September 2025 Meeting Notes
September, 22nd 2025 Meeting Notes
DATE: Monday, September22nd, 2025 TIME: 7 pm
PLACE: Meeting took place at the Colonial House in Freedom
President Tom Hockers called the meeting to order a 7:02 pm
– Secretary’s Report has been posted on our website: www. frrc.us Rob Thomson asked if there are any additions and/or corrections recommended to the Secretary’s Report. If so, please e-mail RobThomson99@gmail.com Motion to accept made by Jacoby Pollei the motion was seconded. No objections were made and the motion passed.
-Andy Monday provided the Treasurer’s financial report was read by Andy. Also, Andy reviewed the race season numbers. Some of the main differences in the numbers is the turn 4 tent sponsors, Red White and Blue sponsors and the new nightly contract, Motion to accept made by Larry Mcarthur. The motion was seconded. No objections were made and the motion passed.
OLD BUSINESS:
- Nominations for officers
- Secretary Nominations
- Rob Thomson (Accepted)
- No other nominations
- President Nominations
- Tom Hockers (Accepted)
- No other nominations
- Voting will happen at the October meeting
- Secretary Nominations
- FRRC Banquet is January 10th
- More information will be coming at the October meeting
NEW BUSINESS/ Topics from the Floor.
- Team driving
- Larry Raygo brought up the General Rules wording for team driving needs to be cleaned up because it is confusing.
- A Discussion to try to clarify the rule
- Change of the car
- Name of Team not just drivers name- Mike Z is working on this for the upcoming season
- Transponder and car number should be needed to count as a team car.
- Possibility of allowing a substitute/emergency driver
- Specific events and officers’ approval
- Talk was tabled to next meeting
- Rookie of the year
- A small discussion for how this is looked at for the award ceremony
- Ron Kohl asked for a clarification on how people can get on to the Board of Directors
- BOD members were voted on when it was established, if someone wanted of the BOD then the FRRC members would be able to vote someone on to the BOD.
- A discussion also happened to explain how the BOD and officers should be used for an appeal. A couple examples were discussed
- More communication is the goal for the BOD and the officers this year so the appeals go the correct channels. Per the appeal form.
- Mitch Opsahl brought up the idea of the club looking into the crown vice division as a possible alternate division to the Quarter Mile late model
- Discussion of the class happened and was tabled until after the officer’s election
- Brent Strelka brought up the idea of changing up the order of events
- maybe the rotation of the divisions
- trying to do more double features.
- Or changing how the heat race is lined up (Odd and Event off qualifying)
- Randy Schuler brought up the idea of using cameras like Slinger is using for making calls
- Could help make the call quicker and be accurate
- Discussion of why in the past the FRRC has not gone this way.
- Brent Strelka brought up the idea of having a race director
- This idea was discussed to give the decision-making power to one person to try to make quicker calls.
- Tabled until after the officers are elected
- Jacoby Pollei made a motion to end the meeting and it was second by many in the room and the meeting ended at 8:57pm
**Super Late Model had a break out meeting after.
** Next meeting is Sept 27th Colonial House in Freedom at 7pm