<div dir="ltr"><div>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.</div><div>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. <br></div><div>Thanks for a job well done and wishing a great future under Tom's leadership.</div><div>JohnD</div><div>(aka Nigel Johnsfolly)<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM <a href="mailto:stanbmason@aol.com">stanbmason@aol.com</a> <<a href="mailto:stanbmason@aol.com">stanbmason@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:16px"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:107%">2025 New SMRS Lead</span></b></p>
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<p>I am very happy to announce that Tom Wilcox will carry the
torch of the Sprite Midget Race Series as the lead.<span> </span>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.<span> </span>Please lend your support to Tom
like you did for me.</p>
<p>This group is a democracy with some ground rules that were
started by all of us.<span> </span>I know the future
can be even better with Tom’s Leadership.<span>
</span>Like all organizations there are pros and cons to any situation, but through
compromise the majority should be met.</p>
<p>I would like to leave some heritage of why the SMRS was
started in 2012.<span> </span>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.<span> </span>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.<span> </span>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.<span> </span>VVV provided an outline of their process, which
we adapted as a prototype and modified to fit our needs over the years.<span> </span>More recently we have had larger numbers when
compared to VVV.<span> </span>The ultimate was at the
Sprite 60th in 2018 at Road America where we had 47 racing Spridgets.<span> </span>The inaugural SMRS started at Gingerman with
a group pic seen below.<span> </span>I will send an
update of SMRS Rules / Regulations and races scheduled for 2025 in January,
which will conclude my responsibilities as lead.</p>
<p>Enjoy a Spritely Life!!!</p>
<div>Stan Mason</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="cid:ii_19455ce87efcd54c5a81" style="max-width: 356px; width: 50%;"><br><span></span><br></div>
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<p> </p></div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">Be kind to others</font></div><div><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><i>JohnD</i><br></font></div></div></div>