by Holly Johnson | Oct 7, 2025 | News
Present: Justin Medler, Robby Rosselli, Kelly Duchsherer, Scott Joern, Rick Huber & Wayne Johnson. Meeting called to order at 7:15pm.
Not Present: Holly Johnson
Guests: None
Minutes: The September 23, 2025 meeting minutes were presented and motioned with second to accept as written. All in favor. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s Report: The Treasurer’s Report was presented for discussion and review. Certificate Matured at Dacotah Bank and those funds were transferred to Bravera Bank Checking. Motion with second to approve/pay the bills. All in favor. Motion carried.
Old Business:
- INEX Legends Dirt Nationals & IMCA Stock Cars (Oct 9-11, 2025)
- Advertising – Kelly will get some posts scheduled on Facebook. We need to advertise the purse for the stock cars.
- Legend Nation will be doing the broadcasting instead of DARNTV for the event. Nodak will not make any profit from Legend Nation.
- Misc. – Carousel Pub will be used for concessions and restrooms, the north side of the underneath will be closed off. Painting lines in the pits on Monday night
- End of Year Awards Banquet & Elections (Oct 25-26, 2025)
- Banquet Outline – Robby will work on.
- Poster for Banquet – Scott will talk to Jay Simes to make a banquet poster
- Advertising – Kelly will get some posts scheduled on Facebook.
- 2026 Race Schedule
- Updates – None at this time
- Miscellaneous:
- Articles of Incorporation/By-Laws
- Update letter from Remington Kostenko. Discussion was had regarding potential changes to the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws. Justin will talk to Remington and have him attend the next board meeting.
New Business:
- Financial Statement Audit – Kelly found a CPA to do a financial statement audit. The fee will be between $300-$500 depending on the time it takes. The audit will be done in November or December once all the bills are paid. Motion with second to approve having the audit done. All in favor. Motion carried.
- Equipment – Orange and white tractor needs to be taken to Northern Auction in October with no reserve. Motion with second was made to approve taking the tractors to auction. All in favor. Motion carried. We need to invest or look for a rental of a newer tractor similar to the Case Tractor over the winter. We also will be on the lookout for another big wheels truck.
Next Meeting: The next board meeting will be on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 7:00pm at Staybridge Suites.
Meeting Adjournment: Motion with second to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:17pm.
Minutes Recorded by Kelly Duchsherer.
by Holly Johnson | Oct 7, 2025 | News
Present: Justin Medler, Robby Rosselli, Holly Johnson, Kelly Duchsherer, Scott Joern, & Wayne Johnson. Meeting called to order at 6:59pm.
Not Present: Rick Huber
Guests: Tiffany Aho & Roy Miller
Minutes: The September 9, 2025 meeting minutes were presented and motioned to accept as written with second. All in favor. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s Report: The Treasurer’s Report was presented for discussion and review. NDSF Rental bill received but is incorrect. There are 178 items outstanding. Motion with second to approve/pay the bills. All in favor. Motion carried.
Old Business:
- INEX Legends Dirt Nationals & IMCA Stock Cars (Oct 9-11, 2025)
- Order of Events was discussed.
- Stock Cars will be NON-SANCTIONED, but run IMCA Rules.
- Legend Payouts – payout to 24th place
- End of Year Awards Banquet & Elections (Oct 25-26, 2025)
- Continue to pursue silent auction items and donations.
- Have 2 tables selling entry, with wristbands.
- Scott Joern will be in charge of table covers.
- 2026 Race Schedule
- Sport Compacts need to have more cars week-to-week next year for Nodak to continue to support the class. Ideally, there should be 15 cars on a weekly race night.
- Proposed 2026 race schedule was reviewed and updated. Supporting classes during August All-Stars was discussed.
- Miscellaneous:
- Articles of Incorporation/By-Laws
- Unanimous approval by Board of Directors to hire Remington Kostenko via text on 9/11/2025.
- Tiffany Aho’s lawyer, Ashley Beale, recommended to change the $100,000 amount in the Articles. The amount includes all assets (tshirts, equipment, trailers) owned by the Race Club.
- Profit vs. non-profit status: businesses cannot write off any monetary amount as we are not 501(c)3, and we actually tell sponsors to write it off as advertising expense. It would make sense for the Nodak Speedway Hall of Fame to become a 501(c)3.
- Remington Kostenko recommended a 5-7 person Board of Directors.
- Track Equipment was discussed as well as needed repairs.
New Business:
- Maturing CD (9/26/2025) at Dacotah Bank – move to Bravera Bank. Kelly will speak to our accountant to give a ballpark figure for tax expenses coming up, and will call to check on rates to get another CD and increase amount for a 6-month term.
Next Meeting: The next board meeting will be on Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 7:00pm at Staybridge Suites.
Meeting Adjournment: Motion with second to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:05pm.
by Holly Johnson | Sep 23, 2025 | News
Present: Justin Medler, Robby Rosselli, Holly Johnson, Kelly Duchsherer, Rick Huber, & Wayne Johnson. Meeting called to order at 6:58pm.
Not Present: Scott Joern
Guests: Tiffany Aho, Roy Miller
Minutes: The August 25, 2025 meeting minutes were presented and motioned with second to accept as written. All in favor. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s Report: The Treasurer’s Report was presented for discussion and review. Motion with second to approve/pay the bills. All in favor. Motion carried.
Race Weekend Recap: Overall, Motor Magic seemed to be a success.
Old Business:
- 2025 Sponsorships have all been paid.
- INEX Legends Dirt Nationals & IMCA Stock Cars (Oct 9-11, 2025)
- Vendor space availability (question was emailed) discussed.
- Trophies ordered through Brittany Beck with Lowe’s Printing.
- Reserved pit stalls graphic was finalized before releasing.
- Order of Events was discussed.
- Driver Registration was discussed and went active during the course of the meeting.
- End of Year Awards Banquet & Elections (Oct 25-26, 2025)
- There will be an after party at The Landing.
- Kristi Rosselli will be the emcee.
- Scott Lovejoy will do a slideshow of action shots from 2025 season
- Social at 5pm-6pm, Dinner at 6pm-7pm
- Room at Fair Center – FFA Hall (same as last year)
- Ticket prices for the banquet were set.
- HOF Induction Ceremony specifics
- Slideshow: HOF during induction portion (Kadi Ruby to create)
- Kadi Ruby requested approval to purchase jackets, trophies and lifetime card for HOF Induction Ceremony. All Board of Directors in unanimous agreement to purchase items.
- The Board was in unanimous agreement to spend $1000 at Wal-Mart for on items for Kids Zone.
- Silent Auction items – spreadsheet in the Google Drive to track items donated, by whom, business name, approx. value
- Holly to make a flyer for banquet – include Kid Zone and Qdoba for catering
New Business:
- Tracy Summers membership approval was granted via text on 8/11/2025 with yes vote given by all Board members.
- Kadi Ruby fine for $250.00 for pitcrew entering racing surface on 8/30/2025. Voting via text message on 8/31/2025, 5 Board Members indicated Yes, 1 abstained.
- Guest: Tiffany Aho & Roy Miller
- Articles of Incorporation provided, indicating that the Nodak Race Club is a Nonprofit Corporation in North Dakota.
- Two board positions were eliminated in 2016/2017 when two Board members quit at a regular meeting; however, it can not be determined if proper procedure was followed to eliminate them.
- Request made to revert back to original Articles of Incorporation, as well as align the By-laws to match. Tiffany and Roy indicated they would support/assist with revising the Articles of Incorporation, to submit 10 days in advance before the general election meeting on October 26th.
- 2026 Nodak Speedway Schedule was discussed. Discussion about moving toward more electronic ticket sales in 2026, including getting scanners for MyRacePass ticket takers to use in the grandstand and pit trailer.
- There are promoters in upper level, national racing series contacting the Club to put on specials at Nodak Speedway.
Next Meeting: The next board meeting will be on Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 7:00pm at Smalls Racing HQ.
Meeting Adjournment: Motion with second to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:57pm.
by Holly Johnson | Sep 23, 2025 | News
Present: Justin Medler, Robby Rosselli, Holly Johnson, Rick Huber, Scott Joern, & Wayne Johnson. Kelly Duchsherer attended via phone. Meeting called to order at 7:02pm.
Guests: None
Minutes: The July 22, 2025 meeting minutes were presented and motioned to accept as written with second. All in favor. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s Report: The Treasurer’s Report was presented for discussion and review.
- RDO bill was received by Kelly today.
- Gravel delivery charge still needs to be ran.
Motion with second by to approve/pay the bills. All in favor. Motion carried.
Race Weekend Recap:
- Nothing specific was discussed.
Old Business:
- Outstanding 2025 Sponsorships was discussed.
- Motor Magic (August 29-31, 2025)
- Too Dark Designs doing on demand printing under the Grandstand.
- Draw/Redraw was discussed. Automatic redraw through MRP was discussed, and some people complain about doing it that way.
- Draw pill at pit trailer at check in. Two chances at pill redraw can be made by each driver for $10/each.
- Top 8 redraw for feature. Scott will do poker chips redraw, likely in the tech area.
- No tech inspectors this weekend to save money.
- Pitman’s race Friday and Saturday – received $2500.00 to hold race. Saturday is tentative. Try to find out if pitcrew guys will be racing at the pit trailer when they sign in.
- Compacts – have some additional sponsors that will bring cash to add to payouts as well as a specific additional amount for hard charger cash. Message received on Facebook about Sport Compacts and if they could run their car from another sanctioning body. Motor Magic is non-sanctioned but IMCA rules apply.
- Motor Magic item amounts in Square were reviewed.
- Local driver approached 3 Board members on Sunday at the races and requested to run all 4 classes. Discussion occurred about historical running of cross classes. IMCA rules apply. He can run one open wheel and one fendered class.
- Fedyk Family spoke with Robby. They will get an announcer read to Rick Huber and Jen Rivinius said she will read it. They will hang a banner on Saturday as well off of the catwalk.
- Joren Boyce requested that a parade lap in memory of Butch Boyce occur on HOF Night (Saturday).
- Tractors in front of grandstand from Gooseneck.
- Touch-A-Truck event on Saturday (arrive at 11am, 12pm-3pm) of Motor Magic. Scott will contact Mason, and if not then Wayne will ask Tex with the Rural Fire Department. Justin will ask Fluffy for a Concrete Mobil cement truck.
- INEX Legends Winter Nationals & NOSA Sprints (Oct 9-11, 2025)
- Reserve pit stalls – release next week
- Supporting local class will be IMCA Stock Cars with normal purse. Board of Directors in unanimous agreement.
- Brittany Beck – Justin talked to her last week and she will put an Order of Events together. Projected expenses and payouts were reviewed.
- Practice Thursday, October 9th will be open to anyone.
- End of Year Awards Banquet & Elections (Oct 25-26, 2025)
- Consider bringing in an entertainer or someone big for the banquet (Dueling Pianos or Ron Hornaday), or have an after party at The Landing.
- Miscellaneous
- Check from NDSF Demo Derby received on 8/17/2025.
- Robby will get MarketPlace Foods gift cards this week to hand them out at the end of the season.
- All track equipment appears to be in good working order. The door handle on Big Wheels needs to be fixed at the end of the year.
New Business:
- 2026 Grandstand Tickets donated to Underwood School – 10 Adult tickets & 20 Children’s tickets
- Scott will order 2026 tickets ordered from Lowe’s
- Shirts – slogan shirts quote from Center Point $1065.00 with Nodak logo on front and slogan on back.
- Discussion occurred about WOO Duel in Dakotas that occurred this past weekend.
- Discussion occurred about Holly’s post on Facebook on 8/24.
Executive Session: Executive Session motioned with second with Holly Johnson not present at 8:47pm. The Executive Session ended at 8:59pm.
Next Meeting: The date and time of next board meeting was not discussed.
Meeting Adjournment: Motion with second to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:00pm.
by Holly Johnson | Aug 27, 2025 | News
Present: Justin Medler, Robby Rosselli, Kelly Duchsherer, Holly Johnson, Rick Huber, Scott Joern, & Wayne Johnson. Meeting called to order at 7:01pm.
Guests: JB Schwartz, Chris Tuchsherer arrived at 7:10pm
Minutes: The July 22, 2025 meeting minutes were presented and motioned with second to accept as written. All in favor. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s Report: The Treasurer’s Report was presented for discussion and review. Motion with second to approve/pay the bills. All in favor. Motion carried.
Race Weekend Recap:
- NDSF Demo Derby
- Unnecessary to sit in the pit trailer at 8am.
- NDSF Demo Derby – Sam told Holly on 8/3 that he forgot the check but would bring it to the next weekend’s races.
- Ole Olson Memorial Stock Car Race
- Issues with scoring loop was discussed. May need to consider getting an old Decoder, because that is the only thing that has changed between last year and this year. However, the scoring loop was put in on Sunday morning, but apparently there was these same issues the first half of the season.
- Complaint about the tech inspectors docking 2 spots for nose being an inch too low and they also told all the B&B chassis cars that their spring location on the rear ends were in the wrong location. Complaints from Sport Compact drivers about our tech inspectors getting talked out of teching certain components. JB Scwartz clarified that that deal was specific to them wanting to pull cam shafts, not just wanting to pull valve covers.
- The wrong call was made calling the caution on Tuchsherer when it should have been called for debris on the track.
- Justin told Holly she cannot be on radios in the pits anymore.
- Race Director Trial – Scott will not be available on 8/10 due to Papa’s Powerwheels Race that same night. Overall, everyone was happy with how Trever Haas performed.
Old Business:
- 2025 Sponsorships: Outstanding sponsorships were discussed.
- All-Stars of August $4K to Win Series
- Format decided at 7-15-2025 meeting:
- Pill redraw for the special class.
- 30 laps mods and stocks, 25 sportmods and hobbies
- 10 lap heats, even number of heat races, 12 car starts
- Redraw (heat race winners + top 4 passing points)
- 15 lap B-mains
- 24 start feature, no payout if you don’t start.
- Format changed to 40 laps.
- Redraws for Features (Holly responsible):
- Sportmods – mini door panels
- Mods – #14s
- Hobby Stocks – diecast cars
- Speed/radar sign from Vision Zero – Justin indicated he would talk to Molly
- John Gaule’s sportmod to display on 8/10 – Fan Zone, hopefully have it as a pacecar.
- INEX Legends Winter Nationals & NOSA Sprints (Oct 9-11, 2025)
- Reserve pit stalls – sell pit stalls for $100/each for the weekend for Legends only. Add 5 spots in far SE corner.
- NOSA Sprints have backed out of being the support class due to too many drivers wrapped up in sugar beet harvest.
- Miscellaneous
- Awaiting payment of Heavy Hitch rented by Williston Basin.
- DCMT online tshirt sales – all have been delivered
New Business:
- Too Dark Design wondering about T-shirts at Motor Magic with percentage of total sales to the Club. Unanimous agreement for her to do this.
- Beau & Holly grilling for volunteers on 8/10 around 4-5pm.
- Discussion occurred about the content posted on the website for Meeting Minutes info.
- Super Nationals credentials were discussed. We have 2 allowed, holders cannot be racing in the event. Decided on who would be getting them occurred.
- Motion with second to give Chris Anderson 30 flex tickets to continue Fan Zone. All members in unanimous agreement.
- VISA gift card to Josh Edwardson as a thank you for all his help this year. Robby will work on getting gift cards for all other volunteers.
- Consider bringing in an entertainer or someone big for the banquet (Dueling Pianos or Ron Hornaday), or have an after party.
Next Meeting: The next board meeting will be on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 7:00pm at Staybridge Suites.
Meeting Adjournment: Motion with second to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:43pm.
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