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Club Meeting Schedule

The first Monday of each month @ 7:00PM.

*NOTE: ALL club meetings are held at the NGQMA track tower located at the Cumming Fairgrounds in Cumming, GA.

The Track is Closed during ALL meetings!

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Congratulations to all the NGQMA Participants at the 2007 Eastern Grands!

Dalton Hill
Hunter Hazelwood
Jim Wall
Kyle Mumper
Matthew Wyatt
Nick Hazelwood
Sam Williams
Sean McPherson
Will Fagan

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IMPORTANT - Use of NGQMA facility for open practice requires 2008 NGQMA membership.

Parking of RV's is no longer permitted on the right side of the entrance per the Fair Grounds Management. If you are driving an RV when you pull into the fair grounds you MUST turn left to park your vehicle. See Diagram for details.

NGQMA Bylaws

No bikes,scooters or skateboards during the event. The event includes the day before the race as well as the day of the race!
Failure to follow this policy will result in losing points for that event.

Monday evening from 6:00 - 8:00 PM is reserved for Novice Practice. Novices will be able to practice 15 minutes on the hour on open practice days. Please be courteous to your fellow racers! Failure to comply could result in a code of conduct grievance being filed against the offending party.

NGQMA is a Tax Exempt Organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Any donations to the club are tax deductible. Forms are available at your request. For additional information contact Janis Thomas.

NGQMA has an annual scholarship program for alumni of NGQMA who are seniors and who are graduating from high school. For information please contact Janice Thomas

Trailer Parking Notice


The Cumming Fairgrounds is not an overnight trailer parking lot.  If
you need to leave a trailer for some reason, use the track parking lot.  
On the race weekend trailers can come in no earlier than Thursday.
If it is not a race weekend then there is no day a trailer should be left 
overnight.


 Your cooperation in this matter would be greatly appreciated.


Dave Horton
Fairgrounds Administrator

OFFICIAL SPEC TIRE RULING FROM
THE QMA NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The National Board held a conference call last night (Thursday 9/19) to discuss the proposal / recommendation from the tire committee. First, we would like to thank Scott Benning and the entire committee for all of their hard work and dedication on this. They did all that was asked and required of them and we are very grateful to them for their work.

After much discussion and debate:
The NBOD voted to table the implementation of the Spec Tire so that it may be brought forth to the members via the RCP process. This was a 4 to 1 vote.

Regards,
Dawn Tanner, QMA National Secretary
on behalf of the QMA National Board

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To the entire QMA Family
Please keep Robert and Spencer Barnes in your Prayers. For an update on Robert's condition click here.
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Handlers
Please remember to start charging your transponder the Thursday night prior to a race.
We are having intermittent issues with transponder's signals not being picked up during the races.
Thank You!
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Judging Video: QMA has posted the official judging video. It is recommended for all club members. Recommended only for DSL and Cable internet users. Click here.

Be advised of the following mistakes and clarifications.

Loss of Goggles (should be removed from DVD - no goggles).

Loss of Water (should be removed - not allowed to use water cooled engines).

Charging exiting the turn (Should be labeled Rough Driving - NOT charging when exiting a turn).

Changing of your line between the flags (green to yellow or green to checkered) you cannot change more than once (This is for clarification - it is correct on the video, make sure your judges are aware, it is not twice a race.).

Immediate DQ for 4 tires below speed breakers (Note: the video only shows the car with 2 tires below - it is supposed to be 4 tires).

Video says you are not allowed to signal drivers. (It should say no signaling to driver under green - you may signal to your driver under yellow).

Video states liberating of fluid and loss of safety items under yellow is a DQ (That is incorrect -- liberating of fluid or loss of safety items under GREEN is DQ, under yellow is not a DQ).