Call to Order:  The Thursday, September 11th FRMC Member Meeting was held at Romano’s Italian Restaurant at 5666 S. Windermere Street in Littleton, CO.  The meeting was called to order by  Treasurer/Secretary Tom Ferguson at 7:20pm after food orders were placed with 25 members and one potential new member present as detailed below. 

Larry Standiford
Tom Ferguson
Jim Dowdell
Terry Frank
Danny Gaddy
Art Apple
Ron Fox and Ann Fox
Dean Gianarkis
Kenny Weathers and Chrissy Weathers
Joe Bolis
Keith Johnson
Mike Thomas and Nadine Bride
Rick Mori and Heidi Mori
Mary Sue Powell
Tom Rupprecht
Frank Herbst
Gary Krasche and Joyce Krasche
Jack Redmond
John Revesz
Paul Revesz
John Krieger (potential member)

The Club has 47 paid family memberships so far in 2025 which is the highest count since Tom has been associated with FRMC.  We finished 2024 at 44 family memberships.
        Members reported on shows attended since the Club’s last meeting including the Tri-Lakes Cruisers Benefit Show in Monument, the Sturgis Mustang Rally in North Dakota, the Shelby American Collection Car Show and Party in Boulder, and the Early Ford V-8 Car Show in Sheridan.  Of special note was the Sturgis Rally where Kenny and Chrissy Weathers showed both their Mustangs and won two Bronze awards and Keith Johnson took part in the autocross with his GT350R.
       As noted last month, the Club was asked to provide a Mustang or two for a photo shoot for the Mullen High School Mustangs’ 2025-26 Cheer Squad on Saturday, August 16th.   Tom Ferguson and Joe Bolis (a Mullen alum) brought their Shelby GT350s which are fifty years apart in age for the photo session and by the time these minutes are mailed, Frank Herbst will have some informal shots from the session posted in the Gallery section of the FRMC website, www.frontrangemustangclub.org.
       There are several more events of interest rounding out the year as noted in the Upcoming Club or Other Events of Interest list below.

A potential new member, John Krieger, attended September’s meeting.  John’s family has a long history with Mustangs and he currently has a low mileage, rare 2013 Boss 302 Laguna Seca that our members all appreciated hearing about.  We hope you decide to join us soon, John.  
      The Club has its first S550 GT500 now as Tom Rupprecht traded in his beloved, highly modified white Mustang GT for a striking rapid red 2021 Shelby GT500.  Tom brought the car to September’s meeting and it is a beauty.        
       With Fall fast approaching, if the Club wants to repeat last year’s open track half-day at High Plains Raceway we need to pick a date to register and then meet up at the track.  Open dates on High Plains schedule include the following Thursdays and Fridays: 9/18, 9/19, 9/25, 10/3, 10/9, and 10/10.  The cost for an afternoon (1pm-5pm) session on Thursday or Friday is $149 per driver and attendance at the mandatory drivers/riders meeting is at 12:30pm.  Pre-track day registration (required) along with all the pertinent info is at www.highplainsraceway.com.  If you are interested, please communicate the date you want to Tom Ferguson and he will let you know if we have enough interest to make this an official Club outing like last year.
        Upcoming shows for September include the Lakewood American Legion Car Show on the 20th and the Highlands Ranch Hot Rodders Cool Colors of Autumn show on the 28th.  Details on these shows are shown below in the Events of Interest section.
         Please note two big Club events coming up:  The Annual Club Chili Feed will be held again at the mountain home of Dan Ryhal and Cathy Wagner in Pine on October 11th  and FRMC is the featured car club at the October 25th Caffeine and Chrome show at Gateway Classic Cars in Englewood .  Tom Ferguson will be polling members for participation and food contributions for the Chili Feed later in September and if we provide 10 vehicles for the Caffeine and Chrome Show in October, Gateway will contribute $200 to the Club’s treasury.
         The next FRMC meeting will be held concurrent with the Chili Feed on Saturday, October 11th at 11am at the mountain home of Dan Ryhal and Cathy Wagner (details below).  In November, we will switch to our Winter schedule of Saturday morning meetings.  We may hold the first one at Atomic Cowboy off Quebec Street in Englewood.  Dean Gianarkis is coordinating the arrangements so stay tuned.
        The following list represents Upcoming Club or other Events of Interest  
September 20 – Lakewood American Legion Car Show, 8am-3pm, 1655 Simms St, Free to Enter, buffet-style breakfast at 8-10am, opening ceremony 10am, bake sale 10am-1pm, BBQ lunch 11am-1pm, awards presented 1:30pm, enter at news@alpost178.org or register at show
September 28 – 21st Annual Cool Colors of Fall, Highlands Ranch Hot Rodders Charity Car Show, 9am-1pm, Kaiser Permenente Parking Lot, 9285 Hepburn St, Highlands Ranch, Food Trucks on Site and $5 Breakfast Burritos while they last, info@HRHotRod.com
October 11 – FRMC Chili Feed & October FRMC Member Meeting, 11am-2pm, Dan Ryhal & Cathy Wagner’s home at 15737 Pine Valley Road, Pine, CO 80470
October 25 – FRMC Featured Car Club at Gateway Classic Cars Caffeine & Chrome Show, 9am-12pm, 14150 Grasslands Drive, Englewood 80112
December 6 – FRMC Holiday Party, 10am-2pm, The Club at Rolling Hills, 15707 W 26th Ave, Golden, CO 80401
 
Standing Events
First Saturday of every month in Lafayette, CO – Cars & Coffee at Flatirons Church, 355 W South Boulder Rd, 7am-10am, Garr – 303-641-0965 or Boulder County & Surrounding Areas Cars & Coffee on Facebook
First Saturday of every month May thru Oct - Golden Super Cruise, South Golden Rd, 5pm, www.goldensupercruise.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
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 in front of Evergreen Country Day School at 1036 El Rancho Rd, Evergreen, from 9am-noon, benefitting local charities (June 7 – August 30), David 720-308-3942.  This is a new location.
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
Every Sunday Afternoon – Classic Car Show, Dairy Queen (just south of Ken Caryl Ave), 7576 S Pierce St, Littleton 80128
       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.

Per Treasurer, Tom Ferguson, the Club had $1,788.53 in the Vectra Bank checking account as of the meeting date.  FRMC dues for 2025 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 Todd Griffin, Jim and Susan Johnston, Candy Thompson, Bill and Joan Anderson and Dave Marsh.  Please come to a future event to get your tags, guys!

Next year’s MCA National schedule which will feature  two shows within driving distance of Denver.  Ozarks International Raceway will host another National on Memorial Day weekend in Gravois Mills, Missouri and Tulsa will be the site of another National later in the year on July 24-25.

CCCC Report:  

Keith Johnson reported that there was no meeting in September, but noted that the emissions testing fees for Front Range vehicles will be doubled in 2026 to $50.  The FRMC  members’ reaction to this was uniformly negative as the general consensus about the program is that it is a waste of time and money with a failure rate of one percent and most vehicles contributing to Front Range pollution aren’t tested or carrying up-to-date licenses.