[Spridgets] SMRS New Leadership

Sat Jan 11 07:42:52 MST 2025

Thanks Stan for your years of service

Good luck Tom. You have big shoes to fill

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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

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