Well, well, well, look what finally came in the mailbox!! The monthly newsletter which is 2 months late! I just had to get it mailed out before 1999. My standards are low, that is why I stay so pleased with myself. Let me start off by apologizing for such a lousy job at my post. After the Region 4 race, I was all R/Ced out! It took me a while to get back in the groove and thank all of our racers for sticking in there and not impeaching me! There is a lot of that going around!

I’ll try to cram 2 months of news in 3 pages, so pay close attention. I’ll keep my flowery comments and descriptions to a minimum and just give the facts, nothing but the facts. (But don’t quote me on that)

Correction: Mason McCombs attended the October 21st meeting and his name was inadvertently omitted. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Billy Newhouse is proud to announce that on October 31st his pancar prostock vehicle turned 53 laps in 5.04.61. Last I heard he was retiring from the oval track to try his hand at off-road. Way to go Billy!

HOT DIGGIDY DAWG!!!! WE WERE A REGION 4 HIT!!! I am truly amazed and happy that we were able to pull off such a fabulous weekend. I think fun was had by all and no one at the ORCCC wants to try that EVER AGAIN! ! ! I think we should stop while we are ahead! Special thanks for their tireless effort goes to: JAMES KEITH, BILL LAIR, MASON MCCOMBS, BILL HAMILTON, SAM HAND (the dad), SUSAN DANVERS AND HER ENTIRE FAMILY, CARL ROSS, DAVE SCRAMBLING AND MANY OTHERS THAT I AM TOTALY ALIENATING BY FAILING TO MENTION THEIR NAME! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Region 4 leftovers include T—shirts (available for $10) and motors (available for $17). See Carl if you would like to purchase any of these items. Too bad I didn’t get the newsletter out before Christmas.... you could have done all your holiday shopping at the ORCCC store. Imagine how many excited wives/girlfriends there would have been on Christmas day when they unwrapped that Midnight !!!!

The ORCCC will be hosting the State Race on May 23rd. Mark your calendars to attend and help us with a successful race. As more info becomes available, I’ll keep you guys posted. We seem to do a fine job when we plan at the last minute, so I think we will stick with that game plan!!

IMPORTANT RACE SCHEDULE:

We are not racing on January 2nd!

New race format to encourage attendance and keep me from having to do so much banking! We are going to have 5 balls (or whatever we come up with) to signify each Saturday of a month. (I know, when there is only 4 Saturdays, there will only be 4 balls. I’m not stupid, gees.) 1 of the balls is "special". Every Saturday, we will pick a ball. If the "special" ball is picked the races are FREE FOR EVERYONE ATTENDING. Every time a ball is picked it is removed from the pot and thus increases the odds that a "special" ball will be picked the next week. The minimum number of balls in the pot will be one regular ball and one "special" ball.

Due to his high accident ratio, CARL ROSS IS FORBIDDEN TO DO TRACTOR DUTY. Anyone who sees Carl on the tractor is advised to flash this newsletter in his face and demand he remove his behind from the tractor pronto!

JANUARY 9TH IS WACKY RACE DAY. The race is free to attendants. The games begin at noon. The off-road will be converted to a figure 8 format, complete with a shaving cream pit and "mystery" obstacles that must be avoided. It's going to be a messy smash up type race, so bring your old, expendable vehicle to race. Many prices will be awarded, all well worth less than $10,000. Some prizes will even be edible! We hope to have a large crowd to increase the mayhem. Suggestions are welcome, as are workers to make sure this is a totally fun and useless day!

Before I wrap up this exciting periodical, two high fives need to be given to a couple of our local racers. At the Region 4 race, two locals placed in the A mains. Dave Carmen and Caleb O’Hara were the only "locals" to accomplish this goal. Dave is a great racer, but special consideration needs to be given to Caleb due to his young age. Caleb Blaze O’Hara is only 10 years old and was born here in Ocala. He has been racing since February 1998 and has already won a Novice, stock truck point series at the ORCCC. His brand of choice is Associated and he prefers the T3. His favorite food is Pizza and his beverage ‘o choice is Pepsi. He currently races stock truck, but plans to move into modified truck soon. His goal is to win in the stock truck class at Winterchamps and to secure a Team Associated sponsorship. Good luck to you, Caleb. Don’t forget where you started!!

That’s all I have this time. Anyone wanting to ask questions or offer helpful comments is urged to attend the races and/or meetings. As a last resort, you can call me at home or E-mail me at ORCCC@iname.com . Please join us at the track for some fun.