Overview
The Lucky Dog Racing Planning & Leadership Council was established in January 2005 to act as the governing body of the league. It assists the President in determining the best direction for the league and offers new ideas and suggestions.
Council Code
The Council currently consists of 9 members: The President, Vice-President and seven other council members. Each member has one vote each in most league matters. The President will only have 2 votes in matters where there needs to be action taken against another council member.
Meetings
Meetings will be held a couple times during the year in the league chatroom. Meetings will be based on other council member's schedules. Meetings can be scheduled by either the President or Vice President. During the meeting, issues will be brought to the table by different members. It will then be discussed and voted on by each member. A majority of the vote will count towards the resolution of the item. A meeting can only take place where there are at least 4 council members present. If there are only 4 members present, an issue must have an unanimous vote by all 4 to take effect. If not, the issue will be e-mailed to the other members and wait until it receives their vote.
President: The President is the founder, owner and operator of the league. He has his position for life. The President runs the league, maintains the website, regularly updates results, standings, stats, etc. The President accepts new members and handles any problems or questions members have, however some of the duties could be designated to the Vice President as well. Lou Demian assumed this role when he started the league in 2004.
Vice President: The Vice President acts as the President's advisor and assistant. He may be asked to handle some responsiblities, member issues, scheduling meetings, etc. He should oversee the three council members as well. Sometimes the Vice President may be asked to receive the weekly picks if the President is away for the weekend. The Vice President should have an overall knowledge of the entire league operation. The Vice President has his role for life, but can be voted out of office if any actions prove to be detrimental to the league. If such an action is necessary, there would be a hearing scheduled and the entire league would vote on the consequences. The Vice President is in charge of quality control for the website. Shawn Jackson served as Vice-President until September 2006. Matt Sealey was elected Vice President in November 2006 and served until July 2008. Stephen DiCaprio was elected Vice-President in July 2008 where he currently serves.
Council Members: The seven additional council members are designated to be the voice of the league members. They act as role models for all other members. They are encouraged to have their voices heard by posting on the bulletin board and offering new suggestions and ideas. They may occassionally reach out to other members to learn their take on certain issues. Their votes count as votes for all the other members. League members should talk to them to let them know how they feel about certain issues. Council Members have their office for life as well, however they can be voted out more easily. If the other members feel that one council member is not living up to his or her expectations or is doing things that are detrimental to the league, they can be voted out by the 8 other members. In this case a hearing could be scheduled and a vote would then be cast. In this case, the President's vote would count as two.
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COUNCIL MEMBERS
| PRESIDENT |
 | Lou Demian - Lou is the founder of Lucky Dog Racing. He's also the lead driver for Intimidator Racing. He started the league in February 2004. After having played several online leagues in the past, Lou decided to take the initiative and create his own league. He is dedicated to the league and only hopes to improve it each year. In addition to NASCAR, Lou also enjoys football, baseball and hockey. Lou and is wife Gwen were married in November 2004. He hopes to make Lucky Dog Racing one of the best leagues out there and is always looking for new ideas and suggestions to improve it.
E-mail: ldemian@comcast.net
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| VICE-PRESIDENT |
 | Stephen DiCaprio - Stephen has been married to his wifeSue since 2005. They have a daughter, Hannah, who is 1 years old. He is a huge Bobby Labonte fan, as well as Jason Leffler of course. He also likes to follow Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick and Greg Biffle. He Started watching NASCAR in 1984-85, when he was 6. He was a DW fan for a number of years and then Ernie Irvan. He's also a huge fan of all sports and fantasy sports. Stephen's savorite teams are the Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots and Boston Celtics. Stephen joined the league in 2005. He started out in the Busch series and eventually made his way up to the Cup series for the final 4 races of the year. Stephen took over as Vice-President in July 2008 after Matt Sealey stepped down. He also feels that his team, Racing Traditions, Inc. is the best team ever.
E-mail: Steve9279@yahoo.com
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| COUNCIL MEMBER |
 | Matt Sealey - Matt is the owner of Racing Traditions, Inc. and obviously is big fan of Little 'E'. He joined the league just after initial formation and still managed to crack the top ten in standings despite not racing in the first five races. He manages to steal some time from his lovely lady, Laura and his son Sage to come and compete in this and many other fantasy leagues. His favorite teams in each sport are: Budweiser '8' crew, Carolina Panthers, L.A. Lakers, Atlanta Braves, and college is a toss-up, Florida State and University of South Carolina. He also welcomes any questions that he may be able to help with that President can not immediately take care of.
E-mail: sinsightful@sbcglobal.net
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| COUNCIL MEMBER |
 | Nathan Helton - Nathan is the owner and driver of Helton Motorsports in the Nationwide and Truck series, and runs with Racing Traditions, Inc. in the Cup series. His favorite sports are NASCAR and NFL. He is married and has 4 children. He enjoys Fantasy Sports, Playing par 3 golf with his son Austin, and watching his son Reid play T-Ball. Nathan says "If theres anything I can help with please ask, I will do my best to help". Nathan joined the Cup league in September 2005 after spendng several months in the Busch league.
E-mail: Chelton8@comcast.net
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 | John Sherman - John is the owner and driver of Mafia Motorsports. He Followed the 3 car and the 12 with Mayfield and stuck with it when Newman came aboard. John is married to Ginny who is a big 88 fan.
He has three children and 5 grandchildren. He guess he represent the old timers in the league. His interest in racing started with go-carts and moved to the short
1/8 mile track. He switched to F1 when in the service in England but back to NASCAR after that. John also follows the Red Sox and Patriots. He enjoys the Forum and look forward to chatting with members there. John joined the league in March 2004.
E-mail: bumpandgoracing@yahoo.com
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 | Marty Fleissner - Marty Fleissner is the lead driver for YatesFan. Marty was elected to the council in November 2006. Maybe someday Marty will submit his bio here!
E-mail: Fleissner@comcast.net
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| COUNCIL MEMBER |
 | Troy Wiggins - Troy Wiggins is the lead driver for Jeffjoeracing in the Nationwide and Truck series and drivers with Intimidator Racing, Inc. in the Cup series. Troy was elected to the council in November 2006. Troy has 4 children and 3 coondogs. He loves college football, pro football, NASCAR, boxing, hunting, fishing, running, mountain biking and going to a park near his house called BONITA. Troy says this is his favorite fantasy league, but also enjoys ESPN fantasy football. He also loves surfing the net. Troy's favorite NASCAR drivers are #24, #48, #5, #6, #43, #9, #19, #17, #31, #01 in that order. In pro football he likes the Colts and in College the University of Alabama. His favorite atheletes are Joe Montana, Lance Armstrong and Brett Farve. Troy says "ya'll need to take a look at my new car Lou made me".
E-mail: brettis4@gmail.com
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 | John Magee - John Magee is the owner and driver of JG4TMR in the Truck Series. John was elected to the council in August 2008. He is married to his wife Debbie since 1995 and has two daughters, ages 26 and 23. As you know, he is a Jeff Gordon fan. In the earlier days John followed Bill Elliot and Kenny Schrader. He is an avid Oklahoma Sooner fan... in all college sports. He follows the Baltimore Orioles, and the Colorado Avalanche. He participates in several NASCAR Fantasy Leagues. He loves to fish and travel to Las Vegas! He also has two cats... who run the house, by the way.
E-mail: jgordon4tm@hotmail.com
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 | Jeffrey Ouderkirk - Jeffrey Ouderkirk is the owner and driver of Team Toyota in the Nationwide and Truck series. Jeff was elected to the council in August 2008. He is married to his wife Correena, has 4 step children and 5 grandaughters. He loves camping, cruising, and NASCAR. Jeff is a BIG Johnny Benson fan. He doesent really have a favorite Cup driver but likes Kyle Bush or anybody that drives a TOYOTA. He likes the new kid in the Nationwide series, Joey Logano. Jeff lives in NY and hopefully moving to NC in 2 years.
E-mail: jouderkirk@frontiernet.net
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| COUNCIL NEWS |
11/25/08: The council voted and agreed to deduct 10 points from a driver missing a race regardless if it is a rainout or not.
11/21/08: The council voted and agreed to switch to a new digit car # system for the Cup series starting in 2009. All numbers will be picked and owned by the team owners. Initial number selection will be based on team owner seniority.
8/8/08: The council expanded by 2 additional seats to bring its total members to 9. John Magee and Jeffrey Ouderkirk were voted into the council.
7/10/08: Matt Sealey requested to step down as Vice-President several weeks ago. After considering a few applicants, the council elected to select Stephen DiCaprio as the new Vice-President of Lucky Dog Racing. Stephen will take over the Vice-President duties immediately. The council also are considering adding 2 additional seats.
6/12/08: The council parted ways with Daniel Schmittou.
2/15/08: The council voted and agreed upon the change for the new format for the Budweiser Shootout for 2009.
7/28/07: The council put the official stamp of approval on the newly proposed teammate format for next season.
4/20/07: After discussing the league's votes regarding the scoring format, the council decided to switch to the newly proposed format at the conclusion of the 2007 season.
1/23/07: The council voted to make scoring changes reflecting the new chase changes implemented by NASCAR. This year all wins will be worth 185 points in the standings. Only 12 teams will make the chase. Chase teams points will be set at 5,000 at the start of the chase. Each win that a chase team gets during the season will be worth 10 points at the start of the chase.
11/27/06: Matt Sealey was elected Vice President of the league by the council. The council also welcomed Marty Fleissner and Troy Wiggins to replace Mark Walraven and Stephen Dutko. The council voted on the issue of having a picks deadline the night before qualifying. The deadline will now be Thursday 10:00pm unless otherwise noted. The Busch Series will be capped at 43 members and Buschwackers will go back to their own catagory on the Busch picks sheet. Paint schemes will also be re-done for current members during the off-season when possible, once per year.
9/30/06: The council voted on the decision to add Daniel Schmittou to the council after the departure of Jerry Jones Racing.
11/3/05: The council voted on the decision to remove the superstar option in 2006.
10/10/05: The council decided to add an additional 2 seats to the council for a total of seven members. In addition, a third new member was elected to replace Dupont24 Racing. After receiving the responses from the selected candidates, the council elected Helton Motorsports, Gasitnpassit and Bump And Go Racing as new members.
5/26/05: The council agreed on a maximum amount of times a member could miss submitting their picks on time. 3 consecutive will still be in effect but 5 times will be the maximum. The 4th time a member misses his or her picks, a letter will be sent to them warning them that they will be removed if they miss one more time.
4/21/05: The council voted on the subject of not handing picks in on time. It was finally agreed upon that if a team misses the deadline, half the points they received in the race results will be deducted. If it happens 2 weeks in a row, they will receive 0 points, or the lowest amount of points of all teams. After the third time in a row, the member would be automatically removed from the league.
3/1/05: The President and Vice President agreed there should be a 2 week grace period for any mistakes in the race results that can be fixed.
2/7: Voted and agreed on the proposal of the Superstar Driver. Please see the message board or rules section regarding explanation of the Superstar driver.
2/5/05: The council discussed and voted for the All Star Challenge being a non-points event. Points would not be counted in the standings for this event, but would be only for pride and prestige. June Bug Racing brought up the possibility of maybe buying a real trophy that would go to the league champion at the end of the year. That issue would be discussed later on.
1/29/05: The council voted in favor of dropping the bonus points that were given to the top 10 finishers each race. Since the race points are being converted over to NASCAR standings points, it would be un-necessary to keep them.
1/28/05: The council discussed capping the amount of teams allowed in the league. It was agreed upon that we would allow 43 teams, the number of a Nextel Cup field. For the remaining spots available before the Daytona 500, applicants would be put on a wait list. Applicants who wished to play in the money pit would be given priority over those applicants wishing to play for free.
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