<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>The Blackhawk event for vscda is a 3 day event, June 15-17. The club also has a 5th event at Blackhawk Farms, Oct 13, 14. I chair both events and we plan to have Spridget races at both, along with British Car shows. <br><br>Ron Soave</div><div><br>On Jan 24, 2018, at 2:17 PM, miniac7--- via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font color="black" size="2" face="arial">
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<div>This is the start of a listing of Spridget related events coming up in '18, as we embark on celebrating 60 years since the introduction of the Sprite. If someone else has already posted something to this effect, I missed it during my hiatus from the Spridgetlist. <br>
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<div class="aolmail_aolmail_aolmail_MsoNormal"><b>May 18-20</b> - Rick Moses will once again be hosting this once-every-five-year Sprite event in eastern Pennsylvania.
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<div class="aolmail_aolmail_aolmail_MsoNormal"><b>July 4-7 - 60 Years of Spridgets, Hot Springs, AR. </b></div>
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<div class="aolmail_aolmail_aolmail_MsoNormal"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><strong>Vintage Sports Car Drivers Association: </strong>will include Sprite Feature Races at all of their races this coming year, as follows <u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://vscda.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://vscda.org/</a><u></u></span></u>
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<div class="aolmail_aolmail_aolmail_MsoNormal"> June 16-17 Blackhawk Farms</div>
<div class="aolmail_aolmail_aolmail_MsoNormal"> August 17-17 Grattan Raceway </div>
<div class="aolmail_aolmail_aolmail_MsoNormal"><b> September 14-16 - VSCDA Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival @ Road America<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">
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<div class="aolmail_aolmail_aolmail_MsoNormal">….”Everything is progressing well for the 60th with the VSCDA ELVF Road America / Elkhart Lake Event September 14-16, 2018. I am putting together 2 packages (one for Street Spridgets and the other for Race Spridgets). We are already getting
lots of inquiries and ready to release an article to Victory Lane about US Spridget Racing to focus more attention on this important 60th Anniversary for Spridgets and plans for the ELVF (Car shows at the Track and Elkhart Lake. Special Street Touring at
Road America and Elkhart Lake Recreation along with parking in the paddock right across from all the racing Spridgets. We will be recognizing earlier SCCA Spridget Racers and of course our own exclusive Spridget Race preceded by Street Sprites Touring).
We have some very special historical racers that will also be there with a great Banquet & Road & Track's entertaining Peter Egan as Speaker. I think 30 + racing Spridgets is very doable!”….</div>
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<div class="aolmail_aolmail_aolmail_MsoNormal"><b>September 24-27 - Vintage Sports Cars @ Put-In-Bay, OH. </b>
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<div class="aolmail_aolmail_aolmail_MsoNormal"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The</font> Put In Bay <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">organizers</font> <font size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">have selected the </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Bugeye</font></font> <font size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Sprite</font></font> as the featured marque, which makes for a unique <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">celebration</font>. <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Spridgets</font> also are included. <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">They</font> have bumped the 2018 event
to later in September, which is a change from their traditional mid-week before Labor Day Weekend. This is a really cool event that is more than just a race weekend with lots of unique things to do. <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Additional details will be </font>provide<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">d</font> on this event as it <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">gets</font> firmer<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">.</font></div>
<div class="aolmail_aolmail_aolmail_MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.pibroadrace.com/images/stories/pib2018/2018%20PIBRR%20release%20copy%2012%2026%2017.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: rgb(46, 117, 182);"></span></a><a href="http://www.pibroadrace.com/images/stories/pib2018/2018%20PIBRR%20release%20copy%2012%2026%2017.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.pibroadrace.com/images/stories/pib2018/2018%20PIBRR%20release%20copy%2012%2026%2017.pdf</a><span style="color: rgb(46, 117, 182);"></span></div>
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