By Terry Denton Senior Editor, PoweRRR             Every year we are forced to endure the pain that is winter.  Freezing temps, snow, ice, sleet, and more snow become the norm.  Our Saleens go into hibernation…                  I always find myself yearning around late January for the winter to break so the Saleen can come out of its winter hibernation in the garage.                   Then at last-spring arrives, and with that car show season.  My favorite time of the year is spring, not too hot yet.  Car shows in weather that doesn’t bake me, that’s what I’m talking about. Then the first car show date for the 2007 show season finally arrived.  The date: March 31, 2007.  The place Huntingburg, IN. My father-in-law Bill Mattingly and myself were planning on hitting this show as a kickoff to the summer.  A few phone calls and emails later President Charlie Smith was in too. Once we got to the show another local friend of mine Daniel Fuqua showed up in his n20 Saleen Focus (too cool). The show ended up being everything that the club is about: fun, friendship, and Saleens.  We had a blast just catching up and trading car stories throughout the day. Mother nature did show herself too, but only in the form of the Bradford  pear tree blossoms.  Those blossoms filled the air at times like snow.  Charlie just kept the windows up on the SSC, while Bill and I tried moving our cars just a bit to try and escape.  Daniel spent the most time getting the blossoms out of his car (he keeps his car more clean than anyone I know, and that’s a good thing).  In the end it was a great day.  It had been a few years since I had seen an SSC.  Sitting in Charlie's SSC that day for a stereo demonstration made me  want an SSC (but my finances say no). By the way, don’t let Charlie fool you into thinking his SSC isn’t an extra special car in great shape.  Charlie, you are lucky to own such a ride. After a few hours of hanging out we strolled around the rest of the show.  There were no other Saleens there, but there was the winning Mustang from the Speed show Forza Motorsport Challenge.  I had a blast and I’m looking forward to the Shelby Spring Fling in May. (Mini—SCOA Meet)