JUGGERS RACING TEAM JULY NEWSLETTER

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1 JUGGERS RACING TEAM Since Craig Woodworth 4980 Steelhead Drive JUGGERS RACING TEAM JULY NEWSLETTER Volume 3, Issue 7 JULY 2017 Kelseyville, CA Juggers JUNE Meeting - MINUTES June s meeting (06/22/17) was called to order by President Ryan at 7:36 pm. Attendance: 28 members Car Show Committee Fred Seib & Mike Talcott Fred s Firehouse on June 24 th - Bring a Toy but no stuff animals please. GARY RYAN President cherylrryan@aol.com STEVE O BRIEN Vice President obrien352@sbcglobal.net Sandy Mendia Treasurer juggersracing@comcast.net Bob Lowenstein Secretary juggersracingsecretary@gmail.com MIKE McCLURE Sergeant at Arms n/a NEW CLUB juggers@juggersracingteam.com Secretary s Report: Bob Lowenstein Accepted Treasurer s report: Sandy Mendia $5, Membership Dues are now OVERDUE if you have not paid them yet - $40.00 PAY TODAY!! SANDY MENDIA, Treasure 1175 Wilhelmina Way San Jose, CA Correspondence Sparky s Hot Rod Auction 7/16. JOHN LEWIS Sonoma Co Fair Destruction Derby w/ Jugger Roy Hass participating, see attached. Safety Committee John Lewis John was unable to attend meeting. JBT Group Wayn Phillips - Shooting for Bonneville. Recognition / Merit Awards Gary Ryan Gary explained how it works, Juggers that can t make the meeting, have another Jugger submit them for you!!. History - Sandy Mendia Nothing New to report on the old stuff. Picnic Committee Steve O Brien October 7, Discussion regarding horseshoe pit, port-a-potties, RV Parking, VOLUNTEER list Circulated UPDATE: DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THE PICNIC WILL BE AT HUDDART PARK (NOT AZEVEDO FEED) Juggers Club Wear Eddie Kucker Eddie was wining & dinning his beautiful wife, Jan, and was unable to attend. (IT WAS WONDERFUL PER JAN) FACEBOOK FANS. The Juggers Racing Team has a FANTASTIC page with updated information, photos from the past, present and other interesting matters. Juggers Web Page for questions or inquiries contact juggers@juggersracingteam.com Old Business: NONE New Business: Gary Ryan - proposed a moment of quiet reflection before each meeting to remember past members and prayers to those in need. Voted & Passed. Gary is our new Club Chaplin. Paul Risso Larry Risso Memorial/Celebration of Life, Tuesday July 18 th (4-7) Marin Rod & Gun Club (end of San Rafael Bridge. DATE TO BE CONFIRMED will send out confirmation . Race Report: SEE Attached Steve O Brien went to Sacramento with Parkys. 4 Juggers cars at event. Parky had to change flex plate in 110 temp. Big turnout for Juggers at Sonoma for Memorial Day Weekend.

2 Juggers Racing Team JULY Newsletter Cont d Round Table Unusual & Usual Suspects Don Ashby got a new toy!! Interest in a Juggers Flag to display at home or the races, contact Sandy Mendia. Thanks to Round Table for their generosity in providing a couple pitchers of beer during the meeting helped to cool down the hot temperature. Adjourned at 8:40 p.m. Next Meeting: Thursday, JULY 27, :30 p.m. Round Table Pizza - San Mateo MISC INFO / CORRESPONDENCES / NON BUSINESS: ATTENTION IN THE PITS please send any corrections and / or articles, classifieds or whatever to juggersracingsecretary@gmail.com for upcoming newsletters. Deadline is the 15 th of each month. NEWS, GOSSIP & OTHER STUFF Sending out a HUGE congratulations to Dawn Kucker on her promotion. You Go Girl!!!! There will be a Juggers presence at Somoa Race Track at the end of August. Will Eureka every be the same???? Another Jugger Couple celebrated their 50 TH Anniversary Congrats John & Angie Peet!! A wonderful Celebration of Life was held for our own Speed Racer, Larry Risso, on July 18 th. It was well attended by Juggers and was a great tribute to a special man and friend. Lots of good laughs and stories told. I am sure Speed Racer was looking down from heaven with a cup of beer in his hand, toasting himself and sharing a story or two!! Word on the street, is that our feerless leader, Chaplain, President Gary Ryan was trying to be Hulk Hogan and POP ruptured achilles!!! NO FUN Hang in there buddy and if you need the walker, cane, boot or just want to commiserate, call Boss Lady, she has been there, done that, and has the t-shirt to prove it. PLEASE take a minute and reflect on our members that may need an extra prayer!!! JUNE S JUGGERS TRIVIA ANSWERS Won Hot Rod Championships in 1994 & 1995 BOB RISSO Favorite Accomplishment I m Still Living KENT DYSON Kids are Dylan & Brewtis MATT LOWENSTEIN Beside trapshooting, his other hobby is traveling STEVE O BRIEN He questions authority JOHN PEET Favorite Saying What s a mother to do? DANE LEWIS Nickname is Curly ROCKY RHODES Started Racing at 14 in Mom s 56 HMB GARY RYAN Chubby Green$ is one of his sponsors BOB LOWENSTEIN His ride is now competing in Australia BOB HENSEL Please complete the Membership Directory Questionnaire if you have not already done so, we would like to be able to put together a Membership Directory as soon as possible. Otherwise, it is looking like MAYBE 2020 for publication!!

3 JUGGERS BIRTHDAY calendar Dave Macdonald 07/03 Kent Dyson 07/05 Bob Lowenstein 07/06 Ron Lindbald 07/12 Tom Finale 07/17 Paul Risso 07/22 Bob Risso 07/24 Charles Ward 07/25 Tom Prufer 07/29 Dean Prochison 07/31 Greg Danaher 08/03 Marsh Anderson 08/06 Roy Haas 08/06 Robert L. Parkerson 08/11 Tom Clothier 08/21 Jim Taylor 08/23 Bob Ruppell 08/27 IMPORTANT DATES & RACING CALENDARS JUGGERS MEETINGS 2017 January 26 February 23 March 23 April 27 May 25 June 22 July 27 August 24 September 28 October 26 November 16 December 14 informal SONOMA RACEWAY 07/20 10:00A Div 7 Test & Tune Cost is $75. 07/21-07/23 NHRA Division 7 Drag Races Presented By Korbel 07/28-07/30 Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals NHRA 08/02, 9, 16, 23 3:30-10:00P Wednesday Night Drags 08/26-08/27 7:00-5:00P Bracket Drags 08/30 3:30-10:00P Wednesday Night Drags 9/04 7:00-5:00P Bracket Drags 09/20, 27, 3:30-10:00P Wednesday Night Drags 10/04, 11, 18, 25 3:30-10:00P Wednesday Night Drags 11/01, 8 3:30-10:00P Wednesday Night Drags 11/26/17 7:00A Bracket Drags 2017 SCTA El Mirage Race Dates: September 10 October 22 November 11 & SCTA / BNI Bonneville Race Dates: August Speedweek October th World Finals REDDING DRAGSTRIP EL MIRAGE LAKES RACING SACRAMENTO CAR SHOWS: Sept. 17 Santa Clara Corvette

4 RACE REPORT SONOMA JULY 4 th Submitted by Boss Lady aka K.C. Lots of Juggers and their familes were out celebrating the 4 th of July at Sonoma!! Had a great group of cars and the track was good. Cold in the morning and Hot in the afternoon. On a personal note, Chili Bob got to celebrate his 70 th Birthday doing what he loves. Racing!! Plus we did the typicall 4 th things.bbq hotdogs and ate watermelon. I was ambitious enough to present a USA flag cake that I made with my two clumpsy hands Don Bird actually drove down from Orland to help Chili Bob. A huge thanks from me!! SUPER PRO Jeff Broussard went all the way to the 4 th Round with a packed class!!! Had a PERFECT light in 2 nd Round!!!! Also, Jeff came in as the #1 Qualifier... PRO STREET Jeff Broussard lost in the 1 st Round PRO ET The racing gods were not to kind to the Juggers: Weasel Anders out 1 st Round; Eddie Kucker, John Peet, Bob Lowenstein all broke out in the 1 st Round. Eddie Kucker vs John Peet vs Bob Lowenstein 9.50 vs The Wicked lil Falcon liked here new slicks, tires and yes the brakes worked too!!! SPORTSMAN ET Dane Lewis lost in the 1 st Round; Don Ashby fouled in Round 2. C/GAS John Boots Broucart lost in the Semi Finals (9.610) against Scott Morgan (9.603) D/GAS Harold Binsfeld lost in the 2 nd round with a foul.001. His E.T. was ; Dan Ficher went to the Semi-Finals but lost on the light. Seemed like a lot of us wanted to get out of there early so that we could get home and enjoy the firework show(s)!!! DURHAM CAR SHOW WHAT A GREAT LOOKING CREW!! Attended by Don Bird and Ruth, Don pictured here with new Jugger member Terri and Paul of their NE1 Dragster, lots of fun had by all!!

5 Race Report from the Sacramento Nitro Nite of Fire on June From your Roving Reporter, Dianna Munro First, did anyone see the commercial for this event??? I did!!! The third car in the commercial was our very own President, The Champ, Gary Ryan! Driving the biggest John Force style burn out EVER!!!!! You could barely make out the words Pure Adrenaline through all that smoke!!! Now my recollection of the event. You could have just called it the weekend of Nitro burning SUN!!!! Oh boy was it HOT!!!! We saw some of the regular hard core Juggers brave the heat. The smart ones stayed home and in the air conditioning!!! It was over 100 the entire weekend. We set up camp in the normal spot and got everything ready to survive the heat. We brought the snow cone machine with all the fixin s and ended up bringing the wading pool on Saturday for the kids. Test & Tune on Thursday was hot. We tried our best to keep hydrated and fed. Let s just say, Martha we missed you more than you know!!!! I tried the Racers Special and boy oh boy did it make me feel special it was the I don t know if it was the hot dogs that were hidden in that cheesy, meaty, French fry mess or if degree with little to no shade. I think Steve O. might have missed Martha the most, I saw him making his own lunch. Ruth and Don came by to say Hi and share some shade. All day Friday Parky and crew were doing their best to dial Black Magic to that magic number. The heat was not our friend neither was the flywheel. We were attempting to go out for the second run in qualifying and we could not get the beast to start. We had ground off 4 + teeth from the flywheel and were in a predicament. How do we get a replacement, how do we get it installed and are we really going to do this in the pits in 100+degree heat??? Well, Parky had a replacement but of course it was at home, in Minden. It turns out that part of the Parky Family Racing Team had a regular job and had to work and not left home yet. Lucky us!!! They picked up the part and started the journey from Minden to Sacramento. We borrowed a flatbed trailer from one of the newest Juggers, Ron Lindblad, who had brought it to pick up a toy on the way home from the track. Lucky us AGAIN! We towed Black Magic to my house (I live 8 minutes from the track) and worked until wee hours of the night. It took a few hours longer than expected but when doesn t it. I think we got about 4 hours sleep before we were up loading Black Magic back on the trailer so we could be there for the gates to open. We were so excited that things went well.

6 For us it was a new day with a new problem. Car started and ran for a qualifying run, but was acting a little funny. We thought maybe the radiator cap was acting up, we tested it and sure enough it was bad. Two auto part stores later, Auto Zone and Tognotti s, and no exact replacement for the cap, I got what should have been an acceptable replacement. Oh boy, when someone says this should work, I should know better.. After installation we make a run and guess what blows off, the radiator cap.. Dang, maybe we did not install it correctly? We lock it down again.next run, guess who has to go retrieve their cap from the tower.. Needless to say, Parky did a heck of a job keeping Black Magic going straight down the track with face full of water! Dan Fisher and Cliff Boyles were out in the blistering heat trying to bring home a Wally. In D Gas Dan was uncharacteristically sent home in the first round. Dan s beat his competitor s but that guy came out with a.007 reaction time to snag that hole shot win. Cliff came really close to winning the last race in his beautiful baby before her power plant goes to her new house. This is semifinals with a BYE. When they hot lapped him back to the line I heard it wouldn t start. What a bummer!!! So Cliff was Runner Up in B Gas Our newest Juggers, aka The Chrysler Boys, Marlon The Professor Keller, Ron Lindbland, Terry Lindblad, Jeff Brochheuser, Paul Langlois where there in full force. There is my daughter, Jessica backing up Jeff. Terry is in the red rail and Parky in the far lane for the first round eliminations. Terry went on to the FINALS and finish 2 nd while I went on to scratch the new visor on Bob s helmet while cleaning it Yippee for me!!! Look close, Jeff is doing a front wheel stand! This season there is a new car in the Nostalgia Eliminator II class, Bad Moon Rising, driven by Jeff Brochheuser. This is Jeff s first year driving a dragster. He has raced drag boats in the past but not a Nostalgia Eliminator II car. He is having a great rookie year finishing 3 rd this event, behind his childhood friend Terry. See you at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals on July 28 th - 30 th!

7 From: "John Lewis" Date: July 17, 2017 at 5:00:29 PM PDT To: "'Bob'" Subject: Destruction Derby Info Reply-To: Juggers member Roy Haas will have an entry in the Destruction Derby at the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa Sunday, August 13. This is a great opportunity to support your fellow Jugger in a non-traditional event that is terrific fun for the whole family. Here is more info and a link to buy tickets. DESTRUCTION DERBY SUNDAY, AUGUST 13-6:00 PM This uniquely American form of entertainment is classic fun for the entire family. Young and old alike join in the screaming and howling for their favorite drivers who are competing for the winning portion of the purse. Make sure you get in early for the best seats for this fast-moving action! BOX SEATING $20 / GRANDSTAND SEATING $12 ($15 AFTER AUGUST 2) / BLEACHER SEATING $10 ($12 AFTER AUGUST 2) Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Be there! JohnL The Transaction Factor Company, LLC 2250 Bay St., Ste. 319 San Francisco, CA

8 JUGGERS RACING TEAM MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY QUESTIONNAIRE Please feel free to add additional pages for Information &/or Pictures! NAME: NICKNAME: ADDRESS: PHONE: ALTERNATE: SPOUSE OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER: CHILDREN: MONTH / DAY OF BIRTH (MONTH) (DAY) BUSINESS / OCCUPATION / RETIRED: YEAR YOU BECAME A JUGGER FORMER OR CURRENT JUGGERS OFFICERS (IF SO, TITLE & APPX. YEARS) JUGGERS COMMITTEES: CAR DESCRIPTION OR FORMER CAR(S) WHAT CLASS: PIT CREW TEAM: CAR SHOW: OTHER INFO: FAVORITE ACCOMPLISHMENT: OTHER HOBBIES: FAVORITE SAYING OR QUOTE: THE ABOVE QUESTIONS ARE STRICTELY FOR THE JUGGERS MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY & NOT FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE. IF YOU DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE IN COMPLETING ANY OF THE ABOVE QUESTIONS, YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO DO SO. WE ARE ALSO ASKING FOR A PROFILE PICTURE AND A PICTURE OF YOUR CAR(S).