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DRAW ANNUAL AUCTIONDRAW’s Annual Auction was held during the AAA Texas Fall
National at the Texas Motorplex in Dallas, TX, on Saturday,October 15, 2016. Preparation started on Wednesday whenVicki Aswege, Steve LeSueur, Sarah McLemore and RosaleeNoble met with track personnel to discuss the auction. Wemade a few little changes in the layout of the room whichseemed to work well. Thursday and Friday, Sarah, Rosalee,Chris and Karla Hardesty, Nancy Ross and Theresa Tilfordpassed out flyers in the pit. Saturday morning they werethere at 7 am to unload the trailer with all the auction itemsin it and move them into the Champion Club before theyserved breakfast. During the day Yokie Van Vallis and Judy St.Denis logged in auction items that came in during the day. The auction was schedule to start at 7:30 pm but because
some delays on the track it got started a little late. Bob Freyonce again was the auctioneer. A lot of people come just tosee Bob get top dollar out of the items. Alan Reinhart assistedBob but because the delay in the racing program, BrianLohnes another member of the current announcer staff, filledin until Alan could get there. These gentleman do such agreat job. There is no way DRAW can express our thanks tothem. Prior to the start of the auction, jewelry bags were sold
which contained a piece of DRAW’s automotive jewelry and anumber. When 100 boxes had been sold, a number was drawnand the person holding that number won a Coach purse. Also,a 50/50 raffle was held. We had a lot of people helping - sell-ing jewelry bags; 50/50 raffle tickets; carrying the itemsaround as they were bid on; working the pick-up area; cashingpeople out; and you name it, people doing it –Vicki Aswege,Karen Comstock, Olan and Judy Gotcher, Chris and KarlaHardesty, Beth Hyatt, Steve LeSueur, Bethany McLemore,William and Sarah McLemore, Kelly McLemore, Mickey andBeth Prestridge, Terry and Rosalee Noble, Nancy Ross, Boband Dee Suchowierski Judy St. Denis, Preston Tanner, TheresaTilford, Yvette Williams, Yokie VanVallis, and Ashley Yost.
Special Awards pre-sented during theevening were: DRAWPerson of the year –Karla Hardesty; DRAWVolunteer of the Year –Annette and SteveHaynes; Diana Keith;DRAW Organization ofthe Year – Top End Clubat ZMax Dragway inCharlotte, NC. The LifeTime Membership Awardwas presented to Terryand Rosalee Noble.
Dallas Auction Report Page 1
Booth Report Page 2
Financial Information Page 3
Injured Racer’s Report Page 3
Division News Page 4
Donations Page 5
Jewlery Cataloge Page 6
Jewlery Order Form Page 7
Membership Form Page 8
INDEXINDEX
Novem
ber 2016
2016 OFFICERS
PRESIDENTChris Hardesty* - (309) 825-3843
VICE PRESIDENTBeth Hyatt - (216) 531-7791
TREASURERVicki Aswege* - (602) 370-7791
RECORDING SECRETARYAshley Yost* - (559) 355-3328
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARYYokie VanVallis - (586) 651-4175
WEB-SITE COORDINATORChris Hardesty* - (309) 825-3843
FUND RAISING CHAIRPERSONRosalee Noble* - (217) 345-6537
HISTORIANDebby Thompsom - (317) 835-4307
Legal CounselDebra Fickler - (913) 369-5268
Facebook CoordinatorNancy Ross - (309) 826-1950
2016 Area CoordinatorsAREA 1 AREA 2Pat Shaeffer Wanda Exum(717) 817-0981 (336) [email protected] [email protected]
AREA 3-EAST AREA 3-WESTSandie Wojnowski Theresa Tilford(440) 238-8053 (217) [email protected] [email protected]
AREA 4 AREA 5Sarah McLemore Debbie Pearson(281) 424-2349 (507) [email protected] [email protected]
AREA 6 AREA 7Lori Weber Laurie Link(541) 979-1452 (909) [email protected] [email protected]
2016 Board of Trustee
Vicki Aswege Karen Comstock(602) 370-7791 (626) 303-4541
Chris Hardesty Beth Hyatt(309) 825-3843 (216) 531-7252
Steve LeSueur Sarah McLemore(973) 454-0663 (281) 424-2349
Rosalee Noble Nancy Ross(217) 345-6537 (309) 8261950
Debby Thompson Yokie Van Vallis(317) 835-4307 (586) 615-4175
Yvette Williams Ashley Yost(240) 416-4465 (559) 355-3328
Alternates are Pat ShaefferValerie Homard
AAA Texas Fall Nationals, TexasMotorplex, Dallas. TX. This is oneof the races we all look forward to.It is a great facility, great southernhospitality, good racing and it isthe home of DRAW’s Annual Auc-tion. Dallas is a busy weekend.We had a lot of help in the boothover the weekend since most of theBoard members were there for theauction. We were never all in thebooth at the same time because ofplanning for the auction butWilliam McLemore and Terry Noblewere there all the time taking careof the qualifying and ladder sheetsales. Sarah McLemore and I werethere to open the booth for firstround on qualifying on Thursdaymorning. Friday, Chris and KarlaHardesty, Nancy Ross and TheresaTilford arrived. The weather wasgood to us and sales were goodtoo. We even got a little TV cover-age, as the Fox Sports team was bythe booth early Sunday morning toget some footage and interviewRosalee. During the broadcast, wegot a small piece with some of thatinterview and footage from theauction.NHRA Toyota National at the
Strip, Las Vegas, NV. The secondrace of the season there is so muchdifferent than the first one. Thesecond race, everything is just somuch busier. We started our yearend clearance sale so sales weregood. Pat and Jim Capen from CAcame over for the week to help outand John Frul and Susie Robinsonfrom TX helped all weekend. Infact, John made a trip over to the
track from where they were stayingon Wednesday afternoon to helpus sit up. He was excited to learnhow to run the new printer/copierand the new procedures on quali-fying and ladder sheets. He andSusie are hoping to help at moreraces next year. A lot of our racingfriends from Hawaii attend thisrace and it is always good to seethem.
Keystone NationalsBooth Report
By Steve LeSueurThe rain continues to haunt
this event. Sportsman qualify-ing was rained out basically.Most classes hit eliminationswith only one time trial.The pros ran with less than
two complete qualifying ses-sions.Despite the weather, the
Maple Grove fans are hard coreand there was a lot of peopleon all three days. Booth saleswere down yet again and sheetsales were limited. Pat andKelly Shaeffer persevered, rana 50/50 and made the best of abad situation.This is supposed to be Pat
Shaeffer’s event. I only comealong to help and to run thenew email sheet system thatwas put in place this summer.It was very cool to see the Divi-sion 1 racers seek Pat out, asthis has been her only time atthe race track this season. NHRA has adjusted the
schedule next year to see if wecan get some good weather forboth St. Louis and MapleGrove. Let’s hope it helps.
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NATIONAL EVENT BOOTH REPORT
Booth Reports brought to you By:Rosalee Noble
FREDDIE CASTLE – 6645 Ret-ton Rd., Reynoldsburg, OH43068 - Freddie was racing hisdrag bike at National Trails Race-way in Hebron, OH, on May 26,2016. He lost control of the bikeat halftrack and hit the wall. Hewas dragged along the wall andthen tumbled for about 100 feet.His right hand was crushed.They don’t know if they will beable to save it. At the presenttime no surgery is planned. Ifthey can save the hand, it mightbe a year before they can do anysurgery. He severed and dislo -cated the thumb of his left hand.They were able to reattach thethumb and they think they willbe able to save it. He had a con-cussion and bruises to his chestand ankle. UP-DATE: The doc-tors still aren’t planning on doingany surgery on the crushed handfor a while. They don’t want todisturb the tissue which is whatis holding the bones in place. Itis a wait and see game.
SAMUEL FICARRA – 1BELLAIRE AVE, APT 4,CARLISLE, PA 1713 -Sam was racing his bikeat Mason Dixon Dragwayin Boonsboro, MD, onOctober 23, 2016. Whenhe hit the brakes the bikewent down. He broke hisribs in 17 places, bothwrists and collar bone.One wrist required sur-
gery. He also has bruised lungs.MIKE HOLLAND – 20458 COV-
ERED BRIDGE ROAD, SHADE GAP,PA 17255 - On July 9, 2016, atBeaver Springs Dragway inBeaver Springs, PA, Mike wasstanding on the starting line withthe starter waiting for a friend hewas helping to come up for hispass. There were cars in bothlanes. The car in the right lanehit the wall and a vertical boardcame off and hit him. Somethingtook his feet out from under himand he went down on the trackface first. He has broken ribs,arm, finger and several brokenbones in skull/facial area. Hehas had back surgery to removebone fragments that were pinch-ing nerves in his spinal cord. Itis called Central Cord Syndrome(CCS). He may or may not getmore use of his arms and hands.UP-DATE: Mike says his progressslowed. Considering he was wayahead of schedule, that was toexpected. He has gained morestrength in one hand than in theother. He can now open a bottleof pop without having to use pli-ers. A group of Lions club mem-bers came in last week and cut
wood for him so he could haveheat. He starts physical therapynext week. They have releasedhim to drive which was a greatrelief to him.Tim Minkos – 6265 Horns Hill
Road, Newark, OH 43055 Wife:Connie - On October 29, 2016,Tim was running his ’69 Camaroin the 5 Grand Nationals atKilkare Dragway in Xenia, OH.Down track, he went across thetrack and hit the wall. He thenwent back across the track andhit the other wall. He has brokenribs, a collapsed lung, a smallbleed on the brain, dislocatedtwo toes and lost two teeth.
SympathyJerry Virgadamo (The Thriller)
long time Division 4 Super GasRacer and Comp Eliminator CrewChief for Craig Bourgeois PassedAway on Friday November 25thfrom Heart Failure. He Actuallydied on Saturday November 19that the Division 4 National Openat Belle Rose, LA but was revivedby racers, officials and the EMTcrew at the track and then trans-
ported to the hospital inThibodaux, LA. He wasreleased from the Hospi-tal later that week butapparently had anothersevere Heart Attack thattook his life. At the timeof the printing of thisnewsletter there havebeen no arrangementsmade.
INJUREDRACERS’ REPORT
(REMINDER - not all injured racers are
receiving financial assistance. However,
they all need our emotional support. Be
sure to send those cards and letters.)
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FINANCIAL
In November, DRAW paid out$12, 750 in aid to 9 racers.
Vicki Aswege DRAW Treasurer
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The NHRA Division 4 LODRS event at No Problem was July 17-19.Since William and I couldn’t be there, SteveHaynes volunteered to set a DRAW booth and sell the qualifying and ladder sheets to the racers. He and Annette,along with the big help of Diana Keith, did a great job. They made $450 for DRAW, just selling the “sheets.” Thanksto all of you.
Our next event, for DRAW, was the NHRA Division 4 JR ET Bracket Finals, at Texas Motorplex, September 12-13,2015. We sold a booth total of $475. This was a little different “audience” than we usually have. Being that we sawnew people, we did well selling our tee shirts, visors and decals.
The next weekend, September 18-20, 2015, we were at Thunder Road Raceway, Gilliam, LA. We definitely had acrowd of racers. When there’s a large sportsman car count, that’s always good for DRAW. This race draws a goodnumber of spectators. Those two things, combined means DRAW had a very successful weekend. Our booth total was$2394.00
This is the time of the year that DRAW is soliciting people who would be interested in serving two years of theDRAW Board of Trustees. We need people who believe in our mission of helping racers injured in a race related acci-dent. If you’re not interested in being on the board of trustees, we also need volunteers to work on our committees.DRAW isn’t one or two people. It is a group of men and women working together to attain our goals. Think about it.We need you. If you’re interested, please call me at 281-424-2349.
The 2016 racing season has come to a close. Now we can sit back and take a breath and make plans for 2017. Our last divisional race was NHRA Division 4 LODRS at Thunder Valley Raceway, Noble, OK, October 7-9. It was a
great weekend of racing. The DRAW booth raised $1772. It’s always good to see everyone that comes by the booth. The next weekend was the DRAW Annual Auction at Texas Motorplex. During the auction, awards are given to
very deserving people and companies that have helped DRAW in very specials ways during the year. This year theVolunteer of the Year Award was given to Annette and Steve Haynes and Diana Keith for all of the help they gaveDRAW at the NHRA Division 4 races. We appreciate them so much.
Enjoy your time away from the race tracks. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas. Until 2017,
Sarah McLemore
Division Four News
AFTER SEVENTEEN YEARSIt has been 17 years since Robert Schwabs had his horrible accident.
Bob and his wife, Lisa, are still very appreciative of DRAW’s help whenthey needed it. Bob once again has a Fuel Funny Car. At the NHRAToyota Nationals in Las Vegas Phil Burkhart piloted the race car. Frontand center on the hood was a large DRAW Logo. They said it was justa little way they could say thank you.
Bob Frey and Brian Lohnes atDallas Auction
Ready -
Set - Action
at the
Dallas
Auction
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Mike & Janie BraswellJulie M. Biermann
Esta Operating Corporation/Girls Go RacingSarah WellerRussell ElzyMark Potts
Darryl SwensonJohn Rummell
KPK Development Co., LPJoseph J. YankehBernard WeaverTerry Johns
Bruce S. Morgan/Janie DiehlWilliam Sauberli
Robert Airheart/Debra A. WeaverMichael R. MenkeScot F. Howard
Charles & Janice IgouStan & Sheila HoltReginald TreiderBill Skillman
Edward HarveyCraig HendersonHarry LatrigueKathy Rodman
Bo ButnerMike BucknerTheresa TilfordJoe BallardJerry Britner
Stephanie ThompsonJohn Force Racing
Gary YoungEdie Roach
Jason CaldwellJohnny ClendeninRonnie ClendeninDiane Suchowierski
Gary MitchellBob ForresterDrew MitchellChris HardestyMarilyn TannerTerry ChandlerJonathan EakerStacy TumaJeff KesterKendra Wolf
Rodger & Karen Comstock/MTSTim & Lareasa Philpot
Quality Repair Service, Inc.Auto Stylin’ & Performance, Inc.
Dani & Phil NeishRoger Shogren
Castelli Ranch/Steve CastelliTimothy L. Perry TTE/Timothy L. Perry Living Trust
Dane & Dorothy CarneyGary & Patricia Maynor
H. & S. MatsudaJames L. Tanis
In Memory of Larry “Drums” BrancaccioRide on Larry
From: Anne ReimerMirella Cafelli
DonationsFor October 2016
GIRLS GO RACING AT ESTAESTA Safety Park Dragstrip held their Girls Go Racing event again this year. The entry fee that was col-
lected was donated to DRAW. Attached to the check was the following note, “Thanks for all you do to help
the injured racers.”
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DRAG RACING JEWELRYGet your order in now for Christmas. To see pictures of the items, go to DRAW’s web site – www.drawonline.org. To allow
time for shipment for Christmas, orders need to be received by December 16.
Pewter # Of Each Sterling # Of EachItems Jewelry Ordered Silver Ordered
Price Price Total PriceAir Cleaner $16.00Angel with Helmet $24.00Christmas Tree $14.00Coil $ 11.00Dragster $13.00DRAW Logo $16.00Exhaust Header $14.00Fan $11.00Funny Car $29.00Head Gasket $12.00Helmet $19.00Hood Scoop $16.00I Love Drag Racing $17.00NHRA Logo $15.00Oil Can $23.00Pro Stock Bike $29.00Pro Stock Car $29.00Race Chick $12.00Rod & Piston $23.00Shifter $13.00Spark Plug $16.00Steering Wheel $11.00Team RFC Charm $12.00Team RFC Pendant $25.00Valve Cover $11.00Wrench $16.008 Inch Bracelet $24.00Money Clip – Christmas Tree $18.00Money Clip – Dragster $18.00Money Clip – DRAW $18.00Money Clip – Head Gasket $18.00Money Clip – Team RFC $18.00Christmas Tree Necklace $10.00Dragster Necklace $10.00Funny Car Necklace $10.00Checked Heart Necklace $10.00I Love Racing Necklace $10.00Christmas Tree Earrings $ 8.00Checkered Heart Earrings $ 8.00Dragster Earrings $13.00Funny Car Earrings $13.00I Love Racing Earrings $ 8.00I Love Nitro Earrings $ 8.00Funny Car Key Chain $ 6.00Checkered Heart Key Chain $ 6.00Funny Car Zipper Pull $ 6.00Angel Pin – Gold Tone $ 9.00Dragster Pin $ 9.00
Shipping & Handling $ 7.00
TOTAL
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SHIPPING AND BILLING INFORMATION FOR ORDER
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NOTE FROM A FANI just wanted to drop you a line to say a Big Thank You. This summer Mike Holland, Beaver Springs Dragway, got
hurt. I saw this happen. I am BSD’s #1 fan. These racers and their family and crew are my family. I am 72 years oldon a very limited income. I wish I could afford more. I love drag racing.
Then on October 23, 2016, Sam Ficarra, wrecked his bike at Mason Dixon. He is a member of Beaver Springs Drag-way. I wasn’t there.
I understand as of October 28, 2016, that you are already helping him. ¬¬¬THANK YOU.
Keep up the good work.Sincerely,
Ethel Moffitt
DRAG RACING CHRISTMAS CARDSDrag racing theme Christmas cards are available. There are 10 cards to a package – 5 different designs. The cards
are $5.00 per package plus $5.00 shipping and handling. Contact Rosalee Noble at 217 345-6537 or [email protected].
DRAW Membership ApplicationTogether we are bringing “Fast Help for Fast Friends”!
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