The Arizona Automobile Hobbyist Council No Toll Road`s Rally at

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Volume 39, Issue 4 July - August 2012
The Arizona Automobile
Hobbyist Council
Our battle cry is:
UNITED WE DRIVE, DIVIDED WE PARK!!
Join the A.A.H.C. today!
Next Public Meeting
September 4th at 7PM at Sanderson Ford Truck Center
5300 NW Grand Avenue, Phoenix, AZ
The AAHC is taking a strong stand against Toll Roads in AZ
No Toll Road's Rally at State Capital
NO TOLL ROADS IN AZ
FREE ROADS FOR FREE PEOPLE
No Toll Road's Rally being held at the Az State Capitol in January.
This Rally is to bring people from all over Arizona together to show our elected officials that the driving
public does not want ANY toll roads in our state.
We already pay 18 cents per gallon Az gas tax, (plus a Federal gas tax of 18.4 cents more,) all meant for
highway use. So despite what our lawmakers are now saying, there was always plenty of money coming
in to maintain our highways and build new roads in Arizona.
The Az State Legislature needs to leave our States gas tax money alone. Just in the last year they took
$1.4 Billion of our States gas tax money to balance their budget. Then they turn around and complain
that there isn't any money available to maintain or build roads in Arizona. Go figure?
All concerned citizens are invited to attend these planning meetings and we welcome people from the
motorcycle rights groups, transportation industry, civic groups or anyone just concerned about adding
huge new taxes to our economy through tolling scheme's.
So stand-up Arizona. It's united we drive and divided were taxed at the pump AND tolled on the road.
We need to stand together and firmly tell our State Lawmakers that Arizona's motorists are not mobile
revenue source's.
VISIT US ON THE WEB AT: www.ArizonaAutomobileHobbyistCouncil.com
July/August 2012
New AZ Laws of Interest to Vehicle Hobbyists
2012 AZ Legislative Session Wrap-Up
By Bill Gilmore AAHC Legislative Liaison
Arizona’s 50th Legislature’s 2nd Regular Session for
Az House Bill 2491 or HB2651. Reference Title;
2012 adjourned in early May and below is a summary of
Road enhancement improvement districts.
several bill’s that were passed into law that are of special
HB2651 allows an AZ County to form a “Road Enhanceinterest and importance to Arizona’s motorist’s and vehiment District” which will be another layer of bureaucracy
cle hobbyist’s alike. For more details on any of these law’s
who will be allowed to enhance roads to “less” than
go to the Az State Legislatures website at: www.azleg.gov.
a County’s standards instead of just “to” or “above” a
County’s standards. *(Is having a new taxing authority
better than having “unenhanced” rural roads? Or, maybe
Emissions testing; motorcycles; extension.
it opens the door for toll roads in rural areas? Hmm?)
HB 2073 extended the EPA’s expiration date for the motorcycle emission test exemption request from Arizona for
Area ‘A’ (Phoenix) and gives the EPA two more years to
Module mover vehicles. HB2491 started out as a techapprove it until 7-1-14.
nical correction bill regarding Agricultural Enhancement Districts, but after a “strike-all” amendment it was
Motorcycle emission testing in Area A was first exchanged to expand the power and privileges of toll road
empted from e-testing in 2008 with HB 2280, and the
companies who wish to operate in Arizona. *(Notice the
deadline for EPA approval was extended again in 2010
language coincidence in the above HB2651?)
with HB 2033. The exemption is based on the premise
that e-testing motorcycles in Area A does not provide any
Although there are no toll roads “yet” in Arizona,
significant air quality benefits.
HB2491 grants toll road companies access to MVD
records and establishes regulations for toll collection and
* Updated info on last year’s AAHC supported
enforcement under the authority of ADOT as another PubAZ Senate Bill 1324 or SB1324. Reference Title;
lic Private Partnership (P3). It also allows ADOT to host
Vehicle Emission Testing; Older Vehicles.
only 1 public hearing to receive comments on new user
SB1324 will allow all vehicles 1974 and older to become
charges, tolls etc.
exempt from e-testing passed into law and was signed by
HB2491 will allow ADOT to order the MVD to susthe Governor back on 4-18-11.
pend your driver’s license and vehicle registration to help
the toll road companies collect 4 or more unpaid tolls if
Currently we are still waiting for the EPA to sign-off on
your 45 days late in paying them. It also allows for the imour AZDEQ’s adjusted air quality State Implementation
pounding
of Az vehicles that have 4 or more unpaid tolls
Plan or SIP. It may take at least 2 years to be approved,
and orders the MVD to refuse to renew a vehicles registraor possibly more, like the above motorcycle emission test
tion if it is in violation of toll evasion.
exemption request.
*(In the last year State Legislators took $1.4 Billion of
This exemption was also based on the premise that
our States gas tax money to balance their budget. Then
they turn around and complain that there isn't any money
e-testing vehicles 1974 and older does not provide any
available to maintain or build roads so we will need toll
significant air quality benefits.
roads in Arizona. Go figure?)
Once approved by the EPA, the AAHC will spread the
word to Arizona’s car clubs and vehicle collectors to stop
e-testing 1974 and older vehicles.
Meeting at Mel Martins’s Museum April 2012
Photos by George Walker
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AAHC Urgent Alert
Help Keep Speedwold Raceway Park Open
By AAHC Legislative Liaison Bill Gilmore
The Arizona Automobile Hobbyist Council requests
that you please read this article, and if you agree, go to
the link to sign the electronic-petition to help keep Speedworld Raceway Park open while they work out a solution
with Maricopa County officials.
Speedworld has been an Arizona motorsports icon for
more than 50 years, and it is now in jeopardy of being shut
down by Maricopa County over minor violations, some of
which were made more than 20 years ago.
Maricopa County has accused Speedworld Park of being in non-compliance with various grading and drainage
requirements, and also alleges use-permit violations that
occurred long before the current owner Dan Mathews took
over the business.
Speedworld is not trying to avoid coming into compliance with the County's requests, they are only asking to be
able to keep their doors open while the changes are being
made.
The AAHC is asking that all of Arizona's vehicle clubs,
along with both 2 and 4 wheeled vehicle hobbyists and
BMX bicycle riders to join in with Speedworld's customers, (drag-racers, moto-cross riders, BMXer's, ATV and
off-road racers,) to raise Maricopa County Supervisors
awareness on what this track means to Arizona and to all
sorts of motorsports fans across the country.
- Every year millions of dollars are spent in Maricopa
County by racers and fans who visit Speedworld Raceway
Park. Speedworld creates jobs and helps keep our economy moving in many ways.
- Speedworld Parks multiple tracks and racing venues
have also saved countless lives over the years by providing street racers with a safe low-cost drag-strip to run their
cars on instead of using dangerous rural roads.
Roads that Maricopa County says it can't afford to
maintain to Federal standards, but Maricopa County won't
shut down these dangerous roads until they can be brought
into compliance. (Hmmm???)
- Speedworld Park has also helped to protect our desert
environment by providing several different styles of tracks
for moto-cross riders, BMXer's, ATV and off-road racers to affordably use instead of having them tear-up the
County's out-lying desert areas.
When you really think about it, Speedworld Raceway
Park is actually way more of a life-saving safety and environmental asset to Maricopa County then a dust pollution
hazard.
So don't let Arizona's longest running motorsports park
be shut down over minor issues that can easily be resolved
by Maricopa County and Speedworld Raceway Park
working together.
Help stop the closing of Speedworld Raceway Park
while Speedworld works towards meeting Maricopa
County zoning and planning compliance requirements.
Please sign this electronic petition. On your computer, or
smartphone with internet access, type in the below link to
open the petition. It will take you less than 2 minutes to
fill out the simple petition and you will be helping to save
this wonderful Arizona icon.
http://signon.org/sign/keep-speedworldraceway?source=s.fwd&r_by=531986
Also, please pass this petition link along to everyone
you can think of to sign this electronic petition as Speedworld needs ten thousand signatures to present to the
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to persuade them
to apply the brakes to the County bureaucrat's plans to
shut down Speedworld over minor issues because "it's
united we ride and drive and divided we park."
Cruise on Central AAHC Booth
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Meeting at Mel Martins’s Museum April 2012
Photos by George Walker
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Even the Arizona Republic Editorial Board published a sarcastic feature editorial in favor of keeping Speedworld open while they
work out their differences with Maricopa County's bureaucrat's. Read it below;
The Arizona Republic Newspaper
The Issue: Racetrack Woes
Note to County: Dirt Tracks Have Dirt
By the Arizona Republic Editorial Board
It would seem that, by definition, a motocross track (a facility upon which "dirt" bikes race) would need to push some
"dirt" around from time to time. To build "dirt" racetracks. For "dirt" bikes. And off-road vehicles. Which race around...
on "dirt".
The construction-permitting people at Maricopa County, however, are not high on residents pushing around un-permitted "dirt".
The operator of the Speedworld motocross track, a dirt-bike mecca in the Valley for over 50 years, must shut down his
family business until a complex log-jam over "proper" permits is ironed out, County officials say.
A large part of their problem with Speedworld owner Dan Matthews is that he pushes dirt around without first obtaining a permit. As Matthews told Az Republic reporter David Rokkhuyzen, this seems ridiculous: "If every time I have to
move dirt, (before and after every race), I had to get a permit, I couldn't run my business."
The County has a duty to ensure businesses operating within the law. But does it really need to shut down businesses to
accomplish that? The County is not clean of hands in its conflict. It lost the original 1961 site plans, so it permitted a 2009
Speedworld expansion based on a 2006 plan. Then, it found the 1961 plan and rescinded the deal. Are you seeing a rather
casual application of rules here?
It strikes us that motocross tracks likely create novel "square peg/round hole" pickles for County permit departments.
But the County at least should be flexible enough that it doesn't simply shut the joint down to save us from it.* (Responding to Speedworlds plight, AAHC Legislative Liaison Bill Gilmore editorialized that; "Shutting down this
iconic 50 year old motorsports park while they try to solve their minor zoning issues is like shutting down the Maricopa
County Board of Supervisors while they all try to solve their legal problems. It's just not fair to the citizens of Arizona.
KEEP THE PARK OPEN.")
The 2012 AAHC General Meeting Schedule
AAHC is in recess for the summer months and will resume meeting on:
September 4th 2012 back at Sanderson Ford where Sanderson’s owner Dave Kimmerle will open up his private car
museum to the AAHC members.
AAHC’s October 2nd meeting will be at Discover Classics in south Scottsdale
AAHC’s November 6th meeting at Sanderson Ford
AAHC’s December 4th 2012 meeting will be held at the Scottsdale International Auto Museum.
We hope all of you can make it out to these informative AAHC meetings in 2012.
The Sanderson Ford Truck Showroom is approximately 2 blocks
NW of Bethany Home Road and Grand Ave. Look for the Sanderson
Ford Truck Showroom which is on the east side of Grand Ave. At
the Sanderson Ford Truck Showroom, turn off of Grand onto 53rd
Avenue and immediately turn right at the gated guard shack into the
parking lot directly behind the truck dealership building. The AAHC
meeting is being held in a building entered from that parking lot.
Sanderson Ford’s web site is: www.sandersonford.com.
If you have any questions about the Tuesday night AAHC
meetings, or have any suggestions on where to hold upcoming
meetings or possible interesting automotive related guest
speakers, please call AAHC President Al Tracy at 623-2049172. Also be sure to regularly visit the AAHC web site at www.
ArizonaAutomobileHobbyistCouncil.com where the current
AAHC Newsletter is now posted online featuring a recap of this
years 2011 Arizona Legislative Session where the AAHC helped to
pass a new emission-test exemption law to exclude all vehicles 1974
and older from e-testing.
AAHC Board of Directors
President: Al Tracy - 623-204-9172
E-mail: [email protected]
Vice President & Newsletter Editor:
Bob Malott - 602-615-7072
[email protected]
Secretary: Tom Blessin - 480-888-6558
Treasurer: Art Downs - 602-237-8074
Larry Barker - 602-373-1456
[email protected]
ChuckBrewer-623-262-8529
Dave Laskowski - 602-740-2630
Ernie Shack - 480-219-1308
Paul Tillwach - 602-505-8341
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VISIT US ON THE WEB AT: www.ArizonaAutobobileHobbyistCouncil.com
July/August 2012
Mopar-Mania is still running wild!!!
By Frank Insana Jr.
Glendale, AZ – June 9, 2012- 16 club members brought their mighty Mopars out to the Mixteca/K-Mart Car Show at
67th & Bell, finishing off the last of six cruise-ins for the Mopars Unlimited of Arizona Car Club. Six other Mopars joined
our club members, filling up an area of 22 spaces. The walk thru traffic was terrific, with many dozens of people stopping
to look at the group of Mopars parked together. A drawing was held on the club’s July 5th meeting to determine which
members will receive $150/$100/$50 Gas/Gift cards. Bob Malott won $150, Frank Insana Jr. won $100 and Mike Wolf
won $50. A special thanks to all that attended any of these six cruise-ins. The exposure has helped our club grow and at
the same time gave us six more reasons to drive our cars around and meet some good people along the way.
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Celebrating Wendy’s 1st Anniversary in Anthem
Anthem, AZ – June 2, 2012- Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers celebrated their 1st anniversary in Anthem by hosting
a car show. Eight members of Mopars Unlimited of Arizona brought the cars to the town, despite the 106-degree Arizona
heat. Wendy’s served free meals to anyone that brought their classic vehicle and distributed mugs, balloons, Frisbees and
even some anniversary cake. By Frank Insana
Arrowhead Harley Party Car Show
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Mopars Cruise to Mesa River
By Frank Insana, Jr.
Mesa, AZ- On April 7th, 15 club members and 15 non-members cruised out to the Mesa Riverview car show. My car
(1973 Dodge Charger Rallye) was part of a four-car draft, including a 1973 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus (Mike Wolf),
1977 Chrysler Cordoba (Scott Fischer) and a 1971 Plymouth Road Runner (Frank Insana Sr.). It was pretty cool cruising
down the freeway having people in other cars rubber-necking to get a look at our four Mopars in a row. My Rallye car
took the Dobson exit and immediately lost its power steering. This caused me to miss the first turn into the parking area.
I journeyed down to the next light and turned my Tuff Wheel with big time force to make the turn. I proceeded to take a
ride through the parking lot past many fast food places, with the other three Mopars right behind me, wondering, “Where
is he going?” then suddenly my power steering came back. Just in time too, as it would’ve been difficult to maneuver
through other classic cars to get to our reserved places. A special thanks to everyone that attended this event and to Nancy
Perry Productions for reserving some “Primo” parking spots up front!
Mopars on the Mountain 2012
For Mopars on the Mountain cruise,
there were 16 cars in the caravan up to
Zeke’s for breakfast. Then off to the
car show, where we met with 5 more
club members that had come up on
their own. Fun was had by all. It was
a nice day with the temperature in the
low 80’s. Six of our members won trophys. After the show a few of us went
to a Red Robin restaurant before the
cruise home. By Bob Malott
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Photo’s by Bob Malott
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Mopars at the Strip 2012
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Yavapai County Car Show
It was another wonderful day in
Prescott, with the temperature in
the mid 80’s. Three members of the
AAHC and one member of MUOA
were asked to Judge the show. It was
really hard, since all of the cars were
really nice, After the show we went
to a Red Robin restaurant before the
cruise home. By Bob Malott
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No Toll Roads in Arizona Meeting
Photo’s by George Walker
3rd Annual National Collector
Car Appreciation Day at Mixteca
Photo’s by Mike Wolf
The rain almost scared me away as it was raining at my house at 4:30PM so I waited until 5:00PM.
The rain stopped but, the sky was still dark. I decided to leave the Road Runner in the garage and took
my dirty old dodge (78 Ramcharger) instead. I didn›t think many people would show up so, I was
surprised by the turnout. The lot was pretty well filled with all kinds of cars and trucks, including a good
showing of Mopars. It turned out to be a nice cool rain free evening and to top it off……I won the drawing for the gas card! See you at the next one! By Paul Sullivan
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