Two Car Shows in One Month.......whew!

All GM Show - Gulf Coast Corvette Club

Best of Show - Corvettes on Circle 

Before and after I had travelled to Missouri to meet my new grandson, I attended two car shows, one put on by the Gulf Coast Corvette Club (sponsored by Cox Chevrolet), and following my return the annual Corvettes on the Circle (St. Armands Circle) sponsored by Sunset Chevrolet in Sarasota.  The Sunday All GM Show was going to be the 13th annual All Chevy Show at Cox, but with all of the other great GM brands (many no longer there) we changed it to allow Buick Grand Nationals, Pontiac Firebirds, Oldsmobile 4-4-2's and other hot muscle cars from our youth to participate.  My club does two major events each year, this one and Toys for Tots.  We're the club that also has a lot of fun going places together, while the Sarasota club does this one event, and from what I gather is a bit more "posh".  Corvettes on the Circle was nice, as always, and in my class the winner was indeed a 2011 Cyber Gray Grand Sport, just not mine.  Dave Thompson, a GCCC buddy, observed that "they shouldn't even judge cars that are less than ten years old".  He has a point.

Oh, about "posh" - there's even a more posh group that is called Car Guys Who Lunch - that's the exotic crowd with Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Aston Martin.  I'm told they also have a few Corvette owners, but they sit at the end of the table.   Well, I'm OK with Lance's Cruisin to the Oldies crowd, complete with a motorized bar stool and toilet (see picture next to Jeff and Dave).  We even have Hooter Girls roaming the crowd and selling 50-50 tickets.  Now that's a car club that ain't nowhere near posh.

Lance (and friend)