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RMMRA Members, Sponsors, Fans, and Supporters:

As I write this we are 35 days from our opening event.  Thank you to those who have their membership fees in and welcome to our new members.  It's time to contact Chris Sheil to schedule tech inspections!  His phone number is in the column at the left.

Wow, just 5 weeks ‘till our first event at Phillips County Raceway where they’ve been making upgrades to their track with reworked corners, adding additional good dirt, adding lighting, and making upgrades to the fence.  They now have an evening schedule that will help keep things rolling and avoid excessively late finishes.  They’ve also arranged local discount rates at a new hotel that is being built in town.  We will post this info on the website as race day approaches.

I met with the promoter for Colorado Motor Sports Park (Byers) a few weeks ago.  Their website is www.coloradomotorsportsparkllc.com.  The artist’s concept images near the bottom of the homepage show a great looking facility with outdoor stands as well as the existing enclosed seating.  My impression is that they are doing it right which takes time.  Hopefully we will be able to get a race or two in this season.  Stay tuned and follow their progress on the CMSP website.

The Harry Conklin Memorial Race on June 1st is a “Go”.  Sponsor support for our other events (and heat races) are trickling in.  We have written payout agreements with the tracks on the schedule but as it has been in past years we will require heat and main event sponsors to generate the funds to be able to pay racers the standard payout. 

Don Rice Contracting will be sponsoring a main event and AIMS (Mitch Miller’s racing organization) has put up the payout for six event’s Top Rookie Finisher Awards.  Please pass along your thanks when you see Mitch, and you will see quite a bit of Mitch as he will be announcing our races at I-76 and Holyoke!  We have begun distributing what will be regular press releases for the tracks we run.  These along with midget related program inserts and flyers for the tracks to distribute at events are intended to generate fan knowledge and interest.  Mitch will be awarding prizes provided by Hoosier Tires to fans in the stands who can answer trivia questions taken from the history and tech articles on these inserts/flyers.  The flyers will feature the names and logos of event and contingency sponsors as well.

Get your driver information to Don Holbrook or any Board member as soon as possible so we can assemble the info for Mitch and other track’s announcers. 

Jim Doyle has arranged some contingency sponsor support from Rod End Supply and Keizer Wheels, significant discounts for racers who display these companies’ decals on their cars. 

Our insurance is paid and will be in force by May 1^st so we are covered while practicing.  While we have covered the initial cost of insuring the club it is imperative that members get their fees paid just as soon as they can. 

Reminders to racers:  We still need event and heat race sponsors in order to be able to make our standard payout at all of our events.  This year we have relatively few races and season points scoring procedures will not allow for “throwing out” a missed event or “bad” evening.  All scheduled events points will be counted in the year’s total.  Left rear tires need to be D12 or harder, D10s can be used until July.  Please reach out to potential new members and invite them to join, hang out with us in the pits, and take advantage of our lower cost engine rules and rookie payouts!

I look forward to seeing you at the track.  It’s shaping up to be a great year for the RMMRA.

Cheers,

Bill Harper
RMMRA President, 2013
(303) 870-2219

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RMMRA Releases 2013 Race Schedule

Denver, CO. (January 25, 2013) - The Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association (RMMRA) released their 2013 race schedule. "We have an exciting 2013 race schedule with special events such as the Harry Conklin Memorial at I-76 Speedway on June 1st. Other fun events include shows during county fairs at El Paso and Phillips counties, an Open Wheel Extravaganza in Byers, a Back Row Challenge at Calhan, Fan Appreciation Nights at several tracks, and more fun “in the works”, said Bill Harper, President of the RMMRA.

    The RMMRA Board has been busy working to improve midget racing in the Rocky Mountain region over the winter. New efforts to control costs associated with racing midgets include reduced membership fees, an event schedule that reduces travel costs for racers, new cost reducing tire rules, an updated rule book that clearly defines expectations for members and improves our ability to reduce on-track incidents (and associated damage costs).

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Attention RMMRA Drivers and Car Owners

The New 2013 Membership Application and 2013 Rule Book can be viewed on the Membership/Downloads Page 

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Highlights from the 2013 RMMRA annual

membership meeting on January 14

                Annual membership fees have been reduced.
                A full time Competition Director has been designated.
                An effort to bring in new members is being initiated, including a rookie
                         mentorship program, Top Finishing Rookie Payout, and lower 
                         cost engine rules (already in place).
                The event schedule is about 80% complete.
                A new updated rule book is available for members and is posted on
                          the RMMRA website.
                A new tire rule was voted in requiring left rear tires to be no softer than
                          a D12 (D10s “grandfathered” until July 1^st ).
                New efforts to partner with track promoters were introduced including 
                          program inserts, press releases and our own PA announcer.
                RMMRA race sponsorship program was introduced and discussed.
                Special events plans such as the Conklin Memorial were presented.

29 were present. 

Thank you to USA Performance Engines for hosting the meeting and providing refreshments.

(From L to R): Owner Frank Peterson, Mechanic Mark Matejka, Driver Keith Rauch

Congratulation to Keith Rauch and Petauro Racing
 2012 RMMRA Driver and Owner Championship

 
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