Chesser 3rd Butch & Joyce Bateman
Best Interior – Jim Chesser
Best Engine – Jeremy Welborn
Best in Show – Norm Hayes
GRADY AWARD – Jim Chesser