Hey, happy Halloween folks! How do you like the dedicated RC racer I’ve got featured here this month? This dude spent all his money, including his grocery money, on RC stuff for the Region IV race in November. No problem, we’ll have plenty of time and food to fatten him up on race day!

Our latest meeting was held on October 21 at the headquarters of the famous A 2 Z pest control. All are encouraged to attend. The next meeting is November 18th at 7 P.M. (to our confused folks, the meetings are always the 3rd Wednesday of the month! Clever, huh) Those in attendance were Carl, Bonita, Matt, Scott and Danny.

New members this month include Tim Richardet, James Keith, Wayne and Lawrence Markham and Jim Smith. Welcome folks and we hope you stick around for a long time!

First on the agenda is good news!!!! Our very own Randy Bost, formerly famous for beauty pageant wins in his youth, has set a club record on the oval track. 53 laps in 5.05.65 on September 19, 1998!

Way to go Randy. All you oval drivers need to get back to the track to see if you can match or beat him!

More good news! We found Sam Hand. Actually, he found us by showing up at the track one Saturday! Anyway, he will be our race director for the Region IV off-road championship race. Mr. Hand is very familiar with RC racing and will lead us smoothly through our two days of racing. Carl Ross, the O.R.C.C.C. vice president, will be the race official and will handle all racing and/or scoring disputes.

Speaking of the Region IV off-road race we have set up a team of workers for the two day race event. Folks have volunteered in the past and we have now placed you! Call if there’s a problem, otherwise we will see you on race weekend. Tech is going to be James Keith and Bill Lair. Radio impound will be Randy Bost and Mason McCombs. These two areas will be housed in a huge trailer that Carl’s alter ego "Bonnie" is arranging. When Carl becomes Bonnie, he can work miracles!

Radio impound will consist of a clothespin and a round sticker. Wow, are we high society or what! Plan to keep up with your clothespin and have another sticker on your radio!

IMPORTANT NEWS TO FOLLOW......TRAVIS SCRAMBLING DID ONE HECK OF A JOB ON OUR NEW TRACK LAYOUT! With his plan and the hard work of our dedicated racers and non-racers, we have a fabulous track! Compliments have been pouring in already, so we expect to have a great race. Visit us between now and November 7th and 8th to see what we have in store for you! IMPORTANT NEWS TO FOLLOW......TRAVIS SCRAMBLING DID ONE HECK OF A JOB ON OUR NEW TRACK LAYOUT! With his plan and the hard work of our dedicated racers and non-racers, we have a fabulous track! Compliments have been pouring in already, so we expect to have a great race. Visit us between now and November 7th and 8th to see what we have in store for you!

Now to the boring, whiny stuff. DO NOT ALTER THE RACETRACK! We have club officers holding certain positions for a reason. Please respect this system. We encourage any interested party to run (actually ask!) for these positions when they become available. We try to set things up according to the majority’s wishes. The club is made up of many people. The track will not always suit all drivers all the time. You’ll get your turn, so chill out!

Again, I encourage you to chase off or call the police to chase off, any persons doing damage to the track. The property might belong to the county, but the stuff on it is ours and should not be messed with. I’ve heard stories of scooters, mopeds and bikes all making their way around our oval and dirt tracks! Augh. No wonder track maintenance is such a hard job.

New registration forms, AGAIN! It seems that a lot of folks like to see who or how many racers are running in different classes, etc. To this end, we will now have a separate sheet for each class of racing. You will sign up on this sheet completing the same information as the little, itty-bitty, hard to keep up with registration forms asked for! This should be much better and less stinking paper to keep up with!

Starting the next race, the times between the races will be decided at the driver’s meeting at the beginning of each race day. At that time we will know how many races we need to run that day. If we have gobs, we will not be able to have much time between races if we hope to finish before dark. On the other hand, if we just have a few races, we can take longer between races and make things a little more laid back. That’s our plan and we are sticking to it!!

To prepare for the Region IV race and get us in the correct habits of racing, we will now line up the 2nd qualifier of the day according to how the racers qualified in the first qualifier. It is scary that that sentence actually makes sense. It does make sense, doesn’t it!? I’ll leave it at that!

Medallions will now be distributed according to the following schedule. If there are 1 to 3 racers in a race, we will award the 1st place racer only. If there are to 4 racers, we will award 1st and 2nd. If there are 5 or more, we will award 1st through 3rd. We used to make a big awards ceremony (it took like 10 minutes from start to finish) after each race after the track was packed away. I think we should go back to that plan as it makes new, rising star racers feel good about what they have accomplished. Let me know how that sounds and we will work on a more structured "awards presentation

That’s all I have. Thanks to all the club work horses! It’s a thankless job, but someone’s gotta do it! The things people will do for a hot dog and a soda! NOVEMBER 7TH AND 8TH WILL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT AND WE ARE GONNA HAVE FUN, FUN, FUN ‘TIL THE COUNTY TAKES OUR PROPERTY AWAY (oops, I kinda "beach boyed" out there for a second).