We have had a couple of people that have contacted us through the website requesting information about the club. We are happy that people have found their way to us, particularly as the weather is starting to warm up from an unusually cool and wet winter. Rest assured, we will be planning many events in the upcoming months and we look forward to meeting any members or interested persons that we have not met yet.

Come along and share the fun and camaraderie that can be had with the club, the people and the cars of Tampa Bay Roadsters.

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

Happy New Year! Our next event will be a Pre Super Bowl Party, to be held on Saturday January 31 at the Sandbar Restaurant on Anna Maria Island, close to Sarasota, Fl. We look forward to seeing everyone there and hope to see some new faces as well. We are expecting several visitors from up north that have escaped the cold and are looking for warmth and friendship. If you are planning on coming please rsvp on this site or on http://www.skyroadster.com to the thread  Pre Super Bowl Party. That way we can plan adequately for the number of people that are coming.

Central Florida Mod Meet, February 28, March 1, 2009

We, along with Jacksonville Roadsters and Central Florida Roadsters, will be hosting a Mod Meet for all Kappa cars on February 28 and March 1 in the Orlando area. As of this writing we have not yet locked in a hotel. We will have that information soon. We are pleased to announce that we will have several vendors at the meet, these will include GM Roadster, DDM Works and JPM Coachworks. We look forward to working with these outstanding companies to bring you the best of mods that are available to make your roadster what you want it to be. Please add your name to the RSVP list so we know who to expect, that way we can let our vendors know and make plans for the what we will be doing the 2 days.

For those coming to the Mod Meet, check this thread on Skyroadster. com for all the information you need to know.

Florida Meet and GMR tuning day

We are delighted to announce the formation of the Tampa, Florida Chapter of the GM Roadster Car Club.

Founded April 2008, the Tampa Bay Roadsters is the Kappa club for west central Florida. We have just started building the club and are hoping to add many members to the ones that have already decided to be part of this.

Our local chapter has identified the following event goals:

• Monthly Rides and/or Dinner Events
• Check the Rides/Maps page for upcoming events
• Regional Rides and Events
• National Rides and Events

We welcome everyone to come run with us and enjoy the friendship of other Kappa owners.

Our next event will be held at SmokinAsBBQ on the evening of August 16th. We have been invited to a car show starting at 7:00 pm and lasting until 11:00 pm. SmokinAsBBQ is located at 3643 W. Waters ave. in Tampa. The restaurant has a website at : http://smokinasbbq.com/ This event is for cars and clubs of all ages and styles and the owner sought out local clubs and contacted me through this website for the invite. I thought it would be a good time for a get together, as we have not had one since early June and being an evening function would be cool enough to come out and sit and visit. As of this writing I have already received RSVPs from five of our members who are planning on attending. As always. if you can't attend this event there will be future opportunities to hear what's planned and meet other members. We would love to see more people, more cars and more friends and really make this into a premier club. Come and join us, we'd like to have you along.

At the show we had Barry, Chuck, Dave (new member) and Ric,we had a good time talking and just spending time together. We're trying to figure out a meet and greet for next month, if anyone has any suggestions. We'll be going to Don Garlits museum in Ocala in late October. Hope we can get the whole group together for that ride.

Tail of the Dragon June 2008

Barry and I went up to Tail of the Dragon in late June and I had a wonderful time. Doug and Ginny were there also and seemed to have a good time from when we saw them.This is a picture of the run on friday. We had 37 cars on this run, you can imagine the looks we got, on the road, and as we went through a couple of towns. People stopped and stared as we had our parade. Unfortunately Barry's car broke down on the first day's runs and he was unable to get all that we had gone up there for. It seems that his car is finally back running properly and he's ready to get involved in running around with us again.

The twisties were a lot of fun and it was great seeing what the car could really handle. I hope you like the pictures of the area and the runs.

The picture above was taken at Fontana Dam on friday night, as we all got together for a group pic. Never seen so many Kappas together. Here we had stopped for gas before the run. How many cars at a gas station at one time? Sure we made the owners happy. For those who haven't gone, you might consider this for a road trip next year. Great people, great scenerey, lots of fun.

  More pics from Tail of the Dragon below.

On June 1st we held the Best of Pinellas Run. We had a total of 9 cars that came along for the ride. We started at Tampa's International Mall with a breakfast and then drove to Philipe Park in Clearwater, where we took a few pictures of all of us together.

We then went up to the sponge docks in Tarpon Springs, across the Dunedin Causeway and down along the beaches. We got some great looks from the people along the way and I would say that everyone had a great time together.

Thanks to all of you that came and made this a great day for the start of what I'm sure will be a great club. A special thanks to Jeff Donald for setting up the run for us, it was well layed out with good maps.