[Spridgets] 2022 Sprite Midget Race Series Plans

[John Deikis]

There is NO vintage racing like the Pgh Vintage GP through Schenley Park!!
JohnD

On Sat, Jan 1, 2022 at 2:16 PM Don Kelly <devildogracing9 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Love it!
> Don Kelly
>
> On Sat, Jan 1, 2022, 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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