C5 Birthday Bash AGENDA
To register for the C5 Birthday Bash - click here.
For information on the C5 Birthday Bash click here.
April 15, 2002 is the deadline for on-line and phone registration.
For Up - to - Date Agenda Changes see:
The National Corvette Museum Website [CLICK HERE]

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2002

8:00 AM--5:00 PM National Corvette Museum is Open
12:00 - 4:00 pm NCM Delivery Program (R8C)
2:00 PM--5:00 PM Registration Opens. Pre-registration pick-up begins.
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2002
8:00 AM--7:30 PM National Corvette Museum is Open
8:00 AM--7:30 PM Registration Desk is Open
  • Registration materials can be picked-up from the Registration Desk at the National Corvette Museum
8:00 AM Beech Bend Race Park Gates Open for Registered Attendees of the Morning Session of the Autocross School
8:00 a.m.-12 Noon Morning Session of the Autocross School-Pre-Registration Required
  • Limited to the first 20 registered participants
  • Autocross School conducted by: Evolution Performance School
  • Morning Autocross School Registration Fee $100 per person for NCM members
  • Morning Autocross School Registration Fee $125 per person for Non-members
  • Photo opportunities provided by Digital Race Photography. See vendor @ Beech Bend (day of event) for details.
9:00 AM Beech Bend Race Park Food Concession Open
9:00 AM Corvette Assembly Plant Tour (Guided)
  • First-come First-serve basis, must pick up tour ticket at NCM Registration
  • Limited Number tickets
  • Registration required
  • Ask for Tour ticket when Registration pickup occurs
     
11:00 AM--NOON Seminar: "Corvette Super Tuner Round Table"
10:00 AM Corvette Assembly Plant Tour (Guided)
  • First-come First-serve basis, must pick up tour ticket at NCM Registration
  • Limited Number tickets
  • Registration required
  • Ask for Tour ticket when Registration pickup occurs
10:00 AM Special Showing: "Introduction of the C5 Corvette - May 6, 1997" Film Footage (Chevrolet Theater)
10:00 AM--3:00 PM Road Tour to Mammoth Cave National Park with Lunch provided at Mammoth Cave Hotel-
Pre-Registration Required
  • Hosted by Wendell & Jan Strode
  • Limited to the first 120 registered participants
  • Mammoth Cave National Park Road Tour Registration Fee $15 per person and includes lunch
  • Check availability at the Registration Desk for walk-in participants
11:00 AM Seminar: "The Continuous Improvement Process", Paul Billingham (facilitator)
  • Presented by John Reimann & Tadge Juechter, Corvette Engineer Platform
  • Grant Neilson & Mark McGehan, Corvette Assembly Engineering
  • Chevrolet Theater, limited seating
11:00 am Corvette Assembly Plant Tour (Guided)
  • First-come First-serve basis, must pick up tour ticket at NCM Registration
  • Limited Number tickets
  • Registration required
  • Ask for Tour ticket when Registration pickup occurs
12:00 NOON Corvette Assembly Plant Tour (Guided)
  • First-come First-serve basis, must pick up tour ticket at NCM Registration
  • Limited Number tickets
  • Registration required
  • Ask for Tour ticket when Registration pickup occurs
1:00 PM--5:00 PM Afternoon Session of the Autocross School-Pre-Registration Required
  • Limited to the first 20 registered participants
  • Autocross School conducted by: Evolution Performance School
  • Afternoon Autocross School Registration Fee $100 per person for NCM members
  • Afternoon Autocross School Registration Fee $125 per person for Non-members
  • Photo opportunities provided by Digital Race Photography. See vendor @ Beech Bend (day of event) for details.
1:00 PM Corvette Assembly Plant Tour (Guided)
  • First-come First-serve basis, must pick up tour ticket at NCM Registration
  • Limited Number tickets
  • Registration required
  • Ask for Tour ticket when Registration pickup occurs
2:00 PM-- 3:00 PM Seminar: "Radar Detectors and Common Sense."
Presented by Randall Shinn, Escort Inc.
3:00 PM--4:00 PM Seminar: “A Corvette For Every Employee”
Presented by John McEwan
5:00 PM Cash Bar Opens at NCM Tent
C5 Office Chair Races (Preliminaries, NCM Parking Lot)
5:30 PM--7:30 PM Kentucky BBQ Night at the NCM Tent-Pre-Registration Required
  • Join us as we kick-off the 5th Annual C5 Birthday Bash
  • Limited to the first 1500 registered guests
  • Special Guests to include:
    • Dan Adovasio and Jake Drennon, C5 Registry Founders
    • Dave Hill, Corvette Chief Engineer & GM Performance Cars VLE
    • Rick Baldick, Corvette Brand Manager
    • Mike Yager, Chairman of the Board, National Corvette Museum Foundation
  • Kentucky BBQ Night Registration Fee $ 10.00 per person for NCM members
  • Kentucky BBQ Night Registration Fee $ 12.00 per person for Non-members
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2002
8:00 AM--7:30 PM National Corvette Museum is Open
8:00 AM--7:30 PM Registration Desk is Open
  • Registration materials can be picked-up from the Registration Desk at the National Corvette Museum
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Customer Assistance Team
  • Discuss concerns regarding factory warranty issues and customer relations
  • NCM Delivery Office
8:00 AM Beech Bend Race Park Gates Open for Low Speed Autocross
9:00 AM Mandatory Drivers Meeting for Low Speed Autocross-required to compete
9:00 AM Low Speed Autocross at Beech Bend Race Park-Pre-Registration Encouraged
  • Low Speed Autocross Participation Pre-Registration Fee $15.00 per person paid in advance at time of registration. (Day of event: $20.00 per person payable at the gate)
  • Autocross spectators fee $5.00 per person Payable at Beech Bend Race Park day of the event
  • Autocross presented by Evolution Performance
  • Photo opportunities provided by Digital Race Photography. See vendor for details
9:00 AM Corvette Assembly Plant Tour (Guided)
  • First-come First-serve basis, must pick up tour ticket at NCM Registration
  • Limited Number tickets
  • Registration required
  • Ask for Tour ticket when Registration pickup occurs
     
9:00 AM Beech Bend Race Park Food Concession Open
9:00 AM--10:00 AM C5 Registry Meeting (Chevrolet Theater, limited seating)
9:00 AM--3:00 PM Car & Driver Photographs
  • Have your C5 professionally photographed in front of NCM Tower.
  • Photographs taken by East Coast Digital. See vendor for details.
9:00 AM--4:00 PM General Motors Customer Assistance Team
  • Available to discuss concerns regarding factory warranty and customer relations
9:00 AM--5:00 PM Product Demonstrations. (NCM Sponsor & Vendor Areas)
9:30 AM Corvette Assembly Plant Tour (Guided)
  • First-come First-serve basis, must pick up tour ticket at NCM Registration
  • Limited Number tickets
  • Registration required
  • Ask for Tour ticket when Registration pickup occurs
10:00 AM--4:00 PM "Shop-till-you-drop" Bus Tour to Opry Mills-Pre-Registration Required
  • Limited to the first 40 registered participants
  • Presented by Nashville Corvette Club
  • "Shop-till-you-drop" Bus Tour Registration Fee: $15.00 per person for Members
  • "Shop-till-you-drop" Bus Tour Registration Fee: $20.00 per person for Non-members
  • Lunch will be on your own at the mall
10:30 AM Corvette Assembly Plant Tour (Guided)
  • First-come First-serve basis, must pick up tour ticket at NCM Registration
  • Limited Number tickets
  • Registration required
  • Ask for Tour ticket when Registration pickup occurs
11:00 AM--12 NOON Seminar: "The Continuous Improvement Process" Presented by John Reimann and Tadge Juechter, Corvette Engineering Platform & Grant Nelson and Mark McGehan, Corvette Assembly Engineering
11:00 AM--12:30 PM Free Scenic Road Tour (Depart Corvette Assembly Plant, Parking Lot D).
  • NO pre-registration required
  • Free to all C5 Birthday Bash Registered participants
  • Presented by Corvettes Limited of Bowling Green
11:30 AM Corvette Assembly Plant Tour (Guided)
  • First-come First-serve basis, must pick up tour ticket at NCM Registration
  • Limited Number tickets
  • Registration required
  • Ask for Tour ticket when Registration pickup occurs
12:00 PM Steve Fleming Memorial Brick Placement
12:00 - 4:00 PM NCM Delivery Program (R8C)
1:00 PM--2:00 PM Seminar: "ZO6 Total Performance Upgrade" Presented by Dave Wickman and Bill Nichols, Corvette Engineering Platform
1:00 PM--4:00 PM Super Tuner Shoot-out & Celebrity Autocross Demonstrations at Beech Bend Race Park
  • NO pre-registration required
  • Spectators Fee $5.00. Payable at Beech Bend Race Park day of the event
  • Presented by Evolution Performance
2:00 PM--3:30 PM Free Scenic Road Tour (Depart Corvette Assembly Plant, Parking Lot D).
  • NO pre-registration required
  • Free to all C5 Birthday Bash Registered participants
  • Presented by Corvettes Limited of Bowling Green
3:00 PM--4:00 PM Seminar: "C5 Corvette Design--From Concept to Reality" Vince
  • Presented by John Cafaro, C5 Corvette Chief Designer and 2002 Corvette Hall of Fame Inductee
4:30 PM--5:30 PM Celebrity Fashion Show
  • See the latest in Corvette apparel modeled by Corvette Celebrities and NCM staff
  • Free to all C5 Birthday Bash Registered participants
  • Presented by NCM Corvette Store
5:00 PM Cash Bar Opens
5:30 PM--7:30 PM Pasta Party Night at the NCM Tent-Pre-Registration Required
  • The NCM becomes "Little Italy" as it hosts an Italian Pasta Party
  • Limited to the first 1500 registered guests
  • Pasta Party Night Registration Fee: $13.00 per person for NCM members
  • Pasta Party Night Registration Fee: $16.00 per person for Non-members
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2002
8:00 AM--7:30 PM National Corvette Museum is Open
8:00 AM--4:00 PM Registration Desk is Open
  • Registration materials can be picked-up from the Registration Desk at the National Corvette Museum
8:00 AM--1:00 PM Drag Racing at Beech Bend Race Park
  • NO pre-registration required
  • Drag Racing Participation Fee $15.00 per person Payable at Beech Bend Race Park day of the event
  • Drag Racing Spectator Fee $5.00 per person Payable at Beech Bend Race Park day of the event
9:00 AM Beech Bend Race Park Food Concessions Open
9:00 AM--4:00 PM General Motors Customer Assistance Team
  • Available to discuss concerns regarding factory warranty and customer relations
9:00 AM--5:00 PM Product Demonstrations. (NCM Sponsor & Vendor Areas)
10:00 AM--11:00 AM Seminar: "Corvette C5 Engineering into the New Millenium" Presented by Dave Hill, Corvette Chief Engineer/Vehicle Line Executive GM Performance Cars
10:00 AM-- 11:00 AM Free Scenic Road Tour (Depart Corvette Assembly Plant, Parking Lot D)
  • NO pre-registration required
  • Free to all C5 Birthday Bash Registered participants
  • Presented by Corvettes Limited of Bowling Green
10:00 AM--3:00 PM Car & Driver Photographs
  • Have your C5 professionally photographed in front of the Corvette Assembly Plant
  • Photographs taken by East Coast Digital. See vendor for details.
10:00 AM--3:00 PM "Antique Shopping Junket" Bus Tour to area Antique Malls-Pre-Registration Required
  • Limited to the first 43 registered participants
  • "Antique Shopping Junket" Bus Tour Registration Fee: $15.00 per person for NCM members
  • "Antique Shopping Junket" Bus Tour Registration Fee: $20.00 per person for Non-members
  • Lunch will be on your own at the mall
  • Presented by Karen Hill, Liz Cooksey & Connie McGehan
11:00 AM--1:00 PM Free Scenic Road Tour (Depart Corvette Assembly Plant, Parking Lot D)
  • NO pre-registration required
  • Free to all C5 Birthday Bash Registered participants
  • Presented by Corvettes Limited of Bowling Green
11:30 AM--12:30 PM Seminar: "Corvette Racing Program" Presented by Rick Baldick, Corvette Brand Manager
12:00 - 4:00 PM Inaugural "NCM Experience" Delivery Program
1:00 PM--2:00 PM Seminar: "Building America's Sports Car--Corvette" Presented by Wil Cooksey, Corvette Assembly Plant Manager
1:00 PM--4:00 PM Super Tuner Shoot Out & Celebrity Drag Race Exhibitions at Beech Bend Race Park
  • NO pre-registration required
  • Park admission of $5.00 required at gate of Beech Bend Race Park payable day of the event
2:00 PM Special Showing: "A Look Inside the C5 with David Hill" Film Footage (Chevrolet Theater)
2:00 PM--4:00 PM Free Scenic Road Tour (Depart Corvette Assembly Plant, Parking Lot D).
  • NO preregistration required
  • Free to all C5 Birthday Bash Registered participants
  • Presented by Corvettes Limited of Bowling Green
2:00 PM--4:00 PM Celebrity Choice Car Show
  • NO preregistration required
  • Free to all C5 Birthday Bash Registered participants
  • Please place the Car Show Placard provided to you in your registration packet on the front windshield
  • Participants need to be parked in NCM parking area by 2:00 p.m.
  • Presented by River Cities Corvette Club
3:00 PM--4:00 PM Seminar: "Designing the Next Corvette" Presented by Tom Peters, Chief Designer Corvette
4:30 PM C5 Birthday Bash Commemorative Group Photo
5:00 PM Cash Bar Opens at NCM Tent
6:00 PM--11:00 PM Fifth Annual C5 Birthday Bash Banquet & Auction at the NCM Tent
Preregistration Required
  • The evening's theme is 50's & 60's, so feel free to come dressed for the era, prizes will be awarded. · Limited to first 1500 pre-registered guests
  • NCM & Official C5 Registry Program to include:
    • Best Dressed Male, Female and Couple Awards
    • Low Speed Autocross Awards
    • Super Tuner Shoot Out Awards
    • Celebrity Choice Car Show Awards
    • Drawing for the 2002 Corvette Participant (Primary & Alternate) in the Historic Motorama by Dave Hill (click here for entry details)
    • Drawing for the 2002 C5 Z06 Raffle
    • NCM Benefit Auction. Auctioneers: Dan Adovasio & Jake Drennon, et al.
  • Fifth Annual C5 Birthday Bash Banquet & Auction Registration Fee: $30.00 per person for NCM members
  • Fifth Annual C5 Birthday Bash Banquet & Auction Registration Fee: $40.00 per person for Non-members

For Up - to - Date Changes see: The National Corvette Museum Website [CLICK HERE]

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