We celebrated Veterans Day 2010 with an all-Corvette car show hosted by the California Automobile Museum and Just for Corvettes and sponsored by Woodland Motors and 92.1 KHITS on Sunday, November 7 from 10am – 3pm in the Museum parking lot and parking lot next to the Museum.

The event was free for spectators and included an awards ceremony, raffle, booths from Veterans organizations, Corvette Care and other vendors, and more! Food was available for purchase from JR’s Texas BBQ.

Veterans and active military received free admission to the Museum this day and on Thursday, November 11.

Despite the rain, we had nearly 100 Corvettes participate and had a good turnout on spectators as well.

Next year’s event will be held on Saturday, November 5th and we have made sure the forecast is for clear skies that day!

Thank you to our sponsors, raffle donors, and all the volunteers who helped out on our first annual Vettes for Vets show - we look forward to seeing you in 2011!

1st Place People’s Choice Trophy sponsored by Corvette Express

2nd Place People's Choice Trophy sponsored by Corvette Care

3rd Place People's Choice Trophy sponsored by Maita Chevrolet

Director's Choice trophy sponsored by High Tech Tire Service

Farthest Distance Award sponsored by Hooters - Rancho Cordova

President's Choice Trophy sponsored by United Health Group

Body and Paint Choice Award sponsored by MetalworX Body and Paint

Veteran’s Choice Award sponsored by Corvette Care

Shuttle Service between the Museum and event site provided by Paratransit

Printing sponsored in part by AlphaGraphics

VENDORS

Corvette Care
JR's Texas BBQ

Raffle Items Included:

• 2 night stay week-day stay, dinner and a show at Harrahs/Harvey's Lake Tahoe (value $400.00)
• Private tour and barrel tasting for up to 8 people at Perry Creek Winery (value $120.00)
• Green fees with two carts for two players (week days only) at Morgan Creek Golf and Country Club
  (value $100.00)
• 2 sets of fangs, one for a C5 and one for a C6, donated by SacCityCorvette (combined value $105.00)
• $100.00 gift certificate from American Hydrocarbon
• Ruby and diamond ring from Sharif Jewelers (value $300.00)
  
   

The California Automobile Museum had a special display of the six generations of "America's Sports Car," the Corvette, leading up to the 1^st Annual Vettes for Vets all-Corvette car show and community event on Sunday, November 7^th. From 11/01/10 to 11/07/10 there were unique examples of each of the six generations of Corvette. This special exhibit included an original un-restored 1954 roadster with only 68,000 miles on its clock; a beautiful “Silver Pearl” 1966 coupe with a wonderful race history and the lore of changing hands in a poker game before being restored to its original glory; a NCRS Top Flight Award winning 1969 big block coupe with another unique history and set of accessories that are only seen on historic Corvettes like the ones given to Apollo astronauts; a 1995 King of the Hill ZR1 with its unique and powerful drive train; a rare 2003 ZO6 in a unique color scheme and only 3,000 miles on its odometer; and finally, also on display was a new 2011 C6 on loan from Woodland Motors to finish up the time line for the six generations of Corvettes.