Generated by All in One SEO v4.8.9, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # The Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving and Chowder Society Cars, camaraderie and a solid alibi ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://thechowder.club/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Gallery](https://thechowder.club/gallery/) - Photo Galleries December 2023 Holiday Party November 2023 Meeting July 2023 Meeting – Chowder Comes Home - [December 2023 Holiday Party](https://thechowder.club/2023-holiday-party/) - Our annual Christmas Party in December was great fun. We had over a hundred chowderheads, friends, and family present. Brock Yates, jr. and Jim Bardia had some great stories of the Cannonball as well as the Lap of America and Santa had help from a friendly elf this year as the long list of SWAG was - [November 2023 Meeting](https://thechowder.club/november-meeting/) - July 2023 Meeting – Chowder Comes HomePhotos courtesy of Ed Hyman / Autophotos - [July 2023 Meeting - Chowder Comes Home](https://thechowder.club/july-2023-meeting-chowder-comes-home/) - July 2023 Meeting – Chowder Comes HomeThe first meeting of the Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving and Chowder Society after Hagerty. ## Pages - [The Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving & Chowder Society](https://thechowder.club/) - The Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving & Chowder Society (aka Chowder) is one of the oldest car clubs in the US having been started in March1957. - [Shop](https://thechowder.club/shop/) - [My account](https://thechowder.club/my-account/) - [Checkout](https://thechowder.club/checkout/) - [Cart](https://thechowder.club/cart/) - [History](https://thechowder.club/history/) - Club History MASCDCS was founded in 1957 by Art Peck and King Moore who led the club until 1971. At the first meeting, everyone invited and present was proclaimed, “Members of the Board.” Everyone who joined after that date is titled, “Only a Vice President.” In 1971, Austin (Austie) Clark and Bruce Wennerstrom took over - [Media](https://thechowder.club/media/) - Media Mentions A great way to learn more about the history of the club is by visiting the links below: Meet the Chowderheads Tesla Greets Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving and Chowder Society Racers Take Off by Car, Bike and Sneaker in a Crosstown Handicap (NY Times, 1977) Wayne Carini’s preserved Stutz Bearcat hits Times - [Meet the Chowderheads](https://thechowder.club/meet-the-chowderheads/) - Once a month, in a famous New York restaurant, there is a cheerful gathering of people with one main interest in common – sports cars and automotive competition. This luncheon takes place upstairs at Sardi’s on West 44th Street, and the name of the group is the Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving and Chowder Society, - [Leadership](https://thechowder.club/leadership/) - Current Leadership Jim Donick Past Leadership John Nikas John Nikas is a distinguished automotive writer, celebrated for intertwining social, cultural, and economic themes with the history of motoring, earning him prestigious accolades like the Denise McCluggage Award. His literary contributions include the notable “Rule Britannia: When British Sports Cars Saved a Nation” and the best-selling - [Chowder Events](https://thechowder.club/chowder-events/) - Upcoming Events There are no upcoming events at this time - [Contact](https://thechowder.club/contact/) - Contact us Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving & Chowder Society (MASCDCS)28 Traver RoadPleasant Valley, NY 12569 Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional) - [Join Us](https://thechowder.club/membership-join/) - So you want to be a Chowderhead? Chowderheads are a unique breed of automotive enthusiasts. There aren’t a lot of us (less than 500 worldwide) but we’re in all the right parts of the hobby. If you’d like to join us, be forewarned there is a screening process. Bring your “A” game. 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Many of us have attended and dreamed of a similar venue in the Capital of the World, New York City. Our May featured speaker is Tim McGrane, who is one of the chief organizers - [April 2026 Luncheon](https://thechowder.club/event/april-2026-luncheon/) - This month's speaker will be Don Meluzio, who owns one of the two or three remaining Porsche 901 prototypes. Meluzio's 901 of was one of the actual prototypes for the now ubiquitous 911. The 911 started its life as the 901 but that changed (see history below) This will prove a tale of Automotive Archeology. - [February 2026 Luncheon](https://thechowder.club/event/february-2026-luncheon/) - Our upcoming meeting is this Tuesday, the 10th of February at the Chowder Clubhouse, known also as Sardi's. The topic of our discussion should be of some interest. Few of us would claim to be ignorant of Bugatti history, but not very many may know that, when he couldn't sell enough Bugatti Royales to use - [January 2026 Luncheon](https://thechowder.club/event/january-2026-luncheon/) - The January Chowder Meeting will take place, as usual, on the second Tuesday of the month. In this case, the 13 of January. As always we will meet at the Chowder club house, Sardi’s at the usual time. NOON Our speaker is Leigh Diffey. Leigh Diffey is likely one of the best known auto racing and track and - [June 2026 Luncheon](https://thechowder.club/event/june-2026-luncheon/) - Details as they become available - [March 2026 Luncheon](https://thechowder.club/event/march-2026-luncheon/) - Details as they become available - [68th Annual Holiday Party](https://thechowder.club/event/68th-annual-holiday-party/) - The 2025 Chowder Christmas Party is nearly upon us. Date is 9 December. We will, once again, be meeting at Chowder’s Historic Club House, Sardi’s on 44th Street. It should be memorable. We are promised a bounteous buffet. In addition to the ever desirable Sardi’s Steak House Creamed Spinach we will enjoy what this particular - [Chowder Board Meeting](https://thechowder.club/event/chowder-board-meeting/) - Agenda TBD - [September 2025 Luncheon](https://thechowder.club/event/september-2025-luncheon/) - Our September meeting is already upon us and it will serve to highlight the joys of Chowder summer activities and offer a preview of the months ahead. We will have a show and tell with photos of two major 2025 Summer Chowder Events: The road trip to Watkins Glen The Annual Chowder Summer Picnic. Watkins - [2025 Annual Summer Picnic](https://thechowder.club/event/2025-annual-summer-picnic/) - Chowder Society members and their guests are invited to the famous Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving and Chowder Society picnic starting at 10:30-ish AM on SATURDAY AUGUST 23 at the Malcolm Pray Achievement Center in Banksville, NY (just up the road from Greenwich). No charge. BYO Food & Drink. The picnic will run through the - [Watkins Glen Road Trip](https://thechowder.club/event/watkins-glen-road-trip/) - At the IMRRC we would see a movie on the development of racing at Watkins. Bill Green, the Watkins Glen historian would provide a talk and insights into his recollections of having attended nearly every race there. Bill would lead a tour of the old course that was used from 1948 to 1952. It’s just - [June 2025 Luncheon](https://thechowder.club/event/june-2025-luncheon/) - Details as they become available - [May 2025 Luncheon](https://thechowder.club/event/may-2025-luncheon/) - “As Lerner and Lowe’s Guinevere reminded us in Camelot, “It’s May! The lusty month of May! That lovely month when ev'ryone goes Blissfully astray.” Thus it’s the perfect time for Chowderheads to gather and find an excuse to “go astray, preferably in a loud motorcar. The Chowderheads shall gather, as is our custom, at the - [April 2025 Luncheon](https://thechowder.club/event/april-2025-luncheon/) - Our speaker will be Mark Steigerwald, the Director of the International Motor Racing Research Center in Watkins Glen. There is much happening there these days and they have come a long way since the center opened. The first Chairman of the Board of the Center was a Chowderhead. It was Syd Silverman. Chowderhead Mike Stott - [Cars and Coffee Darien Cannonball Edition](https://thechowder.club/event/3rd-annual-cannonball-reunion-cars-and-coffee/) - Details as they become available - [2025 Cannonball Reunion & Judy's Birthday Dinner](https://thechowder.club/event/3rd-annual-cannonball-reunion-dinner/) - Join us on Saturday evening in Stamford, CT at the Crab Shell Restaurant for a special evening. We will be getting together this evening to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the 1979 Cannonball Sea-to-Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash with Cannonballers old and new, and the birthday of Chowder's own Judy Stropus. Drinks will begin at - [March 2025 Luncheon](https://thechowder.club/event/march-2025-luncheon/) - Details as they become available - [67th Annual Holiday Party](https://thechowder.club/event/67th-annual-holiday-party/) - Please join us at the usual spot, at the usual time, for our 67th Annual Holiday party. The lunch will be the traditional buffet and we have gotten Sardi's to keep the price to within one dollar of last year's cost. We aren't certain that everyone is getting our emails yet, so please reach out - [January 2025 Luncheon](https://thechowder.club/event/january-2025-luncheon/) - Details as they become available - [November 2025 Luncheon](https://thechowder.club/event/november-2025-luncheon/) - Details as they become available - [November Monthly Meeting](https://thechowder.club/event/november-monthly-meeting/) - We have a great program planned. Knowing that every chowderhead is likely to have a collection of automobilia - magazines, photos, paintings, models, oil cans, and a half a million other possibilities, we have as our speaker one of the world's greatest authorities on Automobilia. Our speaker is a long time chowderhead, Marshall Buck. Marshall - [October Monthly Meeting](https://thechowder.club/event/october-monthly-meeting/) - We have an interesting speaker lined up to recount his latest motoring adventure. Chowderhead Jim Shelly has been trying to finish in the Hemmings Great Race for a number of years now. He’s usually tried in a prewar beastie, a 1939 Buick. His breakdowns along the way have become the stuff of legend - at - [September Monthly Meeting](https://thechowder.club/event/september-monthly-meeting/) - Our September Meeting is ONE WEEK EARLY, on the 3rd of September. We are honored and delighted to be hosting Sam Schmidt, a legend at Indianapolis for both the quality of his team, (2nd and 4th this year at Indy) and for his personal courage and leadership in overcoming the accident that took away control - [Annual Summer Picnic](https://thechowder.club/event/august-monthly-meeting/) - The Annual Chowder Summer Picnic is Upon Us!! Chowder Society members and their guests are invited to the famous Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving and Chowder Society picnic starting at 11-ish AM on Sunday, August 25th at the Malcolm Pray Achievement Center in Banksville, NY (just up the road from Greenwich). We will run through - [July Monthly Meeting](https://thechowder.club/event/july-monthly-meeting/) - I'm hoping the summer is treating everyone well. Next Tuesday, the 9th will be the July Meeting. We have a great speaker lined up - Marikay Satryano, the Executive Director of the Malcolm Pray Achievement Center. There is much going on there, all of it aimed at furthering the dreams and values of long time - [June Monthly Meeting](https://thechowder.club/event/june-monthly-meeting/) - Speakers this month will be representing Lime Rock Park. There will be updates on some major additions to the racing schedule for the season, as well as some exciting developments for the Historic Festival, related to the racing and the Concours d'Elegance. Additionally, this year at Lime Rock Park has been designated the "Year of - [Chowder Group Photo at Greenwich Concours](https://thechowder.club/event/chowder-group-photo-at-greenwich-concours/) - Concours d’Elegance features 18 judged car classes including post-war American, Italian and English automobiles, plus special classes like Bertone, Pre-war & Post-war Rolls Royce, Porsche Carrera, and so many more. 10:00am to 4:00pm Chowder photo @ 2:45 pm - [May Monthly Meeting](https://thechowder.club/event/may-monthly-meeting/) - We've all paid some attention to Bring a Trailer, often as customers or at least dreamers. Succeeding on the platform is more complicated than many might imagine. For the May meeting, our speaker will be Anthony Serra, the President of 1600 Veloce. Anthony's company is one of the largest if not the largest seller of - [April Monthly Meeting](https://thechowder.club/event/april-monthly-meeting/) - We are pleased to announce that we have a truly fascinating speaker on a fascinating topic for the April 16 MASCDCS meeting. He's the spark plug of an ongoing automotive venture that dates to 1903 (even older than the Chowder Society)! Robert Selkowitz runs a thoroughly modern series of fun rallies which in part duplicate - [March Monthly Meeting (and Birthday Party)](https://thechowder.club/event/march-monthly-meeting/) - Join us at the MASCDCS Clubhouse (aka Sardi's) for the this very special Luncheon. The very first meeting of The Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving and Chowder Society happened on March 12th 1957 at 12:00 noon - exactly 67 years ago to the day. That has happened only 11 times in the last 67 years: - [February Monthly Meeting](https://thechowder.club/event/february-monthly-meeting/) - The February Meeting of the Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving and Chowder Society will take place as usual on the second Tuesday of the month (that's 13 February) at Sardi's. It is the day before Valentine's Day and a great opportunity to get a start on the holiday with a significant other in NYC. I'll - [January Monthly Meeting with Greg Rickes](https://thechowder.club/event/january-monthly-meeting/) - Featured Speaker: Greg Rickes While we’re not quite ready to get cars back on the track, Lime Rock Park will get off to a fast start for 2024 on Tuesday, January 9 as “The Voice of Lime Rock Park” Greg Rickes will be the guest speaker at the monthly luncheon hosted by the Madison Avenue - [66th Annual Holiday Party](https://thechowder.club/event/66th-annual-holiday-party/) - Please join us at the usual spot, at the usual time, for our 66th Annual Holiday party. The lunch will be the traditional buffet and we have gotten Sardi's to keep the price to within one dollar of last year's cost. 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