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A Message from the President   Sept. 1st, 2010 Members,      I talked to Steve Pierce from Performance Tire today. He will be attending our meeting on Sept 14Th to give us some insight on area tracks and help us in selecting sites for our rallies etc.. Steve has a lot of experience in road racing and can prove helpful to us of little or no experience. All members interested in trying this are urged to attend, it should be very educational.  Keep the Vettes Rollin' Chuck Powers VCCA President A Note from the Treasurer   August 22nd, 2010  This note will serve as a reminder that there is still money to be collected for the following items/events: 1. I will be collecting money for the bowling event held on August 14, 2010 whereby all members bowling agreed to $.01 per pin to be donated to Parker's Pals. (no changes) 2. We need to have members sign up and pay for the NCCC MEMBERSHIP WHICH INCLUDES insurance which is $35.00 for the primary and $10.00 for spouse. 3. Anyone who has not paid in full or picked up their t-shirts/polo shirts will need to pay and/or pick them up. (no changes) 4. The Christmas Party to be held on December 11, 2010; we will need members to sign up to attend; the price is $50.00 per PERSON (not couple). I apologize for the errors. If anyone has any questions, please let me know. See you Tuesday night at Beef O'Brady's.   Susan Miner VCCA Treasurer Our Newest Members   July 27th, 2010 - We would like to welcome our newest members to VCCA.  Everyone welcome Bruce & Dianne Leach and Walter & Alicia Crew. Website Hacked   July 17th, 2010 This morning at about 6:21 am EST our site was hacked along with a few others from our hosting provider.  It looks like the hackers came from Turkey.  I am currently working to get this back up and running as quick as possible.  Most of the site is now up online and running, but it seems as though the back end of our site, i.e. email, etc... are still down. Update: All areas of the website are working correctly to include the email systems... Chris Weldon VCCA Webmaster Charity Has Been Chosen   July 13th, 2010 - A Charity has been chosen by the members of VCCA.  After exhaustive research & presentations by many local charities, our membership has chosen "ParkersPals.org" as our new charity.  See the Charities Tab for more information and how to get involved. Club Shirts are In   July 13th, 2010 - Good Day Members.  The shirts that we ordered (i.e. Polo Shirts and T-Shirts) are now in and ready to be picked up.  Contact Chuck or Chris Powers about getting your shirts and making final payment if money is still owed. DynoJet Stats   July 10th, 2010 - We had a great event out to Brothers Performance on Saturday.  A few of our clubs cars were dyno'ed and the stats and photos are now available online in the photos section. Mark & Tami's New Yellow C6   June 20th, 2010 - Mark and  Tami Channell went on vacation to Ohio and came back with a new baby.  We'll be looking forward to our next event with the addition to our family.   And for those of you who want to know, yes, Mark traded in the C5 ZO6. Awards to Our Members   May 16th, 2010 - Vettes at John Hall - Congratulation to Burt & Pam Braman, Wayne & Susan Miner and Larry & Reva Kupka on winning awards at the Ponce Inlet Corvette Show at John Hall.   Recent Club Changes   As in all organizations that start from scratch as VCCA, updates in accordance with our by-laws, are required at this time, with Ned resigning  all his positions, Nominations for VP were taken and Burt Braman was elected to fill this Board opening, with concern for Treasurer position, Motion to move on with a new person was passed.  Susan Miner was elected to carry on duties of treasurer, Motion for a new competition director was passed, candidates were nominated, with Tom Sauceman  elected.  Good Luck to these three new Board members.   Position of marketing/PR will remain open for the present. Pam Braman and Susan Miner will continue on our search committee for nominees to be benefactor of our charity, Members will vote to approve our charity, should a member have a candidate , please advise Pam or Susan Don Ashe VCCA coordinator First Brunch Drive Out   We will be having our 1st brunch on Saturday, May 1st at the Swamp House Grill in Debary.  We will caravan in from Starling Chevrolet, Please be there at 9:00am and leaving by 9:30am sharp.  They are opening the restaurant early for us so please be on time.  Also be sure and bring your camera's because they are going to let us park between the docks and the river (should make for some very cool pictures).  Also please RSVP so I can give them a head count.  Thanks and have a great day. Tom Sauceman VCCA Competition Director Vettes At The Port Update   April 19th, 2010 - Lookin Good, after being shutout at Tom Gibbs, VCCA Trophied at The Port, Congratulations to Burt/Pam and Wayne / Susan ,David , Betty, Mark ,Tom and Mike looking Strong however we were short on votes, It was a real nice day however,  we also lost out on the Bar Crawl, David and Barbra rc'v Honorable Mention for downing two Barrels of Mai Tai's.  From the Cave, Don Ashe Our Newest Sponsor   April 13th, 2010 - We would like to welcome Beef O'Brady's in Deland (Across from Starling Chevrolet & Cadillac) as our newest sponsor.  Visit there website, then visit their establishment. New Sponsor   April 7th, 2010 - Our newest sponsor to the Volusia County Corvette Associations website is Deltran Corp.'s with there product line of Battery Tenders.  Please visit their website for more information on their product.  Your support of their company and products helps us all.  Tell them you found them on our site. 2010 National Corvette Museum Entry   April 6th, 2010 - Only a select few Corvettes ever get a chance to be displayed in the National Corvette Museum at Bowling Green Kentucky.  Well, one of our Charter Members, David & Barbara Franzmann, has just delivered a pristine, low mileage 1973 Yellow Corvette Stingray in March of 2010 for a 1 year contract.  Click Here to See the photos of Delivery. Members Give Back   March 23, 2010 - At our membership meeting, Tom Sauceman won the 50/50 raffle and donated the $36.00 prize back to the club.  Dave Laing Donated $5.00 to the webhosting of this site.  Our membership thanks you.   BadAcres BBQ - Official Date Finalized   BBQ is on...  DJ Booked...  Flyers Printed...  It's on now.  Check out the BBQ Party scheduled for April 24th, at Don & Betty Ashe's Home.   Club Dues Due   Many membership applications have been turned in to Chuck or have come in via the website.  For those that have come in via the website, please make sure that your dues are in at the next meeting on March 23 at Beef-O-Brady's.  Many things need to be done for the club's inception, like filing the corporate paper work with the state as an example.  The quicker we get those dues in, the quicker we can get the ball rolling.   Membership Application Available   Our Membership Application is now online in the Membership Section.  Fill out the application so our membership director will have a digital copy of your application.  It takes only 3-5 min. to complete.  Very easy.   The Birth of a New Club   On March 9th, 2010, the founding members met, voted and have chosen a new name, "Volusia County Corvette Association" or VolusiaCorvette.com for those that are net savvy.  The name was narrowed down from about 8-10 different names and variations.  Don Ashe had a few teeth to pull while spurring on a good number of us to get involved with the club.  Officers were weighed and measured and found to be breathing.  We now have all our officer positions filled and you may see the names soon in the "Contact" section of this website.  If you missed the meeting and want to get involved, I am sure they wont hesitate to incorporate you into the fold. Our new charter was also voted on.  What it says, I have no idea.  It will be posted in this section and the "Membership Section" soon for your review. Yearly dues were adopted and will be posted in the "Membership" Section as well.   Calling All Officers   Be on the look out for the roaming camera.  Our website is in desperate need of some photos of a few likely characters.  We need your mug shot so freeze and smile.  We need individual shots of the officers and officer/member group shots.  When members and prospective members visit, they need to know who is who, so lets show em' you is you.  That is All...		Final Production Stats for 2010   Click Here for Stat Sheet     May 2010 Corvette Sales   by  KEITH CORNETT on JUNE 2, 2010 May 2010 Corvette sales report was released today by General Motors and the good news is that deliveries are at their highest level since September 2009. 1,428 Corvettes were delivered in May compared to April 2010’s 1,089 Corvettes the month prior. Corvettes haven’t sold this well since the 1,585 Corvettes sold in September 2009. Compared to a year ago, sales are off -13.1% with 1,643 Corvettes sold in May 2009 and calendar year to date sales are down -18.9%. We are still seeing growth in the national inventory. Total 2008-2010 Corvettes on dealers lots grew 272 units over the last month to 4,843. Corvette Grand Sports currently make up 43% of total inventory which shows the strength of the new model. We are monitoring current Corvette ZR1 inventory and our stock report shows 422 2010 Corvettes and 11 2009 Corvette ZR1s are available. Several rebates and incentives are still in place including 0% APR financing on 2010 Corvettes for 60 months or 3.9% APR financing for 72 months. Also look for the $1000 Toyota/Lexus rebate which is still in effect.   2010 Corvette Delivery Statistics Month Calendar Year-to-Date Month 2010 2009 % Change Months 2010 2009 % Change Jan 854 842 1.4% Jan-Jan 854 842 1.4% Feb 624 1,027 -39.2% Jan-Feb 1,478 1,869 -20.9% Mar 955 1,183 -19.3% Jan-Mar 2,433 3,052 -20.3% Apr 1,089 1,407 -22.6% Jan-Apr 3,522 4,459 -21.0% May 1,428 1,643 -13.1% Jan-May 4,950 6,102 -18.9%   2009 Corvette Delivery Statistics Month Calendar Year-to-Date Month 2009 2008 % Change Months 2009 2008 % Change Jan 842 2,015 -58.2% Jan-Jan 842 2,015 -58.2% Feb 1,027 2,071 -50.4% Jan-Feb 1,869 4,086 -54.3% Mar 1,183 2,692 -56.1% Jan-Mar 3,052 6,778 -55.0% Apr 1,407 3,190 -55.9% Jan-Apr 4,459 9,968 -55.3% May 1,643 2,904 -43.4% Jan-May 6,102 12,872 -52.6% June 1,396 2,082 -32.9% Jan-Jun 7,498 14,954 -49.9% July 966 1,870 -48.3% Jan-Jul 8,464 16,824 -49.7% Aug 746 4,242 -82.4% Jan-Aug 9,210 21,066 -56.3% Sept 1,585 2,318 -31.6% Jan-Sept 10,795 23,384 -53.8% Oct 1,154 1,170 -1.4% Jan-Oct 11,949 24,554 -51.3% Nov 952 1,093 -12.9% Jan-Nov 12,901 25,647 -49.7% Dec 1,033 1,324 -22.0% Jan-Nov 13,934 26,971 -48.3% Corvette Stock Report: A check of Jeff Hardy’s website shows a total of 4,843 Corvettes on the ground. Here is the breakdown by years and models: 2010 Corvette Inventory Breakdown: Corvette Coupes – 1,540 Corvette Convertibles – 432 Corvette GS Coupes – 1,229 Corvette GS Convertibles – 704 Corvette Z06 – 169 Corvette ZR1 – 422 2009 Corvette Inventory Breakdown: Corvette Coupes – 62 Corvette Convertibles – 55 Corvette Z06 – 185 Corvette ZR1 – 11 2008 Corvette Inventory Breakdown: Corvette Coupes – 2 Corvette Convertibles – 25 Corvette Z06 – 7 Bowling Green Production: GM included these figures in its monthly sales reports that shows production by assembly plant. Here they are for the Bowling Green Assembly Plant: 2010 Model Year Production in May 2010: 1,611 2010 Model Year To Date Through May 2010: 11,510 2010 Calendar Year to Date through May 2010: 7,735 Source: GM.com JeffHardy.com Related: April 2010 Corvette Sales March 2010 Corvette Sales       New Special Edition     GM is set to launch a new Special Edition of the Corvette, directly targeting fans of the iconic sports car who want something that their neighbor won't have!!! The Limited Edition car, called the "Carbon Edition," is not just an appearance package but a truly focused track machine that we can't wait to get our hands on!!!  First, a bit of history. Back in 2001, Chevrolet decided to revive an old high performance Corvette option code, giving folks who wanted a more track-ready version of the 'Vette a more focused model known as the "Z06." That Z06 was based on the fifth generation Corvette platform (C5) and was only offered in the hardtop or "fixed roof coupe" body style. It featured an upgraded suspension, bigger wheels and tires, and a few other performance tweaks. Initially offered with a 385-horsepower engine upgrade, it eventually received the LS6 engine rated at 405 horsepower. Chevy sold more than 28,000 of them before the C5 platform was replaced in 2005.In 2006, Corvette fans rejoiced when Chevrolet introduced another Z06 model based on the C6, or sixth generation platform. It had a new 7.0-liter, 427 cubic inch V8 with 100 more horsepower than the strongest C5 Z06. It also featured a lighter aluminum frame, balsa wood/carbon fiber composite floors and a magnesium alloy engine cradle to save even more weight. The C6 Z06 officially tipped the scales at just 3180 pounds, giving it world-class performance. And with its sub-$70,000 pricetag it instantly put the Corvette at the top of the bang-for-your-buck charts for supercars.The Z06 stood its ground, proudly representing America as the highest performance Corvette ever ... until Chevy introduced the even more powerful ZR1 in 2009. The ZR1 took the Corvette even further up the performance rankings, with its supercharged 638-horsepower V8, carbon-ceramic brakes, carbon-fiber body panels and active suspension distancing it from its sibling Z06. It was also $30,000 more expensive than the Z06, but its performance spoke for itself. Z06 lovers wanted some of those upgrades for themselves, but Chevrolet didn't offer them on the Z06 ... until now. General Motors just introduced the 2010 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon edition, giving Corvette buyers another option between the standard Z06 and the top-rung ZR1. The Z06 Carbon retains the normally aspirated 7.0-liter engine from the regular Z06, but adds the carbon-ceramic brakes, carbon-fiber body panels and magnetic ride active damping system of its supercharged big brother. The Carbon edition is essentially a Z06 built on a ZR1 chassis, with several ZR1 carbon fiber body panels. The Z06 Carbon was built to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Corvette's first appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans back in 1960. John Fitch and Briggs Cunningham won their class and finished eighth overall, behind a string of Ferraris and a lone Aston Martin. Just 500 Z06 Carbon editions will be built once production starts this fall. They will be built in just two colors, Inferno Orange or Supersonic Blue, each paired with black-painted wheels and a black leather and suede interior. The Z06 Carbon does have one feature you can't get on even the ZR1 -- a unique hood that is similar to the one on the ZR1 but without the ZR1's transparent window. Most of the carbon fiber body pieces that are left unpainted on the ZR1 are painted black on the Z06 Carbon, mainly because the clear-coat used on the ZR1 is super expensive. The glossy black highlights on the Carbon make the car look menacing, and it is, capable of lapping Laguna Seca raceway a full three seconds a lap faster than the standard Z06. For those who miss out on snagging one of the 500 Carbon editions, many of the upgrades will be available as part of two option packages available on regular 2011 models. The Z07 package includes the Brembo brake system, wheels and tires as well as the active suspension. The carbon fiber package will add the front splitter, sill extensions and rear lip spoiler. Unfortunately, the hood is being saved for the 500 limited edition cars. The Corvette Z06 Carbon edition and new option packages will go on sale in late summer at prices that haven't yet been announced.   Corvette Industry News Archives

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