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December 2015 Women Who Drives Their Own!
Sherry Fox Allen
Second year in a row * First Place Winner
Tawnya Pierce +
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Rebecca Smith McCarty
Sassy Dakota Arthur
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3rd Place winner, Rebecca McCarty……………21 Blank Manta Corvette…………………………….28 Callaway Unveils GT3-Spec Corvette.……….34 Top Corvette Dealers 2014……………….……36 .. Event Recap……………………………..…….38 ……. Women’s opportunities entrepreneurs in motorsports……………………………….….42 KELLEY BLUE BOOK NAMES 2016 CORVETTE A BEST BUY………………….44 GM to invest $44 Million and Create 36 New jobs at the Corvette Assembly Plant………45 Does “E-Ray” Trademark Filing Point To An Electric Corvette?...............................................47
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I ACT LIKE A LADY BUT TODAY IT’S ALL ABOUT MY RIDE!
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Name: Sherry Fox Allen Corvette: 2001 C5 convertible State: Georgia Sherry Fox Allen is an automotive business owner alongside her husband and resides in the North Georgia Mountains. She got her first corvette in 2012 a 2001 C5 convertible. She enjoys time spent with her husband of
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I can hardly believe that 2015 has come to an end! Here at Vette Girls Magazine we are steadily keeping the corvette lifestyle moving into the upcoming year!
CORVETTE LIFESYTLE CALENDAR on SALE
I hope all of you had a wonderful Holidays’. As we move forward into the winter season, not only is this the time to slow down and reflect over the past year but this is also the time to add a few enhancements to your ride, whether it be modifying your car or perhaps a new paint job! Most of you know, my ride whom I like to call “Baby Girl” has been down but I am steadily working on giving her a comeback with a new look and attitude! It’s been rough not being able to just get in my car and ride but she will be back and ready for 2016! But is also a time to reflect on the great times you had with your car clubs or at the various car shows held across the U.S. I for one rather enjoyed the time that I spent with other Vette enthusiasts like me! Where I attended some of the great car shows and events throughout the year! I invite you to please visit the Vette Girl’s (VG’s) website and check out all of the great photos of the places we were able to see this past year. We have some new features to bring out; such as live stream feed for all the events we attend. I hope you were able to participate in some of the fun opportunities to show off your Corvette this past year either by joining and participating with a club or perhaps showing your sweet ride in a car show! But I hope in the New Year you take advantage in participating in the various clubs and special events where you can network with other car enthusiasts! You bought the Corvette for the fun and adventure the car would bring you and I hope you take advantage of all the opportunities in the upcoming year to do so. If nothing else, just enjoy the freedom of getting behind the wheel and driving!
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Here at Vette Girls Online (VGO), I am pleased to announce the yearly photo calendar and the opportunity to give back! I recently held a photo contest and we want to thank everyone who took the time and effort to submit and enter their photos in the contest! We had 1,700 photos submitted for the contest and we enjoyed seeing all of them. The response was overwhelming! The photo calendar is relatively new for us and we are improving every year! But with each year we are making great strides into providing the best calendar ever! I cannot wait to see what 2016 will bring! Thank you to all your comments and suggestions, we take them to heart! We are listening and want you to know that we value your opinion! We steadily want to improve our magazine as well as our calendar! Thank you for making 2015 so great! Now to announce the 2016 Photo Calendar Contest Winners! First place, Sherry Fox Allen; second place, Tawnya Pierce; third place, Rebecca Smith McCarty; fourth place, Kayler Masser; fifth place, Megan Jones; sixth place, Beth Rogers; seventh place, Tamara McGinnis; eighth place, Dakota Arthur; ninth place, Samantha Paray; tenth place, Martine Gray; eleventh place, Felicia Reid; twelfth place, Joey Reis and thirteenth place, Cindi Hudson. Now to announce the 2015 Photo Calendar Contest Winners! First place, Sherry Fox Allen; second place, Elizabeth Reese; third place, Tawnya Pierce; fourth place, Michele Katz; fifth place, Suzette Diorio; sixth place, Sherry Harvey; seventh place, Gynda Rocher; eighth place, Tamara McGinnis; ninth place, Sandra Arthur; tenth place, Carol Ireland; eleventh place, Kathy Maki Flick; twelfth place, Jessica. Congratulations to All!!
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Name: Tawnya Pierce Corvette: 2007 Corvette State: Pennsylvania
I am 48 yrs old; I have a 23 yr old daughter. I am a retail store manager and I enjoy driving my corvette!! I
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Name: Rebecca Smith McCarty Corvette: 2016 Callaway Z06 Torch Red Coupe State: Alabama Becca grew up attending Talladega races with her unclale and cousins, this installed in her a love for fast cars and racing. The Callaway Z06 is her 4th Corvette, having owned a 1978 C3 Coupe, a 1975 C3 Coupe, a 2014 Z51 Stingray Coupe, and the 2016 Callaway Z06. She enjoys attending racing events, road course racing, HPDE's, Corvette and car shows. She is an active member of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Corvette Club and founder of A Touch of Class Ladies FB group, for women who own and drive their corvette(s). She has been married for 22 years to her husband Mike, who is very supportive of her passion for racing and corvettes. She enjoys spending time with her family, 4 papillons dogs and her corvette friends
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The Black Manta Corvette
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THE BLANK MANTA CORVETTE STEALS THE SHOW AT THE MANILA AUTO SALON. According to Ian, the Black Manta is actually a sixthgeneration Chevrolet Corvette sporting a "C7 facelift and a custom rebody designed by Jon Sibal and built by us." He added: "This is our working prototype, and after the car show, we will do some track testing before we Ian noted that the car still has the C6 Corvette's 6.2-liter LS3 V8 proceed to produce a engine. He also mentioned several aftermarket products that his carbon-fiber body." team had installed on the car, and these include, among others, Now Ian King has just an E-Force supercharger kit, Pfadt sway bars and engine unveiled its latest supports, Varex exhaust, StopTech big brake kit, DPE wheels, crazy widebody Nitto tires and Recaro seats. Other stuff thrown in are a carbon project, which is driveshaft, racing clutch and an aluminum center column. termed as ‘The Black Manta’. This insane beast is nothing but supercharged Chevy Corvette C6 face-lifted to C7 with specially designed matte black Widebody kit. This time Ian King has tried his hands on Corvette and the end result is insane as usual. 29 WWW.VETTEGIRLSCC.NET
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Callaway Unveils GT3-Spec Corvette
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Callaway is widely recognized for its tuning prowess, particularly when it comes to the Chevrolet Corvette, but the company has a European offshoot that also builds complete turnkey race cars. We’re talking about Callaway Competition based in Leingarten, Germany, Callaway’s official European distributor and maker of this awesome Corvette C7 GT3-R race car . Callaway Competition has been building race cars since 1985 and became the official racing arm of Callaway in the early ‘90s.
This latest car is designed specifically for GT3 competition and replaces the C6-based Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3. The Corvette C7 GT3-R has been two years in the making and looks even more impressive than Corvette Racing’s own C7.R endurance racer. Responsible for the design was Canadian Paul Deutschman as well as Callaway Competition’s own Giovanni Ciccone and Ernst Wöhr. They worked hard to develop a future-proof design that should remain competitive for years to come.
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GM Authority
The Top Corvette Dealers of 2014 – Mid Year Report If you’re in the market for a new Corvette Stingray Coupe or Convertible, please check them out and go with the one that makes the best case for you. Total Retail Deliveries (Retail + Retail Direct)
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New York Auto Show
Klas Act Corvette Club Car Show
Back to the Bricks
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Bea Gaddy Fundraiser…………………….
We donate $200.00 to the Bea Gaddy Corvette Food Run
Food bags………………………………..
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Women’s opportunities entrepreneurs in motorsports
Power Lily, a networking group for women who work in the power sports industry, met at the AIM Expo in Orlando in October, and announced a new mentorship program for female entrepreneurs who need help getting their business idea off the ground. We've got details on the program, plus how you can get involved in Power Lily as well NEW! WOMEN’S CAR CARE CLINIC w/ Paul Koerner and Brittany George / Corvette Mechanic Tent • TRANSMISSIONS - MANUAL Ladies, this seminar is for you! Join Paul and Brittany for this LADIES ONLY seminar about any and all aspects of Corvette. From C4 to C7, any and all questions will be answered. Why do we change fluids? What fluids should be changed? How do I know I need tires or brakes? Why does my car make a noise? My car doesn’t drive like it used to, why? These may sound like simple questions but in truth, simple questions always prevent big repair bills later on. Let them help you understand your Corvette in simple terms and in a calm atmosphere. They will have a few Corvettes on hand to show and help you better understand your Corvette! Question and answer time will be provided 42 after the demonstration. WWW.VETTEGIRLSCC.NET
Now is the time to make plans to surpass your goals and make this year one you will never forget! Our team has been busy planning the second Women In Automotive 2016, and it's going to be even better than the last one! We're excited to announce the location and dates of WIA 2016: the 4 1/2 star Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate, June 26 - 28th, 2016. It's an awesome hotel, close to all the attractions, and the ideal venue for a larger crowd. More info: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/1k8c6o3n4w902/?&th=152 3ba04ffc63b59&v=c 43
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KELLEY BLUE BOOK NAMES 2016 CORVETTE A BEST BUY
November 13, 2015 Kelley Blue has announced their 2016 Best Buy Award Winners, and taking the top spot in the Performance Car category for the 2nd year in a row is the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette. Contenders for the recognition this year included the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro V6, 2016 Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang, 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata and 2016 Scion FR-S. “It was last year’s winner, the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, that carried the day on the strength of overall performance that compares favorably with sports cars costing tens of thousands of dollars more,” KBB.com editors wrote. “But beyond stellar performance, the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray offers the kind of comfort and drivability that takes it from a weekend- or special occasion-only fun car to a truly engaging vehicle perfectly suited as a daily driver.” 44 WWW.VETTEGIRLSCC.NET
GM to Invest $44 Million and Create 36 New Jobs at the Corvette Assembly Plant They grow again! The latest news coming from General Motors is that Corvette Z06 sales are going so well (accounting for nearly a third of all Corvette sales) that the company will be expanding the Performance Build Center located inside the Bowling Green Assembly Plant. According to a press release issued today, the PBC expansion will cost $44 million and will create 36 new jobs. This investment comes on top of the already committed $439 million for a new paint shop and “facility upgrades” that was announced in May 2015: “Coupled with the investment, for $439 million for a new paint shop and facility upgrades announced in May, GM has committed $483 million to Bowling Green this year alone,” said plant manager Kai Spande. “These significant investments indicate the company’s confidence in Bowling Green, the Performance Build Center and our skilled workforce.” 45 WWW.VETTEGIRLSCC.NET
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Does “E-Ray” Trademark Filing Point To An Electric Corvette? On December 16th, General Motors filed for trademarks on the terms “E-RAY” and “CORVETTE E-RAY” in the Automobiles category with the US Patent andTrademark Office, leading to speculation about whether the General had concrete plans to produce either an all-electric or hybrid Corvette. You may recall that back in 2014, the trademarking of the name “Zora” led to a similar flurry of supposition about a mid-engined, range-topping “super-Corvette,” but then again, you probably didn’t hear about GM putting in requests to register “Spark Activ,” “Badlands,” “Enclave Tuscan,” or “Regal TourX” either. To some extent, trademark filings are a bit of corporate CYA – General Motors has an intellectual property division of their legal department, and in terms of resources it’s not a particularly taxing process to just go out and register anything that you might possibly want to use later. Just look up why Ford’s supercar is just the GT and not the GT40 if you want a real world example of why automakers should trademark everything in sight. With that in mind, the E-RAY filing could very well be the result of a note in the margins of some internal meeting, rather than a hint of things to come. 47 Read more: Corvette Online, Vettegirls Blog WWW.VETTEGIRLSCC.NET
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You, know we’ve have a lot to be thankful for! Once again, we want to send extra special thanks to every reader and follower who has joined the VGO! We are gearing for our third Annual Vette Girls Calendar Contest starting in September 2016. A way of celebrating and noticing women who also loves their corvettes. Thank you for rolling with us in 2015! We are new to this and have a lot of growing to do; errors/mistakes have been made but our number one goal is to perfect as much as we can, of course no one or no business is perfect, but we are striving to be. Thank you so much for your patience. Do you or your club want to be featured? Do you have a product or event to introduce to our growing network of women who loves their corvette or ride? Contact us at vettegirlscc@gmail.com
Get ready for an exciting new year, and thanks for joining the vette girls online!
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