[Spridgets] 2022 Sprite Midget Race Series Plans

[Erick Zanner]

Thanks for the update! Hope to join you this year!
EZ

On Sat, Jan 1, 2022 at 11:29 AM <stanbmason at aol.com> wrote:

>
>
> Hello Spridgeteers,
>
> We have lots of fun and excitement coming up this 2022 season with the 11
> th year of having fun on and off the track in Sprites and Midgets.  I
> wanted to get this information out early since there are some changes.  The
> following are the plans for this season’s Sprite Midget Race Series:
>
> 2022 Sprite Midget Race Series:
>
> ·         Gingerman April 28- May 1 Exclusive Spridget Race
> ·         Black Hawk Farms June 17-19 Exclusive Spridget Race
> ·         Schenley Park July 23-24? Exclusive Spridget Race “Donna Mae
> Mims Memorial Race” (to be confirmed)
> ·         Grattan Grand Finale Awards August 12-14 Exclusive Spridget
> Race
>
> As you can see we added another race to the mix.  This is something that
> has been suggested through the years of SMRS.  As most of you know, part of
> the motivation for SMRS was to increase race car attendance at VSCDA
> events, when it looked bleak for VSCDA in 2008 as a member owned club with
> concerns over a future of being viable.  VSCDA is no longer in that
> situation and continues to increase racer attendance.  The plan is to add
> one race in other areas each year to expose SMRS to other areas of the US.
> This allows us to try a new track and get to know other Spridget Racers and
> share SMRS fun on and off the track.  We would invite them to join us at
> VSCDA events with Grattan being the constant for end of season awards.  We
> will expand our traditional best 2 of 3 races to now include best 2 of 4
> this year as a trial run.  The best opportunity for non-VSCDA races would
> be before Grattan (Mid-August) and does not conflict with other VSCDA
> races.  2022 will be our first year of trying this variation and we will
> start with VRG’s Schenley Park Race in Pittsburgh, PA tentatively
> July23-24.  Our Pennsylvania friends have joined us over the past several
> years, along with Dave Kessinger sponsoring SMRS again this year is from
> the Keystone State.  They are planning an exclusive Sprite Midget “Donna
> Mae Mimms Memorial Race”.  We are hopeful that this will bring in other
> Spridget racers that may not be familiar with SMRS (East Coast, South and
> Canada).  We will encourage them to come to Grattan for the Finale since
> they will qualify for awards if they attend.  Donna Mae is a PA legend in
> many ways and probably can be summed up in three words “Sassy Girl Racer”.
> Donna Mae was the first woman in SCCA history to win an overall National
> Championship, which she did in 1963 driving a pink HP (948cc) Bug Eye
> Sprite.
> SMRS is alive and well in 2022 and we will continue the fun on and off the
> track with our traditional Spridget Paddock, Exclusive Races, Joint
> Lunches, Awards, Good Comradery and Safe Wheel to Wheel Racing
>
> The Driver’s Committee has generously compiled driver issues from 2021.
> As your Group 2 Representative I am compiling and streamlining those
> results for our review.  This will allow us to improve safety by being
> aware of mistakes made so they can be avoided in the future.  I will issue
> these results before the end of January.
>
> I will be providing additional details as we get closer to GMan.
>
> Keep working on those Spridgets Gingerman is near!
>
> Happy New Year and Enjoy a Spritely Life!
> Stan Mason
>
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