Street Beat

April 2022

48th YEAR

By Newsletter Editors: Gary Price & Sid Vicars

 

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Condolences

Longtime KARC member James Armstrong passed away on March 27th.

 

Don Bellamy, one of the founding members of KARC, passed away March 26th.

 

Please keep the families of James and Don in your thoughts and prayers.

 

Dick Cartwright Celebration of Life

The Celebration of Life for our club member and friend, Dick Cartwright will be held at the Allandale Mansion Barn on Friday, April 29 from 3:00 pm to 7:00pm.

His family invites everyone to attend and drive their antique, street rod, muscle car, or truck weather permitting.

Casual dress or bib overalls is fine.

 

Rainbow Motors Cruise-In

Rainbow Motors will be hosting a Street Rod Appreciation cruise-in on Saturday April 30th.

 

Gate City Weekly Cruise-In

Gate City will begin having a weekly cruise-in beginning Saturday, April 2nd.

6:PM – 9PM. VDOT will not block Jackson Street until 6PM. This is from the red light to the Courthouse area. Entrance will be on Courthouse end.

Food trucks, music, No Entry Fee, with several local eateries open as well. Everyone is welcome.

 

Member Machines and Gossip                                     

Don Hughes has his car at the new M&M Upholstery.

 

Gary Whittington has his 65 Mustang home from the upholstery shop and is getting it road ready.

 

There’s a rumor that Daris Hartsock has taken his 35 Ford to the alignment shop and will be on the road soon.

 

Buckshot and Randy both had birthdays this month. Gary’s twin had a birthday a couple of weeks ago.

 

Lee Oliver sent an ad for his low mile Plymouth Horizon:

FOR SALE--1985 Plymouth Horizon, 35,000 original miles, New headliner,  new carburetor., not perfect but close. $7200. call 423-323-2111. leave message.

 

Ridgeview Baptist Church in Carter’s Valley is also having a cruise-in April 30th.

 

Up Coming Events

April 7-9                Pigeon Forge Rod Run, Laconte Inn, Pigeon Forge, TN

April 30                 NSRA Appreciation Day – Rainbow Motors on Stone Dr in Kingsport, TN

 

Sept 15-17            Pigeon Forge Rod Run, Laconte Inn, Pigeon Forge, TN

 

Dec 10                  KARC Christmas Party - Food City Press, Food City Center St, Kingsport TN

 

Weekly and Monthly Cruise-Ins

Free Summer Concert Series 2021 & Cruise-In, First Saturday of each month, Downtown Gate City, VA

Jonesborough Classic Cruise-In – The Chuckey Depot Museum, 110 Second Ave, Jonesborough, TN (Starts May 18 & then every 3rd Sat thru Oct)(5-8PM)

Sonic Drive-In Cruise-In, Fort Henry Dr, Kingsport, TN, 4th Friday of each month starting April 24 thru Oct 23

Somerset, KY, Monthly Cruise in ( http://www.somernitescruise.com/ ) (Every 4th Saturday April thru October, 1 to 7 PM)

Freddy’s on Stone Dr, In the Parking lot across from Freddy’s, Kingsport, TN.  Weekly Fri. Nite Cruise –In

Cruise to the Border, Across from the train Station, Bristol, TN Weekly Fri Nite Cruise-In (May thru Oct)

Elizabethton TN Downtown weekly Saturday Nite Cruise-In (April thru Oct)

Cycle City BI-Weekly Cruise-In, Cycle City on Market St, Kingsport, TN (First Cruise on Saturday April 6, 10 AM to 2 PM)

Dairy Queen Cruise-In, Dairy Queen on 11E across from Wal-Mart, Greenville, TN (Every Sunday 4PM to ????) First Cruise June 9, 2013

Jenkins KY Cruise-In, First Saturday of each Month, City Park Jenkins, KY (Starts first Saturday in May)(Starts at 4PM, Burnouts begin at 7PM)

Mossy Creek Cruzers Cruise-In on Friday nights at Big Lots on 11-E (Broadway Blvd) in Jefferson City, TN

Church Hill Food City, First Saturday of each month at Food City in Church Hill, TN (Food and music)

Cars, Coffee, Tire Kicking, Breakfast, & B.S. – Steak & Shake, at the Pinnacle Bristol, TN, 8 AM to 10 AM last Saturday of each month.

Gate City Weekly Cruise-In every Saturday night from 6 to 9 on Jackson St.. Entrance on Court House end.

 

 

Sponsor

Phone

A1 Auto Paint of Greenville LLC

423-620-7594

BluLis Boutique

423-276-4164

Ballistic Hair co

423-246-1533 Ext 19

Betty's Stockyard Cafe

423-378-3227

       Berry's Pharmacy        

       423-247-3124

Brown's Auto & Air Conditioning

423-245-4831

Café 93

423-349-8520

Carter's Powder Coating

423-542-1150

Center Street Grill & Smokehouse

423-247-7447

Dan’l Boone Region AACA 

 N/A

Dirt Road Customs

423-817-0848

Don's & Davis' Sanitation

 800-451-3987

DP Automotive

423-343-0052

East Tennessee Chrome Plating

423-543-1722

Eddie’s Rod Shop

423-323-2081

Fall Branch Auto Parts

423-348-6125

Fort Henry Mall

423-246-1697

Gray Synthetic Lubricants

423-477-2530

Grant Tire and Automotive

423-247-3149

Heritage Title

423-765-2071

HitMan Custom Cycles

423-367-4964

Indian Springs Grill

423-212-2568

Jefferson Sales South

423-224-2307

Jeff's Pipe and Muffler

423-247-2371

Les Lawson Automotive & Body Shop

423-288-5101

Liesel Watkins Realtor Blue Ridge Properties

Office 423-247-4181 

Cell 423-247-7800

Lindsey Bolton State Farm Insurance

423-246-8991

Model City Tap House

423-765-0875

M&M Upholstery

423-765-1651

Mow-Pro Lawn Care

423-416-0216

Murphys Automotive

423-239-9994

Nappy's Bar

423-929-9897

O'Reilly Auto Parts                                                   

                          Colonial Heights

423-239-0182

                                                                                     

                              Kingsport

423-230-0222

                                                                                

                             Mt Carmel

423-357-1130

                                                         

 Johnson City, W. Market St

423-434-2137

                                                   

     Johnson City, E Oakland Ave

423-282-6380

                                                                                          

                                     Gray 

423-430-6814

Paint by Darrell 

423-288-6417

Pro Body Shop

423-378-9161

Quality Heat & Air

423-246-6833

Rainbow Motors

423-288-5827

Roger Clendenin Racing

423-357-8251

Ron Mathews Insurance

423-246-4241

R&S Collision Center

423-239-5222

Smith Auto Parts and Machine Shop 

423-272-7686

Speedway Seat Covers 

423-753-4600

State Farm Insurance

423-246-8991

Stateline Collision

423-392-0828

The Sports Mill

423-578-4825

Top Performance

423-239-6430

TriCities Lock and Safe

423-247-6659

Tyla Laughlin State Farm Insurance

423-246-6120

Unique Kar Kare

423-491-0909

Wampler Barber Co

423-406-1662

 

 

Next Club Meeting: Golden Corral Restaurant on Eastman Road Kingsport, TN. April 14, 2022, 6 PM, Business @ 7 PM