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April 2007 www.cowtownmopars.com

HEY COWTOWN MOPARS PERFORMANCE TEAM!!! "IT'S SHOW TIME!" The car show will be here in just a few weeks now. Are you ready? I can't wait! It is going to be great! Rick and Willy will be in charge of security that will include parking. If you can help they will need more. We have some other positions open, if you can help contact me. We have several items that will be part of the silent auc-tion at the show. This will help raise more money for the Ronnie Sox Foundation. We have a $500 paint job from Maaco, 2 die- casts, a Don Garlits Book, some autographed apparel, a autographed football and there should be more. We will be selling the show shirts the day of the show for $15 and $5 of that will be going to the charity. We have 20 show sponsors this year and they are: Huffines CJD Lewisville, Carl's Hot Rods(Carl Meredeth), Mopar Memories(Dean Allen), Nickles Auto Works(Phillip Nickles), MAALT(Marty Robertson), Phoenix Transmissions(Greg Ducato), Texas Trailer Man(Bill Boon), Smith Ins Agency(Wally Smith),Terry Daniel Custom Trim & Mill work (Danny Henslee), Spry's Shell(Alan Spry), Blue Mound Automotive(Joe Siefkas), Ronnie Long Bail Bonds, Speed Tek, Central Oklahoma Mopar Assoc., Joe Smith Race Cars(Tommy Reynolds), Randy Buntyn CPA PC, Law Offices of Ron Wright, Texas Twist(Gary Powell), Maaco Paint & Body (Brian Mus-feldt) and Kirt Schuster Electric Corp. Several of these sponsors this year have made dona-tions above and beyond the normal required sponsorship. They are Marty Robertson , Danny Henslee, Tommy Reynolds, Ron Wright, Gary Powell, Brian Musfeldt and "Coca Cola". Our generous sponsors are always a vital part of the success of our show. THANK YOU TO ALL SPONSORS! See ya at the show! On April the 7th there will be a car show that will benefit the St Jude's Children Hos-pital, the same hospital group that your donations to the Ronnie Sox Foundation will bene-fit. Be sure and show your support at that show as well. You can find more details on the web site. On April 14th, 5:00pm at MAALT, Marty Robertson's place of business, we will have the goody bag stuff'n, cookout and cruise. Bring your old iron, a side dish and help stuff goody bags. See ya there. Last month we took final nominations and voted on the board members that will take office after the car show. They are Ken Castleman- President, Richard West-Vice President, Rick Mariano-Secretary, Dan Robinson-Treasurer, Ken Key-Membership, Kelly Hilla-Activities and Kick Maisenbacher-Newsletter Editor. Congratulations Cowtown Mopars Performance Team, your great new group of leaders for the upcoming year. Be sure and show them your support. We have had 2 races so far in the TMCCC schedule this year. Cowtown Mopars may have lost about half our race team, due to 4 new clubs forming, but that is not slowing us down. We have had 10 award winners after the first 2 races and lead in points again this year. See ya at the track! In closing I would like to say THANK YOU ALL for allowing me to be the President of COWTOWN MOPARS PERFORMANCE TEAM! Being on the board these last 5 years has been a lot of work and a lot of fun, not necessarily in that order. I have had the privilege of serving with great fellow board members. I have had the privilege of making a lot of new friends. I have truly enjoyed myself. One final thought "I'll be back". See ya soon! Beep! Beep! Mark Buchanan , Cowtown Mopars President

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From the Vice President

It was a tough descision I had to make of whether or not to run for the VP position again this year. I have put in a lot of time working for the club and just needed a bit of a break. I will still be involved with the club as the web master so you will all have to put up me for a while longer. It has been a lot of fun working with the other board members and I feel that they have done more in the past two years to better the club than had taken place in a while. The club is now incorporated, we are having more activities than in the past and the show and race teams are showing everyone that this club is made up of winners! The present board has done an out-standing job with the upcoming car show and has spent the better part of the last 10 months working on putting this one together.... that is how a good team works. I want to wish Ken Castleman, Richard West and Kirk Maisenbacher and Rick Mariano the best of luck as the newest board members to come aboard, they will find working with Dan, Kelly and Ken is an easy task and they all work together well. Show your appreciation of the boards efforts by being at the car show this year. We want a huge turnout for this one! See you there! Mike Miller, Owner M.P.A.R. http://www.millerperformance.net 2006 Texas Outsiders Nostalgia Muscle Car Champion

CMPT holds its monthly club meetings on the 3rd Sunday of

each month at 5:00pm.

Meetings are currently held at:

BILLY BOB’S TEXAS

2520 Rodeo Plaza Fort Worth, Texas

May 20th, 2007

June 17th, 2007

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CMPT Club Meetings

COWTOWN MOPARS PERFORMANCE TEAM is a Mopar enthusiast organization, with its own elected officers & operating treasury. Membership is open to ALL Mopar enthusiasts and

owners. You do NOT need to own a Mopar to join or participate. We are based in the Fort Worth area of North Central Texas, U.

S.A. Currently, we have members from all around the area, even reaching into AUSTRALIA!

Our Club Address is:

COWTOWN MOPARS PERFORMANCE TEAM P.O.Box 162413 Fort Worth, Texas 76161-2413

http://www.cowtownmopars.org

CMPT Club Information

I need pictures from local events, car shows, and places you go with your Mopars! Please email them to me for use in the newsletter!

Thanks, Steve

ENTRY FORM COWTOWN MOPAR ROUNDUP 2007

Hosted By: Huffines Dodge

Presented By: COWTOWN MOPARS PERFORMANCE TEAM

April 21, 2007

Registration open at 9 AM & Awards at 3:30 PM

NAME:_________________________________________ *PAID:_____________

ADDRESS: _____________________________________ *DATE:____________

CITY:____________________________ STATE:______ *SHOW:___________

ZIP CODE:__________ PHONE:___________________ *CAR CORRAL:____

EMAIL: ________________________________________ *SWAP MEET:______

VEHICLE:______________________________________ * For Official use only

YEAR:_____________ COLOR:____________________ * Rain Date April 22, 2007

ENGINE:____________ STOCK_____ MODIFIED____

OPTIONS/FEATURES:________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

REGISTRATION FEES: (Circle One) Show -- $20.00 Corral -- $15.00 Swap Meet -- $10.00

RETURN COMPLETED FORMS TO:

COWTOWN MOPARS PERFORMANCE TEAM P.O. BOX 162413 FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76161-2413

POSTMARKED BY APRIL 1, 2007 TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PRE-REGISTRATION T-SHIRT DISCOUNT COUPON.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

In consideration of the acceptance of the right to participate, exhibitors and participants, by execution of this form, release . Huffines Dodge, COWTOWN MOPARS PERFORMANCE TEAM, City of Lewisville, TEXAS, The STATE of TEXAS, and their officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, and anyone else connected with the promotion, management, or presentation of this event from any liability resulting from damages, injuries, losses, judgments,

and/or claims from any cause whatsoever that may be suffered by any participant or exhibitor resulting from the conduct

of exhibitors, participants, or spectators. FAILURE TO READ THE "TERMS AND CONDITIONS" CLAUSE WILL

NOT BE GROUNDS FOR ANY LIABILITY WHATSOEVER.

I have read the above "Terms and Conditions" clause and agree to all terms and conditions set forth. Also, I agree to ob-serve all rules and abide by all decisions of the event management.

SIGNATURE:_______________________________________________ DATE__________

President Mark Buchannan called the March 18th general membership meeting to order at 5:30 pm. Guests and new members were recognized. Cowtown MoPar members Richard West, Dave Mandatto, and Ken Angyal won first place trophies at the Dallas Car Show held earlier in the day. President Buchannan asked the membership if there was any health concerns in the club. Mark then proceeded to discuss the Kennedale Texas Muscle Car Club Challenge held that previous weekend, the upcoming Shreveport MoPar Nationals, show sponsors, both regular and corporate. Rick Mariano spoke briefly on car show security. Volunteers are needed to help with this part of the show. Mark then asked the membership for any suggestions or comments on the show. Three judging teams will be on the show field with one team in reserve if needed. April 14th was designated as goodie bag stuffing and cruise night with locally prepared cuisine being served. May 5th the club will journey to Sunnyvale to attend the all- MoPar swap meet at Fast 440. Please keep referring to the web-site for time, directions, and updates. The spring picnic for both the Dallas and Ft. Worth Clubs are still in the planning stage at this writing. Also watch for the website for time and place. Club nominations were next on President Buchannan itinerary. Previously nominated for Vice-President, Treasurer, Membership Director, Activities Director, and Newsletter Edi-tor were Richard West, Dan Robinson, Ken Key, Kelly Hilla, and Kirk Maisenbacher. Ken Castleman was nominated and accepted the office of President, and Rick Mariano was nomi-nated and accepted the office of Secretary. The new and returning officers will have their du-ties start immediately after the Annual Cowtown MoPar Round-up,a tribute to Ronnie Sox. New parking passes have been issued to members and must be displayed in their vehicle to enter the parking lot. After a brief discussion on Denton (Northstar) Dragway, the 50/50 pot was won by Steve White. The March meeting at Billy Bob's Texas was adjourned at 6:30 pm by President Mark Buchannan. When I first started the duties of this office it was May 15th, 1999 under then President Dan Bell. I've gone through many presidents and board members, made many new contacts other club officers, and have seen this club continue to prosper under positive and not so posi-tive conditions. We now have a set of by-laws, have been incorporated, and have the highest respect of sponsors and general public. Many articles were written in this column; from car shows, races, hawaiian vacations to trips to Route 66 museum, WPC events, and balloon races. It has been an honor to serve you, the membership, all these years. Aloha and Mahalo to all. Submitted by Ken Angyal, Secretary, CMPT

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Car of the Month — April 2007 The Sox & Martin 1967 Plymouth GTX

After a brief stint in the early funny cars, the Sox & Martin team went back to their roots.... Super Stock. This is the car that was taken to dealerships for their performance seminars and the car he won the 1967 NHRA Spring Nationals and US Nationals in. Powered by a Jake King built 426 Hemi, this was the car to beat in Super Stock during the 1967 racing season. During his career, driver Ronnie Sox won 5 national championships and 46 national events. Ronnie Sox lost his battle with prostrate cancer in April 2006. Buddy Martin is still active today racing with Bob Panella in Pro Stock. Thank you to both for giving us the guidance and the desire to follow in your footsteps and race Mopars!

The CMPT Online Store is Here!!! Shop & Support

The Club At http://www.cafepress.com/cowtownmopars/

For Sale & Wanted

For Sale: 73 Dodge Coronet, 4 door, 46K origi-nal miles, 318, auto, $2500 64 Dodge Polara, 2 door, 318, auto, red/red, $1500

Wanted: 71/72 road runner all or part Mark 972-617-2068 or bbuchanan8@juno.com

Dodge Charger Owners for the Charger Regis-try (FREE) Join for $25 and get a newsletter, parts list, car list, event list. Morris Counts 817-545-7783 or 817-980-9411 See you at the next Charger Event.

Activities

April 2007 April 21st—The Ronnie Sox Tribute Car Show (aka, the CMPT Annual Round Up)

@ Huffine’s Lewisville, TX

Upcoming 2007 CMPT Meetings @ Billy Bob’s Texas

April 21st, Sat. — @ Car Show

May 20th

June 17th

July 15th

August 19th

September 16th

October 21st

November 18th

CMPT Board of Directors 2006

Thanks to All for your support!

President: Mark Buchanan 972-617-2068 bbuchanan8@juno.com

Vice President: Mike Miller 817-656-3218 greybeard360@yahoo.com

Secretary: Ken Angyal 817-465-4344 KVJA54@aol.com

Treasurer: Dan Robinson 817-428-8858 derob@charter.net

Membership: Ken Key 817-577-9505 kandlkeye@ev1.net Activities: Kelly Hilla 469-222-4120 kelly.hilla@huffines.net

Newsletter: Steve Wiggin 817-714-3783 wigginfam@sbcglobal.net

Webmaster: Mike Miller 817-656-3218 greybeard360@yahoo.com Race Team Coordinator: Bryan Carpenter — dartgt66@peoplepc.com Show tTeam Coordinator: Dave Mandato

March 28, 2007 Medlen laid to rest in Indy Funny Car driver Eric Medlen was laid to rest on Wednesday afternoon at West Ridge Park Cemetery in Clermont, Ind. The 33-year-old John Force Racing driver died as a result of head injuries suffered in a testing acci-d e n t M a r c h 1 9 i n G a i n e s v i l l e , F l a . The burial was preceded by a funeral service at Con-nection Pointe Christian Church in nearby Brownsburg. John Force led the pallbearers, who included Brandon Bernstein, J.R. Todd, Morgan Lucas, Robert Hight, crew-members, and Jerold Camarillo, the professional cowboy who tutored Medlen during his budding rodeo career.

Eric Medlen 1973-2007

TIME TO RACE !!!TIME TO RACE !!!

We’re the club for Drag Racing, Food, Cruising, Fun, & We’re the club for Drag Racing, Food, Cruising, Fun, & Friends in 2007 !Friends in 2007 !

The Ronnie Sox Tribute Car Show

Saturday, April 21st !!

TMCCC #3 Rusk @ Cherokee Cty. — April 29th, 2007 TMCCC #4 Abilene @ Abilene Star Dodge — June 3rd, 2007

55--time TMCCC Drag Racing CHAMPS 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 time TMCCC Drag Racing CHAMPS 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Cowtown Mopars Performance Team P.O. Box 162413 Fort Worth, Texas 76161-2413

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