The Election results for the NEQ Director position have been verified. All results come directly from the Election Buddy website (click here).

The new Director terms are for three years. Richard Asch, Art Mayhew and Dave Klock were the three elected by most votes.

Thank you to all those who participated in this new electronic voting. We received double the amount of votes we have had in any previous year.

Thanks also to all the Candidates who all offered their time and service to NEQ. Have a great holiday season!!

Election Results for NEQ Board of Directors Election 2012 (directly from the Election Buddy site):

Started at: December 09, 2012 12:00 PM
Finished at: December 16, 2012 11:59 PM
148 of 804 ballots cast.

Director

Richard Asch 73 votes - 17.0%
Art Mayhew 56 votes - 13.1%
Dave Klock 53 votes - 12.4%
Jeff Bennett 49 votes - 11.4%
Anthony Rivara 47 votes - 11.0%
Tom Mullane 40 votes - 9.3%
Candace Cuniberti 40 votes - 9.3%
Anthony Brown 39 votes - 9.1%
Pete DeSisto 14 votes - 3.3%
Dave Durrell 11 votes - 2.6%
Mark Thabet 7 votes - 1.6%

Do you approve of the new Bylaws?

Yes: 134 votes - 92.4%
No: 11 votes - 7.6%

NEQ’s new sponsor Stable Energies has done a brisk business in helmets and other track goodies. Supply’s are reduced now, don’t wait too long if you hope to get a particular helmet. If your helmet says 2000 on it, it is not valid for NEQ track days. NEQ has gone to the 2005/2010 standard. There is a lot more helmet info HERE.

An “M” rated helmet is currently not acceptable; it's actually a motorcycle helmet. An “SA” rated helmet is preferred. They are designed for very different impact criteria and only the SA is fire rated. Open faced helmets are not legal at New Jersey Motorsports Park. This is New Jersey state law. Read up HERE. It’s your head.

Your seat belts, if aftermarket, have expiration dates and so does the HAN’s device tether. Take a look. Discuss it with your favorite shop.

Having trouble hearing or hate the “lollipop” style earpiece you put up inside your helmet? You can have your helmet wired up for stereo speakers and a mic very easy. It is not that expensive either. Almost everyone out there is using a “Chatterbox” intercom. THIS UNIT probably looks very familiar. The Chatterbox intercoms have an NI-MH nickel battery. Old technology, cheap replacements though. These batteries have a memory. Do not give them a quick boost charge. They last best if left on until they are dead and then charged for eight hours. Let’s just say a quick charge hurts and so does a 24 hour charge. Run them way down and give them a big charge. The Chatterbox battery normally lasts in excess of eight full hours. Long time you instructors.

By now you surely have heard NEQ has partnered with America’s favorite tire shopping destination, , to bring you the most information, the best choices and the best pricing on new tire and accessories, right here from your NEQ website.

Clicking on the Tire Rack symbol above and to the right (under our sponsors), will take you to the very same Tire Rack site you have always seen. Your shopping remains the same, the price is the normal everyday great deal that you get from Tire Rack.

NEQ secured this affiliation for a few reasons. Our members buy a lot of tires obviously so having this link on our site is helpful to you. Probably the most important reason is that that as drivers who demand the most of their cars and themselves on the road and track we want to make well informed decisions. Tire Rack’s Tech Center is impressive and their surveys give you the knowledge and confidence to make your choice. Lastly, your business with Tire Rack- if you click through our link- will benefit NEQ through the commission process we have been selected for. Your purchase of anything from Tire Rack brings a commission to NEQ- at absolutely no upcharge to you- and is having a positive effect on the pricing we can provide to you for our events.