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Pictures by Pete Manos, Phil Ginsberg, Richard Millier, Ralph Mangino, Tom Smith, and Keith Fuerst
The fact that the
5th Annual All Firebird Lawn Show at
A car show this big doesn’t just happen. It
takes a lot of work. The driving force behind
the show is founder Tom Smith and co-founder
wife Sandy Smith who handled all the
organizational details from A to Z. They are
certified Special Olympics coaches and Firebird
owners. They lead a dedicated group of
volunteers to produce this ever growing event.
The volunteers are judges Joe Carey, Neil
Silberkleit, Eddie
Barra, and Keith
Fuerst; the
registration queens Sandy Smith, Susan Banker,
Arlene Delaney and Sandy Byron; the food and
beverage staff David, Lisa and Trish Lord.
Special Olympics volunteers Judy
Keehan, Mary
Schwartz, and Chris Radz
sold raffle tickets. FNONA member Keith
Tanny sold 50/50
raffle tickets with half of the proceeds going
to Special Olympics. Special Olympics athletes
Brian Smith, Todd Byron, Jennifer Delaney, and
John Schwartz selected the winner of the
Athlete’s Choice trophy and gave out ribbons to
25 of their favorite Firebirds. Athlete DJ
Nolan provided the music and announcements.
On
Friday afternoon there was a meet and greet at
the
There was some top quality eye candy in the
form of Firebirds in all directions on the show
field. Cars included a pristine 69 T/A Ram Air
III and 70 T/A Ram Air IV, both owned by Ray and
Kathy DeCrescenzo.
These cars drew an instant crowd that lasted
most of the day. Other birds of note included a
94 25th anniversary T/A
Firehawk convertible, 1 of 2 made, a 77
T/A with a 502… 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, and 30th
Anniversary Trans
Ams,
and a 74 SD 455. Also some black and gold
Special Editions, a few Sprint 6 Firebirds and
some very well cared for high mileage Firebirds
and Formulas of all years made a strong
presence.
Thanks go out to Alan Edstrom of
2006 7th Annual Texas All Pontiac Show
by Penny San Marco
The
South Central Texas Chapter held their 7th
Annual Classic Car Show in Seguin, Texas on
Sept. 16, 2006. We had 127 classic cars and the
show was a great success. There were some very
nice Trans Ams and Firebirds shown, several
owned by Club members and more in the non Club
classes. We were very fortunate to have a very
rare ’73 Brewster Green Trans Am Super Duty 455,
1 of 252 produced, shown at our show. It is a
gorgeous concourse quality rotisserie
restoration and we were grateful to our son,
Greg San Marco, for bringing it to the show.
Thanks to The National Firebird & TA Club for sending several door prizes and goody bag items that helped contribute to a wonderful show.
This year’s show is scheduled for October 6, 2007.
2006 All Firebird Lawn Show Report & Photos
I’m happy to report that the 4th Annual Firebird Lawn Show at the Saratoga Automobile Museum was a complete success! The weather was almost perfect-sunny, warm and not too humid. This year’s show was the largest to date- 109 Firebirds, T/As, Firehawks, GTAs showed up in Saratoga from 9 states and Canada to share our love of Firebirds and raise money for the Special Olympics. A total of 4100 dollars was raised, another show record.
Some of the cars at the show were-a 74 SD 455, a Notchback GTA, Notchback Formula, a #2 of 6 2002 Mecham Trans Am, 80,81, 89,96 pace cars, a Father (20th anniv. T/A) and Son (25th anniv. T/A), a 67 Firebird stuffed with a built 455, KITT, Bandits- most of them met up at a hotel and arrived at the show in one long line!! A bone stock 80 turbo Bandit T/A... well not exactly, under the hood was a twin turbocharged 455 putting out 848 hp at the rear wheels!! WOW. Talk about a sleeper!! Yes the owner had the dyno paper work to back up those numbers. Once again the quality of cars was amazing.
I’d like to thank my fellow NFTAC members who made it to the show. Also the members of Firebird Nation of North America who attended and Trans Am Country- many who drove three, four and up to eight hours to get to the show.
Thanks to Rob, Frank and NFTAC for providing items for the show. Hope to see you at the next show on July 7, 2007.
Keith Fuerst
The 22nd annual Trans Am Nationals were held the weekend of August 25-27, 2006 in Dayton, Ohio. The staff of the National Firebird & T/A Club are always at this event because of the large number of Firebirds and Trans Ams that always are present. Sue Emmel and Becky Bayes and the rest of the "crew" did their usual fine job.
The turnout was great and Trans Ams as there
were approximately 600 Firebirds and Trans Ams
with many fine examples of all generations.
It was great to meet so many of our members at
the show and we thank you for all of the many
complements about the club itself.
A great time was had by the attendees and the 23rd Annual Trans Am Nationals is scheduled for August 24-26, 2007. Take a look at all the great cars and we know we will see you there!
