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ALQMA Track News

MINUTES OF MEETING
June 13, 2008

 

June Newsletter
coming soon!

Officers Present:  Ginny & Rusty Barnard, Mark & Cathy Hanes, Rod & Lea Ann Johnson, Fred & Stacy Miller, John Vaughn, Greg Pettit, Noah Tipton
Officers Not Present:   
Members Present: Jodi Vaughn

The meeting was brought to order at 11:20 pm.

OLD BUSINESS

TREASURER’S REPORT:  JUNE –
Greg went over the Treasurer’s report for June.  Ginny Barnard made a motion to accept the report with Jodi Vaughn seconding the motion.  Motion passed.  Rod asked Greg if he checked into the insurance for the track.  Greg stated that he has only spoken to K&K Insurance and is going to check with some more companies.

NEW BUSINESS

Rod stated that he would like to talk about the problems that have surfaced lately.  He has heard enough in the last two weeks regarding track conditions and problems.  He stated that he wants all complaints from members and officers to come to him and nobody else.  He would like no more emails to all officers with complaints.  If people need to send an email they need to send it to his home email address.

Ginny would like to see if we could put a note in the newsletter about bringing in donations for the concession stand.  Everyone agreed that would be a good idea. 

Mark stated that he is still working on the regional t-shirts.  He is trying to get sponsors and has come up with a slogan to put on the shirts that says “Drive Hard or Go Home.  Mark also stated that he would like to see a “member of the month parking spot” in the officers parking area since quite a few of the officer’s park outside of the area because of having bigger trailers.  He would like that spot given to a member that has went above and beyond helping out the track.  No decision was made on this.

Ginny stated that the water is turned on, but she noticed that the line is cut going to the concession stand.  She has a hose that she is going to run from one of the water spickets to the concession stand.

LeaAnn stated that she would like to make a motion to return the $80 work fee for Jodi Vaughn and Lisa Tipton since they have been helping her in the tower all time and will continue to do so throughout the season.  Motion passed.

Rod stated that all officers will get keys to the tower and trailer.  If something happens to any equipment, please let Rod know.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:02 pm.

 

ALQMA Track News

MINUTES OF MEETING
May 3, 2008

 

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May 2008 Newsletter
Officers Present:  Ginny Barnard, Mark & Cathy Hanes, Rod & Lea Ann Johnson, Fred & Stacy Miller, John Vaughn
Officers Not Present:  Rusty Barnard, Greg Pettit, Noah Tipton

The meeting was brought to order at 5:50 pm.

OLD BUSINESS

MARCH 16, 2008 MEETING MINUTES
Rod read the minutes from the March meeting.  Mark Hanes made a motion to accept the minutes with Fred Miller seconding the motion.  Motion passed.

TREASURER’S REPORT
Rod stated that due to Greg’s absence the May report will be approved at the next meeting.

NEW BUSINESS

ARRIVE & DRIVE – Cancelled due to rain – rain date will be October 18.  Thanks to those who did show up – Mother Nature just did not cooperate.

FENCE REPLACEMENT BETWEEN TRACTOR SHED AND BIG TREE ALONG EAST SIDE OF HOT CHUTE – Farmer to east called to complain about removal of fence and trees/brush between properties.   -  ALQMA members are reminded to stay on race track property

Rod stated that he was contacted at work by a Logan County Deputy regarding the removal of the fence and the farmer’s liability.  Rod and Fred talked to the farmer today at the track and they will put a barbed wire fence back up and clean up the brush.

CONCESSION STAND HAS PASSED ALL REQUIREMENTS WITH LOGAN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT – Thanks to Ginny and those who worked to correct the deficiencies.

Ginny stated that she had to paint all bare wood in the stand, paint the floor, put covers on the lights and vents, and spray for the beetles.  Fred met the health department official on Friday, May 2nd.  The stand passed with an A.

PURCHASES

I have purchased the flagman’s headset – total cost was $203. Rod stated that the new flagman’s headset has been working intermittently.  He spoke to Racing Electronics about this problem.  They have asked that we send the headset back to them with one of the radios so that they can see what they can do to fix this problem.  Rod will get this sent to them.

Used PTO finish mower for Kubota – Stelter Hofrieter Implement, Havana, IL.  Have mowed with it already, works fine.  Motion to purchase for $500.  Rod recommended that someone make a motion to purchase the mower for $500.  Fred made the motion with Ginny seconding the motion.  Motion passed.

Pepsi Cooler has been repaired for $300.  Rod stated that Ginny took the Pepsi Cooler to John Faloon who works at the Pepsi Company in Springfield and he had it fixed for $300.  The price stated to fix the Coke Cooler was $800.

OFFICER COMMENTS
JOHN: None

FRED:  Fred stated that the tractor was left out in the rain all week which causes problem when trying to start it.  Fred stated that he has already spoken to Greg about this also.

GREG: Not present

RUSTY: Not present

NOAH: Not present

STACY: None

LEA ANN: None, but the tower needs a new tuner/speaker/microphone.

GINNY: Ginny stated that she wanted to thank Becky McCarthy for helping clean the concession stand.  She also stated that some members have donated items for the concession stand.  Ginny also stated that she put a padlock on the big propane tank for the concession stand.

MARK: Mark asked if National has reported any problems with the key ways.  Rod stated that they have reported none.  Mark also asked about insurance for the tractors.  Rod stated that right now the insurance we have is only liability in case someone gets hurts, but Greg is checking into how much it would cost to get insurance on the tractors and the buildings.  We will talk about this at the next meeting.  Mark also asked if we have had any track sponsors yet.  We were told there are not at this time.  Mark stated that he would like to see about putting up a sign on the back fence that says “Your Name Here” for anyone that would like to sponsor the track.

CATHY: Cathy asked if we are having t-shirts made this year.  Rod stated that there is a possibility.  Mark will check into pricing them.  Rod stated that we need to put something in the news letter for t-shirt sponsors for $50.

RACE ON MAY 10TH
It was asked what officers are going to be racing next weekend.  Mark & Cathy Hanes will be there.  Ginny stated she will be there and can run the concession stand.  Lea Ann stated that she run the tower.  Fred stated that he will not be racing Saturday, but can get the track ready before the races.

LIGHT POLE IN HOT CHUTE
Rod stated that the hold up on resetting the pole is getting the light.  Kent is going to get this done before the night races start.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 PM.


 

ALQMA Track News

MINUTES OF MEETING
March 16, 2008

 

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ALQMA April Newsletter
Officers Present:  Ginny & Rusty Barnard, Mark & Cathy Hanes, Rod & Lea Ann Johnson, Fred & Stacy Miller, Greg Pettit, Noah Tipton, John Vaughn
Officers Not Present:   
Members Present:       Kent & Carolyn Johnson, Chad Martin, Lisa Tipton, Reg Whittaker

The meeting was brought to order at 1:05 pm.

OLD BUSINESS

FEBRUARY 23, 2008 Meeting Minutes
Rod read the minutes from the February meeting.  Rusty Barnard made a motion to accept the minutes with Mark Hanes seconding the motion.  Motion passed.

TREASURER’S REPORT:  MARCH –
Greg went over the Treasurer’s report for March.  Rusty Barnard made a motion to accept the report with Mark Hanes seconding the motion.  Motion passed.

TROPHY BUSINESS – PHONE CALLS BY ROD TO DISCUSS TROPHY SITUATION / GINNY & RUSTY WILL BUILD TROPHIES FOR THE FIRST 5 REGULAR RACES
Ginny has the 5 weekend race trophies made already and she is getting prices now for the Regional trophies.  We also still have some participation trophies for the novices from last year.  Mark Hanes made a motion for the club to pay Ginny for the trophies she has made so far in the amount of $1,094.93.  Fred Miller seconded the motion.  Motion passed.  Mark stated that he is going to provide trophies for the novices on point nights. 

NEW BUSINESS

ARRIVE & DRIVE – April 12 – DETAILS:
SIGN-INS:
HANDLERS TO FIT DRIVERS INTO CARS
CARS:  Jr. Novice Restrictor plates – very, very little throttle, Kill switch to left side halo – off to back
SAFETY ITEMS – Helmets, Arm Restraints, Gloves, Jackets – Make sure your name is on your items!

CARS: 2-SMALLS, 1 MEDIUM AND 1 LARGE (Ben’s old car, Brayden’s Car, Austin’s old car, Luke’s car)
Rod will call Deric Sweitzer about getting some signage for the Arrive & Drive that can be put along the roads to the track.  We will also put up the ALQMA banner on the campground sign.  Greg is still working with WFMB who wants to charge $750 to do a live broadcast at the track that day.  Fred stated that he and Austin handed out 500 flyers at the St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 15th.

TRACK WORK DAYS ARE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS – MARCH 29 (WEATHER PERMITTING)

NEW PURCHASES:

HEADSETS FOR FLAGMAN AND RACE DIRECTOR – RE PRODUCTS SHEETS
Rod spoke to Racing Electronics and they have what we need to make our current radios work.  They have different prices for the headsets.  Everything is in stock and we can get it quickly.  Ginny Barnard made a motion to purchase a Legacy Eclipse Single Sided H/D Headset for $159.95 with Mark Hanes seconding the motion.  Motion passed.  Rod will call the store tomorrow to order this. 

BUSH HOG MOWER

The city of Auburn has a bush hog mower that they are trying to surplus.  Rod will look at it and see if they will donate it to the track.  Kent will also look into getting a bush hog mower from a company in Havana.

NATIONAL OFFICE:
The National Office looked at each of the clubs bylaws and stated that the ALQMA bylaws do not explicitly state what officers make up the “Novice Committee.”  We will put in the bylaws that all officers are on the “Novice Committee.”  We will get a sign off sheet for Mark to present the driver to the officers with approval by the majority needed to advance the driver to Junior Honda.

Officer Comments –
JOHN-None

FRED-Fred stated that he spoke with his sister to see if we could get a hog to cook and sell at the Regionals.  She stated that she could get us one and she would also cook it for us in her hog roaster.

GREG-None

RUSTY-Rusty stated that he wrote up a sheet for timing that will have the name of the people that are above 20° timing and will need to move the coil.  If they can’t get this changed they will get a free pass for one race and the sheet will be sent to all tracks to check again.  He stated that 22° and above will be an automatic DQ.  He will only be doing this until the deadline of May 12th and then all timing must be correct.  He also stated that I-70 is going to use the tire tester during their Regionals.  National voted for no tire tester on dirt, but Preston stated that it will be used at the Grands.

NOAH- Noah stated that they are going to be sticklers with the dates for belts and other safety issues.  Noah also stated that he got a two page form that states he needs to get the track measurements.

STACY-None

LEA ANN-None

GINNY-Ginny asked Noah to look at the Coke cooler.  Ginny is filing the paperwork with the Health Department for our permit.

MARK-None

CATHY-Cathy stated that she would like to add a “Classified” section to the newsletter.  It was stated that in the April newsletter we need to add a section saying that we will start having the newsletter in the tower and that it will also be on the website. 

Ginny Barnard made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 2:52 pm with Fred Miller seconding the motion.  Motion passed.


 

ALQMA Track News

MINUTES OF MEETING
February23, 2008

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Officers Present:  Noah Tipton, Ginny & Rusty Barnard, Mark & Cathy Hanes, Rod & Lea Ann Johnson, Fred & Stacy Miller, Greg Pettit, John Vaughn
Officers Not Present:   
Members Present:       Merle Goldesberry, Lisa Tipton, Reg & Karen Whittaker, Richard Woodard

The meeting was brought to order at 4:07 pm.

OLD BUSINESS

January 26, 2008 Meeting Minutes
Rod read the minutes from the January meeting.  Rusty made a motion to accept the minutes with Mark Hanes seconding the motion.  Motion passed.

TREASURER’S REPORT, 12/31/07; 1/25/08 – APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE
Rod asked if everyone looked over the December Treasurer’s report and if they had any questions.  Nobody had any so Mark Hanes made a motion to accept the December Treasurer’s report with Ginny Barnard seconding the motion.  Greg then went over the Treasurer’s report for January.  Fred Miller made a motion to accept the report with Ginny Barnard seconding the motion.

NEW BUSINESS

TOWER DIRECTOR APPOINTMENT – Lea Ann Johnson
Rod stated that Lea Ann Johnson has decided to accept the position of tower director if appointed.  Ginny Barnard made a motion to appoint Lea Ann Johnson as tower director with Lisa Tipton seconding the motion.  Motion passed.

NATIONAL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
Rod went over the RCP changes that were approved.
RCP #2007-12 APPROVED – No Spec Tire
RCP #2007-02 APPROVED – Titanium Axles are legal
RCP #2007-04 APPROVED – Fuel line disconnected from carburetor or fuel tank – Grands Format – Refueling requirements
2009 Dirt Grands – THQMA – 8/2-9/09

TROPIES – Discussion of Bids
Mark brought in three bids from trophy companies.  He said that a St. Louis company can save the club about 25-30% from what we paid in the past.  They will deliver the large trophies for the coliseum, banquet and regional races.  The regular race trophies will be shipped at their expense.  Discussion followed.  Rod stated that he would like to compare the sizes of trophies and prices between each bid and we will make a decision after that.

CLUB CONCESSION STAND WORK FEE FORM
Form & Repayment requirements sent in last newsletter

Novice Practice Race- NO TROPHIES, NO SCORING, NO JUDGES - Move to voluntary novice practice prior to sign-ins – afternoon point races
Discussion followed.  The board decided that a change needs to be made to the point race rules. Ginny Barnard made a motion that due to time constraints, the novices will not have a practice race before the point races, but will get 25 laps and a 20 minute time limit for their A-main race.  Lea Ann Johnson seconded the motion.  Motion passed.

Arrive & Drive – Members to volunteer cars? – Committee to organize?
Cathy stated that she has the flyer posted in many places for the Arrive & Drive.  She has it in the Bloomington paper and community calendar.  Cathy will contact the State Journal Register to see if we can get an ad in their paper.  Greg stated that he has spoken to someone at WFMB and is trying to get them to do a live broadcast at the track.  Cathy stated that she is going to check with McDonalds to see if we can put an ad about the Arrive & Drive on their papers for the trays.

Track Work Day – Coming Soon – Reset South light pole near pit area
Rod stated that Sandy Strode’s dad went to the track in February and noticed that the south light pole near the pits fell down over the winter.  This will have to be fixed. 

Officer Comments –
Rod stated that he would like to start having a time during the meetings where all officers can make any comments they have. 
John-None

Fred-None

Greg-Greg stated that he heard a rumor that the National meeting took away the sniffer.  Rusty stated that they did take away the tire machine for all dirt tracks, but tire treatment is still NOT legal.

Rusty-Rusty stated that adding the key for 120 engines doesn’t mean the motor is legal.  During the first few races of the season, they are going to keep notes on the timing during the tech process and have the handlers make changes if the timing is off.  QMA rule is 20◦ maximum timing.

Noah-Noah stated that they noticed the fourth point race is on the same date as the Terre Haute St. Jude’s race (September 6th).  Discussion followed.  Lisa Tipton made a motion to move the fourth point race to August 30th with Lea Ann seconding the motion.  Motion passed.

Stacy-None

Lea Ann-None

Ginny-None

Mark-Mark stated that he had contacted the Holiday Inn in Lincoln, IL about having a Novice meeting there and they stated that they do not want any QMA members there at the hotel ever again because of the disturbances they caused during the ALQMA regional last year.  Rod stated that he would like to know the person Mark talked to about this because he would like to contact them to find out more about the situation and if they have names of the people causing the problems last year.  Mark asked if it had been decided or not to raise the entry fees for the races as other tracks have done.  Discussion followed.  Mark made a motion to raise the entry fees to $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers for all regular races and $20 for both members and nonmembers for point races with Lea Ann Johnson seconding the motion.  Motion passed.  Mark then asked about the radios and if they have been fixed or not.  Rod stated that he will look into getting three new ones.

Cathy-Cathy asked if there were any suggestions for the newsletter.  Suggestions were made to add that everyone should get signed up for the concession stand, what new RCP’s have been approved and the change in price of the race fees.

Ginny made a motion to adjourn the meeting with Lea Ann seconding the motion.  Motion passed.

The next meeting will be on March 16, 2008 at the Brandt Office Building on South Koke Mill Road at 1:00 pm.


 

ALQMA Track NewsMINUTES OF MEETING
January 26, 2008

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Officers Present:  Ginny Barnard, Mark & Cathy Hanes, Rod Johnson, Fred & Stacy Miller, Greg Pettit, Noah Tipton
Officers Not Present:  Rusty Barnard, John Vaughn
Members Present:       Brad Butcher, Steve Stanberry, Lisa Tipton

 The meeting was brought to order at 11:10 am.

Old Business

December 8, 2007 Meeting Minutes
Stacy read the minutes from the December meeting.  Ginny Barnard made a motion to accept the minutes with Noah Tipton seconding the motion.  Motion passed.

December 2007 – Treasurer’s Report – Approve or Disapprove
Greg went over the December treasurer’s report and answered all questions.  Greg stated that the track made a profit of $5649.44 last year.  Greg then went over the Shorey Shootout Analysis that he made.  The concession stand made $1,230.24 with the tower making $2,328.05 for a grand total of $3,558.25.  He then went over the 2007 Year End Banquet Analysis.  After all expenses were paid the track had $579.99 left over.  Mark made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report with Ginny Barnard seconding the motion.  Motion passed.

January Treasurer’s Report
Greg went over the January treasurer’s report and answered all questions.  They ordered 25 red, 25 blue and 2 jr. stock restrictor plates.  Rod then stated that he would like all officers and members to look over the detailed treasurer’s report that was given at this meeting and would like for it to be approved at next month’s meeting.

New Business

Regional Meeting in Review – January 19th
Rod stated that John and Greg represented the club at the regional meeting.  There were no big changes or issues.  It was decided that all regional meetings will be at 7:00 pm on Friday nights.  The states race this year will be on May 17-18 at MSLQMRA.  It will be run in the regional format.

Club Concession Stand Work Fee
Rod stated that the work fee was briefly discussed at the regional meeting.  They stated that it was voluntary for each track last year and will be again this year.  Rod stated that 3 of the 5 clubs have approved the work fee (CCQMA, I-70 and THQMA) with MSLQMRA not yet discussing it.  Rod stated that he is recommending that we do this at our track.  The officers will need to make some guidelines for repayment.  Fred Miller made a motion to institute the $80 work fee with Mark Hanes seconding the motion.  Motion passed. 

Ginny passed out an agreement that she made up that states that the member agrees to pay ALQMA an $80 work fee with the understanding that they will have to work in the concession stand for a set amount of time to receive their money back at the end of the season.  She would like all members to sign this form at the beginning of the race season.  Discussion followed.  Ginny will add a line for the driver’s name and two check boxes with one stating “will work” and one stating “will not work” to the agreement so that she will be able to tell which families will be donating their $80 to the track.    Mark Hanes made a motion to accept this agreement with those additions with Fred Miller seconding the motion.  Motion passed. 

Approve or Review 2008 Race Schedule
Discussion followed regarding the schedule.  Ginny stated that we needed to move the 3rd point race from July 26th to July 19th because there probably won’t be a good car count that weekend.  The Dirt Grands will start the following weekend on August 2nd and most people might wait to race Taylorville on Sunday to get ready for the Grands.  Noah Tipton made a motion to accept the schedule with the points race date change with Steve Stanberry seconding the motion.  Motion passed.

Mark Hanes asked if someone could look into ALQMA doing a coliseum race the weekend after the CCQMA Spring Shoot-Out next year.  Rod stated that we could look into it, but was not sure that it could be done because of the schedule.

Revise 2007 Point Series Guidelines for 2008
Discussion followed regarding changes to the point series guidelines. 
·    We will drop sign-in points. 
·    Cancellation due to weather will be posted on the website by 7:30 AM for day races and 12:00 noon on night races.
·    Sign-in for point races will be from 9:30-10:30 AM with qualifying to follow.
·    If there is an error with the timing light when qualifying, the car will be red flagged and stopped on the track and not go into the hot chute.
·    Novice drivers must run 3 of the 5 point races while all other drivers must run 4 of 5 point races to be eligible for a trophy at the year end awards banquet.
·    If there are 8 or less novices, they will have the option of running a heat race before qualifying begins.

Mark Hanes made a motion to accept the guidelines with the above changes.  Noah Tipton seconded the motion.  Motion passed.

Arrive & Drive – Members to Volunteer cars? – Committee to organize?
Rod stated that he can bring Ben’s old car, Greg stated he has a small car that he can bring and Mark stated that if his car is ready he can bring it.  Rod passed around the flyer that Cathy made for the Arrive & Drive.  Discussion followed on where we can pass out the flyers.  It was suggested about getting an ad placed in the Springfield Shopper and in different newspapers in surrounding towns.  It was also suggested to contact a radio station.  This will be discussed further at the next meeting.

DRINK COOLER
Rod stated that he has been in contact with a representative with Coke about fixing the Coke cooler that we now have that is broke without signing a new contract with them.  Noah stated that he can look at it and see if he can get parts and try and fix it.  Rod will see what the Coke rep says first and depending on what happens will let Noah know.

Mark Hanes stated that he would like the Board to look into getting bids for trophies for the 2008 season from other companies.  He has been looking into it himself already and has gotten some good information.  Rod stated that he will call Merle Goldesberry and ask him to send in a bid for the upcoming season. 

Ginny Barnard made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 2:05 PM.  Motion passed.

The next meeting with be on February 16, 2008.  Location and time will be announced at a later date.

MINUTES OF MEETING
December 8, 2007

Officers Present: Lori Smith, Ginny Barnard, Rusty Barnard, Kenny Strode, Freddy Miller, Stacy Miller, Rod Johnson, Greg Pettit, Noah Tipton, John Vaughn, Mark & Cathy Hanes.

Officers Not Present: Robin Pettit, Tony Feger  

Members Present: Deric Sweitzer, Reggie Smith, Lisa Tipton, Jeff McCarthy, Tyree & Leslie Campbell.

The meeting was brought to order at 1:00 pm.

Introduction of 2008 ALQMA Board
Rod Johnson introduced the 2008 Board of Directors.

President – Rod Johnson
Race Director – John Vaughn
Track Director – Fred Miller
Treasurer – Greg Pettit
Secretary – Stacy Miller
Tower Director – Unfilled
Safety Director – Noah Tipton
Tech Director – Rusty Barnard
Novice Trainer – Mark Hanes
Concessions – Ginny Barnard
Publicity – Cathy Hanes

Rod stated that John Vaughn has decided that he will be race director if nominated. Ginny Barnard made a motion to nominate John Vaughn as race director with Kenny Strode seconding the motion. Motion passed. Rod then stated that John does not wish to take care of the track and would like to ask someone to make a motion to nominate Fred Miller as track director. Mark Hanes made a motion to nominate Fred Miller as track director with Noah Tipton seconding the motion. Motion passed.

Treasurer Report:
Greg went over the treasurer’s report and answered questions. He talked about how much was brought in for the concession stand and the tower at the Shorey Shootout coliseum race. He then talked about the 2007 banquet. The club is $600 ahead after all the expenses were paid.

Discussion followed regarding the point races and drivers getting trophies at these races. It was decided that we would keep it as we have been doing with novices getting participation trophies as long as we have enough donated.

Rod then stated that he would like all officers and members to look over the detailed treasurer’s report that was given at this meeting and would like for it to be approved at next month’s meeting. All directors and members agreed.

Old Business:

LAST MEETING MINUTES
Rod read the minutes from the October meeting.

2007 COLISEUM RACE
Rod stated that overall we had a good program and everything went well.

2007 TRACK WORK FEE – POLICY (3 NIGHTS AT THE TRACK, TWO 3 HOUR REGIONAL SHIFTS, TWO 3 HOUR COLISEUM SHITFS
Discussion followed regarding the 2007 track work fees. We had only 10 families fulfill their responsibilities so Kenny Strode made a motion that the track should keep the remainder of the work fees. We will discuss this further at the next meeting.

New Business:

CHAIN OF COMMAND – CODE OF CONDUCT – OFFICERS MUST KNOW THE RULES
Rod stated that he would like all of the officers to know the rule book inside and out before the racing season starts so that if a member has a problem then any officer can answer their question.

RCP’S – NEARLY 50 – NO COPIES MADE, CAN VIEW ONLINE AT www.quartermidgets.org
There were 43 RCP’s that were discussed and voted on. A separate sheet will be attached with the votes.

2008 ALQMA RACING SHEDULE – TENTATIVE – START THINKING OF THE ARRIVE & DRIVE
Discussion followed regarding the 2008 schedule. Rod stated that if anyone sees a problem to bring it up at the next meeting.

2008 TRACK WORK FEE
Rod stated that he would like to wait to see what the Regional Board decides at their January Regional meeting and everyone agreed. We will discuss this further at the next meeting which will be after the Regional Banquet.

POTENTIAL PURCHASES FOR 2008
Discussion followed regarding the Coke cooler breaking down and the Coke contract that we still have. Rod stated that they would like to buy a bush hog mower for the tractor. No decisions were made.

Mark Hanes made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 3:55 pm with Greg Pettit seconding the motion. Motion passed.

The next meeting with be on January 26, 2008. No destination for this meeting has been decided.

2008 ALQMA Points Series Format

2008 Concession Work Schedule is now available. Adobe Reader
***Updated: June 14, 2008***

ALQMA members will be required to pay the $80 work fee prior to signing in for the first race.

Please contact Ginny @ 217-522-8212 to sign-up for a shift.

All members will be required to sign the work agreement which explains the work requirement.
In order to be reimbursed for the full work fee amount, all required shifts must be worked.
If you choose not to pay the work fee, no trophies will be awarded to your driver.

Please refer to the work schedule above for available shifts.
YOU MUST SIGN-UP FOR A SHIFT ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

If no one has signed-up to work, this will allow enough time to hire outside help and members
will not be allowed to fill in. Please keep this in mind when needing to meet your $80 work fee requirements.


ALQMA Officers
President
217-438-6136
Race Director
217-979-7140
Track Director
217-741-7699
Treasurer
217-476-3758
Secretary
217-741-7699
Tower Director
217-438-6136
Tech Director
217-522-8212
Safety Director
Noah Tipton
217-864-5816
Novice Trainer
309-726-2206
Concessions
217-522-8212
Publicity Director
309-726-2206
Region 5 Director
217-824-6971
ALQMA Track Records
CLASS NAME LAP TIME (sec.)
Jr. Novice
Lucas Salvator
8.914
Sr. Novice
Michael Sheppard
8.278
Jr. Honda
Jordan Campbell
7.954
Sr. Honda
Tanner Whitten
7.769
Hvy. Honda
Zach Hardy
7.922
Jr. Stock
Steven Russell
8.003
Sr. Stock
Brycen Hicks
7.972
Lt. Mod
Garrett Aitken
7.817
Hvy. Mod
Kyle Schuett
7.958
Lt. B
Garrett Aitken
7.679
Hvy. B
Billy Fisher
7.743
Lt. AA
Brett Davis
7.679
Hvy. AA
Josh Collins
7.786
Lt. 160
Luke Verardi
7.597
Hvy. 160
Billy Fisher
7.842
Jr. Half
Aaron Johnson
7.739
World Formula
Derek Schuett
7.634
ALQMA Map & Directions

Map

From the north I-55 (blue line): Take Business I-55 Exit 123 and turn right (west) and travel approximately 0.25 mi. Once at the T-intersection, turn left (south). Continue for a little less than 0.5 mi. and take the first right (west) you come to. Continue west for 2 mi. to a 4-way intersection. Turn left (south) and continue for 1 mi to a T-intersection. Turn right (west) and continue for a little less than 1 mi. The entrance to ALQMA is located on your right. Take the left fork at the entrance and follow it to the back of the campground. Please observe the 10 mph speed limit.

From the south on I-55 (red line): (Follow Camping Signs)Take Exit 119 (Broadwell exit) and turn left (north) over the interstate. Turn left (west) on the on the second road on the left. Continue west for approximately 2 miles to a T-intersection. Turn right (north) and continue for 1 mile and road will take a sharp turn to right and the entrance to ALQMA is located on left. Take the left fork at the entrance and follow it to the back of the campground. Please observe the 10 mph speed limit.

ALQMA Novices

ALQMA 2008 Novices

Drivers from L to R: Matt Shannon, Mason Hammel, Brayden Pettit, Damien Hilmes, Hunter Collins, Nathan Welch, Jeremy Parnell, Atom Polluck, Sean Welch

ALQMA Area Hotels

The closest hotels to the track are located off Interstate 55
at Exit 126 in Lincoln
.


Hotel Map 1

Holiday Inn Express Lincoln, Il
130 Olson Dr, Lincoln, IL 62656
(217) 735-5800

Hotel Map 2

Comfort Inn of Lincoln, IL
2811 Woodlawn Road, Lincoln, IL 62656
(217) 735-3960
One half mile off I-55, Exit 126

If these hotels are full you may want to try Bloomington 40 miles north of the track, or Springfield 30 miles south of the track.

 

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