SoCal Caravan 09 eNews

No. 10 - 8/7/07

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>National Corvette Caravan Registration Now Open.

Kathie Lin Summers, National Chair for the 2009 National Corvette Caravan, recently announced that general registration for the Caravan is open. Summers reports that, as of 9 PM on July 30th, 364 Caravanners had already signed-up.

Caravanners can register for the event by going to the following web page:
Caravan Registration

>PVCA to Repeat as the SoCal Caravan's Home Club

The Pomona Valley Corvette Association will organize and host departure events for the Southern California Section of the 2009 National Corvette Caravan. In 2003, for the last National Caravan, PVCA ran the early-morning departure from the California Speedway at Fontana along with a reception and Caravanner's Meeting the evening before.

The dominant Corvette Club in the western Inland Empire and eastern San Gabriel Valley areas of Southern California, the PVCA voted unanimously at its General Membership Meeting of July 24th to repeat its "Home Club" role in 2009.

Pomona Valley will stage a Friday evening event which will be a combination of a first-night, meet-and-greet party and the customary, departure-eve Caravanner's Meeting. The PVCA, in cooperation with the SoCalCar Organizing Team, will also organize the Caravan's departure from the Inland Empire the following Saturday morning.

Caravan Captain, Hib Halverson, who was present at Pomona Valley's meeting, told us, "As a former member of PVCA, I take a lot of pride in the fact that this organization has stepped-up, again, to support Corvette Caravanners from all over Southern California. They did a heck of a job for us four years ago, putting on a great pre-departure party then turning-out, in-force, to organize the departure of the Caravan the next day. I appreciate the efforts of President Ernie Aguilar and "Commander" Brent Hicks of our Organizing Team and who, also, is a member of the PVCA, in convincing all of our friends in Pomona Valley to help us out in 2009. Knowing the PVCA always wants to exceed expectations, I'm gonna bet the '09 Departure Events will be well-organized and a heck of a lot of fun for all of the SoCal Caravan's participants."

When asked about the departure point for the '09 Caravan, Captain Halverson, said to the eNews, "Well...in '03, California Speedway was kind enough to let us use its Cherry Avenue lot to stage the Caravan for departure. I'd sure like to do that again, but right now, leaving from there in '09 is just an idea--something I want to do. The Organizing Team feels a racetrack departure is just about mandatory and Fontana is the obvious choice. The OT has not begun negotiations with the track as yet, however, I've been in touch via email with Gilian Zucker, the President of the Speedway and she set me up with Brian Geye, the track's Director of Administration. Mr. Geye and I will have our first meeting this week. I hope to have additional news for you on this in a month or so."

Best regards,
The Southern California/Southern Nevada Caravan Organizing Team


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