January 30, 2012:  Welcome to new members Richard and Dixie Dickmeyer!

January 13, 2012:  Alan Zoelzer made his first club appearance at the monthly meeting last night - glad to see you back!  2012 BTCC President Bob Williams was recently spotted at the Science Center at the new exhibit dedication.  Click HERE for photo!  Also, BTCC was highlighted in the Wednesday, December 28, 2011 edition of the St. Charles/St. Peters Suburban Journal, with photos of our bear donation to Children's Miracle Network.  Click HERE to see the article!

November 26, 2011:  Alan Zoelzer is now home from open heart surgery and says he's doing well after his valve job.  We hope you have a speedy recovery!  Our thoughts and best wishes go out to Rich & Ester Brewer; they will not be rejoining due to complications related to Ester's major stroke early this past summer.  Please keep the Brewers in your thoughts.  Congratulations to Larry Daur on his recent engagement!  We hope to see you both at many events this coming year.  Welcome to new members Larry Smith and Rick Favazza!  We hope to see you at many of our events as well!

November 13, 2011:  Our thoughts and best wishes go out to Jan Gale who was in an accident on Thursday going home from work.  Thankfully she suffered only bruising and other minor injuries.  Our thoughts and best wishes also go out to Alan and Janet Zoelzer.  Alan will soon undergo open heart surgery for a replacement valve.

October 17, 2011:  Good news:  Marv Brinker is doing well after his hip replacement surgery a couple of weeks ago; he is getting around with help from a walker and will soon graduate to a cane.  We're all rooting for you, Marv!  This past weekend several club members were "awarded" at the Cox & Cohea Charity Corvette Display.  Names of "winners" have been withheld to protect the innocent and guilty!  Thanks to everyone who came out, and welcome to the several guests and new members who came by!

October 3, 2011:  Everyone survived the Fun Rally!  The consolation prize went to Kim & Leslie Nack.  Vince Gabrunas and his sister Denise Mahoney managed Third Place,  David & Patti Hall squeeked by in Second Place and Ken & Joanie Brinton got top honors.  Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone who participated!

September 11, 2011:  Welcome to our newest members:  Larry Schoeppe, John & Amy Pape, and Richard & Jacqueline Favazza!

September 8, 2011:  At our September meeting, Marty Hodits presented a check for $2,276.17 to Becky Malone with Children's Miracle Network, the proceeds raised from the BTCC/Bandana's Corvette Show on Aug. 24.  Great job, everyone!

August 28, 2011: Member Jesse Bizzell made he first event appearance after his surgery, and he's looking & feeling great!  Glad to see you back, Jesse!  Also keep in your thoughts recent member Esther Brewer, recovering from a stroke in July.  Our annual Charity Corvette Show was this past Saturday, and several members took home raffle prizes:  Ron Krato (2!), Wayne Goodreau, Vince Gabrunas, Connie Hodits, Alan & Janet Zoelzer - congratulations!  Wayne Goodreau, Marty Hodits, Jeff Craig & Gary Collins all won their respective host classes - good job, guys!  Best of all, BTCC raised a lot of money for Children's Miracle Network.  Thanks, everyone!

August 14, 2011:  Member Jesse Bizzell is home and recouperating after having open heart surgery.  Here's to a speedy recovery!  Don Forden recently took First Place in his class at the OCC/Hooters Corvette Show.  It's his first award with his '98.  Congratulations, Don!

July 22, 2011:  An interesting article was recently printed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch regarding the move of the Corvette assembly plant to Bowling Green, KY.  Click HERE to see the article on-line.

July 18, 2011:  Congratulations to Gary Collins, Debbie Marler, Joe Totterer and Wayne Goodreau for winning their classes at the Amvets Corvette Show on Saturday!  Also, Don Forden won a folding Corvette chair in the raffles.

July 15, 2011:  Our thoughts and best wishes go out to recent member Esther Brewer, who recently suffered a stroke.  She is currently undergoing rehabilitation and physical therapy.  Our thoughts also go out to Jesse Bizzell, who recently underwent open heart surgery for a valve replacement and stints.  He is doing well considering, but still has a long way to go.  We're with you both!

July 11, 2011: For anyone who missed the newsstand edition of the August 2011 issue of VETTE magazine and the feature article of Webmaster Vince Gabrunas' 1974 Coupe, you can now view it on VETTE's website!  Click HERE to see it!  Vince is in the process of writing an article on this adventure for Trail Talk and the website.  Coming soon!

July 4, 2011: Sadly, former member Fred Von Kaenel passed away June 26, 2011 after a long battle with MS.  Our sincere condolences to his friends and family.

June 27, 2011:  Club governor Larry Walker has returned from NCCC National Convention with good news!  Larry has a couple more racing trophies to add to his collection, and Webmaster Vince Gabrunas has a new award for 2nd Place in the website contest, out of 14 total entries!  Congratulations, guys!  Additional information coming soon!

June 26, 2011:  Webmaster Vince Gabrunas donated several hours this Saturday to the club equipment trailer for some much-needed maintenance of the electrical system.  He replaced damaged wiring and broken lights.  Everything works great now!  He also did some maintenance to the hitch assembly.  Darrell Carnal is also pitching in some electrical work, repairing an important cable for the timing equipment, as well as making a duplicate for back-up purposes.  Thanks guys!

June 15, 2011:  Club Vice President Bob Williams is fast approaching a well-earned retirement.  Relax, and and enjoy the time off, Bob!  Club Governor Larry Walker recently participated in the area Senior Olympics, and won medals in 4 swim  events - 2 gold, 1 silver 7 1 bronze.  Congratulations, Larry!  Several BTCC members won awards at the Route 66 Corvette Club Corvette Show this past Saturday: Marty Hodits, 2nd in class, Tim Dickson, 2nd in class and Debbie Marler, 1st in class.  Congratulations, everyone!

June 7, 2011:  Check your mailboxes and local newsstands - the August issue of VETTE magazine is now out, and member Vince Gabrunas' 1974 coupe is a full feature!  You can't miss it, as a photo of his purple RAC3R is on the front cover as well!  The article also honors fallen member, Bill Rush, and gives credit to Jesse Bizzell for some of the photos.  Check back, as there will be some additional photos coming soon.  Way to go, Vince!

May 15, 2011:  It's official - Marvin Brinker is our club Ambassador to the National Corvette Museum!  Please get with Marv regarding any Museum-related questions and events.

Congratulations to Vince Gabrunas for creating the winning design in our Trail Talk newsletter cover design contest!  He has won a 1-year paid membership for his efforts.  The new cover will be posted here once the final tweaks have been made.

May 7, 2011:  Steve Doak attended the Francis Howell car show this past weekend, and was the only BTCC member to come away with something - he won one of the basket raffles, and scored some nice car care goodies.  Congratulations, Steve!

May 1, 2011:  10 BTCC members made the trip to the Westport Hooters to participate in the Jim Easley Tribute charity Corvette show.  Joe Totterer won 1st in class for the C5's, Vince Gabrunas won 1st in clas for the C3's, and Marty Hodits won Best of Show!  Additionally, Vince, Bob Gale, Don Forden and Debbie Marler all won door prizes!  Way to go, everyone! If I missed anyone who won something, please let me know and I will correct this a.s.a.p.!  (Ed.: photos of all 3 events now available under Event Photos!)

April 30, 2011:  Bob Williams & Chuck DeProw changed oil on 11 BTCC Corvettes in 4 hours at our sponsor, O'Reilly Auto Parts Salt Lick Road location.  Thanks to everyone who participated, as this event generated over $600 of business for our sponsor!

April 27, 2011:  Bob Williams just received word that our club photo from last summer's road trip to meet the Blue Angels was selected by the National Corvette Museum to be included in their Military Salute display!  Our photo is on the left side of the middle panel, and clearly states the club name!  The display will be up for the next two years, so be sure to stop and see it on your next Museum trip.  Way to go!  Thanks go to Marv Brinker for the initial heads-up and to Bob Williams for submitting the photo.  Follow the link below to see some photos:

Museum Display

April 17, 2011:  Welcome to new members Jim & Lynn Lamb!

March 19, 2011:  Welcome to all the new members who have joined recently: Dana Gee, Richard & Esther Brewer, Gene & Debbie Marler, Elmer & Julie Lawson!

February 27, 2011:  Word was received from the Editor of VETTE magazine that member Vince Gabrunas' custom 1974 coupe is scheduled to be a feature in the August 2011 issue, which hits newsstands June 7.  Congratulations, Vince!

February 24, 2011:  The Summer 2011 issue of NCCC's "Blue Bars" is hitting mailboxes across the country, and there are a couple of mentions of BTCC members!  First, Larry Walker's recent setting of a new Record Drags record for the 2B class, on pages 13 & 35.  He joins other members Jim & Sue Schwent in classes CLA and LCLA, respective.  Congratulation, Larry!  Also, on page 46 is a great tribute to deceased member Bill Rush.  Thanks to Larry Walker for submitting it; his family will be honored.

February 20, 2011, congratulations to Chuck DeProw for winning the Pickle Award at the recent SCCA event in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Photo coming soon!

February 13, 2011, Welcome to new members Don Forden & Nancy Gowin, and Anthony & Becky Barber!

January 26-30, 2011, members Marty & Connie Hodits had the honor of displaying their 2007 Budweiser Shootout Pace Car at the 2011 St. Louis Auto Show at the Edward Jones Dome in downtown St. Louis.  A select few cars are displayed every year for tens of thousands of spectators to see, and we're proud to have one of our own there!  A brief chat with Marty on Sunday afternoon saw him quite excited and full of grins.  And a great touch displaying your Pensacola photo, too!  Click thumbnail below for full image.