2011 Christmas Party

Agawa Canyon Adventure

Friday October 7, 2011 a brave group of members followed Allen B into the Canadian wilderness.

 

We took a train to Agawa Canyon. In the movie clip below you will see us seated in the station with our anticipation building, see the Engineer's view of the tracks and Allen moving to the front to make sure the Engineer stays 'on track', see the thrilling helicopter chase sequence and then kick back and enjoy the rocks and trees of the wilderness.

We have arrived at the Canyon and the chase helicopter gives us a buzz. The more adventurous of our group climb up the the Canyon Lookout.

Thank you Allen for the video clips.

Cruise To Mackinaw City

John H submitted this album of the pictures he took at dinner, in the 'Tunnel of Trees', on the way to Whitefish Point and around the hotel. Thank you John!

WXYZ TV Interviews Club Members About Their Corvettes

WXYZ TV Video interviews of GMC Corvette Set Members talking about their Corvettes.at the 2011 Dream Cruise

Jim O and Roger N

Motor City Corvette Concours Qualifying Shows

The area Corvette Club's will be nominating the cars for the Motor City Corvette Concours Event. This is a list of the qualifying Car Shows: qualifying shows Please note that the first Qualifying Show is June 4, 2011.

This is the link to the Motor City Corvette Concours (MCCC) home page

2011 Motor City Corvette Concours Press Release

This fall, Michigan, home of the Big Three, will again be presenting the Motor City Corvette Concours.  This second annual event will continue to showcase the “Best of the Best” Corvettes in the area.  This year’s chosen date is September 24, 2011 and the location will be Les Stanford Chevrolet-Cadillac in Dearborn, Michigan.

Anyone familiar with the Corvette lifestyle is no doubt aware of events such as; Corvettes at Carlisle, Bloomington Gold and the National Corvette Homecoming to name but a few. Being that Michigan is the birthplace of Corvette and the home of Chevrolet and General Motors, it seemed only natural that a high caliber Corvette event be held here. Hence, the Motor City Corvette Concours was born.
While the Motor City Corvette Concours (MCCC) is sponsored and hosted by the Les Stanford dealerships, the event continues to be organized by several local Michigan Corvette clubs.  The Corvette Club of Michigan, Corvette Legends Club, Flint Corvette Club, GMC Corvette Set, Rainbow Corvette Club, Team Corvette, Trend Settas Corvette Club and the V-8 Estate Corvette Club have banded together to promote and share their passion for the marque.  The continuation of this event adds to the writing of another chapter in the glorious history that is the Corvette.

The Motor City Corvette Concours is actually three car shows in one.  First feature of the event is the Concours Class of Corvettes; these cars will appear via invitation only.  Second, will be an open judged “Drive & Shine” competition for all Corvette owners based on overall vehicle condition and cleanliness.  Third will be a National Council of Corvette Clubs (NCCC) sanctioned People’s Choice competition.  Being open to all types of Corvette, from stock to custom, from mild to wild, the MCCC allows the owner to showcase a car that is special to him or her.  The emphasis of this end of the season gathering is on having the “Best of the Best” Corvettes featured in the invitation only Concours Class.  To qualify, these Corvettes must compete in a minimum of three affiliated shows through-out the spring and summer show season.  These cars will be chosen by organizers of those participating shows and are recommended to compete in the MCCC Concours Class.

Working in concert with the National Corvette Museum, the organizers of the MCCC have developed the  Arkus-Duntov Cup Trophy, named in honor of the first Corvette Chief Engineer and father of the Corvette: Zora Arkus-Duntov.  Each year the overall winners name will be affixed to the Arkus-Duntov Cup Trophy and it will be displayed at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky adjacent to their permanent Arkus-Duntov exhibit.  A unique Motor City Corvette Concours special award will also be presented to the Concours Class winner for his or her personal trophy case.  All of the Concours Class entrants will receive a personalized special commemorative award for their participation.  Additional trophies will be presented for the Judged Competition and People’s Choice portions of the event.                                                                                                                                                                 

Please visit the Motor City Corvette Concours web site  for additional information.

Chevrolet Still Builds Rockets - The Commercial

Once upon a time, a bunch of guys got together with a crazy idea - build rockets that go farther and faster than mankind had ever gone before. It's nice to know that America still builds rockets - The 2011 Chevrolet Corvette.


Source: Chevrolet