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Junior RacingAbout Our Junior Racing Program The Saskatoon Stock Car Racing Association welcomes youth into its membership and racing program. Youth between the ages of 12 to 18 qualify for this program. The purpose of the program is to give all youth an opportunity to be involved in racing with a minimal membership fee ($25) being the only cost. Junior members can be part of a pit crew or in certain race official positions starting at 12 years of age, with driving an actual race car starting at 14 years of age (Yes, 14!!!). In 2010, the Junior Racing program acquired a 1989 Honda CRX to be used as a training car with dual seats and controls to give the youth an opportunity to experience our race facility in a controlled, training environment. Training days will be held throughout the season. Parental involvement is strongly encouraged as we always promote family-friendly entertainment. Anyone interested in the junior program may contact Todd Jalbert at acms.junior@hotmail.com or phone (306) 249-5678 or (306) 493-7642.
July 16th Ride Along
2010
On June 13 we had our first Junior training day for 2010, giving us an opportunity to spend some time with a few Junior members and to test the "new to us" 1989 Honda CRX donated by Howard Crossman and Cindy Moleski. The car was already built to Mini Stock specs, so some air was put in the tires and the car was tested by Todd Jalbert, with the car performing flawlessly (except for some blue smoke from the tail pipe).
Justin Hall, Nicole Sheetka, Kelsey Sheetka, Sara Pogoda, Kenny Heintz(a junior only in age as he has already beat me in a race), Danny Heintz, Joshua Robb, Nick Kuliasa, Layton Senger, Brett Ross, Brennan Kirton and Zachery Jalbert. Mickey Pogoda brought her #49 Thunderstock, and Craig Heintz his #11 Ministock. Adults attending were Dave and Brenda Sheetka, Bob Kirton and daughter Madison, Todd Pluhator and his Daughter, Corey and Cindy Robb and Todd Jalbert Junior Race director.
2008 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 acms.junior@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) 2006 July 27, 2006 - Junior Orientation on July 29 June 14, 2006 - Notice to all Future Racer and Young Sports Enthusiasts 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.
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