Woo Hoo!!! T-minus 30 days and counting till the 4^th annual North American Solstice & SKY Meet! GMR had the opportunity to attend an all hands meeting with the event organizers this past weekend at the Omni Resort In Denver, CO and I will tell you that this event is going to really set the bar!

All GM Roadster Club Members in good standing will be receiving a goodie bag upon arrival!

Please RSVP here so that we can account for GMR Members who wil be attending.

If you need more information on this years 4^th annual North American Solstice & SKY Meet please visit there web site at NASSM2009.

If you are planning on attending this years event and have not yet registered please hurry, we are 30days away from the start of the event and the event organizers had to release all the un-booked rooms in the block, so all rooms book under the NASSM '09 event will still be given the discounted contract rate but they will be issued on a first come first booking basis....So hurry! You can book directly through the Omni Resort at 303-438-6600 and be sure to tell them you are part of this group to get the discounted room rates.

This years Event is being supported by many of our communities finest aftermarket parts companies. They are donating a variety of products that can be purchased onsite or even won in the silent auction!  

A special thank you to the Rocky Mountain Solstice & SKY Club and John & Carol White for putting an uncountable amount of hours into the planning and execution of this great event!

See you all in June!

Martin Scott

Executive Director

National GM Roadster Club

The Prescott Regional event was great fun.  It was wonderful to have so many familiar faces from California attend the event.  We heard about the event from Tim, and signed up on the website so that we could attend.  Some of us left early to visit relatives in AZ while others left on Friday morning to arrive in Prescott in the early afternoon.

 We found the Comfort Inn around 4:00 and were greeted by members of the Phoenix and Fresno chapters who had already arrived.  We checked in and went to the parking lot to see who else was there and await the arrival of other members.  After relaxing in the parking lot and checking out the newest modifications on everyone's cars, we adjourned to the extremely large Jacuzzi area and relaxed with cool drinks and chips and salsa.  More folks got to the Inn and we were beginning to get hungry so we headed into Prescott proper for dinner at the Gurley Street Grill.  It is supposed to be one of the top rated restaurants in Prescott.  We were taken out onto the back patio which we practically filled.  They had two long tables waiting for us.

We met new members from Prescott and made friends with other people who were new since our last trip to Tombstone.  With dinner over, we headed back to the Inn to call it a night.  We would be leaving bright and early on Saturday to head down to Phoenix.

OK, so the weekend didn't go without incident, but even though one of our participants managed to "smash" their front end a bit, at least no one was hurt, and there is one SKY owner who can now justify upgrading to a cool new aftermarket front end for his roadster.

This weekends' festivities included three major events.

FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE STRIP CLUB - The welcome gathering at the Gas Lamp Strip Club included about 35 people who enjoyed dinner together.  The "Strip Club" is a steak house famouse for their New York Strip Steak, and we reserved the "Champaign Room" in the back for our gathering.

SATURDAY COAST RIDE - The coast ride left from Jolly Roger restaurant in Oceanside at 9:30 AM, and meandered along the coast ending at Seaport Village in downtown San Diego.  The highlights of the trip included a 43 car line-up along "the Strand" in Oceanside, a group photo at the Torey Pines Glider Port, and bluff-view drive out to La Jolla Cove.  With a couple of cars coming and going (and occassionally getting separated) along the way, we had a total of 45 roadsters for most of the ride.

SUNDAY TEMECULA RIDE - Our Sunday ride included a photo stop out at the property of one of the Phoenix members who's home burned down in the fires out in Fallbrook, and then we dropped by Kappasphere for a tour of their facilities.  From there, we split into two groups, about 12 cars going to downtown Temecula for a walking tour, and another 17 heading out to visit the wineries.

for more photos, view our club photo gallery...

The 2nd annual San Diego Regional Meet is just around the corner, we are proud to offer the “Official” Tee Shirt to commemorate this event. We are only accepting pre-orders for these shirts to ensure that we have enough of each size.

You may order your commemorative Event shirt here .

Note: All shirts will be delivered in San Diego at the event unless you choose to have it mailed to you.

Well folks, we had a great run to Vegas Nationals. Thursday morning Jim & Maxine, Nighia & Mi and I headed north for a nice ride to Vegas with a stop at Barstow Station, that was a cool tourist trap, and there were a number of cool bikes headed to laughlin for the river run. We met Chris & Micky on the way and they joined us for the rest of the ride into Vegas. Friday morning we meet at the Stratoshpere parking lot, got registered and just hung out with others as the arrived. There ended up over 100 cars from all parts of the country. I have yet to down load any photos, still learning, but they are posted on the sky forum and on the sky-sol web site. There were some really cool mods, and a couple of V-8 Solstices. There were several vendors with really cool products. Some really great rides were also on tap. The Red Rock canyon, Valley of Fire and Mt Charleston runs were really fun, but the strip run was awesome! 100+ cars going down the strip together was a highlight for me! Saturday night we had a great banquet with some really nice raffle prizes awarded. The money from the raffle went to the make-a-wish foundation. We had a nice showing of cars from San Diego, Steve & Silka, Jim & Ellen, Bill & Karen, Jim & Maxine, and Figure this one out, Nighia his wife Mi and Daughter Nicole came up!

I think it is safe to say that we all had a great time!!

After the Vegas run I Met my Lovely Bride Lori in Palm Springs. She had a conference there so I just went to hang out with her. During the day while she was in meetings, I spent the part of the days downtown doing a one man car show! It was cool to park on the main street, then get coffee and sit were I could see my car and then just watch people as they passed by. I quit counting the number of people stopping, commenting and taking pictures of my really cool car!

After a few days in Palm Springs we headed to Seligman AZ for the Route 66 fun run. We met with 4 other Sky's from Pheonix and had a Blast! There were over 900 cars, every type and vintage from as far away as England! We traveled "THE MOTHER ROAD" for about 50 miles to Kingman, that was cool, many people on the side of the road, waving, honking and cheering us on! Talk about a parade!! Once in Kingman there was a Hugh car show! We didn't park in the main "car show" area, but it soon filled up so we were joined by a bunch of really cool cars. Alot of people were checking out our fine rides! Again many questions and photos taken. Sunday morning it was on the Topock Az again on the old route 66. I wonder how those in the 30's & 40's enjoyed that road, with no power steering, power brakes or air conditioning? Not to mention the steep hillsides and drop offs with no guard rails? A cool town we went through was Oatman Az. It was an old mining town, now a tourist trap but a really cool one. They had Burro's from the mining day's still in the area, that was cool to see.

We will have to make the route 66 run on our own one day, when it is cooler!

Again Photo's of Vegas are on the sky forum and at www.sky-sol.com

T-Shirts…Get your San Diego Roadsters T-Shirts here!

We now have official San Diego Roadsters T-Shirts on the way, they are scheduled to be ready just in time for Las Vegas so for those of you who are attending the national meet you can save on shipping an pick up your T-shirt from me in Las Vegas and for those of you who are unable to attend the National Meet we can have your shirt mailed to you. This is a limited production run and we have a limited number of shirts in the various sizes, we have created Large, Extra Large, and 2XL in Men’s as well as a beautiful V-neck for the Ladies!

Front left chest pocket:

Back of t-shirt:

Remember once the size is gone…it’s gone, so hurry and order yours today! 

Men’s T-Shirt in Athletic Grey Picked up in Las Vegas:

• Order Large $18
• Order X-Large $18
• Order 2X-Large $18 (Sold Out)

Men’s T-Shirt in Athletic Grey (Shipped):

• Order Large  $23
• Order X-Large $23
• Order 2X-Large $23 (Sold Out)

• Order Medium $18 (Almost Gone!)
• Order Large $18 (Almost Gone!)
• Order X-Large $18

Ladies V-Neck in Sea Foam Blue (Shipped):

• Order Medium $23 (Almost Gone!)
• Order Large $23 (Almost Gone!)
• Order X-Large $23

I was recently given a copy of the FIRST ISSUE of Saturn 360 Magazine, which is published by Saturn and distributed via the dealerships (although subscriptions are available).

On the front cover, it read "SKY Owners California Road Trip" and I was delighted to open it up and an article about a "SoCal Side Trip" although since I didn't recognize the people in the photo, I assumed it was something new.  Then I read the photo caption "And yes, there is room in the trunk to take a pie home..." and I immediately thought of our great trip to Julian last year.

We have a detailed article about this trip on our website (click here), so I was interested to see what the folks at Saturn wrote about our trip.  The article started out:

"We were determined to have a great day despite the weather," Tim Peverly says, "We had a short meeting and passed out the radios.  Communication is the key to a good group ride.  About 15 of us headed north to Lake Wohlford  We pulled off at a parking area near the lake for a quick photo and to take our tops down, as the rain had stopped and there were beautiful blue skies overhead."

The first annual SOAR ( SKY Owner's Appreciation Rally) was a blast!  Eleven Sky's and one SW2 from San Deigo joined other Sky's from the Inland Empire, LA and my friends, Jim & Roxanne from Palmdale.Also joining us were David & Norma from El Centro. Congrat's to Norma (SKY4MOM)on 3rd place in best in show! There were great products from Kappashere,Saturn Motorsports,and rksports. Some really cool Sky's with great mod's. I want that ramair hood!! hamburger's hot dog and cold drinks were served along with some really cold beer! Oh wait, That was rootbeer! (hehehe!) Some nice prizes were given,Nghia was the lucky winner of some really nice wheels! Jim got a hat, Chris a mug. Tim a watch, dangit, I wanted the cai! maybe next year! All in all, I think everyone had a good time and we are looking forward to next year.

A hugh thank you to Marva Sadler and the great team @ Saturn of Temecula for a really nice day! They really went all out and provided an excellent event!

When I figure out how to download the pictures, I'll add them to this!

Have a great day!

Tim

This weekend, the San Diego Roadsters club was delighted to welcome more than two dozens Skys and Solstices from Arizona and Southern California for two days of rides, seaside fun, great food, and adventure.  This was the first regional event in San Diego, and we are truly thankful to the Phoenix Sky-Sol club for making this event a huge success.

DAY 1 - Coastal Run

About 20 people from Arizona (plus a few other SoCal folks) left the Best Western hotel on Hotel Circle and met up with our local San Diego crowd at the Joe's Crab Shack parking lot in Oceanside Harbor.  In addition to our most active San Diego club members, we were delighted to see some old and new friends from Los Angeles, plus a sneak peak at the new Kappasphere Sky, showing off their new luggage rack, plus several other cool new products.

Leaving the harbor, we headed directly down to the beach and lined up our 25 roadsters along the sand on the Oceanside Strand just South of the pier.  The line of cars was so long that nobody could get a complete shot, but we did manage to post a few pictures in our San Diego Weekend Sky & Solstice Photo Gallery. 

From the beach in Oceanside, we headed up to the Coastal highway to begin our two-hour cruise South to Mission Bay in San Diego.  We had twenty-six cars and more than 40 people.  At one point, Vicci pulled out fifty lottery tickets from Arizona's $300 million powerball lottery to be held later that evening, and everyone contributed a dollar with their name on it to get in on the lottery.  Then, throughout the day, when people asked if we were a part of a car club (as they always do), rather than just answering yes, we started getting creative, telling people that we won $300 million in the lottery and this was part of our reward.

Our first Kappa Koffee was a huge success! We had 12 fine folks and 8 cars show up. I look forward to seeing you all on the next San Diego Roadster Event! 

Do you have any ideas for our next coffee gathering location?  If so, please click on the link below to discuss idea locations in the forums.