President’s Report – March 2017

Another great race weekend with 132 racers including 21 students. I want to thank Bill Wolff for taking on the race chair responsibilities because everything went like a well-oiled machine. A big thanks to Jeff Garrett for handling the awards ceremony. I especially want to thank Danny, Merl, Judd, Greg, Karl and all the others that made sure we had a great racing experience. Mother nature blessed us with fantastic weather and NO rain. I want once again to salute Scott Robinson for donating a bottle of Fuzzy Vodka and to Judy Kellner for selling all the chances which goes back to the Patrick Phillips Memorial Corner Worker fun. We did have a few scares with Bill Griffith and Denise Fawcett but the last reports are favorable. I think Bill will say that wearing the HANS was a good idea. Quote from MSR-H; The ambulances are ALS (advanced life support) which means they have a paramedic on them The ambulances have AEDs and traditional defibrillators onboard.  The track also has multiple AEDs around the facility and on our safety trucks. I want to remind everyone that HANS or equal devises will be required in 2018. The late fee/price increase policy is being postponed until 2018. The reason behind the increase in registration for test-n-tune is that all of our costs are going up and instead of raising membership or licensing we felt that it made sense that Friday should be the same price as Saturday and Sunday. We still have one of the least expensive racing venues and to the best of my knowledge there has not been a cost increase since 2000 or earlier. For those that are interested we now have a Lifetime Membership available. The price is $750.00 and over 75 years old is $375.00. The Strada Corsa race being presented by Escuderia Charities has been rescheduled until 2018. Be sure and register for Hallett. We are having a Pre-War group and feature race. Remember to wave at the corners and I’ll See you at the races, HH