Street Beat

May 2008

East Tn. NSRA Appreciation Day

Close to 60 cars showed up for the Annual NSRA Appreciation Day at Ketron Middle School football field on Saturday, April 26 hosted by East TN. NSRA rep Ray Presnell. This is typically the first outing of the year in this area for a lot of new cars and members. What started out as a dark and cloudy day turned into a nice day, until the early afternoon threat of storms and rain, caused the event to end earlier than planned. Most of the cars had their annual safety inspections by the NSRA inspectors prior to making the trip to the Nat’s South the next weekend. Greg Lewis was the recipient of the Safety Award and Harry Bishop was presented the NSRA Merit Award. Many door prizes were also given out during the day. Somehow KARC member Bill (Dipstick) Hurd wound up with so much of the cleaning supplies and wax given out that he has volunteered to clean everyone’s car that makes the trip to Knoxville. Proceeds from the concession stand and 50/50 pot were donated to the Bloomingdale Raiders County football team. Jim Davis served as the Certified Master Grill Chef!! He probably will not want to see another hot dog or hamburger until next year! Rumor has it that next year, this will be a Friday night and Saturday event---stayed tuned for details!

Member Machines and Gossip

Paul Bishop has bought a ’65 Chevy factory crew cab pickup, only 20 were built with this now common feature. Plans are for small block Chevy power with 700r4 trans on air ride suspension.

David Bishop is working on a ’59 Rambler 2-door wagon. Plans for this include a S-10 chassis with 350/350 turbo combo. He calls it a mini nomad.

Jerry Collins has updated his ’32 Ford with a new crate 350.

Norman Davis has his ’31 Stude on the road! It was showing only 71 miles on it a day or two before the Appreciation Day show when I saw it at his shop. The trip to Knoxville will rack up several hundred miles as he is planning on driving back and forth all three days.

Wal-Mart Supercruise and Wilderness Trail Car Show Update

We have new Major Sponsors for this year’s show!!! John’s Auto Sales and Rainbow Motors. We certainly appreciate their support for us and hope we in return can draw some business to their respective sales lots. We also have a band lined up for our Downtown Show at the Historic Train Station. It’s the P.F.Flyers. They are an oldies rock and roll band that formed just over 2 years ago. Band members include Ronnie Smith, Mike Warner, Bill Dishner, Joe Ball, Jim Dale, Bill Salyer, and Ron Worrell. Ronnie Smith and Ron Worrell played in a band during their college days at Milligan in the ‘60s. Ron Worrell decided to get a band together in 2006 to play for his 40^th high school reunion. He called Ronnie and they started putting musicians together. Jim Dale had played in Ronnie’s Uptown Country Band for 20 years, so he joined in. Both Ronnie and Jim knew of other local musicians and soon Mike Warner and Joe Ball were on board. The most recent additions are Bill Dishner and Bill Salyer. After they played the high school reunion in 2006, word got around and they started getting calls to do other reunions and clubs in the tricities area. Ron said there was a need for an oldies band and they are having a ball! Several of our club members have heard them and say they are great!

Northeast State Car Show

April 18^th was a nice sunny comfortable day for the Northeast State Cruise Show. There were 35-40 cars present, with the KARC having the majority with 21 cars. That’s a really good effort on the part of our club, for a good cause. We were able to take a tour of the state of the art machine shop, and observe an asphalt round track race car being run in on the chassis dyno. The race car was mostly built in-house by students and their instructor Ernie Morelock. Nice job by all.

The following photo depicts R.D. Cartwright doing a short dissertation on the methodology involved in checking engine oil with the tried and true “dipstick” method. Student Billy Hurd seems disinterested and distrustful.

R.D. Cartwright Bill Hurd

One member, unnamed, I think he lives in Hawkins County, showed up for show at 1:30pm instead of 9:00am as rest of the guys----different time zone I guess.

2008 Dues

The 2008 KARC membership dues, are now due, and Tres. Jim Collier will be happy to take your $20.

Lokar Open House-----------May 1 ------------ Lokar in Knoxville, TN.

Street Rod Nationals South ------ May 2-4 ----- Chilhowee Park ----- Knoxville, TN

Ole Tyme Cruisers, McAbee's Ice Cream & Diner --- May 3th ---- Asheville, NC    6-9PM

Timeless Cruizers 8th Annual Car Show ----- May 10th ---- Efland Ruitan Club ---- Efland, NC   8AM - 4 PM

Crusin’ Memory Lane ---- May 13-14 ---- Freedom Hall Civic Hall ------ Johnson City, TN

Babe Ruth Show-N-Shine-------May 17--- Ketron Middle School football field, 8am til 4pm,Kingsport, TN.

Wal-Mart Super-Cruise---------May 23 ----- 6:00pm to 10:00pm Ft.Henry Dr., Kingsport, Tn.

Wilderness Trail Downtown Run ----- May 24, 3:00pm til 9:00 ------ Main St at the Historic Train Station, Kingsport, TN.

Memory Lane Car Show ----- Otis Eldrige’s ------ Rogersville, TN

15th Annual Car Show -------- May 24th ---------- Park Felts Park --- Galax, VA

2^th Annual Summer Performance Automotive Swap Meet ----- May 23^th & 24^th ------- Appalachian Fairgrounds --- Gray, TN

New Victory Baptist Church Help Center Car Show ---- May 31^st , 10AM til 4PM----- David Crocket High School, 10 AM – 4 PM

Street Rod Nationals East ---- June 6-8 ----- York, PA

26th Annual Elizabethton Car Show -------- June 7th --------- Downtown ---- Elizabethton, TN   9AM - 4PM

Moonshine Rod Run ----- June 20-21 ---- Newport, TN

Downtown Cruise-In ---- June 21 ---- Greenville, TN

Goodguys Nashville Nationals ----- June 27-29 ---- Nashville, TN

MOPAR Car Show ---- July 5 ---- Knoxville Fairgrounds ---- Knoxville, TN

Fun Fest Car Show ---- July 19 ---- Kingsport, TN

The Last Resort (50’s night) Classic Car Show --- July 27 ---- Hendersonville, NC

NSRA Street Rod Nationals ---- July 31 – Aug 3 ---- Louisville, KY

Bristol Motor Speedway -----June 28--- Studebaker & Packard Show to celebrate the East TN Studebaker Drivers Club 30^th Anniversary.

Info: 423-968-5583 Night-276-669-3769

NSRA Richmond Nationals ---- Aug 22-24 ---- Richmond, VA

Shades of the Past ---- Sept 5-6 ---- Pigeon Forge, TN

Grand Rod Run ---- Sept 11-14 ---- Pigeon Forge, TN

Allandale Car Show ---- Sept 14 ---- Kingsport, TN

Fall Colors Autorama AACA Car Show ---- Sept 20 ---- Hendersonville, NC

Corvette & Muscle Car Expo ---- Oct 17-18 ---- Chilhowie Park ---- Knoxville, TN

Goodguy’s Rod & Custom Southeastern Nationals ---- Oct 24-26 --- Lowe’s Motor Speed Way --- Charlotte, NC

Cruise-In Downtown Elizabethton, TN --- Every Saturday April thru October --- Elizabethton, TN 6 PM

Cruise Night, Big Lots Parking Lot ----- Every Friday Night April thru October ------- Rutledge, TN     6 - 9 PM

Cruise-In ---- 1^st Sat in May thru Last Sat in Oct – East side of Morristown, TN --- Ingles/Big Lots 6-9 PM

Appalachian Auto Glass----------------423-279-7202

Berry’s Pharmacy------------------------423-247-3124

Braeden’s Barbeque---------------------423-378-0500

Brooks Circle Wrecker Service--------423-578-2131

Browns Auto and Air Conditioning---423-245-4831

Brookside Automotive------------------423-392-0211

Carquest Auto Parts---------------------423-246-5550

Carter Powder Coating------------------423-542-1150

Center Auto Machine Shop-------------423-247-8168

Classic Investments----------------------423-323-2407

Custom Auto Paint and Supply--------423-571-6430

D&L Backhoe----------------------------423-276-6808

Dan’l Boone Region AAC--------------N/A

Dashboard Audio------------------------423-239-3274

Davis Heating and Air------------------423-239-8779

D&D Rod & Custom--------------------423-357-4704

Don's and Davis Sanitation Service---800-451-3987

Eastman Motorsports--------------------423-229-3986

Eddie’s Rod Shop------------------------423-323-2081

Epperson Sandblasting------------------423-357-5777

Finishing Touch--------------------------888-234-6313

Gilbert Advanced Asset Mgt.----------800-677-4445

Grant Tire and Automotive ------------423-247-3149

Gray Auto Parts--------------------------423-239-5881

Gulley Performance----------------------423-2472271

Hot Dog Hut------------------------------423-245-5731

Jan Mar Restaurant----------------------423-245-0731

Jim’s Construction-----------------------423-335-0224

John's Auto Sales-----------------------276-225-7261

Kingsport Body Works-----------------423-245-1421

Kingsport Fasteners---------------------423-378-4717

Larry’s Cycle Shop----------------------423-247-2751

Norman’s Auto Repair------------------423-245-7351

Paint by Darrell--------------------------423-288-6417

Professional Dental Lab ---------------423-246-2421

Quality Body Shop ----------------------423-282-2986

Rainbow Motors------------------------423-288-5827

R & D Metal Finishing------------------423-543-1722

R & R Auto Repair----------------------423-288-8763

Ron Matthews Insurance ---------------423-246-4241

Smith Auto Parts and Machine Shop--423-272-7686

Speedway Seat Covers------------------423-753-4600

T.K.’s Big Dogs Too!-------------------423-245-6300

Tony’s Pipe and Muffler----------------423-246-7304

12 Bones Smokehouse------------------423-239-7225

TV and Radio Clinic--------------------423-247-4841

Wal-Mart Super Center---------------423-392-0600

Wallace News ---------------------------423-245-2035

Williams Classic Parts------------------423-247-3260

Yuma Tire & Recapping---------------276-386-6631

*Denotes Major Show Sponsor

NEXT CLUB MEETING

New Location!!!!!! Golden Corral Restaurant on Eastman Road Kingsport, TN. May 8th, 6:30 PM