[Spridgets] Fwd: SMRS Car Show and Racing at Grattan for the 10th Year Sprite Midget Race Series

[stanbmason at aol.com]

Howdy Spridgeteers!
Lots for great things shaping up for our special weekend of racing,street car show and parade lap on Saturday for Spridgets.  More information coming as it relates to racing soon.
I have attached a flyer for the Saturday Spridget Car Show and Parade Lap.  Highlights below without pictures.  Please forward to anyone you think might be interested.
SMRS 10thReunion Street Race Spridget Car Show August 14, 2021 rev 7/12/21 We are celebrating our 10th year of the SpriteMidget Race Series (SMRS) at Grattan Raceway  This is going to be a great event for Street and Race Spridgets on andoff Grattan Raceway.  The 2 cars shownbelow will be there, which were purpose built prototype race cars built atAustin Healey’s Cape Work by Donald and Geoff Healey in 1968 and have neverbeen seen in the Mid-West.   
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The interior of race track or paddock is going to be a tightarea and it will be necessary for all of us to be polite to everyone thatvolunteers their time along with giving the right of way to race cars gettingon and off the race track into their paddock positions. Look for Spridget CarShow signs directing you to Spridget Paddock in the interior of the racetrack.  The gate to cross into the trackopens between race sessions approximately every 30 minutes.  When you are at the gate you need to let themknow you are entering Spridget Car Show and have permission to enter paddock. Grattan Raceway 7201 Lessiter Road, Belding, Michigan 48809 (25 miles North East of Grand Rapids) Registration: When you enter the track from Lessiter Rd you willneed to sign a waiver at Registration Building usually it is $25-35 a day forentrance or you can have a 2 day pass. Track touring on Saturday and Sunday 45 minutes usually for $55 forboth days and $35 for one.  You will needto sign up and pay when you first register. You will then take your paper work and be technically inspected 9AM orbefore at Tech Barn near main offices in upper paddock and remove any looseitems from your car, which can be left in the Sprite Paddock.  Saturday August 14 Agenda: 9AM- 7PM - enjoywalking the paddock and admiring Racing Sprites and Midgets on and off thetrack.     Noon - 3 PM –Car Show Street & Race Sprite Midget Car Show inSpridget Paddock area Popular Vote Ballots can be picked up at the registrationtable from Rob Brackett near his Green Bug Eye. All ballots need to be completed and returned to ballot box before 3PM.  Numbered display cards can be purchased for$5 and should be placed near windshield. Categories will be Street Midget,Street Sprite, Race Sprite, Race Midget and Best of Show.  Please look on display card to identify thecategory that car is registered under.  2:30 PM Parade Lap follow Rob in Green Bug Eye to stage cars atSouth Side of paddock between Turn 4 & 5. You will have 1.5  touring lapsexiting through pits and into paddock. Safely stay together in position no passing and return safely makingroom for race cars. Awards –After Spridget Race awards will be announced at Cape OfGood Hope Portable Pub.  We will end witha toast with God Save The Queen. Races Feature of 5different race groups. (50s – 70s Production Race Cars, Formula cars, PonyCars, Sports Racers)  PortaPotties andConcession in paddock.  No alcoholicbeverages until last race of day. Please obey all directions and be respectfulof others.  Stan Mason (cell269-228-0096) I am going to be busy racing and organizing and may not be ableto get to my phone regularly.   
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