1,000 African American Corvette Owners Converge in Bowling Green for First Cultural Awareness Corvette Weekend

Corvettes have always been trendsetters.

Now the car is serving as the inspiration for the first-ever Cultural Awareness Corvette Weekend, with hundreds of African American Corvette enthusiasts in Bowling Green Aug. 18-20.

Organizers hope to make it an annual event, a real possibility since interest was so high that registration had to be cut off at 1,000 enthusiasts because of space restraints.

Working under the motto of “Galvanizing and Uniting the African American Corvette Community,” CACW is offering tours, technical seminars, track opportunities, networking, parties, food trucks, scavenger hunt, 50/50 drawings, silent auctions, door prizes, and lots of fun, organizers say.

The event started at the Sloan Convention Center on Thursday night, and this weekend, participants and their Corvettes will be in plentiful supply around the National Corvette Museum.

Marvin Mayberry, Chicago Crossroads Corvette Club president, told WNKY News 40 that “you can actually look here tonight, and you’re probably gonna see over $10 million worth of cars.”

Natasha Spencer-Coley of Vette Masters of Florida added that “you can feel the love of the great American sports car, the love of family and fellowship with friends. I wouldn’t be anywhere else in the world this weekend.”

The final banquet event, slated for Saturday and known as the “Ring of Honor,” will recognize selected movers and shakers that have positively influenced the Corvette community, including Will Cooksey, former Bowling Green Assembly Plant manager; Joseph Thomas, a retired officer with the Michigan State Police and a member of the National Corvette Museum Board of Directors; Randall King, long-time enthusiast known as the “Corvette Doctor,” and Rosalind Stokes and Sabrina Robertson, founders of Wow-That’s It Premium Detailing Supplies that is the first car care product engineered by women and the second African-American company to sell at the NCM.

According to the event’s website: “The mission of the Cultural Awareness Corvette Weekend Inc. is to provide an annual opportunity for Corvette enthusiasts throughout the United States to come together and experience and celebrate the cultural and ethnic diversity that exists amongst Corvette owners while contributing to the development of educational and economic opportunities in the host community.”

Proceeds will go to the African American Museum-Bowling Green dedicated to recovering, documenting, preserving, and presenting the history of African Americans in the Bowling Green area. Proceeds will also go to support the Historic Railpark at L&N Depot in Bowling Green. This historic national landmark allows you to see, touch, hear and explore important railroad artifacts of the region’s heritage.

Source:
wnky.com

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