COCOA NEWSLETTER
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
March 2010
GREETINGS!!
WOW!! WHAT A GREAT TURNOUT AT OUR 36TH. ANNIVERSARY MEETING! WE HAD
OVER 75 MEMBERS PRESENT AND FROM THE COMMENTS I RECEIVED, EVERYONE LIKE THE “EL
RANCHITO” DINNER AND THE ANNIVERSARY CARROT CAKE. THANKS AGAIN TO LANCE AND
DEBORH AND ALL THE SHELBY DISTRIBUTION STAFF FOR PROVIDING A TERRIFIC VENUE,
TABLES, CHAIRS,THE REFRESHMENTS AND A TERRIFIC ARRAY OF CARS!
AS I MENTIONED LAST MONTH, MARCH WILL BE A BUSY MONTH. FOR OUR MONTHLY MEETING
ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3RD. WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER,
TONY ADAMOWICZ.
TONY, IS, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, HAS HAD A TERRIFIC CAREER IN RACING WITH PORSCHE,
FERRARI, ALFA ROMEO AND FORMULA 5000. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM ATTEND OUR
MEETING. IN ADDITION, TONY HAS A2Z RACER WEAR, WHICH INCLUDES MANY SHELBY AND
COBRA ITEMS. TONY WILL BE SHOWCASING THEM AT OUR MEETING AS WELL. THEN, LATER
IN THE MONTH, WE HAVE OUR
“NEW MEMBER BAR-B-QUE AND
CRUISE”,
WHICH IS SET FOR
SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2010.
RJ
AND DEANE ARE COOKING UP A GREAT DAY AND BAR-B-QUE FOR ALL OUR NEW MEMBERS AND
OF COURSE, OUR VENERABLE “OLD” MEMBERS!! YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE FLYER IN
THE MAIL AND HOPEFULLY ALL OF HAVE ALREADY RSVP’D. ALSO, ON MARCH 23RD.
WE WILL HAVE OUR DRIVER’S SCHOOL AT WILLOW SPRINGS! THERE ARE STILL A FEW SPOTS
STILL AVAILABLE, SO GET YOUR RESERVATION IN TO TOM DIAZ SOON! THEN ON MARCH
25-28, THE LEGENDS OF RIVERSIDE MUSEUM WILL BE HONORING CARROLL SHELBY. THE
EVENT GALA DINNER WILL BE ON MARCH 28TH AT THE MUSEUM SITE IN
RIVERSIDE. IT SHOULD BE A GREAT AFFAIR. PLEASE CHECK OUT THEIR WEB SITE FOR
RESERVATION INFORMATION.
IN APRIL, WE WILL AGAIN BE FEATURING ANOTHER INSTALLMENT OF “GETTING TO KNOW
YOUR COCOA MEMBERS”. OUR SPECIAL SELECTED GUEST SPEAKER WILL BE JERRY YOST. JERRY IS
ONE OF OUR OLDEST (NOT CHRONOLOGICALLY, BUT AS A LONG STANDING COCOA OC MEMBER!)
AS WELL AS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB. HE HAS RACED HIS 1966 SHELBY GT 350
FOR WELL OVER 20 YEAR S ON THE VINTAGE RACE CIRCUIT AND ALSO HAS A “MARK MARTIN”
VALVOLINE LIVERIED HISTORIC NASCAR RACE CAR. I’M SURE YOU WILL ALL ENJOY THE
MANY ADVENTURES AND EXPLOITS THAT JERRY HAS ENCOUNTERED OVER THE YEARS.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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MARCH
3, 2010- MONTHLY MEETING AT THE RIB TRADER------
MEETING WILL START PROMPTLY IN THE LARGE BACK ROOM AT 7 PM SO PLAN TO ARRIVE
EARLY!
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER
TONY ADAMOWICZ
TONY
BEGAN HIS RACING CAREER IN THE 1960’S IN MARYLAND WITH SCCA. IN THE LATE 1960’S,
HE DROVE FOR BOB TULLIUS’ GROUP 44 AND WON THE OVER 2 LITER CLASS IN A DODGE
DART IN THE VERY FIRST TRANS-AM RACE HELD AT SEBRING. TONY LATER RACED THE
FAMOUS #7 ORANGE 911 PORSCHE TO DOMINATE THE 1968 UNDER 2 LITER CLASS IN
TRANS-AM, TAKING THE MANUFACTURER’S CHAMPIONSHIP. HE THEN MOVED ON TO THE
FORMULA 5000 SERIES AND WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1969. HE ALSO RACED IN THE 24
HOURS OF DAYTONA IN A FERRARI AND HAS RACED AT LE MANS, INDIANAPOLIS, THE CAN AM
SERIES AND THE CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE IMSA SERIES TO NAME A FEW. HIS
RACING SUCCESSES ARE TRULY REMARKABLE AND HE HAS SOME GREAT STORIES TO SHARE
WITH US
ADDITIONALLY, TONY’S FIRM,
A2Z
RACER WEAR,
HAS SOME SPECIAL SHELBY AND COBRA ITEMS THAT HE WILL SHOW US AT OUR MEETING.
IT SHOULD BE A GREAT MEETING, SO DON’T MISS IT. AND-------ALL
CURRENT COCOA MEMBERS WEARING THEIR COCOA OC SHIRTS AND NAME BADGES WILL BE
GIVEN A $10 GIFT CERTIFICATE TOWARDS THEIR DINNER THAT EVENING-----SO PLAN ON
BEING THERE!!
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MARCH
20, 2010-------ANNUAL “NEW MEMBER BAR-B-QUE AND CRUISE”---OUR SPECIAL CRUISE AND
FANTASTIC BAR-B-QUE ALONG WITH GIFTS FOR ALL NEW MEMBERS WILL BE A GREAT EVENT
THAT YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS. ALL OF OUR ‘OLDER” MEMBERS ARE ALSO INVITED TO
ATTEND---BECAUSE WE’LL HAVE SOME SPECIAL GIFTS FOR YOU TOO!! HOW CAN YOU RESIST
THAT---AND FREE FOOD!!
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MARCH
23, 2010------ DRIVERS’ SCHOOL AT WILLOW SPRINGS---CHECK OUT THE FLYER IN THE
NEWSLETTER AND CONTACT TOM DIAZ TO GET YOUR RESERVATION IN . THIS EVENT IS THE
BEST WAY TO GET TO KNOW HOW TO DRIVE YOUR CAR ON A RACE TRACK WITH EXPERT
INSTRUCTION!!
SEE YOU ON MARCH 3RD.!
