14 Low-Speed Events @ Mineral Wells Heliport
Hosted by Cowtown Vettes (Saturday) & Corvette Club of Texas (Sunday)
Cowtown would like to thank for bartering with us for us of their sanctions this weekend
Event Info
Saturday & Sunday, June 1-2, 2013
13 Vettes, 17 Cowtown Participants
Participants
Michelle Aggas (Saturday) - 1st Time :)
Kevin & Cathy Anthony
James Blase (Saturday) - 1st Time :)
Jim & Donna Forsythe
Red Greenfeder
Donald & Carlanne Hickman
Doc Lambert
Glenda McMahan
Cindy Malcolm (Saturday) - 1st Time :)
Bob & Cindy Morrison
Gene Price (Sunday) - 1st Time :)
Fred Proctor
Doug Shilen
Workers
Donn & Candy Beck
David & Becky Clark
John Dick
Jack Gandy
Kayla Gann (OCCC member's daughter)
Robert Geyer
David Gill
Larry Hoaldridge
PJ & Deborah Jackson
Don Littlefield
Doug McMahan
Bud Nice
Gene Price (Saturday)
Carol Savage
Tony Sokoloski
Rick Watson (CTV Event Coordinator)
Scott Wheeler
Paul Wolter (CCT Event Coordinator)
Sharon Zshirnt
and most of the CTV competitors
Supporters
George Aggas
Terry & Marsha Alton
Randy Field (visitor)
Cydnie Geyer
Barb Greenfeder
Virginia Littlefield
Chris Malcolm
Larry Schaapveld
Larry Yrigoyen
David Yarington
Photos labeled provided by Doug & Glenda McMahan
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Setup was on Friday evening |
| The event was held on the old Army Helipad at the Mineral Wells Airport | | |
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| 5PM on Friday, the setup started, Don Littlefield delivered our club trailer, CCT showed up as well. A joint club team setup the course and spent hours cleaning the old rubber and such from the course line - we quit at dark-thirty |
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| Donald Hickman brought the rented (thru James West) camper to use for a Timing Facility |
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| The Course was designed by Doug McMahan; it was setup on Friday evening starting 6ish. Once setup, Rick Watson and others used a 260MPH commercial blower to clean "the line" and beyond in addition to chalking all the cones. | |
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Saturday's Event |
Participants and workers were arriving | | | Several big rigs included |
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| Carlanne Hickman chaired Registration, with assistance from Carol Savage | |
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| | David Gill headed up Tech Inspection with help from Doc Lambert, Jack Gandy & Doug McMahan | |
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| hard to miss where the heliport is ...just look for the checkered water tower | | |
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| Doug McMahan provided Parade Laps to all participants. The course was setup with one 4-cone chicane, a 4-gate obstacle and 5 sweepers; .84 miles in length
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| The Vettes were taking their assigned lanes in the staging area; with Bob & Cindy Morrison as chairperson | |
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| Rick Watson (Event Coordinator) held Saturday's Driver's Meeting
Paul Wolter (CCT Governor / Event Coordingator) held Sunday's | |
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| Scott Wheeler chaired the Starter responsibilities for Saturday | |
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| Candy Beck chaired timing with assistance from Becky Clark | |
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| Glenda McMahan chaired timing boards with lots of help from various others (even 10-year old Kayla Gann worked all day ) | |
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| Tony Sokoloski co-chaired Corner workers with a good group of workers | |
| ...and the day of competition is underway
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| Larry from the Muscatine Corvette Club out of Muscatine, Iowa (West Region) traveled down to enjoy his C4 Roadster this weekend | |
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| Dan from Bossier City, Louisiana came up to run his Trans AM - with some respectable times | |
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NEXT CURVE |
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