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1 FEB PAGE 1 FEBRUARY MEETING the FEBRUARY MEETING will be on TUESDAY FEB 16TH at THE ICE HOUSE PM 5516 W Webb Rd (ST RT 46) Austintown, OH (330) THIS WILL BE OUR LAST MEETING BEFORE OUR CAR SHOW SO PLEASE ATTEND IF YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME DURING THE SHOW The ICE HOUSE is located 1/2 mile NORTH of I-80 on ST RT 46. We will be on the RIGHT SIDE of the restaurant by the stage. They have a full bar and have alot of great food specials. On Tuesdays they have 99 cent tacos and have large food portions plus drink specials CAR SHOW MARCH 11-14TH EASTWOOD MALL-NILES, OH Our annual TWIN STATE CAR SHOW will return to the EASTWOOD MALL in Niles, Ohio for 2010!!! The cars will go IN the mall on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10th after the mall closes and come OUT on SUNDAY, MARCH 14th DRIVERS PLEASE BE ON TIME FOR BOTH!!! PLEASE PARK YOUR TRAILERS IN THE PENNY S LOT UP AWAY FROM CUSTOMER PARKING AND BE READY TO GO IN THE MALL AT 8:50 PM. WE WILL PUSH THE CARS DOWN THE CENTER ROW STRAIGHT INTO THE MALL We are trying to represent EACH class or division equally so please be patient. The last mall entrants will receive a guaranteed space before new entrants. Please call chairman BRETT McCALL at or AFTER business hours for an application or club pres. ED MILLER at or Any speedway interested in setting up a booth or to volunteer help during the show please call BRETT or ED as well. We want this to be our biggest show ever so please show your support and come see the new cars and thank the mall for having us again after a few years layoff. MARCH 16th MEETING-PROMOTER S NIGHT PROMOTOR S NIGHT will be on TUESDAY MARCH 16th at the LORDSTOWN ADMIN BLDG. at 7:00 PMin LORDSTOWN, OHIO at 1455 SALT SPRINGS ROAD. ALL TRACK OWNERS/PROMOTORS please call ED MILLER at or if you are coming Please bring a container of SLOPPY JOE for our pot or cookies. Pop is available This is our largest attended meeting of the year so come early for a seat.

2 FEB 2010 TWIN STATE NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 PRESIDENT S REPORT by Ed Miller Well, if anyone looks outside, you will sure realize it is nearly race season here in the Ohio/PA. area. Ummmm, not really! Let s hope this was our St. Patrick s day snow, early. The King modifieds left on Saturday for Florida in this mess. I am sure they will be thrilled to be gone. Russell had already left the week before, so they didn t have to trek through this lovely weather. Unfortunately the Stan Hover Motorsports is heading home in this mess without making the ARCA race at Daytona. 20 year old California driver Brad Lloyd had trouble getting the Stadelhofer Construction Ford Fusion up to speed and was only 42 nd fastest, and did not have any owner s points to fall back on. For anyone who hasn t seen Hover s new race shop in Warren, once completed it is going to be top notch. I don t know all the details, but he will pretty much be doing what he had in the past, building dirt cars, bodies, and selling parts. It is on McMyler Street on the west side. I hope everyone is excited about the upcoming Eastwood Mall show, March Much time has been spent in making this a successful venture. We are pleading with all entrants to follow all rules (including myself) especially as they are very strict about the new carpet. So PLEASE check all bolts, fittings and such to make sure nothing leaks or stains anything. We won t ever have another chance for another show if anything goes wrong. While at the mall, make sure you let the stores know why you are there. Mall manager Kenny Koehler agreed that it was one of the busier weeks the mall had when we were there. As a bonus to all Buckeye fans, definitely not including myself, Mr. Penn State, Saturday March 13 there will be several Ohio State football players signing autographs in the afternoon. So come spend the day.. eat, shop and be merry! We are planning on having some videos and pictures at the table, along with our own autograph night on Saturday. I also hope everyone is planning on attending our driver s reunion in April, at the Lordstown Administration Building. Once one attends one of these, you will certainly understand why I am so passionate about starting a Hall of Fame for the club. These guys were so much bigger than life to all of us. Legends like Bill Forney, Mike Klapak, Jimmy Bickerstaff, Lou Blaney, and Tom Jarrett, have not nearly received the recognition they have deserved. Ray Robbins will have his outstanding model car display of all the local racers on hand. Photos (thousands) from many collections will be on hand, as well as some restored race cars. And you also can t forget the stories: THERE MAY EVEN BE A LIE OR TWO TOLD! If some of these tales were true.. we will save that for another time! If anyone would like to share any photos, please do so! Spread the word.. we would love to make this an annual event! Club nights are coming along well for Club members will have many free nights once again. Hopefully mother nature will cooperate, as she hasn t done such a good job the past few years. Keep in mind that our March 16 meeting will be our annual Promotor s night. It will be held at the Lordstown Administration Building and is the most attended meeting of the year, so please plan to attend. Your Prez, Ed Miller. This from Dick Berry V. Prez. My Grandson, little Jeffrey Christy fell and broke his right arm, between the elbow & shoulder. An X-ray showed he has a cyst on the bone at the break, and surgery or bone graft will probably be required. He will have to go to Akron s Childrens Hospital on Monday the 8th. Prayers please. He ll be laid up for a while. Get well cards would be greatly appreciated. Send cards to my address on page 6, & thank you so much. DB.

3 FEB 2010 TWIN STATE NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 MEETING NEWS by JEAN COLEY 50 members attended the January 19, 2010 meeting at the Ice House Inn. Ed Miller our new President conducted the meeting. Sunshine: Mary Miller sent cards to the following: Sympathy card for Don Dahle, Get Well card to Dale Miles and Don Gamble and a thinking of you to Judy Beck and Jeff Schrum. The car show will be at the Eastwood Mall March 10 through the 14 th. A driver who removed his car early at the show when he wasn t authorized to will not be accepted at this show. Ed Miller will write a letter to him. The cost to enter will be $20.00 for members and $25.00 for non-members unless the mall raised the price this year. There will be an autograph session again. Brett McCall has a TV and would welcome any race tapes for it. Sis King was in touch with WKBN and WFMJ for publicity for the car show. Gene Leamer suggested we get a big screen TV from Aarons appliance rental for the mall show. Mercer Raceway Park has their show at Shenango Mall a week after ours. Jim Balentine Sr. is working on the Retired Drivers night. It is scheduled for Sunday April 11 th, the week after Easter at the Lordstown Administration Building. The Hall cost is $ It will be a catered dinner and the cost is yet to be determined. It was $10 last time but it will be more this time. The President suggested we start a Hall of Fame for the Club. Our Christmas Party at Lords town is set for Sunday December 12, Driver who attended this meeting and talked about their coming year were: Tim Schmidt, Joe Gabrielson, Russel King, Rex King, Junior racers Jeff & Matt Haefke, Brett McCall, Jeff Mundell, Sam Ritenour, Ken Marquette, and owner Wes Osmer and Dick Berry. Helen Shook, Pat Miner s mom thanked everyone who sent her cards. February 6 th will be a benefit Dinner for Bill and Judy Beck at the Normandy Banquet Center in Hermitage, Pa. It is located on Rt 62 going toward Mercer. Ray Baselj announced the BRP banquet will be at Big Daddy s Speed shop. No cot to attend just bring a covered dish. It is January 30 th. Elmer Lydic won the of $ Door prizes were won by Russ King and Jeff Haefke TREASURER S REPORT by JACK COLEY BEGINNING BALANCE: $ EXPENSES: $ Hodge Embrodery (12 Hats) $ USPS (Postage Stamps for Membership) $ Steinhouser Agency (Liability Ins.) $ USPS (Bulk Mail Annual Fee) $ State of Ohio (RenewNon Profit Status) $ Postal Mail Sort (Newsletter Labels) $ Village of Lordstown (Dep. & Hall Rent) $ Jim Fentules (Newsletters, Env, & Cards) INCOME: $ /7/2010 membership Dues $ /7/ $28.00 ENDING BALANCE: $ REPORT DONE ON: 1/18/2010 CHAPLAIN S THOUGHTS by BILL BECK The past 20 or more years I have spent many days or nights in hospital s with worried families waiting to see a loved one after surgery or some other tauma in I.C.U. my advice was always the same don t be alarmed it is just what needs to be done. Over the last 3 months I have gained new respect for those worried family members after having to deal with all those emotions with Judy I will never again be the big strong guy with the best advice not that it was or is wrong only that I had never experienced that initial shock of seeing the one you love that way. They tell me experience is the best teacher in this case I would have chosen to stay ignorant but when God is in charge we must obey and at times it is very painful. When I took my first look at the one I love the tears and emotion came in floods and nothing could be said to make it stop the one thing I desired most at that time was someone to cry with me and share my pain not be the strong person that has never know pain and wonder of whats next.

4 FEB 2010 TWIN STATE NEWSLETTER PAGE 4 MEMBERSHIP REPORT Compiled on January 30th, 2010, we will welcome 3 new adult members, And 1 associate member to the Twin State Racing Family. We will lose 3 members due to non-renewal for the month of December. The Membership count will now be 641, and with Honorary 668. Members with a January membership date will have until February 27th to renew, at which time they will be dropped from the books. Please renew quickly. WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBERS; Dave Burt - Washington Pa. Richard Thomas - Oil City Pa. Associate Member - Kevin Thomas. Thank You, Francey McCall 1/ 30/ IN MEMORIAM DON DAHLE-82 Oakdale,Pa- passed away January 8,2010. He was a member/driver of the Pittsburgh Racing Association (P.R.A.) and competed in one NASCAR race at Heidelburg finishing 6th. Don also competed with USAC,ARDC and MARC starting his career in He competed all over the area including Reading and Daytona and retired in 1979 after 31 years of racing. In 1990 he was inducted into the PCTC Hall of Fame. VI SPENCER-73 Luxor,Pa- passed away on Sunday Jan 31,2010. She was the creator/owner of TRI STATE AUTO RACING NEWS with husband Verne. The paper was sold to RPM Magazine in She also worked at many racetracks and was involved in the Ohio based STARS Late Model series for many years. OBSERVATIONS FROM THE INFIELD by Jim Balentine Jr.-Editor lots of news to pass on so here we go...raceway 7 will run its 40th season in 2010 with Terry Adams back as promoter with FASTRAK LM headling the weekly card opening Fri May 7th...SHARON will have the SPRINTS and MODIFIEDS back weekly on Saturdays starting Sat April 24th and will race every other Friday with Dwarf Cars, Mini Stocks, 2 barrell Carb Emods, Sportsman, and Micro Sprints plus an Enduro sked for Sat March 20th...MERCER will open 2010 with the UFO LATE MODELS and UEMS EMODS on Sat March 27th and begin their reg season the following week...the FASTRAK LM series will have over 20 regional shows including EXPO, SHARON, 7 and a $6,000 to win show at MERCER...LVILLE will open Fri March 26th with the reg 4 divisions with the FIRECRACKER 100 being a 3 day show and the DON MARTIN MEM back for WAYNE CTY is back under Brad Malcuit and will open in mid April and the SPRINTS have been dropped...lorain CTY will open Sat May 1st...MOTORDROME under the Lasky family will open Fri Apr 9th...ATTICA and FREMONT again will have big weekly payoffs for the Sprints paying $2500 to win each night... SPECIAL EVENTS SAT FEB 27TH *HAGERSTOWN-LATE MODELS/MODIFIEDS-1 PM *LINCOLN-410 SPRINTS $3,500 TO WIN 2 PM *LERNERVILLE-BANQUET-DAYS INN-BUTLER PA *LORAIN CTY-BANQUET-TOMS COUNTRY-AVON,OH SAT MARCH 6TH *HAGERSTOWN-LATE MODELS/MODIFIEDS-1 PM *LINCOLN-410 SPRINTS/THUNDER CARS-2 PM SAT MARCH 13TH *HAGERSTOWN-LATE MODELS/MODIFIEDS-1 PM *LINCOLN- 410 AND 358 SPRINTS-2 PM FRI MARCH 19TH *WILLIAMS GROVE-410 AND 358 SPRINTS 7:30 *SELINSGROVE- 358 MODIFIEDS-7:30 PM SAT MARCH 20TH *LINCOLN- 410 AND 358 LATE MODELS 6 PM *SELINSGROVE- BIG BLOCK MODIFIEDS 7:30 PM THURS MARCH 18 THRU SUNDAY MARCH 21 MERCER RACEWAY PARK MALL SHOW SHENANGO VALLEY MALL-HERMITAGE PA show deadline March 15th

5 ANNOUNCES OUR RETIRED DRIVERS NIGHT SUNDAY APRIL 11, 2010 LORDSTOWN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 1455 SALT SPRINGS ROAD LORDSTOWN, OHIO $12.00 PER PERSON DOORS OPEN AT 2:30 PM BUFFET AT 4:00 PM PROGRAM TO FOLLOW- GENERAL PUBLIC WELCOME!!!! MEET THE RACING STARS OF YESTERYEAR AND RELIVE THE MEMORIES MODEL RACE CARS DISPLAY BY RAY ROBBINS 50/50 DRAWING RESTORED RACE CARS & MEMORABILA!!! FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:JIM BALENTINE OR AT JBALENTINE@ROADRUNNER.COM CUT AND MAIL CUT AND MAIL RETURN BY WEDNESDAY APRIL 7,2010 NUMBER OF EACH = ENCLOSED YEARS RACED FROM TO MAIN TRACK(S) NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP PHONE MAKES CHECKS PAYABLE TO:TWIN STATE AUTO RACING CLUB MAIL TO: JIM BALENTINE 7034 MARINTHIANA BOARDMAN OHIO

6 FEB 2010 TWIN STATE NEWSLETTER PAGE CLUB OFFICERS PRESIDENT: ED MILLER 424 5th STREET, NILES OHIO HOME: CELL: signmaned312@hotmail.com VICE PRES: DICK BERRY 1587 SALT SPRINGS RD. NILES OH HOME: CELL: breracin@zoominternet.net REC SEC: JEAN COLEY 630 N HARTFORD, YOUNGSTOWN, OH TREAS:JACK COLEY 630 N HARTFORD, YOUNGSTOWN, OH jackracingfan2@aol.com MEM SEC:FRANCEY McCALL 1308 TOWNSEND, YOUNG, OH mccallracing@aol.com BOARD MEMBERS: JIM BALENTINE SR MARINTHIANA BOARDMAN, OH CHRIS BERRY 41 SOUTH KIMBERLY AUSTINTOWN, OH REV. BILL BECK 3914 EVERGREEN RD., PO BOX 636, N. BEDFORD PA judybillbeck@verizon.net BRETT McCALL 1308 TOWNSEND YOUNGSTOWN, OH KATHY CHRISTY 1587 SALT SPRINGS RD., NILES OH ALICE WHITE 1820 CHURCHILL RD., GIRARD, OH mccallracing@aol.com pixie1119@yahoo.com WEBMASTER: RICH BERRY 628 PURDUE AVE, AUSTINTOWN, OH racer9213@yahoo.com NEWSLETTER:JIM BALENTINE, JR. 15 PROSPECT ST., STRUTHERS, OH jbalentine@roadrunner.com SUNSHINE COMMITTEE: MARY MILLER 424 5th STREET, NILES, OHIO HOME: CELL: ********************************************************************************** THE NEWSLETTER EDITOR AT:JBALENTINE@ROADRUNNER.COM THE WEBMASTER AT: RACER9213@YAHOO.COM ******************************************************************* 2010 FEB. MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION DUES: Husband & Wife -- $23.00 Single Senior Citizen $10.00 Husband & Wife (Senior) --- $13.00 Children (6 thru 17) With Adult $5.00 Single Adult (18 & over) ---$18.00 Children (6 thru 17) without adult $8.00 Senior Citizen (55 or over) Lifetime Member (existing member 75 or older) Free Families having 2 or more children 6 thru 17 pay only for the first 2. The rest are free. Names Phone # Address City State Zip Children Members: Name Birthdate Age Name Birthdate Age Name Birthdate Age Name Birthdate Age Address Check Here if Driver Car # Track Division MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO TWIN-STATE AUTO RACING CLUB. MAIL TO: FRANCEY MCCALL, 1308 TOWNSEND, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO 44505