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Classical Glass 5-Star
August 13-15, 2010
DuPont, Washington - Don Evans
 Hospitality night was really laid-back. Dyarle Sharkey, Jerry McGee, Randy, Meghan and I sat in the no-minor zone refreshing ourselves with great libation. Chris and Paul, Cheryl, Goldie behaved themselves under the awnings of the minor section. After greeting old friends and meeting a few new Corvette owners, we made our way back to the Liberty Inn.
Saturday morning was full of hustle as the serious people were up early - yes, even Goldie - having breakfast, then off to the Shine and Show event around 7 am. Each Corvette was photographed before we were parked by class. Most of us spent two dedicated hours cleaning, dusting and polishing our loves. However, not to mention any names, but D&C slept in and drug their well rested bodies to the park around noon.
A live band played a variety of old and new rock. The park was infested with vendors. Wandering around the park, we bumped into our own president and lovely first lady, Larry and Alice. After feasting on the free lunch, we met up with Jan and Mike Strange. Mike indicated he had much to learn regarding shine and show competition. After the people's choice cars made their parade laps, we packed up our chairs and raffle prizes and drove back to our hotel.
Three shuttles offered the choice of driving or the bus ride. Meghan and I arrived at the Medicine Creek Winery and parked out in the field. Jerry and Meghan received their first place autocross trophies from Rose City Corvettes-the event held two weeks prior. The meal was very good, the free water and beer even better, and a few of us sampled many glasses of wine. Throughout the evening, awards for the Shine and Show were given out. Our own Chris and Paul received a third place trophy in the under 10K class. Our entrants did very well, considering the really tough competition - over 130 Corvettes! The Blues Brother review cranked up the tunes. Goldie and Alice - what party animals....both can really "shake a tail feather"! Larry had to spoil the fun and dragged Alice away. I know she wanted to stay. The band shut down around 10 pm thankfully, or we may have stayed later. We headed back to the hotel for a little shut-eye before Sunday's events.
Another early up Sunday morning for Jerry and the Evans clan. We went racing at Shelton. The course was really fun. I know I am getting too old for this, or the beer must have slowed me down. Meghan was within a second of me, and that darn supercharged Callaway (and Jerry) nipped me on our last run.
The folks that went on the rally Sunday - didn't hear if they made it back or not. I can only vouch for Meghan and I - we had a great time and look forward to the 21st annual 5-star.
Bow-Tie Bash Photos Up and a Big "Thank
You" to the Sponsors!
Holy-Shmoly! Have we got a LOT of photos
up for you to see! (Yeah--we're still working on the captions...) There
are nearly 200 shots up for your enjoyment in two different galleries.
Pick your pleasure
here. We've got a few more shots still coming
in, so check back to see what's new.
This year our 18th Annual Bow-Tie Bash Car Show and Shine was our
best event ever, with over 300 entries, and the biggest crowd in downtownLongview.
Columbia River Corvettes would like to THANK our sponsors for helping
make our 18th Annual Bow Tie Bash Car Show & Shine held on Saturday
July 3rd, our best event ever! We had over 300 entries and our
biggest crowd ever in downtown Longview. A special thanks to our
jacket sponsors this year: All Phase Construction, Bob's Sporting Goods,
C&C Logging, C&L Auto Licensing, Columbia Funeral Service, Country
Folks Deli, Cowlitz Bank, Day Wireless Systems, Douglas O'Connor
DDS, Edward Jones Investing (Ron Horn), Fibre Federal Credit Union, Hot
Locks Hair Studio, Island Sun Tanning, JH Kelly, JT's Steak & Fishouse,
Ken's Engraving, Little Indian Embroidery, Longview Tire Sales, Las Rocas
Family Mexican Restaurant, Lynn's Ice Cream, Ocean Beach Self Storage,
Performance Tint, PT Northwest, Red Canoe Credit Union, Sloan's
Floor Covering, Solid Rock Cruisers, Speedy Litho, Stirling Auto Group,
Stylemasters College of Hair Design, Sizzler Family Steak House, Teague's
Interiors, Western Fabrication and Vernie's Pizza.
We would also like to thank the following businesses & organizations
who so generously donated raffle prizes: Art's Electric, Baxter Auto,
Bud Clary, Advanced Electrical Technologies, Carquest of Longview, Candy
Bouquet, Cathlamet Chevron, Columbia Ford, Cowlitz Clean Sweep, Curves
for Women, Deli at the Merk, Evergreen Paint, Fast Specialties, Forever
Fit Gym, Freddy's Just for the Halibut, Fusion Bubble Tea, Gibbs & Olson
Inc, Gunners Auto Supply, Horse Lovers Haven, Island Sun Tanning,
Interstate Wood Products, Larry's Auto Cathlamet, Lite Weights for Women,
Mama Nano's, Masthead Restaurant, McCormack Tire, Midas Muffler, Moonlight
Bay Tanning, Moore Auto Parts Cathlamet, Napa Auto Parts, North
Coast Auto Service Astoria, Pro Graphyx, Old Creekside Café, O'Reilly
Auto, PNE Corp, Red Canoe Credit Union, Silver Star Bar & Grill,
Stirling Auto Group, Searing Electric & Plumbing, Red Lion Hotel,
Superior Tire Store, Treasure House, Triangle Bowl, Unique Tin Car Club,
Valley RV, Vernie's Pizza, Wilcox & Flegel.
Special thanks to Mary & John Chilson ( The Merk) and Mike Nesbit
(Best of Show Award in memory of Ray Bechill). Columbia River Corvettes
would also like to thank all those who participated with their awesome
cars and the many people in our community who support this event."
Shine and Show
Special Report by Don Evans
In addition to the
18th annual Bow-Tie Bash, the CRC hosted our second NWACC Shine and
Show competition. Forty-nine Corvettes entered, including thirteen
beautiful Corvettes from Columbia River Corvettes. If you scored over
90 out of the 100 possible, you had a good-looking corvette.
The ones in our club that received awards were:
- Chris and Paul Pruett barely
edged out Jerry
McGee in the Under-10K class. Alice and Larry
Richter took 1st in C1,
while LaDonna and Doug Stack placed 3rd with their
443,800-mile 1961 Corvette.
- The C3 proved once again that driving your Corvette can
improve your chances of winning. Randy Rodahl tied for 3rd place
in total points, but lost the tie-breaker by 180,000 miles! Jim
Bates was also in the CS3 competition.
- Bill Parsons showed well with his lowest mileage
C4.
- C5 convertibles—a class I helped to judge—was
very tight. Only one and one-half point separated the entrants. Mary
Ellen and Bill Pietz were only one and on-half point out of
first. C5
coupes were the largest class with eleven entrants. Mike Marum finished
ninth and Marva and Tim Mackin finished 6th—both
with 98.5 points.
- C6 Coupe had three CRC entrants. Meghan and Don
Evans finished 5th, Duane Otteson 6th, and Debbie and Lynn Cook's
black beauty finished 7th.
A big thanks to the CRC members who volunteered
to help me judge: Jim Slack, Tom Burgoyne, Linda Evans, Meghan
Evans, Tim Mackin, Duane Otteson, Chris Pruett, Vicky Schierscher, and Doug
Slack. I am sure most will agree that judging is as hard as preparing
your Corvette for the show.
There are two more Shine and Show events this year. It only
takes two events to qualify for year-end awards. Shine up your beauty
and enter Rose City Corvettes' event on Saturday, July 31st, at Jansen
Beach. Let's show NWACC clubs what a well-prepared Corvette should
look like.
Several of our members are also competing in the
Auto Cross Events. Meghan Evans, Jerry McGee and Mike
Marum have been
having success at the track and a lot of fun, to boot!
July 2010 Update
For those of you who have been inquiring...the
photos of the 2010 Bow-Tie Bash are coming soon...honest! Where still
in the process of collecting photos. As soon as the web master gets them,
we'll put up a slideshow for you.
January 2010 Update
Plans are coming together for our annual Bow-Tie
Bash. This year it will be a two day event. Show Saturday
July 3rd and a Poker Run for Classic cars and Corvettes
on Sunday July 4th.
Some of the fun activities we, held the past few months included:
- The Fall Leaf Run, October 2009 to Pumpkin Ridge Golf Course for lunch was a big hit. The back roads Gary and Robin took us on to get there and back were really amazing with lots of curves that were so much fun in our Vettes.
- The club voted to spend $1000. for the Angel Tree Shopping night with all items going to The Salvation Army's Christmas Store. A big thank-you to Fred Meyer's for the discounts they always give us.
- Our annual Christmas party and White Elephant Auction raised $1400.00 to go to our charities. Everyone had a great time.
Some of the exciting things our club has planned for 2010 include:
- A mini Valentines Mystery Run for February 13 and 14th.
- Rogue River Jet Boat trip in July
- Of course our big Mystery Cruise with dates to be announced
- Our popular spur of the moment Hamburger Runs are always fun.
July 2009 Leavenworth Run
Click on the images below and get ready to put on your Lederhosen!
2009 Bow-Tie Bash Photo Galleries Up
Holy Schmoly--wait until you see these photos! We've got four different galleries up:
May 16, 2009 Centralia Run
The Photo Gallery is up for the run to Centralia and Dick's Brewery here.
White Elephant Auction Raises $$$ for Salvation Army Christmas Tree Angel
We raised $1405.00 for The local Neighbor's in Need Fund at our Annual Christmas Party and White Elephant Auction, Dec. 6, 2008. We also spent $1000.00 for Salvation Army's Christmas Tree Angel Shopping night.
Tahoe Tour 40
Excerpt: "Friday morning we caravanned to Virginia City. What a sight, the Corvettes snaking down the grade, through Carson City, and up the grade towards our destination. We were hungry, as usual, therefore breakfast and then in and out of the shops. We drove back to Tahoe and readied for the slot tournament. Linda had the top score between us, but that was thirty per cent of the top score. A hoedown with a “best drink” contest followed back at the hotel." Read the whole story here.
Members' Car Photos
We've finally got some photos up of our members' cars. If you want to see some beautiful automobiles, click here.
Dollars For Christmas Angels
Our Annual Christmas party and White Elephant Auction will be Dec. 6, 2008. We hope to raise $1000 for our Angel Tree Shop Night benefiting The Salvation Army Christmas. If you would like to participate, contact us.
2008 Mystery Cruise
We left Kelso and traveled around Mt. Hood, Or. Thru Madrus and Bend then across past Crater Lake and ended up in Shady Cove, OR. A great time was had by all, as you can see by the interactive slideshow we have up here.
2008 Bow-Tie Bash Coverage
Our 16th Annual Bow Tie Bash was held on July 5th 2008 and even though the weather didn't cooperate, it was a great success. Now we're now looking forward to 2009.
Cruzing Magazine Covers the Bow Tie Bash
Longview, Wash. -- On July 7, 2007 the Columbia River Corvette Club hosted their 17th (our first) 'Bow Tie Bash.' It's always fun to go to a show that you've never been to because you never know what to expect. This show surpassed all of our expectations.
Click here for pdf download of story: page 1 | page 2
2007 Bow-Tie Bash a Winner
The Columbia River Corvettes hosted their 15th Annual Bow-Tie Bash on Commerce Avenue in downtown Longview on July 7th, 2007. The show was a huge success with over 200 cars attending. With the proceeds from the car show the club was able to donate to the following charities: Community Home Health & Hospice, Emergency Support Shelter, Children’s Community Resource Center, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, American Cancer Society, and the WSU Master Gardener Foundation. Without the support of our local businesses and car enthusiasts these donations would not have been possible.
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