Street
Beat
July
2008
GoodGuys
in
KARC members Mike Smith, Perry Stapleton, and Buckshot
Elliott cruised to
Greeneville
Show
Jim Collier made the local Greeneville show, and reported
they had a turnout of about 250, very similar to our show. This show was also
on the weekend of June 28th. There were also a few more KARC members who made
the show.
Studebakers
at
I (Sid) attended this show. It was held by the East TN Chapter of the
National Studebaker Drivers club to celebrate their 30th anniversary
as a Chapter. This show was also held on the 28th of June, making
this a busy weekend for
Moonshine
Run
On the weekend of June 20-21, The Hard Times Rod Club of
Newport, TN held an outstanding event. They were celebrating their 25th
Moonshine Run, and had just over 500 entries.
With the excellent location of the
Wings
and Wheels
The Wings and Wheels, Fly in, Cruise-in, probably falls
under up-coming events, but since we had a pretty good response at the last
meeting when I mentioned this, I thought it deserved a mention. This is coming
up July 26th, at the
Grant
Money
Wal Mart Cruise in and Wilderness
Trail Run/show Chairman Mike Smith reports we did get grant money from the TN
Dept. of Tourism. There were significant
more applicants this year; therefore the money passed out to each one was
less. We are grateful for anything we
get, and for Mike’s efforts in paper work, etc., which has to be filled out
each year in order to be considered for the grant money.
Leonard
Dotson
Most of our members know that member Fred Dotson’s son;
Leonard had a serious motorcycle accident in early May. The good news is that
Leonard has made better than expected progress, and was able to leave re-hab and go home, with help of friends and family. While Leonard has made considerable progress,
he has weeks or months of re-hab ahead. There is a
Leonard Dotson fund set up at motorcycle dealership in
Member
Machines and Gossip
Jim and Debbie Bledsoe have just moved into their new
house and Debbie “insisted” that Jim go ahead and build his 2000 sq ft garage.
Rumor has it that leather chairs and marble floors will adorn this brick walled
and gated entrance garage! Jim has also purchased a new drive-on lift, one that has been
advertised for a few weeks in the Times News.
The seller, Jerry Smith, our old contact at Advance Stores, had 2 or 3
left as of this writing. The lift came with extra hardware to set vehicle on
jack stands, etc., and was rated at 10,000 lbs.
The Prez. Dick Cartwright was recently pulled over by
local law enforcement, for having an illegal license plate. He was displaying an original 1961 plate on
the back of his 61 bubble top Impala. Dick said he gave them a copy of the
letter from the State of
Ronald
McDonald House
Treasurer Jim Collier and Mike Smith have setup a date of
July 15th, to present our donation to the Ronald McDonald house in
2008
Dues
The 2008 KARC
membership dues, are now due, and Tres. Jim Collier
will be happy to take your $20.
Upcoming Events
Funfest Car
Show-------------July-19
------------- 10-3 at the DB High School Parking Lot.
Wings and Wheels Fly In Cruise In----July 26-----Vintage plane and car show at the
Info. Bob Craig 800-818-4393 or
www.abingdonkiwanis.org.
The Last Resort (50’s night) Classic Car Show ---
July 27 ----
Broad Street
Cruise ‘08---------Aug 9 ------- 2-8 PM. Downtown Kingsport ,
TN.
Benefit Car &
Bike Show for Leonard Dotson ----- Aug 9 ----- Kroger’s in
NSRA
Shades of the Past ---- Sept 5-6 ---- Pigeon Forge, TN
Grand Rod Run ---- Sept 11-14 ---- Pigeon Forge, TN
Allandale Car Show ---- Sept 21 ---- Kingsport, TN
Fall Colors Autorama AACA Car
Show ---- Sept 20 ----
Corvette & Muscle Car Expo ---- Oct 17-18 ----
Goodguy’s Rod &
Custom Southeastern Nationals ---- Oct 24-26 --- Lowe’s
Cruise-In Downtown
Cruise Night, Big Lots Parking
Lot ----- Every Friday Night April thru October -------
Cruise-In ---- 1st
Sat in May thru Last Sat in Oct – East side of
KARC Christmas Party -------- Dec 6 ------- Domtar Cabin,
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NEXT CLUB
MEETING:
New Location!!!!!! Golden Corral Restaurant
on
July
10th, 6:30 PM