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It is getting very close to Christmas and  New Years Day and The end of 2020. I am hoping that you are all well and still able to keep some good humor with the strange year we went through. I think the future is looking better and with a little luck we can enjoy the thing that we all have in common , Vintage car racing. Last season sure had its ups and downs and the uncertainty was hard to suffer through. Even with the problems we still got in a fairly good year. I am pleased that so many members made the effort to support us when we got the chance to to put on our show. There were a lot of track promoters that went to a great deal of effort to comply with the health departments and keep the racers and fans happy.  I hope that you all are ready for Christmas.  This year we are dialing back our normal traveling plans for the holidays.We will be staying home but celebrating the real meaning of Christmas and that is HOPE for the future. Hope for all mankind is what we need at this time..My heart and prayers go out to all that are suffering at this time..Let us all pray that the pandemic will end soon and our lives return to normal. .It does appear our prayers are being answered with the vaccine being made available,there is hope for an end to all of this suffering. We will soon start to look at scheduling events for the 2021 season. It is a lot of work trying to get this completed. Fortunately, there are members that help with the contacting various tracks and  working out dates. We will be looking at the tracks that we have a long standing history with as well as any new  places that will invite us to display our traveling museum of vintage racing cars. Keeping the history of oval track racing alive and on display is the key to our success. I have had inquires from interested people looking to join our group and that is is an encouraging .We will honor the membership Dues paid for the 2020 season for the 2021 season. I will put out a membership list so you can check to see if you are a member in good standing for the 2021 season. Please review it and if there is a mistake get back to me.  So it is with hope in my heart that I wish you all a very VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS  and a BLESSED AND HAPPY NEW YEAR   Sincerely Jim McDermott 

The time for our banquet is growing short and we need to get  a good count of guest for the caterer. We need that before the 15th in order to order the food so if you are planning on coming please get back to us asap. If you have decided to pass on this years banquet let me know that also that way I can have a good idea of the interest in this event and will not be waiting for responses .  This has been an unusual season to say the least and we were hoping to end it on an upbeat positive note,. Gene Steele has been very active in planning this banquet and he would like to see an enthusiastic response. We understand the concerns of some of the members but we will take every precaution in order to comply with the safety of the members. each table will only seat six people. Tables will be spaced the appropriate distance apart, The food will be brought to each table ,No buffett. mask wearing will be encouraged where appropriate. One of the things that has always impressed me is the friendship among the members of this organization . A social event like this  are always well attended and we have always had a great time. We would hope that this is once again a great time for those that attend. Something to put a good feeling about belonging to this organization, in a year where good feelings are hard to come by.  This season turned out ot be much better than was first thought. We did get in several shows that were  well represented and well received by the fans and track promoters. We want to thank the tracks that did have us in their program as they all had to overcome a lot of obstacles to keep their tracks open this year Well for now the important thing is to let us know about your plans to attend the banquet as we need to know if we have enough people that will come. thanks  Jim

Hello VARC members We have been trying to decide on the annual Pizza Part that we hold each year at Fremont Ohio on the Friday before our Banquet. After discussion with the officers and board members it has been decided to cancel this year’s pizza party. The issues that are behind this decision are, the virus pandemic the motel is requiring us to remain in the conference room ,and a limited number of participants. This is an indoor event that would make social distancing not practicable. Eating pizza with mask is also not feasible. The consensus was that since we could have people attend from across a large geographical area the risk factor would increase. Is the risk worth the reward? We felt it was not in the best interest of the membership to proceed under these circumstances. We are hoping that next year we can continue with our normal schedule.  The fall board meeting is also cancelled as it was felt that our spring meeting ,in April, would be a better time to look to the 2021 season. We are praying that things improve and that we can find dates at the tracks.  Currently the banquet is still on. We need a count of people that are planning on attending. You should have received an invitation form so please send it in with the information on it so we can give that count to the cater. The hall will provide adequate room and the meal will be served to each table . No buffet style this year. Let us know if you plan on attending. As the time is growing short, we need to have the head count soon. Thanks Jim McDermott