I.
Treasurers Report - Accepted
II. Business
Item (1) Election of Officers:
Nominees:
President: Mike
Sravini Unopposed
Vice President: Barry Kittredge Unopposed
Secretary: Patricia
Campanale Unopposed
Treasurer: Marco Campanale
Unopposed
Board of Directors: Ed Breault
Pete Pernesiglio
Glen
Cabral Shawn Torrey
Peter
Valeri Bobby Seymour
Unopposed
Slate of Officers Accepted
Item (2) Proposal:
New Rule to be added to rulebook:
NEMA will not support or entertain the support,
of any non-winged
Midget racer or racing organization, without
the consent and support of
NEMAS general membership as shown by a
vote of the membership with a simple
majority of the membership voting in favor of
said support.
Bruce Beane
Voted
Against by the Membership
Technical Proposals
(Decided Upon by the Technical Committee)
Accepted by the Owners
Item (1) Proposal:
Change Article 7.16d: to read,
Production-based iron engine cars will
be allowed a twelve inch right rear wheel and a
ten inch left rear wheel.
Shawn Torrey
Rescinded
(by the Tech Committee)
Item (2) Proposal:
Change Article 7.22: to read, Four-wheel
hydraulic brakes to be in good
operating condition.
Shawn Torrey
Accepted
Item (3) Proposal:
Amendment to Article 8.6: add, No car may
be moved during a red
flag unless directed to by a NEMA
official.
Shawn Torrey
Accepted
Item (4) Proposal:
Amendment to Article 8.3: add, Any car
jumping the start shall be
placed back twice the
number of spots that were jumped.
Shawn Torrey
Rescinded
Item (5) Proposal:
Increase the cubic inch displacement of
the twin over head cam
Cosworth
type engines to 140 cubic inch from 122 cubic inch. We
run the same tire and
weights rules but are down on power.
BJ MacDonald
Accepted
Item (6) Proposal:
Allow all cars the 12 right rear and
10 left rear wheels regardless of
Engine type.
Pete Pernesiglio
Rescinded
Item (7) Proposal:
Allow the aluminum block and approved Fontana
non-cross flow
aluminum head to have maximum of 174 cid to
match USAC specs.
Glen Cabral
Accepted
Item (8) Proposal:
Tire Rule 1: Only 4 new
tires a race night or weekend per car. You
may use more than one on any position of the
car. Each tire will be
marked with a color for the night. Any unused
tires must be re-marked
for the next race. Old tires do not have to
marked. If you use more than
the allowed tires you will start in the rear of
the field and not be
eligible for the Hard Charger Award.
Glen Cabral
Rejected
Tire Rule 2: No new or
sticker tires allowed in the feature. If you
run new tires, you must start in the rear of
the field and will not be
eligible for the Hard Charger Award.
Glen Cabral
Accepted
Tire Rule 3: One 7.3
right rear tire used for heat race and feature.
(Similar
rule used by ISMA)
Marco Campanle
Rejected
Item (9) Proposal:
Amendment to Article 7.11 to read: allow
the use of carbon fiber
firewalls.
Peter Valeri
Accepted
Item (10) Proposal:
Iron blocks with non-production alloy heads
must run an 8
and a 10 rear wheel.
Marco Campanale
Accepted
Item (11) Proposal:
Pontiac/Ford super duty iron blocks
should have head limitations.
Marco Campanale
Rescinded
Item (12) Proposal:
Submit a new engine package: It will be
an opposed 4-cylinder all
aluminum Subaru engine available in the
Impreza/WRX passenger
cars. It will utilize a currently approved
ignition system. This engine
will fall under the guidelines for
production-based engines pursuant to
Article 7.9d (1) DOHC, 4 valves per cylinder,
145 c.i.d.
Shawn Torrey
Accepted
(With
a 1-year trial basis) |