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Craig Woodworth
4980 Steelhead Drive
Kelseyville, CA 95451-8220
JUGGERS RACING TEAM Since 1953
Volume 3, Issue 7
JULY 2017
Juggers JUNE Meeting - MINUTES
JUGGERS RACING TEAM JULY NEWSLETTER
STEVE O’BRIEN
Vice President
Sandy Mendia
Treasurer
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MIKE McCLURE Sergeant at Arms
n/a
www.JuggersRacingTeam.com
NEW CLUB E-MAIL
Bob Lowenstein
Secretary
GARY RYAN
President
June’s meeting (06/22/17) was called to
order by President Ryan at 7:36 pm.
Attendance: 28 members
Secretary’s Report: Bob Lowenstein
Accepted
Treasurer’s report: Sandy Mendia
$5,539.48
2017 Membership Dues are now
OVERDUE if you have not paid them
yet - $40.00 PAY TODAY!!
SANDY MENDIA, Treasure 1175 Wilhelmina Way San Jose, CA 95120-5434 Correspondence– Sparky’s Hot Rod
Auction 7/16. – JOHN LEWIS Sonoma
Co Fair – Destruction Derby w/ Jugger
Roy Hass participating, see attached.
Safety Committee – John Lewis John
was unable to attend meeting. JBT Group – Wayn Phillips - Shooting for
Bonneville.
Recognition / Merit Awards – Gary Ryan Gary explained how it works, Juggers that can’t make the meeting, have another Jugger submit them for you!!. History - Sandy Mendia Nothing New to
report on the old stuff.
Picnic Committee – Steve O’Brien –
October 7, 2017. Discussion regarding
horseshoe pit, port-a-potties, RV
Parking, VOLUNTEER list Circulated
UPDATE: DUE TO UNFORSEEN
CIRCUMSTANCES… THE PICNIC
WILL BE AT HUDDART PARK
(NOT AZEVEDO FEED)
Car Show Committee – Fred Seib &
Mike Talcott – Fred’s Firehouse on June 24th- Bring a Toy but no stuff animals please. Juggers Club Wear – Eddie Kucker –
Eddie was wining & dinning his beautiful
wife, Jan, and was unable to attend. (IT
WAS WONDERFUL PER JAN)
FACEBOOK FANS…. The
Juggers Racing Team has a FANTASTIC
page with updated information, photos
from the past, present and other
interesting matters.
Juggers Web Page – for questions or inquiries contact [email protected]
Old Business: NONE
New Business: Gary Ryan -
proposed a moment of quiet reflection
before each meeting to remember
past members and prayers to those in
need. Voted & Passed. Gary is our
new Club Chaplin.
Paul Risso – Larry Risso
Memorial/Celebration of Life, Tuesday
July 18th (4-7) Marin Rod & Gun Club
(end of San Rafael Bridge. DATE TO
BE CONFIRMED… will send out
confirmation e-mail.
Race Report: SEE Attached
Steve O’Brien went to Sacramento with
Parkys’. 4 Juggers cars at event. Parky
had to change flex plate in 110 temp.
Big turnout for Juggers at Sonoma for
Memorial Day Weekend.
Juggers Racing Team JULY Newsletter Cont’d
“Round” Table – Unusual & Usual Suspects Don Ashby got a new toy!! Interest in a
Juggers Flag to display at home or the races, contact Sandy Mendia.
Thanks to Round Table for their generosity in providing a couple pitchers of beer during the
meeting…… helped to cool down the hot temperature. Adjourned at 8:40 p.m.
Next Meeting: Thursday, JULY 27, 2017 – 7:30 p.m. Round Table Pizza - San Mateo
MISC INFO / CORRESPONDENCES / NON BUSINESS: ATTENTION IN THE PITS – please send any corrections and / or articles, classifieds or whatever to [email protected] for upcoming newsletters. Deadline is the 15th of each month. NEWS, GOSSIP & OTHER STUFF Sending out a HUGE congratulations to Dawn Kucker on her promotion…. You Go Girl!!!! There will be a Juggers presence at Somoa Race Track at the end of August. Will Eureka every be the same???? Another Jugger Couple celebrated their 50TH Anniversary – Congrats John & Angie Peet!!
A wonderful Celebration of Life was held for our own Speed Racer, Larry Risso, on July 18th. It was well attended by Juggers and was a great tribute to a special man and friend. Lots of good laughs and stories told. I am sure Speed Racer was looking down from heaven with a cup of beer in his hand, toasting himself and sharing a story or two!!
Word on the street, is that our feerless leader, Chaplain, President Gary Ryan was trying to be Hulk
Hogan and POP……ruptured achilles!!! NO FUN – Hang in there buddy and if you need the walker,
cane, boot or just want to commiserate, call Boss Lady, she has been there, done that, and has the
t-shirt to prove it.
PLEASE take a minute and reflect on our members that may need an extra prayer!!!
JUNE’S JUGGERS TRIVIA – ANSWERS
Won Hot Rod Championships in 1994 & 1995 BOB RISSO Favorite Accomplishment – “I’m Still Living” KENT DYSON “Kids” are Dylan & Brewtis MATT LOWENSTEIN Beside trapshooting, his other hobby is traveling STEVE O’BRIEN He questions authority JOHN PEET Favorite Saying – “What’s a mother to do?” DANE LEWIS Nickname is ‘Curly’ ROCKY RHODES Started Racing at 14 in Mom’s 56’ Pontiac @ HMB GARY RYAN Chubby Green$ is one of his sponsors BOB LOWENSTEIN His ride is now competing in Australia BOB HENSEL
Please complete the Membership Directory Questionnaire if you have not already done so, we
would like to be able to put together a Membership Directory as soon as possible. Otherwise, it
is looking like MAYBE 2020 for publication!!
JUGGERS
BIRTHDAY
calendar
Dave Macdonald 07/03 Kent Dyson 07/05 Bob Lowenstein 07/06 Ron Lindbald 07/12 Tom Finale 07/17 Paul Risso 07/22 Bob Risso 07/24 Charles Ward 07/25 Tom Prufer 07/29 Dean Prochison 07/31
Greg Danaher 08/03 Marsh Anderson 08/06 Roy Haas 08/06 Robert L. Parkerson 08/11 Tom Clothier 08/21 Jim Taylor 08/23 Bob Ruppell 08/27
IMPORTANT DATES & RACING CALENDARS
JUGGERS MEETINGS – 2017
January 26 February 23 March 23
April 27 May 25 June 22
July 27 August 24 September 28
October 26 November 16 December 14 informal
SONOMA RACEWAY www.racesonoma.com 07/20 10:00A Div 7 Test & Tune Cost is $75. 07/21 - 07/23 NHRA Division 7 Drag Races Presented By Korbel
07/28 - 07/30 Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals NHRA 08/02, 9, 16, 23 3:30 - 10:00P Wednesday Night Drags 08/26 - 08/27 7:00 - 5:00P Bracket Drags
08/30 3:30 - 10:00P Wednesday Night Drags 9/04 7:00 - 5:00P Bracket Drags
09/20, 27, 3:30 - 10:00P Wednesday Night Drags 10/04, 11, 18, 25 3:30 - 10:00P Wednesday Night Drags 11/01, 8 3:30 - 10:00P Wednesday Night Drags 11/26/17 7:00A Bracket Drags
2017 SCTA El Mirage Race Dates: September 10 October 22 November 11 & 12 2017 SCTA / BNI Bonneville Race Dates: August 12 – 18 Speedweek October 3 – 6 6th World Finals REDDING DRAGSTRIP www.reddingdragstrip.com EL MIRAGE LAKES RACING www.scta-bni.org/el-mirage SACRAMENTO WWW.SACRAMENTORACEWAY.COM
CAR SHOWS: Sept. 17 – Santa Clara Corvette
RACE REPORT – SONOMA JULY 4th Submitted by Boss Lady aka K.C.
Lots of Juggers and their familes were out celebrating the 4th of July at Sonoma!! Had a great group of cars and the track was good. Cold in the morning and Hot in the afternoon. On a personal note, Chili Bob got to celebrate his 70th Birthday doing what he loves…. Racing!! Plus we did the typicall 4th things….BBQ hotdogs and ate watermelon. I was ambitious
enough to present a USA flag cake that I made with my two clumpsy hands…… Don Bird actually drove down from Orland to help Chili Bob…. A huge thanks from me!! SUPER PRO – Jeff Broussard went all the way to the 4th Round with a packed class!!! Had a PERFECT light in 2nd Round!!!! Also,
Jeff came in as the #1 Qualifier...... PRO STREET – Jeff Broussard lost in the 1st Round PRO ET – The racing gods were not to kind to the Juggers: Weasel Anders out 1st Round; Eddie Kucker, John Peet, Bob Lowenstein all broke out in the 1st Round. Eddie Kucker 11.60 vs. 11.579 John Peet 10.68 vs. 10.673 ++Bob Lowenstein 9.50 vs. 9.389 ++ The Wicked lil’ Falcon liked here new slicks, tires and yes the brakes worked too!!! SPORTSMAN ET – Dane Lewis lost in the 1st Round; Don Ashby fouled in Round 2. C/GAS – John Boots Broucart lost in the Semi Finals (9.610) against Scott Morgan (9.603) D/GAS – Harold Binsfeld lost in the 2nd round with a foul .001. His E.T. was 10.599; Dan Ficher went to the Semi-Finals but lost on the light. Seemed like a lot of us wanted to get out of there early so that we could get home and enjoy the firework show(s)!!!
DURHAM CAR SHOW WHAT A GREAT LOOKING CREW!!
Attended by Don Bird and Ruth, Don pictured here with new Jugger member Terri and Paul of their NE1 Dragster, lots of fun had by all!!
Race Report from the Sacramento Nitro Nite of Fire on June 15 -17
From your Roving Reporter, Dianna Munro
First, did anyone see the commercial for this event??? I did!!! The third car in the commercial was our very own
President, The Champ, Gary Ryan! Driving the biggest ‘John Force’ style burn out EVER!!!!! You could barely make
out the words ‘Pure Adrenaline’ through all that smoke!!!
Now my recollection of the event. You could have just called it the weekend of Nitro burning SUN!!!! Oh boy was it
HOT!!!! We saw some of the regular hard core Juggers brave the heat.
The smart ones stayed home and in the air conditioning!!! It was over 100
the entire weekend.
We set up camp in the normal spot and got everything ready to survive
the heat. We brought the snow cone machine with all the fixin’s and ended
up bringing the wading pool on Saturday for the kids.
Test & Tune on Thursday was hot. We tried our best to keep hydrated and fed. Let’s just say,
Martha we missed you more than you know!!!! I tried the ‘Racers Special’ and boy oh boy did
it make me feel special it was the 100+. I don’t know if it was the hot dogs that were hidden in
that cheesy, meaty, French fry mess or if degree with little to no shade.
I think Steve O. might have missed Martha the most, I saw
him making his own lunch….
Ruth and Don came by to say Hi and share some shade.
All day Friday Parky and crew were doing their best to dial Black Magic to that magic
number. The heat was not our friend neither was the flywheel. We were attempting
to go out for the second run in qualifying and we could not get the beast to start. We
had ground off 4 + teeth from the flywheel and were in a predicament. How do we
get a replacement, how do we get it installed and are we really going to do this in the pits in 100+degree heat??? Well,
Parky had a replacement but of course it was at home, in Minden. It turns out that part of the Parky Family Racing
Team had a regular job and had to work and not left home yet. Lucky us!!! They picked up the part and started the
journey from Minden to Sacramento. We borrowed a flatbed trailer from one of the newest Juggers, Ron Lindblad, who
had brought it to pick up a toy on the way home from the track. Lucky us AGAIN! We towed Black Magic to my house
(I live 8 minutes from the track) and worked until wee hours of the night. It took a few hours longer than expected but
when doesn’t it….
I think we got about 4 hours sleep before we were up loading Black Magic back on the trailer so we could be there for
the gates to open. We were so excited that things went well.
For us it was a new day with a new problem. Car started and ran for a
qualifying run, but was acting a little funny. We thought maybe the
radiator cap was acting up, we tested it and sure enough it was bad.
Two auto part stores later, Auto Zone and Tognotti’s, and no exact
replacement for the cap, I got what should have been an acceptable
replacement. Oh boy, when someone says this ‘should’ work, I
‘should’ know better…..
After installation we make a run and guess what blows off, the
radiator cap….. Dang, maybe we did not install it correctly? We lock it
down again….Next run, guess who has to go retrieve their cap from the tower….. Needless to say, Parky did a heck of
a job keeping Black Magic going straight down the track with face full of water!
Dan Fisher and Cliff Boyles were out in the blistering heat trying to bring home a Wally. In D Gas Dan was
uncharacteristically sent home in the first round. Dan’s 10.662 beat his competitor’s 10.672 but that guy came out with
a .007 reaction time to snag that hole shot win.
Cliff came really close to winning the last race in his beautiful baby before her power plant goes to her new house.
This is semifinals with a BYE. When they hot lapped him back to the line I heard it wouldn’t start…. What a bummer!!!
So Cliff was Runner Up in B Gas
Our newest Juggers’, aka The Chrysler Boys, Marlon ‘The Professor’ Keller,
Ron Lindbland, Terry Lindblad, Jeff Brochheuser, Paul Langlois where there in
full force. There is my daughter, Jessica backing up Jeff.
Terry is in the red rail and Parky in the far lane for the first round eliminations.
Terry went on to the FINALS and finish 2nd
while I went on to scratch the new
visor on Bob’s helmet while cleaning it…… Yippee for me!!!
Look close, Jeff is doing a front wheel stand!
This season there is a new car in the Nostalgia Eliminator II class, Bad Moon Rising, driven by Jeff Brochheuser.
This is Jeff’s first year driving a dragster. He has raced drag boats in the past but not a Nostalgia Eliminator II car. He
is having a great rookie year finishing 3rd
this event, behind his childhood friend Terry.
See you at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals
on July 28th - 30th!
From: "John Lewis" <[email protected]>
Date: July 17, 2017 at 5:00:29 PM PDT
To: "'Bob'" <[email protected]>
Subject: Destruction Derby Info
Reply-To: <[email protected]>
Juggers member Roy Haas will have an entry in the Destruction Derby at the Sonoma County Fair in Santa
Rosa Sunday, August 13. This is a great opportunity to support your fellow Jugger in a non-traditional event that is
terrific fun for the whole family. Here is more info and a link to buy tickets.
DESTRUCTION DERBY
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13 - 6:00 PM
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/5836396/2017-destruction-derby-santa-rosa-sonoma-county-fair
This uniquely American form of entertainment is classic fun for the entire family. Young and
old alike join in the screaming and howling for their favorite drivers who are competing for the
winning portion of the purse. Make sure you get in early for the best seats for this fast-moving
action!
BOX SEATING $20 / GRANDSTAND SEATING $12 ($15 AFTER AUGUST 2) / BLEACHER SEATING $10 ($12
AFTER AUGUST 2)
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Be there!
JohnL
The Transaction Factor Company, LLC 2250 Bay St., Ste. 319 San Francisco, CA 94123 415-441-4213
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