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Notes from Driver’s Meeting on February 9th, 2009 Meeting called to order at 7:00 PM at Delaware Community Centre
2008 Rookie of the Year Awards APC Late Model - Chad Rijnen Powerade Open Wheel Modified - Robin McCluskey (absent) Peterbilt Of Ontario Super Stock - Kris Lawrence Challenger Motor Freight Trucks - Justin De Melo
2009 Management Team: Two new managers hired in 2009. Don Leonard as Sales and Marketing Manager and Joe Czernai as Hospitality Manager.
Division Sponsor Update: Not all sponsors have confirmed their ability to sponsor in 2009. Looking to confirm returning Division sponsors by mid February.
2009 Points Fund: There will be a year end points fund for Weekly and Enduro Divisions. Money will come from Delaware Speedway, Sponsors and Nascar(weekly Divisions only). Post meeting note: Paul neglected to mention that the 50/50 for 2009 will either be cancelled or go to charity. Jeff can be contacted to answer any questions about 2008.
2009 Awards Banquet: Announced that there would be one in 2009. Post meeting note: 2009 Banquet will be on Saturday, Oct 24th, at the Hellenic Community Centre on Southdale Road, London.
Meeting Notes – will be put up on the web site.
Ownership Update - Arlen Scherba is now the sole owner of the Delaware Speedway business. The Spivak family continues to own the track and land. Track Repairs – planning to repair bump in turn 3, turn 4 breakup and Pit Road. Electronic Scoring – investigating this for 2009, may or may not happen. Rentals estimated at $150 Weekly, $80 Enduro and $20 per event. Drivers can purchase own transponder but if they fail they will not be scored. Rented transponders will be replaced if damaged at no cost to driver. Rented transponders will be returned at end of night. Rulebook Update – Engine setback rule updated today. See Rule Book update on web site. Contact Jeff if there are any questions.
Whelen All American Series has been significantly changed from the Dodge Weekly series. This sanction will be good for both the drivers and the Speedway. NASCAR membership is optional for all drivers and crew. For teams that race in the weekly divisions there is financial benefit to joining. See presentation slides. Assuming that the weather co-operates the Speedway will schedule at least the minimum number of races required to qualify for year end points. Will schedule double points races to help with the number of races. Weekly Purse: Purse is 5-10% less for non members. Special APC Late Models year end purse of $11,000 will be paid to top 20 in points in the JBM Triple Crown Series. Jeff indicated total available money and awards is estimated to be a half-million dollars. Post Meeting Note: These estimates are based on car counts of 28 cars per race. See presentation for other details.
Backgate Convenience Pass - will be available for $320 plus tax for back gate entry to all events. Top gate spousal pass available for $250. Sponsor Workshop – Speedway wants to help drivers where we can. Offer extended to put on a Sponsor workshop. Enough interest expressed that we will have one. Date will likely be March 2nd or 3rd. Increasing sponsor value: Speedway will make tickets available to your sponsors on a night when you race. Will need contact info for Speedway follow-up. Speedway is not after your sponsors, we want to make sure we give them value for their sponsorship.
Need to reenergize Enduro for both drivers and fans. Want input tonight on the proposed format changes. Thanks to Pete for his comments on the proposed changes. See presentation for details of Enduro format changes and V-8 Challenge race. Speedway will call another meeting for the Enduro drivers to go over the final format and pay outs. Relevant Links: Delaware Speedway Staff Directory
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