2007 Volume 3 Chicagoland Fans4Racing – ONMC Chapter 601811 Newsletter Hello Chicagoland Fans4Racing and Friends! What an exciting Race Weekend in Las Vegas! Congratulations to Race Winner Jimmie Johnson and his fans! Looking forward to the Atlanta Race! Can’t wait to see who will be the next Race Winner? Register Now for the ONMC National Convention! ONMC members who register for the National Convention by March 15, 2007, will receive discounted pricing with an All Access Pass for the Convention at only $80. The National Convention is from May 16-18, 2007. Please email chicgolandfans4racing@hotmail.com if you are planning to attend so we can arrange to sit together. Go to Your ONMC page for more details. Our Las Vegas Viewing Party on Sunday, brought us another new member of Chicagoland Fans4Racing! Welcome to Eric Kasper, a friend of Jeanette Sciortino! It was great getting to know Jeanette and Eric and watching a great race together! Race for the Chase – YOUR DREAM TEAM Update: Viewing Party Winner for the Las Vegas Race was Jeanette Sciortino! Congratulations to Jeanette for her great team picks! Here is our Top 5 and Sixth Spot ranking after the third race of the season! Points between first and second are 57 points! Congratulations to Nathan Fitzpatrick and Chris Bougher as both moved up one spot in the points this week! #1 Nathan’s Racing Team/Nathan Fitzpatrick #2 Burton Racing Team/Sharon Burton #3 Team Champs/Emilio Holmes #4 Chris Bougher Racing/Chris Brougher #5 Kari’s Catch Me If You Can/Kari McCoy Sixth Spot Hammer Down Racing/Jeanette Sciortino So...What is next? You ask? We are introducing Online Race Chatter on March 18th for the Atlanta Race at 12:30 pm! Please RSVP via email to chicagolandfans4racing@hotmail.com if you plan to participate. Those who RSVP by noon Saturday, March 17th will receive participation details via email. REMINDER to mark your calendar and RSVP if you plan to participate in our NEXT Viewing Party. Please help extend a special Thank You to Racing Reflections at 702 N. Main in Lombard, for donating toward our Victory Junction Gang Camp Raffle at this Viewing Party! Raffle Tickets are available at one for a dollar or six for five dollars. March 25th - Food City 500 – Bristol /FOX 12:30pm central time SPECTATOR’s Pub & Grill – VIEWING PARTY 552 North Gary Avenue - Carol Stream, IL 60188 PLEASE bring your Racing Friends with you to our VIEWING PARTIES! EVERYONE is welcome to join in on the FUN! Special Recognition to Eric Kasper! Eric has a great idea to spice up our viewing parties! This game is optional for those attending future Viewing Parties. For a fee of only $5, you can play our “Pick ‘em to Win” game. Each participant will pick a driver to win the race that day! When a driver is picked….no one else can choose that driver. Therefore, to get your first choice pick, you will need to get to the party early for the best chance to pick your driver to win! The Winner will receive 50% of the funds collected for the day! The remaining 50% goes into our Chicagoland Fans4Racing treasury. We do need to raise some funds for our activities coming up at the Chicagoland Speedway for the July race weekend! This will certainly help! The more attendees, the more YOU can win and the more we can save to support our Chapter activities! More Special Recognition to Gary Shelton and Jeanette Sciortino! Gary has come up with another way for us to raise funds to support the Victory Junction Gang Camp! Gary is proposing that we develop a Chicagoland Fans4Racing Cookbook that we develop and sell….A great idea for the Chicagoland Speedway during the July races! The theme for our cookbook is around tailgating recipes! When Jeanette Sciortino heard about this idea at the viewing party on Sunday…..she immediately had a recipe idea to contribute! Hammer Down Corn on the Cob! Look for Jeanette’s recipe in our Chicagoland Fans4Racing Cookbook coming soon! So Now it’s YOUR Turn! Send your Tailgating Recipes to chicagolandfans4racing@hotmail.com along with your full name by April 30, 2007 so we have time to prepare our publication for sale at the Chicagoland Speedway during the July races. Remember to give your Recipe a Tailgating Name! Are you artistically inclined? Do you have publishing skills? Are you a great sales person? Share how you can help us publish and sell our Chicagoland Fans4Racing Cookbook! Remember all funds raised from the sales of our cookbook will support the Victory Junction Gang Camp! WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP to solicit for Raffle Donations! As discussed in our last newsletter, Chicagoland Fans4Racing is raising funds to support the Victory Junction Gang Camp! Every member is currently soliciting for donations for our Viewing Party Raffles….and 100% of the funds raised, we are sending to the Victory Junction Gang Camp on behalf of Chicagoland Fans4Racing and their sponsors. Your participation is necessary for this fund-raising activity to be a success! Remember this challenge, from our last newsletter? Who will be the FIRST to get a Raffle donation? Find out in our NEXT newsletter! Well…okay, it was your Local Chapter President this time! Special Thanks to Emilio Holmes for sharing this lead! Last Saturday, while visiting Racing Reflections in Lombard your LCP decided to ASK! As a result, Racing Reflections is graciously donating toward our Bristol Viewing Party Raffle on March 25, 2007! Did your LCP do any special? Not really, just used the ASK tool discussed in our last newsletter. It really is that easy! Remember…. Asking is Your SUCCESS Kit When you ASK, you are much more likely to Receive! So, who is NEXT to get a Raffle donation? Find out, in our NEXT newsletter! Shhhh…a little secret…there is already someone who is asking a business partner for a donation! So, will there be more than one member, getting a Raffle donation? Hmmmm….I wonder? Sharon BurtonLocal Chapter President/Chicagoland Fans4Racing/ONMC Chapter 601811ChicagolandFans4Racing@hotmail.com http://www.chicagolandfans4racing.com-a.googlepages.com/home