Meeting was called to order at 7:35 pm by President, Jack Dyer

Attendance – 18 members – 4 guests

Welcome: New member David Jennings and his wife Jennifer; also Jerry Martinez.

Update: Dale Schroeder is doing better; although still fighting the staph infection, his shunt has been removed.

Meeting Minutes: Diane read the minutes from the Nov 1st meeting. Mike DiGregorio and Terry O’Donnell accepted the minutes.

Treasury Report: Jack gave the Treasury Report. Treasury report was accepted by Dan Olszewski and Richard Church.

Old Business

Recent Events

2012 Memorial Race: Guaranteed Payout of $1500 to win in SuperPro and $1000 to the Pro winner produced an excellent turnout. Purse was made possible by donations from Pete’s Fish & Chips, Hughes Performance, Rob & Zeita with Monogram Maniacs, Mike & Kim of Zimmerman Racing Engines, Richard & Mindy of Primerica, Mike Brient from Comp Chassis, Bill Wallace from Wallace Motorsports, Roger Lorton of Standard Machine, Larry Spitali of Ramsey Auto Center, Henry Leyba of AZ Differential Specialists and Paris from Broadbent Speed Specialists and Bill Rowe of Crazy Horse Racing.

Super Pro: Winner Gary Hillebolt; Runner Up Bryan Downing
Pro: Winner Larry Pittenger; Runner Up Dan Olszewski
Runoff for Travelling Trophy went to Larry Pittenger
Crazy Horse Random Loser Award: Four lucky(?) first round losers were awarded $25 each, and 3 of the 4 used their award to buy back in. A total of 12 racers bought back in Super Pro, and 25 bought back into Pro.
Affordable Powder Coating One Shot : Open to all race participants.

Ron Davis Racing Products Bounty:
S/P: On Doug Fleetwood, won by Chris Munson
Pro: On Raul Vargas, won by Rich Lash
Zimmerman Racing Certificates: towards in house labor were awarded to winners ($100) and runners up ($50) in both classes!
50/50: Eric Ferguson
Southwest Nostalgia Drags: Henry Leyba won Hot Rod II.
FnF Racing Series: Dan Olszewski won; David Piters was runner-up

New Business

12/10 – King of the Track Invitational – top 10 in points in all series will compete in one large combined bracket for a Wally.
12/11 – ADRA Awards Party – begins around noon at Speedworld. Bring extra chairs – we are expecting over 90 people.

ADRA/SW Combo Bracket: Winners were Jay Thompson in Motorcycle, Rich Lash in Sportsman; Tibor Kadar in Pro; and Mike Zimmerman in Super Pro. Series will not be continued in 2012.
ADRA Average: Car count for 2011 races was 52.
FnF Racing: Run a bracket gambler; typically 8 races. Their next event is scheduled for December 18th (Sunday).
Hangover Nationals: Test-n-Tune Friday, Event Saturday and Sunday. At this point we have no other information other than the $25 gate fee.
ADRA Race #1 – 2012: January 7th at Speedworld sponsored by Geoffrey Kerbel of GTXpress Racing and Hughes Performance.
New Sponsor!: Mike DiGregorio has offered ½ race sponsorship care of Bud’s Service Center.
Commitment!: Henry Leyba of Arizona Differential Specialists has committed to sponsorship of four half races in 2012.
March 3rd: 9th Annual Ted Hoover Memorial Race (Team Speedworld) sponsored by ADRA.
Team Speedworld: Preliminary schedule has been released with multiple back to back races on the same weekend.

Open Discussion:

Several racers expressed concern over the proposed 2012 racing schedule, citing impact to points standing on back-to-back racers if breakage should occur, the cost factor and the possibility of forcing racers to choose between events.
Another member remarked about the rocks at Speedworld; and how the charges at the gate were inconsistent between events.
Firebird Event: Due to some changes in the Team Speedworld event, there is a possibility that we may not be able to retain our Firebird date with the Monster Truck Event. It may conflict with a possible National Open at Speedworld.
Double Points: We took a quick poll of members at this meeting to get preliminary feedback on the idea to make the last 2012 points race (Tucson) a double points race. Majority of the member present were “for” the idea. A more formal poll of the members will be conducted via email.
50/50 – Scott Hess

Motion to adjourn was made by Joe Guerin and seconded by David Jennings. Meeting was adjourned at 8:27 PM.