Club Corvette was established in January 1993 by nine Corvette enthusiasts. Since those early days, the Club has grown into one of the largest premiere Corvette Clubs in the North East Region with over 300 members. Club members include Corvette owners who drive their “Vettes” daily, participate in judged shows, own N.C.R.S. cars, and enjoy a day demonstrating their car’s performance on the drag strip or testing their own skills on road coarse tracks such as Lime Rock Park and Watkins Glen. It is not required to own a Corvette to be a member of our Club, just be an enthusiast and share in the desire to preserve the Corvette’s status as America’s Sports Car.
The generousity of our sponsors, the Dave McDermott Auto Group of Easy Haven, CT, Moroso Performance Products of Guilford, CT and Whelen Engineering of Chester, CT allows this Club to host our annual Corvette Car Show & Swap Meet. The Show is the Club’s single largest event in which all members are encouraged to participate. Club Corvette has a “give back to the community philosophy” and the partial proceeds from this Show as well as the Show’s Ad Book are donated to various Connecticut charities. Monies from our Shows have been donated to the “Connecticut Hospice” as well as several other organizations such as: The Branford Community Dining Room, Boys and Girls Village of Milford, Make- A- Wish Foundation of CT, Ability Beyond Disability, Connecticut Food Bank, Protector of Animals and others.
The members of Club Corvette enjoy driving their “Vettes” for a wide range of activities and events. Among the favorites are single day, two day, three and four day weekend trips throughout the New England, New York, Pennsylvania region. Just to name a few, our cruises have taken us to the Yankee Candle Factory and quaint Stockbridge in Massachusetts, West Point and Rhinebeck in New York, New Hampshire in the fall, Corvettes at Carlisle in Pennsylvania and to the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green Kentucky. Some members have participated in all four of the National Corvette Caravans to the NCM/GM Assembly Plant. During the “cruising season” Club Corvette hosts three weekly Cruise Nights — Tuesdays along the harbor at Amarante’s in New Haven, Wednesday’s at Heavenly Donuts in Derby and Thursday’s at Allegra’s (formally Lakeview) Tavern & Grille in Branford.
Cruising in our Corvettes for personal pleasure is only part of what defines Club Corvette. Our members take great pride in using their Corvettes for the benefit of others. We use our “Vettes for Vets” to chauffer Veterans to the Memorial Day Ceremonies in East Haven, support a Memorial Day Parade in Fairfield and a 4th of July Parade in Madison. From October through March our members volunteer their time and services at the Branford Community Dinning Room where members prepare and serve a “soup to nuts” meal to any member of the community in need. In December our members support the Connecticut State Police by organizing and participating in a “Korvettes for Kids Toy Run”. Members fill their Corvettes with toys and with Police escort Santa will lead a caravan of fifty “Vettes” for delivery of the goodies to Police Headquarters.
Club Corvette publishes a monthly newsletter, the “Vette Gazette”, which features highlights of Club activities, pertinent Corvette information, and calendar of up coming events throughout Connecticut and the neighboring states and a classified section.
Club meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at SBC Route 1, Branford, CT. CLUB CORVETTE OF CONNECTICUT, INC. invites you to join us and share in the exciting activities and camaraderie centered around America’s Sports Car.