TRIP OF A LIFETIME (The Heart and the Heartbeat) Part Two of the Trip of a Lifetime will cover days 5-10 of our 18 day Left Coast Power Tour. The first four days were detailed in the January Chips (posted 1-1-12), so if you haven’t read that article this may make more sense if you [...]
What are the chances….. ….of running into someone you know at the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale, AZ? Shortly after arriving at the auction on Thursday, January 19th we ran into our Club president, John Pesicka and his wife Denita. Later in the day we met club members Dave and Ann Burns and while we were [...]
At one of the SFCC meetings Cheryl Nielsen, our Chips editor, asked me to write an article for the Chips to review the Corvette trip to California taken by a few SFCC members this past August. Since the trip lasted eighteen days I will break it down into 4-5 day sections. Following is a recap [...]
Seeing a Chevy Corvette tearing up a freeway is a common site all over the United States, but we never thought we’d see one riding the waves. Performance boat manufacturer Marine Technology, Inc.wanted to change that, and the result is an insanely powerful aquatic speed demon called the ZR48 — a boat that boasts neck-snapping speeds and a massive price [...]
If you didn’t participate in the SFCC Back Roads & Beef drive & dine in late June you missed a good one. It was a perfect day to enjoy the scenery along the Sioux River and the wine tasting at Calico Skies Winery was impressive. The Calico Skies Winery is built on the Sioux River [...]
Road America is one of the premier road courses in the US. It is 4.2 miles long, 14 turns and elevation changes that make acceleration, braking and turning very challenging and duplicated by only the European road courses. Simply said “it’s a thrill.” Mike & Jennifer Beckers, Derek & Amy Van Den Top, Glen & [...]
Twenty eight couples came out and enjoyed the beautiful South Dakota spring weather for the SFCC Spring Rally. We had a great sunny day with a slight breeze. The day started with Billion Southtown hosting club members at the dealership for some fun, food, and drink. We then started off on a two hour, 100 [...]
Yahoo! We had a great time! If you weren’t there, you missed a great event that all the “cool” kids attended. Ok, Kathy says, “It’s your job to write the report.” After more than a few years of being the trash guy, the reporting still has some constants that you can always fall back on. [...]
Spring weather should appear soon so it’s time to start planning our Corvette activities. We will be planning some drive and dines and we hear from Gail Roling that Salem has a new restaurant with great food , so that will likely be a destination that will be a little closer to home for our [...]