Vol VIII, No. 7 St Louis Sports Car Council August 2019 Council News & Notes Up & Coming We regularly push alerts con- 18 Aug 19—BSCC autocross #5, Family Arena, St Charles, cerning upcoming events, but show about 9:30 AM. To get on the event mailing list or for addition- this time around we’re issuing a al, contact Racer Steve at [email protected]. “Head’s Up.” 18 Aug 19—Gateway Autocross Association events 3 & 4, The editor (who also serves as SHORT FUSE! at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway (Gateway Motorsports Park), chief photographer) will be out of info at www.gatewayautox.com. town on a TDY (ie, business trip) 18 Aug 19—28th Annual Edwardsville DARE Car Show, hosted by the Piston for the entire month of Septem- Pushers Classic Car Show, at Edwardsville High School, 6161 Center Grove Rd ber. Hopefully, we’ll get Septem- and IL 157. Pre-register at www.edwardsvilledare.com or on site, 8:30 AM-1 PM, ber’s Relay out prior to departure $15 entry fee. Vendors, food, free photo of your vehicle plus more. All proceeds but be advised October’s issue benefit Edwardsville DARE program. will probably be a tad thinner than usual. 23 Aug 19—St Louis Triumph Owners Association Friday Night Dinner Drive. Meet at 6 PM for a 6:30 PM departure, the drive will end at Trattoria Giuseppe’s in In order to ensure the next two Imperial. Contact Karl Schmitt at [email protected] if you’d like to partici- issues have a reasonably good pate and to get the starting point, or monitor www.sltoa.org. club events section, once again, we solicit photo assistance from 24 Aug 19—Bommarito Automotive Group 500, Indycars, Gateway Motorsports the member clubs. If your club Park. Tickets available at www.gatewaymsp.com/2019tickets/. holds an event, or if your mem- 25 Aug 19—Rescheduled SLTOA Annual Picnic, at Vlasis Park, 300 Park Dr, bers participate in an entertain- Ballwin. Starts at 11 AM at the No. 1 pavilion. The club will provide the fried chick- ing cruise, an autocross or regu- en, please bring a side dish or desert and your preferred libation. A free member- lar monthly event like Cars & ship will go to the winner of the Pin the Wheel on the Triumph game; also, there Coffee, please send digital pho- may very well be a short drive in advance of the picnic, monitor www.sltoa.org for tos to [email protected] further information. or [email protected]. 28 Aug 19—MG Club of St Louis RUBCO breakfast, at Denny’s, Lindbergh and Mid- If you send photos, please ID the land, 9:30 AM. photographer, the date and the event title, if applicable. We’ll Aug-Sept 19—Gateway VCOA Mid-Missouri Meet-Up, with the Heartland of gladly take it from there. America (KC) VCOA chapter. Dates and details to be announced, monitor https:// Thanks! gatewayvolvo.club/. th Otherwise, yeah, typical heat- 31 Aug 19—10 Annual O’Fallon (MO) Elks Lodge 2587 Classic Car & Mo- torcycle Show, 1163 Tom Ginneve. Registration 9 AM-noon, $20 show, $15 heat-heat of a Midwest summer st nd but people are still getting out display, dash plaques to the first 100 entries, 1 and 2 place trophies, 50/50 raf- and driving. However, before fle, food and beverages. Proceeds benefit wounded warriors. For info call (636) you know it, we’ll all be transi- 219-0847 or (636)485-4388. tioning to fall activities. Some- (Continued on page 2) thing to look forward to, eh? Note: Some club events restrict participation to club members only, primarily for na- tional/chapter insurance reasons. If interested in joining in on a drive or other event, we recommend you contact the club’s event coordinator in advance for details. In Print Mini owners/drivers feature in the July Octane, with a five-page summary of this year’s Goodwood Members’ Meeting Betty Richmond Trophy race, which celebrated the 60th anniversary of the cars. Later in the magazine, updates on a TR2 owned by one of the editors and a one-page test drive of the Jaguar F-Pace SVR and XE. Oh, and if you have a secret hankering to run down the Mulsanne Straight at 200+, this issue also has a 30- page salute to the mighty Porsche 917. Out of NYC, the July Car & Driv- er also provides a short summary (Continued on page 8) 1 Continued on pg 7 Up & Coming (Continued from page 1) 6 Sept 19—Memories Car Club Cruise at Faith Church, aka “The Zoo,” first Friday of each month. Rahning Rd off MO 30/Gravois, 4 PM-9 PM, all vehicles ’79 or older are welcome. 6 Sept 19—Kirkwood Sonic Car Cruise, at Big Bend and S Kirkwood, every Friday night through the end of September. Tends toward muscle cars and rods but foreign vehicles are welcome! 7 Sept 19—Cars & Coffee West/Sunrise Church, 7116 Twin Chimneys Blvd, O’Fallon, MO, 8 AM-10 AM. Info at https:// calendar.time.ly/xzi1q8ed/posterboard. 7 Sept 19—69th Illinois Secretary of State Vehicle Show, Second St and Capitol Ave, downtown, east of the capitol. For more information, all up www.cyberdriveillinois.com or email [email protected]. 7 Sept 19—First Baptist Church Lake St Louis 3rd Annual Car Show, 2230 Lake St Louis Blvd. Register prior to the 11 AM start time, show goes through 4 PM, $20, proceeds benefit those in financial need in our community. Dash plaques to the first 75 entries, attendance prizes, DJ music. Info at www.fbclsl.org/car show or call (636)448-5600. 7-8 Sept 19—2019 Spirit of St Louis Air Show & STEM Expo, Spirit of St Louis Airport, featuring the US Navy Blue An- gels and Royal Air Force Red Arrows, plus an F-22A demo, warbirds, stunt pilots and more. Tickets available at spirit- airshow.com, no tickets sold at the gate. LBC owners, grab your bulldogs and Union Jacks and come out to cheer on the Arrows! 8 Sept 19—BSCC autocross #6, Family Arena, St Charles, show about 9:30 AM. To get on the event mailing list or for addi- tional, contact Racer Steve at [email protected]. 8 Sept 19 —23rd Annual Walter F. Phillips Memorial Wheels in Motion Car Show, at Westport Plaza, 9 AM-4 PM. $20 entry, dash plaques to first 150 cars, all proceeds go to the National Children’s Cancer Society. Raffle, 50/50, food and drink vendors, for info call Elliott at (314)878-0534 or Al at (314)650-7639. 13 Sept 19—Misfit Toyz Car, Truck & Bike Cruise, 2nd Friday each month, April through October, 6-10 PM. At Hardees, 2580 Lemay Ferry Rd, St Louis. 13 Sept 19—Summer Sampler II/Off the Beaten Track Rally, sponsored by the St Louis Region, SCCA. Organized in conjunction with the SCCA racing weekend World Wide Technology Raceway (formerly Gateway Motorsports Park). Details to follow. 13-14 Sept 19—Midwest Division Double Regional Road Race, hosted by the St Louis Region, SCCA. At Gateway Motor- sports Park, details to follow. In the meantime, monitor https://roadracing.stlscca.org. 13-15 Sept—Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival, at Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. The weekend includes a re- enactment of the original road race Saturday afternoon, the “Gathering on the Green” Concours on the grounds of the Resort, practice and qualifying Friday, featured races Saturday and historic cup races Sunday. The Jaguar Association of Greater St Louis’ Phil Taxman is running his E-Type and the club’s forming a British Expeditionary Force to serve as pit crew and cheerleaders, for more info monitor www.jagstl.com. 14 Sept 19—Cars & Coffee/Fast Lane Classic Cars, 427 Little Hills Industrial Blvd, St Charles. Hosted by Fast Lane, C&C St Louis, the Bridge Coffee House and the Dokaj Foundation, 8 AM-10 AM. Info at https://calendar.time.ly/xzi1q8ed/ posterboard. 14-15 Sept 19—SCCA September Race & Time Trials/Summer Sampler II Double Regional Road Race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, hosted by the St Louis Region, Southern Illinois Region and MidWest Division. SCCA registration and tech opens at 5 PM on Friday, the Off the Beaten Path Road Rally is scheduled for 7 PM to 9 PM; nachos and beverages will be available before and after the road rally. All participants—drivers, crew members, workers and officials—are invited to stay for the Saturday Dinner Party. Please register for the regional races at https:// www.motorsportreg.com/events/st-louis-scca-summer-sampler-worldwide-technologies-raceway-club-racing-251177 or for the time trials at https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/midiv-scca-time-trials-championship-series-worldwide-technologies- raceway-051372. For more info, contact Linda at [email protected] or (314)578-0677 before 9 PM. 19-22 Sept 19—Jensen East Nationals, 20th anniversary annual gathering of Jensen owners, in St Louis. Host hotel is the Hampton Inn & Suites, Chesterfield, 5 McBride & Son Drive (I-64 at Boones Crossing), call (636)530-0770 and reference the Jensen Car Club for the event rate. Planned activities include a “British Invasion” drive to Fulton and the Winston Churchill Museum on Friday the 20th, open to all British and other special interest vehicles, followed by participation in Saturday’s All- British Car & Cycle Show at Creve Coeur Lake Park. Monitor www.jenseneast.org/index.html for additional information on activities. 21 Sept 19—38th Annual All British Car & Cycle Show, Creve Coeur Lake Park, 13450 Marine Ave.