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VOL. 58 | AUGUST 2017 The official publication of the San Francisco Region of the Sports Car Club Of America SOLO ROUND 7 SFR ROUNDS 5&6 FRESNO SOLO 7 p. 10 SRF FESTIVAL p. 26 p. 18 AUGUST 2017 THE WHEEL 1 SpecRacer - Sales - Rentals - Arrive & Drive August 2017 Conditions 1. 1st time in a SpecRacer 2. One race or practice day 3. Competition license 4. Subject to availability 5. See website for details SpecRacers are now 7 Seconds faster than a Spec Miata at ThunderHill Services SpecRacer 2017 Pricing* GEN2 GEN3 • SRF Rentals & Arrive & Drive Rental (3 day local race & transport) $900 /day $1,133 /day • Cars and Parts Sales Arrive & Drive – your car (3 day race) $400 /day + transport Cover Photo: Spec Racer Fords pose counter course at Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway, By Got Blue Milk. • Trackside Support for Your Car Transportation & Limited Support $.75 /mile + $50 /day Above: #77 Wilson Powell puts two wheels off exiting Turn 3 ahead of #54 Robert Roumimper and #30 Brian Anderson, By Got Blue Milk. • Driver Coaching Includes: • Maintenance & Repairs Trackside support <1 hr * See details on our website. Unload & loading car FEATURES 6 Wheelworks 14 Notes from the Archive 24 Determine the Future of the Board Tools to use at track 7 Letters to the Editor 16 2017 Alameda Point Concours 25 Full Body Contact Phone (669) 232-4844 www.AccelRaceTek.com d’Elegance 8 National Board Candidate Statements 26 Fresno Solo 7 18 SFR Championship Series 10 Solo Tour Round 7 28 Thunderhill Report Double Regional 5&6, Featuring the 12 Sacramento Solo Round 5 Spec Racer Ford Festival Rentals om IN EVERY ISSUE 4 Calendar 4 Travel Tech 13 Race Car Rentals 30 The Garage: Classified Ads Builds .c The views expressed in The Wheel are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of San Francisco Region or the SCCA. SAN FRANCISCO REGION SCCA REGION OFFICE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RENT A RACE CAR! MAILING ADDRESS GARY PITTS Regional Executive Mazda Raceway, Sonoma, Thunderhill, & Buttonwillow PO Box 308, Willows, CA 95988 [email protected] SCCA, NASA, Corporate / Private Events or Track Days. LOCATION ROD SIMMONS Treasurer – Director PUBLISHER: THE WHEEL PUBLICATIONS Arrive and Drive, Track Support, Indoor Storage, 5250 Hwy 162, Willows, CA 95988 Competition Director Editor BLAKE TATUM [email protected] Coaching, Fabrication, Builds & Repairs, 530 934 4455 [email protected] Parts & Upgrades 530 934 7275 fax Art Direction & Design JULIE LEFRANCOIS [email protected] BLAKE TATUM Secretary julielefrancois.com [email protected] Office: (831) 240-5347 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Gary Horstkorta, The Wheel is the Official publication of the San Francisco region of David Vodden, Lynne Huntting, James Chartres, Fax: (831) 422-0500 the Sports Car Club of America located at 5250 Hwy 162, Willows, Cali- DAN BURGOON Director LesherMotorSports.com fornia 95988. It is published monthly by Wheel Publications, 6185 River- Ryan Panlilio, Katherine Flater, Davey Drouin, bank Circle, Stockton, California 95219. Opinions expressed herein are [email protected] Richard Simonds MiataRental.com those of the author and not necessarily those of the San Francisco Region, Wheel Publications, The Wheel, it’s staff or advertisers. Material submit- CLINT DEWITT Director CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS & ARTISTS [email protected] ted to The Wheel that is slanderous, libelous, profane, pure inflamatory Dito Milian Gotbluemilk.com, Meghan Frolli, criticism offering no constructive alternatives, sexually explicit or mate- [email protected] Ric Quinonez, Anthony Topalian, James Chartres, rial as directed by The Board, such as competitive series schedules, ads, Lynne Huntting etc. shall not be published. Permisssion to reprint materials from The Wheel is hereby granted R.J. 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Willows, CA 95988 AUGUST 2017 THE WHEEL 3 LIST OF ADVERTISERS ACCESSORIES CALENDAR 2017 RACE CAR RENTALS, Con't Sampson Racing Communications Racing Radios 866-396-7231 AccelRaceTek.com www.SampsonRacing.com Spec Racer Fords RENO REGION (669) 232-4844 2017 SFR ROAD RACING SCHEDULE BAY AREA CHAPTER Larry Oka Racing Services EXOTIC CARS 11771 Foothill, Sunol Any changes will be shown on www.sfrscca.org 925-862-0172 SOLO CALENDAR THUNDER ON THE WEST COURSE” cel: 925-890-3555 Fantasy Junction Lesher Motorsports AUGUST OCTOBER Championship Series List 1145 Park Avenue Emeryville LesherMotorSports.com PDX/TIME TRIALS 510-653-7555 MiataRental.com Remaining events for the year are: www.fantasyjunction.com 831-240-5347 PRE-REUNION PIRELLI WORLD Hosted by Reno Region SCCA Round 9 – Aug 6 – Marina Airport PRO SUPPORT CHALLENGE All events are at the Thunderhill Raceway Park ~ West course FABRICATION SERVICES August 12-13 | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca PRO SUPPORT Round 10 – Sep 30 – Crows Landing In your street car or your ready-to-racer. It doesn’t matter. You want to race. October 12-15 | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca SCCA wants to get you on the track. Come join us for stress free fun. Round 11 – Oct 1 – Crows Landing McGee Motorsports Frank Valente Real Estate 29121 Arnold Drive, Sonoma Time Trial counts toward your competition license for one of your 3 weekend www.FrankValente.com REUNION Round 12 – Nov 4 – Crows Landing 707-996-1112 races Garage Unlimited of Monterey PRO SUPPORT REGIONAL 13 & 14 Norman Racing Group Round 13 – Nov 5 – Crows Landing 831-646-1000 August 17-20 | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Get extra seat time 1221 Fourth Street, Berkley garage-unlimited-monterey.com SEASON FINALE 510-525-1164 October 27-29 | Thunderhill Round 14 – Dec 3 – Marina Airport Satisfy your “need for speed” www.alfapartscatalog.com Bavarian Motorsports 1025 Sinclair Frontage Road Milpitas CA 2017 SCHEDULE 408-956-1662 SEPTEMBER FUELS AND OILS IT’S BACK!! www.bavarianmotorsport.net RDC FOUR-HOUR ENDURO SEPTEMBER 10 Hartzel Automotive REGIONAL 11 & 12 October 29 | Thunderhill Red Line Oil 510 California Avenue SACRAMENTO SOLO 6100 Egret Court Benicia Sand City September 1-3 | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Contact: Dave Deborde, [email protected] 707-745-6100 800-624-7958 831-394-6002 www.redlineoil.com www.hartzelautomotive.com GO TO: www.renoscca.motorsportreg.com for additional information and Dr. Art Muncheryan 2017 SCHEDULE register The Racer’s Dentist HOTELS 2411 Ocean Ave. Ste 102 All events at San Joaquin Fairgrounds, Stockton IMSA Overnight parking Saturday night San Francisco, CA 94127 PRO SUPPORT EXCEPT July 22-23 will be at Thunderhill (415) 333-5400 September 21-24 | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Raceway - West Course Sunday: Tech 7:30 Driver Meeting 8:30 Lone Oak Lodge 1-800-283-5663 Roger Kraus Racing www.loneoaklodge.com 2896 Castro Valley Road See www.sfrscca-sacramento.org for more info. Come for the fun , Castro Valley 510-582-503 Stay for the “Bench Racing” too. August 26 Round 9 PARTS 1 800-510-RACE (7223) 510-886-5605 NOVEMBER 11 August 27 Round 10 www.rogerkrausracing.com SAN FRANCISCO REGION September 23 Round 11 I/O Port Racing Supplies AIM Tires 14 Juniper Drive, Lafayette At Infineon Raceway CHAMPIONSHIP ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET September 24 Round 12 800-949-5712 707-938-9193 www.Ioportracing.com At Thunderhill October 14 Enduro Practice Raceway FRESNO CHAPTER Ground Control Location | Crown Plaza Hotel, 45 John Glenn Dr, Concord CA 530-934-5588 ext 118 October 15 Enduro 530-677-8600 www.AIMTIRE.com www.ground-control-store.com 2017 CALENDAR Trasko Trasko.usa.com TRACK EXPERIENCES All events held at Fresno Fairgrounds, except Event UPR 10, which is at Buttonwillow Raceway. www.upr.com TELEPHONE HOURS: Phil Munoz RATES 866-594-5872 F4 Series Event 9 - August 12 exclusivemotorworks.com 6 pm–9 pm, Monday through Santa Cruz Area, 1 car/$10.00 + mileage 520-290-3654 831-297-2457 [email protected] TRAVEL TECH Friday 2 cars/$9.00 each + 1/2 Event 10 - October 8 - Buttonwillow Kart Track 844.722.33644 Tom Turner Travel Tech is a volunteer, in shop/at 10 am to 6 pm, mileage RACE CAR RENTALS Hooked on Driving 925-552-8112 San Ramon Area, Event 11 - November 11 home tech inspection service for pre- Saturday/Sunday 925-389-6181 3 cars/$8.00 each + 1/3 www.hookedondriving.com mileage race and purchase inspection of race Jason Hohmann Event 12 Enduro - November 12 WorldSpeed Motorsports Morris Hamm Patterson - Central Valley Logbook for new car or A+ Racing Spec Miata Renta www.worldspeedinc.com www.aracing.org cars, including newly built cars. Travel Marin/ Sonoma/ Napa/ 209-620-0559 re-issuing a 707-722-3628 Contact Al Angulo VRMotioncorp.com/scheduler Tech Scrutineers are: Infineon Logbook is $30 plus 530 277 6311 503-720-3290 707-738-8860 mileage. [email protected] 4 SFRSCCA.ORG AUGUST 2017 AUGUST 2017 THE WHEEL 5 ADDICTION LETTERS TO THE EDITOR WHEELWORKS BY BLAKE TATUM Hi Blake, Dear Michael, Good article in the July issue. From my per- I just returned from a wonderful race week- spective (35 years old, FIA license, NASA license, end in Laguna Seca and I wanted to reach out Def: The state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, SCCA License, self-employed, etc), one of the to you with some positive feedback.