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UPCOMING EVENTSMarch 15th - TMCCC KennedaleMarch 15th - Club meeting and Board votingMarch 22nd - Car show @ Allen SamuelsMarch 28th - Cruise to Dinosaur ParkApril 18th - Mopars At The Motorplex7740 N. E. LOOP 820FORT WORTH, TX 76180817-276-7700Cowtown Mopars Performance TeamPO Box 162413Fort Worth, Texas 76161-2413Rush To:PlacePostageHere

March 2009THE STARTING LINEThe Official Monthly Publication of Cowtown MoparsCOWTOWN MOPARS WELCOMES OUR NEW CLUB SPONSOR7740 N. E. LOOP 820FORT WORTH, TX 76180817-276-7700Cowtown Mopars is happy to announce that it has returned home to Allen Samuels “NorthLoop” Dodge. As many of you already know, before the Club became known as Cowtown Mopars Performance Team, it was North Loop Dodge Performance Team. We are returning to our roots with thedealership and are looking forward to a long exciting relationship with them.Allen Samuels is also sponsoring the DFW LX Club and we will be doing some events togetherto show old school/new school Mopars, starting on March 22nd.As a Club Member, you will get NOS parts for 10% over cost, Special Order Parts for 15% overcost and Special Club Pricing on new vehicles. Whenever you go to the parts counter or see a salesmanto buy a car, let them know that you are a club member. We are going to move our April DealershipShow to September this year and will be doing our Annual Toy Drive there.A big thanks go to Tom Hervey – President/General Manager, Kevin Coder – Customer Relations Director, Don Fleming – Service Manager, Roy Benner – Parts Manager and all the AllenSamuels employees for welcoming us back. Lets show them that we are glad to be back and help support them as they are us. As we all know, it is a troubling time for everyone but especially the AutoManufacturers and Dealers.

From The Desk of El’ PresidenteMarch has arrived with a fury (not a Plymouth Fury). We have had severalmonths of laying back and taking it easy and the time has come for everything tostart up at once. By the time the newsletter comes out the Ronald McDonald Houseevent will be behind us. We have the first Muscle Car Challenge Race and the ClubMeeting and elections on March 15th. Be sure to attend the Club Meeting and placeyour vote for the Club Board.As you have read in the Sponsor Article, Allen Samuels Dodge is our new Sponsor. The DFWLXclub is also sponsored by them and is having a Car Show at the Dealership on Sunday, March 22nd from 12noon til 5:00 PM. We have been invited to attend and make it an old school/new school show. Let’s makea special effort to get our cars there to compete and make a good showing for our new sponsor. Lets showthem what Cowtown Mopars is made of and support the dealership like they are supporting us. KLUV willbe there and they will be serving free Hot Dogs. I hope to see many of you there.The next Saturday, March 28th we have our Cruise planned. Details will be found in the events section of the Newsletter.Well, it looks like a busy month so let’s get those Mopars out of the mothballs and get them rollingagain. I hope to see many of you soon and often.Mike BearcePresidentNEWSLETTERS and CLUB MEDIAAs usual I am running out of cars for 2009!! You need to get me your pictures and/or write ups!!I am compiling a computer CD with all of the pictures I have from various CMPT events. These arepictures taken by both myself and other club members. This disk will have at least several hundred pictureson it. If anyone wants a copy I will start bringing them to events starting on the 7th. My cost is about 1 perdisk so as usual, all I ask for is a small donation to cover my expenses.If you have a car of the month, and have not yet gotten your plaque, I bring the plaques to everyclub meeting. If you are unable to make the club meetings, I’m sure I can get it to you some other way.You can email me at:kmaisenbacher@cowtownmopars.comCLUB CONTACT INFOKirk MaisenbacherNewsletter GuRuCowtown Mopars Performance TeamPO Box 162413Fort Worth, Texas com

SPRING CRUISE - AN ONCORE PERFORMANCELast fall, the club put together a Saturday cruise that covered about 160 miles of pretty North Texascountryside, along with a delicious lunch at Babe's in Granbury. Everyone that went had a great time. Manywho could not make it, asked us to plan another cruise, and the original participants supported the idea ofmaking it a regular event.On Saturday, March 28th, the CMPT is planning a cruise to Dinosaur Valley State Park, just northof Glen Rose, TX. We will have two meeting locations. For those who live in the northern portion of DFW,we will be meeting at 8:30 am, at Allen Samuel's North Loop Dodge, in North Richland Hills. Suggest wemeet on the east side of the dealership, as there is a north/south street that will keep us out of traffic. Thedealership is closed on Saturdays. We will leave as close to 8:30 as we can in order to get to the secondmeeting place.For those members in the southern and western environments, we will meet at 9:00 am atthe Benbrook Antique Mall, 9520 Benbrook Blvd. (Hwy. 377 South), in Benbrook. The mall is on thenorthwest side of 377, directly across from Tractor Supply Co. We plan to leave no later than 9:15, but asusual, it will probably be 9:30. (We all know how this works).We will cruise down Hwy. 377 to Granbury, staying on the by-pass south of town, until we reachHwy. 144. We take a right on 144 south to Hwy 67, then right on 67 west to and thru Glen Rose, continuingwest to FM 205. Take a right on FM 205 and that will take us north to Dinosaur Valley.The park charges a 5.00 per person entry fee for those 13 and older. Twelve and under arefree. Lunch is a "bring your own" affair. The park is on the Paluxy River and contains a large number ofdinosaur tracks located in the riverbed.For the trip back, those who want can go into picturesque "old" Glen Rose and see the town squareand courthouse, and drive along the river road back out to Hwy 67. Additionally, we can leave Glen Roseon FM 56, and go north and get within viewing distance of the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant. Fromthere, it is back into Granbury and home. We should have everyone back home no later than 5:00 pm.See ya there!

BOARD NOMINATIONSVoting for the 2009 Board Members will take place at the end of our March 15th. We will wait until the endof the meeting for anyone that is coming to the meeting after the race at Kennedale. We will open the floorto nominations one more time before voting commences.Remember, you need to be a member in good standing with your 2009 dues paid before you will beeligible to vote.Mopars At The MotorplexThis year at Mopars At The Motorplex we will be having a judged car show. We have a joint committee madeof members from both Dallas and Cowtown Mopars to help organize everything.As usual, we are in need of people the day of the show to help. We will NOT be handling registrationmoney, so that will make our lives much easier. However, we still need people to help with Registration,Judging, parking control and selling 50/50 tickets, etc.We will have 32 classes in the show. There will NOT be a “Race Class” since most race cars will beracing. Due to logistical issues, Cars in the show cannot participate in the race.If you would like to volunteer to help contact Dave Mandato, Ken Key, or Kirk Maisenbacher.ITEMS FOR SALE2007 Kawasaki Ninja ZX1000D, 2,650 miles, 3 year transferable extended factory warranty, 7,900(purchased May 3rd 2008).1971 Road Runner, rusty, 383, auto, no engine or trans, blue/blue.1971 Satellite Sebring plus, no engine, trans w/ slapstick auto, 383, Winchester grey w/black and blueinterior extra parts---grills, RR hood, 2 flat hoods, 2 doors, deck lid, and much more.Both cars and a bunch of parts 3500Mark Buchananbbuchanan8@juno.comcell 214-727-4324ITEMS WANTED8 3/4 center section with suregrip, 742 or 489 case, prefer 3.73 to 4.10 ratio. Must be in good condition.Also, I am looking for an A-body automatic center console.Prefer local pickup. Call or email Mark 214-458-4418, or mskuzia@yahoo.com for either of theseitems.

The Go Fast(er) DepartmentMark Buchanan - Race Team CoordinatorHEY SEVEN TIME TMCCC CHAMPIONS!!!!We will have our first TMCCC race at Kennedale March 15th. I hope everyone has had a chance togo to one of the local tracks and knock some rust off in preparation for this year. I have been out twice andmy best so far is a 7.29 @ 92.8 mph. Ron is working on a third race in Denton and maybe one more. I willlet you know. See ya at Kennedale. Gates open at 8:00am.We will be having a car show at the Ronald McDonald House in Ft. Worth on March 7th from 10amtil 2pm. They will be filming the show and playing a portion of the video at the Mopars at the Motorplex.Thanks to Marty Robertson for putting this together so quickly.I hope everyone is planning to be at the Mopars at the Motorplex this year. I'm getting REAL excited about it already! This will be the kind of event that you take a day of vacation for if you normally haveto work on Saturday. The Mopars at the Motorplex flyer has been finalized. In the last few weeks we havehanded out over 600 flyers at The Dallas Autoroma and The Ft. Worth Rod & Custom. Thanks to DallasDodge for supplying all of the color flyers for us. The second and final ad for the Mopar Collectors Guidehas been sent in by Mike Miller. The magazine will be out soon. Some of our sponsors were listed on thead, but it is not too late to be a 2009 sponsor.The sponsor levels for 2009 will be:Level one: "Event vendor" 250Level two: "Associate sponsor" 500Level three: "Race class sponsor" 1000Level four: "Race class sponsor" 1500Level five: Event "Presented by" sponsor 5000See yaBeep! Beep!Mark BuchananRace Team CoordinatorThe Cowtown Mopars Race Teamis proudly sponsored by:

Mopar Events ScheduleJust in case you actually needed a reason to drive your Mopar!!TMCCC Race - The first TMCCC race of the season takes place at Kennedale on March 15th, 2009. Gatesopen at 8am.CAR CLUB MEETING - Sunday, March 15th, 2009 at 5pm. Billy Bob’s Texas. Remember that we havesecure parking and we get a 10% discount of Risky’s Barbeque inside Billy Bob’s. THIS IS VOTINGDAY!!MOPAR SHOW - Sunday, March 22nd at Allen Samuels Dodge on Loop 820. Noon until 5pm. This showis being put on by the DFW LX Club.CLUB CAR CRUISE - With the success of the November club cruise to Granbury, we are looking to plananother cruise, possibly on March 28th. Information will be put out as soon as it is known for sure.MOPARS AT THE MOTORPLEX - April 18th, 2009 - Texas Motorplex, Ennis - This year the eventwill feature both drag racing AND an all-Mopar car show.MEMBERSHIP INFORMATIONIt is time to renew your membership for 2009!! Please submit an up to date membership form with your renewal so that we can update our records and ensure that you continue receiving club newsletters and emailnotifications of events. Current CMPT dues are as follows:Single Membership, New 25 / Renewal 15Family Membership, New 35.00 / Renewal 25Membership applications are included on the last page of the newsletter and are available on the club website.Remember to check for up to date events and club news at http://www.cowtownmopars.comAlso, remember to check the club message board at: http://www.aimoo.com/forum/freeboard.cfm?id 415517Or click the “Message Board” link on the club website.

March 2009 Car Of The MonthRick Brownell’s 2005 PT TurboI went to our toy run and this is the toy I got. It's a 2005 GT Turbo PTCruiser convertible. Ever since the Dakota got run over by a gravel truck it wasnever the same. I was looking for a replacement when I went to the toy run andsaw this car in the used car lot. I knew, after taking it around the block, that it hadto come home with me. Low mileage and loaded with extras. I love it and it goesnicely with Susan's PT limited. I know Chryslers are an old mans car so this oldman has one.Stumpy