In 1977, Bill Herman and Howard O’Neill decided that Sacramento needed a Corvette social club. The first few meetings were held in people’s homes. There were a total of 7 cars. We still have two of the original members. They include
Anne
Huntley and Terrie Hunt.
We moved to Daugherty Chevrolet’s sales meeting room. We had runs to Apple Hill, the Delta and car races at the Roseville Raceway, Cal Expo Harness races. We have met at the Coors and Bell Distributors in the Sacramento area. We then
moved
to the Cordova Lodge in Rancho Cordova. We were there for about three years. Membership was up to 30 cars. Then we moved to Charlie Brown’s on Exposition Blvd. Then onto the Buggy Whip on Fulton Blvd. We outgrew that location. As we
have
grown in membership we have moved around. We have been at the Ramada Hotel on Bradshaw, the Dante Club, the McClellan Officer’s Club, the Elk’s Lodge in Carmichael, the Lion’s Gate and back to the Dante Club and at the Citrus Heights Community Center. As of July 2023, the club meets at
6:30PM, the first Thursday of each month at BMR Napa Auto Care, 900 Riverside Avenue, Roseville.
In 1984, we started the Fort Bragg Tour. We had cars from Idaho, Arizona, Oregon, and California. We had over 100 cars. We had a Miss Vetters contest. This is where the men dressed in women’s bathing suits, negligees, and evening
attire. The
first year Bob Schneider won. We had “Show & Shine”s, dances, and cruises through town. We did this in Fort Bragg until 1987. We moved in 1988 to Calistoga and 1989 to Konocti. Since then, we try to get up to Fort Bragg every year.
The crab feed was started in 1987, held at the VFW Hall. We have done it for many years as a fund raiser for the club. We used to share the proceeds with Terrie Hunt’s work with Christmas for Kids Program.
The best part of the club is the life long friendships you make, the support you get in your times of need with gaining and losing love ones. We have helped each other through illnesses and joyful events.
We have enjoyed various runs all over Northern/Southern California, Nevada and Southern Oregon.
River City Corvettes was featured on Channel 31's Good Day Sacramento in 2010!
