Mid State of Ohio Kart Club
Board of Directors Meeting
Special Session – July 15, 2006
Circleville Raceway Park – Circleville, Ohio
Call to Order – Paul Lyda called this special session to order at 1:10 PM. Bill Bruce indicated that Mike Unger was running late but would participate by telephone.
Attendance – In attendance were:
Bill Bruce – Member (Secretary)
Kevin Brown – Member
Dana Conlin – Member
Erin Dillon – Visitor (Membership Chair)
Mike Dillon – Member (Treasurer)
MaShaun Jones – Visitor (Webmaster)
Paul Lyda – Member (Vice-President)
Steve Sharp – Alternate
Bo Strawser – Visitor (Race Director)
Bob Strawser – Member
Heath Tatman – Member
Steve Tatman – Member
Mike Unger – Member (President) – part time via telephone
Mike Yoerger – Member
All 10 regular board members were present, as was one alternate.
New Contact Information – Mike Yoerger indicated that he has a new email address (mikeyoerger@yahoo.com) – ACTION 1.
SuperCan Class Protest – The first item of business pertained to a protest that Bob McConnell had lodged concerning the black flag and subsequent disqualification he had received during the feature of MCOKC Race No. 6 on June 25, 2006. Mike Unger began the discussion by indicating that he had been the acting Race Director at the time (regular Race Director Bo Strawser was participating in the race) and that, in retrospect, Bob McConnell should not have been black flagged. He went on to say that, while he did gain track position, he did not gain a position in the race order. Mike Unger suggested that he should receive second place points for the feature, which is the position he was running when he exited the track after being black flagged. It was pointed out that he did not re-enter the track where he went off, however. Steve Tatman indicated that this in conflict with the General Competition Rules. It was also pointed out that awarding Bob McConnell second place points would essentially punish everyone who finished behind second place. Bill Bruce pointed out that there was no guarantee that he would have finished in second place. Bo Strawser suggested that the best action may have been to allow Bob McConnell finish the race and to have given him the black and checkered flag together upon completion, and then to evaluate the situation later. It was agreed that the situation was unfortunate, but in moving forward, there were three possible scenarios; no points (current scenario), second place points, or last place points. After some additional discussion, it was agreed that no points was too severe and second place points was not fair to the other competitors. Kevin Brown made a motion that Bob McConnell be awarded last place points and should receive a sincere apology from the board, which was seconded by Dana Conlin. Approved (one dissenting vote – Paul Lyda, and two abstentions – Steve Tatman and Heath Tatman) – ACTION 2.
Petition for Jr. Unrestricted Class – Bill Bruce described a petition that he had submitted to allow restricted Animal motors (WKA gold restrictor plate) to compete in the Jr. Unrestricted class at the current minimum-required weight (310 lbs). He indicated that participation in the Jr. Unrestricted class has been low and that the Briggs flathead motors are being phased out. He went on to suggest that the club need a way to increase participation in this class and to phase in the Briggs Animal motor. He described the results of a brief testing session, which indicate that the performance of the restricted Animal is less than but similar to the unrestricted flathead at Circleville Raceway Park. The petition would allow Conor Bruce to perform additional testing under race conditions. Mike Unger indicated that he was for the proposal and that it was important to phase in the Briggs Animal motor. Bill Bruce Indicated that he did not anticipate that there will be a performance advantage, but if there is a significant one, the Board would be free to dock Conor Bruce (and whoever else decides to run a restricted animal motor) however many positions they feel is appropriate. He pointed out that Conor Bruce’s lap times from the past few races are available for comparison on MyLaps.com. He also reminded the group that this is very similar to what the club did with Peter Bruce and the Intek motor for the Rookie Box class last season. Bill Bruce reported that he had discussed this with a parent of nearly all of the competitors in this class (Bobby Wilson, Ed Roberts, Rick Gallo, Terry Thompson – he did not know how to get in touch with Dillon Brunton’s dad) and no one had an objection. Bob Strawser expressed some concern about the validity of the testing results given the unknown nature on the two engines involved. Mike Dillon pointed out that, as long as both were similar in terms of preparedness (i.e., both from a similar engine builder and similarly fresh, etc.) that this should not be a problem. Paul Lyda made a motion to approve the motion on a trial basis, which was seconded by Mike Dillon. Approved (one dissenting vote – Bob Strawser, and one abstention – Bill Bruce) – ACTION 3.
Qualifying for Race No. 8 – Mike Unger proposed that Race No. 8 on July 23, 2006, should be carried out using a qualifying format as opposed to a heat race format. Erin Dillon reported that the AMB timing system was now capable of this. After some discussion, it was agreed that this should be announced at the drivers meeting for Race No. 7 later in the day. Motion – Bob Strawser, Second – Mike Dillon, Vote – Unanimously approved.
Actions – The following is a list of action items from the meeting:
Adjournment – The meeting was adjourned at approximately 1:45 PM.
Bill Bruce
Secretary
MSOKC Board of Directors