THE LONG BEACH MG CLUB

www.LBMG.org

June 2016

THE SPOKESMAN

2016 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Race Management

Long Beach MG Club The Southern California Center of the MG Car Club of England 2892 N. Bellflower Blvd. #327, Long Beach CA 90815-1125

2016 Board of Governors President………………………...Juanita Fast Vice President………….......Karen Lewis Executive Secretary…………..Jim Elsten Recording Secretary……….…..Amy Tulk Treasurer…………………....Marilyn Gettys

Member……………………...Morris Berens Member……….……..Fred Himmelberger Member…..…Stephanie Himmelberger Member……………………….…...Bob Lewis Member………………….…....Ken Thomas

Concours Chair……………….Ken Thomas Director of Racing………………..Bob Funk Directory Editor…………..….Karen Lewis Directory Publisher…………....Bob Lewis Double Day……....Ken & Marie Thomas Events Chair……………….....Ken Thomas Flag Marshal………………...Morris Berens Greeter…………………………....Lois Gettys Great Western………………...Greg Fast & Mike Peters Historian………………………...Juanita Fast Membership……………….……Karen Lewis Merchandise……………….……Karen Lewis Photographer……………....Marie Thomas Points Chair……………………....Jim Elsten

Points Auditor…………………....Amy Tulk Property………………………....Phil Glumm, Morris Berens, Richard Sherwood and Laurie Glumm Raffle………………...Ken & Marie Thomas Refreshments……………...Marie Thomas St. Nix Trix……………..…Jim & Amy Tulk Social Chair…………………....Juanita Fast Spokesman Editor………….....Bob Lewis Spokesman Publisher………Karen Lewis SteakBake……………….....Marilyn Gettys Time Bandits…………………….Phil Glumm Timing / Scoring…….….…Ellen Lowery,

Richard Sherwood & Tony Sage Webmaster……………...Sandi Sherwood

Club Membership Information Annual membership dues for the Long Beach MG Club are $30.00, payable during January and February. On April 1, the names of delinquent members are removed from the roster. Reinstatement is possible through December of the current year. Please refer to your Constitution for this provision. For those who seek membership during the year, dues are pro-rated on a monthly basis. The initiation fee for new members is $5.00. Club meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 8:00 p.m. at College Park Clubhouse, 808 Stevely Ave, Long Beach. For information regarding subscriptions to The Spokesman see page 20 of this issue.

June 2016 Volume 66, Number 6

2016 Committee Chairpersons

IN THIS ISSUE President’s Message pg 2

Competition Points pg 10

Museum Rally Results and Pictures pg 4

VARA Race Report pg 6

Club Racing Calendar pg 9

Club Events Calendar pg 8

Good Guy Points pg 11

BOG Minutes pg 12

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General Meeting Minutes pg 15

Calendars pg 18

Spokesman Subscription Info pg 20

Upcoming Events & Meetings pg 21

Double Day Rally Ad pg 7

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President’s Message

June the mid-year month and this is a good time to review your new year’s resolutions. How are you doing with those New Year’s resolutions? Personally I forgot mine around mid-January. June 4th & 5th is the annual Huntington Beach Concours. Saturday’s Rod & Custom Show in the Park salutes Donut Derelicts and Sunday’s Concours de Elegance salutes Cadillac, BMW, and Indian & BMW motorcycles. This fund raiser for the Children’s Resource Center wing at the Huntington Beach Public Library has raised over $900,000 since its founding in 1985. Here’s a big thank you going out to the dedicated and hardworking volunteers. I would like to take the opportunity to let the membership know that Thursday, September 8, 2016 will be the Long Beach MG Car Club’s 800th general membership meeting. This meeting marks 66+ years of the LBMG Car Club. Hope to see you at the September 8th meeting at College Park Clubhouse, 808 Stevely Ave., Long Beach, CA. I have heard MG’s referred to as fun to drive around town, simple to repair and maintain, time consuming money pits, and old cars that tend to break often. Either you love them or you ignore them. As a family with an MGA, several MGBs, and an MGC I think we fall into the “love or at least like” category. I first heard about the Long Beach MG Car Club from my sister, SuzAnne, in 1970. SuzAnne needed a navigator for something called a rallye. This was when the club had Friday night and Saturday rallyes. Thus, I became a regular LBMG rallye navigator. Many of the old timers say they don’t remember me from the 70’s. Well, that may be because I was just a kid in High School but it could also be because we got lost most of the time as those rallyes had obscure direction with alternative meanings and lots of downright nasty tricks. Anyway by the time we finished everyone was well into the “party” mode and past the point of being able to remember who showed up late. However, I did become interested in how the LBMG Car Club started and follows is the story that was told to me by Dan Dickinson.

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It was 1950 when several MGB owners started meeting at restaurants or bars on a regular basis to talk about and show off their MGs. At that time MGs were considered an affordable sports car that was cheap to run and easy to fix. The stories about roads and the speed with which the driver claimed to have traveled lead to group touring to check out the various claims. Finally after sitting in a bar and downing a “few” beers Dan Dickinson jested that they should start an MG car club. And the rest is history. It is my understanding that it took several more beers to iron out the workings of the club. My Take: The Long Beach MG Car Club was conceived, designed, and nurtured by an exceptionally social group of people that owned and enjoyed driving MG’s. However, the most import concept for the club was the social aspect so owning an MG is not necessary but having the ability to have fun is a requirement.

Juanita Fast

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MUSEUM RUN XV 2016

In the fifteenth running of the “Museum Run”, we went to the Lyon Air Museum, located on the West side of John Wayne International Airport. A great collection of World War II planes plus motorcycles and cars of the same era. We were given dulcet to explain all the exhibits and other items on display throughout the museum. Oh, and by the way, there was a rallye that got us from the start to lunch and then the museum. Listed below are the results of that very simple and short rallye. Driver/Navigator Leg 1 Leg 2 Total Error 1st Mike Peters / 1.01 1.86 2.87 Juanita Fast 2nd Ken Thomas / 2.15 2.58 4.73 Marie Thomas 3rd Phil Glumm / 1.72 5.00 6.72 Merry Glumm Co-Rallymasters – Jim and Bonnie Elsten Checkpoint / pre-run – Jim Tulk and Marilyn Gettys Checkpoint worker – Linda Maxwell

Comments on the Rally: Museum Run, Lyons Museum We had a good time at the Lyons Museum. Does everyone remember the helms bakery truck? A great DC 3, and a film on how it was built. There were cars, motorcycles, planes, this is a beautiful facility, and worth the trip. Thanks Jim and Bonnie for a great rally, good lunch, and a fun trip to American history. -Marilyn

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Museum Rally Pictures by Marilyn Gettys

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VARA British Extravaganza

April is winding to an end. That might be a strange way to start a story about a race weekend but you need to look at it more as a marathon of weekends. For many on the LBMG Race Worker team, the lead up to the British Extravaganza began back in the middle of March with the VARA High Desert Challenge. The following weekend was Easter followed by weekends comprised of the Long Beach Formula E Race, credentialing for the Long Beach Grand Prix (or the Porsche Festival of Speed Race), the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and then VARA’s British Extravaganza. Your author’s Easter weekend involved family activities as I would image did many other workers’ Easter weekend. The weekend after British was SVRA’s race at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. If you add that all up many of the team were busy seven straight weekends. That’s a whole season wrapped up in 2 months.

With that preface to the race report, Morris had his hands full getting a whole crew for VARA’s British Extravaganza. Morris did that “voodoo that he does so well” (compliments to Mel Brooks and Blazing Saddles) and gathered a first class team to handle the weekend’s festivities.

The cast (I’m sticking with the movie theme) was comprised of Jim Elsten in Turn 1/Re-entry, Greg and Juanita Fast in Turn 2 (or 2A, I can’t remember what it’s called). Mervyn Radley was in Turn 3 with Bobby Webster in Turn 4 and Jim Dingwall in Turn 5. Turn 7, also known as the black flag station, was handled by Candye Rucker and Bruce Saunders while John Payne was in Turn 9. Bob and Karen Lewis were in Turn 10 with Wayne Phelan and Doug Fetrow in Turn 12. The starters were Tom Jones and Rick Bush. Marilyn Getty’s crew on the grid was Linda Maxwell and Mary DeSantis. Jim Tulk was in Race Control with Morris and Laurie Glumm kept the log. The computers in Timing and Scoring were mastered by Ellen Lowery and Bonnie Elsten. Carolyn Berens was also on site to help Morris keep his sanity.

VARA members brought out over 150 cars including the Historic Group. Historic, in this case, included one 1910 race car and three cars built in 1916. (None of our workers are 100 years old but we feel like it after a long weekend.) There were several good size race groups and we had one incident where a Volvo Race Car rolled over six times coming out of Turn 7. They may be “boxy but good” (the movie Crazy People) therefore the driver was able to tell his story about his adventure later in the day.

It was a good weekend. Hopefully in 2017 the weekends leading up to the British Extravaganza won’t be quite as busy and Morris will have an easier time getting the team together. Help us out and start flagging with us. It’s the second best seat at the track and you don’t need to remember the Jaguar ad from Crazy People.

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DOUBLE DAY 2016

“TEHACHAPI …… TAKE TWO”

DATE: September 24‐25, 2016

START: Katella and Main in City of Orange

Price: $130.00/car Driver and Navigator Includes room, dinner for 2 and Trophies

PAYMENT DUE: Saturday August 13th. Check made out to LBMG

For more info call Ken Thomas at 562‐421‐0490

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LBMG Club 2016 Event Calendar

February 6th Installation Banquet March 12th Time Bandits Rally

April 9th & 10th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach - Credentialing

April 15th ~ 17th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

May 14th “Museum” Rally August 13th Steakbake

Sept. 24th & 25th Double Day Rally October 22nd Great Western Rally

December St Nix Trix Rally

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LBMG Club 2016 Racing Calendar

Club Events March 19 & 20 VARA - High Desert Challenge Willow Springs April 23 & 24 VARA - British Extravaganza Buttonwillow August 27 & 28 VARA - Rennsport Buttonwillow Nov 5 & 6 VARA - Big Bore Bash Willow Springs

Pay For Play Feb 5 - 7 VARA Desert Concours Pahrump, NV April 29—May 1 SVRA West—So Cal Historics Fontana, CA Sept 30—Oct 2 VARA– Shootout at the Ranch Pahrump, NV

To work an event and/or be added to the Flagging & Scoring mailing list, contact: Morris Berens @ mcberens@western-alliance.net

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Competition Points May 2016

Member Points

Associate Points

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Member Points Associate Points

Good Guy Points May 2016

Marilyn Gettys 330 Linda Maxwell 315 Juanita Fast 305 Jim Tulk 270 Morris Berens 250 Jim Elsten 240 Ken Thomas 230 Karen Lewis 225 Mervyn Radley 225 Greg Fast 210 Richard Sherwood 175 Bob Funk 175 Tom Jones 135 Iler Ganz 125 Bea Nickerson 125 Laurie Glumm 115 Phil Glumm 115 Les Thompson 110 Bobby Webster 110 Ron Springs 100 Ellen Lowery 100 Wayne Phalen 100 Sandi Sherwood 100 Dennis Connor 75 Ernest Prokopovych 75 Bruce West 75 Ronald Ferguson 75 Curtis Himmelberger 75 Lois Gettys 70 Richard Gettys 70 Stephanie Himmelberger 50 Dottie Blaydes 50 Amy Tulk 35 Mike Peters 30 Dawn Warren 15 Kassie Martinez 15

Ken Puryear 10 Tony Sage 10 John Gawley 10 Garth Reid 10 Glenn Zaretzka 10

Member Points-cont.

Bonnie Elsten 230 Marie Thomas 205 Barbara Funk 150 Rick Bush 115 Merry Glumm 115 Steve Lowery 100 Patti Ganz 100 David Aguilar 75 Patty West 75 Andrew Martinez 15 Donna Puryear 10 Leilani Webster 10

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Board of Governors Meeting Minutes May 5th, 2016

President Juanita Fast called the Long Beach MG Club Board of Governors meeting to order at 8:00 pm. Members Present: Morr is Berens, J im Elsten, Juanita Fast, Marilyn Gettys, Bob Lewis, Karen Lewis, and Ken Thomas. Guests: J im Tulk and Mar ie Thomas Minutes: A motion to accept the Apr il 2016 minutes as published in the May 2016 Spokesman was made by Bob Lewis and seconded by Ken Thomas. Approved by all, none opposed, no abstentions. Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer Mar ilyn Gettys distr ibuted schedules showing the revenues and expenses as of the end of April. She also presented bills for payment. Jim Elsten made a motion to approve the bills for payment; it was seconded by Ken Thomas. Approved by all, none opposed, no abstentions. Committee Reports: Membership: Membership Chairman Karen Lewis repor ted that 9 people have failed to renew. She will not be sending any more reminders. She has also not heard from three honorary members as to whether they wish to continue their memberships. Lastly, she stated that she has four longevity pins that have not yet been presented. There was discussion about Club Directories and Membership Cards. Currently, they are distributed at the beginning of the calendar year to all of the previous year’s members; either at the annual banquet or through the mail. It was brought up that some people have said they thought they must’ve paid their dues already if they received a Directory and Membership card. It was proposed to change the procedure, and provide the Directory and Membership cards to people only after they have paid their annual dues. The subject was tabled for further discussion at a later date. Social: Social Chairman Juanita Fast repor ted that she had nothing to report at this time.

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Events Museum Run – May 14, 2016 - Jim Elsten reported that the rally has basically been written, and he is looking for people to pre-run it. Marilyn Gettys and Jim Tulk volunteered to meet with Jim and pre-run it on Saturday. Steak Bake – August 13, 2016 – It will be at the usual site in San Pedro. Plans are proceeding. Double Day Rally – September 24 & 25, 2016 – Plans are moving forward. It will end in Tehachapi on Saturday, and return from there on Sunday, with a great dinner on Saturday evening. Great Western – It was decided that the rally would be run on October 22. St. Nix Trix Rally – Date to be announced. Concours: Ken Thomas repor ted that it cur rently has about 100 entries, and that the response from the judges has been very good, New Members: Karen Lewis repor ted that she had received two new member applications. It was also noted that the membership application for Bobby Webster was due for consideration. After a short discussion, it was approved by all. Points: Points Chairman J im Elsten repor ted that the Good Guy points had been updated to include the workers at the last VARA event. He had just received the list of workers for the Grand Prix and had not updated the points to include that as yet, but he would get it done prior to submitting the points totals to the Spokesman Editor for publication. Flagging: Flag Marshal Morr is Berens repor ted that the next club event will be at Buttonwillow on August 27 & 28. Scoring: No repor t. Raffle: Ken Thomas repor ted that there will be a raffle at the meet-ing. VARA has given the club a couple of goody bags to include in the raffle. Spokesman: Editor Bob Lewis repor ted that the May issue is out there, and he is working on the June issue.

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Website: No repor t. Merchandise: Karen Lewis repor ted that she has been checking on the availability of certain styles of shirts for next year’s LBGP. Old Business: None New Business: Long Beach Grand Prix – There was some discussion about Race Management, the Grand Prix, and possible future changes in the functioning of that relationship. No conclusions were made, and it was tabled to a future date. Club Meetings: It was noted that the club meeting on September 8th will be the 800th consecutive monthly meeting. Some ideas were brought up about special things that could be done to commemorate the event. Juanita stated she would talk about it in her President’s column and solicit comments/ideas. Flagging and Scoring: Bob Lewis brought up the fact that it is time to start looking at the club’s plans for the Flagging Team for 2017. Some discussion followed. Announcements: None. Meeting Adjourned: Morr is Berens made a motion that the BOG meeting be adjourned. The motion was seconded by Jim Elsten. Approved by all, none opposed. The meeting adjourned at 9:10 pm. Respectfully Submitted, Jim Tulk for Amy Tulk Recording Secretary

Our club meeting on September 8th will be the 800th consecutive meeting of the

Long Beach MG Club. Please try and join us for a very special

meeting.

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General Membership Meeting Minutes May 12th, 2016

President Juanita Fast brought the 796th consecutive monthly meeting of the Long Beach MG Club to order at 8:00 pm. Board Members Present: Morr is Berens, Jim Elsten, Marilyn Gettys, Bob Lewis, Karen Lewis, and Ken Thomas. Guests: Brad Coffman, although not really, since he has submitted his application for membership. Minutes: J im Elsten made a motion that the Apr il 2016 minutes be accepted as published in the May 2016 issue of the Spokesman. The motion was seconded by Morris Berens. All in favor, none opposed. Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer Mar ilyn Gettys repor ted the bank balance as of the beginning of the month. Committee Reports: Membership: Membership Chairman Karen Lewis repor ted that Bobby and Leilani Webster’s application for membership had been approved. They were present, were congratulated, and received a round of applause. She also noted that, as previously mentioned, she has received an application from Brad Coffman. She also has applications from Jim Dingwall and Marie Thomas. Lastly, she reported that a few of last year’s members have failed to renew. Social: No repor t. Events: Ken Thomas, Events Chairman, outlined the following events: Museum Run – May 14, 2016 – Rallymaster Jim Elsten explained that the rally will be simple, straightforward, and short so everyone gets to the restaurant in plenty of time to have lunch and get to the museum tour. The start is in the parking lot of Kettering Elementary School near his house. Anyone who wants to attend only lunch and the museum tour is welcome - he gave everyone the address of the restaurant, the Acapulco in Costa Mesa.

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Steakbake – August 13, 2016: Will include the Funkhana and the other usual stuff, as well as lots of good food, Double Day – September 24 & 25, 2016: Going to Tehachapi again; reservations have been made at the hotel and steak house. The invitations have been sent to potential participants Great Western – October 22, 2016 St. Nix Trix – Date to be announced. Concours: Ken Thomas repor ted that they have received about 130 entries and that they have about 80 judges. Mervyn Radley reported that he is still looking for judges for Saturday’s Hot Rod Show Points: Points Chairman J im Elsten repor ted that he has compiled the Good Guy points to include the Grand Prix and the last VARA flagging event. He is hoping to update the Good Guy and Competition points to include this weekend’s Museum Run before sending them for publication in the next Spokesman. Flagging: Flag Marshal Morr is Berens repor ted that the next flagging event will be a VARA event August 27 & 28. He will send out the flyer sometime in July. Raffle: Raffle Chairman Ken Thomas descr ibed the items on the raffle table:

WD-40 and towels Candle/BBQ lighter VARA towel and cookies Raisinettes “Howard” bobblehead VARA T-shirt 2XL Greeting cards Cabela’s Multi-Tool Pen & pencil set Chocorooms

Grand Prize: Dual LED light and magnifier set. Spokesman: Spokesman Editor Bob Lewis repor ted that he is working on the next issue, and definitely needs all of the submissions by this Sunday, the deadline,

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Website: It is running nicely. There is an idea being kicked around to add some club history. Merchandise: Merchandise Chairman Karen Lewis stated that she is more than willing to make up whatever type of club merchandise people would like to order. Long Beach Grand Prix: Nothing to repor t. Old Business: None New Business: None Clean Car: Before announcing this month’s winners, Juanita Fast presented the prizes to April’s winners. The clean and dirty car winners for May were: Clean Car: Ford Pickup – Bobby Webster

Alternate: Jeep Wrangler – Brad Coffman Dirty Car: Dodge Magnum – Ken Thomas

The winners were presented with prizes, and their photograph was taken by Marie Thomas, Club Photographer. Announcements: Juanita noted that the September 8th meeting will be the 800th consecutive monthly meeting for the club. She will note that in her President’s column and is looking for ideas to make it a special occasion. Adjournment: J im Elsten made a motion that the meeting be adjourned, which was seconded by Morris Berens, and approved by all. The meeting was adjourned at 8:27 pm. Following the Meeting: The Board of Governors met to approve payment of bills for insur-ance and site rental for Steakbake, and a couple of other expenses. A motion was made by Bob Lewis to pay the bills. It was seconded by Ken Thomas, and approved by all, no abstentions. Refreshments and Raffle: Mar ie Thomas served shor tcake with fresh strawberries and peaches. Ken Thomas conducted the raffle – the grand prize was won by Marilyn Gettys. Respectfully Submitted, Jim Tulk for Amy Tulk Recording Secretary

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Spokesman Subscrip ons The SPOKESMAN is available via the LBMG website in PDF format. If you wish to receive a printed copy via mail, the subscrip on price is as follows: US Mail …………… $36.00 per year Overseas Mail …….. $60.00 per year This price only covers the cost of mailing and prin ng. Prin ng cost is $2.00 per issue Mailing in US is $1.00 per issue Mailing Overseas is $3.00 per issue If you wish to subscribe, please send your check or money order to: Long Beach MG Club 2892 N. Bellflower Blvd. #327 Long Beach, CA 90815‐1125 Please include your Name and Address.

Thank You, Spokesman Editor Bob Lewis & the LBMG Board of Governors

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What's Happening, When and Where!

Board of Governors 8 p.m. Call a BoG member for location of each month's meeting Membership Meeting 8 p.m. College Park Clubhouse 808 Stevely Ave Long Beach Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Race Management http://lbmg-racemanagement.com/ Spokesman Contributions

and Contest Entries Bob Lewis

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Club Logo Merchandise

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