Hey all!

Are you registered for Corvette Funfest this year? If not, you're missing out on the world's largest Corvette party and the biggest year yet! We already have twice the amount of vendors and suppliers than last year confirmed to attend! We have 50+ vendors for you to check out this year!

To name a few:
Accel Performance
Adam's Premium Car Care
Advanced Composite Specialties
Airaid
American Hydro Carbon
Baer Brakes
BBK Performance Parts (They've already dropped their truck off!)
Borla Performance
Bowler Transmission
Callaway Corvettes
Corvette America
Dana Forrester
Edelbrock
Factory Repro Exchange
Forgeline Wheels
General Motors
Granatelli Motorsports, Inc.
Hagerty
Jasper Engines & Transmissions
Lingenfelter Performance Engineering (Bringing Ken Lingenfelter's 720HP 2015 Z06 - pictured below)
Mecum Mobile Experience
Midwest Mobile Dyno
Muscle Car & Corvette Nationals
National Corvette Museum
National Council of Corvette Clubs
Ron Fellows Performance Driving School
Stand 21
Straightline Performance
United Pacific
XPEL Technologies

And SO many more! We also have a number of special guests this year including:
George Barris (King of Kustoms)
Linda Vaughn (Miss Hurst Golden Shifter)
Dennis Gage of My Classic Car (at the Jasper Engines booth)
Dennis Pittsenbarger (this year's Master of Ceremonies and writing for VETTE Magazine)
And more!

With all of these new suppliers, we have tons of new seminars that will be going on all weekend! Adam Pitale from Adam's Polishes will be giving some spectacular detailing seminars! We have also completely revamped the awards ceremony for the celebrity choice awards! You could get a chance to meet Bill Stephens, Maria Prekeges, and Michael Brown of Corvette Nation! They will be here filming for season 3!

If you're part of a Corvette club, we will be hosting a special Corvette Club Challenge Day where club members will be competing against other clubs in some exciting automotive related activities. The winning club will have the chance to win some great prizes and gift certificates in the Club Challenge Cash Cage! Let me know if your club wants to participate, aside from social media coverage, I will be the club liaison at Funfest!

Hardee's will be hosting the first ever Thickburger Eating Contest at the Small Funfest Stage on Saturday, September 19th as well! You can learn more about the rules here! http://corvettefunfest.com/News.aspx

Mike Terry will also be bringing his 1954 Corvair Re-creation Motorama Car to display this year! I saw this thing in Bowling Green for Corvette Homecoming and it was by far the best thing I had seen all weekend, it's truly a piece of art! It is pictured below in the main hall at Corvette Homecoming!

Original Beach Boys guitarist and founding member David Marks will be here playing with the Surf City Allstars on Saturday, September 19th at 8pm! Two tickets are included with your registration!

There are just tons and tons of other activities and attractions that will be here this year and we hope that you will be a part of the fun! You won't want to miss out on what is gearing up to be the biggest Funfest yet!

You can register and learn more about Funfest here:
http://corvettefunfest.com/?KC=849

I hope to see you guys here next month!!

-Nick

 

How late can we pre-register online?

If we don't pre-register, can we still get in? If so, costs, details on where to enter, etc.

 

You can certainly register on site when you arrive if you want to receive your goodie bag, but to make things easier on yourself, I'd recommend registering prior to the event to make sure you can still get the right size t-shirt in your goodie bag, some sizes sell out pretty quick for on site registrations. The cost for registering on site is the same as it is now, so there's no extra charge to register on site, but pre-registering is one less thing to worry about when you arrive!

If you wish to register when you arrive, all Corvettes will enter through Gate 4 here on our grounds and the parking crew will direct you where you need to go depending on your registration type or whether or not you have to pick up your parking pass or register.

If you simply wish to come as a spectator you'd enter through Gate 5 and pay a $2 parking/admission fee and you'd be in for the day and be able to enjoy all of the seminars and other events for free. But, you wouldn't receive your goodie bag that comes with registration and includes some great stuff, including a 10% off all retail purchases buyer's card. Without registering, your Corvette would also not be eligible for the celebrity judge awards.

You can still register online or over the phone up until the day before the event (9/16) as well. We do two mailings to send out parking passes, one has already been done. The cutoff date is Labor Day. If you register before Labor Day, you will be mailed your parking pass, if you register after Labor Day, you will just have to pick your parking pass up here when you arrive.

-Nick

 

Waiting to see what the weather brings...........

It's a fun event and would love to come again; haven't been there in a while.

 

This will be my tenth year there.

 

You are close! Closer than me.......

I think I went in 01-07; haven't been since. Would like to go again!

 

We have been going since the first one! Our daughter was 6 months and in stroller and now 21 and driving our roadster. We have seen rain and shine and the place is set up GREAT to park and to get around.

Hope to see fellow CF members there
wro87

 

It's still a bit out and plenty can change, but it looks like the 17th and 18th will be iffy on rain, but Saturday and Sunday will be sunny and warm! Fingers crossed! A lot has changed since your last visit, we'd love to see you out here!

-Nick

 

This will be a great year to celebrate number 10 then! This year is going to be packed with new stuff to do! Looking forward to seeing you here!

-Nick

 

That's fantastic! I definitely like your taste in family outings! I'd love for you to share your story with our Facebook page! Feel free to make a post to our page and I'll feature it on our page if you feel so inclined! Can't wait to have you all out this year!

-Nick

 

Like every year, we will also have our for sale corral and plenty of swap areas for some serious bargain hunting!

-Nick

 

As we continue getting the grounds ready for Funfest, we thought it'd be fun to shoot this quick video and give you a guys some behind the scene looks at the preparation for Funfest and one of the newest features we've added this year!

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJvH...ature=youtu.be

 

We've been having some beautiful weather as we continue getting the grounds prepared to welcome all of you to Funfest! There's still plenty more tents and structures that will continue to be set up over the next week! Banners, signs, flags, and more will be decorating the landscape soon!

We are also looking forward to welcoming Bob and Leola Klosterbuer to ‪Corvette Funfest‬ as the leaders of this year's Fun Run Road Tour! This 1948 Chevy COE/1964 Corvette combo will be leading the pack as we make our way through the countryside to downtown Effingham! With the help of some friends and family, Bob and Leola were able to restore both of these vehicles to their former glory! Can you believe this '64 was found in a chicken coop! The restoration was an obvious success and we look forward to seeing this beautiful combination at the front of the line on Thursday, the 17th!

See you next week!



-Nick

 

Hoping the weather holds out.

 

Me too! It's looking it should be pretty nice so far! Fingers crossed! It's been pretty good the last couple years though!

-Nick

 

Condon Skelly Collector Vehicle Insurance will be here during Funfest with a special treat for all registered attendees! When you arrive to pick up your goodie bag, one of the receipts you are given will be a door prize ticket that you can drop off at their booth inside the Fun Dome!

Before the concert Saturday night, THREE winners will be drawn and will each receive a $500 gift certificate to Mid America Motorworks! So don't forget to check your receipts when you arrive and drop off your door prize ticket for a chance to win a FIVE HUNDRED dollar gift certificate just for being here!

See you next week!

-Nick

 

I'm excited to say that we are just ONE WEEK away from Corvette Funfest 2015! This is always my favorite time of the year, the last few days before the show when all of the 'Vettes start flooding in and fill up the streets in town! My wife will hate me because every time I see a Corvette when we're out and about, I yell "POP QUIZ!" and she has to spot the Corvette I saw and guess what generation it was I've done this to her ever since Funfest last year after she volunteered and worked the show with me, she picked it up pretty quick!

It's safe to say that I'm just a little excited for Funfest to get underway! See you all next week!

-Nick

 

I am thinking about not registering and only come as a spectator. If I drive my Corvette do I still enter at gate 5, or do I go to Gate 4 and only pay $2 for parking in the Corvette parking section?

 

Nick,

In regards to having pinstripping done on a small item (by Louis Allison), do I need to schedule an appointment?

 

If you are coming as a spectator, you would enter through Gate 5 and pay the $2 parking. As I mentioned, you would be missing out on a lot of benefits that come with registration. The two tickets to the Saturday night concert that are included with registration are worth $30, let alone all of the other items that are included. The $35 for registration gets 2 people in to the event all four days on top of the goodie bag items.

You're free to choose whichever option you'd like! If you're planning on being here more than one day, you could always enter as a spectator the first day and decide if you'd like to register for the rest of the time you're here!

Regardless, I'm just happy you'll be here!

-Nick