FRMC Meeting Minutes
Meeting Date and Location
The Thursday, September 12th FRMC Member Meeting was called to order shortly after 7pm by President Larry Standiford at Romano’s Italian Restaurant at 5666 S Windermere Street in Littleton, CO. The meeting was well attended with 29 members present.
Attendees Included
Larry Standiford
Karen Standiford
Tom Ferguson
Wendell Salas
Gary Spencer
Jillian Spencer
Mike Thomas
Travis Reeder
Shelly Reeder
Terry Frank
Dan Gaddy
John Revesz
Paul Revesz
James Dowdell
Ron Fox
Ann Fox
Joe Bolis
Larry Cooper
Art Apple
Bonnie Apple
John McNurney
Larry Snodgrass
George Thomas
Ken Weathers
Chrissy Weathers
Bill Anderson (new member)
Bill Anderson Jr (new member)
John Rullo (new member)
Nancy Rullo (new member)
Karen Standiford
Tom Ferguson
Wendell Salas
Gary Spencer
Jillian Spencer
Mike Thomas
Travis Reeder
Shelly Reeder
Terry Frank
Dan Gaddy
John Revesz
Paul Revesz
James Dowdell
Ron Fox
Ann Fox
Joe Bolis
Larry Cooper
Art Apple
Bonnie Apple
John McNurney
Larry Snodgrass
George Thomas
Ken Weathers
Chrissy Weathers
Bill Anderson (new member)
Bill Anderson Jr (new member)
John Rullo (new member)
Nancy Rullo (new member)
Old Business
The Club has 44 paid family memberships so far for 2024 with the addition of Bill and Joan Anderson, his son Bill Junior and his wife Lacee, plus John and Nancy Rullo. The Anderson’s share a 2004 Mach 1 and the Rullos’s enjoy a 2018 Shelby GT350. There will be more details on these new members when Tom Ferguson sends out the updated FRMC Member Roster.
August and early September featured a large slate of shows and events and FRMC members were active participants in several including the Tri-Lakes Cruiser Show in Monument, the State Farm Insurance Show at the Main Event in Highlands Ranch, the Shelby American Collection Car Show and Party in Boulder, the Sturgis Mustang Rally in South Dakota where Ken and Chrissy Weathers and their family members won numerous awards including Silver and Bronze Badges with their two Mustangs, and the Early Ford V-8 Club All Ford Day at Sheridan High School.
FRMC Club Polo Shirts – With the exception of one shirt, all the orders have been delivered. A total of 10 shirts were ordered this round and the next cycle of orders probably won’t occur until next year. If anyone has an idea for changing up the shirts in the future, please discuss it with Tom Ferguson.
August and early September featured a large slate of shows and events and FRMC members were active participants in several including the Tri-Lakes Cruiser Show in Monument, the State Farm Insurance Show at the Main Event in Highlands Ranch, the Shelby American Collection Car Show and Party in Boulder, the Sturgis Mustang Rally in South Dakota where Ken and Chrissy Weathers and their family members won numerous awards including Silver and Bronze Badges with their two Mustangs, and the Early Ford V-8 Club All Ford Day at Sheridan High School.
FRMC Club Polo Shirts – With the exception of one shirt, all the orders have been delivered. A total of 10 shirts were ordered this round and the next cycle of orders probably won’t occur until next year. If anyone has an idea for changing up the shirts in the future, please discuss it with Tom Ferguson.
New Business
A road trip to Colorado Springs to view the National Museum of World War II Aviation
Open Lapping Day at High Plains Raceway near Byers – It’s official…we are going to hold a half day (1pm – 5pm) session for $149 per driver at High Plains on Thursdays, October 10th. The weather will be cooler, but not cold and it’s usually dry that time of year. I know from experience that a half day is plenty of track time on the fabulous HPR road course and I guarantee you will have a great experience. No prior experience is needed and the track personnel lead new comers around the track so you can gain familiarity before starting open laps. The gates open no later than 11:30 and I strongly suggest arriving around that time as we will need to do some preliminary vehicle inspections of things like brake fluid levels, tires, removal of loose items from interiors and trunks, helmet distribution (if you don’t have one to bring) and most importantly attending the mandatory driver/rider meeting at 12:30. If you miss that, you don’t get on the track. Also, be sure to fill up your gas tanks at the Love’s Travel Station in Bennett on your way to the track. You will use a fair amount of gas open lapping. You need to preregister with High Plains to participate at www.highplainsraceway.com where you will find more info on what should be a great experience. If you plan on participating, please let Tom know so we have an idea how big our presence will be. We aren’t renting the track exclusively for our club, so preregistering early is a good idea.
Annual Chili Feed – Dan Ryhal and Cathy Wagner have once again volunteered their beautiful home in Pine for the club’s fall Chili Feed. We decided to follow our track day at High Plains on October 10th with the Chili Feed on Saturday, October 12th starting at 11am. We’ll also conduct our October Club Meeting at the Chili Feed. Dan and Cathy are located at 15737 Pine Valley Road in Pine. If you use GPS to find the address, don’t be fooled if it says you have arrived and you don’t see any cars yet. My GPS is usually about a tenth of a mile premature with that announcement. Just keep going and then you will soon see all our cars. The colors should be really great by this point in October and the roads are paved all the way. This is a pitch-in event so bring your favorite chili in a crockpot or side dishes such as chips, sour cream, drinks and dessert. The Chili Feed has always been a great way to close out the Club’s fall activities. I’ll be asking for rsvp’s early in October so we can judge our food needs and let Dan and Cathy know what’s coming.
Last month, Dick Thompson shared info on how the Club can be one of the Featured Car Clubs at Gateway Classic Cars Monthly Caffeine and Chrome Car Show in 2025 and get up to a $200 donation for having up to 20 cars displayed. This sounds like a great opportunity and we should discuss picking a month at our October meeting as we forgot to do it in September.
The next FRMC meeting will be Saturday, October 12th in conjunction with the Chili Feed described above. Starting in November on the 9th, FRMC will switch to our Winter schedule of holding monthly meetings on Saturdays at 11am at Romano’s Italian Restaurant in Littleton at 5666 S. Windermere Street.
The following list represents Upcoming Club or other Events of Interest
September 21 - Parker 6th Annual Car & Bike Show Block Party, 11am-4pm, Mile High Harley-Davidson, 6280 E Pine Lane, Chelsea 303-343-3300
September 21 – Lakewood American Legion Post 178 Car Show, 10am-1pm, 1665 Simms St, Dave Dupree 303-238-9723
September 21 – Broomfield Days Car Show, 6:30am-3pm, South Midway Park, 900 W Midway Blvd, benefits SRB Cares Adult Programs & Meals on Wheels, 720-263-0119
September 28 – Northglenn/Thornton O’Meara Ford Car Show & Shine, 7am-2pm, O’Meara Ford, 400 W 104th Ave, Van Jeffries 719-495-9114
September 29 – 20th Annual Cool Colors of Autumn Charity Car Show presented by the Highlands Ranch Hot Rodders, 9am-1pm, Kaiser Permanente, 9285 Hepburn St, benefits American Legion Post 1260, Ron Latine 720-201-7007
October 10 – Open Lap Day at High Plains Raceway, 11:30am-5pm, 93301 E US Hwy 36, Deer Trail, CO 80105 (near Byers), Preregister at www.highplainsraceway.com More info above in New business
October 11-13 – MCA National Show, Savannah, GA – www.savannahmustangclub.org
October 12 – FRMC Annual Chili Feed and Monthly Meeting, 11am-2pm, Dan Ryhal & Cathy Wagner’s mountain residence at 15737 Pine Valley Rd, Pine, CO. More info above in New Business
October 27 – Fairmount Cemetery Trunk or Treat, 430 S Quebec St, Denver, 7pm-9pm
November 9 – FRMC Member Meeting, Romano’s Italian Restaurant, 11am, 5666 S Windermere St, Littleton
December 7 – FRMC Holiday Party, The Club at Rolling Hills, Golden, CO, 10am-2pm
Standing Events
Every Monday thru October 28th – Bowlero and Cars Show, 5pm-7pm, 2530 County Line Rd, Highlands Ranch, CO, www.bowlerocoloradocarshow.com
Last Saturday of every month in Englewood, CO - Caffeine & Chrome at Gateway Classic Cars, 14150 Grasslands Drive, 9am-12pm weather permitting, www.gatewayclassiccars.com
Second Saturday of every month in Parker, CO – Expresso & Exhaust at the Vehicle Vault, 18301 Lincoln Meadows Parkway, 9am-12pm weather permitting, www.vehiclevaultco.com
Second Saturday of every month in Littleton, CO – Littleton Car Show at Old Crow Antiques, 10081 W Bowles Ave at 1pm, www.littletonhotrodcruise.com
Fourth Saturday evening of the month into the Fall - Highlands Ranch Hot Rodder’s Cruise Night from 4pm-9pm at the Rusty Tapp BBQ, 311 E County Line Road, Littleton info@hrhotrod.com.
Every Saturday - Evergreen Cars and Coffee at Olde’s Garage, 3639 Evergreen Parkway from 9am-noon benefitting Mt Evans Hospice of Evergreen (June 1-Aug31), David 720-308-3942
Every Thursday – Cars Among the Evergreens at 24887 Genesee Trail Rd, Golden, 6pm-8pm, organizer Arthur R Burke IV, 616-405-3024, www.burkecarphoto.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.
- 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
- A track day at High Plains Raceway for members (see below).
Open Lapping Day at High Plains Raceway near Byers – It’s official…we are going to hold a half day (1pm – 5pm) session for $149 per driver at High Plains on Thursdays, October 10th. The weather will be cooler, but not cold and it’s usually dry that time of year. I know from experience that a half day is plenty of track time on the fabulous HPR road course and I guarantee you will have a great experience. No prior experience is needed and the track personnel lead new comers around the track so you can gain familiarity before starting open laps. The gates open no later than 11:30 and I strongly suggest arriving around that time as we will need to do some preliminary vehicle inspections of things like brake fluid levels, tires, removal of loose items from interiors and trunks, helmet distribution (if you don’t have one to bring) and most importantly attending the mandatory driver/rider meeting at 12:30. If you miss that, you don’t get on the track. Also, be sure to fill up your gas tanks at the Love’s Travel Station in Bennett on your way to the track. You will use a fair amount of gas open lapping. You need to preregister with High Plains to participate at www.highplainsraceway.com where you will find more info on what should be a great experience. If you plan on participating, please let Tom know so we have an idea how big our presence will be. We aren’t renting the track exclusively for our club, so preregistering early is a good idea.
Annual Chili Feed – Dan Ryhal and Cathy Wagner have once again volunteered their beautiful home in Pine for the club’s fall Chili Feed. We decided to follow our track day at High Plains on October 10th with the Chili Feed on Saturday, October 12th starting at 11am. We’ll also conduct our October Club Meeting at the Chili Feed. Dan and Cathy are located at 15737 Pine Valley Road in Pine. If you use GPS to find the address, don’t be fooled if it says you have arrived and you don’t see any cars yet. My GPS is usually about a tenth of a mile premature with that announcement. Just keep going and then you will soon see all our cars. The colors should be really great by this point in October and the roads are paved all the way. This is a pitch-in event so bring your favorite chili in a crockpot or side dishes such as chips, sour cream, drinks and dessert. The Chili Feed has always been a great way to close out the Club’s fall activities. I’ll be asking for rsvp’s early in October so we can judge our food needs and let Dan and Cathy know what’s coming.
Last month, Dick Thompson shared info on how the Club can be one of the Featured Car Clubs at Gateway Classic Cars Monthly Caffeine and Chrome Car Show in 2025 and get up to a $200 donation for having up to 20 cars displayed. This sounds like a great opportunity and we should discuss picking a month at our October meeting as we forgot to do it in September.
The next FRMC meeting will be Saturday, October 12th in conjunction with the Chili Feed described above. Starting in November on the 9th, FRMC will switch to our Winter schedule of holding monthly meetings on Saturdays at 11am at Romano’s Italian Restaurant in Littleton at 5666 S. Windermere Street.
The following list represents Upcoming Club or other Events of Interest
September 21 - Parker 6th Annual Car & Bike Show Block Party, 11am-4pm, Mile High Harley-Davidson, 6280 E Pine Lane, Chelsea 303-343-3300
September 21 – Lakewood American Legion Post 178 Car Show, 10am-1pm, 1665 Simms St, Dave Dupree 303-238-9723
September 21 – Broomfield Days Car Show, 6:30am-3pm, South Midway Park, 900 W Midway Blvd, benefits SRB Cares Adult Programs & Meals on Wheels, 720-263-0119
September 28 – Northglenn/Thornton O’Meara Ford Car Show & Shine, 7am-2pm, O’Meara Ford, 400 W 104th Ave, Van Jeffries 719-495-9114
September 29 – 20th Annual Cool Colors of Autumn Charity Car Show presented by the Highlands Ranch Hot Rodders, 9am-1pm, Kaiser Permanente, 9285 Hepburn St, benefits American Legion Post 1260, Ron Latine 720-201-7007
October 10 – Open Lap Day at High Plains Raceway, 11:30am-5pm, 93301 E US Hwy 36, Deer Trail, CO 80105 (near Byers), Preregister at www.highplainsraceway.com More info above in New business
October 11-13 – MCA National Show, Savannah, GA – www.savannahmustangclub.org
October 12 – FRMC Annual Chili Feed and Monthly Meeting, 11am-2pm, Dan Ryhal & Cathy Wagner’s mountain residence at 15737 Pine Valley Rd, Pine, CO. More info above in New Business
October 27 – Fairmount Cemetery Trunk or Treat, 430 S Quebec St, Denver, 7pm-9pm
November 9 – FRMC Member Meeting, Romano’s Italian Restaurant, 11am, 5666 S Windermere St, Littleton
December 7 – FRMC Holiday Party, The Club at Rolling Hills, Golden, CO, 10am-2pm
Standing Events
Every Monday thru October 28th – Bowlero and Cars Show, 5pm-7pm, 2530 County Line Rd, Highlands Ranch, CO, www.bowlerocoloradocarshow.com
Last Saturday of every month in Englewood, CO - Caffeine & Chrome at Gateway Classic Cars, 14150 Grasslands Drive, 9am-12pm weather permitting, www.gatewayclassiccars.com
Second Saturday of every month in Parker, CO – Expresso & Exhaust at the Vehicle Vault, 18301 Lincoln Meadows Parkway, 9am-12pm weather permitting, www.vehiclevaultco.com
Second Saturday of every month in Littleton, CO – Littleton Car Show at Old Crow Antiques, 10081 W Bowles Ave at 1pm, www.littletonhotrodcruise.com
Fourth Saturday evening of the month into the Fall - Highlands Ranch Hot Rodder’s Cruise Night from 4pm-9pm at the Rusty Tapp BBQ, 311 E County Line Road, Littleton info@hrhotrod.com.
Every Saturday - Evergreen Cars and Coffee at Olde’s Garage, 3639 Evergreen Parkway from 9am-noon benefitting Mt Evans Hospice of Evergreen (June 1-Aug31), David 720-308-3942
Every Thursday – Cars Among the Evergreens at 24887 Genesee Trail Rd, Golden, 6pm-8pm, organizer Arthur R Burke IV, 616-405-3024, www.burkecarphoto.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's Report
Per Treasurer, Tom Ferguson, the Club had $1,582.75 in the Vectra Bank checking account as of the meeting date. 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. Tom is holding the name tags for members Jeff Wilson, Todd Griffin, and Jim and Susan Johnston. Please come to a future event to get your tags, guys!
MCA Report
The Standiford’s and Spencer’s attended the August 9-11 MCA Mustangs at the Crossroads National Show in Des Moines, Iowa and reported that it was a good event and their Mustangs both took home Gold Badge Awards. Congratulations for representing FRMC so well! The last national show is October 11-13 in Savannah, Georgia and next year’s schedule is in development. President Larry encouraged all FRMC MCA members to cast their votes for the MCA Board of Directors slate for next year as soon as possible.