Page 70 - Lubbock Senior Link Magazine Summer 2022 - Online Magazine
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Friendship
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         Caprock
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          CORVETTE CLUB







             by Curtis Fish





























               he Caprock Corvette Club      The Club began meeting monthly     TX for the first annual Bluebonnet
               began in June of 2004 with    at a local Lubbock restaurant      Tour and to Dallas to participate
          Tthe idea of having fun with       for dinner and to discuss Club     in the Lone Star Corvette Club
          Corvettes and finding a way to     business. Members organized        Car Show. In July 2009, the Club
          serve the Lubbock community        “day cruises” to short, 1–2-hour   participated in the Black Hills
          with the iconic sports cars. A     destinations. The members would    Corvette Classic Car Show in
          few Corvette owners placed         eat at the specified restaurant and   Spearfish, ND.
          information cards on other         then make
          Corvettes around town. The cards   the short
          contained information about        drive back
          the formation of a new car club:   to Lubbock,
          The Caprock Corvette Club. By      enjoying those
          October, the Club was officially   Corvettes every
          formed as the Federal Tax ID       minute. In
          had been received, the name was    2005, the Club
          agreed on and a Club Logo was      planned longer
          designed and approved by the       trips over
          membership. Joining the National   the weekend
          Corvette Museum was the final      and took 15
          step in making the Caprock         Corvettes to
          Corvette Club official.            Fredericksburg,


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