I'm just gonna say this one more time... and hopefully this will sink in.
The 2008 Sprite 50th Race Series will be at 4 to 6 tracks, including
Virginia Int., Road America at Elkhart Lake,WI, Mosport in Canada, Blawkhawk
Farms in IL near Rockford, and the possibility of 2 more events. The race
series will be part of larger sanctioning bodies that already have
insurance, etc. They already have infrastructure. If you'd like to throw a
national even in conjunction with the race at Blackhawk, you're welcome to.
I can help make that happen, and perhaps can organize track touring, or,
possibly even a driver's schools of some sort. Also, there will be many
(many) Sprite & Midget drivers in need of crew, so many of you could step up
and be part of a race team.
Also, there's no reason why smaller or regional events can't piggyback on
the other events.
Speak up if this appeals to ya.
-----Original Message-----
From owner-spridgets at autox.team.net [mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Bud Osbourne
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:37 AM
To: Bill Gilroy
Cc: Spridgets@Autox. Team. Net
Subject: RE: dueling websites?
Agreed. But, I think that before we anoint our Fearless Leader, we should
first determine (by polling) where we want to have the event/events, and
whether or not we want to have one event in the east, and another in the
west.
I also think that, before anything is finalized, we should allow sufficient
time for additional thoughts & ideas to be presented, and some (civil,
rational, and reasoned) on-list debate. Once it has become clear as to what
the majority would like to see take place, potential event czars could then
step forward. After all, we can hardly expect someone to put his or her
best efforts toward an event that they aren't fully in favor of (due to
location, etc.).
Also, as has been mentioned by others, the event will need some serious
sponsorship from businesses involved with and supporting the Spridget hobby.
Without such support, I don't see much chance of pulling it off.
Bud Osbourne
-----Original Message-----
From Bill Gilroy [mailto:wmgilroy at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:46 AM
To: Bud Osbourne
Cc: Spridgets@Autox. Team. Net
Subject: Re: dueling websites?
I think what we need at this point is a person to step up and lead this
effort over the next 2.5 years. This is no small task and will not be easy.
But this effort will need the guiding hand of a leader. So who has some
spare time over the next 2.5 years? With that in place the leader can start
to gather questions and answer is a sane fashion. If someone does not step
up this will die in about 2 weeks.
Bill
PS. To get SWAG from vendors you need to ask 1 year or the Jan. of the
event. That will take time and effort. You will need letterhead, it is
hard to ask for products without letterhead. JM2C.
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