PVCM/TSS

Precision Valley Corvette Museum Night
at
Twin State Speedway
Claremont, NH.

June 4, 2004

This was a brand new event on the schedule this year.

Since the event was Friday evening, and a 4 hour drive from home,
I drove the Vette to work in Augusta, ME for the morning.

At Noon, I left for Springfield, VT and the Precision Valley Corvette Museum.

About a dozen Corvettes met at the Museum. 50 years were represented:
From a '54 to the 2004 that was to be raffled off on July 4.

At about 5:30 we headed out in a caravan for the short, scenic drive to Claremont, NH, and the racetrack.
The Vettes had a special corral set aside for us. I even had a tent!

(Check that mirror shot: all 5 Corvette generations!)

After several practice sessions on the track for the various classes, it was our turn. All of the Vettes lined up behind the track pace car,
and did 6 laps around the track. The 2 C5s at the back of the pack wowed the crowd by hanging back, stopping side by side, then drag racing
down the straight in front of the stands. The track officials got into the spirit by actually flagging them off to start each race! While we were doing that,
the race drivers were passing their helmets throughout the stands collecting donations for the American Cancer Society as the announcer told
the story of Corvettes Conquer Cancer - how it started and what we have been doing since.

(Sorry I don't have any more pictures, but between being busy with the remaining activities and the fact that my digital camera doesn't work well at all in low light,
I didn't get any more that were useable. If anybody seeing this has some they could send me, please email me!)

After our 6 laps, we pulled up in a Le Mans Start sort of formation in front of the stands. There the track owner, Dennis Fleury, presented me with a check for
$500 sponsorship and Matt Alldredge, owner of Precision Valley Corvette Museum, presented a check for $2500 sponsorship. Then the drivers turned over
$260.62 that they had collected from the spectators for the American Cancer Society. Finally, Museum manager Roberto Rodriguez gave me $240 (the
$20 registration for the 12 participating Vettes), also for ACS. Doing the quick math, that makes $500.62 for the American Cancer Society in NH and VT!

We then cleared the track, and the evening's races began. After each class heat, we went down on the track to present the trophies to the top 3 finishers
in a photo session. There are a lot of VERY SERIOUS RACERS at this track, and we are looking forward to going back again next year!

Thanks to Dennis Fleury of Twin State Speedway and Matt Alldredge of the Precision Valley Corvette Museum
or hosting this fun event, which produced $260.62 for the American Cancer Society in New Hampshire
and $240.00 for ACS in Vermont.

More activities the next day