Post by Bob Kirsch on Nov 22, 2009 21:20:36 GMT -5
Hello Corvette Pace Car Registry MEMBERS, REGISTRANTS and FANS - 
The Chevrolet Corvette Pace Car Registry is very excited and thrilled to inform you that there WILL be a Corvette Pace Car Reunion in September of 2010.
The PCR is planning the Event in conjunction with the National Corvette Museum's Event Dept. and this promises to be the best Reunion yet.
We surveyed our membership / registrants and had a great response - 148 owners! We thank you for your time, and will use your input into designing our reunion. Attendance is open to anyone interested in attending, not just our Members!
At our last Pace Car Reunion in 2007 we asked the Reunion attendees what they enjoyed doing with their Pace Cars and what they would like the Pace Car Reunion to include in a future Reunion event.
In addition to that information several PCR Members were participants in the NCM's Historic Motorama II in 2008. The Motorama was comprised of 55 Corvettes, one of each year made. Five PCR Members were included in the Motorama representing the years 1978, 1986, 1995, 1998, and 2007. The Motorama began at the NCM in Bowling Green Ky. and visited significant locations of Corvette interest, finishing in Detroit Mi. at General Motors 100th Anniversary Celebration.
We plan on including many of the these highlights in the 2010 reunion.
We encourage all Corvette Pace Car Replica and Festival car owners to attend the Reunion. As an owner of a Corvette Pace Car we share a common bond. We are all cut from the same cloth so to speak. Past Pace Car Reunion participants treasure the friendships and the memories made.
Many of the Reunion agenda features we are going to offer are "Off Limits" to the general public. We also plan on asking several General Motors personnel prominent in the Pace Car programs to attend. In the past we have had Pace Car Designers give presentations and answer your questions.
Following is an early, tentative agenda for the 2010 Pace car Reunion and subject to change.
Tuesday Sept. 21, 2010
Noon to 5:00pm
- Credential pickup at the National Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, Ky.
- Tuesday Evening: Owners Night out ( possible Go-Cart Challenge)
Wednesday Sept. 22, 2010
- Corvette Plant Tour (subject to plant working)
- National Corvette Museum tour for the Pace Car Registry
- Possible luncheon with Guest speaker @ the NCM
- Late afternoon departure. Caravan to Indianapolis.
Thursday Sept. 23, 2010
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway visit
The following activities open to negotiation with IMS, possibilities include :
- IMS Guided Track and "behind the scenes" Tour
- IMS Museum Tour
- Luncheon or dinner with speaker
- Indy Race Team shop visit
- Tour of local private owner Pace Car and memorabilia collection
Friday Sept. 24, 2010
- Travel day to Detroit
- 1 or 2 elements (interesting stops) along the way.
Saturday Sept. 25, 2010
Suggestions being worked :
- Tour of CAS (Custom Automotive Services), which warehouses over 900 GM show cars including actual Corvette Pace Cars (no public access)
- GM Heritage Center ( GM's private museum, no public access)
- Possible lunch or dinner @ Heritage
- Pratt & Miller Engineering tour (Corvette Race Team)
- GM Performance Build Center (ZO-6,ZR1 hand built engine assembly-if possible)
- Guest Speakers- tentative
Tom Wallace, Retired Chief Corvette Engineer, Pace Car advocate
Randy Wittine, Pace Car Designer
Fred Gallasch, involved 1978 Pace Car project
Harlan Charles, Corvette Marketing and Production
Including Detroit as part of our agenda is a new twist for the Pace Car Reunion. With the condition of the Auto Industry we feel that it may be a Once in a Lifetime chance to include this aspect.
We want this to be the Best, Most informative, Most attended Reunion ever. This will be your Event, Your Reunion for lovers of Corvette Pace Cars.
The Corvette Pace Car Registry Leadership thanks you for your time ! Feel free to post questions here if you have any and we will attempt to respond with answers, as we firm up the agenda.
The Chevrolet Corvette Pace Car Registry is very excited and thrilled to inform you that there WILL be a Corvette Pace Car Reunion in September of 2010.
The PCR is planning the Event in conjunction with the National Corvette Museum's Event Dept. and this promises to be the best Reunion yet.
We surveyed our membership / registrants and had a great response - 148 owners! We thank you for your time, and will use your input into designing our reunion. Attendance is open to anyone interested in attending, not just our Members!
At our last Pace Car Reunion in 2007 we asked the Reunion attendees what they enjoyed doing with their Pace Cars and what they would like the Pace Car Reunion to include in a future Reunion event.
In addition to that information several PCR Members were participants in the NCM's Historic Motorama II in 2008. The Motorama was comprised of 55 Corvettes, one of each year made. Five PCR Members were included in the Motorama representing the years 1978, 1986, 1995, 1998, and 2007. The Motorama began at the NCM in Bowling Green Ky. and visited significant locations of Corvette interest, finishing in Detroit Mi. at General Motors 100th Anniversary Celebration.
We plan on including many of the these highlights in the 2010 reunion.
We encourage all Corvette Pace Car Replica and Festival car owners to attend the Reunion. As an owner of a Corvette Pace Car we share a common bond. We are all cut from the same cloth so to speak. Past Pace Car Reunion participants treasure the friendships and the memories made.
Many of the Reunion agenda features we are going to offer are "Off Limits" to the general public. We also plan on asking several General Motors personnel prominent in the Pace Car programs to attend. In the past we have had Pace Car Designers give presentations and answer your questions.
Following is an early, tentative agenda for the 2010 Pace car Reunion and subject to change.
Tuesday Sept. 21, 2010
Noon to 5:00pm
- Credential pickup at the National Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, Ky.
- Tuesday Evening: Owners Night out ( possible Go-Cart Challenge)
Wednesday Sept. 22, 2010
- Corvette Plant Tour (subject to plant working)
- National Corvette Museum tour for the Pace Car Registry
- Possible luncheon with Guest speaker @ the NCM
- Late afternoon departure. Caravan to Indianapolis.
Thursday Sept. 23, 2010
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway visit
The following activities open to negotiation with IMS, possibilities include :
- IMS Guided Track and "behind the scenes" Tour
- IMS Museum Tour
- Luncheon or dinner with speaker
- Indy Race Team shop visit
- Tour of local private owner Pace Car and memorabilia collection
Friday Sept. 24, 2010
- Travel day to Detroit
- 1 or 2 elements (interesting stops) along the way.
Saturday Sept. 25, 2010
Suggestions being worked :
- Tour of CAS (Custom Automotive Services), which warehouses over 900 GM show cars including actual Corvette Pace Cars (no public access)
- GM Heritage Center ( GM's private museum, no public access)
- Possible lunch or dinner @ Heritage
- Pratt & Miller Engineering tour (Corvette Race Team)
- GM Performance Build Center (ZO-6,ZR1 hand built engine assembly-if possible)
- Guest Speakers- tentative
Tom Wallace, Retired Chief Corvette Engineer, Pace Car advocate
Randy Wittine, Pace Car Designer
Fred Gallasch, involved 1978 Pace Car project
Harlan Charles, Corvette Marketing and Production
Including Detroit as part of our agenda is a new twist for the Pace Car Reunion. With the condition of the Auto Industry we feel that it may be a Once in a Lifetime chance to include this aspect.
We want this to be the Best, Most informative, Most attended Reunion ever. This will be your Event, Your Reunion for lovers of Corvette Pace Cars.
The Corvette Pace Car Registry Leadership thanks you for your time ! Feel free to post questions here if you have any and we will attempt to respond with answers, as we firm up the agenda.
