Quick Times - The Lone Star Performance Buick Club

Quick Times
Lone Star Performance Buick Club
Volume 18 Issue 1
Spring 2006
Features :
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Letter From The VP
LSPBC Shows
LSPBC Racing
The Buick That Had Pro
Stock Shaking With Fear!
• Upcoming Events
Officers :
President:
Rick Kinworthy
Vice President:
David Newton
Secretary
Morgan Farrington
Treasurer:
Morgan Farrington
Show Directors:
Victor Segovia
Bob Schuck
The LSPBC was represented exceptionally well at the 2006 Dallas Autorama Show!
Race Director:
Patrick Smith
Newsletter Editor:
Carl Brimer
Webmaster:
Daniel Oviedo
Photography:
Erika Alberti, Denise Hosack, Jayson
Pruitt, David Newton, Carl Brimer
Quick Times is the official publication of the Lone Star
Performance Buick Club (Chapter of the GS Club of America).
No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or
manner without the express consent of the Lone Star Buick
Chapter GSCA, unless this publication is listed as the source.
Club dues are $30 per year and are payable every January 1st.
Dues entitle the member to a one year subscription to Quick
Times along with other benefits accordingly. The “Buick” name
and all other related Buick model names are registered trademarks of the General Motors Corporation. And are used with
permission by the Lone Star Performance Buick Chapter GSCA
through it’s association with the Buick GS Club of America.
The 2006 Car Show season get’s off to a great
start! The lot was slammed with about 100 cars!
A Word From the President
To my Buick Family,
I just wanted to thank all of you for being
part of the LSPBC this year. We had a little
bit of a slow start because of the rain out at
Temple, however; we hope to have a rain
date for this event toward the end of the
year. The first LSPBC race at Redline was a
lot of fun for all who showed up. I think we had about 19
cars show up to race. Keep up the good work scoring
those Buick points. Additionally, the first car show was a
huge success at our new location. This is in spite of all the
obstacles we have had to deal with. We had over 75 entries and about 100 cars in the parking lot! It was pretty
cool having the lot totally full including the fire lanes! We
parked everywhere we possibly could find a space. The
turnout for the Buicks was the best I have ever seen in a
long time. We need to keep it up and hopefully LSPBC and
Chucks can both benefit from this new location. We had
several people diligently helping out at the show as well.
Even they mentioned that they did not realize that there
was so much work in managing the show. Please let’s all
step up and show our support to lend a hand at the shows
whenever possible. For those of you going to Bowling
Green, I hope you have a safe trip and that all goes well. I
will see you there, and; I know that I will be having a lot of
fun at this event. It is as good as it gets!
Rick Kinworthy
LSPBC President ‘06
A Word From the Vice President
Brand X Bash 2006
Well as most of you know by now, the
event was rained out again. We did have
lot’s of food and fellowship though. We had
about 20-30 diehards show up, and; there
were a lot of Buick parts changing hands.
Even though we didn’t get to race, I think
everyone had a good time. We will try and reschedule this
race for either June or September. Stay tuned!
Thanks to all of the sponsors who make this event possible:
Mac’s Performance
Poston Enterprises
Buick Performance Group
Majestic Turbo
International Motorcars
P.A.E.
Century Transmissions
Monarch Transmissions
Auto Appraisal Group
Lone Star Trim
Houston Buick Club
Austin Area Buicks
Budget Rent a Car
Awards to Go
DeRemer Racing
And fellow club members who also donated:
EJ Howe
Rick Kinworthy
Carl Brimer
Patrick Smith
Redline Race Series
We are set for 7 total races this year from April through
October Monthly payouts are the same as last year, however; the points money has changed. The rules for 2006
are as follows:
LSPBC member Rob Downey readies his beautiful Turbo
Trans Am for competition. The weather was perfect and
the size of the crowd was spectacular!
1. $5.00 entry fee to Bracket Race
2. Your vehicle must be a Buick or Buick powered to earn
points for the season.
3. You may race any type of car you want and win money
at the monthly races, but you must be Buick or
Buick powered to gain points.
4. Street cars allowed only. No Pro Mods or full out race
cars.
5. You must be a paid club member to compete in the
bracket race.
All ties will be decided by reaction times at the discretion of
the LSPBC President.
The monthly payouts are as follows:
Other events down the road!
1st $125.00
2nd $100.00
3rd $50.00
4th $50.00
GS Nationals in Bowling Green, KY: May 17th - 20th
Year end payouts for the points leaders:
1st $500.00
2nd $250.00
3rd $200.00
4th $150.00
The 2006 LSPBC Club Picnic will be held at Rob Downey's
home in Ft.Worth on June 25th. Stay tuned for more details
in the next postcard.
Oct. 28th: Buick vs Ford race at Noble, Ok. Stay tuned for
more details.
Dec. 9th: LSPBC Xmas party. Stay tuned for more details.
For additional questions or concerns please contact Patrick
Smith, our LSPBC Race Director.
Club Dyno Day: Who wants to have one this year? Let us
know.
Chucks Show Series
Welcome all new members to the club! We are glad to
have you aboard. So don’t be a stranger. Come on out and
enjoy the club.
Everyone please welcome our new Co-Show directors for
2006, Bob Schuck and Victor Segovia. I’m sure these guys
will do an excellent job. Please help them in any you can.
Chucks All American Food & Fun:
Car Shows April - Oct. 3rd Saturday of each month @ the
Coit & Arapaho location in North Dallas. Registration is still
just $10.00. Payouts at the end of the year for the points
leaders are as follows:
LSPBC '79 & Older:
1st place $200.00
2nd place $100.00
LSPBC 80's & Newer:
1st place $200.00
2nd place $100.00
Dallas Autorama 2006
The Autorama was held at the Dallas Market Hall in February. The club had a display of 6 cars. Let’s see if we can do
this every year! Everyone went home with a award. Congrats to all.
Jack Laswell:
Denise Hosack:
Morgan Farrington:
Jayson Pruitt:
David Newton:
Victor Segovia:
1986 Grand National
2000 Trans Am Convertible.
1983 Riviera Convertible.
1984 Riviera Turbo
1972 GS455 Stage 1 Clone
1987 Turbo Limited
David Newton
LSPBC Vice President
New for 2006: A change in some of the 16 classes!
Sports Car class:
No more 2 seater. It's open to all.
Muscle Car class:
No more '80's & Newer. Now open
to all muscle cars.
Low-rider class:
New class! Spread the word.
Trucks '89 & Older:
No more 70's & 80's Truck.
It was unfortunately another washout for the Brand X Bash
this year. With the never ending pending rain on the horizon, the racetrack officials decided to cancel the event. A
rescheduled event date for 2006 will be announced as soon
as the information is available.— CB
Temple Brand X-Bash Sponsors:
The Lone Star Performance Buick Club would like to thank the following sponsors for helping make this
event possible:
Rid Odor Extreme Formula
4025 Woodland Park Blvd. #200
Arlington, Texas 76013
800-732-4076
Contact: Carl Brimer
International Motorcars
5010 Gordon Smith Dr.
Rowlett, TX 75088
972-412-7280
Contact: Jack Laswell
Awards To Go
3160 Saturn Rd., #228
Garland, TX 75041
972-864-1577
Contact: Jim Fritts
Poston Enterprises
200 Ewing Lane
Atmore, AL 36502
800-635-9781
www.postonbuick.com
Majestic Turbo - Dallas, Inc.
1000 S. Wildwood, #10
Irving, TX 75060
800-297-3626
www.dallasturbo.com
Buick Performance Group
1150 W. 5th St., Box 614
Marysville, OH 43040-0614
612-532-2207
www.buickperformancegroup.com
Performance Automotive Engines
4401 Turf Rd., Bldg. E
El Paso, TX 79938
915-855-6009
www.paeenterprises.com
Contact: Jim Burek
Budget Rent A Car
Towngate Shopping Center
1901 Northwest Hwy #106
Garland, Texas 75041
972-864-2222
Contact: David Newton
Lone Star Trim
1729 Lindy Lane
Irving, TX 75060
972-721-1317
Contact: Larry Green
Mac’s Performance
Monarch Transmissions
1600 Howard Lane
Austin, TX 78728
512-252-25103
Contact: David Berry
Auto Appraisal Group
DeRemer Racing
EJ Howe
Houston Buick Club
11323 Hillcroft
Houston, TX 477035
Contact: Steve Campbell
Rick Kinworthy
Patrick Smith
Austin Area Buicks
www.austinbuicks.org
Century Automotive & Trans
811 Plantation Dr.
Richmond, TX 77469
866-869-8120
www.centurytransmission.com
Contact: Mike Kurtz
LSPBC member Denise Hosack receives the Broken Spoke Award and a
$100.00 gift certificate from Poston Enterprises to help her buy parts to fix up
her Buick.
Bob Schuck tries to cheer up Victor
Segovia after finding out that there
would not be any racing for the day.
There were a fair amount of diehards
that showed up in spite of the appearance of a sky that would open
up at any minute.
The 2006 Autorama Show
The 2006 Dallas Autorama was a big success for our club.
With six club member’s vehicles present, we had our biggest display to date! Jayson Pruitt, brought out his very rare
Riviera Turbo car. I heard a lot of people passing by talking
about it saying they either knew the car well and hadn't
seen one in years, or; "Wow I didn't know they made a
Turbo Riviera"! Morgan Farrington brought out his very nice
83 Riviera Convertible. It was another head turner for our
group. The Riviera's really seemed to gather a lot of attention. Way to go guys! Denise Hosack entered her '00 TA
Convertible in the show with a very special rear license
plate. It was a picture of both her convertible Buicks! It was
sweeeeeet! Jack Laswell had his outstanding 86 Grand
National there as well. This car is one of the nicest GN's
anywhere, bar none. There was a rumor that a GN won the
Burnout contest on Sunday afternoon, but; I never saw
Jack's car move. (hehehehehehe) But no, for real, there
were several folks that stopped by to ask about the club.
Some had brought their GN out and one did actually win
the burnout contest. That was just to cool! Fellow member
Victor Segovia brought out his beautiful and rare, blue two
tone 87 Turbo T Limited. This car is also a show winner at
Bowling Green. Way to go Vic! I saw a few people scratching their heads on this car. I guess they were wondering if it
was a GN? Hey Vic, what's a Grand National? And last but
not least, I had my 72 GS Clone in the show to round out
our display. Maybe I'll take the GN next year? Thanks to all
of the members who came out to support the club. Let's do
it again next year.
David Newton’s quick and great looking 72 GS S1 clone
— David Newton
Jack Laswell’s show stopping 86 Grand National
Jayson Pruitt’s very rare turbo Riviera
Treasurer Morgan Farrington’s also rare Riviera convertible
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“A Beautiful Day to Start the Race Season” - By Rob Downey
After a long and restful winter (for the car, not for me) it was time to start another year of the
LSPBC racing season. The first race was on April 8th. Weather wise, it could not have been better with
temperatures in the 70’s, low humidity, and light wind. The turnout was very respectable as well. Nineteen cars signed up to race in our event. If you were not there, then you are already going to be playing
catch up the rest of the year, so you better make it next month!
It was great to see some new faces and how the existing member cars’ had changed over the winter in both appearance and performance. As the evening progressed, the adrenaline began to flow as
race time neared. Who else would make it to the event? Oh look, Bob doesn’t have his car here.
Where’s David Ellis? Hey who’s this new guy with this fast “T”? How is Rick going to do this year? How
am I going to do this year? …that answer came quickly.
After a few practice runs, I knew that the new convertor I put in over the winter was going to do its
job. I was getting more consistent 60’ times as just about every launch was the same. I was very happy,
at least for now. Finally the time came to line ‘em up and let the eliminations begin. Danny and I were the
first to stage. Danny’s dial-in was exactly one tenth lower than mine, so I would have a tenth of a second
head start. We staged and the lights dropped. My poor reaction time had me rowing to catch up right off
the bat. I was gaining quickly at the end, and I could not tell who actually crossed the finish line first. It
was that close. As it turned out, I was 2 hundredth too slow. I was out in the first round. It was one very
good race and Danny was glad to be back in the races after missing several at the end of last year.
Patrick Smith also returned to the racing scene this season after being out all last season. He
showed up in his wife’s brand new GTO that is of course black, so it fits in. We’ll have to see how often
his wife races it now. Patrick was matched up against Bob in his “fill in” Grand Prix while his GN is being
repaired. Patrick ended up putting Bob out as well so that set the new stage this year. All of last year’s
top finishers were either out in the first round or did not show.
Rick’s car was up and running strong even with a weak fuel supply. He advanced on to the next
round as did Dave Newton in his ‘72 GS. Dave Whitten’s stock block “T” was running some amazing
times was well and advanced to the next round. Scott Jorrey, Carl Brimer, David Lewis, and Kyle Faulkner also all advanced to the next round. So congratulations to all of those with their first race and first win
of the season in the first round!! At the end of the evening your winners were, 1st place Scott Jorrey, 2nd
place Rick Kinworthy, 3rd place Kyle Faulkner, and 4th place to Dave Whitten.
I Hope to see everyone at the next event and keep those cars running strong. Now go smoke some
crustangs for next time!
— Rob Downey
Ask for Carl Brimer
LSPBC Drag Racing Series
April 2006 Redline Results/Standings
To Greenville
To Dallas
Name
Scott Jorrey
Rick Kinworthy
Vehicle
87 Limited
87 GN
Number
B135
B136
Winner
1st
2nd
Total
YTD
55
55
50
50
Dave Whitten
86 T-Type
B228
4th
30
Carl Brimer
87 GN
B105
-
20
20
Danny Oviedo
87 Turbo-T
B155
-
20
20
David Lewis
87 GN
B208
-
20
20
David Newton
Cody Copeland
72 GS
87 Turbo-T
B152
B113
-
20
10
20
10
Duke McCain
Geoff Newton
86 T-Type
97 Regal
B148
B209
-
10
10
10
10
Mike Faulkner
05 Ranier
B119
-
10
10
Rob Downey
87 GN
B189
-
10
10
Ron Britton
87 GN
B106
-
10
10
30
Tim Winn
87 GN
B174
-
10
10
Victor Segovia
87 Limited
B164
-
10
10
Bob Schuck
05 Grand Prix
B163
-
-
-
Kyle Faulkner
Patrick Smith
69 Firebird
06 GTO
B120
B165
3rd
-
-
-
Congratulations to the winners! We brought in 19 cars through
the gates, with 18 cars racing in the brackets. I was hoping for
that 20 car mark! We were missing a few cars. It could have
easily been 22-23 cars. But it was still a great turnout none the
less!
Do we need more V8 cars? Didn't Buick make a performance
car back in the 60's & '70's? Come on guys where are the GS
cars? We had 15 Buicks, 3 Pontiacs (1 Buick powered) & 1 fast
Camaro.
Unfortunately, there were two breaks. Cody Copeland, in his
very fast and beautiful 87, T blew a head gasket. Tim Winn (aka
J. Cotton) in his awesome orange 85 T-Type had a lifter problem. Hope you get 'em back soon guys. Good luck!!
Our Winners:
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
4th place
Scott Jorrey
Rick Kinworthy
Kyle Faulkner
Dave Whitten
David Newton
86 T-Type
87 GN
69 Firebird
86 T-Type
$125.00
$75.00
$50.00
$50.00
April 2006 Redline Results
Lone Star Performance Buick Club (Round 1 of ELIM)
Car #
Name
Winners
Dial
RT
ET
MPH
Car #
Name
Losers
Dial
RT
ET
MPH
B155
Danny Oviedo
7.40
0.546
7.576
90.49
B189
Rob Downey
7.50
0.616
7.635
93.28
B105
Carl Brimer
8.00
0.667
8.158
75.34
B148
Duke McCain
8.75
0.622
9.140
69.37
B136
Rick Kinworthy
7.19
0.747
7.197
94.88
B119
Mike Faulkner
10.10
0.465
10.195
71.37
B165
Patrick Smith
9.00
0.757
9.063
80.46
B163
Bob Schuck
10.50
0.607
10.758
65.62
B228
Dave Whitten
8.19
0.720
8.626
75.60
B164
Victor Segovia
9.00
0.669
9.490
74.74
B208
David Lewis
6.90
0.944
6.867
101.63
B174
Tim Winn
7.50
NA
8.760
91.50
B152
David Newton
9.16
0.710
9.183
74.98
B106
Ron Britton
8.35
0.549
8.545
85.31
9.55
6.96
0.565
0.663
B135
Scott Jorrey
B120
Kyle Faulkner
Low ET: (B208 D. Lewis) 6.8667
9.814
75.91
B209
6.973
99.76
B113
Top MPH: (B208 D. Lewis) 101.63
Geoff Newton
Cody Copeland
10.25
0.744 10.213
64.45
7.35
NA
9.173
86.89
Best RT: (B155 D. Oviedo) 0.5462
Lone Star Performance Buick Club (Round 2 of ELIM)
Car #
Name
Winners
Dial
RT
ET
RT
ET
B165
Patrick Smith
9.00
0.552
8.718
83.15
B155
Danny Oviedo
7.43
0.347
7.422
B228
Dave Whitten
8.09
0.571
8.485
89.30
B152
David Newton
9.16
0.903
9.147
75.43
B135
Scott Jorrey
9.80
0.528
9.693
76.12
B208
David Lewis
6.90
0.223
6.936
101.95
6.96
7.19
0.500
1.458
Carl Brimer
7.99
0.493
7.964
85.10
B120
Kyle Faulkner
B136
Rick Kinworthy
Low ET: (B208 D. Lewis) 6.9361
MPH
Car #
6.986
99.91
B105
7.271
94.50
BYE
Top MPH: (B208 D. Lewis) 101.95
Name
Dial
MPH
91.39
Best RT: (B120 K. Faulkner) 0.5004
Lone Star Performance Buick Club (Round 3 of ELIM)
Car #
B136
Name
Winners
Dial
Rick Kinworthy
B135
Scott Jorrey
B120
Kyle Faulkner
Low ET: (B120 K. Faulkner) 6.9664
RT
ET
7.20
0.531
7.370
9.66
6.96
0.581
1.136
MPH
78.67
Car #
B228
9.939
75.59
B165
6.966
99.38
BYE
Top MPH: (B120 K. Faulkner) 99.38
RT
ET
Dave Whitten
Name
Dial
8.00
0.602
7.956
MPH
80.79
Patrick Smith
9.00
0.716
8.771
82.49
Best RT: (B136 R. Kinworthy) 0.5309
Lone Star Performance Buick Club (Round 4 of ELIM)
Car #
Name
Winners
Dial
B136
Rick Kinworthy
B135
Scott Jorrey
Low ET: (B120 K. Faulkner) 6.9206
7.20
9.66
RT
0.527
0.514
ET
MPH
Car #
7.284
94.32
B120
9.723
76.01
BYE
Top MPH: (B120 K. Faulkner) 100.02
Name
Kyle Faulkner
Dial
6.96
RT
ET
MPH
0.759
6.921
100.02
Best RT: (B135 S. Jorrey) 0.5143
Lone Star Performance Buick Club (Round 5 of ELIM)
Car #
Name
Winners
Dial
B135
Scott Jorrey
Low ET: (B136 R. Kinworthy) 7.2872
9.69
RT
0.547
ET
MPH
Car #
9.764
74.63
B136
Top MPH: (B136 R. Kinworthy) 85.75
Name
Rick Kinworthy
Dial
RT
ET
MPH
7.20
0.544
7.287
85.75
Best RT: (B136 R. Kinworthy) 0.5442
2006 Chuck’s Cruise Shows
2006 Show Points Standings
Lone Star Performance Buick
April 2006 Chuck's Cruise Certified Vote
Count
CERTIFIED BY: 2006 Show Director
Event Date: 04/15/06
Total Number of Buicks in Attendance: 15
79 & Older: 6
'80 & Newer: 9
Total Points Awarded
YTD Points
LSPBC '79 & Older
Entry No.
Name
Year & Model
-
David Newton
72 GS
18
18
-
George Ray
70 GSX
41
41
-
George Ray
71 GS
15
15
-
James Weinman
72 GS Stage 1
17
17
Totals of Points Received
91
LSPBC '80 & Newer
Entry No.
Name
Year & Model
Total Points Awarded
YTD Points
-
Danny Oviedo
87 Turbo T
18
18
-
Morgan Farrington
87 WE4
21
21
-
Morgan Farrington
83 Riviera
12
12
-
Bryan & Erica Alberti
87 Turbo-T
19
19
-
Kolme Ray
87 GN
31
31
-
Scott Jorrey
86 T-Type
10
10
-
Rob Downey
89 TA
28
28
-
Jayson Pruitt
84 Riviera T-Type
13
13
Totals of Points Received
152
David’s GN Update
As most of you know by now, my GN is getting new paint
and body work done. The work is being performed by Master AutoBody in Dallas. The owner, Ronnie, is a good
friend of mine. I purchased this car back in 1996 from a
Plano dealership for the poultry sum of $8500.00. Try and
buy a decent GN for that price now days! Well 10 years
and about 20K miles later it is finally getting what it deserves, a fresh paint job. There is really not much on this
car that hasn't been redone at one time or another. Thanks
goes to the help of a lot of club members, especially Jack
(Thanks Jack) Laswell. I should have the car back on the
road soon. Maybe by the time you read this? This car was
almost a never was. Back in 1996 I was searching for a
67GS to purchase. I found one that a local BCA member
had for sale, but; was unable to reach him for several
weeks due to his work. I had only ever owned '70 Buicks,
and I had several since 1981. That is how I started with the
Buicks. I loved the 67, but; it just wasn't to be. I was cruising the local paper and found an ad for the GN and decided
to go and take a look. Up to this point the closest I had
been to a GN was passing by Ken Pruitt Buick everyday in
my 72GS. I was gazing at the sea of black lined up in front
of the dealership, but; I just couldn't afford one back then.
So, I went over to the dealership for a test drive, got the car
out on Hwy 75 and nailed it. Man what a rush! It pinned
me back in the seat, and; from that point on, I knew I had to
have this car. The rest as they say is history! See you the
next event.
David Newton
LSPBC Vice-President
Patrick’s TA Motor & Repaint Project