President’s Message – July 2010

Well we kicked into high gear this month. In addition to the regular monthly ice cream run and brunch, which drew around a dozen members each, we co-hosted a poker run to Bruce with the Corvette club and an ice cream run to Devon with the T-Birds (over twenty members at both of these events). I was amazed at the quality of the meal at the Bruce Hotel. Apparently, they bring people in by the bus load on weekends. As it was, we had to clear out by 7 p.m. because buses with 200 people were arriving for the second sitting. As far as I am concerned, this should be a new annual event. I also spotted our members at the Crystal Kids and Children’s Wish shows and know we were also at the 99 Street Church Show. As part of the Race Week Edmonton initiative, we also had members participating in the Edmonton Airfest Show N Shine.

The Club continued to make its presence known out at Castrol Speedway for the Friday Night Street Legals as well. While Bob and “Mean Green” were busy blowing the doors off the new Hemis, a number of our members were signing people up in the staging area and in the stands. The number of members starting to sport club colours at the track and other events is also impressive. We are gradually becoming a sea of blue and black at major car events. We have also been working hard to promote our upcoming club events at all of these locations. The members have been working and playing hard!

While there were lots of things going on locally, there were also events happening out of town. One that I caught was the Show N Shine out in Hinton. I made a day trip out to visit with one of our new members and enjoy the hospitality of the Hinton car enthusiasts. Along the way, I managed to sign up another new member, Alain, and his 2010 Shelby GT 500. Alain travelled to the Shelby plant to meet the great man himself and was even given the honour of driving an original GT 500 on the Shelby test track. Now that’s a story! We are hoping to build more linkages with Hinton in the coming year and maybe co-host some sort of event out that way. By the way, we hit the 200 member mark this month J

Just a reminder that our fourth ice cream run will be happening on Monday, July 12thth , departing from Healy Ford at 7.30; destination TBA. On the 15th we are co-hosting a show n shine with the Corvette Club at the Aviation Museum (6-10 P.m.). Instead of the Saturday Brunch at Ricky’s, the Shanleys are hosting the Klondike Pancake Breakfast on July 17th. Our monthly meeting will be taking place in the Healy Ford boardroom on Monday July 19th. Also remember, we will be doing a slalom event with the Corvettes on July 24th. There are also a large number of car events happening throughout July, so check out the Race Week Edmonton website at http://raceweekedmonton.com/ for details.

Next month is the Freedom Ford Show so Rick, who is quarterbacking the event, will be working hard to make that show as successful as it was last year. Stay tuned and remember to check us out at www.amoaweb.com .
Cheers,
John Church, (a.k.a. Johnny Mustang)
AMOA Club President

Related posts:

1. May 2010 President’s Message
2. President’s Message – June 2010
3. President’s Message – March 2010