NVRA ELECTS 2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
EMPHASIZES SAFETY IN VINTAGE RACING

The NVRA held its annual membership/business meeting in Macon, GA on Saturday January 23, 2010. In addition to electing officers to serve on the 2010 board of directors, NVRA members also made the unanimous decision to make one-way communication devices mandatory for all NVRA competitors.

The 2010 NVRA board of directors are: Richard Stafford- President; Harvey Strickland- Vice President; Jerry Williams- Race Director; Woody Callaway- Technical Director and John Knowles Jr.- Secretary/Treasurer. These officers will serve a one year term.

In their continuing effort to keep pace with on-track safety features NVRA members voted to make one-way communication devices a required safety item for all NVRA competitors in 2010. A one-way communication device makes it possible for the tracks race competition director to communicate directly with drivers on the track. The NVRA will assist it members in acquiring the device and will inform our members of the specifics of the acquisition program via our next Newsletter. Many of the tracks the NVRA visits require one-way communication devices be used.

Additional discussions on safety by NVRA members included the benefits of a head and neck restraint system and the viability of adding such a device to our safety requirements. The 2010 Safety Committee will survey the adoption of head and neck restraints by other hobby racing associations, accumulate data on device manufacturers, device specifications and prices and then make a report back to NVRA members.