Slipstream - July 2017

istrar) was in 1987 right here in Dallas. It was held at
the DFW Airport hotel (called the Amfac then). We garaged
our cars there and used Bear Creek Golf Course
for the car show and Concours. But what was interesting
about this Parade was that, up till then, all scoring
was done by hand and on paper. With the urging of
Charlie Davis, we used computers for the first time.
We had our hiccups but it changed forever how things
would be done and the Mavericks are to thank for that.
In 1997 I was part of the planning committee for
the San Antonio Parade. That was an interesting one
too, as the Longhorn Region was down to nothing,
and Coastal Bend (Corpus Christi) and Maverick were
asked to step in. We would drive down once a month
for meetings then head right back to get to work. To
make this one more interesting we added my silly but
fun “Costume Concours” in which you dressed up your
car and yourself on a personal theme.
The third Parade for which I was a staff member was
in 2004 in Fort Worth. My good friend Jan (Mayo) Michel
was the Parade Chair, and I was the Entertainment
Chair, which is a position they invented for just me.
BK: That was actually my first Parade to attend. How did
that one go?
LB: Well being in Cow Town, we of course went with
that theme. Every Parade has a Volunteer Party. Hans-
Peter Porsche was attending and I managed to talk him
into helping us. Several of us dressed up as famous
Country Personalities; Peter was dressed as Roy Rogers,
I was Dale Evans, and we sang “Happy Trails to You” to
about 500 volunteers at that party.
BK: So how many Parades have you attended?
LB: Think I have been to about 28.
BK: Now I have to ask about this infamous vest.
LB: Well that came about after attending the 1993
Parade in Cincinnati. They had this table-decorating
contest, and our
table thought we
should step up
the game and
each make fancy
Porsche Crest
T-shirts to wear.
Well some time
later I decided to
get more use out
of the crest I had
made: I bought
a pair of K-mart
black jeans and cut
a vest out of them
and sewed the
crest from the T-
shirt on the back.
BK: Let’s fast forward to 2012 and the Mav’s 50th Anniversary.
I understand you had your input there.
LB: I did, I did. I decided we should have a “Family
Portrait” of sorts. I wanted to get 50 cars, one of each
year represented since Maverick had existed -- but not
just anyone’s car. They HAD to have been active on the
board. Somehow with lots of help I managed to track
them all down in about seven months.
BK: And there was one other thing that we are using today.
LB: YES, I’m thrilled to hear about the tag line Maverick
is using today. Mavs had been using “It’s not just
the cars, it’s the people” since ‘86 when Alan used it
in his President’s column in Slipstream. Much more recently,
in talking with Fran Ussery, she came up with . . .
“Driving Friendships”
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