From weslake1330 at gmail.com Tue Jan 7 15:45:51 2025 From: weslake1330 at gmail.com (Weslake1330) Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 22:45:51 +0000 Subject: [Spridgets] Ring a ding ding racing for Chuck and everyone else Message-ID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04xPuhOF7sU -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From stanbmason at aol.com Sat Jan 11 07:34:40 2025 From: stanbmason at aol.com (stanbmason at aol.com) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:34:40 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Spridgets] SMRS New Leadership References: <1978952159.10619748.1736606080076.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1978952159.10619748.1736606080076@mail.yahoo.com> 2025 New SMRS Lead 1/11/24 ? I am very happy to announce that Tom Wilcox will carry thetorch of the Sprite Midget Race Series as the lead.? Tom is the perfect person for the jobdemonstrating his leadership from his Co-Chairmanship of Blackhawk Farm Racealong with his background in Program Management will make him the perfectleader.? Please lend your support to Tomlike you did for me. This group is a democracy with some ground rules that werestarted by all of us.? I know the futurecan be even better with Tom?s Leadership.?Like all organizations there are pros and cons to any situation, but throughcompromise the majority should be met. I would like to leave some heritage of why the SMRS wasstarted in 2012.? A couple years before SMRSwas started VSCDA was questioning if they could continue as a private club realizingthey were paying more for race weekends than they were taking in due to lowerrace entrants.? I thought we could improvethat situation increasing Spridgets race attendance with a Race Series similarto what VSCDA?s Vintage Formula Vees (VVV) had in place.? We were excited before this time to have 5Spridgets at an event, last year we averaged over 19 cars per event with 36 atthe Road America Healey Challenge thank to Jim Donato?s dedication.? VVV provided an outline of their process, whichwe adapted as a prototype and modified to fit our needs over the years.? More recently we have had larger numbers whencompared to VVV.? The ultimate was at theSprite 60th in 2018 at Road America where we had 47 racing Spridgets.? The inaugural SMRS started at Gingerman witha group pic seen below.? I will send anupdate of SMRS Rules / Regulations and races scheduled for 2025 in January,which will conclude my responsibilities as lead. Enjoy a Spritely Life!!! Stan Mason ? ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 1736606000742blob.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 21652 bytes Desc: not available URL: From stanbmason at aol.com Sat Jan 11 07:36:28 2025 From: stanbmason at aol.com (stanbmason at aol.com) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:36:28 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Spridgets] Fw: SMRS New Leadership In-Reply-To: <1978952159.10619748.1736606080076@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1978952159.10619748.1736606080076.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1978952159.10619748.1736606080076@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1119379718.220045.1736606188125@mail.yahoo.com> 2025 New SMRS Lead 1/11/24 ? I am very happy to announce that Tom Wilcox will carry thetorch of the Sprite Midget Race Series as the lead.? Tom is the perfect person for the jobdemonstrating his leadership from his Co-Chairmanship of Blackhawk Farm Racealong with his background in Program Management will make him the perfectleader.? Please lend your support to Tomlike you did for me. This group is a democracy with some ground rules that werestarted by all of us.? I know the futurecan be even better with Tom?s Leadership.?Like all organizations there are pros and cons to any situation, but throughcompromise the majority should be met. I would like to leave some heritage of why the SMRS wasstarted in 2012.? A couple years before SMRSwas started VSCDA was questioning if they could continue as a private club realizingthey were paying more for race weekends than they were taking in due to lowerrace entrants.? I thought we could improvethat situation increasing Spridgets race attendance with a Race Series similarto what VSCDA?s Vintage Formula Vees (VVV) had in place.? We were excited before this time to have 5Spridgets at an event, last year we averaged over 19 cars per event with 36 atthe Road America Healey Challenge thank to Jim Donato?s dedication.? VVV provided an outline of their process, whichwe adapted as a prototype and modified to fit our needs over the years.? More recently we have had larger numbers whencompared to VVV.? The ultimate was at theSprite 60th in 2018 at Road America where we had 47 racing Spridgets.? The inaugural SMRS started at Gingerman witha group pic seen below.? I will send anupdate of SMRS Rules / Regulations and races scheduled for 2025 in January,which will conclude my responsibilities as lead. Enjoy a Spritely Life!!! Stan Mason ? ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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You have big shoes to fill Don't be afraid to ask for help Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: stanbmason at aol.com Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2025 9:34:40 AM To: Derek Sprite Chima ; Sieling LemanSprite Roger ; Steve Myers ; Nathan Bugeye Burress ; Jason Stine ; RichardVscdaBugeye McCormack ; Tom Speedwell Colby ; Kirk BugEye Kosidowski ; Harry Spridget Racer Gentry ; JohnSqBdyBE Salisbury ; Tim Spridget McGinley ; Ed VSCDA Hinsa ; Buckley SB Jeff ; DaveVscdaBugeye Williams ; Tom Sqbdy Cole ; Jeff Carloss ; Greg SpeedwellBugEye Kuzuhowski. ; Skip Bugeye Meyer ; Dick Rzepkowski ; Steve LeMansSprite Coleman ; Ellie Lynch Lynch ; Phil Schaefer ; John Deikis ; Steve Bugeye Bisson ; Gary.perser ; John McCue ; Charles Hall III ; Steve Sprite Wright ; Evan Midget Holmes ; Paul PotentialSprite Racer Harris ; Erik BugEye Jacobsen ; Bill VSCDABigHealeyBlue Dredge ; Grant Gongoll ; Jon Sprite Bauer ; Buzz Bugeye Thcko Merchlewitz ; swope david ; Loren ; Jeff SB Bakker ; Rick Bug Eye Michalek ; ptgbhtl at aol.com ; Kevin SBSpridget Clemens ; Colin Comer ; Thomas SqBdy Spridget Wilcox ; Rick Spridget Fisk ; Joe Bugeyerace Steifel ; Dave Sprite Thomas ; DavidBugEyeTx Lee ; Mathew Midget Meixner ; Bob Bug Eye Kanasa ; Erick Zanner ; ScottSpridget Schmidt ; MalVscdaMidget Fay ; Terry Speedwell Cowan ; Ron Soave ; Ed Sprite Forrest ; Derek Sprite Shannon ; Buckley SB Greg ; ThadSqBdy Evans ; Jim50 Midget ; Mark Huffaker Maehling ; Chip Starr ; Chris SquareBody Beukema ; Jim Donato ; John Sprite Race Jones ; Ted Hershey ; Don Kelly ; Steve SpridgetSCCA Best ; Ted Bugeye Canada Michalos ; Dave SMRS Walters ; Kevin SridgetRacer Fay ; Jeff WinnerCircle Porada ; Ron SpriteChamp Bartell ; Severin Bill Thompson ; Doug Bruce ; RogerThicko Heil ; Richard BugEyeHP Duncan ; Clancy Sprite Schmidt ; Craig E. Seifert ; Larry SB Race Smith ; Joe BugeyeRace Chiarello ; Ashley SpridgetRacer Burress ; Max Spridget Speedwell ; Rod Hahnemann ; Cana Comer ; Dan Spridget Rudd ; Nick BE 2E Pirner ; Adam Sprite Mozdzien ; Bruce SMRS Newcomer ; August Midget Race Schmitz ; David SBTx Lee ; John Spridget Basnik ; Brian Spridget Ulinski ; Dave Spridget Kessinger ; Greg SMRS Newcoimer ; Brian Lynch ; Dan Sprite L'Huereux ; Leah Sprite Bauer ; Dan SMRS Bug Eye Parson ; Christopher Spridget Folkers ; David SMRS Long Subject: SMRS New Leadership 2025 New SMRS Lead 1/11/24 I am very happy to announce that Tom Wilcox will carry the torch of the Sprite Midget Race Series as the lead. Tom is the perfect person for the job demonstrating his leadership from his Co-Chairmanship of Blackhawk Farm Race along with his background in Program Management will make him the perfect leader. Please lend your support to Tom like you did for me. This group is a democracy with some ground rules that were started by all of us. I know the future can be even better with Tom?s Leadership. Like all organizations there are pros and cons to any situation, but through compromise the majority should be met. I would like to leave some heritage of why the SMRS was started in 2012. A couple years before SMRS was started VSCDA was questioning if they could continue as a private club realizing they were paying more for race weekends than they were taking in due to lower race entrants. I thought we could improve that situation increasing Spridgets race attendance with a Race Series similar to what VSCDA?s Vintage Formula Vees (VVV) had in place. We were excited before this time to have 5 Spridgets at an event, last year we averaged over 19 cars per event with 36 at the Road America Healey Challenge thank to Jim Donato?s dedication. VVV provided an outline of their process, which we adapted as a prototype and modified to fit our needs over the years. More recently we have had larger numbers when compared to VVV. The ultimate was at the Sprite 60th in 2018 at Road America where we had 47 racing Spridgets. The inaugural SMRS started at Gingerman with a group pic seen below. I will send an update of SMRS Rules / Regulations and races scheduled for 2025 in January, which will conclude my responsibilities as lead. Enjoy a Spritely Life!!! Stan Mason [Inline image] [X] [X] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 1736606000742blob.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 21652 bytes Desc: 1736606000742blob.jpg URL: From deikis at gmail.com Sat Jan 11 07:44:40 2025 From: deikis at gmail.com (John Deikis) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 09:44:40 -0500 Subject: [Spridgets] SMRS New Leadership In-Reply-To: <1978952159.10619748.1736606080076@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1978952159.10619748.1736606080076.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1978952159.10619748.1736606080076@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Really glad to hear that someone has stepped forward! Spridget action has grown so tremendously since "the slump" in registrations back in the 2000's. Stan, you really made the camaraderie the glue with the cars the surrounding pieces to be brought together. Your enthusiasm was infectious...and the brats weren't bad either. Thanks for a job well done and wishing a great future under Tom's leadership. JohnD (aka Nigel Johnsfolly) On Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 9:34?AM stanbmason at aol.com wrote: > > > *2025 New SMRS Lead* > > 1/11/24 > > > > I am very happy to announce that Tom Wilcox will carry the torch of the > Sprite Midget Race Series as the lead. Tom is the perfect person for the > job demonstrating his leadership from his Co-Chairmanship of Blackhawk Farm > Race along with his background in Program Management will make him the > perfect leader. Please lend your support to Tom like you did for me. > > This group is a democracy with some ground rules that were started by all > of us. I know the future can be even better with Tom?s Leadership. Like > all organizations there are pros and cons to any situation, but through > compromise the majority should be met. > > I would like to leave some heritage of why the SMRS was started in 2012. A > couple years before SMRS was started VSCDA was questioning if they could > continue as a private club realizing they were paying more for race > weekends than they were taking in due to lower race entrants. I thought > we could improve that situation increasing Spridgets race attendance with a > Race Series similar to what VSCDA?s Vintage Formula Vees (VVV) had in place. > We were excited before this time to have 5 Spridgets at an event, last > year we averaged over 19 cars per event with 36 at the Road America Healey > Challenge thank to Jim Donato?s dedication. VVV provided an outline of > their process, which we adapted as a prototype and modified to fit our > needs over the years. More recently we have had larger numbers when > compared to VVV. The ultimate was at the Sprite 60th in 2018 at Road > America where we had 47 racing Spridgets. The inaugural SMRS started at > Gingerman with a group pic seen below. I will send an update of SMRS > Rules / Regulations and races scheduled for 2025 in January, which will > conclude my responsibilities as lead. > > Enjoy a Spritely Life!!! > Stan Mason > > [image: Inline image] > > > > > > > -- Be kind to others *JohnD* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Tom is the perfect person for the job demonstrating his leadership from his Co-Chairmanship of Blackhawk Farm Race along with his background in Program Management will make him the perfect leader.? Please lend your support to Tom like you did for me. This group is a democracy with some ground rules that were started by all of us.? I know the future can be even better with Tom?s Leadership.? Like all organizations there are pros and cons to any situation, but through compromise the majority should be met. I would like to leave some heritage of why the SMRS was started in 2012.? A couple years before SMRS was started VSCDA was questioning if they could continue as a private club realizing they were paying more for race weekends than they were taking in due to lower race entrants.? I thought we could improve that situation increasing Spridgets race attendance with a Race Series similar to what VSCDA?s Vintage Formula Vees (VVV) had in place.? We were excited before this time to have 5 Spridgets at an event, last year we averaged over 19 cars per event with 36 at the Road America Healey Challenge thank to Jim Donato?s dedication.? VVV provided an outline of their process, which we adapted as a prototype and modified to fit our needs over the years.? More recently we have had larger numbers when compared to VVV.? The ultimate was at the Sprite 60th in 2018 at Road America where we had 47 racing Spridgets.? The inaugural SMRS started at Gingerman with a group pic seen below.? I will send an update of SMRS Rules / Regulations and races scheduled for 2025 in January, which will conclude my responsibilities as lead. Enjoy a Spritely Life!!! Stan Mason ? <89889c8f-0f92-f85d-6c19-ce5d69f48517 at yahoo.com>"> ? ? ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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