Welcome to The Villages Motor Racing Fan Club website!
You are cordially invited to view the pages in our site, all of which have been designed to keep our members and interested parties up-to-speed (pun intended!) on who we are and what we do.
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It's time to renew your club membership - $20 per year. Please renew at the next meeting. Can't make it to a meeting? Click Here to download the membership form to renew.
Next Meeting - Dec. 1
Dave Salot wrapping up at Phoenix
Our next meeting is on Dec. 1 at Colony Cottage Recreation Center, going green at 7 p.m.
Our guest speaker will be club member Dave Salot. Dave is a timing operator in the NASCAR Competition Technology group that travels to all NASCAR Cup events across the country.
It will be interesting to learn about the responsibilities of Competition Technology staff at NASCAR events -- everything from the maintenance and repairs of scoring loops to issuing and maintaining transponders, as well as feeding all the transponders data to teams and race officials.
The Competition Technology staff is also responsible for the NASCAR OSS, Optical Scanning Station, and PRO, Pit Road Officiating system.
We look forward to hearing from Dave and learning about the job of maintaining these systems and delivering the data coming from them.
Meetings are open only to club members, but Villages residents can join at the door. If you are interested, Click Here for more information.
Prediction Row 2021
PHOENIX – Larson edged Hamlin off pit road on the final pit stops, picking up three spots and moving into the lead. For the final 23 laps, Larson held off Truex and took the win.
Doug and Jim scored a win with Larson. That sealed the deal for Doug and he is our 2021 Prediction Row Champion.
Congratulations to Doug and Way To Go to all twelve of our 2021 competitors.
Final Standings
- Doug Baker 3 wins, 449 points
- Melanie Scott 2 wins, 358 points
- Jim Dropp 1 win, 412 points
- Steve Poplarski 1 win, 370 points
- Art Staus 1 win, 368 points
- Alan Sneider 0 wins, 390 points
Click on the PREDICTION ROW tab at the top of this page so you can keep up with the competition from race to race. Check the notes at the bottom for an explanation of scoring.
Hal Lynch Featured in Villages Magazine
Club member Hal Lynch has always been a classic car guy.
In the '80s he shared his uncle's dream to transform his uncle's 1970 AMC AMX from a daily driver to a road course muscle car.
When his uncle passed away in 1984 and left the classic AMX to Lynch, Hal began the task of building out the AMX to be a road racer.
He completed the task in 1991 and has campaigned the car on many tracks ever since.
Click Here to download the full The Villages Magazine article.
Kyle Harvey Inducted Into HOF
John Angiolo, Kyle Harvey, Jerry Conkle and Art Fehrman
August 21, 2021, Historic Auto Attractions Museum, Roscoe, Ill. -- Club board of directors John Angiolo, Jerry Conkle and Art Fehrman had the pleasure of inducting Kyle Harvey into our Hall of Fame.
Kyle was unable to attend induction ceremony in January 2020 because he was spotting for Tower Motorsport in the 24 Hours at Daytona.
John, Jerry and Kyle were attending the Illinois Stock Car Hall of Fame Festival & Induction Ceremony in Illinois. Art "Fireball" Fehrman is the founder of the Illinois Stock Car Hall of Fame and serves on its board of directors.