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Ron Roddel · 05-22-2007, 05:32 PM

Zenzen is right, I am tuckered out, but not from beverages, just old.

A couple of points I want to address. First, the two races this past weekend at TVD were great. Thirty different cars raced, 28 qualified on Saturday and 29 on Sunday. Congrates to winners Rod Neugabauer and Dennis Nelson also runnerups Jon Christensen and Rick Ryan.
Also some thank yous. The Nelsons brought three cars, Dennis in his SS, Marlene in her stocker and son Denny in his beautiful B/SA Mustang. Captain Koppien had his entire fleet of 4 big block Chevies there. The guys from Belle Fourche, SD who drove 6 hours to get there. The current Division 5 stock champion, Brett Spears and his dad. Not one complained of $3.40 a gallon gas, all said they had fun. Two more thank yous. Melinda Koppien for handling the qualifing sheets and elim sheets in the stagging lanes, as always a great job. And Glenn Rapp and his crew from Thunder Valley. They worked hard to keep the race track working and the show to run smoothly. Yes, everyone scaled after every pass.
The second point about Midwest Class Racers. The money that is contributed by MCR doesn't come from some magic money tree. It comes from donations rasied from indiviuals and businesses that love drag racing and believe in class racing. It all gets put back into the stock/ss combos.
We have been fortunate enough to kick in a little in the past to both Pierre and Kearney races, but the majority came from their local sponsers. The majority of MCR money will always go to the races at TVD because thats where the money is raised.
As far the Interstate combo race in June, MCR has NOT had commited any money. I had a brief conversation with Jerry Ryan and told him I would talk with the others to see if we felt we had any money to contribute. Its a two way street, hard to send money in that direction when only see a limited amount of cars coming to TVD. Fargo you might be surprised at the money you can raise by just asking.
We at MCR have dream of seeing at least 50 cars for our two shows at TVD. The payout increases to where the winner gets $1,500 and R/U $775 and as always 1st round winners get paid. This dream would be easy if half of those that said they will show up.
Remeber to mark your calendars for July 7th and 8th and September 15th (USA bonus money) and 16th. Iam sure there will be a Saturday nite racers feed at one of these weekends. With Midwest Class Racers its about having fun.

Ron

05-22-2007, 05:32 PM	#12
Ron Roddel Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Zenzen is right, I am tuckered out, but not from beverages, just old. A couple of points I want to address. First, the two races this past weekend at TVD were great. Thirty different cars raced, 28 qualified on Saturday and 29 on Sunday. Congrates to winners Rod Neugabauer and Dennis Nelson also runnerups Jon Christensen and Rick Ryan. Also some thank yous. The Nelsons brought three cars, Dennis in his SS, Marlene in her stocker and son Denny in his beautiful B/SA Mustang. Captain Koppien had his entire fleet of 4 big block Chevies there. The guys from Belle Fourche, SD who drove 6 hours to get there. The current Division 5 stock champion, Brett Spears and his dad. Not one complained of $3.40 a gallon gas, all said they had fun. Two more thank yous. Melinda Koppien for handling the qualifing sheets and elim sheets in the stagging lanes, as always a great job. And Glenn Rapp and his crew from Thunder Valley. They worked hard to keep the race track working and the show to run smoothly. Yes, everyone scaled after every pass. The second point about Midwest Class Racers. The money that is contributed by MCR doesn't come from some magic money tree. It comes from donations rasied from indiviuals and businesses that love drag racing and believe in class racing. It all gets put back into the stock/ss combos. We have been fortunate enough to kick in a little in the past to both Pierre and Kearney races, but the majority came from their local sponsers. The majority of MCR money will always go to the races at TVD because thats where the money is raised. As far the Interstate combo race in June, MCR has NOT had commited any money. I had a brief conversation with Jerry Ryan and told him I would talk with the others to see if we felt we had any money to contribute. Its a two way street, hard to send money in that direction when only see a limited amount of cars coming to TVD. Fargo you might be surprised at the money you can raise by just asking. We at MCR have dream of seeing at least 50 cars for our two shows at TVD. The payout increases to where the winner gets $1,500 and R/U $775 and as always 1st round winners get paid. This dream would be easy if half of those that said they will show up. Remeber to mark your calendars for July 7th and 8th and September 15th (USA bonus money) and 16th. Iam sure there will be a Saturday nite racers feed at one of these weekends. With Midwest Class Racers its about having fun. Ron __________________ Ron Roddel 554 SS