Quick Times - The Lone Star Performance Buick Club
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Quick Times - The Lone Star Performance Buick Club
Quick Times Lone Star Performance Buick Club Volume 18 Issue 1 Spring 2006 Features : • • • • 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 May 2006 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 LSPBC Racing 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 June 2006 Sun Mon Tue Wed 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 LSPBC Annual Picnic 26 27 29 30 28 “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