Club History & Members & Officers

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Cruising is all about our enthusiastic fondness for our unique American
car culture and our great, fun loving cruisers. The Fun Time Cruzers keep
the nostalga alive at our Monday Night Lakeside Circle Cruize-In .
Welcome to our own SE Michigan version of "American Graffiti".

 

Club History...history updated 6/25/2024

We started our car club in January 2006, however, we had our beginning in May 2005 at the Lakeside Mall
in Sterling Heights, MI. Ken Savage's son Ryan was working for a home theater store in the mall,
and the owner asked us to help him organize a weekly cruise-in. Monday night was chosen for this event
because it was the worst day of the week for retailers in this area and everyone agreed that a cruise-in
could bring lots of classic cars along with 100-200 more people to the mall which was also beneficial for
the mall food court. Our humble beginning turned out to be absolutely phenomenal and with a small number
of 30 cars on the first night we grew to average 100 cars every week by the end of the 2005 cruising season. 
 
After the original  and only sponsor decided not to continue the cruise-in for 2006, Ken, Ginny & Ryan Savage, 
decided to see if our many new cruising friends would be interested in continuing our special Monday night
cruise-in. We were pleasantly surprised by the incredible response we received from so many great
car buffs, and with their support, we created a new car club in January 2006, ..the Fun Time Cruzers (FTC). 
By that May, we had over 50 "family" membershps (100+ members) and  started cruzin at
our new location acroos the street from Lakeside Mall with many new sponsors.  
 
In 2007 & 2008 our Club helped establish other local area weekly cruise-ins and began to support several annual
car shows in our SE Michigan area. We helped provide sponsors for the North Gratiot Cruise that contributed
$15,000 in 2008 for the Macomb County/Chesterfield Police K9 Units. In both 2008 and 2009, we contributed
over $1,000 to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), plus hundreds of dollars to other charitable organizations.  
 
Due to our phenomenal 30%+ growth in our membership in both 2009 & 2010, and in order to keep the Fun Time
Cruzers a small, but friendly and manageable social organization, our members decided in 2011 to limit our membership
to 200 families (includes husband & spouse or significant other & children under 18) or 400 total individuals.
 
During the last several years, we have made donations to the Children's Lukemia Foundation of Michigan, local
schools, the American Red Cross, St Jude's Children's Hospital, Shriners, National Kidney Foundation, Autism
Research, K of C and Lion's Club charities, City of Auburn Hills charities, donations to our military service men &
women through VFW Chapter 154 & "Cookies 4 Troops", American Legion Post 351, Detroit Rescue Mission, Capuchin
Soup Kitchen, Gleaner's Food Bank, Habitat for Humanity, local families in need, plus many other worthwhile foundations
that provide assistance to our citizens. And since 2016, we have donated $2,700 to the Macomb County Veterans Food Pantry to
help support our local service men & women and veterans & their families. And two of our award sponsors, Keller's Automotive 
and Beam Sundries, have each donated over $1,000 to the veterans food pantry. 
 
Exciting events our club members enjoy in Shelby Twp. are our spring pizza party that is held at Rev Up Motors classic car
showroom, our annual club picnic the 3rd Saturday in July, and our club meeting and holiday party the first Sunday in
December. Our weekly summer cruise-in activities include our 50/50 raffle, giving away more than 25 door prizes and up to 19
one of a kind 9 X 12 sponsor award plaques to our lucky cruzers every Monday evening. Cruzers at our event also enjoy having
their cars photographed every week (only known Michigan cruise-in with weekly photo shoots) that are placed in a YouTube 
photo slide show with rock n roll music that is available for all our event visitors to view photos of their fabulous cars.   
 
FTC had a cruise-in location change in 2020. On September 14, we relocated to our original  site at the Lakeside Mall
Food Court. It seems we have returned home since we began our event  here in 2005. Our cruisers have sent us 
many notes stating this change has improved our event by expanding our centralized parking area and  has given
our cruisers more restaurant choices to enjoy good food and beverages.
 
In 2023, our May to September cruzing season attendance total went over 4,400 counted vehicles
(record was 3,597 in 2022). On October 2, 2023, another record occurred when more than 400 classic
cars came to our event on a single Monday night.
 
UPDATE... On 6/24, after 20 years of cruzing, we held our last Monday cruise-in at Lakeside Mall.
Almost 500 classic vehicles & muscle cars came to this memorable event which broke our 2023 number. Our new
average weekly attendance as of June is now over 370 cool classic cars. Since the mall closed after July 1, we have been
searching for a new cruise-in site. 250 cars came to our last cruise-in of 2024 on Labor Day, September 2.
 
The word continues to spread about the "fun times" we have at the Monday Night Lakeside Circle Cruise-in. 
No other car club in Michigan provides a weekly cruise-in with photo shoots, YouTube videos, & our number of prizes,
awards, and overall entertaining activities.  
 
We acknowledge all the challenges our unique American cruzing hobby may endure in the future, and our
members and club directors will strive to maintain FTC as one of the very best car clubs in Michigan and in the USA.
 
It is because of you, our loyal cruzers & Members, that the Fun Time Cruzers is a successful, fun organization.
You do not have to be a FTC Club member to attend our weekly cruize nite.  All cruizers are welcome!
 
JOIN THE FUN! WE KNOW YOU WILL HAVE A "FUN TIME" SEEING OLD FRIENDS & MAKING NEW ONES!  
Come visit us at Lakeside Circle in Sterling Heights on Monday nights 
  
Ken & Ginny riding in our 1969 Pontiac Firebird 400 at the Woodward Dream Cruise.
In April of 2024, we replaced our Firebird with a 1970 blue Mustang convertible.
gvk 
 
If you would like to support our weekly cruise-in and the Fun Time Cruzers Car Club, please go to the "Join the Club"
& "Club By-Laws" page to learn more about Club benefits. New membership applications (if openings are available) are
reviewed begining in January & again during our open enrollment period that begins on April 1 of each year. If our "family"
membership is over 200, (see the current total below) you can still complete/submit the application form, and your name will
be placed on our waiting list. You will be contacted when your membership application can be processed, and when to pay
your club dues. Applicants will have their names placed on the "Latest Updates" page where they can view their status. 
 
 
2024 Club Officers:

Kendall Savage (Ken), President & Club Executive Officer, Web Site Administrator,

Home #: ...586-739-3197, Club #: ...586-260-3459, ksavage57@gmail.com or kens@funtimecruzers.com

Dave Gmerek, Vice President Cruise-In Operations, djgmerek@yahoo.com  

Ryan Savage, Honorary Vice President

Ginny Savage, Club Treasurer,  ginnysav@gmail.com  

Club Directors: Parking, Registration, Equipment Set-Up, Awards, Raffles

Bob & Mary Shaw, Dave Clark, Don Lootens, Gerry Benoit, & Mike Oginsky (also our official pastor)

Andrea Regan, Sunshine Director ... reganandrea1945@gmail.com  

Club Address: ..... Fun Time Cruzers, 48624 Lindon Court, Shelby Twp., MI, 48317

 
Here are our members as of.. October 25, 2024. 
Our open membership period begins on April 1 of each year & closes when we have reached our maximun member limit.
You must have your name on our waiting list  and an opening  has to be available before your application can be processed. 
See the "Join the Club" page and follow the instructions on our application form.. 

General Family Memberships from #26 onward are periodically reassigned and updated with new members. Every year 
we have cruzers who move away from the area, sell their cruzers, retire from cruzing or our club, or due to economic
or health issues, can no longer support our organization. Members who do not keep their membership active every year will
be removed from our roster on April 1 of each year. "Retired "Charter Members, 1 to 25, are NOT counted as "active" 
members, or included in our 200 "family" members or 400 individuals membership limit, but are kept on our member list. 
We thank all our members past and present for their contributions to the Fun Time Cruzers and our sponsored events and charities.

Listed below are the individuals that help make FTC one of the very best car clubs in the USA.
     
197 Family Memberships   10/25/2024
386 Total Members    
       
  FOUNDING MEMBERS    
1000 Ken & Ginny Savage    
1001 Ryan Savage    
       
# CHARTER MEMBERS (1 to 25)   GENERAL MEMBERSHIP
1 Ernie & Karen LaButte 101 Bob & Debbie Biondo
2 Mark & Pam Hilton - Retired  102 Joel & Colleen Grgurich
3 Tony & Laura Iafrate 103 Jerry & Debbie Thiel 
4 Judy & Mike Miller - Retired  104 Al & Grace Rodgers
5 John & Nancy Wenner 105 Paul & Elisabeth Meray
6 Ray & Nina Gonzalez - Retired 106 Cory & Ellen Hopkins 
7 Larry Kalka --- Retired  107 James & Carol McGinty
8 Gail & Tom Hartson - Retired 108 Marty & Marlene Osowski
9 Jim & Doris Kowalski 109 Dominic Mascia
10 Mike & Cheryl Dreger - Retired  110 Charlie & Rosemary Shea
11 Bill  & Monica Pasek - Retired 111 Skip & Trish Hoornstra
12 Bob & Beverly Nelson - Retired 112 Scot & Lisa Holloway
13 Mike & Barb Froberg 113 Anthony & Wendy Tilotti
14 Phil & Deb Kinnard - Retired   114 Gary & Sandy Kosarek
15 Jerry & Dianne Owczarzak 115 Robert & Barbara Hess
16 Dan & Mary Jo Szlaga 116 Carolyn Zolnoski
17 Bill & Janet Mayes - Retired 117 Ric Romanski
18 Reg & Lynette McDonald - Retired 118 David Griffith
19 Carl & Joyce Witkowski - Retired 119 Bruce & Janice Reinke
20 Al & Carol Alfonsi - Retired 120 John & Joanne Papineau
21 Dennis & Gay Retchko - Retired 121 Daniel & Cindy Flectcher
22 Jerry & Suzette Mattson - Retired  122 Joe & Barb Klesko
23 Don & Mary Jane Caputo - Retired 123 Keith & Jeannie Paolella 
24 Jerry & Kathy Stover - Retired 124 Terry & Gina Longtin
25 Pat & Kathy Luckino - Retired 125 Rich & Bonnie Rozycki
       
  GENERAL MEMBERSHIP   GENERAL MEMBERSHIP
26 David & Tracy Popovich 126 Pete & Janet Schneider
27 Ron & Laura Alfafara 127 Jim & Josephine Roach
28 Bernie & Carol Vascotto 128 Earl & Holly Hughes
29 Nancy Biondo & Joe Quell  129 Nick & Roz Campo
30 Dave & Rosemary Kelly 130 Bob & Jan McQueen
31 Roger & Carol Milkowski 131 Jerry & Cindy Myers
32 Marianne Limburg 132 Gene & Darlene Wyszynski
33   Larry O'Brien 133 George & Diane Werthmann
34 Chuck & Andrea McLachlan 134 Elaine & Ray Timmer
35 Bill & Alta Reeves 135 Henry & Susan Altheim
36 Bryan & Celine Domagalski 136 Gary Hand
37 Rob & Mary Binge 137 Rick Lara
38 Terry & Carol Bistue 138 Robert & Donna Heilman
39 Loyde Hickey & Jackie Foster 139 Kevin & Peggy Jeffery
40 Bill & Meg Miller 140 Mark & Susan Henry
41 Larry & Rose Olinger 141 Tom & Deanna Newland 
42 Eric & Jenny Racette 142 Craig & Sharon Skupny
43 David Ulatowski 143 James & Tabatha Culberson
44 John & Dani Hanus 144 Stephen & John Petro
45 Doug MacDermaid/Laurie Brickner 145 Steve & Heather Northrup
46 Bob & Mary Shaw 146 Mark & Lisa Kriewall
47 John & Diane Mazzara 147 Andy & Filomena Seelman
48 Paul & Rose Mazzara 148 Gary & Shirley Krier  
49 Bob Glass 149 Jerry Drenzek
50 Mary Redilla & Dave Hayes 150 Kenneth & Gail Forest
       
  GENERAL MEMBERSHIP   GENERAL MEMBERSHIP
51 OPEN 151 Jeanne Riddle
52 Jim & Diane Coppins 152 Tony DeLuca
53 Mark Durling 153 John & Jean Rozell
54 Larry Yurgil 154 Cliff & Jo Ann Rothrock
55 Don & Louise Blum 155 Robert Malcolm 
56 Mike & Denise Carter 156 Dennis & Linda Olejniczak
57 Jeff Streetman & Cheryl Yovich 157 Dave Clark
58 AvissaiAlcantara/Perla Bentancourt 158 Joe Vitale
59 Rob & Mary Machak 159 Sammy Vitale
60 Jim & Deanna Behring 160 Chad & Sherrie Rummell
61 Gary & Charlene Caracciolo 161 Bruce & Carol Glasser
62 Frank & Toni Buscemi 162 Dennis & Susan Spadafore
63 Thomas & Linda Coucke 163 Rick, Missy & Marissa Burdette
64 Mark Fedders 164 Sharon Antonucci & Bill Harke
65 Steven & Joanne Jesse 165 Joe & Pam Holland
66 Chris & Donna Craft 166 Jimmy & Susie O'Connell
67 Martha Hendrickson 167 Sam Audia
68 Edward & Wanda Smith 168 Vic Walla
69 Ray & Carol Orlando 169 Danny & Kathy Sutton
70 Rick & Deb Knight 170 Dave & Lee Rumohr
71 Larry Grice & Vicky Leader 171 Jerry Coppins
72 Tom & Anna Dombrowski 172 Joe Lipari & Laura Gietzen
73 Americo & Megan Tucci 173 Jeff & Kelly Michaels
74 Frank & Marilyn Prestigiacomo 174 Ernest & Lourdes Ruppenthal
75 Ed & Emica Syrocki 175 Joe & Suzanne Solomon
       
  GENERAL MEMBERSHIP   GENERAL MEMBERSHIP
76 Jimmy & Katie Nagy  176 Mike & Cheryl Sucharski
77 Mike & Judy Oginsky 177 Andrea Regan
78 Scott & Maya McGinty 178 Brandon & Stacia Cloutier
79 Frank & Susan Pantalena 179 Tom & Natalie DeCarlo
80 Anthony & Dorene Smith 180 Dan Pilarski 
81 Dave & Cindy Kotwicki 181 Jim & Joan Kunath 
82 Mark & Carla Greer 182 Jim & Dottie Wogan
83 Ron & Kathie Wills 183 Joe & Karen Valenti
84 Brian & Pam Walgraeve  184 Roland & Nancy Segal 
85 Jim & Tina Zaccardelli 185 Frank & Robin Elie Jr.
86 Val & Cindy Spisich 186 Gino & Cyndi Emmi
87 Shawn & Sandra McColley 187 Mariano & Terrie Alfafara
88 Larry & Sigrid Powell 188 Gary & Sandra Blake
89 Tim & Kammie Dellasandro 189 Bob & Bonnie Bonkowski
90 Rocco & Kandi Pantalena 190 Chuck & Kathie Hirsch
91 Steve Walczak 191 Tim & Jan Biers
92 Michael & Marie McKeown 192 John Jendza & Victoria Mobley
93 Jerry & Mary Ann Bell 193 Tony & Gina Yauch
94 Dennis & Connie Sonntag 194 David & Peggy Giancola
95 Janet Bartello  195 Bob & Sue Feigel
96 Wally & Barbara Reeves 196 OPEN
97 Tom Zaccardelli 197 Tom & Lana Ingalls
98 Anthony & Jenna Galati  198 Frank & Lisa Iafrate
99 Jerry & Audrey Tignanelli 199 Ray Peslar & Rita Selliman
100 Jeffrey & Rosanne Pelc 200 Mike & Amy Burek
       
201 Mark & Dianne Straschewski 211 Charles & Cheryl Gostomski
202 David & Paula Gmerek 212 Bill & Gina Decker 
203 Jerry & Nancy Benoit 213 Rolland & Sandra Hammer 
204 Don & Judy Lootens 214 John Parino 
205 Tim & Teri Joyce 215 Doug & Amy Blake 
206 Ronald & Diane Bauer 216 Lee & Cindy Urbanowicz 
207 Rick & Barbara Walsh  217 Bruce & Sharon Hoilman 
208 Bob & Jennifer Wubbolts  218 Ron Keine 
   
209          John Kadlitz                                                          219            Al & Souix Meglio    

210          Vinnie Garafalo                                                     220            Ron Bonin  

                                                                                           221            Nick & Sharon Cortese 

                                                                                           222            Nino & Ann Monteleone