Meeting Reminder -- January 19

It's time to get back into the swing of our monthly meetings after having December off.

In the second floor boardroom at Park Mazda on Thursday, January 19 from 6:00 - 7:45 PM.

Attending members can pick up their 2023 membership cards and MCI decals. Procrastinators can also renew their memberships in-person! (All other membership cards / decals will be mailed shortly thereafter.)

See you on Thursday!

Meeting Reminder -- October 20

The club's monthly meeting is Thursday, October 20 from 6:30 to 8:00pm in the second floor boardroom of Park Mazda in Sherwood Park.

Hope to see you there.

Event Reminder -- Fall Colours Run -- Sunday, September 25

You'll have seen the e-mail regarding the Fall Colours Run set to occur from 12-4ish on Sunday, September 25, departing from our usual spot.

Please have a full tank of fuel and bring your FRS/GRMS radios tuned to channel 21.

The weather looks perfect, so see you there!!!

Meeting Reminder -- September 15

The club's monthly chit-chat on all-things Miata is Thursday, September 15 from 6:30pm to 7:45pm in the secnd floor boardroom of Park Mazda in Sherwood Park.

Event Reminder -- Edmonton International Speedway Revival road race weekend -- August 20-21

The Northern Alberta Sports Car Club presents its second running of the Edmonton International Speedway Revival road racing weekend this weekend at RAD Torque Raceway (still signed as Castrol Raceway on the QEII Highway), located on Highway 19 west of Nisku / QEII Hwy.

The schedule of events for spectators is as follows:

Saturday
Rivercity Motors Car Show - 11am to 4pm
Wheel to wheel practice / qualifying - 9:00 to 11:20am
Closed Wheel GT race - 11:20 to 11:40am
Speedway Revival Historic Cars parade laps - 12:00 to 12:15pm
Vintage, Open Wheel, Spec Miata, Closed Wheel GT races - 12:40 to 2:15pm
Speedway Revival Historic Car race - 2:20 to 2:40pm
Vintage, Open Wheel, Spec Miata races - 2:45 to 3:55pm

Sunday
Wheel to wheel warm-up and all classes racing - 9:00am to 12:05pm + 1:00 to 4:10pm

Cost to spectate is $10 at the gate.

Meeting Reminder -- August 18

The club's monthly meeting is Thursday, August 18, from 6:30-8:00pm in the second floor boardroom of Park Mazda in Sherwood Park. For those who'd like to join A&W's Teen Burgers to Beat MS, we will be at the location just prior to Park Mazda (south side of Wye Road) at 6:00pm, while seated in the local Chamber of Commerce parking lot across the local roadway.

Meeting reminder -- July 21

The club's monthly meeting is Thursday, July 21 from 6:30 to 8:00pm in the second-fllor boardroom at Park Mazda in Sherwood Park.

Hope to see you there!

Event Reminder -- Reynolds-Alberta Museum's "Ultimate Car Show" -- July 9

This Saturday we're attending the Reynolds-Alberta Museum's "Ultimate Car Show" event in Wetaskiwin.

We'll be sending out one or two cars early to grab a spot, but otherwise we'll be gathering at our usual spot on the QEII Highway to caravan down (onto Hwy 2A at Leduc) and arrive en-masse at the gates.

For those that registered early for the event, entrance to the museum complex is free.

We'll also be joined by members of the Canadian Rockies Miata Club, up from Calgary.

Detailed instructions will follow via e-mail within a day.

Event cancellation -- Jasper Jaunt

Our combined event with Calgary's Canadian Rockies Miata Club, scheduled for Saturday, June 18 (the longest daylight Saturday) will be severely impacted by weather to the point of being called off.

I have held off a little in announcing the event as long as possible while watching the weather develop. Over the years, we've certainly driven the David Thompson Highway and Icefields Parkway, stopping at various locations in Banff and Jasper N.P.s, and come home via the Yellowhead Highway with sporadic drizzle and/or rain, but this weekend looks absolutely socked in with the wet stuff.

As good as the Miata is in the wet...the thought of a ~16hr day in nothing but rain and the impacts it has on enjoying the amenities (from our two-club congregation / socialization in Rocky Mountain House, viewing Abraham Lake, having lunch at Saskatchewan River Crossing, viewing the Sunwapta and Athabasca Falls, enjoying a fire near to Maligne Lake, and of course the drive) just doesn't appeal. And then there's the silly cost of fuel...

So Gordon Choate, President of the CRMC, and I have regrettably decided to call off the event and defer to 2023.

Apologies to those who were looking forward to it. I can certainly pass along the proposed route should you still desire to make the drive either this weekend or a later date, but let's wait out this current abnormal bump in fuel costs and do it next year.

We of course next have the Rivercity Motors car show in support of the Stollery Children's Hospital on June 25 and the Reynolds-Alberta Museum's Ultimate Car Show in support of the Food Bank on July 9. I hope that the skies only rain at night and during the week henceforth (which helps to clear up the pollen!).

Meeting reminder -- June 16

The club's monthly meeting is upon us on Thursday, June 16.

Given Park Mazda's change in hours due to inventory impacts, our meetings will now be 6:30-8:00pm (most of us arrived 30min early for the 7pm start anyway).

We'll have a guest as well -- Kris Cook of Just Dents will be attending to speak to Paintless Dent Repair.

Hope to see you.