Updated on August 15, 2006 at 11:29 am
Here are the comments that others have left regarding USARM. They may be questions, comments, gripes or accolades. They start at the top with the most recent and go down through the first ones.
If you have comments to leave please come over to our Forums and leave a post there in the ChitChat Category if you aren't a registered member of the USARM Forum.
Name : Clara Fray - VIR F&C
Email Address : camaro90lady@yahoo.com
Date : August 15, 2006
Virginia International Raceway Flag & Communications Worker & SCCA member, I enjoy F&C and would like to try working at other tracks.
Name : Tom Shannon
Email Address : saltfevr@sisna.com
Website : http://www.landracing.com/
Date : April 24, 2006
Discovered your fabulous site after a google search. I've just begun corner flagging at the newly built, Miller MotorSports Park,in Tooele, Utah. Yes,you heard right. UTAH! 25 mins from SLC airport,and 45 mins from downtown SLC. Check us out for our First Season: http://www.millermotorsportspark.com
Name : Shelley Ulry
Email Address : sulry63@sbcglobal.net
Date : October 20, 2005
I wanted to thank all of you who (talked me into) or convinced me to make the Coronado trip. I had a great time. For those of you that have thought about going and haven't had the chance . . . . . Take the chance even if it's for 1 time. You have to experience it. Thanks to all you fun people that I got a chance to work with . . . I had a grand time. :)
Name : Ross Martin
Email Address : rmartin@ma.org.au
Date : April 13, 2005
G'day to all USARM members.
I was the Clerk of Course at the 1993 and 1994 Grand Prix races at Laguna Seca, and again in 1995 at the Superbike event. I had a lot of fun, and am very grateful to the assistance of your members.
I would like to see the 2005 USGP, but don't think that I can spare the time.
I am still Clerk of Course at the Australian Grand Prix, and have been since 1989.
Best Wishes.
Ross Martin. Australia.
Name : Shelley
Email Address : sulry63@sbcglobal.net
Date : March 23, 2005
Thank you so much for the Jim Thurston award Communicator of the year. It meant alot to me and thank you for all of those of you that helped trainded me and are continuing to train me. I truelly love working with all of you and excited for many more races to have that chance. Thanks again, Shelley Ulry
Name : Dave Scott
Email Address : daveuk45 @ hotmail.com
Date : May 5, 2004
Hello all, I am a Race Marshall from the UK, and I am hoping to join all you wonderful people at World SBK in July.
Name : Phyllis Daniels
Email Address : phyllisd @ gorge.net
Date : April 8, 2004
Snow is gone and daffodils are up. It's probably too soon to be packing for WSB, but I'm planning. Can't wait to see everyone. (When will apps for WSB go out?)
Ride and drive safely. Smile and remember that wonderful phrase "Bikes on course!"
Name : Karl Kolbus
Email Address : karlkolbus @ escapees.com
Date : February 17, 2004
I've been working corners for about 25 years, mostly at Road America, and have enjoyed every minute of it. Well... maybe not some of the thunderstorms and freezing cold but hey, we're all tough, right? Am retired now and travelling the country in a motorhome (currently in Quartzsite, Arizona). Too late now as I'll be heading back to WI soon to work 63 days at RA, but hope to meet you in the fall or winter of this year to share some good bench racing, work a corner or two, and learn the in's and out's of corner working when the weather is CLEMENT.
One last thing: Why does the "Guestbook" link appear twice on the bottom of each page??
Keep up the good work out there, stay safe, and remember - when a race goes too smoothly, a little KFC at the apex is sure to brighten your day!
Regards,
Karl
(Editors Note : The duplicate Guestbook link has been removed. A new website design is being worked on and should be ready for your viewing pleasure in the near future. Date : 03/25/04)
Name : Andy Wall
Email Address : andywall @ astrazeneca.com
Date : February 3, 2004
Comments : Having come over to join the team in 2003 at Laguna Seca. I was made to feel part of the family which helped me to settle in, you should be proud of yourselfs. Keep up the good work, hope to see you in 2005 a big high to rob and every body who i met, to0 many to put down in this one note ..
your pal across the water...
Andy
Name : Steve Kimber
Email Address : thekimbers @ manx.net
Date : January 19, 2004
Comments : I am part of the Isle of Man Marshals Association and we are trying to get links with other marshals around the world. We are looking for a newsletter swap and to allow honery membership of other marshal clubs
Name : Brad Wentz / Formula USA Safety Crew (Midwest)
Email Address : Bradtwentz @ juno.com
Date : March 5, 2001
Comments : We need more organizations like USARM. Keep up the good work guys/gals.
Name : Martin Kaufman
Email Address : mrk45 @ aol.com
Date : February 26, 2001
Comments : Ran across the site....it's amazing how far USARM has come in the many years since I was an active member and on the Board of Directors...like in the late 60's. Best wishes to all for continued success.
Name : Ken E Hider
Email Address : Hider1 @ bigpond.com
Date : December 6, 2001
Comments : Great Marshalls Site
Name : Steve Mendez
Email Address : steve2dogs @ msn.com
Date : July 12, 2001
Comments : Hello all.
Just wanted to drop a line to say thanks to Jan and the crew at Laguna Seca/WSBK. I had an opportunity to work my first race and loved every minute of it. It was only my 3rd big race and didn't know what to expect,but, Ray,Judy,Don,Bill, and everyone at turn 8a made it a safe and exhilarating experience. I was closer to the action than I ever thought I could get. I will soon be a member of USARM, and am looking forward to becoming more involved. If anyone has any info they feel may be useful to me, please feel free to share. I hope to make it to Sears Point, see you then.
Name : Brad Step
Email Address : suidwes @ postnet.co.za
Home Page : www.kma.org.za/main.htm
Comments : Hey all you Petrolheads. Great site. Wishing you all a prosperous MotorSport season. Watch your back's and Keep it safe out there.
Good site to visit: www.saaffriends.co.za
Name : Sharon Molinari
Email Address : jsmolinari @ msn.com
Comments : Enjoyed visiting your web site... I have been a member of the SCCA and the RDC for the last 4 years. Worked timing and scoring a few times. Last year I started working pit fire. It's been a long but fun year....
Name : Carla Chamberlain
Email Address : cchamber @ usgs.gov OR
victorymag @ aol.com
(please put Attn: Carla)
Comments : Hi All, I'm posing another question to the group and will be publishing the answers in Victory Lane Magainze's, "Worker Corner". So please, send me your stories or anything else you want to contribute to the magazine regarding working.
Q: What is the most exciting and memorable event (car, motorcycle, etc.) that you've worked and why? Thanks, Carla Chamberlain
Name : Mikey Hill
Email Address : bigmeat @ pacbell.net
Comments : I've been working the Laguna motorcycle events since '97, and I can say without a doubt that these stand out as some of the most memorable moments of my life. I've met a lot of wonderful people who've really made me feel like part of the family, and I'm proud to be a USARM member, helping to keep the track safe for competitors and fans alike.
Name : Dick De Vylder
Email Address : devylderdick @ hotmail.com
Comments : great site, long live the internet. As a dedicated (=crazy ) marshall I want to spend my holidays always marshalling. I hope I can keep in touch with somebody who will give my the chance to marshall in the USA. thank you : I'm crazy about racing but it does not hurt.
Name : Carl Sloan
Email Address : sfscca @ garlic.com
Date : 05/29/2000
Comments : have been meaning to do this for the longest time:thanking some unsung folks for some fantastic work.
jerry and karen huff-more copies of the GRID in the past six months than I can recall receiving in a couple of years! informative and amusing the same time.
Ted Kuwada: this guy has coordinated more events with so much skill and finesse that we have just assumed everything is gonna be alright and it is! I am awestruck at his dedication and expertise. Even moreso is the fact that we have a guy who absolutely nobody dislikes!
Ken Berri:another unsung hero, board member since I dunno when. Efficient,understated, always a smile and helping all over the place.
The Thunderhill Bunch:a group of enthusiastic folks with enough curiiousity to join USARM, adapt themselves, become professional and competent in a very short period of time. Add to that their dependabilility and love of donuts (raspberry filled,even) and we've got some super family members.
Thanks,
carl
Name : Raymond Wintonyk
Email Address : wintonyk @ freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
Date : 11/02/99
Comments : We've lost Greg Moore. And we've lost Mr. Rodriguez. That's two men gone in one year.
We've got to do better than this. Laguna Seca fixed the corner as best as they could at the top of the Corkscrew. Nobody will again launch into the wall. There are three tire barriers to impede any other car's flight.
Padding of the inside walls wasn't a question until CART decided to order the rear wing of cars on an oval track to include their new speed inhibitor.
This causes such turbulence for the car following that it becomes a track hazard.
(My opinion) Greg lost his front in that turbulence, floored the accellerator in the hope of spinning & staying on track; hit the grass; accellerated into the wall & hit it with his head. Greg Moore is no longer with us.
(My opinion) -- CART should reconsider their ideas on rear wing modifications. Turbulence imposed by "safety devices" is NOT SAFE. CART should consider other methods of slowing the cars.
GIVEN the turbulence imposed by current CART "safety" devices, TWELVE FOOT styrofoam barriers on all walls (including inner walls) should be mandatory.
The designation of 12 foot barriers is arbitrary. Physical calculations of impact speeds etc. need to be done in order to properly decide upon the correct thickness of the barrier.
Raymond
Name : Carri Newhouse
Email Address : rabidracing @ sbcglobal.net
Date : 11/02/99
Comments : Hello, all! I am looking at the end of my fifth year as a USARM official, and it barely seems like it's been one. I owe major gratitude to the organization for several reasons.
Family. You hear this word often in conjunction with this group of yahoos. For me, becoming a course worker helped Stuart and I to realize that the extreme, life-consuming passion for cars and racing we both shared meant we were safe enough with this strong and similar interest to get married. My husband and I now have a son, named Stirling (after you-know-who) who spent many of his days in-utero at Laguna Seca. I'm going to send a picture of him to Mick, and maybe he'll show up in the photo album! Stirling made his first visit to the track (outside the womb) when he was two weeks old. It was there at the Monterey Historics that he met and posed for a photo with his namesake. I encourage anyone with an infant not to be afraid to take your child(ren) into the racing environment if it's something you love. Just be cautious with the important things like hearing and sun protection (as with yourself)! Besides the family element, there is something else I also treasure dearly.
Professionalism. In these past years I have attained a great education about the mechanics of racing events from many different aspects. My forte has always been communication, but I've recently worked a few events in Control. I want to thank you all for the confidence and opportunity to prove to you and to myself that I can take my concern for safety to that greater effect.
Becoming a USARM member has been a definite landmark in my life, and I love that it continues. I can trust that when I need the fix of the smell of racing fuel and the chance to study very closely the racing line of well-known, phenomenal drivers and riders I only need to make a phone call.
Thanks guys, I love you.
Carri
a.k.a. "Hot Rod Mama"
Name : Shelane Bellina
Email Address : shelaneb @ yahoo.com
Date : 10/13/99
Comments : Hi there ya all. I would just like to note that USARM is a wonderful organization, my parents have been taking my sister and I for six years (give or take a few) and we both have found USARM to be wonderful for our family.
We as teenagers can say that we spend most of our weekends at the track with our FAMILY... Our parents as well as all of the other peoples that come to the track. Hope to see you at the track.
Name : Bob Hugill
Email Address : racerb123 @ aol.com
Date : 8/18/99
Comments : Hello to everyone! Thanks to Scotty Crawford I found your site. I will looking in from time to time.The only contact I have now with racing is that I recieve Sports Car from SCCA as a honorary life member.
Glad to see USARM is alive and well! With the closeness of a group doing such a great job and enjoying it USARM should last forever.
Many many thanks for your organization during the time I was at Laguna Seca!
Bob Hugill, now found in Waddell AZ (Phoenix)
Name : Michael Harris
Email Address : f550 @ mweb.co.za
Date : 3/29/99
Home Page : www.kma.org.za/
Comments : HI am a member of the Kyalami Marshals Association (KMA), based in South Africa. I would just like to extend of invitation to any marshalls out there you wish to experience marshalling in other countries. And of course just a reminder that Kyalami won the FIM's WSBK best event of 1998 as well as the ISRS's best event of 1998.
Name : Jan Weaver
Email Address : jaweaver @ cisco.com or qbweaver @ aol.com
Date : 3/18/99
Comments : Here we are enjoying our 40th anniversary in USARM and I'm constantly amazed with the continued growth of our club. I've been a USARM member since 1972 and I've loved every second.
Happy Racing All!!!!
Jan
Name : Jim Short
Email Address :
Date : 2/18/99
Comments : good stuff !!!
Name : Jack Norie
Email Address : plypnjbn @ gte.net
Date : 2/11/99
Comments : I just read about Bill Riggin's demise on the afm page & read bruce's eulogy Bill was the consumate flagger & highly respected by all who knew & worked with him reading the F1 e-mail gave me a warm feeling inside that Tony George is the one who will be losing $millions$ tehetehe keep using "the Buddy System" my luv to y'all Jack
Name : Jack Norie
Email Address : plypnjbn @ gte.net
Date : 10/08/98
Comments : Happy to see the guest book is back up and running. I've gotten myself rather isolated here in the Southern California Desert, but I am alive and well. Jan Weaver if you have an e-mail address or access, drop me a line please Love yall, or You All, or something like that!
Name : Egor Emery
Email Address : 73530.452 @ compuserve.com
Date : 03/30/98
Comments : I am interested in working the World Superbike event. I last worked with USARM for the 1st US GP in 1988.
Name : Dennis Baird
Email Address :
Date : 03/16/98
Comments : I was just checking to see if we were doing the AMA at Willow Springs.
Name : Sandy Jones
Email Address : dognurse@aol.com
Date : 02/17/98
Comments : Just a note to say that i have been with USARM for 2 yrs now and find it a great bunch of people to work with..the pro events are of course the best...but the club stuff is great also...you meet some great people and see great racing.....and isnt that what it is all about?? I prefer my seat on the inside of the fence and dont know if i can ever spectate again. If you are just checking this site out and are interested, send a note to USARM, doesn't take more than an email. I need a pro bike fix =) Those of you who know me will understand. We'll see you at the races =) DN
Name : Lawrie Barber
Email Address : flaggie @ access.net.au
Date : 02/13/98
Comments : Hi from an Aussie Flaggie Good to see more marshals on the net I would like to trade badges with some-one from over there... Thx Cya Lawrie
Name : Bill Riggins
Email Address :
Date : 01/23/98
Comments : i have been a USARM member for 22 years. i started as a flagger with the san francisco region of the scca in 1975. i also flag with the afm at sears point. i accidentally ended up here, searching for the latest issue of the grid, which i haven't received yet. hello to all my friends in USARM.
Name : Jack Norie
Email Address : plypnjbn @ gte.net
Date : 01/22/98
Comments : Hi guys really glad to find your Web Page. Hope one or two of you remember me. When I get an e-mail address I'll be back to chat.
Name : Petunia P. Petalblossom
Email Address : petuniap @ concentric.net
Date : 01/10/98
Comments : Hi! I'm very glad to finally know what "USARM" stands for. I have a friend who is one and does the "cornering" bit and other related tasks lots and lots throughout the year. The little bit he's related to me about what he does has always been fascinating. (-:
Name : Barrett Brockhage
Email Address : barrett @ bayarea.net
Date : 12/31/97
Comments : The site looks great. Good job Mick. Most of you don't know me. I'm one of those pesky workers that show up when ever there's a motorcycle race. I've been showing up like this at USARM events since '95 when Mickey told me about the organization. USARM and it's workers are a really great bunch of people, and the food and beer is good too!..as our friendly neighborhood cop found out this last year. I'll miss working WSB this year. Too bad, I really enjoy that event. There is an AFM race that same weekend and when it comes to racing or working, well racing wins.
Name : Scott Levin
Email Address : blueflag @ mcione.com
Date : 12/22/97
Comments : This is a great site. I'm looking forward to the upcoming season with USARM. In addition to working as many USARM events as possible, I'll be attempting to work all North American CART races and Japan. Soon, I'll set up a web page to chronicle the even s as they unfold. Many photos of flaggers and communicators will be available. See ya at the races!
Name : Dorothy Brookman
Email Address : mom5cat@aol.com
Date : 12/18/97
Comments : It hasn't even been 2 weeks & I need a race fix!! Is a Grid still in the making? elections? no rush.... Happy Holidays!!! PS. I have dried out/thawed from SP/Porsche, but still can't get the mud out of my "whites"...interested in the latest whitener....
Name : Mick Housel
Email Address : motomania@inreach.com
Date : 11/19/97
Home Page : home.inreach.com/motomick/
Comments : Well, I'll do a road test on this guestbook and make sure that it works ok. :) Please feel free to write what you'd like here, within reason. Any extreme profanity, or offending comments may be deleted or edited, at the discretion of the webmaster, me. Other than that, feel free to say anything you want. Where are you from? Do you work at the racetrack? If so, in what capacity?
A little about myself, I've been working corners for over a decade and enjoy it immensely. I started out with the AFM (amateur motorcycle racing club) and not long after I joined USARM. The first couple of years I only worked a few events but by 1992 I was working a lot of the USARM events and have continued to do so since.
One of the things that I really enjoy about USARM is the feeling of family that you get. We aren't a huge group (~. 200 members) but that's also the reason that it's like family. Many of the events that we work for the car clubs require 30 workers or less and it's only during the major events when our worker count goes above the century mark. We've got members from across the US that travel to these events and occasionally some folks from other countries. The camaraderie and teamwork shown at these events is incredible.
In the fall of 1995 I was encouraged to run for the board of USARM and decided to do so. I was elected and am just finishing my first term as a director. My duties have included Secretary/Treasurer as well as Editor of "The Grid" and setting up this web page. I've thought about and I will be running for re-election later this year.
If you've got a desire to check out the action on the inside of the fence, send an email or if you really want to, a letter to the post office box for information on future events. If you don't have experience, that's ok, we can provide on the job training except at major events where the need for experienced workers is required. Have a great off-season and happy holidays!
