Cowtown Vettes

NEW MEETING LOCATION

January

 Next General Club Meeting is January  7, 2026 @ 7:30 PM

NEW meeting place is:  Fat Daddy's,  Mansfield, TX 

Watch emails and the calendar on the home page for future meetings

                                                                                                                                                       Kim West 

Thank you, Gayle, for a wonderful Christmas Party. The venue was fun and cozy. Congratulations to all the award winners. Also, a huge thank you to all the offices, board members, and committee members for their hard work in 2025.  

We are all looking forward to a fun 2026, getting to enjoy our cars and friendships.

I am looking to fill committees and committee chairman. To ensure we have a great organization we need your help. Please let me know if you are interested in chairing or participating in a committee.

Happy New Year,

Kim West - President
kdcwest@sbcglobal.net

Happy New Year to each of you,

I am Lee Ann Parker, and I will be serving as your Vice President for 2026. I look forward to setting up some fun social events for 2026!  For those that don’t know me, you may know my husband, Steve Parker, as he will be your treasurer again for 2026. A fun fact about me and my love for Corvettes: I was introduced to Autocross racing 3 years ago and have been hooked ever since. I have loved racing ever since I got behind the steering wheel of our first Corvette and have had the opportunity to race at many racetracks and various autocross courses in our region. My first year of racing was 2023, and by 2024 I placed 1st amongst the ladies in the Southwest region, and 14th overall in the Nation. I was also received the Top Competitor for our Cowtown Vette Club. As the 2025 season has come to an end, I again placed 1st in the Southwest Region, and 15th overall in the nation. Who would have thought that all those years of driving like I stole one of Steve’s Corvettes would pay off? It is so much FUN! I have the biggest smile on my face when driving a course and I am so thankful to have found a new hobby where I can show my competitive side.

As your social chairman I have several things planned for 2026.

Please mark your calendars for these upcoming events!

We will be skipping January to recover from the busy holiday season.

*** Saturday, February 14

No time like Valentine’s Day for our first Corvette outing! We will be going to the DFW Car & Toy Museum at 1:00 p.m. for a museum tour, which should take approximately 1 ½ hours to tour. They will have a special area designated for our Corvettes to park together. So, shine up your baby, and let’s have our own mini car show in their parking lot!

Since this is Valentines Day, grab your sweetie and plan to meet for lunch at 11AM, before the tour.  Restaurant information is still TBD, and I will have these details as we get closer.

DFW Car & Toy Museum

2550 McMillan Pkwy

Fort Worth, TX 76137

*** Saturday, March 14

We will be going to TX Whiskey Ranch. This is the largest whiskey distillery west of the Mississippi located on the historic former grounds of the Glen Garden Country Club.

Tours are available for purchase. On the tour you will see every step in the distillation and aging process that creates the distinct taste of TX Bourbon. We will hear the story behind how it is created right here in Fort Worth! The tour includes a tasting of several different varieties of their signature blends, afterwards you will have the opportunity to try a delicious cocktail from their mixologist and hang out to visit with our group. The tour takes approximately 50 minutes.

Price for a distillery tour is:  $27.06 each for an Adult,

$24.36 each for Military/First Responder

$24.36 each for Seniors (60+)  

I would like to get an idea for who is interested in doing the tours because each tour can only hold 16 people in a group, therefore I may need to book multiples depending on our levels of interest. In addition, I’ll need to collect funds to cover tour cost for those interested.

If a tour isn’t your thing, another option is to buy a ticket to enjoy a delicious cocktail from their mixologist and hang out with our group.  The price for the cocktail option is $12.00. (you can buy the day of the event). Water stations and mocktails are also available.

They will have special parking designated for our Corvettes.

·  Note, you can attend this event even if you do not want to purchase any alcohol. The grounds and distillery are beautiful and are worth a walk around. With spectacular views of Downtown Fort Worth.

A Food Truck is available on grounds for you to eat or snack to your heart’s desire.

Please let me know if you are interested in a TX Distillery tour. 

My email address is:  events@cowtownvettes.org  

I also have a personal Venmo where you can send me money to reserve your spot for this event.

TX Whiskey Ranch

2601 Whiskey Ranch Rd.

Fort Worth, TX

*** Saturday, April 18th

We will be going the Weatherford, Texas to tour the Chandor Gardens. 

We will have a docent tour at 10:00 am to see and learn about the gardens, and the home of Douglas Chandor.  It is a beautiful garden, and at this time of year, several things will be in bloom. Price is $10.00 per person. We will plan to have lunch afterwards in Weatherford, TX.

Chandor Gardens

711 West Lee Ave

Weatherford TX 76086

*** May TBD

Doug McManhan has agreed to do a cruise to Ovilla and Cassaro Winery. Details as we get closer

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Holidays are over, as we start another year off. As of now, counting renewals and new members, we are at 109 members. I will be helping Ann with a new club directory in the next few weeks.

On February 1, registration opens for the 2026 National Convention. The SWR 2026 competition begins with 2 car shows and 2 rallyes at Okalla, TX, hosted by Longhorn Corvette Club in Austin.

My first National Governor Meeting is February 21 and 22 in St. Louis. Beginning in 2027, there will be 3 meeting a year, instead of the current 4 meetings a year.

The SWR Awards Banquet will be held on March 21 at White River studios, about seven miles east of Blanco (the same place the 2017 banquet was held), hosted by LCC.

OUR first event of the year will be a 14 autocross event on 4/11-12 at TCC in Fort Worth.

I hope everyone survived the holidays in good condition, and everyone is ready for another fun year.

Save the wave!                                            ,

Norman Walker

CTV NCCC Governor

Mary Pittman - Historian

 LowDown Article - Historian

I had great fun putting together the Cowtown Vettes 50th Anniversary scrapbook.  I tried to encompass a great deal of what happened during the decade of 2015 to 2024... it was fun looking back through pictures, the website and LowDowns from that period of time. 

This era was dissected by the Covid pandemic of 2020 which brought about a myriad of changes to how we operate on a daily basis in life overall as well as as a club. 

First of all our membership is getting older not only locally, but regionally and nationally, also.  Venues for racing or events are not as readily available or affordable. 

From a historical point of view, going forward I feel we will be relying on our digital LowDown for club info and memories as well as the new website (when it is available) where our current activities as well as past activities, etc will be archived. 

The historian will still be responsible for gathering misc. info, club trophies, etc.

Thanks again to Mack Maxwell for storing our physical archives.

Mary Pittman, Historian
marypittman@hotmail.com 

Vicki Currey - Secretary - Timing Chair

Please consider taking an active role in Cowtown Vettes in 2026.

CTV Secretary

Just a reminder, the Membership and Board minutes are located in the Members Only section.

If you have any questions about the minutes, please feel free to contact me.

Timing Chair

If you are interested in learning timing for CTV’s autocrosses, come spend some time in the trailer and join in the excitement!

Vicki Currey
vfrostcurrey@live.com 

Steve Parker - CTV Treasurer

Just a reminder, the Monthly reports are located in the Members Only section.

If you have any questions about the reports... please feel free to contact me.

 stevenp1954@gmail.com 

Doug McMahan - Social/Digital Media - Sponsorship

If you have not rec’d your 50th Anniversary Cowtown Vettes commemorative Deck of Playing Cards, please attend the next Membership Meeting and see me.  Each primary member / household receives one deck of cards.  I’ll bring a few decks on the next cruise as well.  If you’d like an extra set (or two), see me as well, we did purchase extra decks of cards- these are $5 per deck.

We will have the Events, Socials and such in the next Slideshow.   The slideshow will continue to include some Corvette Trivia along with various other Corvette happenings around the country. Brian (our webmaster) does post a lower-resolution version online, on the CTV Website. Please provide any submissions for the slideshow to me no later than Sunday evening of the Membership Meeting week.

If you have been working on or updating your Corvette with new items …or if you have taken a trip in your Corvette and have some photos to share with membership, please send those to me and I’ll include them in the monthly slideshow.  Cowtown’s Microsoft O365 account allows us to use OneDrive, which makes it much easier for you to provide high-resolution photos from events for the web and/or monthly slideshow. If you would like to share photos, please take them in high-resolution; if not, they can’t be used on the big screen since they would show grainy / blurry.  These are needed by noon, the Monday before the Membership Meeting. If you have questions, please contact me and I’ll provide you with more information and the OneDrive link to share your photos – basically use the highest resolution option you can set on your camera or smartphone.

When you receive a CTV-ALL eMail blast, we would request that you please only reply to the originator when you are replying to a CTV-ALL email. When you opt to reply, simply select Reply on the email, then remove the CTV-All entry and replace it with the email address of the originator. If you are sending CTV-ALL emails, please include your email address in the body of the email so you have that address handy.

If you change your email or home address, Corvette, or other info – please drop an email to CTV-Membership@groups.io. 

If you are not receiving CTV-ALL emails, please get with me so we can either add you or figure out why you aren’t receiving them.

More information on email distribution lists and the acceptable use of them can be found on our website.

Facebook – if you are on Facebook and not a “friend” of Cowtown Vettes, members cannot include you in tags at events; these tags show your non-club member friends all the fun we are having. Who knows, maybe some of you are in the witness protection program and don’t want to be tagged J If you are posting, be sure to tag Cowtown Vettes so it appears on our Facebook news feed.

Doug McMahan
Digital / Social Media Chairperson
socialmedia@cowtownvettes.org 

Ann Walker - Membership Chair

NEW MEMBERS 

VISITORS

PAM SEARCY

 Cowtown Vettes Christmas Party

Everyone had a great time and donated Toys for Tots... 

to see more...

Go to our website  Cowtown Vettes of Ft Worth, Texas 

Robert Geyer - Cruiser/Equipment Chair 

      Hi Cruisers

It's now 2026, my how time flies.  Hope each of you had a Merry Christmas and are looking forward to a happy and  prosperous New Year. 

Not much happing with the Cruiser program until spring weather arrives. I will be working closely with our VP, Lee Ann Parker, coordinating her socials with my cruises.  This should lead to more cruises and more fun as she already has many activities lined up for 2026.

  I will be making a trip to Galveston in early  March for the Chevrolet and Corvette Expo. If you have never been, it's an indoor show with many show car quality exhibits and exhibitors to browse through. 

If you might be interested in attending, you can follow me. I will drive down on Friday the 6th and return on Sunday the 8th. This should leave plenty of time for the show and time to explore Galveston on your own. Hotel reservations will be at your own discretion as I am only leading the trip. 

If you have any questions, I'll be at January's meeting at Fat Daddys in Mansfield. I'll be happy to fill you in on what I know.

                                            That's all for now and I'll see y'all in January. 

Your Cruiser Chairperson 

Robert Geyer 

Hi everyone,

After a long dry spell, Barb Greenfeder won $123 in the 50/50 drawing last month, while $122 went into the charity fund. So hang in there, you can also win, even if it has been a long time or you have never won before. And, best of all, we continue to grow our charity fund!

Speaking of the charity fund, we have raised approximately $2,013 this year from our 50/50 drawings, both from the meetings and from the car show!  $250 of that money, along with $250 that was donated to our charity fund , went to The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country last summer to aid the flood victims in Central Texas.  In the coming weeks we will be getting checks to the Warm Place and the Fisher House Foundation.  Thank you all for the generosity that makes this happen.

On December 22, fifteen of our members and two family members spent a couple of hours at Cooks Children’s Hospital, sharing Christmas cheer with the patients there and their families.  We assisted children with crafts and helped them choose toys after their visit with Santa.  A group of very talented employees also sang Christmas carols.  The spirit of Christmas was definitely present and we had a wonderful time!

The Cook’s visit was part of how our club was busy this year spreading goodwill throughout our community.  In June we collected 393 pounds of pet food and $190 cash for the Don’t Forget to Feed Me pet food bank .  In June and November we worked at the Tarrant Area Food Bank sorting food that went to people in need.  In July and December we went to Cooks Children’s hospital to bring Christmas joy to the children there.  We’re so proud of what our club does to make our community a better place!

Your Charity Co-Chairs were also busy late summer and early fall procuring donations for prizes for our car show.  We had some really great prizes this year, which helps keep people coming back.  Thanks to those club members who donated items for prizes: Larry and Vicki Currey, Randy and Cathy Baker, Steve and Lee Ann Parker, and Tony Sokoloski.

Last but certainly not least, many thanks to Cathy and Randy Baker, who offered their time and talents to coordinate the Toys for Tots campaign for our club this year!  Another example of this club’s goodwill!

We have had an awesome time this year coordinating the charity activities of Cowtown Vettes and are looking forward to continuing those efforts in the coming year!

Happy New Year!

Debbie and Paula

Larry Currey - Low Down Editor

Corvette Racing -   Review of the 2025 Season

                           Corvette Racing Driver Penalized For Flipping Off BMW... Again

Back during the IMSA race at Daytona in February, when the 2025 racing season was still young, Corvette Racing driver Tommy Milner got into it with BMW's Augusto Farfus, punctuating his frustration with a very clear one-finger salute. Apparently, Farfus has it out for The Bow Tie Brand, because at the season-ending FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) race, he found himself on the receiving end of the bird once again 

                        Chevrolet, Corvette Racing Victorious In 2025 IMSA Championships

The 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season belonged to The Bow Tie Brand. Not only did the No. 3 Corvette Racing team sweep the GTD Pro championship by a nose, they also hauled in the 2025 Teams Championship - and Chevrolet closed out the year with yet another Manufacturers Championship trophy to add to its case. 

                         Corvette Racing Pulls Off Double Podium At Petit Le Mans 2025

The prestigious Petit Le Mans capped off the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season on October 11th, 2025, and Corvette Racing left Road Atlanta in high spirits with a double podium finish. 

                                     Corvette Racing Rallies To Dramatic Victory In Fuji 2025

As the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season draws to a close, Corvette Racing is on a roll. The No. 81 Corvette Z06 GT3.R showed the field what it was made of in Fuji on September 28th, 2025, charging to the victory in the LMGT3 class - its second win this year. 

                              P2 Finish At The Glen Gives Corvette Racing The Points Lead

After a hectic 2025 Six Hours of the Glen on June 22nd, 2025, the No. 3 Corvette Racing team pulled off a podium finish, and just like that, the No. 3 Corvette Z06 GT3.R is sitting on top of the GTD Pro class points.

The No. 3 Vette was shared between Antonio Garcia and Alexander Sims. Sims had control during the opening and ending stints, handing control to Garcia for the middle of the six-hour sprint. The race was marked by temperamental weather conditions and 10 full-course yellows, eight of which occurred during the first four hours.

James Swaringen - CTV Webmaster 

james@swaringen.us  - cell:  817-832-9812

January 2026

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Thank you to all who have created and maintained the current website.  I am excited to announce that we will be releasing a new and updated Cowtown Vettes website very soon if not already. The update aims to:

●     Give the site a fresh and new look.

●     make it easier to find upcoming events

●     Easy to update the information on the site

I have received positive feedback so far, and I would be glad to get your feedback.  If you have any updates or questions, please let me know.  This is a work in progress and will have changes over time.

At the next few membership meetings, I will conduct a website walkthrough, covering key features, practical tutorials, and answering questions.

If you lead activities, please find your sections, and please provide me with updates if needed. 

• The New Website www.cowtownvettes.org  (The new site has a link back to the current archived site)

• The Current site is without the www, so  cowtownvettes.org   (This site will have a header noting it is an archived site and a link to the new site)

Please email me at webmaster@cowtownvettes.org or fill out the form on the new site with your suggestions or questions.

Thanks,

Cowtown Members at Cooks Childrens Hospital - Christmas Party 

Above - We all had a great time passing out gifts and doing crafts with lots of kids

                                              (We were not allowed to show pictures on any of the patients)

CTV Members / Elves Helping Out:

Cathy & Randy Baker

Vicki & Larry Currey

Steve & Lee Ann Parker

James, Melanie, Matthew, & Brady Swaringen

Jerry & Deborah Lindsey

Mary Pittman

Barbara & Red Greenfeder

Margaret Proctor

Paula Winter

Larry Currey / On-Line LOW DOWN Editor

larrycurrey@yahoo.com

Mary Pittman - NCM Ambassador - 2025

LowDown Article - NCM Ambassador

Sept 2025

“The mission of the National Corvette Museum is to educate worldwide

audiences on the evolution of the Corvette --America’s Sports Car-- through collections, preservation, and celebration of its legacy.”

At the museum’s 31st anniversary celebration that was just held on August 28 - 30, 2025, Zora Arkus - Duntov’s, only Corvette, fully restored was debuted.  Who, you ask, is Zora Arkus - Duntov?  Depending on where you read he is referred to as either the “Father of the Corvette” or the “Godfather of the Corvette” although Harley Earl was the original designer of the Corvette.  After seeing the 1953 Corvette on display in New York City, Arkus - Duntov wrote General Motors that he found the car “visually superb, but was disappointed with what was underneath”.  He went to work at GM in May of 1953 as a staff engineer with the idea of changing that perception and was “pivotal in elevating the Corvette into a world class performance vehicle”.  The only Corvette Arkus - Duntov owned was a retirement gift from Chevrolet. You can read more about his life and work on the museum’s website or other online sources.

For the latest on museum happenings you can go to the website for info. Museum members can log onto the website for more news and info. As always the museum offers car raffles, NCM insurance, shopping and event info as well as article about exhibits.

Mary Pittman, NCM Ambassador

To visit the NCM website... Click

National

Corvette Museum

Cowtown Vette’s 23rd Annual Car Show is behind us and although Mother Nature didn’t exactly cooperate, it was still a great show.  We had 58 pre-registered cars, and we’re told that was the most pre-registered cars we’ve ever had.  A total of 72 cars joined the show. 

Congratulations to our Best of Show winners:

Early model: Paul and Mary Wolter, C1 1962 Satin Silver Convertible

Late model:  Eudale Bell, C8 2023 Black Coupe

We learned a lot about putting on a show at our new location, and the good news is that Jerry’s Chevrolet has invited us back again.  That’s a great start for planning the 24th annual show!

Thanks to everyone who volunteered on the committee and the day of the show!  We couldn’t have done it without you!

Your 23rd Annual Car Show Committee

Bill Buehler and Cliff Holden

Car Show Committee Co-Chairs

James Swaringen - NCCC Events Coordinator 

james@swaringen.us  - cell:  817-832-9812

January 2026

HAPPY NEW YEAR

I am busy planning this year's NCCC events.  Working to see if we can find a new or different location to race.

Also working on building a valve cover racing track to use for our 2 scramble events.  At this time, I could use some help, so if you have some extra Corvette valve covers you would like to donate, or if you wanted to build a few for people to use if they do not build their own.

Also, a few other things for the scramble I could use help with

●     Some Funkahana game ideas or want to help run them

●     Help set up rallies and judging them the weekend of

And as we get closer I will be looking for Cornerworkers and other volunteers to help put on the events. 

Please let me know and we can talk.  Thank you for your support

The dates for 2026 are now set for next year:

Spring AX - April 11-12 (14 sanctions)

Spring Scramble - April 25-26   Sat Only (7 sanctions)

Fall AX - Sept 26-27  (14 sanctions) this date has changed

Fall Scramble - October 17 with CTV Car show  (7 sanctions) 

Watch how fun Autocrossing can be. 

Donna Forsythe - CTV Logo Merchandise

Hello and welcome to the Logo Merchandise store.

There are lots of great things for sale with the Cowtown logo on them:

Caps.Visors, Sweatshirts, Long Sleeve T-shirts, Short Sleeve T-shirts, Men’s & Women’s Long Sleeve Denim Shirts, Polo shirts Name Tags

(Please note that on all shirt orders, 2XL and up sizes are slightly higher)

If you want your name added to your shirt, Or a Cowtown logo or a certain year Corvette added to your shirt.

We also have stickers, patches and koozies

So stop by the Logo table before and after the meeting to place your order.

You’ll get your order by the next meeting.

Donna Forsythe CTV Logo Mechandise
dforsythe817@gmail.com 

The “WELCOME TO COWTOWN” Committee PRESENTS

COWTOWN 101

January 7,  from 6:15 to 7:00

Fat Daddy’s Sports and Spirits

7910 W Debbie Ln, Mansfield

We welcome newer and future members to attend 101, before the Club Meeting starts at 7:30. You’ll have time to order food and refreshments before you are seated at the Cowtown 101 table.

This discussion group will share how Cowtown works, the activities offered to members and what all the acronyms and abbreviations mean.  Plus we want to talk about what you are looking forward to doing with your Vette and your new Cowtown friends!

Please contact me by email:  barbsc6@sbcglobal.net if you plan to attend so I can prepare the handouts for you.  I’d appreciate getting your phone number and any specific questions you may have so my husband, Red, and I can be ready to help you.

We’ve been members of Cowtown for close to 25 years.  The club has grown and changed to become an even better way to meet the needs of our membership.  We look forward to meeting with you and sharing some of the great events and places we have shared with Cowtown Vettes!

Barb Greenfeder

817-917-0975

Welcome to Cowtown Chair

Barbsc6@sbcglobal.net