Junior Racing Program
Auto Clearing Motor Speedway’s Junior
Racing program got into full swing on Thursday July 17, 2008 with 4 Junior
Racers participating. After a detailed explanation of the rules and regulations
by Todd Jalbert, the Junior Racers took to the track. Olivia Lee, Katlyn Jalbert,
Kirk Senger, and Kenny Heintz , took turns running their cars on the oval, each
junior driver showing marked improvement throughout the evening. The guests of
Bayer Crop Science got a bit of a show watching the future racers take to the
track, with a couple of the them pushing it a bit too hard and looping their
cars directly in front of the stands. Overall the evening was a success and we
soon hope to see some of these youngsters racing in the near future. The drivers
were placed on the track with another car, and requested to do some passing
maneuvers to become familiar with driving with other traffic, with all drivers
showing good response to the requested actions.
Thursday July 24th saw our second
junior training night, with the drivers previously experiencing track time , it
was now time to have our junior drivers learn to drive on different locations on
the track. With pylons set up , drivers were forced to maintain a low line on
the track, and once this was completed with satisfactory results, then pylons
were placed to force drivers to run high on the track. A couple of the junior
racers proved to handle these tasks with minimal problems, and were then
approved to actually compete in a race event.
The night of July 25th brought 2 of
our Junior racers , Kirk Senger , 14 years old, and Kenny Heintz , 15 years old
to the track to compete with the rest of the ministock racers. The juniors got a
friendly reminder after hot laps to implement what they learned in the training
sessions when actually driving in full traffic. As the race night progressed,
the drivers became more comfortable with the racing, and proved very respectable
results, with some very clean and fast racing. Upon race night completion, I
complimented the drivers on the great job they did, and as a witness to the ear
to ear smiles on Kirks and Kennys faces , they seemed “EXTREMELY” pleased with
the results. This , to my knowledge, is the first time a 14 year old member of
our club has competed in a regular race event with the “BIG BOYS”. Kirk Senger
also competed in the Ministock invitational, while Kenny Heintz has completed 1
complete night of racing on Aug 22nd in the #62 Ministock.
Todd Jalbert Director- Junior
Racing, Ethics and Club Displays Auto Clearing Motor Speedway phone 249-5678 cel
493-7642 home 945-2284 Jaltronix@sasktel.net or
Stickmanracing@hotmail.com
Auto Clearing Motor Speedway is
looking for Junior involvement/membership. Junior Pit Crew members are accepted
at 12 years of age and juniors can drive starting at 14 years of age (Yes that
is 14 years!!). Many existing race teams accept junior crew members.
Anyone interested in becoming a
part of a race team or the Junior
Racing Program (ages 12-18) please contact either:
Todd Jalbert,
by
email, or telephone at home
(945.2284), at work (249.5678), or by cell (493.7642)
Jordan
Hill,
by
email or telephone at
work (955.0111) or cell (227.8557).
July 27, 2006 - Junior Orientation on July 29
The Auto Clearing Motor Speedway Junior
Racing Program (ages 12-18) takes another step forward this Saturday
July 29th. All interested 'juniors' are asked to be at the competitors
entrance (back gate) of the track by 6:30 pm for an 'in pit' one race
night orientation. For insurance purposes, everyone entering the
back gate must be a member, so before entering the pits each junior will
be required to purchase a
Junior Membership.
These are $25 and are good for the entire year. The 'junior membership'
age is indeed 12-18 NOT 14 as indicated previously. The July 29th
one race night orientation night will cover safety, do's / don'ts,
racing language, and provide an opportunity to meet competitors,
and for Q's & A's among other things. After the orientation,
junior participants will have earned the opportunity to be a
contributing pit crew member. 16 drivers have stepped forward and
are more than willing, ready, and able to accept a future generation
racer. See you there!
June 14, 2006 - Notice to all Future Racer and Young Sports
Enthusiasts
Auto Clearing Motor Speedway Junior Racing Program invites future racers and
young sports enthusiasts of high school age (14-18) to attend our 1st
developmental meeting of the season, right after the season opener on June 30th.
Don Pogoda (#84 Eastview Esso Street Stock) will host the meeting in his pit
area. The meeting will last about 1/2 hour and include information and a
discussion of how the Junior Racing Program can help you get involved - this
summer in Saskatoon's Fastest Family Fun Around! If you always wanted to, but
never knew how - this is your opportunity to find out! That's Friday June 30,
2006, right after the races in Don Pogoda's #84 pit stall. If you have any
questions in the mean time please feel free to contact Don by email at
pogodadon@hotmail.com. See you there!
A big THANK YOU goes out to Don Pogoda and Cliff Yelland for organizing the school presentation at Mount Royal Collegiate on Wednesday March 8, 2006. Thanks also to drivers Alex Leschenko, Andrew Clewes, Neil Schneider, Raichelle Wagner, Nathaniel Wagner, Russ Martin, Jim Barnsley and Board member Neil Wagner for taking time out of their day to participate and provide a group of enthusiast young people a very good insight into stock car racing. A total of 35 students took in the presentation, with 11 leaving their name for future contact. Following are some pictures taken during the presentation.
Don Pogoda and Jim Barnsley
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Cliff Yelland and students
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Raichelle Wagner
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Jim Barnsley
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Don Pogoda
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Don Pogoda\
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