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Tentative 09/10 Event Schedule
Date Event Sponsor Venue
November 18 Club Meeting CSCC Aurielio’s
December 16 Club Meeting CSCC Aurielio’s
January 16 MC Banquet MC/NSSCC Cliff Breakers
February 6 CSCC Banquet CSCC TBD
February 27-28 Kart Expo Franklin DuPage Expo
March 6-7 Perf. Parts Expo MC/NSSCC Pheasant Run
March 20 Indoor School NSSCC ACC
April 17-18 DS/W2W TBD BHF
May 29-31 AX/W2W TBD BHF
June 19-20 Vintage Event VSCDA BHF
June 26-27 W2W TBD RA*
July 17-18 DS/W2W TBD BHF
July 24-25 TBD/W2W TBD Grattan*
August 14-15 AX/W2W TBD BHF
August 28-29 AX/W2W TBD ACC-N
Sept 4-6 AX/W2W TBD MM*
October 2-3 AX/W2W TBD ACC-S
October 23-24 W2W TBD BHF
* Dates for RA, Grattan, and Milwaukee are subject to change
ACC-N/S: Autobahn Country Club (North/South)
AP: Aurielio’s Pizza Addison, IL
BHF: Blackhawk Farms Raceway www.blackhawkfarms.com
Cliff Breakers: Rockford www.cliffbreakers.com
Grattan: grattanraceway.com
MIR: Meadowdale International Raceway
MM: Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI.
RA: Road America www.roadamerica.com
Bold: MCSCC Championship Series Competition Event
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September 2009 CSCC Meeting Minutes
Minutes of the September 23rd, 2009 Chicagoland Sports
Car Club General Membership and BOD Meeting
Attendees: Paul Schindlbeck, Rich Cwik, Dale Kofoed,
Frank Riemann, Mike Schindlbeck, Alden Wells, Lois
Berg-Wells, Larry Best, Jay Busse, Bill Boesen, Gary
Weis, Frank Hartl, Neil Janota.
Food and drink was ordered at 7:01 pm.
President Bill called the meeting to order at 8:06 pm.
Move to accept the (edited) meeting minutes (MS) and
2nd (BB) -pass.
Treasurer’s Report: (LB)- The CLR39 expenses are
coming due beginning this month, including the insurance
bill, printing and postage, stickers and posters, etc.
The fax line setup for CLR39 is $26.95, plus $25-30.00 to
My Auto Events.com for registration fee with them. Last
month’s expenses included brochure printing, the State
of Illinois filing fee, (for our tax exempt non-profit annual
report), and some Meadowdale expenses.
We have a new member, Scott Krause. Welcome to
CSCC.
Move to accept the Treasurer’s report (RC) & 2nd (MS)
-pass.
Old Business: The Auto Show at Meadowdale-Frank
Hartl and Gary Weis showed their cars in the CSCC exhibit,
along with about 200 other cars. There were approximately
3-4000 spectators. There was a not-so-brief
discussion about Honey Wagons and Port-A-John maneuvering-
LB and FH were both on the Port-A-John Allotment
Committee.
MC Contest Board: (GW)- The 2009 MC Banquet will
be on the 3rd weekend in January at the Cliff Breakers in
Rockford. Price and other details will soon be available.
Nominations for year end awards are now open online at
the MC website.
MC officer nominations are also open. Nancy Harlan said
she would run again as Treasurer, and Sue Boldt as Secretary.
Gary Weis has expressed interest in the position
of Competition Director. Votes are in Dec.
MC’s new tri-fold brochure is available online as a downloadable
pdf file.
MC is talking about starting another fund (!) to purchase
a truck to tow the MC equipment trailer.The next Auto-X
meeting is (was) Sept. 19th.
The race at The Milwaukee Mile was OK, and we’ll probably
go back next year. Salt Creek did a great job staffing
the track. Rockford won the Ferris wheel competition.
We have a VERY tentative schedule from BFR for the
races in 2010.
CSCC should nominate someone to win the Lou
Schauppner Award. Our club did donate it to Council .
(MS) nominates Frank Hartl for the 2009 Lou Schauppner
Award – 2nd (JB) -pass. Deadline for nominations is November
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