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Volume 8, No. 10 The monthly publication of the National Auto Sport Association Oct 2000 $2.00

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Racing in the Streets of Los Angeles

By David Bouzaglou never knows if you get to run all your sending the little car through turns at tion of pole sitter, Rob Stefanowicz Special Events Director sessions. Since NASCAR and the TV some pretty impressive slip angles (#67 Porsche). He was making nice show ruled over anything else, it got a (read that; he was really sideways!). for Harry Rady (#222 Porsche) by The third running of the Ford LA Street little tense when delays were at hand. Both Gino Lancellotti (BMW 318is) squeezing tight to the left wall, unfortu- Race is in the books. Four different NASA officials were on hand to help and Miguel Escobar (Golf GTI) were nately too tight, he caught just the rim race divisions competed on a tight one organize and run both PRO groups. In making the larger horsepower cars on the left rear and lost a tire. We mile circuit around the Sports Arena addition they also were responsible to really work for their passes. Robert were all fortunate it did not deflate 'til and Exposition Park in Downtown Los timing and scoring the entire week- Tallini, recovering from recent back almost the pit entry lane. I shudder to Angeles. The popularity of this event end's fields of cars! Thanks to all of surgery, brought back his Mitsubishi think what a 28 car suppository Robert continues to grow with both the public you for the hard work and long hours! turbo Eclipse after a two year absence. would have enjoyed if the tire went flat and racers, as evidenced by a three We are proud to be included in the His excellent driving and car prep was in Turn one. hour live broadcast on KNBC 4 and a NASA family. rewarded with Driver of the Weekend At the end of lap one, it was a very sell out of most of the race groups to The weather was cooperative with award. This was a tough choice as tight pack of Rady (#222 Discount entrants. morning overcast and cool temps. The Gino's team overcame major engine Sportscars.com 911 turbo), Rumbaugh Notable changes this year was in afternoons were in the low eighties. repairs during the course of the week- (#10 Scotts Porsche 914 3.6), Dement pavement repairs and scheduling. In Over thirty PRO Race teams made it to end to come back and finish well in the (#70 Vision Motorsports 944 turbo), the past we were relegated to last the event with a wide range in cars final race. Good work and sportsman- Eckhaus (#53 West Coast Corvette), position on the schedule and had to from twin turbo GT2 911s to a Golf ship to both teams. and Masuda (#62 Porsche 911 3.8) all suffer when the sun was setting (real GTI. Talk about speed differentials! Enough with the background stuff, we led (just barely) by Steve Cross (#14 fun when it's in your eyes) and a rapid- With the tight one mile course, it did want to hear about the races! Hainer APS 911 3.6). The action was ly diminishing crowd from the stands. not take long for the faster cars to get Okay- twenty eight teams lined up to furious as they were all looking to pass Returning for our third year, PRO into the mid 55 second lap times. take the green on Sunday morning. each other at one time. Just behind Racing was sponsored by Bob Beaty Sure, you can smile at a 70 mph aver- This would be a 45 minute "mini" them the pack of Bruce Griggs (#GR- Ford, RPM Engines, and age, but these cars were hitting 110 on enduro with one mandatory 3 minute 40 Mustang), Lyn Zamboni (#91 EZ RaceSearch.com. Two of the spon- the three short straights! A lot of stop. Originally scheduled for an hour, Lube Porsche), Robert Tallini (#37 sors were also racing in the event. bravado and skill on a "concrete a last minute decision by the Fire Road/Race Engineering Mitsubishi), (Was I nervous? Hmmmmm) canyon" course. Practice started early Department mandated the change. Rick Inman (#3 944 turbo), Wayne on Friday morning. No incidents were Since we had cars that could just Mello (#21 Phone Guys 944 turbo), PRO Racing's unique mix of produc- reported till later in the day. As a street make 45 minutes and there were a few and Doug Hayashi (#55 Pulp Racing tion based sports cars and sedans course, it sometimes takes a full day of with driver changes, our decision was Acura NSX) were doing their best to give the spectators and racers a rele- running before the track starts to have made to shorten the race and institute keep up with the leaders. vant focus to what the public drives on a good bite. Some spectacular driving the stop. The crowd was still cheering and on the street. Some of our racers still do! was performed in the lower classes by The green flag dropped and away they their feet. (I was still holding my breath LA 2000 PRO entrants were able to some drivers. Ryan Flaherty had orig- went. It was hair raising to see the since the green flag dropped) The rest realize all the track time that was inally entered his Mustang, but when pack swell to 4 wide at the start finish of the pack was just as tightly bunched scheduled for them. This may sound that could not be readied, his PCTCC just to squeeze down to 2 for Turn one. in a like a minor detail, but when a complex Corolla was dusted off and brought With a loud cheer from the crowd, the MustangPorschGolfToyotHondAudi event of this type takes place, one down. He delighted the crowds with pack made it through with the excep- continued on page 3 Page 2 NASA Speednews October 2000

2000 TENTANTIVE SCHEDULE SAN FRANCISCO REGION Price Code 2000 Schedule FEB 26 SPIR HPDE, Grp A, Grp B B FEB 27 SPIR HPDE, Grp A, Grp B, 3 HR ENDURO B,C San Francisco Autocross Virginia Chapter MAR 25 SPIR HPDE, Grp A, Grp B, SSF, ACRL B Feb 27 Marina Airport Mar 25-26 VIR MAR 26 SPIR OPEN TRACK, Grp A, Grp B, PCB , 3 HR ENDURO, ACRL, SSF B,C APR 21 LSIR OPEN TRACK A Mar 5 Marina Airport Apr TBA VMP APR 22 LSIR Grp A, Grp B, PF, GTA, PRO, SSF B APR 23 LSIR Grp A, Grp B, PF, GTA, PRO, SSF B Apr 2 Mather AFB May TBA VMP MAY 20 THILL HPDE, Grp A, Grp B, SSF, FM B MAY 21 THILL SSF, 6 HR ENDURO, FM B,C Apr 16 Marina Airport May 28-29 SP JUN 3 SPIR HPDE, Grp A, Grp B, SSF, PF, GTA B May 7 Marina Airport Jun 24-25 VIR JUN 4 SPIR HPDE, Grp A, Grp B, SSF, PF, GTA B AUG 12 THILL HPDE, Grp A, Grp B, SSF B Jun 4 Mather AFB Aug 5-6 VIR AUG 13 THILL HPDE, Grp A, Grp B, SSF, 3 HR ENDURO B,C SEPT 16 THILL HPDE (grp 3-4), Grp A, Grp B, ACRL B Jun 18 Marina Airport Aug 26 Lime Rock SEPT 17 THILL HPDE, Grp A, Grp B, 4 HR ENDURO, ACRL B,C OCT 14 SPIR Grp A, Grp B, SSF, ACRL, PF, GTA B July 22 Marina Airport Sept TBA VMP OCT 15 SPIR Grp A, Grp B, SSF, 3 HR ENDURO, ACRL, PF, GTA B,C Aug 27 Marina Airport Sept 16-17 VIR NOV 4 THILL HPDE, Grp A, Grp B B NOV 5 THILL HPDE, Grp A, Grp B B Sep 17 Marina Airport Oct TBA SP NOV 10-11 SPIR Legends Cars Grand National Road Course Championships TBA NOV 12 SPIR HPDE, 6 HR ENDURO B Oct 22 Marina Airport Nov 4-5 SP DEC 2 THILL 12 HR ENDURO C DEC 3 THILL HPDE B

Track Codes Los Angeles Region United State Touring Car Champ SPIR = SEARS POINT RACEWAY THILL = THUNDERHILL RACEWAY Feb 12-13 Buttonwillow Mar 10-12 Phoenix LSIR = LAGUNA SECA RACEWAY Apr 1-2 Willow Springs Apr 22-23 Laguna Seca Price A = $249 (one day) Jun 10-11 Buttonwillow Jun 3-4 Sears Point B = $149/$279 (one day/two days) C = Enduro entry fees: $150 per car, $100 per driver. See rules for Pro Division fees. Aug 26-27 Buttonwillow Aug 12-13 Road America

Cla ss Code s Sep 30-Oct 1 Buttonwillow Sep 23-24 Portland PRO-7= Mazda Pro-RX7 PS-1 = Pro Sedan-1 Oct 28-29 Las Vegas PS-2 = Pro Sedan-2 PS-3 = Pro Sedan-3 Phoenix Region PS7 = Pro Super RX7 PCTCC = Pacific Coast Touring Car Championship Jan 8-9 PIR San Diego Mazda Charity SM = Spec Miata RSR = Renault Sports Racer Jan 29-20 FIR Challenge SRF = Sports Racer Ford GTI = Neuspeed GTI Cup Mar 10-12 PIR Mar 11&18 Open Test, Cajon SU = Super Unlimited CMC = Camaro Mustang Challenge Apr 7-9 PIR Apr 15 Cajon NUTS = Ultra Trucks ACRL = American City Racing League PF = ProFormance Stock Cars May 13-14 PIR May 20 Cajon GTA = GT America Stock Cars PRO = Professional Racers Organization May 27-29 PIR Jun 3 Cajon FM = Star Formula Mazda SSF= SSF Motorsports Porsche BMW Sep 16-17 PIR July 8 Cajon Oct 7-8 PIR Aug 5-6 Cajon Grp A includes Pro-7, PS-7, PCTCC, SM, RSR, SRF Grp B includes PS-1, PS-2, PS-3, GTI, SU, CMC, NUTS Oct 21-22 PIR Nov 24-26 PIR Tri State Chapter NE Aug 26 Lime Rock

By John Schattenberg NASA Phoenix Chapter Oct 14-15 SPIR HPDE/Open Track For those of you who were unable to attend the first Cancelled. Annual NASA Grand Prix of All drivers wishing to participate at the St. Johns, Arizona, there October 14-15 event at Sears Point was only one word to HPDE and/or Open Track groups describe the event... should take note that the HPDE and "Spectacular"! Well over Open Track portion have been can- 200 cars participated in the celled. That weekend is reserved for event over the 3 days, with

photo by Laurie Schwab only race groups. So if you would like over 150 race cars. Drivers to do an HPDE, plan on either came from California, placement of tire walls and the event. They provided a main events. This was evi- September 16-17 or November 4-5 at Colorado, New Mexico, and water barriers. And by "play by play" of the race. dence of the safety, and Thunderhill. even as far away as Bolivia Friday afternoon, everything During the event, Jamie and compatibility of the airport to and Peru. A great time was was in place well aheadof Alan interviewed many of be converted to racing con- had by all. schedule. the drivers and officals, and ditions. really helped to bring the Synergyn Oil Joins Many of the towns people Jamie and Betsy Reynolds, fans "up to speed" with each The American Indycar pitched in to help out. and Alan Harlin of Racing days activities. Mike Series joined the event and Contingency Program Volunteers came out in Roundup-Arizona,from Schmidt and Jeff Lepper ran the entire weekend Synergyn Oil of Northern California numbers on Thursday and KGME Radio 550AM, took also pitched in to give them completely incident free. has signed on as a contingency Friday to help with the up the task of announcing a hand form time to time. Their racing was exciting product sponsor for the following and close and it gave the NASA PRO groups. The first place The racing was close and fans a real thrill to see these winner in the SSF Porsche group very competitive in all class- cars approaching 200 mph will receive 6 quarts of Synergyn es. With over 5 hours of on the .45 mile long straight- 15W30 racing oil for a feature win. actual racing, and 20 hours a- American Stockcar Challenge fea- of practice, qualifying, and ture winner will receive 6 quarts of open track, there was only continued from cover Synergyn 3W30 racing oil. The SSF one incident of car to car way. One of their spon- BMW feature winner will receive a contact throughout the sors, Pacena Beer, provid- Synergyn oil additive. USTCC fea- entire event, and that was ed the awards banquet with ture winner will receive a Synergyn relatively minor contact dur- 25 cases of beer and soft oil additive. Contact them at 888- ing one of the 40 minute drinks. 394-8140 for specific details. photo by Laurie Schwab

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Continued from page 1 Some 7 or 8 laps later, the poor 944 power to haul him in. Kenny ONE was injured during this event!) kinda blur. Hard to remember who was towed off and the green dropped Rumbaugh had retired with gearbox The race was winding down and the was where. again. It did not last long as Sean problems, so his potent 914-6 was out. lead pack had lapped some of the Eddie Inclan (#26) and teammate, Irby's new Corvette racer lost the drive Dwaine Dement had a contretemps field. Harry Rady passed Anders Michael Noval (#20) were somewhere shaft as he went thru Turn one. He with Tim Spencer (#44 Pennyweb 944) Hainer 4 laps from the end going into in that mix. The twin red RPM Engines was quickly towed off course and rac- thru turn one. (We are still working on turn one (Busy place that turn one) Mustangs just roar down the straights- ing resumed. With all the yellow flag a determination of the incident at press Mike Eckhaus brought the big red fun, fun, fun. Not to be outdone, Buzz action, Tallini was leading the race for time) It brought out yet another full Vette home third overall, Bruce Griggs Guilbault (#98) has some tremendous 7 laps in his Mitsubishi. Behind were course yellow. Pete Miller (#1 TRS was not far behind in his Mustang, Ken amount of horsepower that he enjoyed Mello and Hayashi with Guilbault just Masuda had climbed back up the to great lengths sliding through the behind. Van De Venter (#11 Porsche) ranks to take 5th. Robert Tallini's car turns. (Do you have tire sponsor, had moved up as well with Donny just didn't have the suds to stay in front Buzz? Must have judging by all the Edwards (#2 Nor Cal Audi Dealers of all the faster machinery- he was 6th. rubber your Beaty Ford Mustang was Audi A4) just behind. Miguel Escobar There were 21 classed finishers. We laying down- hoo-yah!) By lap three (#4 VW Golf) had moved well up the had retirements in all classes and a we had our first incident. Seems Rick ranks (thanks to his pit error- he was few crashes. Inman (#3 Porsche) and Ryan Flaherty later demoted a lap when discovered- We had a fun time at the awards cere- (#18 Toyota) had a side to side DB.) At the halfway point Wayne Mello mony with 1st thru 3rd overall and 1st encounter on the short chute leading inherited the lead with Doug Hayashi thru 3rd in each class. Lots of smiles to the hairpins. Rick's car made a just behind. This lasted till they pitted and a few frowns (hey - it's a race, isn't quick left into the wall blocking half the when Tallini was leading again. it?) over the final results. We want to course. Our first full course yellow of Further back you could see the super- thank all of the NASA and PRO the weekend gave our hot pit crews cars of P1T , P1, and P2 making their Group4 Honda) had a fun time giving Racers that joined us for this event. fits, as most of the field elected to take moves through traffic trying to catch Donny a helpful push down the straight We also want to thank associate spon- advantage and come in. We had to the leaders. This was too much fun to to pass a few cars. He couldn't wait sors, VP Fuels, Franks Radios, and tally 3 minute intervals for each one. watch! around for Donny to keep up in the Nology Ignition Products. It was fun Most of the racers were on top of it and Tallini hung on for a few laps only to be nearly stock (read very heavy) Audi, so for the racers giving autographs and kept proper time. A few did not and eclipsed (hah!) by Anders Hainer in the passed him early on. Some laps later, TV interviews. Lots of pictures were were subsequently recalled to the pits APS Porsche. Anders couldn't relax Benoit Pecqeuer (#46 Pennyweb taken. Overall a very memorable and later in the race to serve out their time. as Harry Rady was using all that turbo Mazda) was trying to stretch the fun weekend. Our next stop is the turbo's legs too far and ended up Sears Point Oktoberfest (Oct 14-15). Penalty Box scraping the wall. Not to be outdone, With sprint race and 2 hour enduro Mark Van De Venter lost his throttle at planned, we look forward to PRO eligi- Thunderhill Raceway full pace and did a face plant with his ble NASA racers joining us for the August 12-13, 2000 Porsche near Benny. (Fortunately NO weekend. Look for entry info soon.

Saturday, Group A Race Brent Aikin, PS7 Car 14, disqualification and 1 race suspension for body contact with Auto Trivia Coach’s Insight Matt Kim, PCTCC Car 99. The contact was made in Turn 3 while C14 was attempt- By Bob Cornish ing a pass on C99. Both cars left the track as a result of the contact. C99 sustained 1. What is GMC’s version of the body damage which will require repair. Mr. Aikin chose to take his race suspension Chevy Suburban called? It has been a while since I provided infor- that day. 2. What car shares the Ford mation about driving a racing car, (as com- Escape’s platform? pared to writing about coaching perform- Saturday, Group B Race 3. Name a 2000 Olds sedan model. ance) so I thought I would do that this time. Hunter Brown, PS3 Car 51, repositioned to last place for passing 4. Which of these roadsters is avail- Here it is, from 30 plus years of racing Craven/Nelson, PS3 Car 86, under a standing yellow. The pass occurred between able with AWD. BMW Z3, Porsche experience as a winning driver, racing Turn 3 and Turn 5, while there was a standing yellow flag at Turn 3 for a 240Z off driv- Boxster, Audi TT, or Honda S2000. coach, and interested observer, all (ok, ers left at Turn 5. 5. True or False? The 2001 Eclipse most of) the information you need to know is available with a turbo engine. about driving a racing car. For long time Sunday, Group A Race 6. What other Pontiac model is the readers some of this will seem familiar, for Tom Olivier, P7 Car 6, repositioned to two places in class behind Richard Vanni, P7 Aztek based on? new readers enjoy. This information Car 64, for contact resulting in a pass being completed. Olivier was starting an inside 7. What year did Mario Andretti win assumes a properly set up racing car. pass attempt entering Turn 2, saw that he could not make it, tried to back out, but the World Driving Championship? I am going to cull the volumes written contacted Vanni in the left rear causing him to go wide. Olivier and at least one other 8. What car did Mario Andretii use about traction circles, weight transfer, g car passed Vanni as a result. to win the World Driving forces, and so on, into the simplest basic facts as they apply to driving a racing car Championship? (there are additional volumes written about Sunday, Group B Race 9. According to September 2000 engineering and tuning the car for opti- Tim Valencia, SU Car 85, and Robert Dunigan, PS2 Car 89, repositioned to last place Road & Track, where and how much for passing two GTIs in Turn 8 under a standing yellow flag and red cross flag. The mum performance that I am leaving out). is the cheapest and most expensive flags were out at Turn 7 for Car 2 off drivers left between Turn 8 and Turn 9. Here they are: gas in the world? Greg Righetti, CMC Car 60, repositioned two places in class behind Phil Peterson, First of all the single most important objec- 10. Who owns Aston Martin? CMC Car 74, for contact resulting in a pass being completed. tive in getting a racing car around a road racing track in the quickest time is to have the car always be at the maximum NASA Chapter Contact Information Longitudinal G force (acceleration and/or braking) possible. Every statement that Rocky Mountain Chapter, NW Reno Chapter Phoenix Chapter follows effects this objective. Corey Shaw Brian Hunt John Schattenberg 1. Tires have a finite limit to their grip (traction) on the racing surface at any 2622 East Shoshone Dr 2693 Fieldcrest Dr P. O. Box 59023 given time. 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Banked camber turns have the 732-294-9282 day 787-269-3330 effect of adding weight to tires. 732-577-0929 FAX San Francisco Chapter 5. Off camber turns have the effect www.vicinities.com/mclub POB 21555 San Diego Chapter of removing weight from the tires. [email protected] Richmond, CA 94820 Dennis Sheean 6. Weight transfers to front tires 510-232-NASA 3320 Central Ave under braking. Great Lakes Chapter, Midwest 530-884-6435 FAX Spring Valley, CA 91977 7. Weight transfers to rear tires John Doonan [email protected] 619-465-3789 under acceleration. 8. Weight transfers to right side tires 136 Colony Dr 619-465-3789 FAX when making left turns. Davenport, IA 52806 So Cal RegionLos Angeles Chapter [email protected] 9. Weight transfers to left side tires 319-386-4262 Ryan Flaherty when making right turns. [email protected] 662 Longfellow Ave Route 66 Chapter 10. Aerodynamic down force, (wings, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 George Ryan ground effects) increases weight on tires. Rocky Mountain Chapter, CO 310-772-8202 PO Box 690865 11. As speed increases, aerodynam- Leslie Howard 310-727-1689 FAX Tulsa, OK 74169-0865 ic down forces increase, and the lateral G 303-457-9797 voice and FAX [email protected] 918-437-2669 forces the tires are capable of generating [email protected] increases. 12. Given the same Lateral G force, continued on page 12 Page 4 NASA Speednews October 2000 Virginia Chapter Virginia Chapter Holds Second ES. Chris Sharpe, in the newly pur- GS driver Tim Smiley. Michael Moran, eventually improved to a 23.8. Norton Championship Autocross chased family Protege, was the unfor- at his first autocross ever, brought his managed to get his street-shod By: Karen Kraus tunately victim to Minehart's driving. GS Impreza into a third place Novice Impreza to a 24.7 in his competition finish over Brian Elswick in a second runs, and further improved to a 24.3 in Despite fate's best attempts to stop it, Street Touring S was third only to DSP generation RX7. fun runs. He finished third in the street the second event in the Virginia chap- and Street Tire in entries in the regular tire class and second in novice. Kraus' ter's Mid-Atlantic Autocross classes. Subaru Imprezas again were Despite the 90 minute late start and Camaro made for some entertaining Championship series was held July seen in force here, taking the top three the threat of rain, everyone got four runs, as the V8 power broke the street 23rd at Virginia Motorsports Park, in spots. Lee Reodica was quick enough runs, and there was even time for fun tires loose in every turn. She man- Dinwiddie, Virginia. Eighty-five drivers for first, with Karen Kraus in the runs at the end. The course designers aged a 23.6, which was fast enough to braved possible rain to drive the Kriemelmeyer car less than two tenths got two thumbs up from practically take the combined DS/GS/FS class course designed by MR2 drivers back. Mark Gerrard overcame off everyone, and while things looked like over Shine's Avenger. Mark Gerrard's Jonathan Roberts and Doug Newhard. course problems to take third over they were going all wrong from the Subaru Impreza started off in the 25 NX2000 driver Erik Roper. start, the day ended up on a high note. second range, but improved to a 24.0, The main event of the day -- besides good for second in STS, as Eric getting to see autocross director Karen A Street Prepared was a mix of two The next event is August 6th at VIR in Kriemelmeyer, also in a Subaru, ripped Kraus set up the new timing system in ASP cars, an ESP Camaro and ASPL. conjunction with the race and driving off a 22.5 second run in the second record time after arriving ten minutes As would be expected, an ASP car school there. After that is October 1st group of 5 cars. Kriemelmeyer's before the scheduled first car off -- was won this class, and that would be at Virginia Motorsports Park. See you Kartboy Kustoms sponsored car also the ProKhana indexed class, with pay- Bruce Thompson in his Porsche 944 there! had the fastest indexed time of the outs to the top five drivers. Sixteen Turbo. Eric Baker's MR2 Turbo was day, 17.6 using the PAX index. drivers elected to run the money class. four tenths behind in second while While some very fast Miatas, MR2s Novice class winner Richard Kenefick Muelhaupt's 22.6 was not good and Imprezas were running, it was the nabbed third in his ESP Camaro. enough for FTD, nor even first in DSP, dark blue SF Motorsports Boxster of as Eric Rosen, in the Rosen Autosport new member G.H. Sharp that dominat- Only two CSP drivers? Virtually Nissan Sentra SE-R, was feeling ed the course. Sharp's smooth driving unheard of in this area, but many of healthy enough to compete at this allowed him to walk home with $128 the regulars were on vacation. Beno event. In his competition runs, Rosen from the prize pool, over second place Rubin drove his 1987 Civic to the win brought his time down to a 22.3, good MR2 driver Doug Newhard. North over the MR2 of Carlos Schooler. Of enough for the win, and the course photo by Headonphotos Carolina's Shawn Whipple, in his the regular classes, DSP was the was evidently fun enough to lure him screaming yellow No Gum Racing largest with 9 entries. Tom Bleh made Third Virginia Chapter out again later in the day for some Integra Type R, drove well enough to the drive from Virginia Beach in his Autocross at Virginia non-competition runs, where he man- take home third. Jonathan Roberts' BMW to put in an impressive set of International Raceway Packs aged to take the "unofficial" FTD of MR2 grabbed fourth, barely, from the runs. On the edge every time, his best Double Punch 21.7. The official FTD was set by ever-improving Kartboy Kustoms was a 43.098, which was top indexed By: Karen Kraus Roger Garrett, who squeezed his six Subaru Impreza driven by Eric time amongst the non-ProKhana driv- runs in between sessions on the track. Kriemelmeyer. Just a tick out of the ers, was 11th overall. Nipping at The weekend of August 5th and 6th at Garrett ran a 21.8 on his last run in his money was Tim Aro, whose Rosen Bleh's heels every run was Escort driv- Virginia International Raceway in BP Corvette ZR1, a tenth faster than Autosport Miata was surprisingly not er Joe Graves, with less than a two Danville, Virginia saw NASA's Virginia CP winner Tony Langley's bright red the quick ticket on this course. tenths difference between them. Chapter packing as much into two Mustang. Graves was 12th overall on the index. days as any club could. In addition to A variety of classes were represented Courtney Cormier's Neon R/T was left races and a high performance driving Several other track participants com- this day in the regular run groups. with third, with Joe McGroarty's 240SX school, on Sunday, the club took peted in the autocross in the street tire Super Stock saw the classic RX7 ver- in fourth. advantage of VIR's autocross lot to class, including that class's winner, sus Corvette battle won by Justin stage a small event, which brought out John Moody, who was driving an Wade's RX7, over points leader Gil A Prepared is often considered the some of the regulars as well as some Acura NSX. Jonathan and Shanta Smith's 1996 Corvette. Bumped into domain of small British cars, and this of the track day's participants. Martin, driving his-and-hers F-bodies, SS, Leah Wade, codriving her hus- event was no exception, despite a BP Ken Stern in an Integra GSR and Matt band's car, wasn't too far out of the Corvette ZR1 being bumped into the A last minute addition to the schedule, Hill in a 1999 Porsche 911, also "dou- running in fourth. class. John Lye's red TR4 took the win only twenty people made it to this, the ble-dipped" on Sunday. Al over Roger Garrett's way-loud ZR1, third in the Mid Atlantic Autocross Zimmerman, a VIR Club member who B Stock was interesting in the absence but only by about four tenths. Mark Championship. The small size of the "happened to stop by to see what was of ProKhana drivers Tim Aro, Eric Snodgrass, co driving Lye's TR4, was lot the VIR Club has designated an going on," took second in the street tire Peterson and Ed Raymundo. less than a tenth behind Garrett, in "autocross lot" also likely kept some class and first in novice class in his Maryland driver Mark Widrick had third. potential participants away. However, Porsche 944 Turbo. impressive runs to win this class by 8.3 a brisk running order -- 5 cars in a seconds over Andrew Warren. C Mustang was the car of choice in C "heat" -- and six runs on the mid-to-low Some flaggers even took time during Stock also had a different look with Prepared, with Tony Langley's red '91 twenty second course brought smiles their lunch break to run. Eric Stadig, a points leader Jonathan Roberts run- in first and Eric Bonnett's primer to the faces of those who did come out regular in STS, brought his Sunfire out ning the ProKhana. Jeff Cuneo, in a Saleen taking second and third. to play. and finished 3rd, and Dan "Never- first generation MR2, took the win by Unfortunately for Bonnett, it was third been-to-a-track-before-in-my-life" less than three tenths over Brad with him driving it; co driver Calvin The course consisted of an initial Blackman finished 7th in street tire and Mackey, driving a second generation Sanders took second. three-cone slalom, followed by a diffi- 5th in novice class with his NX2000. RX7. cult right hand turn into what was obvi- Extremely helpful in all respects, Mike Co drivers John Maglieri and Larry ously a straight made for course Brown succumbed to the lure of the The VW GTI shared by John Schickler Allamong battled for D Prepared hon- designer Karen Kraus' Camaro Z28. autocross, running his STS Honda and Dave Merz won ES with Schickler ors in the Triumph Spitfire they share, Another difficult right hand turn lead Civic to a 4th place finish in class and driving; Merz was a tad faster, but was and Maglieri came out on top by just into what turned out to be another third in novice class. running the ProKhana class. With F over a second. The Cooley clan had a straight, but visually was the one of the Stock points leader Karen Kraus driv- similar situation in A Modified, with son hardest parts of the course; many off- NASA-Virginia has decided that ing an STS Subaru and Pat Griffith, Bernard garnering the win and fastest courses were recorded in this section despite the size of the lot, they are who was second in points, deployed to time of the day on a blistering 36.991 of gates that were off-set, but wide going to do another event at VIR on Saudi Arabia for the summer, the F third run. F Modified also saw co driv- enough to go straight through. This September 17, this time in conjunction Stock win was up for grabs. Dan ers duking it out, this time Mike Noska second straight ended in a tight 180 with their race and school weekend Ecclestone wasted no time in grabbing and Drew Patterson in a Zeitler degree turn, followed by a left-hand that includes the Motorola Cup finale. it in his 2000 Camaro Z28, with Formula Vee. Noska took the win here. "curved slalom," with a right hand kink After that is October 1st at Virginia bumped FSL Mustang driver Bridget The lone Formula Junior driver, Scott at the end through the finish. The sur- Motorsports Park. See you there! Sigler not too far behind in second Minehart, drove extremely well for a face was good, sticky asphalt, and had place. time of 47.778. evidently never been used for anything other than skidpad practice during Subaru Imprezas were found in abun- Street Tire, an indexed class, contin- drivers' schools. dance at this event, but they could only ues to be popular in the Virginia area, manage a second place in GS, with with eight entries. Peter Glekas The first group of five cars were a mis- Torin Kropp driving. Aaron Shine, now brought a new Celica GTS in for the matched bunch of DSP, GS, FS, and with race rubber on his Dodge win over Marc Portanova's Miata. STS cars, including the course design- Avenger, eeked out the win by less Morgan Friday, driving a street pre- er in her Camaro Z28 on street tires. than a tenth. pared Suzuki Swift managed third. Engelbert Muelhaupt set the pace as first car off, running in the 22s. H Stock was the domain of Sean Of the novices running this day, Newcomer John Norton's GS Subaru Minehart, whose Team Underdog Civic Richard Kenefick drove his Camaro and Aaron Shine's GS Avenger both was running times quick enough to win well enough in ESP for the win over saw 25s on their first runs, but Shine photo by Headonphotos Page 5 NASA Speednews October 2000

Reno Chapter Puerto Rico Chapter Virginia City Hill Climb on June 24-25 was a Puerto Rico Chapter Solo One Provides Tight big success Competition By Brian Hunt side the area. The events on the By Francisco Rivera 1.08.37 Guillermo Sigüenza Reno Chapter financial and social ends have been Puerto Rico Chapter 1.08.45 Carlos Ninn prepared fairly well, but when it comes 1.08.91 Carlos Baez The NASA Reno Region teamed up to the race (you have just driven 300 There are brand new people that 1.08.92 José Tremol with the Ferrari club of America and miles plus to attend) the event starts organize these events. So we are 1.09.00 Edwin Justiniano the Shelby club of America for a total late or are not able to time an event back with more excitement! This 1.09.00 Manuel Matos of 78 competitors. NASA competitors correctly. NASA Reno Region is going Sunday was their first event in Arecibo 1.09.00 Juan Acevedo swept the competition. The top three to change that pattern. Being based Speedway, about 30 drivers ran their 1.09.10 Miguel Alcrudo podium positions were all held by 15 miles from the course and knowing heats and put all the experience in the 1.09.31 Hector Collazo NASA participants. 1st place Ori the correct contacts, NASA is going to track! 1.09.33 Lucas Torres Rosenbaum ran a 3:23.342, 2nd place put on a three-day event July 22nd, 1.09.71 Ricardo González Brian Gaudet ran a 3:33.223 and 3rd 23rd and 24th, 2001. NASA Reno More events to come. The calendar of 1.10.06 Miguel Alcrudo JR place Dave Meligan ran a 3:33.361. Region has realized that two-day time events for the remainder of the year is 1.10.29 Raúl Berríos All three competitors were running on trail events with 60 plus competitors as follows: 1.11.06 Sigfredo Torres DOT approved 700 Victor racer, with no practice and qualifying runs for 1.11.52 Robert Tañón Kuhmos. The event was the Ferrari previous and new entries does not August 5-6. Las Americas Speedway 1.11.70 Pedro Gorbea Club of America's 29th year at Virginia work. We will have a three-day event in Santo Domingo. 1.12.00 José Carro City and NASA swept the pack! For utilizing Friday as practice for previous August 19-20. Arecibo Solo One 1.12.43 Monique Díaz those of you who are not familiar with entries and qualifying runs for new September TBA. Nationals in Salinas 1.12.60 Ricardo Alcrudo the Virginia City Hill Climb, allow me to entries. Adding the third day to the Speedway 1.12.94 Juán González give you some background. Virginia event will lessen the amount of time September 9-10. Arecibo 1.14.04 Francisco González City is a small mining town 24 miles competitors have to wait between October 14-15. Arecibo 1.14.34 Juan Pérez Toledo southeast of Reno, Nevada. This race runs. Placing competitors within a 20- November 18-19. Arecibo 1.15.00 Richard Hephill or hill climb is very unique because it second time span of one another and December 9-10. Arecibo 1.15.30 Francisco Mejías takes place on a Nevada paved State dividing the competitors in 4 groups of 1.16.50 Robert Jiménez highway. The route is five miles long, fifteen and allowing each group 2 to Below are results from the previous 1.16.81 Larry Rodríguez consisting of 22 turns and three 21/2 hours on the hill each day. The event with the best time and the name 1.17.02 Edgardo Escobar straight-aways. The course ends in total cost for all three days will be in of the driver: 1.17.37 Jorge del Castillo front of the local county Sheriffs office the $350.00 or less range allowing 1.17.75 Pablo Vázquez adding to the outlaw of this event. Friday to be optional for previous SOLO ONE event 1.18.00 José Figueroa Once a competitor completes a run up entries the cost will be in the $250.00 22 and 23 July 2000 1.18.48 Leonardo Maduro the hill he can return to the bottom of or less range. If you have any ques- Arecibo Speedway 1.19.00 Luis Velasco the hill using a functioning state high- tions or comments please contact 1.19.45 David Pérez way. All hill climbs that have run in the Brian Hunt at [email protected] Time Name 1.21.38 Juan González past have been organizers from out- or (775) 884-9299. 1.07.61 José Garufi Phoenix Chapter September Event Welcomes Drivers Back to PIR After Long, Hot Arizona Summer

By John Schattenberg join Darrell at our events. This event $1,000 purse for every 10 cars who 4.) Ed Ochylski 1139 points Phoenix Chapter promises to be at least just as notable. started the Main Event. Unfortunately, 5.) Jason Briedis 1110 points there were only nine cars who started 6.) Manuel Gil Del Real 997 points Summer's Over: Time to go Racing in Our points battles in our race groups the Yellow Group Open Wheel race, so 7.) Mike Schmidt 891 points the Valley… have tightened somewhat over the the sponsorship money was shelved 8.) Bob Hillis 862 points summer as well. At the St. Johns until the next event. 9.) Scott Zeller 723 points A large welcome back to all our mem- Grand Prix, the points lead in PS2 was 10.) Phil Mullen 704 points bers and those who will become new turned over to John Landers, but Rick So… If at least 10 cars enter and run 11.) Nick Warriner 596 points members, as we resume activities at Downing and Bob Witte are there in the Yellow Group Main Event, they 12.) Ron Bergamo 578 points Phoenix International Raceway's 1.51 breathing down his neck. Ted Fisher will be racing for a purse of at least 13.) Frank Beck 527 points mile road course. It's been a long hot has the lead in PS1, but Jim Fluckey, $1,000 which will be distributed down 14.) Phil DeAngelis 532 points summer and it seems like forever Phil Mullen and Cheryl Angotti are to several positions, depending on the 15.) Tom Gonzales 503 points since our last PIR event last May. But within striking distance as well. In number of cars in each class. If 20 car on September 16th and 17th we will PCTCC, Jason Briedis leads the way, race, then the purse is $2,000, 30 cars Keep in mind that the difference return to our full normal program but could be caught very easily by gets $3,000. Get those arm restraints between 15th place to 50th place is including our Nationally acclaimed Mario Rigoli and Sean O'Brien. Spec dusted off and let's race for some real less than 400 points, so the winners Novice Driver's School, Open Track RX-7 is lead by Wes Watson, but Dan money. are still very much wide open. If you sessions for street car drivers, and the Murphy, Mark Seargeant and Phil run the Blue Group, you are automati- resumption of our tight points battles Hopper are also ready to take the lead. The SWE Challenge After 3 Events…. cally entered, however, you must carry for our White, Blue and Yellow race And in Pro 7, Rich Stokes still has the SWE Challenge and sponsor decals groups. lead, but Andrew Goldschmidt and There have been 3 events run so far in on both sides of your race car to be Dennis Lehto could catch up in one the Southwest European's SWE eligible for the prizes. An SWE repre- Our guest group for the September race weekend. So as you can see, Challenge for the Blue Race Group. sentative will be at every event to event will be the NASCAR Southwest many of our race classes will go right Those who have run any of the last 3 assist those needing decals and Series, Winston West, Late Models, down to the wire before the events in PS1 of PCTCC have also checking those who don't. If you need Super Late Models, and Trucks on the Championship is determined. Missing been included and we will continue to decals, contact Victor Felice at one mile oval. These cars will be gear- an event could be costly. do so as long as you are running in the Southwest European at (480) 998- ing up for the NASCAR Winston Cup Blue Group. After 10 races and 3 2480. Or contact him at any NASA weekend in early November at "the Open Wheel Yellow Group Can Race events the top 15 positions out of 50 Phoenix event. To learn more about worlds fastest one mile". Darrell for $$$$…. drivers who have scored points is as the SWE Blue Group Challenge, or to LaMoure will be leading his fellow follows: see positions 16 through 50, log onto NFSWS drivers on the oval both A sponsor has came aboard at the St. our web site at: www.NASA-AZ.com. Saturday and Sunday. In the past we Johns Grand Prix, who wishes to see 1.) Brent Moyer 1597 points have had stars Doug McCoun, Bob more open wheel cars running in the 2.) Jim Fluckey 1255 points Lyon, and points leader Matt Crafton Yellow Race Group. They pledged a 3.) Victor Felice 1219 points

Chris Hines will continue to conduct time supporter of your region. The been guests on the show including Racing Roundup live interviews, report on weekend's results of our race weekends are John Gill, Mike Schmidt, Jeff Lepper, on the Move events and debate issues at hand. To broadcasted on the Monday nights fol- Arie Luyenduk, Jr., Angie Hilton, Larry hear "up-close and personal" inter- lowing our events. They have assist- Pond, John O'Hair-Schattenberg, and Racing Roundup-Arizona is on the views of your favorite drivers and ed us on many occasions including others. This move makes the show move once more. Beginning Monday, teams, join Racing Roundup-Arizona our Awards Banquet and the 1st more accessible, for most of us to join August 21, 2000, the #1 motorsports every Monday night between 7 and 8 Annual NASA Grand Prix of St. Johns. the live broadcast. We hope to see show in Arizona will leave the Bell PM on SportsRadio 550 AM KGME, Darrell LaMoure is our "NASCAR you all there more regularly for a night Canyon Hooters and head downtown live from the Arizona Center Hooters. Circle Track Representative", and of fun bench racing, nice door prizes to the Arizona Center Hooters located Racing Roundup-Arizona is the Jamie Reynolds has been seen on the and much, much more. We'll save at 455 North 3rd Street in Phoenix. Official Motorsports Radio Home of road course in the "Mr. Delightful RX- you a seat. Jamie Reynolds, Darrell LaMoure and NASA-Phoenix Region and a long 7". Several of our members have Page 6 NASA Speednews October 2000 Letters I attended the St. Johns driving event passed by a couple of fast Pro Sedan and I can honestly say that I had a 5 M3's, he hung with'em and finished "ball". Best driving event in a long 4th overall, 2nd of 3 in Super time. The people were terrific and fun Unlimited. The race on Sunday looked to be with. I really appreciate how like a blast. I sure wish I had brought smoothly the event was run. With all my wheels! of those people, it amazed me that it One of the most encouraging things I all ran so perfectly and remained on saw this weekend was several drivers time. Also, all of the event workers in the school group in race cars who treated everyone like mature adults are working their way into the race and groups. I've always felt that if NASA's therefore everyone acted accordingly. racing program is going to be suc- This was much appreciated and a lot cessful, to a certain extent they'll have different from other events that I have to breed their own crop of racers and attended. not just count on drivers from other Randy Urlik series going out on their free week- ends. Seems to be happening. I saw What a great race weekend in St. novices showing up in familiar cars (it Johns! It takes work and dedication to was nice to see Grant Carter's T2 put on such an event. We have been Firebird again!) and I also noticed that to many events in the past and this a few of Dave's friends in the F Body was by far the best! It was comfort- Camaro/Firebird club (McGonigle's an able, user friendly…. I really liked alumni) are showing up with full cages what I felt and observed. Way to go!!! in their cars and talking about possibly Candi Stubblefield joining the race groups at some point. The folks behind NASA are working Larry and Vicki, very hard to put on a good event and Thanks again for providing a great it's not always easy for them. One of event (most fun I can remember). my biggest concerns has been worker Looking forward to seeing more of you count. I went out as a passenger in on the track this fall. I'll get my reser- one of the school groups on Sunday vations going for next year's events in morning and saw a healthy number of St Johns! workers in the corners. But there's Mike always room for more! I hope to get out and run with them Mike before the season is out, but even if I Thank you for your kind comments don't I've still have had a blast going to about St. Johns. Our reward is when their events and meeting quality peo- our members have a good time. Vicki ple who have Redline synthetic flowing and I just returned from St. Johns through their veins... where we planned next year's pro- Al G. gram. We will be holding the Second Virginia Annual Grand Prix of St. Johns on July 4-7 next summer. We are working with As you no doubt noticed, we were the sponsors to make it even better--- without our Chief Steward, Tim Noble, a great party as well as better rewards this past weekend at Thunderhill. for the drivers. Somehow I got roped in to trying to fill his substantial shoes. All-in-all, I think We will also run an event at St. Johns the weekend was quite successful, Labor Day Weekend Aug 30-Sept 2. and we had a bunch of satisfied cus- This second event will be planned in tomers. But I'll be the first to say it was the same manner as the Grand Prix. the dedication and team work of you Thanks for coming. Racing with you is folks that made is possible! always a pleasure that I look forward I'd like to take a minute say a great big to. THANKS to all the great folks that See you at our Fall events! helped out. In particular, I had the Larry & Vicki Pond pleasure of working directly with a few folks that deserve recognition. I apol- I went to NASA VIR and crewed for ogize in advance if I leave out anyone. Dave "No Feet Racing" Hunt. Dave Mark Van Midde took on the daunting and I started driving Summit at FATT task of running pre-grid in (as always) on the same day about 3 yrs ago and a space too small. His efforts at the now he's making the transition from back of pre-grid made it much easier seat time and high perf. driver's for everyone down stream. Thanks, schools to real deal racing, and he's Mark! Jackie really stepped-up to the just loving it. NASA has been a great plate on Sunday by keeping pre-grid place for him to start. He's planning on apprised of counts. As we all know, it's running his Camaro in MARRS ITE so hot out there none of the drivers next year as well as NASA but this want to get belted-in and sit in the hot year he's running the full NASA series. sun for any longer than necessary, nor As we've gone to each NASA event do they want to have a mad scramble this year, the races have become bet- to get on track, so Jackie's dialog real- ter organized and the fields have ly made a difference keeping the driv- become fuller and the racing tighter. ers informed - and happy! Thanks, We're pretty sure Dave's never going Jackie! Kevin and Stacey gave their to catch Ted Hulse's gonzo 700 hp usual superb tow service. Even one of Porsche, but that's okay. He's still the racers remarked about how skillful faster than most of the other NASA they were - of course, we've known cars and you can only do so much with that all along. The safety folks were a stock motor and automatic transmis- also called in to action often to handle sion. Dave drives with hand controls the mini brush fires caused by off-track because of an injury sustained when cars. Todd Williams was there from he was younger and while the auto- early-morning Saturday tech. to the matic trans and the cumbersome twist Sunday Enduro checker, giving his grip throttle are certainly limiting fac- usual best at pre-grid and center gate, tors, he somehow manages to always as well as a newcomer, Bill Wester. qualify up front and run at the pointy This was Bill's first event, and he end of the field by driving ultra smooth served NASA well. Stan Goldstein and using the equipment he has to the and Dennis Taylor also were in integral fullest. I just watched his video from part of the center gate crew. In addi- Sunday. He started on the outside of tion, Bill and Dennis graciously the front row and even though he was pitched-in to man the BBQ for Page 7 NASA Speednews October 2000 A Beautiful and Sunny Day Amongst the Corn with Team Thrifty Car Rental

By Jon Marvin hand out like old stickers or wife. racers at a few of our events. I thought Team Thrifty Speednews. Sunday. D Day. Up at 6:00 a.m. and to myself, hmmm?, Crowd Pullers, at the local coffee source by 6:45 with perfect. Next thing you know we had a the car in tow. Then it was off to pick red Panoz on the left, my car, a yellow up my 17 year old nephew, Robert GTSR with the hood and trunk pulled Marvin, who was going to help me off, Bill's Ferrari and the new Panoz hand out the Speednews copies. Roadster. We're definitely ready now. Next it was my brother in law Scott's As soon as the gates opened, people turn, who is Tom's chief mechanic, started streaming in. We spent the then Tom. These were a few cars next 10 hours talking NASA with any- lined up when we pulled onto the one that was interested. We had at street where the gates were to go in. least 200 people that seemed Within 20 minutes you could cut the extremely interested. It seems like we testosterone with a knife. We were talked to at least a couple thousand surrounded with everything from the people that day. Almost the entire Corvette club to classic oldies to race Corvette club said they were planning cars to you name it. Residents from a date to come out. I talked to at least the nearby apartment buildings came 30 other Z drivers who want to see just out, probably because their walls were what their cars as well as themselves shaking. Finally the gates opened up are capable of. We talked to numer- and we were in. I pulled the trailer into ous people who are affiliated with the faculty parking lot and thought to SCCA and had heard about NASA, but If you're wondering how this all got Saturday morning I'm up at 6:30. Grab myself, you know you used to do it had never known how to attend any of started, it was a family barbecue on a some coffee and outside we go. First when you were a kid, and faculty park- our events. Fill out the sign up sheet, warm sunny day. We were sitting we wash the dirt off, then we buff out ing lots always look better with burnout here you go, not to mention the people around the pool talking about the the rubber from the harmonic balancer stripes down the middle. I pulled the who wanted to get into the drag racing upcoming annual Brentwood Cornfest. from the hood from the '68 Mustang tie downs and jumped in to fire her up side, or the wrenchheads who just They hold a car show on both that lunched his motor in front of me and the starter decided to take a wanted to talk cars. All in all it was one Saturday and Sunday. The Saturday during a group 3 session at Sears dump. No burnouts, Bummer. So we very productive day. We put the NASA show was small and featured low rid- Point- but that's another story. Then pushed. It was clean and looked name and information in front of thou- ers and tricked out bikes. The Sunday it's a re-wash, wax, windows and vac- good. It didn't have to run, at least not sands of people, not to mention a fun show was the Big one. My brother in uum. At about 1:30 my cell phone until the noise competition. So, off we day with a bunch of motorheads, drink- law, Scott Perriera, said he and Tom rang and it was Ali. He and his wife went to one of the best locations in the ing beer and listening to live music at Simon of NASA drags fame were tak- were nearby. They were on their way show, thanks to Tom and Richard. We what seemed like our own private ing their Brentwood Cyclery sponsored to meet up with some friends and go set up Tom's pop-up shade and table, stage from 3 different bands. Did the Volkswagen to the show and I for carting in Stockton. Sure enough, we hung our NASA banner and put out the car place? Nope, Scott and Tom were some reason said, you know, I should had 2000 copies of the Speednews to Speednews. As we were sitting there the judges, and I wasn't allowed to take my car Sunday also and we could hand out. After talking for a couple of waiting for the crowds, up pulls Bill enter the competition, you know, nepo- hand out NASA stuff to kind of pro- minutes, it was back to home. I fin- from BPSi Racing in his Ferrari. We tism, and I couldn't buy them off with mote the whole NASA package. OK, ished putting on the final touches and started talking and he asks, how would lunch. Will I do it again next year? the plan was on. I'd call Ali or Jerry started her up and loaded her on the I like to have a couple of his Panoz Registration sheet and the check goes and see if it would be ok and ask if trailer with her car cover firmly in place GTSR race cars by our area? You've out in the morning mail. they had any paraphernalia we could and enjoyed a nice evening with the probably seen his Ferrari and Panoz Borderline Motorsports USTCC Audi A4 Debuts at Los Angeles Grand Prix

By Mike Williams considering creating a 1 hour documen- power steering fluid was lost. Championship with Borderline Borderline Motorsports tary on the team. Throughout the year, Fortunately, Donny Edwards has faced Motorsports, so the final resolution of the Brian will be covering this challenge before and knew how to situation is unknown. After seven months of preparation, Borderline Motorsports' races and updat- deal with the much heavier steering. As The results of the 1 hour "mini-enduro" Borderline Motorsports finally premiered ing his viewers as to the progress of the the automobile is so new, no spare parts were a bit disappointing for Donny the United States Touring Car Audi A4 A4 quattro modification process. were at the disposal of the team at the Edwards, Allison Duncan and Borderline 2.8 quattro at the Los Angeles Street As the weekend progressed and times track, so the local Audi dealership was Motorsports as the team finished 6th out Race this past weekend of July 15 and were released, Borderline Motorsports contacted by Michael Williams. of approximately 15 cars. While that 16. Despite the fact that the Touring Car result is unfortunately out of the top 3, was mechanically stock, it proved to be considering what state the car is in, that very competitive on this very difficult and finish is spectacular. rough course. Despite predictions, the Another new member is wel- very soft stock suspension proved to be comed to the team, Meric "Medic" an advantage as there were several very Turkoglu has been recruited as a crew tight, bumpy turns. Donny Edwards and member. While never on a race team Allison Duncan were able to apply power before, having worked in an automotive to the ground with the quattro system factory for most of his life, his experience sooner and more aggressively than any with the mechanicals of the car is exten- other car there including the 600+ horse- sive and extremely valuable. He is cur- power Porsche 911 race cars. "It was an rently completing a mechanical engi- amazing sight to see. This stock 3200 lb neering degree and is a native of Turkey. Audi quattro was pulling away from the Welcome aboard Medic! Porsche beasts out of corners." Borderline Motorsports would like to Exclaimed Michael Williams following extend extra special thanks to Jim Friday's first practice session. Oldham and the Bay Area Audi

The Los Angeles Street Race also photo by Headonphotos Dealership Group, Downtown LA became an incredible forum for publicity found that they were lapping the course Downtown LA Motors came to the Aid of Motors, Vortrag Motorsports, Ron Cortez as television crews appeared out of only 2 seconds behind the leader in a Borderline Motorsports without hesitation of American International Motorsports, nowhere whenever a pit stop was made. stock car! The advantages of quattro and repaired the problem within the hour. Rueger Designs, Sea Fresh Restaurants The paddock area also became a great and having two of the best drivers in the Having the power steering fixed allowed for catering for us at the racetrack on method of promoting Audi and the Bay sport were apparent. Unfortunately, Borderline Motorpsorts to participate in Sunday, Ace Cleaners for doing all of our Area Audi Dealerships as Borderline while the handling of the car was an Sunday's one hour mini-enduro. It was a clothes at the last minute, and last but Motorsports displayed their beautiful 10' advantage, the power and weight of the repeat of the day before in that the A4 not least, Allison Duncan, and Bob x 20' EZ Ups with huge Audi logos pro- car were the true hindrance for faster lap was slightly off pace, and Donny Duncan for all of his help in the pits, we vided by Jim Oldham. A camera crew, times. Alignments and tire pressure Edwards was superior in the tight cor- definitely could not have done anything headed by Brian Piersen from Fox adjustments were simply not enough to ners of this road coarse. Unfortunately, without you. Studios followed Borderline Motorsports overcome the huge horsepower differen- due to the invincibility of Donny in the Borderline Motorsports is a newly found- over the weekend, placing cameras in- tials on the very long straightaway. corners, one driver of a Honda wagon ed race organization, competing primari- car and performing several interviews of Donny Edwards, being a master of mak- became extremely frustrated and took ly in the National Auto Sports each teammate. He is creating a televi- ing a car very "large" during the turns those frustrations out on the rear bumper Association, which is sponsored by the sion show focusing on Import Racing on simply could do nothing to hold back the and exhaust of the A4 quattro. No major Bay Area Audi Dealers with major coop- the west coast. Originally an 8 minute quicker cars on the long straightaway. damage was incurred, but the intent of eration and assistance from Jim Oldham, segment was planned as a feature for Just before the qualifying race on punting the car off course was clear. the California and Nevada Area Borderline Motorsports, but due to the Saturday afternoon, a failure in the Ironically, this car also competes in the Executive for Audi of America. In addi- quality of interviews and footage, Brian is power steering system surfaced and all United States Touring Car tion to the Bay Area Audi Dealers, Page 10 NASA Speednews October 2000

Drag Race Review By Dan Ruble Drag Race Reporter

After the short notice cancellation of the Sears Point race in June to ready the track for the Winston Cup boys, the NASA VW ET Drag racing Championship Series finally returned to the newly refurbished Sears Point International Raceway for the first time since 1998, on July 29th. Eleven cars showed up to vie for cash, gift certificates, trophies, brag- ging rights, and those all important champi- onship points. Qualifying started mid morning with two cars, those of newcomer, Tony DalCanto, a previ- ous VW Trends Magazine feature car, and the beautiful Ron Lummus sponsored Pro Stock machine of Ben Pada both falling to transmission gremlins. First round of elimina- tions saw a strange occurrence as every race was decided by a bye, red light or mechanical ills. First up, new NASA member Greg Schmidt in his 1915 powered Ghia took the easy win as Rick Deleon, Bad Dog Racing, coasted to the 330 mark with a broken throt- tle cable. Next up paired Greg McNair of the "Buggy Gang" against Tom Simon in his Brentwood Cyclery/CPR sponsored Super Gas sedan. Unfortunately, Tom wasted a screaming 11.49 with an over eager launch, handing the win to McNair. The third pairing matched Gary Holcomb's buggy against the second Bad Dog, Greg Urritia with the Greg's VW Service machine emerging victorious over a red-lighting Holcomb. The final round one match up had Bob Mosier in his consist 12 second sand rail red-light to another new comer, Chris Brown in his 1915 powered Notch. Dan Ruble with the bye, rolled out of the lights, and combined the ensuing .117 R/T and attendant snail pace 3,355 60 foot time(!) with what is arguably the worlds slowest 2 liter, into an awesome 17.03 on a 15.47 D/I! Take'em anyway you can get'em said the lady in the timing shack. Second round saw Ruble's 15.74 on a 15.68 to an on the brakes 11.98 on a 12 flat put the always tough McNair on the trailer early. Other second round action saw the Greg's VW sedan advance over a red-lighting Brown as Schmidt got the bye. Semi finals had a battle of the break outs as Schmidt's way under 15.01 on a 15.40 D/I left Ruble paired with Urritia in the final. In what turned out to be a reaction time contest, Greg's .535 light to the .669 of Ruble was enough to take all the marbles. Ruble's 15.67 on a 15.60 dial was closer than Greg's 81 on a 70, but the dam- age was done. Both players moved well up in the points with Ruble garnering 91 points to lead Greg 204 to 198 in the Series. Well, that's Drag Racing! If you want to join in the fun, it's the cheapest racing in town. All you need is an air cooled stick shift VW and a few bucks. Sears charges 20 bucks to run, and you have to join NASA, but a little practice and you can be a winner too. Handicap, bracket, dial in, call it what you will, in ET rac- ing a 20 second stock Ghia stands as much chance to win as a 11 second 115 mph Pro machine. Come join us if you want to have fun on the cheap, meet some great people and enjoy some close competition, the aver- age MOV in ET racing is fifty thousands of a second. Now that's close! Next race in the Championship is scheduled for August 19th at Sacramento Raceway. For more informa- tion on rules or the series, contact Tom Simon 925 516 2334, [email protected], or Dan Ruble 408 448 1232 or [email protected]. photo by Headonphotos Page 11 NASA Speednews October 2000 Letters contnued from page 6 Goodyears). One stud pulled out tak- Saturday's usual feast. I can't forget ing the threads with it, one broke off, Richard and Gene for their great the others got mangled. A driver efforts in Race Control. Gene again behind me said the car was 6 feet off tracked violations and fuel/driver stops the ground as the wheel went under for the the lower quarter panel and gas tank. Enduro. I also think we should thank I was looking at blacktop closely for an Theresa the next time we see her, for instant through the windshield. The all her efforts, especially for icing the wheel curled the quarter panel under beer at the end of the day - one of the and damaged the fuel tank. The rotor most important tasks! was ground flat and was useless. Again, I apologize if I missed anyone. The repairs went well, and I had a I hope to see you all back at good attitude as well. With the help of Thunderhill Sept. 16-17! As for me, I Mark Seargeant holding the axle, we can't wait that long to drive, so I'm got the broken stud out. This was a heading down to instruct at the feat given that I had Loctited all the NASA LA Chapter event at studs in. We finally got the use of a Buttonwillow Aug. 26-27 - and let me vice to hold the axle to drill, tap and tell you, if Thunderhill is hot, insert the Helicoil. Mark also had a Buttonwillow is scorching! brand new rotor in his collection of Jerry Brown spare parts. Another Spec7 driver had the proper bolt for the caliper pivot. My wife and I really enjoyed the race What made the weekend so great weekend at St John''s and the people were the workers, who were mostly were great!! However, if we are going "locals". One of them, Sandy, to go there more frequently I have a searched the track and grass area, couple of "constructive criticism" and to my great fortune, found the items for your consideration. missing insert for the Panasport. I was 1. more paddock space needed. able to press (read, hammer) the Parking in the dirt with race tires was insert back in. We finished this off as not ideal and yet you really need to it got dark. The next morning I had park next to your trailer, motorhome, Glenn Conover (Spec7 #45) follow me etc. for tools and gear. in the morning warm up session. One 2. restructure the start - two by two lap is all it took to reveal a major fuel through the esses when everyone is leak on right turns. I found that the "pumped up" for the start made for tank was leaking at the weld at the some very dangerous lines and close filler pipe at the tank. This was the calls (especially with all the marbles only time I got concerned about driving off-line!) The start line is just too close the car home to Phoenix. Sandy knew to the esses. 3. an intermediate flag another "local" that was working grid, station that owned a body shop and salvage These are not meant to be an indict- yard. He was so helpful. He did not ment of the whole race structure, it have a tank, but he called all over the was 99% great and I will race there area and found one in Show Low, again! about 35 miles away. Glenn ran for Thanks the tank while Mark gave me a hand Brendon Hirschberg getting the tank out and prying the quarter panel away from the filler pipe Just wanted to forward my apprecia- area. I got the tank installed just in tion of St. John's event. Sorry that so time for the 40 minute "Feature Race". many racers had to leave Sunday eve The field was just leaving the grid as I due to work schedules on Monday, but pulled up still putting on the helmet I still had a fantastic time all weekend. and gloves. I caught up the the pack Looking forward to additional summer by the drop of the green and had a events. super race. I wanted to finish this Charles Jackson Car #17 race, so I drove thinking, not emotion- ally. I ended up in 4th in Spec7, and I am one of those nuts that drives his passed more than half of the field. Spec7 to and from the track. I recent- The workers were cheering for me ly went to a NASA event in St. Johns, every time I went past them. AZ. A 230 mile one way trip (I was The dinner and awards session at the going through Spec7 withdrawal). I end of the day was a blast. They had have always been afraid to travel due the mayor and other city dignitaries to, what if I damaged my car? Well, it participating. Also, a good country happened at the St. Johns Grand Prix and R/B band that played into the this past July 1 - 3. I got the car back night. together and had a successful (I fin- Thanks to NASA in general, Vicki ished first on Goodyears and won Pond "the problem solver", workers $150.00 NASA bucks) race. I also and the usual collection of the best drove the car back to Phoenix. racers to race with (Spec7 Drivers) I The damage to the car started with the had one of the best times of my life. I left rear wheel coming off on the last got 25 MPG on the way home to boot. turn of the last lap, with me in third Leney R. Vautrin, Sr. place in the Spec7 group (first on Spec7 #71 CMC Manufacturer’s Points Race At mid 2000 CMC season (as of 8/1/00), the calculated Manufacturer's Points are: Chevy Camaro 93 Ford Mustang 85 The CMC season has seen 12 races thus far in the year. 7 races have been won by Camaros and 5 by Mustangs. Points are calculated for the top 5 finishes with the first place manufacturer taking 5 points, 2nd place 4 points and so on. With 3 more racing weekends to go in the CMC season and 12 more anticipated races, anything can happen! photo by Headonphotos Page 13 NASA Speednews October 2000

HEAD ON PHOTOS Official Photographer of NASA-SF Professional, colorful, powerful images of YOU and YOUR car in action! In the car and on the track Once in a lifetime images See all our shots after each race on our website: www.headonphotos.com Norm Cabana [email protected] 408-979-1528

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Braswell alone is worth more than the handsome {like you!} race car. alarm, power remote locks, 130K, new (1hr) Kumho track tires, new 600 cfm carb. Full welded cage, $8,500 I'm asking for. Call Michael That's right the infamous 1.8L tow hitch, new tires, very clean, header, lots of other parts, single aluminum racing seat, aluminum (415) 699-0725 / email: Quaiffed #95 PS-3 VW GTI is now runs great. $4500. Ali 510-222- axle car trailer. All for $3500. 707- drive shaft, aluminum oil/water [email protected] available. No DNF's in years! 2601 days or [email protected]. 762-3249 heat exchanger, aluminum radiator Outstanding value @ only and aluminum road race oil pan. FOR SALE: 1999 C5 fixed roof $3600.00. You need this car!! Your FOR SALE: 1974-1977 Capri FOR SALE: '89 Kawasaki ZX-7. Watts linkage on Chevy 10 bolt coupe race car. Doug Rippie built success is guaranteed! Call or parts. First year built, owned since new, posi-traction rear end. Koni Sport with full cage, Sparco seat, 5 point write now with your offer or for -Mallory distributor, dual point, fits 14,300 miles, never down, always Comp shocks. T-5 Chevy 5 spd belts, exhaust system, computer more details. Don't wait, this 2.8 V6, new in box. $125 BO garaged. $3500 full leathers and tranny. 10 pound fire system. 16" upgrade, T1 suspension, lightened baby's gonna be gone fast. -Isky ¾ race cam, fits 2.8 V6, new matching helmet extra. 510-772- wheels and some spares. SCCA to 3100 lbs., diff cooler, oil cooler, [email protected] or (408) 590- with lifters. $125 BO 0114. book. NASA. This is a nicely built Accusump, currently in SCCA T1 6548 or (408) 295-7195 650-952-8751 race car that needs to leave my and NASA SSV trim. Dyno (chas- FOR SALE: NASA Ultra truck, shop. Was asking $10,500 but will sis) over 350 hp at rear wheels FOR SALE: GTI Cup car. Custom WANTED: Contributing editors are Chevrolet body and motor, 4 wheel consider all serious offers. (520) (over 400 engine). Very fast and welded cage, all the right needed for Speednews for the disc brakes, rebuilt trans, two 743-9822 or well sorted out. Over 65k to buy Neuspeed components, nice body, 2000 season. We need writers for seats, very low hours, all set up by [email protected]. See at and build. Approx 5000 miles with stock black paint, never raced. every class. If you can write Busby Motorsports. 510-719-1170 www.racesmart.com/html/camaro. half street and half race. Sell now Car was built to race GTI Cup but decently, let us know and you html. for $49,500 as new Z06 is on way. is only 95% complete. Only needs might get published. Call 510-232- FOR SALE: 1969 Lynx B FV. Rare Larry Pond 760-568-5801 minor touches such as seat belts NASA today. uncut frame, ideal for vintage, eas- FOR SALE: -1996 Camaro - to race. $3500 OBO. Ali 510-222- ily upgraded regionals/nationals. $45,000 SCCA legal for World WANTED: Mechanics (2). APEX 2601 days or [email protected] WANTED: -1970-1977 Ford Capri Solid record in SCCA and Pro Challenge, ITE, or SP with log Motorsports, specialists in Dodge in any condition. events, interesting history, all log- book, Curry Enterprises Ford 9" Vipers and late-model Mustangs, FOR SALE: 1980 Toyota PU 4x4 Ali 510-222-2601 days or books. Tons of spares including 3 rearend, 3-link suspension, new 22 in Santa Clara, CA (San Francisco longbed. 31x10.5-15 A.T., tool [email protected] engines, gearbox, suspension gal. Fuel Safe fuel cell, JRZ Bay Area) has an immediate need box, 20R engine, needs some parts and lots more. Trailer and remote reservoir shocks with for two mechanics. Come join a minor work in transmission. 214K FOR RENT: Datsun 510 PS-3 support equipment avail. spares, Gold track with 2 third great crew setting up fast cars for miles. $2000 OBO. cars. Very fast and competitive. Offers/trades for all or part. 510- members 3.50 & 3.89, Jericho 4- street and racing use! For more 650 cfm Holley carb, 4 bbl, spread Reasonable rates, track support. 796-7626 or [email protected] spd, Brembo brake systems. information, contact Bill Kaiser at bore, direct Quadra-Jet replace- Starting at $400 per day. 510-658- Custom front suspension, Tilton APEX Motorsports (408) 562-1000 ment for Chevy. Needs to be 0116 John Peterson FOR SALE: PS-3 Toyota Celica clutch, 355 ci Chevy with 180 or via e-mail at rebuilt. $125 OBO. 925-829- GT former Long Beach celebrity degree exhaust system, Dual MSD [email protected] 2845, ask for Mike FOR SALE: A pair of 1st genera- car, strong motor, low mileage, ignition, 3-sets of Forgeline wheels tion RX7s. One bent and smokey Weber carburetor, Auto Meter and many other spares. FOR SALE: Mini Super Truck. FOR SALE: Ducati for Sale. 1988 with the required Pro-7 stuff, plus Guages, six point roll cage, Vel's -1996 Ford Cobra Mustang SCCA Ford Courier. As raced at Ducati Paso 750, 11,000 original Butler seat, brake bias adjuster, Parnelli Jones safety fuel cell, legal for ITE, or SP with log book. Altamont Raceway. 1979 Ford miles, one owner, Bub's Exhaust Tokico all around, roll cage, 3 row Simpson safety restraints, remote Holds track record at Firebird and Courier body. New 2300 Ford (original avail.), Euro taillight, cus- radiator, air dam, my face on both operated on-board extinguiser sys- PIR. 8.8" rearend with locker & engine with header and racing tom Paint, Young's custom saddle, doors, water/oil/temp and pressure tem, locker rear end, adjustable 4:10 gears, HP lower trailing arms, cam, spare rims, spare engine, Ohlin rear shock, Marzzochi front gauges, camera mount, Haag front camper plates. A GREAT club 4 sets of wheels, Fuel Safe fuel spare rear end third members. shocks, $4250...Richard Turk stickers (easily scraped off), more car going back to school must sell. cell, Tremec 5-spd with useable This truck has won races. $3000 [email protected] or 707-747- stuff that I can't think of because I $2000.00 OBO call Chuck (home) 5th gear, Bartworks front suspen- or best offer. Contact John at 925- 6154. am sitting at my computer freaking 909.590.8904 (cell) 909.323.8252 sion, "Cobra R" hood and front fas- 890-3808 out about money. And one straight cia, 383 small block Ford engine FOR SALE: 1994 Civic CX. with LSD rear end. Many spares, FOR SALE: 1990 Miata. with 550+ HP, Custom radiator and FOR RENT: Race cars for rent. Potential PCTCC/PS-1 car. bits and pieces. Mix and match, go Modifications include Greddy turbo heat exchanger. Fresh motor, run NASA Pro Sedan and TIMEX Currently street car in very clean racing. Must sell all, soon. Best kit, flying Miata intercooler kit, prog on dyno only. CONTACT: Ken enduro, ITS ITA SU & HPDE condition inside and out. 1600 Si offer over free. Andy 415-467- engine computer, alum high capac- Stinnett (520)975-8325 Mobile or classes. Datsun 240Z, Mazda engine, 5 speed, great mileage, 3787/1758 or [email protected] ity radiator, engine oil cooler, 2/5" Email to [email protected] RX7. Track side support. Race runs great 71K miles, no title. stainless exhaust, Autometer car fabrication and modification. $2500 OBO. 415-661-9609 boost gauge. The engine was WANTED: For Spec RX-7: 1. Fire system sales and installation. replaced with a used low mileage Good set of Panasports or other Shop space for rent. San Jose engine before mods were made. aluminum 13x7 wheels. 2. Racing 408 315 4486 [email protected], Adjust struts, coil springs, sway seat Contact: Rod Bauer @ www.goproracing.com bars, Flying Miata front brake kit, (520)445-6755 weekdays or 17" wheels and tires. New conv (520)776-7239 or Email to FOR SALE: NASA Pro-7 Package: top and hard top. Pioneer CD w/ [email protected] Original Ground Control car, NASA Rockford Fosgate amp and speak- Pro-7 Champion. 5 race winner in ers, MB Quart front speakers, FOR SALE: ITB BMW 2002, less NASA San Francisco. New car much more. $11,000 OBO. Call engine/trans. SCCA logbook, almost finished. Complete car in James 602-402-6666. Safety Devices cage, Wink mirror, spares. 2 Haag engines #20 & best Locked rear end, Rear adjustable ever engine #13 Mostly Mazda FOR SALE: 1989 BMW 325i race sway bar. Call Dave (520)661- race engine, 3 other running car. Eligible for USTCC, PCTCC, 8012, (520)323-3886 Daytime. engines. Many, many other spares, photo by Headonphotos Page 15 NASA Speednews October 2000 Race Group Rule Updates PS-7 Add to 7.8: PS-7 only: Any RX7 intake manifold and carburetor from a 1979-1985 RX7 may be used.

Touring Car Effective 2/12/00 Add to: 7.32.13 Pro 7 racers for rent Suspension bushing material is unrestrict- Toyo Pro Sedan racers for rent ed. Change 7.32.5. to read: Driver school rentals Any sway bar(s), traction bar(s) [to control rotation of the differential in rear drive WE HAVE IT ALL! vehicles], panhard rod [to stop lateral Rent competitive, race winning, championship movement of the differential in rear drive caliber race cars at affordable rates. By the day vehicles], or Watts linkage may be used/added, provided their installation or for the whole season. We take care of the provides no additional purpose. The logistical hassles and ownership worries. mounts for these may be welded or bolted Professionally run, renting and preparing race to the structure of the vehicle. "Heim joint" type rod ends (spherical bearings) are cars is all we do. Reliability and performance allowed for use with any sway bar, traction you can count on. Don’t you owe it to yourself to bar, or Watts linkage. demand the best when racing is your priority? Change 7.32.3. to read: 11771 Foothill Road Any springs may be used provided they mount in the original location and the Sunol, CA 94586 number and type (i.e. coil, leaf) remains 925-862-0172 the same as stock. Coil over type struts or shock absorbers, where a threaded sleeve is permanently attached to a hous- ing are permitted. Spring spacers are allowed.

Effective 5/1/00 Change 5.8. to read: Since promotion through dealerships, manufacturers, sponsors, etc. is a neces- sary part of the TCC, all vehicles must have a passenger seat and seat belts available to install in a minimal amount of time to carry passengers safely. OEM equipment is permitted, but safety equip- ment similar to the driver's is recommend- ed. Grab handles must be provided for the passenger. Passengers will be allowed only during certain non-competi- tion sessions, for promotional purposes only.

Change 7.4.6 to read: Other than the dash pad, the remaining trim pieces in the interior may be removed including the rear and passenger seat. No sheet metal shall be removed or deformed unless specified in the CCR, these rules, and any addendums. The dash pad may be replaced with a "stock appearing replacement part." All holes resulting from removing the dash compo- nents (i.e. heater controls) must be cov- ered by panel made of sheetmetal, carbon fiber, or other similar material in good appearance. This includes holes left in the door as a result of removing door pan- els. All such gutting must be done with keeping a nice appearance in mind (i.e. no tape covering the hole in the dash).

Add to Eligibility List: 1996-1997 Honda Civic Del Sol 1600 DOHC VTEC. Minimum weight: 2540 lbs. for PCTCC or ACTCC, 2080 lbs. for USTCC. This will be the last year of eligibility for this body. 1998-2000 Acura Integra Type R. Minimum weight 2535 lbs.

Delete from Eligibility List USTCC: 1989-1991 Honda Civic. 1990-1994 Mitsubishi Eclipse 1989-1994 Nissan 240SX 1989-1992 Volkswagen Jetta/Golf BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Speednews PERMIT NO. 333 PINOLE, CA National Auto Sport Association P. O. Box 21555 Volume 8, No. 10 www.nasaproracing.com October 2000, $2.00 Richmond, CA 94820-1555 Quick Notes Important HPDE Schedule Change All drivers wishing to participate at the October 14-15 event at Sears Point HPDE and/or Open Track groups should take note that the HPDE and Open Track portion have been can- celled. That weekend is reserved for only race groups. So if you would like to do an HPDE, plan on either September 16-17 or November 4-5 at Thunderhill. Why Wait in Line? Race group participants in the SF region are encouraged to use our regis- tration by mail format. Send us your signed waiver and a completed tech form and we will mail your tech sticker and wrist band. No need to stand in line Grand Prix of St. John’s Draws a Big Crowd at the track at registration. Your car must have a current logbook to use this By John Schattenberg event, Jamie and Alan interviewed many service and you must still have your log- NASA Phoenix Chapter of the drivers and officals, and really book signed at the track. All you have helped to bring the fans "up to speed" to do is send us the two forms, giving us For those of you who were unable to with each days activities. Mike Schmidt enough time to mail them back to you. attend the first Annual NASA Grand Prix and Jeff Lepper also pitched in to give Of course, if you owe anything such as of St. Johns, Arizona, there was only one them a hand form time to time. money, or license, then we will not be word to describe the event... able o service you by mail. But for the "Spectacular"! Well over 200 cars partic- The racing was close and very competi- majority of the drivers, this could mean ipated in the event over the 3 days, with tive in all classes. With over 5 hours of an extra hour of sleep in the morning. over 150 race cars. Drivers came from actual racing, and 20 hours of practice, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and qualifying, and open track, there was only Index even as far away as Bolivia and Peru. A one incident of car to car contact through- great time was had by all. out the entire event, and that was rela- tively minor contact during one of the 40 2000 Schedule 2 Many of the towns people pitched in to minute main events. This was evidence help out. Volunteers came out in num- of the safety, and compatibility of the air- Regional News 4 bers on Thursday and Friday to help with port to be converted to racing conditions. the placement of tire walls and water bar- Letters 6 riers. And by Friday afternoon, every- The American Indycar Series joined the thing was in place well aheadof schedule. event and ran the entire weekend com- pletely incident free. Their racing was Photo Gallery 8 Jamie and Betsy Reynolds, and Alan exciting and close and it gave the fans a Harlin of Racing Roundup-Arizona,from real thrill to see these cars approaching Classified 14 KGME Radio 550AM, took up the task of 200 mph on the .45 mile long straight-a- announcing the event. They provided a "play by play" of the race. During the Entry Form 15 continued on page 2