Up until this morning we were driving forward with the 14th annual Vintage Kart Winter Nationals at Barnesville, but with the recent federal and state restrictions and simply because it is the right thing to do, we will be rescheduling the 2020 event to a date to be determined later in the year. The GSKA is open to adjusting our local race schedule as needed to find an appropriate date to reschedule this event. It is with much sadness that we make this announcement but we wanted to announce it timely enough to give people time to adjust their travel plans accordingly. Although I know we would all rather the event to go on as planned the GSKA feels that this is the right decision for the health of our participants, our country, and the GSKA & VKA organizations.

Although it may be a couple months before a reschedule date can be determined, we welcome input from the VKA BOD and the Vintage Karters on an appropriate date to reschedule this event.

We are asking GSKA members, racers, and families to participate in one or two of the four identified track work days this off-season.  All are scheduled on Saturdays and we generally get started at 9:00 am and finish up around 5:00 pm., although partial days are appreciated also.

Lunch will be provided by GSKA for volunteers on work days.

11/9/19 – Getting track ready for crack sealing, bring string trimmers & misc. yard tools

12/7/19 – Potential shelter over scales, misc. clean-up

1/25/20 – Repair scales, prep for racing season

2/15/20 – TBD, prep for open house/ Vintage races/racing season

August 16-18, 2019 at Lamar County Speedway

Friday 10:00 a.m. Practice Day

Friday 5:00 p.m. Vintage Stock Big Boy Bash

Saturday 8:00 a.m. LO206 & Vintage Classes

                Practice, Qualifying, Heat & Feature Races,

                Awards Presentation

Sunday 9:00 a.m. LO206 & Vintage Classes

                Practice, Worship Service, Qualifying, Heat & Feature Races,

               Awards Presentation

The club is hosting an open house on February 23rd to give the public a chance to come out to the track, see what we’re all about, and take a few laps in a kart! This is a great opportunity to grow the club membership and get some new faces interested in karting. Please share our Facebook event anywhere you can, and tell your family, friends, and co-workers about it.

https://www.facebook.com/events/226166094991557

Well, another year is over, the Banquet is done, awards were given, prizes were won and a new board was elected. The new board is as follows:

President – Bob Barthelemy

Vice President – Mike Adkins

4 Cycle Director – Bruce Vascocu

2 Cycle Director – Ed White

Director at Large – Greg Buice

Director at Large – Kevin Meeler

Director at Large – Jeff Bacon (I will take on the role of Marketing Director)

Kelly Godsey has volunteered to be in charge of Social Media

This is a great BOD for 2019 and it should be another great year for the GSKA.