Newsletter 3 - Chicagoland Sports Car Club

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Upcoming Event Schedule
Date Event Sponsor Venue
August 26 Club Meeting CSCC AP
Sept 5-7 AX/W2W Multi MM
Sept 13 British Car Fest BCU OCC
Sept 19-20 AX/W2W SCSCC BHF
Sept 19 Meadowdale Preservation MIR
Sept 23 Club Meeting CSCC AP
October 3-4 AX/W2W FTRC ACC
October 24-25 W2W CSCC BHF
October 28 Club Meeting CSCC AP
November 18 Club Meeting CSCC AP
December 16 Club Meeting CSCC AP
BHF: Blackhawk Farms Raceway
BCU: British Car Union www.britishcarunion.com
ACC-N/S: Autobahn Country Club (North/South)
AP: Aurielio’s Pizza Addison, IL
IRM: Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL
MIR: Meadowdale International Raceway
MM: Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI.
OCC: Oakton Community College, DesPlaines, IL
Bold: MCSCC Championship Series Competition Event
On the Cover: CSCC President Bill Boesen racing at
Blackhawk Farms in his Spec Miata / ITA race car. Bill
used to race an ITB Fiat, moving to the Number 46
white and blue Miata for the 2009 MC season.
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July 22, 2009 CSCC Meeting Minutes
Minutes of the July 22nd, 2009 Chicagoland Sports Car
Club General Membership and BOD Meeting
Attendees: Mike Schindlbeck, Dale Kofoed, Frank Riemann,
Larry Best, Frank Hartl, Alden Wells, Lois Berg-
Wells, Rich Cwik, Bill Boesen, Gary Weis, Walter Modelski,
Marcia Modelski, Jay Busse.
Food was ordered around 7:23 pm and arrived around
7:55 pm.
The meeting was called to order at 8:21pm by the pounding
of the President’s new gavel (let the minutes reflect
the new Stainless Steel Gavel was a gift from Mr. Alden
Wells).
There was a motion to approve the minutes by Mr. Wells,
seconded by Mr. Schindlbeck- passed.
Treasurer’s Report: (LB) We still have money in the
Treasury. On 7-22, we paid the Meadowdale web hosting
bill (we sponsor their website) , Downshift expenses,
some office supplies & postage, and some meeting expenses.
We have two new members, Ivan Amaya and Jordan
Denhoed. Chris Schreyer was a mid-season renewal.
Move to accept Treasurer’s report (AW) &2nd (FH)-pass.
Old Business: The By Laws- No actions at this time, but
many suggestions are coming in. We’ll discuss further
next month.
TLR - We (the BOD) are all in favor of retaining the event
name as” Chicagoland’s Loooong Race”, as it was last
year- an identity marketing measure (as it were). This will
better reflect the club’s continuous association with the
event for nearly 40 years.
Motion to retain “Chicagoland’s Loooong Race” as the
name instead of “That Loooong Race” as the official
event name. -pass.
CLR schedule: GW printed up a bunch of variations but
left them all at home. He will bring them to the August
meeting where the format WILL be decided. Come and
speak out for the format you desire!
CLR’s budget has increased - the track rental is up
$1000.00, from last year, insurance is up as well (to
$2242.00). We have to source our own pizza this year,
but beer will be dispensed on a per glass basis (we’ll
probably save here since we don’t have to buy a whole
half barrel to get those other three glasses). WE NEED A
SATURDAY NIGHT FOOD CO-ORDINATOR!
CSCC will print and mail entry forms to competitors.
CLR Responsibility List:
- Poster-Jay Busse
- Press Release- Larry Best
- Banner Revision-Jay will follow up
- Big Wheel Race- Patti Martin
- Give Away- Larry Best will Co-ordinate
- Entry Form- Prototype at August Meeting
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