Stability, Cost Savings & Growth In Store for NEMA in 2012
Brockton, MA — With the election of a new board & various executive positions, the underlying themes coming out of NEMA’s 2012 rules meeting and elections held in December at Thompson Speedway’s clubhouse were about stability, cost savings & growth.
NEMA’s executive board will once again be headed up by President, Mike Scrivani. Scrivani will be supported by Tim Bertrand as Vice President, Russ Stoehr as 2nd Vice President – to focus on the NEMA Lite series, newly elected Paul Scally as Treasurer, and Linda Cleveland, who continues as Secretary. Doug Cleveland and Shawn Torrey were re-elected as board members, along with a new contingent including Adam Cantor, Barry Kitteredge, Bob Seymour and Joe Santa Maria.
“Coming off of one of the most competitive seasons ever, we looked – both as a club and as a Board, to achieve stability, cost savings and focus on growth for 2012,” stated Vice President, Tim Bertrand. “We chose to freeze some of our current technical rules for a period of at least two years and adopted some new rules, such as a new handicapping system to encourage car count. Our old system discouraged members who were only able to make it once in a while, and the new system encourages anyone with a midget to come run with us. We hope to even attract some talent from the Midwest to our races,” said Bertrand.
Growth was also a big topic amongst the members. The club has put together an aggressive program around PR, Marketing and attracting new talent to the club. Big changes will also be announced soon regarding NEMA’s race day operations team & procedures.
NEMA is extremely excited about re-kindling relationships with tracks such as Star Speedway and Oswego on the 2012 schedule, and continued support from long time relationships with Waterford, Seekonk, Stafford, Thompson, and Lee USA Speedway. More information on the full schedule will be announced soon.
More information will be forthcoming regarding NEMA’s 2012 initiatives, as well as additional driver & personnel announcements over the coming weeks. Keep your eyes peeled on www.nemaracing.com for details.
Sources: NEMA PR