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Strange weather. It is raining as I write this on the Monday following the picnic. Glad that we are not having the roof done! The last time it rained in June, a skylight was being installed and the roof was NOT watertight yet. The weather never ceases to surprise. At least it didn't rain over the weekend.

It has sure been a busy six weeks since our Cinco de Wangers event that was covered in the last newsletter. May 19th had many of you at Sears Point for the Vintage Car races. Heard it was a lot of fun, thanks to Skip Hendricks for chairing this event.

Earlier, on June 2nd & 3rd we once again hosted the Good Guys Summer Get Together at the Pleasanton Fairgrounds. Thanks to everyone that participated. We had 58 cars in attendance on Saturday and close to 35 on Sunday. Another great turnout that’s for sure! A special Thank You to Blair Locke and Rick Daly for handling the club sponsored bbq lunch on both days (the amount of food eaten was amazing ) and to Lolly Mayeda for handling the raffle chores. I would also like to say thanks to event chairs Jim Lent & John Phillips. You guys make handling a huge event manageable. Once again you handled your hosting duties without a glitch and everything just about ran on auto pilot.

Saturday came off just beautifully, then came Sunday morning. Wow, the early hour has arrived and there are precious few of us here! This is mentioned here just to remind you that we start at the same time each day. We know it is very early. Our commitment is to have the ENTIRE GROUP in place and ready to go as closely to 6 a.m. as possible. Many of you arrived much later which required some very creative scheduling to cover our assignments early on. Thanks to the many of you that took double spots and volunteered to do whatever I asked of you to get the job done, sometimes at a moments notice. Let us try to improve in this area next year, we REALLY do need ya there early! Good Guys management was once again very happy with our efforts and we have been invited back for 2002. Job well done folks !!!!!!!!!!!

This past Saturday, June 23rd, we returned to Tilden Park in Berkeley for our annual Summer picnic. Turnout was fantastic with 35 cars and over 100 members and guests. Weather was a little cool, but a big improvement from the super hot temps of a couple of days earlier. Skip Hendricks and Jim Lent did a fine job hosting this one. Skip along with his friend, Robert, did a really fine job cooking up tri-tip, chicken and hot dogs and they served it all up, every last piece. The last 2 picnics prove beyond a reasonable doubt that, as a group, we do enjoy eating. Right On! Lots of smiling faces all day long.

Once again, we ask that everyone wear their name badges so that we can address each other by name. Yes, it has occurred to us that some of our spouses and kids may not have a name badge to wear. If you would like to order additional name tags, Jim Lent will be happy to handle that for you. As an alternate idea, we could provide the write on type that stick on for use at picnics and such. Thanks to everyone that wore theirs and to everyone else for wearing theirs next time. It makes for an even more enjoyable day.

Our next club event is Sunday July 15th, a Champagne Tour and bbq in Sonoma. Details in last newsletter and in this one as well. This event is hosted by Leroy & Judy Anderson and Ken Frank. Please RSVP to Leroy & Judy at 707- 996-3549 so they have a head count for dinner. They have a really fun day planned for us. A Champagne house and a winery with time for lunch in between, plus a bbq dinner to top it off. Marsha and I are looking forward to it and hope to see ya there! No dieting that day, nope, nada, zero.

Our July 21st event in Tracy has been cancelled. Maybe we can try again next year. That takes us through events for the month of July.

There have been two GTOAA Regional meets in the last six weeks as well. Tiger Run up in Bend, OR over Memorial Day and the So Cal meet just after the 4th of July weekend. If you attended either, please feel free to write an article and submit it to Jim Lent for future publication.

Looking forward, we now have a date set for Dyno Day II, Saturday October 6th. Once again it will be held at Mustang Ranch in Santa Clara. Hmmmmmm, Mustang Ranch sounds familiar but I just can’t put my finger on it. Let me know if you want to run your car on their DynoJet. Cost is $65 to $75 depending on the # of cars that participate. As I recall, last time Eight members ran their cars and it was a learning experience for everyone.

Member Mike LaCombe has volunteered to put together an Excel database that will list each members car specs and it will have a link to PhotoPoint for photos. Look for a spec sheet for you to fill in to be emailed sometime soon. This will take some time to put together but with your help, it can be done. As Mike receives the spec sheets back from you, he will enter them into the database. This will provide all of you with the ability to gather info on virtually any car in the club if you have Microsoft Excel. We are working on a way to make it accessible to those of you that don’t as well. Thanks to Mike for suggesting and offering to take on this project. Great idea.

In closing, looks like GGG is having another phenomenal year. Keep on coming out to these events. The beat goes on. Check out this newsletter for what Russ Louthian & Ray Ibia have in store for you on Sunday August 19th. See ya in the fast lane!!!!!!!!

To all the club members who helped out with their job assignments at the Goodguys show. I want to personally thank each and everyone for a job very well done. Earlier in the week I had asked John Mekishich is this about our 3rd Goodguys show that we have hosted? He told me that it was our 6th show that we have hosted for the Goodguys. How time flies when your having fun, also club members give yourselves a pat on the back.

While I was waiting for the awards ceremony to begin on Sunday afternoon, a couple of my P-Town rodders came by and told me that on Saturday they had walked by our GTO display of parked cars and was really impressed by the way we had cars parked on both sides on roadway. They said they never seen such a great display of cars at a show at one time and were impressed with the participation of club members working the awards ceremony on Sunday. I think it's great of another car club to come by and acknowledge that we are doing a great job. I personally feel honored to be working with a great bunch of people who take pride in the work that they do. I hope to see you all next year.

John J. Phillips Jr.

p.s. Also to John and Jim it has been fun working with you guys the last couple of years...we get better with age.

AUGUST: Leroy & Judy Anderson & Paul Fujimori

Jim Lent

…And you don’t need to fly Air France to savor the aromas and flavors of Champagne either! All you need is a GTO, a desire to have fun and enjoy the Louis XV Chateau sparkling wines (only $5 for tasting). After the tasting, the fun continues at Leroy & Judy Anderson’s home in Sonoma for a great BBQ. We’ve spaced-out the times to allow for a slow-paced leisurely day in the Sonoma Valley Wine Country - Enjoy! (Ken Frank & Leroy & Judy Anderson are the event coordinators.)