[Spridgets] Sprite Midget Race Series End of Season Results and 10th Anniversary
Erick Zanner
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Thu Aug 26 15:50:11 MDT 2021
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> *Subject:* Re: Sprite Midget Race Series End of Season Results and 10th
> Anniversary
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> Cheaper if you buy directly from Clancy.
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> On Aug 26, 2021, at 2:57 PM, Don Kelly <devildogracing9 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Erick you can get directly from Clancy or Winners Circle. I don't know the
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> Don Kelly
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> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021, 8:21 AM Erick Zanner <ezanner at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Well said!
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> Agreed!
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> EZ
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> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 8:19 AM Charles Hall III <charlie at charles-hall.com>
> wrote:
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> A special thanks to Stan Mason, for whom without his tireless dedication
> none of this would occur.
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> Thank you Stanley
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> *Subject:* Sprite Midget Race Series End of Season Results and 10th
> Anniversary
>
>
>
> Spridgetites,
>
>
>
> Below is our end of season report. Attached are the end of series results
> and a great shot of awards presented with a back drop of a Austin Healey
> Sprite Prototype Lucas Fuel Injection.
>
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>
> Enjoy
>
> Stan
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> *2021 Sprite Midget Race Series End of Season Report & Overview of 60th
> Spridget Reunion (revised August 25, 2021)*
>
>
>
> 1. *Overall* - It is hard to believe that we have been doing this
> great fun on and off the track for 10 years as the Sprite Midget Race
> Series. Before the SMRS we would be excited if we had 5 Spridgets racing
> for the weekend. This year we experienced 21 to 28 Spridget to play with
> at each race. The 10th Anniversary was planned to be special and it
> lived up to that expectations. Record turnout for all of our races and
> finished with traditional Grattan Finale. The end of season awards were
> exceptional and would have never been possible without Dave Kessinger and
> his vision. We enjoyed having new Spridget racers from Pennsylvania,
> Virginia, Kansas & Texas join us and share our passion on and off the
> track. It was so exciting to have the 2 World Class Restored Sprite
> Prototypes all the way from Texas join us. We exceeded our high water mark
> of having more Spridgets than Formula Vees at several races this season.
> 2. *Grattan – *We were told that we would have less area in the
> overall paddock. This discourage some from coming and actually resulted in
> smaller numbers than what was originally anticipated. We were able to hold
> on to our traditional Spridget Paddock location, but with the additional
> Spridget Racers coming in we needed to have other locations to place
> everyone. I appreciate everyone’s patience in trying to organize this
> special event. Friday was a humid hot day ending with the Cape of Good
> Hope Pub Toasting followed by our Texas friends Steve and Mike Coleman’s
> presentation and display of 2 Historic circa 1967-68 Sprite Prototypes made
> at the Geoff and Donald Healey’s Cape Works in Warwick England. The
> research and details the Coleman’s have put into these cars makes me very
> appreciative of their passion to show these great restored cars to us in
> the MidWest. I consider them true Ambassadors of the Austin Healey Marque
> and more specifically Sprites. Hearing these cars on the track as I was
> passed will always be one of my favorite memories. Saturday was the
> busiest of the weekend with the Spridget Race moved to Saturday from our
> traditional Sunday morning race. Brat Lunch was well supported with Carl
> and Bob at Chef Helm both days. A parade lap at 2:30 for Street
> Spridgets. The Sprite / Midget Street and Race Car Show was held during
> the day with Rob Brackett taking the lead. Awards were presented that
> evening for Sprite Street - Rob Brackett, Race Sprite - Gary Perser, Race
> Midget - Mark Maehling and Best Of Show - Rob Brackett. 1st place per
> class Spridget Race position were announced. Sunday we enjoyed our Brat
> Lunch followed by our annual awards listed below and attached. Compiling
> end of season results from the weekend is always an added frustration and
> even thought I try to double check before the presentation, there always
> seems to be some oversight that occurs. Our special 10 year celebration at
> Grattan had some first time racers joining in the fun. I felt it would not
> be fair for those that were going for season points to be penalized from
> those that just entered this race, so I only gave position points to those
> that had at least entered 1 series race prior to Grattan. This means that
> you may see double entries for those that only attended Grattan. I
> overlooked announcing Ellie Lynch’s 3rd place in Bug Eye 2M2. This is
> especially embarrassing knowing the praise I gave her after she came off
> the track on Sunday with a 1:38 ET in her first time racing at Grattan. I
> announced Jeff Carloss’s 1st place in Bug Eye 2E, after looking more
> closely to points awarded from the 3 sessions I realized that there was
> actually a tie for 1st with Rick Fisk. Rick deserves special mention
> since he started the first race at Gingerman with a 1275 in Bug Eye 2M2 and
> then bought a 948 from me and did well enough at Black Hawk and Grattan to
> manage a 1st place in 2E (maybe I should have kept that engine!).
> Please see attached results in this email.
> 3. *Sponsors* - We are very fortunate this year to have several
> sponsors:
>
>
> 1. *Dave Kessinger –* providing T-Shirts, Spridget Signs and the
> Fantastic Iceberg Awards.
> 2. *Clancy Schmidt –* free entrance to next race drawing (if you
> have his A-Arm sticker on the side of you race Spridget) along with
> monetary donations and Spridget paddock signs.
> 3. *Winners Circle –* Jeff Porada for his donation
> 4. *Jeff Carloss –* for his continued support of providing his
> artistic work and providing free SMRS posters
> 5. *Colin’s Classics –* Cana and Colin Comer 2021 sticker
> contribution
>
>
> 1. *Driver Incidents Spridgets and Group 2* – As the VSCDA Group 2
> representative I can say in recent history we have had some of the least
> Driver Incidents involving the Driver Committee. I am concerned that this
> is no longer true and in fact we now have the most incidents. I am working
> to understand this better with data provided by Gary Kropf. I am compiling
> these results and will share by the end of the year in hopes of
> understanding where we are going wrong. We have 2 more races with VSCDA
> the ELVF at Road America and Blacktober at Black Hawk. The early data I
> have seen seems to indicate that passing safely is our biggest challenge.
> We need to return to our Vintage Values and if you are uncertain of a
> pass wait until you are confident you can make a clean pass. When in
> traffic especially around unknown drivers, having a defensive posture is
> always the right approach to keep your car and others from being damaged.
> The Jim Donato Most Respected Driver Criteria below should always be our
> guide. There is no better feeling when racing to trust the person you are
> going wheel to wheel with and giving room by both drivers. I believe we
> all (including myself) need to have a reset button with Vintage Values of
> having fun over Red Mist!
> 2. *Race Attendance* – As you can see from the chart below we exceeded
> the most racing Spridgets in the history of SMRS attendance at all 3
> tracks. Gingerman had it’s largest with a real abundance of Driver School
> Spridgets. Black Hawk almost doubled it’s largest attendance. Grattan was
> also a big number exceeding our previous record of 23 in 2015 where Grattan
> was the MG Focus when we picked up quite a few Midgets. We continue to
> have the largest numbers in Spridget Vintage Racing and probably SCCA based
> on my viewing of Vintage Magazines and club race lists. The Yellow
> highlighted areas are SMRS Tracks where we determine our end of season
> results with the total for the season in the last row.
>
>
>
> *Race Track*
>
> *2012*
>
> *2013*
>
> *2014*
>
> *2015*
>
> *2016*
>
> *2017*
>
> *2018*
>
> *2019*
>
> *2020*
>
> *2021*
>
> *Gingerman*
>
> 14
>
> 14
>
> 12
>
> 16
>
> 9
>
> 12
>
> 18
>
> 17
>
> 0
>
> 21
>
> *Blackhawk*
>
> 13
>
> 11
>
> 11
>
> 14
>
> 12
>
> 12
>
> 12
>
> 14
>
> 9
>
> 26
>
> *Grattan*
>
> 17
>
> 14
>
> 20
>
> 23
>
> 15
>
> 14
>
> 16
>
> 18
>
> 12
>
> 28
>
> *ELVF 60th*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 47
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Blacktober*
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>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 15
>
>
>
> *SMRS Total*
>
> 44
>
> 39
>
> 43
>
> 53
>
> 36
>
> 38
>
> 46
>
> 49
>
> 21
>
> 75
>
>
>
> 6. *Season Overall Winners* (requires having a perfect score of 48
> points from at least 2 of the 3 race weekends)
>
> 2013
>
> Cana Comer
>
> 2014
>
> Greg Cory and Nathan Burress
>
> 2015
>
> Colin Comer and Randy Byboth
>
> 2016
>
> None qualified
>
> 2017
>
> Ashley Burress, Nathan Buress and Jim Donato
>
> 2018
>
> Ashley Burress and Ron Soave
>
> 2019
>
> Doug Bruce and Jim Donato
>
> 2020
>
> John Salisbury
>
> 2021
>
> John Salisbury, Doug Bruce & Nathan Burress
>
>
>
> 7*.* *Special Spirit and Driver Awards*:
>
> *Gary Kropf Spirit Award* (started in 2015 in honor of Gary’s attitude
> that we all admire). This Huge piston award was donated by Paul
> Fitzsimmons and polished up with name tags by Charlie Hall’s vision of this
> spirit award.
>
> a. Previous Winners: 2015 Salisbury, 2016 Donato, Salisbury, 2017
> Soave, Kelly, Mason, 2018 Kropf, Salisbury, Hall, 2019 Bruce, 2020
> cancelled.
>
> b. Criteria: Promotes the Vintage Spirit, Assists others within the
> paddock, with repairs, parts, advice and encourages racer in making next
> session. Quick to organize group activities with race and banquet.
> Volunteers with other VSCDA activities and committees.
>
> *c.* This year’s winner was Charlie Hall
>
>
>
> *Jim Donato Most Respected Driver *(started in 2016 in honor of Jim’s
> contribution and example of a great respected driver)
>
> Criteria: A driver that exemplifies the meaning of a Vintage Sports Car
> Most Respected Driver includes:
>
> *Predictable* (Stays on racing line and points racers by when being
> passed or when passing. Makes sure that over taking driver knows they are
> about to be passed and allows room and good judgement),
>
> *Confident & Observant* (Uses mirrors and is aware of others racing
> nearby)
>
> *Respectful* (Confirms that their race car is mechanically sound and will
> not cause others to be injured from improper maintenance. Can sit down
> with other competitors and enjoy their company after any session)
>
> *Objective* (open to other’s comments) Drives Defensively (adjusts for
> conditions safely regardless of other driver’s interaction).
>
> *Previous Winners:* 2016 Namesake Jim Donato, 2017 Mal Fay, 2018 Ashley
> Burress, 2019 Buzz Merchlewitz.
>
> This year’s winner was John Salisbury
>
>
>
> 8. *Spridget Contributors to VSCDA* (we appreciate our group’s
> unselfish contribution to VSCDA and the Sprite Midget Race Series making us
> one of the best groups within VSCDA for volunteering their time and making
> this club continue to thrive for our enjoyment (I was at Gingerman and
> Grattan and apologize if I missed any names):
>
> a. Ron Soave and Jeff Porasik for both Blackhawk Events as Event
> Chairmen. Don Kelly and Doug Bruce as Event Chairman for Grattan.
>
> b. Dave Young, Paul Fitzsimmons and Gerry Brasil, Brad Carloss, Carl
> Goodwin for their contributions to Scrutineering / Tech Barn
>
> c. Stacey Donato for her overall running of VSCDA registration and
> all that she does along with her family from her Mom and Dad on down to her
> daughter. Registration assistance from Jan and Jeff Freers, Cheryl Carloss
> & Janet Carloss.
>
> d. Charlie Hall, Gary Kropf, Roger Heil & Jim Donato for Drivers
> Committee. Gary Kropf initiated the Driver’s Committee Summary of actions,
> which is greatly appreciated and time consuming. I think measuring
> something as important as safety is the key to reducing incidents and
> allowing us to improve.
>
> e. Doug Bruce for Homologations and Corner / Paddock Worker Sprite Door
> Annual Award selected for the best Grattan worker selected by their peers.
>
> f. Tom Wilcox for taking the lead at Blackhawk and taking care of sale of
> regalia, organizing Spridget Paddock and Brat Lunch
>
> g. Jim Donato as VSCDA Vice President
>
> h. Bob Danielson continuing to support the Donato Most Respected Driver
> Award that he crafted and provide updated driver plaque.
>
> i. Charlie Hall continuing support of the Kropf Piston Spirit Award that
> he initiated and continues to provide updated plaques for.
>
> j. Stan Mason as VSCDA Group 2 Representative and SMRS lead.
>
> *9. End Of Season Awards* -Every driver that met the 2 race weekend or
> more requirements received awards if they attended Grattan finale. Results
> are attached to this email.
>
> *10*. *Classifications* - I would like to revise our SMRS classifications
> for the 2022 season and I have several thoughts of how we can improve. If
> you have some thoughts of how we can group Spridgets for fair competition I
> would like to hear from you. Our criteria up to this time has been to
> follow VSCDA requirements, which include conformance to SCCA 1972 GCR/PCS
> guidelines and exceptions as spelled out by VSCDA. Even under these
> conditions there is varying shades of gray that we need to clarify for fair
> classifications.
>
> *11. SMRS Past / Future* - Like all organizations including SMRS we
> will only be successful if we have new people stepping up to fill
> positions. I have been at the helm for the past 10 years and will step
> down on or before 2026. It would be nice to have someone that is retired
> or will retire in the future to pick up this baton before my departure.
> Maybe even mirror me and assist before 2026. I have started a job
> description / overview of what I currently do. I know there are others out
> there that can take SMRS to a higher level learning from our past and
> improving the future. If you have an interest now or in the future please
> let me know.
>
>
>
> *12. VSCDA Upcoming 2021 events*:
>
> 1. Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival Road America September17-19
>
> 2. Blackhawk Farms Octoberfest, October 16-17
>
>
>
> Thanks for a Great 10th Season and Enjoy a Spridgetly Life of Relative
> Speed!
>
> Stan Mason
>
>
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