Driveway Mechanics Gathering - Sat July 30. Jul/Aug The Star Letter of the Virginia Section, MBCA. Event Reminder. Jul 10 - Adopt-A-Spot

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Jul/Aug 2016 The Star Letter of the Virginia Section, MBCA Event Reminder Jul 10 - Adopt-A-Spot Jul 16 - Cars in Smithfield Aug 6 - Cape Charles Dinning In This Issue Page 3.

..Masthead Member News Classifieds Back Page Calendar of Events Club Web Sites National...www.mbca.org Virginia Section... http://mbca.org/virginia Welcome New Members!

Included with this membership, is a membership in the local Virginia Section. We warmly welcome you to our club and invite you to join us at one of our events.

Church Street, Smithfield, VA at 10:00. Don t be discouraged by the plain exterior of the building, this is more than a car collection.

1 Jul/Aug 2016 The Star Letter of the Virginia Section, MBCA Event Reminder Jul 10 - Adopt-A-Spot Jul 16 - Cars in Smithfield Aug 6 - Cape Charles Dinning In This Issue Page 3.. Adopt-A-Spot Report Page 3... Auto Haus Tech.....Gathering Report Page 4.. Mother s Day Photos Page 5 Auto Haus Photos Page 7...Masthead Member News Classifieds Back Page Calendar of Events Club Web Sites National... Virginia Section... Welcome New Members! Mercedes-Benz of Virginia Beach has begun a program of providing a Mercedes-Benz Club of America (MBCA) membership to each of its new customers. Included with this membership, is a membership in the local Virginia Section. We warmly welcome you to our club and invite you to join us at one of our events. We believe in fun, friendship and Mercedes-Benz; and we eat well. Cars in Smithfield - Sat July 16 We will meet at the Lewis and Sandy Little's Classic Car Collection, 601 S. Church Street, Smithfield, VA at 10:00. Don t be discouraged by the plain exterior of the building, this is more than a car collection. There is enough period memorabilia to keep the attention of wives marking time before leaving for lunch and shopping. Lunch 12:00 at Smithfield Station; 415 S. Church Street, Smithfield, a one-of-a-kind waterfront restaurant on the banks of the Pagan River. After lunch enjoy shopping in historic downtown Smithfield, VA Please RSVP to Tom Dawson, TDawson50@aol.com or Adopt-a-Street - July 10 This will be our second 2016 cleaning up of the portion of Virginia Beach Boulevard near the Mercedes-Benz dealership as part of the Adopt-A-Street Program sponsored by the City of Virginia Beach. Please contact Windsor L. Brabson at or wlbrab@gmail.com with questions or to volunteer Driveway Mechanics Gathering - Sat July 30 This will be the second Driveway Mechanic Gathering of the year and the opportunity to get out and join fellow club members for coffee, donuts and a little car work. It is now time to begin thinking about your summer car projects that you can bring to the gathering and share with your fellow club members. There is always plenty time for looking into other problems or to just "kick-the-tires". That is the way these sessions work, it is really an open forum for what ever drives in. Mechanic activities will start around 9:30 a.m. We normally finish up by 1:00. For those needing advice on a problem, or needing a bit of encouragement to troubleshoot a problem, come to this event.

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3 Das Stern Blatt If you would like to put your project on the schedule or desire information contact Jim Villers at or by at Cape Charles Shopping & Dining August 6th This year s Eastern Shore dine and drive event will be to the Eastern Shore town of Cape Charles for some shopping at the quaint shops along Mason Ave and off for some delicious lunch at Kellys Gingernut Pub, which is a unique restaurant located in a 100 year old bank. We will meet at Mercedes Benz of Virginia Beach at 9:30 on Saturday, August 6th. From there we will cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (CBBT) on the way to the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The CBBT is one of the 7 Engineering Wonders of the World and is truly an unforgettable experience. There is a toll of $12 to cross and $5 to return but the Mercedes Club is going to reimburse you for the tolls after lunch so don t let that deter you from coming. If you would like to attend, please contact Don LaBar at Adopt-a-Street Report May 15 was a nice day to clean-up our Adopt-A-Spot. Windsor Babson and his wife Ramona were joined with Bob Vann, Jim Villers and Don LaBar and his two girls. By 9:30, the street was clean and the group headed out with the satisfaction that we had given a little back to our community. Join us for our next clean-up on July 10. Auto Haus of Williamsburg Tech Session Jun 18 Report MBCA, Virginia Chapter, had a second Tech Session at Auto Haus of Williamsburg on 06/18/16. We were met by Auto Haus staff, Stephen Hancock, Warren Metezger and Simon W. They had set out a spread of doughnuts and breakfast sandwiches to die for. We were able to see the finished Pagoda from Simon's last year done to perfection. Their new project is a 1966, 250 SE. We were able to see car almost stripped to the frame. The shops are spotlessly clean, a reflection of their product and work ethic. Thank you Auto Haus. Anyone Interested in a Lynchburg Overnight? Tom Dawson has proposed a overnight tour to the Lynchburg area of western Virginia. We would stay at the Craddock Hotel (built in an old shoe factory), eat at interesting restaurants and tour the Bedford WW2 Memorial and Thomas Jefferson s Poplar Forrest home. If you are interested, please contact Tom (TDawson50@aol.com or ). so he can determine if we have sufficient interest to plan the event. SummerFest 2016 Track Event - Jun 4-5 Report The Virginia Section hosted a High Speed Driving Event on North Carolina s Center for Automotive Research s (NCCAR) road course in Garysburg, NC. Upon arriving at our host hotel, Hilton Garden Inn in Roanoke Rapids, NC, Section members set up the registration table and began the tech inspection on the cars to make sure they were safe for the racetrack. Saturday dawned early, registration and tech inspections continued at the track until the drivers meeting where everyone received a good overview of the track, layout, flags, passing zones and track etiquette. Then it was into the grid for the day s first run group. Throughout the day, four run groups were allowed on the track (with instructors for the novice group and intermediate group drivers who requested one). Around noon, we took a break for a catered lunch with delicious southern food. Some non-mbca members were surprised that we had lunch available at the track but this is the Mercedes Club and socializing is in our blood. All in all, a terrific weekend, and another fine job by the MBCA volunteers as well as the very professional NCCAR staff who made things go smoothly all day. We had to tear ourselves away so we could get to Smoke BBQ on Warwick Blvd. The food was great and a good time was had by all. Those attending were: Dave Ostrom, Frank Shaffer, Jim Villers, Bob Hyatt, Dwight Finnie, Jerry Schonfeld, Steve Turner, Peter & Sherry Spring, Vince & Diane Figuenick, Bob Thomas, Eric Jacnor, Gwen Buckley, Mark Metzger, Don La- Bar, Rose Stewart, Leonard Powell, Tom Dawson. 3

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7 Das Stern Blatt Willie Walden.Chesapeake Mina Wang.Virginia Beach Nidra Wayne..Newport News Mark Weisman...Virginia Beach Vijay Yalangi. Virginia Beach Sam Yoselevitz... Virginia Beach Virginia Section MBCA Officers PRESIDENT Don LaBar 1274 Christian Court Virginia Beach VICE-PRESIDENT Jerry Schonfeld 5000 Portsmouth Blvd Portsmouth, VA SECRETARY Tom Dawson 125 Brittany Ln Suffolk, VA TREASURER Dwight Finnie 302 Hope Ct Newport News, VA DIRECTORS Bobby Ross Don LaBar Jim Villers Pat Evans COMMITTEES Membership Windsor Brabsom Marketing Peter Spring NEWSLETTER EDITOR Jim Villers 3133 Inlet Road Virginia Beach Eastern Regional Director James Roberts Das Stern Blatt is the official newsletter of the Virginia Section of the MercedesBenz Club America, Inc. Publication is bi-monthly. Copyright 2016 by the Virginia Section, MBCA. Articles may be reprinted in newsletters for members of MBCA, giving credit. Other use without written permission is prohibited. David Adler..Virginia Beach James Altmeyer.Virginia Beach Beverly Atwater Norfolk Darlene Barnes... Chesapeake Elias Bonefont Chesapeake Stanley Bryant...Virginia Beach Erlinda Bulaclac.Chesapeake Linda Burton..Chesapeake Jae Choi.Suffolk Haley Cool.Virginia Beach Brittney Dixon..Norfolk Lee Entsminger.Virginia Beach Thomas Frederick.Virginia Beach Tom Goodall.Virginia Beach Howard Gordon Virginia Beach Scott Guimond..Virginia Beach Mary Haddad.Suffolk Lee Hanes..Virginia Beach Katrina Harris. Hampton Taylor Heskett Chesapeake Charles Hobbs..Norfolk Paul Hotinger..Williamsburg Cheri Hughes Virginia Beach Felicia Johnson.Yorktown Emillo Llanes...Virginia Beach Ceazarny Lualhati.Virginia Beach Mollie Maguire.Norfolk Jeffery Malaby..Suffolk Donald Maxwell...Virginia Beach Michael McDonald... Virginia Beach Deborah Miller..Virginia Beach Pho Miller..Virginia Beach William Miller Chesapeake Carol Nesmith.Hampton Rose Nicholson.Virginia Beach Stephen Noble.Norfolk Robert Nusbaum...Norfolk Alan Ormond Virginia Beach Alan Parnigoni..Virginia Beach Sanjay Patel..Norfolk Brian Pooler...Chesapeake Col. Philip Prisco..Poquoson Vera Riddick...Hampton Robert Rudman.Virginia Beach Melina Sansbury...Virginia Beach Barney Selph..Belle Haven Richard Shapiro Virginia Beach Paul Temple..Norfolk Omedia Tolton..Norfolk 7 Welcome! It is always our pleasure to meet new members. We encourage you to attend one of our Virginia Section events. Section Discounts: Mercedes-Benz of Virginia Beach, 10%Discount on parts and labor charges. See our ad in this issue Tysinger Mercedes-Benz Hampton, VirginiaDiscounts are limited to the first $250 of TOTAL parts and labor charges. SENIOR CITIZENS RECEIVE AN UNLIMITED 10% DISCOUNT. See our ad in this issue Auto Haus Yorktown & Williamsburg, Ten percent on labor only. See our ad in this issue Multiple Section Membership Available The MBCA National Business Office is setup so that it is possible for members to have membership in an additional section or sections. The membership cost is $15 per additional section. Members will receive newsletters from additional sections and membership in the additional section(s) must run concurrent with the member s existing membership expiration date. To take advantage of this new benefit contact the National Business Office. Please remember to support our advertisers - they support our club and Das Stern Blatt

8 Das Stern Blatt 3133 Inlet Road Virginia Beach, VA VIRGINIA SECTION, MERCEDES-BENZ CLUB AMERICA CALENDAR OF EVENTS Virginia Section Events Jul 10 - Adopt-A-Street Clean-Up Contact: Windsor Brabson Jul 16 - Smithfield ---- Contact: Tom Dawson Jul 30 - Driveway Mechanics Gathering Contact: Jim Villers Aug 6 - Eastern Shore Contact: Don LaBar Sep 4 - Adopt-A-Street Clean-Up Contact: Windsor Brabson Oct 23 - Driver s Days Contact: Tom Dawson Nov 12 - Driveway Mechanics Gathering Contact: Jim Villers Dec 4 - WinterFest at Princess Anne Contact: Don LaBar MBCA National Events Aug 8 - StarFest 2016, Uncasville, Connecticut Sep 17 - Wing & Wheels & Pizza Contact: Don LaBar

Jan/Feb The Star Letter of the Virginia Section, MBCA. Event Reminder. Mar 12 - Adopt-A-Spot. Apr 8 Driveway Gathering.

Jan/Feb The Star Letter of the Virginia Section, MBCA. Event Reminder. Mar 12 - Adopt-A-Spot. Apr 8 Driveway Gathering. Jan/Feb 2017 The Star Letter of the Virginia Section, MBCA Event Reminder Mar 12 - Adopt-A-Spot Apr 8 Driveway Gathering In This Issue Page 3. WinterFest Report Page 3. Lynchburg Report Page 5. WinterFest