The Saturday, February 10th  FRMC Member Meeting was called to order by President Larry Standiford during lunch at Romano’s Italian Restaurant at 5666 S Windermere Street in Littleton, CO.

Submitted by Tom Ferguson, Secretary/Treasurer

Larry Standiford
Karen Standiford
Tom Ferguson
Jim Dowdell
Terry Frank
Wendell Salas
Gregg Lehnerz
Bonnie Lehnerz
Travis Reeder
John Revesz

 The Club has 29 paid family memberships so far for 2024.  Tom has been approached by 3 more prospective members, but the bad weather has kept them from attending our last two member meetings.  Our newest members are Mike and Sandy Adragna, who have a 2016 Shelby GT350 and hope to be at the March meeting.
Occurring in early April is the MCA’s 60th Anniversary Celebration of the Mustang at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama and a caravan is organizing to drive there from Denver starting April 1st (details below in Events of Interest).  Also, on Sunday the 14th, the Early Mustang Club of Colorado will be conducting their Annual National Mustang Day Cruise.   We’ll publish more details as they develop.  SAAC Colorado has expressed an interest in both our clubs joining to celebrate Mustang Day either through this cruise or something else.  Stay tuned for more developments. 
Mike Thomas is developing plans for 2024 Mustang Enthusiast outings including an early Spring Guanella Pass/Georgetown cruise with a breakfast stop at the Shaggy Sheep Restaurant off Hwy 285 and a Memorial Day weekend Yellowstone Mustang Rally Run to Cody, Wyoming including overnight stays in the historic Irma Hotel.  Past rallies are featured in the Yellowstone Mustang Rally Facebook page and the website and dates for the 2024 event are now listed in the Events of Interest section in these minutes.  Mike is also working on a “once in a lifetime” Route 66 “The Mother Road” excursion that could be done in sections or the whole route from Chicago to Santa Monica around the second week in September.  Mike will be reporting periodically on these plans as they develop.
Wendell Salas provided an update on June’s upcoming Rocky Mountain Mustang Roundup to be held on Thursday to Saturday May 13th to the 15th.  The Mountain Tour will be a drive up Pikes Peak from 10 to noon on Thursday, June 13th with the Autocross held on Friday at Pikes Peak International Raceway.  There will be no open track day at PPIR this year, but the popular Show ‘n Shine and other concluding activities will finish off in Cripple Creek with the host hotel, the brand new Chamonix Casino Hotel.  Also, the 2024 Bullitt Nationals will be held at the Roundup.  The website for registration and event details is included in the Events of Interest section at the end of these minutes.
With the driving season getting closer every month, your officers are looking for ideas for driving/show events to keep our Mustangs busy.  Some suggestions discussed so far include:

• A road trip to Colorado Springs to view the National Museum of World War II Aviation
• Visit the Colorado Model Railroad Museum in Greeley
• Tour the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden
• Visit the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver
• Tour Cars Remember When in Englewood with their always changing inventory
• Road trip to Wyoming next April 8th to view the Total Solar Eclipse
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Other suggestions are very welcome.  Contact one of the officers with your ideas as FRMC is always looking for more volunteers and input.

FRMC’s next event will be a tour of The Vehicle Vault in Parker on March 2nd from 10am to 12:30.  Tom sent out an email for registering for this on February 11th, but if you missed it, contact him for details or see the listing for the tour in the Events of Interest section in these minutes.
Wendell Salas volunteered to look into arranging a track day at High Plains Raceway for members this summer.  We had an extended discussion during the meeting about what this would entail and the enthusiasm level was high.
The next FRMC meeting will be Saturday, March 9th at Romano’s Italian Restaurant in Littleton at 5666 S. Windermere Street at 11am.  Tom Ferguson will be attending the IndyCar series opening race in St. Petersburg, FL that weekend so any volunteers to take notes for the March meeting will be greatly appreciated.
      
      The following list represents Upcoming Club or other Events of Interest  
February 1 – April 29 – Hurrah for the Red, White & Buick Exhibit, Forney Museum of Transportation, 4300 Brighton Blvd, www.forneymuseum.org
March 2 – FRMC Tour of the Vehicle Vault Museum in Parker 10am-12:30pm.  18301 Lincoln Meadows Parkway.  See Tom Ferguson’s 2/11/24 email for details.  www.vehiclevaultco.com.
March 9 – FRMC Member Meeting at Romano’s Italian Restaurant, 5666 S Windermere St, Littleton, CO at 11am
March 9-10 – 45th Annual Tri-State Auto Exhibition, National Western Complex, 4655 Humboldt Street, Denver, www.tristatesautoshow.com
April 1 – Begin Stampede to the 60th Caravan Drive to Birmingham, AL, - 8:10am Phil Long Ford, 7887 W Tufts Ave, Denver 80123, Register at www.coloradomustangstampede.com
April 5-7 – Mustang 60th Anniversary Celebration, Birmingham, AL – Barber Motorsports Park, www.mcashows.com
April 11 - FRMC Member Meeting at Romano’s Italian Restaurant, 5666 S Windermere St, Littleton, CO at 7pm
April 14 – National Mustang Day Cruise 10am – 1pm coordinated by the Early Mustang Club of Colorado, Denver, Register at www.coloradomustangstampede.com
May 18-19 – Rio Grande Mustang Club MCA Regional Show, Albuquerque, NM, www.riograndemustangs.org
May 23-26 – 5th Annual Yellowstone Mustang Rally including overnights at the historic Irma Hotel in Cody, Wyoming.  Details should be appearing soon in the Yellowstone Mustang Rally Facebook page and are at www.yellowstonemustangrally.com.  
May 24-26 – MCA National Show/Track Event, Gravois Mills, MO – Ozark International Raceway
www.mustang.org
June 9 – Colorado Concours d’ Elegance Car Show, Arapahoe Community College
June 13-15 – Annual All Ford Car Show & Colorado Mustang Stampede, Steamboat Springs, register at www.coloradomustangstampede.com
June 13-15 – Rocky Mountain Mustang Roundup, Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek, CO, www.rockymountainmustangroundup.org
August 9-11 – MCA Mustangs at the Crossroads National Show, Des Moines, IA – www.mustangsatthecrossroads.org
October 11-13 – MCA National Show, Savannah, GA – www.savannahmustangclub.org
October 27 – Fairmount Cemetery Trunk or Treat, 430 S Quebec St, Denver, 7pm-9pm
Standing Events
Last Saturday of every month in Englewood, CO - Caffeine & Chrome at Gateway Classic Cars, 14150 Grasslands Drive, 9am-12pm weather permitting, www.gatewayclassiccars.com
The first Highlands Ranch Hot Rodder’s Cruise Night starts April 27th at the Rusty Tapp BBQ, 311 E County Line Road, Littleton and will continue into the Fall on the last Saturday evening of the month info@hrhotrod.com.
       If you have an event you’d like posted to the above list or the Club website Bullett-n Board, bring an informational flyer to an upcoming Club meeting.  Updates on future Club Meetings and activities of interest will be posted on the  www.frontrangemustangclub.org website calendar.

Treasurer, Tom Ferguson, reported the Club had $2,440 in the Vectra Bank checking account as of the meeting date.  The account is in good shape to pay for the order of 17 FRMC polo shirts and the annual Mustang Club of America Club Liability Insurance policy ($483) later this month.  FRMC dues for 2024 are $50.00 and can be sent to Tom at 525 Fox Hunt Circle, Highlands Ranch 80126.  Please make the dues checks out to FRMC rather than Tom.

President Larry reiterated his hope that FRMC could earn another coveted MCA President’s Award in 2024 and cited some progress on that front with two members already registered for the MCA National in Des Moines in August and John McNurney having submitted an article on his 1965/66 carryover Shelby GT350 to the MCA’s Mustang Times magazine.  Also, although it doesn’t count toward the President’s Award, several FRMC members have already registered to attend the Rio Grande Mustang Club’s MCA Regional Show in Albuquerque May 18-19.