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Our Annual Summer Picnic at the Moose Club Join us for a fun-filled day at our Annual Summer Picnic @ the Moose Family Center on Fuller Road in Chicopee MA on Sunday July 27th. The events starts off at 12:00 PM till 5:00 PM with plenty of free parking for your Corvette. Enjoy delicious appetizers to start with before moving on to the main course of hamburgers, hot dogs, garden salad, potato salad, baked beans, Corn on the cob and watermelon. There will be a cake for dessert. A cash bar will be open for your favorite beverages. Entertainment this year will be provided by none other than the great "DJ Sheri A" as she emcees an afternoon of music, games and trivia for all to participate. Her style and appeal will keep you entertained all afternoon as she DJ's on her very first event. Lets all wish her a very successful premier a start of a new career. A sure not to be missed event! Tickets for the picnic are priced at $20.00 per person. $21.00 when paying on line. $1.00 service fee for charging fees. Tickets can be purchased by mailing your check or by seeing Sheri at our monthly meetings. We would like you to also RSVP on our events page as this gives us a listing of who's attending. You can mail your payment to: Corvette Club of Western Mass C/O Sheri Anderson 600 Suffield St. #73 Agawam, MA. 01001 Pay by Credit or Debit Card Here Thank You for your Payment as we will be looking forward to seeing you at the Picnic Click here to RSVP to Picnic

JOIN OUR CLUB ! Joining the Western Massachusetts Corvette Club is more than just driving your Corvette. Connecting with fellow enthusiasts and building friendships in a close-knit community of passionate Corvette Owners. Enjoy camaraderie, shared adventures, and a love for these incredible cars that brings us all together. Become a part of our vibrant family! Benefits of Joining our Club The Western Massachusetts Corvette Club is a very active club with over 60 events throughout the 2025 season. We start activities in April with our first cruise of the year, and will run right up until December with the Laying of the Wreaths across America in the Agawam Veterans Cemetery. In between these months we are busy holding two car shows to raise funds for our philanthropy to which this past season we have donated $8,700.00 to various charities as selected by the members and board of directors. Last years recipients were Baystate Childrens Hospital and The Springfield Resuce Mission, Jimmy Fund, Belchertown Lions Club, and the Melha Riders. Below is a sample list of activities and events that we hold and attend during the year, I'm sure you'll all agree that we just love to drive our Corvettes, everywhere and anyplace! Cruises - Local areas of interests, such as Saratoga Car Museum, Old Orchard Beach, Car Shows, Breweries, Wineries. Car Shows for Veterans- Last year attended the Northampton VA Medical Center, And The Holyoke Soliders Home Car Shows- Corvettes @ Carlisle, Vettes on the Beach, in New London CT., Corvette Night @ the Daily Grind in Southwick, Corvette Night @ the Moose Club, Corvette Night @ Buttery Brook in South Hadley, Misquamicut Cruise Night at the R.I.Shore, Corvette night @ the K of C in Chicopee. Parades- The club does participate in various local parades such as The Memorial Day Parade in Ludlow, The Fourth of July Parade in East Longmeadow, and the Veterans Day Parade in West Spfld. Social Events- We hold many social events around the area for members to attend, just to hang out and have dinner at some of our fine local establishments in the Western Mass area. These are just some of the events that were held and one is not obligated to attend. We know people have other activites with family events, but as you can see we are a busy club year round. Other membership benefits as being a member of the Corvette Club. As one of our Corporate co-sponsored businesses that being Central Chevrolet in West Springfield, Massachusettes, offers an array of benefits to club members, such as the following: Member Discounts at Central. • 15% discount on service for any make or model vehicle up to $500 per visit. • 10% discount on GM parts in-stock only. • 10% discount on GM accessories • 10% discount on Detailing and Ceramic coating. • $500 towards the purchase of any new or used vehicle. On top of all offers. Membership to the club is a $50.00 fee per member, which also includes one significant other. Membership is good for one 1 year and is renewable every January for the next calendar year. You can click on the link below to sign up and pay your membership fees safely through our secured web site. Membership Form & Payment Contact Any questions or comments, please e-mail or call me. Tom Patnaude President cfourvette@comcast.net 413-231-4979

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Kim R. Baker 2025 National Corvette Museum Hall of Fame and a Member of the Corvette Club of Western Mass Kim Baker’s career racing Corvettes can best be summed up in one word: Dominance. During the 1980s, when a network of privateer racers led Corvette’s motorsports efforts, Baker assembled a team that dominated the Sports Car Club of America’s (SCCA) endurance racing division. Baker’s operation, Bakeracing, was one of the best Corvette teams in the business. He and his fellow Corvette racers so thoroughly crushed their competition that for 1988 the SCCA no longer allowed the Corvette to race in the World Challenge Endurance Series, and the Corvette Challenge Spec Series was formed for 1988 and 1989. Following two years working with the Corvette Challenge Spec Series, Baker turned his attention to the development and testing of the ZR-1, pushing the “King of the Hill” Corvette to its limits. While he later ventured into other types of motorsports, Baker’s deeds in speed made him synonymous with boosting the performance reputation of the C4 Corvette. Baker grew up in Western Massachusetts and got his start in motorsports at a young age. He took after his father, who was a service manager at a new car dealer and did a bit of racing in the 1960s. Kim began by racing quarter midgets and karts as a boy. Once he turned 16 and earned his driver’s license, he achieved success quickly, winning the national SCCA autocross championship in 1976 in the A-Modified Unlimited category driving a Super Vee. Baker piloted various cars over the next few years as he competed in SCCA road racing in the Northeast. He would typically purchase a car, race it once or twice, then sell it in order to buy a different one. Then came 1984, which proved to be a major turning point for Baker. It was the year that Chevrolet released the fourth-generation Corvette, which featured improved agility and handling compared to its predecessors. Although General Motors was not directly backing any Corvette racing efforts, the company was interested in collaborating with the privateer racers by offering some technical support and collecting feedback on the competitiveness of the C4. It was during this time of renewed interest in racing that Baker bought a new C4 to take to the track. During the 1984 racing season, Baker drove his Corvette in the SCCA’s showroom stock division. Showroom stock racing required and allowed few modifications for race cars. The rules were intended to have competitors race GT cars like the ones they could drive on the street. Both the C4 and Baker were natural fits, and he won every race entered, including the 1984 SCCA national championship Run-Offs at Road Atlanta driving his Corvette. For 1985, the SCCA added a new twist to production car racing. The sanctioning body combined six endurance races into a professional championship series for which the drivers and teams could compete. Baker assembled a new team of drivers and crew members, known as Bakeracing, to focus on the endurance events. This approach worked well during the 1985 season and Baker won the final two races of the 1985 endurance series. Each victory earned Bakeracing $50,000 in bonus money from Goodyear, and the company soon became a sponsor of the team. Baker and Team performed tire testing for Goodyear before each event. Baker’s victories also caught the attention of Corvette chief engineer Dave McLellan, who offered his team a role in Corvette durability testing. According to Baker, 24 hours of racetrack testing roughly equates to 100,000 miles of street driving for most parts of the car, making track testing much faster and more economical. Baker’s attention to detail and meticulous analysis made him well-suited for the role. Corvettes dominated the SCCA Pro Endurance Series for the next two years, winning every race, with Bakeracing leading the way. Baker and his team won the championship and four of the six events in 1986, including 24-hour races at Mosport and Mid-Ohio. For their efforts, Goodyear awarded the team a new 1987 Corvette for the next season. GM made good use of the series and was authorized by SCCA to test prototype components in the engine and braking system. Painted yellow and black the # 4, the Corvette would become the team’s most successful car. Bakeracing was even better in 1987, earning five victories in seven races and capturing another championship. The last win came at Sebring in dramatic fashion when the No. 4 was passed by another Corvette on what was seemingly the last lap. However, the new leading Corvette crossed the finish line three seconds short of the event’s allotted six hours, meaning that the car had to run one more lap. On that final circuit, the second-place car ran out of fuel, allowing Bakeracing to secure another win and the championship. With the season wrapped up, the team decided to retire the No. 4 Corvette, and it was sold to a collector. Baker recalls his championship years fondly. In a 2009 interview, he noted how those seasons featured the greatest battles between the automobile and tire manufacturers of any racing series. In addition to the Team and Drivers’ Championships, Bakeracing also earned the manufacturer’s title for Chevrolet and the tire manufacturer’s championship for Goodyear. During those two seasons, Corvettes won every race with Bakeracing winning nine of the 13 events for Corvette. After winning the 1987 Championship, Baker was contacted by the Porsche Factory Racing Chief and was offered the position of official Porsche sponsored factory team. Baker declined, citing his love of Corvettes and his loyalty to GM, Corvette and the engineers who he had befriended. Because of the Corvette’s dominance, for the 1988 racing season, the SCCA moved the Corvettes to a new series, the Corvette Challenge Series, where slightly modified Corvettes competed against each other. Baker was “politely” asked by the organizers to not compete in the new series. Instead, Kim was offered an opportunity to do the development testing, and to assist all the teams with the proper setup for each track. Baker also developed an interest in attempting to set new automobile speed records. One of his record-run projects in the late 1980s was a collaboration with Zora Arkus-Duntov. By this time, Zora had retired as the chief engineer of Corvette, but he still did consulting work for automobile companies and maintained his passion for tinkering with cars. The Corvette team selected Firestone’s test track in Fort Stockton, Texas, as the site of their record attempt on March 1, 1990. They would use two Corvettes, a ZR-1 and an L98. Although both Corvettes performed well in the early hours of the attempt, the team battled cold and rainy conditions throughout the day. The L98 pulled off the track after six hours, having set new short-run speed records, while the ZR-1 continued running through the night. Hour after hour, the ZR-1 and its crew held up. By the following morning, just before 10 AM, the team had accomplished their goal of setting a new 24-hour average speed record of 175.888 mph. They even decided to run an additional four hours and 46 minutes to break the 5,000-mile average speed record, which the ZR-1 also conquered. Baker would spend the next few years keeping the C4 competitive. Corvettes were re-admitted. to the SCCA’s endurance division beginning in 1990, and Bakeracing picked up right where it left off. The team won another championship in 1991 and finished second the following season. In 1994, Baker modified a ZR-1 to compete in an open road race in Nevada. His goal for this event was to surpass 200 mph during the run, and he and his team left no stone unturned to get the ZR-1 ready to race. Over the 90-mile course, Baker averaged 181 mph, crossing the finish line at 201 mph to win the event. He would enter several other open road races in the following years, winning another two. In 1997, Baker’s wife, Patricia, encouraged Kim to acquire a Chevrolet Monte Carlo stock car. and take his racing skills to NASCAR. He had previously made a handful of starts in the NASCAR Busch North Series in 1994 and 1995, driving a Pontiac. Baker ran a total of six races with the Monte Carlo, mostly on road courses from 1997 to 1999. His best results were two second place finishes in 1997 and a win at Watkins Glen in 1998. Although Baker’s driving career was winding down by 2000, he never strayed too far from the track. He formed vintageracecarsales.com , a dealership of classic racing and sports cars, driving occasionally in vintage races. Baker and his wife also started a consulting firm to guide companies such as Panasonic, in developing motorsports marketing programs. Yet in the world of Corvette racing, Baker’s greatest legacy remains the success of Bakeracing and his triumphs in the C4. Baker’s love of motorsports and expertise on the fourth-generation Corvette made him a tough competitor, one who dominated the competition time after time. The National Corvette Museum Spire Enclave More about Kim R. Baker Kim's sketched profile on display at the NCM Kim Bakers Lifetime Career Started as a lifelong obsession with cars racing Quarter Midgets at age 5 ½ , then to Karts. At 16 armed with a driver’s license started Autocrossing, winning the national championship in the AMod, (unlimited) category Ran one season in oval track mini-stock, winning 2 races; mid ‘70s to early ‘80s raced many different cars in SCCA northeast road racing, running each car once or twice and selling it to purchase another. 1984: won SCCA national championship at Road Atlanta Run-Offs with a 1984 Corvette. 1985: raced SCCA Playboy Endurance Series winning the last two races of the 6 event series, receiving the $50,000 Goodyear contingency bonus both times. 1986: fielded SCCA Escort Endurance Corvette and the Bakeracing team won the championship and scored victories in two 24 hour races – Mosport and Mid-Ohio. Was awarded a new 1987 Corvette by Goodyear for winning the title. 1987: fielded SCCA Escort Endurance Corvette, again won the championship, including a victory at Mosport 24 hour. 1988-1989: was the Chevy development driver for the Corvette Challenge; advised competitors on driving and set up. 1990: member of the driving team that set many speed records with a Corvette ZR1 , included FIA world 24-hour speed record and fielded SCCA world challenge Corvettes, 1991: fielded championship World Challenge Bakeracing Corvette 1992: fielded 2nd place in championship World Challenge Corvette , won Mosport 24 hour. 1997-1998: drove in a few NASCAR Busch North Races with a Chevy Monte Carlo – purchased used, “the car paid for itself at the first race.” Scored seconds at Lime Rock and Watkins Glen in ’97 and won the Watkins Glen Pepsi 150 the following year. 1999 onward: operates vintageracecarsales.com and historiccarcollection.com , selling classic sports cars and vintage racing cars. Whenever time permits takes in a test day or vintage event. Kim donating his signed Baker Racing hat to the NCM Kim with the 2025 induction group at the NCM Kim's HOF Video from NCM

Kim Baker, Corvette, Racing car driver, Corvette C4, Kim R. Baker 2025 National Corvette Museum Hall of Fame and a Member of the Corvette Club of Western Mass Kim Baker’s career racing Corvettes can best be summed up in one word: Dominance. During the 1980s, when a network of privateer racers led Corvette’s motorsports efforts, Baker assembled a team that dominated the Sports Car Club of America’s (SCCA) endurance racing division. Baker’s operation, Bakeracing, was one of the best Corvette teams in the business. He and his fellow Corvette racers so thoroughly crushed their competition that for 1988 the SCCA no longer allowed the Corvette to race in the World Challenge Endurance Series, and the Corvette Challenge Spec Series was formed for 1988 and 1989. Following two years working with the Corvette Challenge Spec Series, Baker turned his attention to the development and testing of the ZR-1, pushing the “King of the Hill” Corvette to its limits. While he later ventured into other types of motorsports, Baker’s deeds in speed made him synonymous with boosting the performance reputation of the C4 Corvette. Baker grew up in Western Massachusetts and got his start in motorsports at a young age. He took after his father, who was a service manager at a new car dealer and did a bit of racing in the 1960s. Kim began by racing quarter midgets and karts as a boy. Once he turned 16 and earned his driver’s license, he achieved success quickly, winning the national SCCA autocross championship in 1976 in the A-Modified Unlimited category driving a Super Vee. Baker piloted various cars over the next few years as he competed in SCCA road racing in the Northeast. He would typically purchase a car, race it once or twice, then sell it in order to buy a different one. Then came 1984, which proved to be a major turning point for Baker. It was the year that Chevrolet released the fourth-generation Corvette, which featured improved agility and handling compared to its predecessors. Although General Motors was not directly backing any Corvette racing efforts, the company was interested in collaborating with the privateer racers by offering some technical support and collecting feedback on the competitiveness of the C4. It was during this time of renewed interest in racing that Baker bought a new C4 to take to the track. During the 1984 racing season, Baker drove his Corvette in the SCCA’s showroom stock division. Showroom stock racing required and allowed few modifications for race cars. The rules were intended to have competitors race GT cars like the ones they could drive on the street. Both the C4 and Baker were natural fits, and he won every race entered, including the 1984 SCCA national championship Run-Offs at Road Atlanta driving his Corvette. For 1985, the SCCA added a new twist to production car racing. The sanctioning body combined six endurance races into a professional championship series for which the drivers and teams could compete. Baker assembled a new team of drivers and crew members, known as Bakeracing, to focus on the endurance events. This approach worked well during the 1985 season and Baker won the final two races of the 1985 endurance series. Each victory earned Bakeracing $50,000 in bonus money from Goodyear, and the company soon became a sponsor of the team. Baker and Team performed tire testing for Goodyear before each event. Baker’s victories also caught the attention of Corvette chief engineer Dave McLellan, who offered his team a role in Corvette durability testing. According to Baker, 24 hours of racetrack testing roughly equates to 100,000 miles of street driving for most parts of the car, making track testing much faster and more economical. Baker’s attention to detail and meticulous analysis made him well-suited for the role. Corvettes dominated the SCCA Pro Endurance Series for the next two years, winning every race, with Bakeracing leading the way. Baker and his team won the championship and four of the six events in 1986, including 24-hour races at Mosport and Mid-Ohio. For their efforts, Goodyear awarded the team a new 1987 Corvette for the next season. GM made good use of the series and was authorized by SCCA to test prototype components in the engine and braking system. Painted yellow and black the # 4, the Corvette would become the team’s most successful car. Bakeracing was even better in 1987, earning five victories in seven races and capturing another championship. The last win came at Sebring in dramatic fashion when the No. 4 was passed by another Corvette on what was seemingly the last lap. However, the new leading Corvette crossed the finish line three seconds short of the event’s allotted six hours, meaning that the car had to run one more lap. On that final circuit, the second-place car ran out of fuel, allowing Bakeracing to secure another win and the championship. With the season wrapped up, the team decided to retire the No. 4 Corvette, and it was sold to a collector. Baker recalls his championship years fondly. In a 2009 interview, he noted how those seasons featured the greatest battles between the automobile and tire manufacturers of any racing series. In addition to the Team and Drivers’ Championships, Bakeracing also earned the manufacturer’s title for Chevrolet and the tire manufacturer’s championship for Goodyear. During those two seasons, Corvettes won every race with Bakeracing winning nine of the 13 events for Corvette. After winning the 1987 Championship, Baker was contacted by the Porsche Factory Racing Chief and was offered the position of official Porsche sponsored factory team. Baker declined, citing his love of Corvettes and his loyalty to GM, Corvette and the engineers who he had befriended. Because of the Corvette’s dominance, for the 1988 racing season, the SCCA moved the Corvettes to a new series, the Corvette Challenge Series, where slightly modified Corvettes competed against each other. Baker was “politely” asked by the organizers to not compete in the new series. Instead, Kim was offered an opportunity to do the development testing, and to assist all the teams with the proper setup for each track. Baker also developed an interest in attempting to set new automobile speed records. One of his record-run projects in the late 1980s was a collaboration with Zora Arkus-Duntov. By this time, Zora had retired as the chief engineer of Corvette, but he still did consulting work for automobile companies and maintained his passion for tinkering with cars. The Corvette team selected Firestone’s test track in Fort Stockton, Texas, as the site of their record attempt on March 1, 1990. They would use two Corvettes, a ZR-1 and an L98. Although both Corvettes performed well in the early hours of the attempt, the team battled cold and rainy conditions throughout the day. The L98 pulled off the track after six hours, having set new short-run speed records, while the ZR-1 continued running through the night. Hour after hour, the ZR-1 and its crew held up. By the following morning, just before 10 AM, the team had accomplished their goal of setting a new 24-hour average speed record of 175.888 mph. They even decided to run an additional four hours and 46 minutes to break the 5,000-mile average speed record, which the ZR-1 also conquered. Baker would spend the next few years keeping the C4 competitive. Corvettes were re-admitted, to the SCCA’s endurance division beginning in 1990, and Bakeracing picked up right where it left off. The team won another championship in 1991 and finished second the following season. In 1994, Baker modified a ZR-1 to compete in an open road race in Nevada. His goal for this event was to surpass 200 mph during the run, and he and his team left no stone unturned to get the ZR-1 ready to race. Over the 90-mile course, Baker averaged 181 mph, crossing the finish line at 201 mph to win the event. He would enter several other open road races in the following years, winning another two. In 1997, Baker’s wife, Patricia, encouraged Kim to acquire a Chevrolet Monte Carlo stock car, and take his racing skills to NASCAR. He had previously made a handful of starts in the NASCAR Busch North Series in 1994 and 1995, driving a Pontiac. Baker ran a total of six races with the Monte Carlo, mostly on road courses from 1997 to 1999. His best results were two second place finishes in 1997 and a win at Watkins Glen in 1998. Although Baker’s driving career was winding down by 2000, he never strayed too far from the track. He formed vintageracecarsales.com , a dealership of classic racing and sports cars, driving occasionally in vintage races. Baker and his wife also started a consulting firm to guide companies such as Panasonic, in developing motorsports marketing programs. Yet in the world of Corvette racing, Baker’s greatest legacy remains the success of Bakeracing and his triumphs in the C4. Baker’s love of motorsports and expertise on the fourth-generation Corvette made him a tough competitor, one who dominated the competition time after time. Article written by Bryan Gable for Americas Sports Car, National Corvette Museum July, August, Sept Edition 2025 The National Corvette Museum Spire Enclave More about Kim R. Baker Kim Bakers Lifetime Career Started as a lifelong obsession with cars racing Quarter Midgets at age 5 ½ , then to Karts. At 16 armed with a driver’s license started Autocrossing, winning the national championship in the AMod, (unlimited) category Ran one season in oval track mini-stock, winning 2 races; mid ‘70s to early ‘80s raced many different cars in SCCA northeast road racing, running each car once or twice and selling it to purchase another. 1984: won SCCA national championship at Road Atlanta Run-Offs with a 1984 Corvette. 1985: raced SCCA Playboy Endurance Series winning the last two races of the 6 event series, receiving the $50,000 Goodyear contingency bonus both times. 1986: fielded SCCA Escort Endurance Corvette and the Bakeracing team won the championship and scored victories in two 24 hour races – Mosport and Mid-Ohio. Was awarded a new 1987 Corvette by Goodyear for winning the title. 1987: fielded SCCA Escort Endurance Corvette, again won the championship, including a victory at Mosport 24 hour. 1988-1989: was the Chevy development driver for the Corvette Challenge; advised competitors on driving and set up. 1990: member of the driving team that set many speed records with a Corvette ZR1 , included FIA world 24-hour speed record and fielded SCCA world challenge Corvettes, 1991: fielded championship World Challenge Bakeracing Corvette 1992: fielded 2nd place in championship World Challenge Corvette , won Mosport 24 hour. 1997-1998: drove in a few NASCAR Busch North Races with a Chevy Monte Carlo – purchased used, “the car paid for itself at the first race.” Scored seconds at Lime Rock and Watkins Glen in ’97 and won the Watkins Glen Pepsi 150 the following year. 1999 onward: operates vintageracecarsales.com and historiccarcollection.com , selling classic sports cars and vintage racing cars. Whenever time permits takes in a test day or vintage event. Kim donating his signed Baker Racing hat to the NCM Kim's HOF Video from NCM Kim's sketched profile on display at the NCM Kim with the 2025 induction group at the NCM Back to Home

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Corvettes Vs. Mustangs Car Show Buttery Brook Park South Hadley, MA September 5th 2025 Back to Events 1/10

ZR1 Chevy Corvette CCWM We are proud to introduce one of our long standing club member of his newest 2026 Corvette ZR-1 Helvetica Light is an easy-to-read font, with tall and narrow letters, that works well on almost every site. Our member who remains to be unidentified would like to share to our club members his newest and latest Corvette purchase. The car was ordered in September with delevery taken in November, He was one lucky purchaser to have even gotten an allocation from a local dealership. As you can see this is a 2026 ZR-1 in Torch Red color with a Sky Cool Grey interior. It is outfitted with the Chevy LT7 twin -turbo 5.5- Liter V8 Engine producing 1,064 HP but according to secondary testing this beast put out closer to 1,200 HP Our member also added the carbon fiber x-brace to keep the rear end more stabilized while pushing all 1,200 horses. As far as options are concerned I'll post those later as I receive them from our buyer. So attached you will see some photos that have been supplied to me and hopefully in the spring I'll have a full fledged photoshoot with him to aquire a more intensive look at this fine racing machine made by Cheverolet ( Who would have thought ? ) 2026 Chevrolet ZR-1 Corvette Back to Home

Basil's Restaurant A Social luncheon at Basil's Restaurant in Stafford Springs, Ct on Saturday Feb 22,2025 Back to Events 1/1

EAST LONGMEDOW FOUTH OF JULY PARADE 07/04/2025 Back to Events 1/3

Vettes @ the Beach New London CT. September 14th, 2025 Back to Events 1/5

Toy Caravan November 21st, 2025 Collection of Toys for the West Springfield Boys and Girls Club Back to Events