Moncton Motor Sport Club

Arnold Hoar, a founding member of MMSC, passed away Wednesday.  Visitation will be at Fair Haven Funeral Home Sunday January 26 from 2-4pm and 6-9pm.  A memorial service will be held on Monday January 27 at 2pm.  Donations in Arnold’s memory may be made to:

Steeves Memorial United Church
280 Salisbury Road
Moncton, NB E1E 1A7

The Maritime Motorsports Hall of Fame
5 Hooper Lane
Petitcodiac, NB E4A 0B4

and Camp Wegesegum

Condolences to Arnold’s family.

Online Obituary:

http://fairhavenmemorial.sharingmemories.ca/siteContent/memorial.html?personId=248404&source=memlist

UPDATE: With the news of Arnold Hoar’s passing, it has been decided to postpone this event to a later date.  Condolences to the Hoar family and friends.

It’s that time of the year again! Assuming there’s still snow, MMSC will be holding a Rallycross event on Sunday, January 26th at the Magic Mountain parking lot. Pre-registration is available here: http://www.mmsc.ca/rally/rallycross-on-line-entry-form/ Let’s have some fun in the snow! Details below:

MMSC Rallycross #1: Sunday, January 26th, 2014

Location: Magic Mountain Parking Lot
Price: $20/entry

Schedule:
7:00am-9:00am Course Setup
8:30am-9:30am Registration
9:45am Driver’s Meeting
10:00am First Car on Course
2:30pm End of Event & Clean-Up

Classes:
Prepared**
All Wheel / 4 Wheel Drive
Front Wheel Drive
Rear Wheel Drive

* “Normal” #13 or #15 studded snow tires are allowed in all classes. No other types of studded tires are allowed with approval by the organizer.

** including (a) Rally and Race prepared vehicles, (b) vehicles with other than OEM (as the vehicle in question came from the factory) drive train (engine, transmission, rear ends, etc…) and or suspension modifications, (c) vehicles that have had parts removed that cause a weight reduction (seats, carpets, headliners, air conditioning, ABS, etc…)

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  Looking forward to seeing you again in 2014!

The next club meeting will be Tuesday, January 7th. It will be held at the Southeast Mutual Insurance Company boardroom starting at 7:30pm. Address is:

Southeast Mutual Insurance Company
378 Coverdale Road
Riverview, NB

The MMSC Christmas Party and Awards Banquet was a great time.  It was fun watching the GoPro gift making the rounds during the yankee swap!  Looking forward to seeing some good slalom videos from Darrell next season.  The winners of the 2013 MMSC Club Autoslalom Championships are:

1st Overall: Luc Sipkema
2nd Overall: Mike Pettipas
3rd Overall: Ray Bastille

1st A-Stock: Wayne Fullerton
1st B-Stock: Andre Landry
1st D-Stock: Martin Brideau
1st G-Stock: Darrell Tower
2nd G-Stock: Eric Bourgeois
1st H-Stock: Cory MacDonald
2nd H-Stock: Adrian Lazarovits

1st Street Touring C: Dave Armstrong
1st Street Touring X: Shawn Gayton
2nd Street Touring X: Charles Kelly
1st Street Touring R: Ray Bastille

1st A-Street Prepared: Mike Pettipas
1st B-Street Prepared: Andrew Chaulk
1st C-Street Prepared: Ming-Duc Wong
1st D-Street Prepared: David Johnson
1st E-Street Prepared: Matthew Steeves
1st F-Street Prepared: Tyson MacCormack

1st Street Modified: Daniel Verret
1st Super Street Modified: Joshua Johnson
2nd Super Street Modified: Mike Pettipas

1st D/E-Modified: Scott Sinclair

Congratulations to all the winners!  We have a new championship format for 2014 so look forward to a competitive season in 2014!

Another competition year is over for MMSC and the driving club. It’s been a great year for the club! Membership is at a record high. The number of events MMSC has hosted is up and so is attendance. Thanks to everyone for coming out and for another awesome year!

MMSC’s annual Awards and Christmas Party will be held at Catch 22 (589 Main St, Moncton, NB) on Friday, December 6th. Cocktails will start at 6:30pm, order from the menu around 7:00pm, followed by the awards presentation and the club’s famous Yankee Swap with the club’s own Santa. MMSC provides all the gifts, so just show up and enjoy the fun! The party is lots of fun so make sure you come out for this one! If you plan on attending, please let us know so we know how many to expect by giving Mike or Ming a shout.  Note: You don’t have to order a meal to attend.  Feel free to just come party with us!

Hope to see you there!

The Annual General Meeting for Atlantic Region Motor Sports Inc will be held at The Westin Nova Scotian, Halifax, Nova Scotia.  There is a social gathering Friday evening.  Workshops will be held Saturday morning and afternoon followed by the awards banquet in the evening.  Sunday is the actual AGM.  The workshops are where everything happens in the region.  Rule changes, regulations, how the region works is determined at the workshops and the AGM.  These are important meetings so please attend if you can!  More information on the ARMS web site:

http://www.armsinc.ca/2013/10/2013-arms-agm-2/

The Moncton Motor Sport Club Inc will be holding its Annual General Meeting on November 12th, 2013. The meeting will be held in the South Eastern Mutual Insurance boardroom.  Address is:

378 Coverdale Road
Riverview, NB

The meeting will start at 7:30PM. The quorum for the Annual General Meeting, as required in By-Law item 1.11, is “…not less than two members of the Executive plus twelve active members, present in person or by proxy.” This is an important meeting for the club so please make every effort to attend this meeting or send a proxy. Hope to see you there!

Bob and Bonnie Griffith will be hosting a MMSC Halloween Party this Friday Oct 25. Everybody is welcome to Bob and Bonnie’s “Halloween House” at 131 Broadview Ave. (Don’t Confuse it with Broadway. This is 131 Broadview.) Bob and Bonnie spend countless hours decorating their home for Halloween. Every year they garner the attention of local media and  the public who drive by to see their display. Since they get so many people coming see their “Halloween House”, they decided to do something for a worthwhile cause. This is the 10th year they have collected food and made a donation to the Open Hands Food Bank. If you want to bring an item of non perishable food to donate it would be appreciated.. You are invited anytime after 7:30. Costumes are optional but why not dress up??

Tuesday, October 22 is the MMSC competition meeting. This is the meeting where we discuss the current competition year and plan for the next year. This meeting (like all our other meetings) is open to everyone. If you have any ideas, suggestions, or comments to make things better at our events than this is the meeting to be! It will be held at the Southeast Mutual Insurance Company boardroom. Meeting starts at 7:30pm. Address is:

Southeast Mutual Insurance Company
378 Coverdale Road
Riverview, NB

The boardroom has a separate entrance which is located at the front of the building (towards Coverdale Road). Hope to see everyone there!

The next club meeting is Tuesday, October 8th. It will be held at the Southeast Mutual Insurance Company boardroom starting at 7:30pm. Address is:

Southeast Mutual Insurance Company
378 Coverdale Road
Riverview, NB

The boardroom has a separate entrance which is located at the front of the building (towards Coverdale Road).

The competition year is just about over.  Lots of things to discuss about the current competition year and the upcoming year.  Come out and see what’s the club has been up to!