[Spridgets] SMRS New Leadership

[John Deikis]

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 <stanbmason at aol.com>
wrote:

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> *2025 New SMRS Lead*
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Enjoy a Spritely Life!!!
> Stan Mason
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Be kind to others
*JohnD*
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