The Torrington McDonalds Cruise Nights are getting alot of rair. The  Bad weather is sure to pass soon. Lets look foward to more of the same great cruise nights at the downtown McDonalds. Marks Cruise was postponed due to wet field conditions. Hey, lets look foward to good weather soon.

Another cruise is held on Thursday nights in Windsor Locks at the Knights of Columbus, then on Sundays look to Torrington again, but at Wendys on East Main. Make note that this cruise is sponsored by a different club. Check out the VCWCC calendar by clicking on "Events" on this sites home page for all the good cruisin stuff and car shows in our area.

 See ya out there! 

The VCWCC joins with all of its "brothers in vehicles" throughout Connecticut and the greater area in expressing its sorrow in learning of the passing of Lou Avitabile.

Friend of The Club, Thunderbird Lou reports:

The Holidays are upon us. There is no stopping the calendar. We will have to get out the fuel stabilizers and do the right thing. It is invevitable. Now that you are resigned to the winter coming, keep an eye out for the cool winter activites that the Valley Classic Wheels Car Club has planned for 2007. In the works are trips to The Boston World of Wheels Car Show in January, and a special meeting at Manchester Motor Cars in February. The VCWCC has already booked a few dates for 2007, so if your group or concern would like to have us be a part of your 2007 event, please plan to contact us soon. Happy Holidays and make them safe.

FLY-IN HAS BEEN POSTPONED ONCE AGAIN. The Simsbury Flying Club along with the Valley Classic Wheels Car Club have decided that the prediction of 100 PER CENT RAIN will cancel the Fly In and Car Show for a second Sunday. The Clubs met today at the airport to do the final set-ups but instead, made this decision to postpone until OCTOBER 8th.

Please join the SFC and The VCWCC for the second of our rain dates. Show cars may arrive anytime after 8 AM. From Bradley Airport: Take State Route 20 to Granby, then take Route 10 South towards Simsbury. Turn left onto Floydville Road, then right onto Wolcott.See you there! From Simsbury: Take 10/202 North past Wagner Ford/Nissan and past the Skating Center of CT. At the light, turn right onto Wolcott. The Airport is ahead 1 mile

Congratulations to each and every one of the nearly 400 car show participants. You are all winners for coming out and supporting the Valley Classic Wheels Car Club and the local charities that will benefit from our show.

Here are the class winners for the 2006 VCWCC Benefit Car Show

[Class, Name, Car, Model]

Class A: Ken Kostek, 28 Ford, Roadster Model A

Class B: John/Bea Scheib, 32 Buick Model 57 S

Class C: Dick Vincent, 28 Chrysler Sports Roadster

Class D: Anthony Adams, 32 Franklin Airmail

Class E: John Gagliardi, 37 Ford Woody

Class F: Greg Calkin, 40 Cadillac Model 40-7519

Class G: Mike Milton, 48 Dodge Deluxe Town Sedan

Class H: Richard Johnson, 29 Rolls Royce Phantom II

Class I: John Holobinko, 59 Jaguar XK-150S OTS

Class J: Morris Salame, 59 Mercedes SL

Class K: Darren Wood, 67 Firebird

Class L: John Bowne/James Reber, 52 Chevy Maxim Fire Engine

Class M: Reggie L’Heureux, 54 Ford Victoria Crestline

Class N: Mike Behrens, 66 Ford Thunderbird

Class P: Sharon Brainard, 51 Pontiac Catalina 2 Door Hard Top

Class Q: Mike O’Brien, 57 Chevy Bel Air

Class R: Howard Miller, 56 DeSoto Firedome

Class S: Steve Krilyno, 57 Studebaker Golden Hawk

Class T: Rob Brainard, 63 Mercury Comet 522

Class U: Ken/Mary Sanzone, 69 Ford Mustang Mach I

Class V: Dan Levasseur, 65 Pontiac GTO

Class W: Mike Farrell, 67 Chevy Camaro

Class X: David McGarrigle, 57 Chevy Corvette

Class Y: Larry Phillips, 62 Chrysler 300 Convertible

Class Z: Rick Barrows, 75 Ford Gran Torino (Starsky+Hutch)

Class AA: Steven Wantek, 72 Oldsmobile Cutlass

Class BB: Rich/Pattie Silva, 71 Chevy Malibu

Class CC: Fil Ferrauto, 80 Pontiac Turbo Trans Am

Class DD: Joel Olko, 71 Plymouth Barracuda Convertible

Class FF: Connie O’Brien, 36 Ford Cabriolet

Class GG: Rick Foy, 50 Ford Club Coupe

Class HH: Dan Bowen, 50 Chevy Pick Up

Class II: Ken Ward, 53 Chevy Model 3100

Best of Show went to a Class M contestant;

John Colucci of Durham, CT with his 1956 Ford Glasstop

If you are looking for some great photos of the 5th Annual Benefit Car Show, why not go to the following sites and view what they have in store for you. Go to www.hotcarsofct.com and view the two photo-shows. And DRC-FM has some pix on their site. If you go to their photo gallery link on the left hand side of the main page, you will find 20 shots taken by the DRC staff of the event. Their link is www.drcfm.com. Thanks everyone for taking the shots at our show and making them available to our viewers.

Just a BIG THANK YOU to all the folks who turned out for our FIFTH ANNUAL BENEFIT CAR SHOW. Thanks to the car owners, the spectators and the celebrities who made our day special. Please watch for more stuff from the event such as photos. We are trying to get that issue fixed right away as we know that you want to see the pictures we have of both this and last years shows. We appreciate your patience in that matter.

GEEZE, will somebody do something about all this RAIN. The VCWCC is prepared for an onslaught of vehicles, nice weather and big crowds because we trust that we will once again be blessed with a great day for our event. We are expecing large crowds because of all the pent-up feelings associated with being rained out of all the other great events. We are happy to say that the Simsbury show does not have to deal with wet fields like some other shows where rainfall leading up to the event becomes an issue. Lets all hope that this weather system will change its course for the sake of all the car shows that are planned around our tiny window of cruisin time. See you at the shows!