Midwest Off-Road Racing Elect Board of Directors

Appleton, WI (November 12, 2009) – The organizers of the Midwest Off-Road Racing (MORR) group met Wednesday evening, November 11, to elect a board of directors and continue to finalize the legal side of the organization. A group of twenty very committed off-road enthusiasts met also to clear up misconceptions about the mission of MORR.

The group worked to clarify the MORR Mission Statement. The result is the following:
Mission Statement
The goal of the Midwest Off Road Racing group is to insure affordable racing for the Midwest Sportsman Off Road Racer by uniting racers with a common voice. Maintaining affiliations with approved sanctioning bodies will allow the competitor and the enthusiast to enjoy off road racing now and in the future.

MORR is not creating another race series. In fact, the group is working with TORC to bring back affordable Sportsman racing. The initial talks between the two groups on this point are very promising.

As of November 11, 2009, TORC has posted the race dates for the four race weekends in the Upper Midwest. These are PRO and Sportsman events. MORR has also expressed the need for additional Sportsman racing in the Upper Midwest, and TORC is actively working to address that issue.

MORR is also in the very early discussion stages of additional Sportsman concerns, updates on these issues will be announced in the near future.

The other order of business was the election of the MORR Board of Directors. After eleven members were nominated, each candidate briefly voiced their qualifications and goals for the group. All candidates were highly qualified, but only seven could be elected.

The 2010 MORR Board of Directors
President – Dan Vanden Heuvel
Vice-President – Ross Hoek
Secretary – Mike Vanden Heuvel
Treasurer – Pat Flanagan
Directors at Large – Don Demeny
Geoff Dorr
Mike Reusche

All board members will be available for questions and comments at the TORC Midwest Sportsman Banquet on December 5, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

A general membership meeting to fully explain and discuss the mission of the Midwest Off-Road Racing group will be scheduled after the first of the year.

In the first ten days since the MORR website went live, 150 racers, team members, companies, and fans have added their support to the Midwest Off-Road Racing Mission If you haven’t already, show your MORR support and visit www.midwest-offroadracing.com/petition.htm .

If you have any questions or concerns about the Midwest Off-Road Racing group you can contact any board member via email:
Dan Vanden Heuvel – flydtmn77@aol.com
Ross Hoek – ross@rosshoek.com
Mike Vanden Heuvel – racermike177@aol.com
Pat Flanagan – pflanagan1@new.rr.com
Don Demeny – racing@bayland.net
Geoff Dorr – mgdorr86@hotmail.com
Mike Reusche – philsinc@ymail.com