JUGGERS RACING TEAM Since 1953 JULY 2018 NEWSLETTER Volume 4, Issue 7 GARY RYAN President garyryan702@yahoo.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 mikesknives@att.net WEBSITE www.juggersracingteam.com CLUB E-MAIL juggers@juggersracingteam.com JUNE MEETING - MINUTES JUNE Meeting (6/28/18) was called to order by President Ryan at 7:33 pm. ** Moment of Silence for departed Juggers and those that need some extra prayers. Attendance: Members: 32 / Guests: 1 Francisco Cisco Lastra Secretary s Report: Bob Lowenstein Minutes published in newsletter - APPROVED Treasurer s report: Sandy Mendia $3,763.36. Please submit any outstanding bills or membership questions to Sandy. **URGENT** If YOU have NOT paid your 2018 DUES ($40.00), they are OVERDUE!! Your membership will be dropped and NO PICNIC INVITATION. To pay or verify that they have been paid, contact Sandy ASAP!! SANDY MENDIA, Treasurer 1175 Wilhelmina Way San Jose, CA 95120-5434 (408)888-0643 / juggersracing@comcast.net Correspondence None Safety Committee John Lewis 2018 NHRA Rule Book is available, Nothing new or amendments since March. Recognition / Merit Awards Gary Ryan 2018 season started October 1, 2017 and ends September 30, 2018. Remember to submit your name & category at monthly meetings. Be a good Jugger and submit your fellow Juggers name if they are not able to attend the monthly meeting. Chaplin Ryan Gary delivered a great and meaningful sermon for all to ponder. Our club is built on strong friendships and the love of horsepower. Need help, don t be shy to ask, there is a pleather of knowledge and able hands available. History - Jim Powers. Jim s topic was drag race history in Belmont, CA. The Shrank Bros., Jim Laing, Kent Fuller & others all along Old County Road. Car Show Committee Fred Seib. Firehouse Car Show #14 June 23 rd. Over 25 cars and over 75 attendees!! Was a terrific day and besides showing cars, attendees donated toys for the Toys for Tots program, Christmas in June!! Great hospitality, cold beverages and awesome Fried Chicken (prepared by Fred s Mom), it was a HUGE SUCCESS. A motion was made and passed to donate $300 to Fred & Kris to help offset costs of this worthwhile event. Picnic Committee Steve O Brien Annual Family Picnic will be held on OCTOBER 13 th, at Flood Park in Menlo Park. Volunteer are needed, and a sign-up sheet was passed around. ** More volunteers are still needed so please volunteer at the upcoming meeting or contact Steve. Registration forms were provided. This is a fun FAMILY event with lots of activities for young and old. **Registration & Volunteer Sign Up attached. Juggers Club Wear Eddie Kucker The Juggers Store was open!!! When you see Eddie, shake the man s hand for hauling around all the merchandise for the convenience of the members. Web Page Jessica Monroe -Working on constructing a new Web Site. The old site is still active. www.juggersracingteam.com Thanks to John Lewis, the Newsletters, Race Reports & other pertinent information is published and has been kept up-to-date. Full of history and great video interviews from some of our founding members. To contribute something, contact John at juggers@juggersracingteam.com
Facebook: We have a fantastic Facebook page that we encourage our members to utilize. There are great photos, racing information, and other interesting matters. Always entertaining and informative too! Old Business: John Lewis gave an update of the implantation of the Wednesday Night Drags at Sonoma for the Juggers donation for High School Class Awards. Also, Gary Ryan and Steve O Brien met with Kyle and discussed other ideas as to award the teens, i.e., other than awarding the winner of the class, to give award to best E.T., fastest car, etc. Juggers are getting great kudos for the teen program. New Business: In addition to monetary donation to the High School Program at Sonoma, John Lewis made a motion to present trophies to the teen winners. K.C. & Bob donated five trophies to start. Approximately $150 would be required to buy additional trophies to get through the racing season. MOTION PASSED New Member: NONE Application: Francisco Cisco Lastra, Round Table / Race Report Steve O Brien experienced his first official drag race with Gary Ryan as his mentor as well as driving Gary s Impala at the Wednesday Night Drags at Sonoma. Steve had a blast and is still smiling from the experience, a whole lot different seeing the Christmas Tree from inside the car! Gary encouraged other to come out with their cars aka Granny s car and race on Wednesday nights. Also, possibly setting a Juggers Night. Jessica Munro had a mishap with a dirt bike and unfortunately, the dirt bike won. A Get Well Soon card was passed around to be sent to Jessica!! The Santa Clara Corvette Auto Cross has been set for July 14 & 15, at Marina Airport in Monterey. Still working on getting other venues to race at. K.C thanked all the Juggers that came out to Modesto to support Matt Lowenstein at the Rib Cook Off. Matt was just a few votes short to win the People Choice Award and is still waiting to hear where he official placed. The BBQ Guy did a fantastic job and his ribs were finger licking good. Jim Powers has extra space at the Good Guys Swap Meet. If you have stuff to sell, contact Jim. Interest in a Rebuilt 396, contact Gary Ryan. A great story was told about boat drag races.. Go on Green Bobby 50/50 K.C. won the $56.00 pot Adjourned at 8:45 p.m. Next Meeting: Thursday, JULY 26, 2018 7:30 p.m. Round Table Pizza - San Mateo 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. SONOMA - Summit ET events added to schedule (Aug 25th/26th). Sunday's category winners will receive Wally's!
Classified Ads - Have something to sell, buy or trade?? Looking for a new mate, pet, car part or whatever contact your Juggers Secretary, Chili Bob and he will do his best to get published in the monthly Juggers Newsletter. Make sure it is short, sweet and complete. write it down and give it to Chili Bob at a meeting or drop an e-mail so that it is correct. juggersracingsecretary@gmail.com JUGGERS MEETINGS - 2018 July 26 August 23 September 27 October 25 **November 15 Week Early **December 20 Informal Bench Meeting 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 Padilla 07/22 Charles Ward 07/25 Tom Prufer 07/29 Dean Prochison 07/31 Clint Esrick 08/01 Greg Danaher 08/03 Marsh Anderson 08/06 James Anders 08/06 Roy Haas 08/06 Robert L. Parkerson 08/11 Andy Owen 08/17 Tom Clothier 08/21 Jim Taylor 08/23 Bob Ruppell 08/27 DRAG STRIP CONTACT LINKS SONOMA RACEWAY www.racesonoma.com http://www.sonomaraceway.com/events/drag-strip-schedule FAMOSO RACEWAY www.famosoraceway.com REDDING DRAGSTRIP www.reddingdragstrip.com EL MIRAGE LAKES RACING www.scta-bni.org/el-mirage SACRAMENTO www.sacramentoraceway.com LAS VEGAS www.lvms.com/dragstrip SAMOA www.samoadragstrip.com FONTANA www.californiaspeedway.com POMONA www.pomona raceway.com CAR SHOW INFO & DATES California Car Show - https://californiacarshows.org/
August 24-26, 2018 November 10 & 11, 2018 Alameda County Fairgrounds 4501 Pleasanton Ave, Pleasanton, CA 94566 www.good-guys.com/events/event-info/2018-events NorCal Car Shows per Facebook Post https://www.facebook.com/notes/car-shows-andevents-in-northern-california/car-show-calendar-for-2015/1137935106221801 KNOW YOUR JUGGERS TRIVIA: ANSWERS FOR JUNE QUIZ 1. Diesel Mechanic is his game. Clint Esrick 2. Has a phobia of kids with balloons. K.C. Andersen 3. Materials Testing Lab Supervisor. Jeff Patterson 4. Favorite Childhood memory was going to Disneyland when it was first open. Andy Owen 5. His favorite other hobby is Hot Wheels Bob Padilla 6. While growing up Camping and riding ATV was his passion. Anthony Mondani 7. Wanted to be a paleontologist when growing up. Betty Phillips 8. Cars & Hot Boats. Bill Meyer 9. Sponsored by Weasel. Danny Borg 10. Blood Type O. Bob Trickey 11. Joined the Juggers to Make New Friends Tim Texeira CONGRATULATIONS GERHARD LUCK ON YOUR NEW RIDE!!
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