February 2005

February 2005
Tech Note
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VOLUNTEER
I missed a few wonderful articles that were
sent to me in February
by the deadline of the
15th. I want to say sorry
to everyone for this mistake. My e-mail address
had some major issues
and dropped some of the
information. I have
added these missed articles for your reading
enjoyment.
Thank you to all that
submit for the Quarter
Reporter.
Tawnya Bacchetti
Wanted to give everybody a
Follow up on the Honda 160
Model Number Change. I have
been in contact with Honda and
Dave King. Honda small engines have for the most part
been built in Japan over the
years. Honda has now built a
new state of the art building in
Thailand to handle the Honda
small engine department. They
moved all the small engine
production to Thailand except
the gear reduction engines like
we use (GX120 & GX160)
They have decided to change
the middle letter of the Model
number to signify where the
engine was built.
GX160K1HX2 is our model
number now. They are now
changing the model # as they
are being produce now to
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Thanks,
Glenn Lewis
National Tech Director
We need to fi ll the vacancy i n Regi on 4 for the posi ti on of Regi onal Di rector. If you
are i nterested i n thi s posi ti on please send your res ume to QMA's Nati onal Offi ce
and a copy to QMA's Nati onal Secretary. Resumes must be pos t marked no later than
March11,2005.Résumé’
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sobeacceptedthru emai l and fax as long as they
meet the deadli ne and recei ved i n both places. To be eli gi ble to run for offi ce you
must be a mem ber i n regi on 4 and i n good s tandi ng respecti vely as w ell as be a QMA
member for 2005.
Once resumes ar e recei ved Ballots w i ll go out for votes to all 2005 regi stered members i n the regi on. They wi ll be mai led March 18th 2005 and mus t be r eturned wi th a
post mark no later than Apri l 4th 2005
QMA NBOD
Quarter Reporter
2005 Board of Directors
Jim Fiser, President
734 Sout h Br aun St.
Lakewood, CO 80228
443-386-9293 cell
303-980-4212 home
jdfiser @netzer o.net
Charlie Cagle, Vice President
3675 Cagle Lane
Loomis, Ca 95650
443-386-9296 (cell)
916-652-6847 (home/fax call fist)
[email protected]
Patty Abbott, Secretary
19365 A ngling
Livonia, MI 48152
248-777-8306 (Land Line)
443-386-9294 (QMA Cell)
secr etar y@quar ter midgets.or g
Kim Kendall, Treasurer
6302 Fr eder ick Road
Baltimor e, MD 21228
443-386-9295 (cell)
410-788-5299 (land line)
[email protected]
Glenn Lewis, Technical Director
36 Diane Dr .
Honeybr ook, PA 19344
443-386-9297
tech@quar ter midgets.or g
Taw nya Bacchetti, Publicity Director
1081 NE 5th Av e Dr ive
Hillsbor o, OR 97124
443-386-9299 (cell)
503-615-8081 (Land Line)
publicity@quar ter midgets.or g
Bob Burgess, Safety Director
330 C lear field Ave.
Fr anklinvi lle, NJ 08322
443-386-9298 (cell)
856-629-4649 (home)
r fbur [email protected]
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2005 Regional Directors
Region 1:
Bill Ster gios
PO Box 217
Candia, NH 03034
Cell, days 603 540-8556
Home, eves 603 483-0247
eightballpr [email protected]
Region 2:
Michelle Bar zee
8414 Quadrant Lane
Baldwinsville, NY 13027
315-622-2324
barzeer [email protected]
Region 3:
Scott Tanker sley
7470 Bannister Road
Cumming,Ga, 30040
770-403-0294
Fax 770-663-4058
stanker [email protected] or
stanker sley@cooksonelectr onics.com
Region 4:
Bob Nock
jnock72938@er inet.com
Region 5:
JR Van Gilder
11440 South Daniel Str eet
Terr e Haute, IN 47802
812-894-3342
svgmotor spor [email protected]
Region 6:
Riley Rees
222 NW Huxman Rd
Topeka, KS 66618
785-582-4395 night
758-582-0563 fax
rdr@networ ksplus.net
Region 7:
Dan Sawatzky
1426 Highview Ave
Eagan, MN 55121
651-686-5424
dsawatzky@datar ecognitioncorp.com
Region 8:
Jeff Baker
1935 Diamond Dr
Longmont, Co 80504
303-485-9337
Br [email protected]
Region 9:
Jim Muck
17225 26th Ave. SE
Bothell, WA 98012
425-485-9702
[email protected]
Region 10:
John Mitchell
743 Linda Mar Blvd
Pacifica, Ca 94044
650-438-1602
mitchr [email protected]
Region 11:
Mike Williams
141 Anna Lane
Baker sfield, CA 93308
661 399-8955
mdwmiller [email protected]
Region 12:
Rober t Schaefer
18828 N. 94th Avenue
Peor ia, AZ 85382
(623) 362-4080
Fax: (623) 362-4081
[email protected]
Region 13:
Curt Sullivant
3215 Deer Chase Run
Longwood, FL 32779
407-444-0476
[email protected]
Quarter Reporter
From the Desk of the Secretary
I hope that everyone's
year is off to a good
start!! The 2005 QMA
National meeting is now
a thing of the past. I
have quite a few people
to thank that did so
much to help us out behind the scenes. First
of all I would like to
thank Kim Kendall for
helping me with making
copies for the 2005
Procedures/Manuals
that I prepared for the
meeting, by Kim doing
this it not only helped
me but also saved QMA
quite a bit of money,
we only had to pay for
the cost of the paper,
so thank you Kim!! I
would also like to thank
my son Brandon for
helping me sort and
stuff some of the
manuals. While I am
thinking of family, I
would really like to
thank my husband and
my 2 boys for being so
patient and for being so
great when they have
been put on the back
burner while I was busy
preparing for the meeting and when I was
away. I would also like
to thank each and every
spouse of each QMA
National board member
and their children for
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also being so patient
and for sharing their
mom/dad/husband/wife
with all of us. Back to
the meeting, I also
want to thank Dave
Preston, Jerry Mostec,
George Crouse and Wes
Stillwaggon for taking
time away from their
work and families to
come and put on an
AWESOME QMA Tech
seminar!!! These men
have given so much for
all of us for any of you
that have gone to a
QMA Grand National
event you know how
hard these guys work
and how they have
really helped improve
our tech at the
grands!! I can remember tech taking until 3
and 4 in the morning
after the last A main,
these guys have our
tech so that it is now
done within an hour or 2
of the last A main!!!
THANKS GUYS!!!!! Last
but not least thank you
to all the RD's and
their Assistants and to
each NBOD member for
taking time away from
your families to come to
the National meeting.
The 2005 Procedures
manuals will be sent to
each Club President, if
anyone would also like a
copy you may either
have your club President
make you a copy or you
can purchase one from
the QMA National office.
I would also like to remind everyone that we
only should be calling
the QMA National office for issues that
they take care of
mostly membership
questions all other
questions please follow
the chain of command
and ask your Club
President or RD.
Memberships are still
coming in very heavily
and I just want to remind everyone to make
sure that you have copies of birth certificates
and to make sure that
your pictures are a 1x1
inch size, also put the
name of the person on
the back of the picture
and PLEASE do not staple the pictures to the
application, paper clip
them.
With the help of Michelle Barzee and Kim
Kendall we should have
the 2005 rulebook
ready to be mailed out
to all the members by
April 1st along with the
2005 QMA Short
Sheet. We have already made many
clarifications and have
corrected errors that
we have found; we are
busy putting all the
2005 RCP changes into
the rulebook so that it
will be ready for print
shortly.
I hope that everyone
continues to have a
great winter!!
Patty Abbott
QMA National
Secretary
Quarter Reporter
Region 1
Silver City QMC
Meriden CT
Asphalt
Custom Midget Club
Thompson CT
Asphalt
Blackbird Q MRC
DE New Castle
Dirt
HagerstownQMRA
MD Hagerstown
Dirt
South Jersey Q MA
NJ Atco
Dirt
Garden State QMRC
NJ Wall Twp.
Asphalt
Oswego County Q MC
NY Fulton
Asphalt
Syracuse QMC
NY Sy racuse
Asphalt
DoylestownQMRC
PA Doy lestown
Asphalt
Montgomery County Q MRC
PA Phoenixville
Dirt
Oa klane La ne Q MRC
PA Trumbauersville
Asphalt
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Our novice training begins
in early March. This is the
first year I can remember
that we had more retiring
drivers than novices. Good
luck to all the novices and
their parents. Get ready for
the best years of your life.
People are still up in the
air about the Briggs World
Formula class. Many are
waiting to see who will be
selling engines and with
what type of gearbox and
for how much. Some are
enthused, some are worried about the high horsepower, others worry about
where we can fit the new
class in with 150 weekly
car counts. My guess
is that this class will
catch on pretty quickly.
Silver City will be rebuilding much of their wall in
preparation for the World
Formula class.
Little T's opening day is
Sunday, April 24. Silver
City's is on Saturday, April
30. Both schedules are on
the websites.
Both Region 1 tracks will
have cars on display at the
Racearama trade show in
Springfield, MA on March
4,5,&6 at the Big E Exposition Center.
We invite all to come race
with us in Region 1 this
year.
Bill Stergios,
RD Region 1
Region 2
The National meeting is over, I would
like to thank Kim Kendall for helping
me with the Regional Director's books,
she saved a lot of money doing this for
us. I also would like to thank the
NBOD and RD for all their time and
effort they put into this organization. I
have enjoyed working with
the Regional Director's this past year
and they have worked very
hard putting together a lot of different
issues that were finalized at the National meeting or turned over to the
new NBOD.
The highlights are on our Region 2
website. We held a conference call on
February 17th with all Region Two
Board of Directors and Region Two
Presidents. I reviewed the highlights of
the National Meeting so your Presidents will be able to bring all this information back to you at your club meet-
ings. Kim got the newsletter out to all the
Presidents within a few days. We discussed the surveys that were turned into
QMA, the biggest concern was communication. The Region is doing their job,
please if you have any questions or concerns please go to your club President,
we are communicating with them on a
weekly basis.
Henry Robbins was inducted into the
QMA Hall of Fame. Their will be a party
for Henry on April 8th at Oaklane Gun
Club. Everyone is invited, all the flyers
and information was sent to all Region 2
Presidents. The Region Two web site
has been updated with all the 2005
schedules. If there is something you
would like to see on the web site please
let us know.
We will be holding our Region Two meeting on Saturday, February 18th at the
Oaklane Gun Club at 11:00 am. We
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Region 2 cont...
would like to see all Club Presidents,
Safety Directors, Race Directors and
Tech Directors at this meeting. We
will hold are yearly Tech Seminar immediately after our meeting. If anyone
has any questions please let me
know.
Everyone is getting ready for the 2005
Season to begin. Reminder to get
those novice list to Rich and myself as
soon as you have them. The State
Races for 2005 in Region 2 will be on
Memorial Day weekend, asphalt/Honeybrook and
dirt/Montgomery County.
I look forward to seeing everyone, if
anyone has any concerns, please
remember to follow the chain of command and go thru your club President.
I am hear to answer any questions or
concerns that you have.
Have fun and let's go racing!
Michelle Barzee
Region 2 Director
Region 8
Pikes PeakQ MA
Colorado Springs CO
Concrete
Rocky Mountain QMA
Erie CO
Asphalt
Southern Colorado QMA
Pueblo CO
Concrete
Magic City QMA
Billings MT
Asphalt
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Region 8 is gearing up for another
fun filled racing
season. The region
8 board had their
first meeting of the
year on January
22nd to set the 2005
schedule.
The Region 8 race dates are as
follows:
States Race
May 28th-30th (Memorial Day
weekend) MCQMA(Billings, MT)
Monza Series
Leg 1: RMQMA- May 14 & 15th
(Denver, CO)
Leg 2: PPQMA-June 11 & 12th
(Colorado Springs, CO)
Leg 3: MCQMA-Sept 3-5th
(Billings, MT)
Leg 4: SCQMA- Sept 24 & 25th
(Pueblo, CO)
The MCQMA, PPQMA, RMQMA
and SCQMA are all in the process
of finalizing their local schedules
as well as several special events for
2005. Check out these websites for
more inform ation:
www.montanaquart ermidgets.com
www.ppqma.com
www.rmqma.com
www.scqma.com
We look forward to another great
year!
Jenny Ford
Region 8 Publicity Director
Quarter Reporter
Region 9
Portland QMRA
Langley QMA
Langley BC
Asphalt
PortlandQ MRA
Portland OR
Asphalt
Washington Q MA
Everett WA
Asphalt
Little Wheels QMA
Puy allup WA
Asphalt
I-5 Q MC
Elma WA
Dirt
Yakima Q uarter Midget
Association
Yakima WA
Portland has been busy gett
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July. Check out the new web
site at www.pqmra.com to
see some exciting news along
with the 2005 racing schedule. PQMRA would like to
invite anyone to come race
our track and have some fun
at the dairy. Over the past
few weeks PQMRA has had
a display in the Hot Rod
Show car show at the expo
center and they also hosted
their one of two annual ride
days. They had 30 kids try
out a QM and have fun on a
sunny day. It was great to see
so many families interested in
this sport.
I-5 QMC
Elma, WA: The I-5 QMC is
proud to announce they have
been awarded the 2006 Quarter Midgets of America Dirt
Grand Nationals. The event
takes place for one full week
each August to determine the
Quarter Midget National
Champion on dirt. Expected
car counts are in the several
hundreds, with recent year
events topping 500 cars.
Making this particular event
special is the fact that the
National event has always
been held in Indiana or Maryland –both hotbeds of dirt
track racing. The Terre
Haute, IN, and Hagerstown,
MD quarter midget clubs
have alternated hosting the
event since its inception in
1993. To allow the event to
be staged on the West Coast
speaks volumes of what the I5 QMC has accomplished in
the construction of their new
facility at the Grays Harbor
Raceway in Elma, WA.
rules and lay the groundwork
for upcoming events. It is
extremely rare for a club to
apply for and receive such a
large sanctioned event in its
first attempt, but that is exactly what happened. The
racing facility was built with
the idea in mind to host the
large, premier event. All of
the planning that went into
the construction revolved
around building a facility that
was capabl e of providing for
a first class event such as the
Dirt Grand Nationals.
The club is quick to credit
the local community and its
leaders in obtaining their
goal. The area businesses
and local government officials offered full support and
that fit right in with the clubs
other objective, which was to
make the club a part of the
local community. They have
done just that, and all in a
very short time.
The club moved its location
Each February the sanction- to the Grays Harbor Fairing body meets to discuss
grounds in Elma, WA over
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the winter of 2003/04. In just
26 weeks, with a total volunteer workforce and donations
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constructed the new racing
facility. The 1/20th mile clay
oval has state of the art
amenities, and garnered national recognition throughout
its construction. It was easy
for the national sanctioning
body, and its members, to
stamp their approval for the
clubs bid to host the national
event.
The I-5 QMC is proud of the
new facility, along with the
community in which it now
calls home. You can find out
more inform ation by visiting
their web site at:
www.I-5QMC.com
The I-5 QMC @ The Grays
Harbor Mini Raceway –
Where the
pavement
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…andt
he
racing begins!
Quarter Reporter
Florida Cup Series Banquet
Sunday, January 23 rd the
2004 Florida Cup Series
Banquet was held at Pacman
Café in Orlando, Fl. Over
120 people were in attendance to participate in the
special festivities of recognizing the accomplishments of
our Region 13 Drivers. This
was the first year Region 13
has hosted the Florida Cup
Series and the participation
was a huge success.
The banquet and awards
presentation was held in the
restaurant area where lunch
was served then preceded to
the second floor where our
drivers and parents were
given game cards for an hour
of free game play with over
50 different types of video
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champions in each class
received a special Florida
Cup Series championship
ring and the second and
third place drivers were
given watches with the
2004 Florida Cup Series
logo. All of our drivers
were awarded trophies
andgi
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with special regional tee
shirts and recognition of
participation in the first
Florida Cup Series among
other goodies.
The outgoing 2004 Region
13 Board of Directors,
Scott Laughlin, Bob
Stoekel and Maureen Abbott were recognized for
their service to the Region
and the new 2005 Board of
Directors were introduced.
Retiring Drives Kory Ab-
bott, Michael Hagner and
Cory Stoekel were given
special plaques listing their
quarter midget accomplishments throughout
their racing years. Kory
Abbott also received a
special quarter midget
pendent and chain for his
many years of racing at his
home club of Mid Florida
QMRA.
The ceremony ended with
the raffle drawing for the
Mini Chopper provided by
Advance Discount Auto
Parts. Congratulations go
to the lucky winner Kyle
Stoekel!
The Region 13 Board of
Directors and Banquet
Committee would like to
thank our trophy sponsors,
Biscayne Roofing, KurStar
Construction, Street Rods
Unlimited, Scott Gertsch
Motorsports, American Services Inc. and Advance Discount Auto Parts for your
support of Region 13 and
our drivers. The 2005
Board of Directors is dedicated to the Florida Cup
Series and to the clubs of
Region 13. We will continue to improve and provide the best possible racing experience for our
young drivers throughout
Florida.
By Terri Sullivant, Region 13
Publicity Director
Quarter Reporter
Region 13 Drivers Take Part in Thunder National Monster Truck Jam
Leon County Civic Center
in Tallahassee, Fl was the
place to be on Friday and
Saturday night January
14th &15th, for some good
old fashion fun! USHRA
held their Thunder National Monster Truck Jam
featuring some of their top
drivers like Monster Patrol
and Destroyer. Quarter
midget racing was invited
to be a part of the two-day
show. Region 13 had ten
quarter midget drivers and
their families that made the
four to five hour trip to Tallahassee.
almost impossible task of
racing on a smooth, slick
concrete surface. The idea
was to put on a show by
passing and being passed.
As the event went on and
more rubber was laid
down, by the fourth and
final time out these drivers
knew what to do and put
on a great show.
about QMA and Region
13, let kids sit in their cars,
took pictures with the fans
and signed autographs on
programs, hats, tee shirts,
flags, and any thing they
could find.
With the crowd seated for
the second night of Monster Truck excitement, a
mix of Heavy and Light GX
Saturday started off early 160 drivers went out for
with the Thunder National the final night show. After
Monster Jam Pit Party. All formal introductions of
drivers participating in this those drivers participating,
event were available for
the eight cars went out for
autographs, answered
their first race. The surface
questions and let specta- was still very slick and the
Friday night Light GX 160 tors sit in the cars. Our
cars had trouble hooking
drivers Cole Bigham, Matt quarter midget drivers
up on the smooth surface.
McGillivray, Mandy Sulliwere among this group.
This led to some spinouts,
vant, Alex and Anthony
Heavy GX 160 drivers
banging and bumping. The
Pelican were introduced
Cory Stoekel, Brittany
crowed got into the racing
individually under the
Frosh, Amanda Ferguson, and applauded and
bright arena spot lights in Chris Sullivant, Austin
screamed their support for
front of a crowed of 10,000 Howell, along with Chrisour drivers.
people. All five put on a
tian and Caleb McGillivray
fantastic show in-between joined the group from the This was a wonderful exthe Monster Truck sesday before. With all their
perience for our drivers
sions and the Quad ATV
cars lined up and driver
and a great chance to prorace teams. The five exsuits on they passed out
mote quarter midget racing
perienced drivers had an
flyers with information
in Region 13. We were
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surprised and grateful for
the generous donation of
$500 the sponsors gave to
Region 13. This will be
added to the Region 13 account so we can further promote quarter midgets
throughout Florida. We
thank USHRA and Clear
Channel Entertainment for
this opportunity.
By Terri Sullivant, Region 13
Publicity Director
Quarter Reporter
MIKE STREICHER IS A PROUD HOOSIER DADDY
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Eight year old Richie Streicher has some history.
big tire tracks to fill; Hoosier tire tracks.
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and a namesake who ranks as one of the
best USAC drivers ever. Mike Streicher
and the late Rich Vogler serve as a legacy
like few other quarter midget drivers and
Richie is just a little guy who loves to race.
As the 1991 United States Auto Club National Midget Champion, the elder Streicher
has now turned his car building prowess to
quarter midgets. With several quarterscaled cars in use throughout the Midwest,
his happiest customer recently might just be
his son. That joy was innately evident November 20 at the season-opening Columbus
Indoor WinterNational event in Columbus,
OH. Streicher dominated the 32 car field
winning his Heat and Feature event. Yes
the youngster drove one of the best races of
his two year career, and yes, it was the fabrication abilities of his dad that helped him
carry the checkered flag but there was
more. The proud papa had bolted the brand
new Hoosier D-20 quarter midget tires on
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Submitted by
Shellie Amerjan
Region 11 Secretary
should be. Many have
donated land and labor
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rain all weekend at the Carlo what many of these founPagetto Memorial Race. This ders believed in. They
race, as well, as many other believed in a racing family
races around the country are and a commitment to the
held annually to honor those future of Quarter Midgets.
individuals who had a vision
Their beliefs of sportsmanof what Quarter Midgets
ship, leadership, and re-
sponsibility are ideals we
all want to instill our kids.
So the next time you are
signing in at a memorial
race, think about the past
and then plan for the future
of Quarter Midgets. Your
assistance now is needed
to reach the future and I do
believe we all have the
same love for the sport as
did these founders and
stewards of Quarter
Midget racing.
Galante Memorial Race
March 18-20, 2005
Publicity
February has been a busy month
with the national meeting and being a short month, sorry I have did
not get this posted sooner, but due
to travel time with my job and getting the flu the month got away
from me. I also did not get much
submitted to me this month; just
mark your calendars to send me
articles, notices and whatnots by
the 15th of each month and I will
get it in the QR. I would also like
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I am very excited to let you know
that the judging video is no longer
an idea, it will be done and out this
summer. Mark Lloyd and Jim
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Muck have put a lot of time and
energy into getting this off the
ground and I want to THANK both
of them. I came on board with this
at the national meeting and they
had most of the work done. This
will be a great tool for QMA, as I
have more information I will let
you know.
We are looking at having the QR
back in print and have one bid that
has come in but I would like to get
a few more, so if you know anyone
that is in the printing business
please forward me the information
([email protected])
and I will contact them. Once I
have the bids, I can let people
know about advertising.
Quarter Reporter
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!
Although millions of people do business over the
Internet daily, it's still important that you take steps to
protect yourself. We receive many reports and complaints from QMA members of Internet and email
scams. The Internet is a unique technology with the
potential for many types of fraud. As a result, scam
artists are constantly trying to create new e-schemes
to take your money or identity.
The Internet is essentially an open means of communication, so it's important that private and confidential
information, such as credit card numbers and personal financial data, remains private during Internet
transactions. It is also an easy place to disguise ones
real identity, so it's essential that you confirm who an
individual or entity is before conducting business with
them. Scammers have "spoofed" legitimate websites,
using a trusted company's real name or logo or a
name so similar as to deliberately cause confusion.
They then lure potential victims to give up confidential information such as credit card and social security
numbers. E-mail also allows countless people to be
"spammed" with fraudulent offers.
There are also scam artists which prowl Internet classified sites and respond to peoples' ads. They often
send overpayment and are from outside the country,
requesting the seller wire the difference to another
party. They use fake bank and cashiers checks that
ARE NOT VALID! Do not fall for this scam! It should
be obvious to most people that something is fishy
when someone sends you overpayment and wants
you to wire the money to another country. Nonetheless, some people are foolish enough to fall for this
ridiculous scheme. Remember, if it sounds too good
to be true or doesn't make sense, there's a 99.9%
chance it probably isn't legitimate. Use your common
sense and don't let your sense of greed or naivety
cost you!
Beware of anyone "representing a client".
Beware of any buyers from a foreign country who
want to wire you money.
Beware of anyone who does not ask you specific
questions about your vehicle.
Beware of anyone who speak with you on the
phone through a operator-assisted relay call
(Normally used for deaf or mute people)
One basic method to follow is this: If any deal requires you to send the buyer money, it is a scam.
Recommended Precautions:
Do business with financial institutions and merchants you know and trust.
Be suspicious of web sites that don't allow you to
easily verify a company's identity and legitimacy by
clearly providing a physical address, telephone number and email address.
Never give out your account passwords - even to
persons claiming to be from your on-line service. If
your passwords fall into the wrong hands, you may
find your account billed with unexpected, expensive
charges.
Before completing a purchase or financial transaction, be sure that the web site you're visiting supports secure transactions. Your browser should
clearly indicate when you link to a secure location.
Look for a URL that begins with https:// and a
browser icon displaying either an unbroken key or a
closed lock.
Be cautious with short-term "free trials." They
may simply be a ruse to obtain your credit card number and other personal information. Be very skeptical
of unsolicited "get-rich-quick" e-mail opportunities.
Don't send sensitive financial information, such
as credit card numbers, via e-mail.
Never click on the "remove" link at the bottom of
spam emails. It only lets them know your address is
valid. You will get more spam if you do this.
Don't post your personal email address on a website.
This is an invitation to spammers. Spammers and the
people who sell spamming as a business have software that "harvests" email addresses from the Internet.
Lastly, here are some tips that you can convey to
your child so that his or her surfing on the web will be
safe:
Advise your child never to give out your password on the net.
Tell your child to not give out any personal information without your consent. This would include his
or her name, phone number, address, email address,
school name and any other personal and confidential
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information.
Inform your child how personal information can
be unconsciously disclosed such as when he or
she joins an online club, enters an online contest or
quiz, completes an online survey or questionnaire,
responds to spam, posts a message on a newsgroup or bulletin board or completes a website
guest book.
Advise your child to stay away from undesirable sites which could contain sexually explicit material.
Let them know that there are people on the net
who try to sexually exploit children and who might
try to contact them at chat rooms or other sites. To
ensure your child's safety, keep the computer in a
room open to everyone where everyone can see
the monitor. Have your child use a gender neutral
user name. Girls tend to get more attention than
others on the net.
Travel with your kids on the net and pick out
with your child, sites that are safe for the kids to
visit.
Talk to your child about the net. Discuss what
they want to get out of it, what they want to do and
what to watch out for.
Finally, purchase software filters that allow you to
restrict their visits to appropriate sites and filters
that can control the type of email you get.
Art Davis
webmaster -- Quarter Midgets of America
Get Well Soon!!!!!!
Jacquie Franklin
Your in our thoughts
and prayers.
The QMA Family
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