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AUGUST 2018 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 3 2018 SACRAMENTO CHAPTER SOLO SCHEDULE
August 18 – Round 9 – Thunderhill Raceway Park September 15 – Round 11 – Thunderhill Raceway October 13 – The “Bill Fleig Memorial” Enduro Park Practice – Thunderhill Raceway Park CALENDAR August 19 – Round 10 – Thunderhill Raceway Park September 16 – Round 12 – Thunderhill Raceway October 14 – The “Bill Fleig Memorial” Park Enduro – Thunderhill Raceway Park 2018 SFR ROAD RACING SCHEDULE 2018 FRESNO SOLO SCHEDULE
Any changes will be shown on www.sfrscca.org 2018 AUTOCROSS SCHOOL Saturday, January 27, 2018 AUGUST 18-19 Fresno Fairgrounds, Fresno, CA 2018 FRESNO CHAPTER SOLO SCHEDULE PRE-REUNION WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | SCRAMP Support Event #1 for 2018 season (Jan. 28th) is included in your Autocross School registra- Event 9 - August 4 All events at the Fresno Fairgrounds. tion fee. Event 10 - August 5 For more information, visit our website: www. AUGUST 23-26 fresnoscca.com REUNION Register: http://sfrscca.motorsportreg.com/ Event 11 - November 10 Registration closes on January 25, 2018 10:00 PM PST WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | SCRAMP Support October 13 – The “Bill Fleig Memorial” Enduro Prac- Event 12 - November 11 tice – Thunderhill Raceway Park Limited to 35 drivers. AUG 31 - SEPT 2 Additional details can be found at our website & Facebook page located at: October 14 – The “Bill Fleig Memorial” Enduro – REGIONAL 13 & 14 SEASON FINALE Thunderhill Raceway Park SPEC MIATA FESTIVAL Website: fresnoscca.com Thunderhill Raceway SEASON FINALE AUGUST 31/ SEPTEMBER 1-2 Facebook SCCA Fresno: www.facebook.com/groups/SCCAFresno/about/ TRACK NIGHT IN SEPTEMBER 7-9 AT THUNDERHILL RACEWAY #TRP. IMSA ENTRY FEE: WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | SCRAMP Support Student Non-members: $80 * Mark your calendar and plan to be at the SFR/SCCA Season-ending road races Student Members: $60 AMERICA set for August 31 and September 1-2 at Thunderhill Raceway Park. All drivers will *Up to two weekend memberships may be applied towards the cost of an annual SEPTEMBER 27-30 receive double race points for their results on this weekend and may be able to SCCA membership (60 day time frame). RENNSPORT THUNDERHILL DATES FOR 2018 lock up an SCCA Class Championship for 2018. All classes are invited to compete WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | SCRAMP Support Lunch is included in your entry as well as an entry to Event #1 (1/28/18). You must on the 5-Mile course for a one-of-a-kind experience. Like the original Turn-5 on register for Event #1 but you will not be charged. Introduce your friends, family and others to on-track fun the three-mile course, the 5-mile takes some getting used to, but it is the same OCTOBER 16-21 for all contenders making it a very level playing field. There was some angst over by being a part of Track Night in America at Thunderhill SCCA CHALK TALK: A classroom session to introduce and educate novices about the the Turn Five at the beginning. Like the 5-mile track, some people adapted sooner RUNOFFS sport of autocrossing, autocross vocabulary, what to expect, etc. Park in 2018. We are the only track in the North State and some later, but all have come to love the track, all the tracks, that make up the Sonoma Raceway that hosts this program. Date: January 26 prior to the school. Location and time: TBD Thunderhill Raceway! Recent news bulletins say that the Miata Festival, an event that has been featured OCTOBER 25-28 PIRELLI WORLD EVENT SCHEDULE: at Sonoma Raceway, will be a part of this very busy weekend adding even more CHALLENGE Check in and registration starts at 7:30AM, closes at 8:30AM. School starts at 9AM. AUGUST 16 value to the three-day adventure. WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca | SCRAMP Support SEPTEMBER 13 The weekend will celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Thunderhill Raceway and honor the memory of our late track founder, Tom McCarthy. It is also identified as a celebration of the 70 Years of the Club that is the San Francisco Region of the The cost is low and the fun is high. Activity starts at 4pm and ends at Sports Car Club of America. Wow! 2018 SFR BAY AREA SOLO SCHEDULE 8pm so it does not require an arm and leg to get involved. For now, mark your calendar, tell your friends and plan to spend you last race 2018 SCCA-SANCTIONED CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE weekend of the 2018 racing season at Thunderhill Raceway park on August 31/ Any changes will be shown on www.sfrscca.org Sunday July 15 Sunday October 7 Get the facts at: www.TrackNightInAmerica.com. See you at Thun- September 1-2. Be there! Hillsborough Concours d’Elegance Niello Concours at Serrano AUG 4-5TH, CROWS LANDING derhill for Track Night in America. What a great way to get someone Round 10/11 Crystal Springs Golf Course, Burl- Serrano, Eldorado Hills “hooked on-track fun”. ingame www.nielloconcoursatserrano.com SEPT 29-30TH, CROWS LANDING www.hillsboroughconcours.org (916)635-2445 Round 12/13 with AAS, (650)619-6186 OCT 13TH, CROWS LANDING Round 14 TELEPHONE HOURS: RATES Sunday September 9 6 pm–9 pm Mon. through Fri., and 10 am to 6 pm Sat. & Sun. • 1 car/$10.00 + mileage Ferndale Concours on Main TRAVEL TECH OCT 27TH, MARINA • 2 cars/$9.00 each + 1/2 Main Street, Ferndale Round 15 Travel Tech is a volunteer, in shop/ Morris Hamm Tom Turner mileage www.ferndaleconcours.org Marin/ Sonoma/ Napa/ San Ramon Area, NOV 10TH, MARINA at home tech inspection service for 925-389-6181 • 3 cars/$8.00 each + 1/3 (707)786-4477 Round 16 Infineon pre-race and purchase inspection of Jason Hohmann mileage 707-738-8860 DEC 1ST, CROWS LANDING race cars, including newly built cars. 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4 | SFRSCCA.ORG | AUGUST 2018 AUGUST 2018 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 5 RE NEWS FARMING
BY BARBARA MCCELLAN WHEELWORKS BY BLAKE TATUM
June 29-July 1 was a very exciting weekend for SFR. We hosted a Majors race at Sonoma Raceway and there were over I went to my first Autocross (aka Solo) event at Crows Landing last weekend. 400 entries. The Crows Landing site is Autocross heaven as far as the amount of area that is a flat surface. It is big enough to hold two events at the same time and still have plenty of unused area plus plenty of area for the paddock. But the best part of the Crows Landing site is the Lots of racing and full grids. Our Paddock folks had the challenge of and this is your chance to be part of the surface is all cement, which is the ideal surface to compete on because the SCCA Pro Solo Finale is held at Lincoln Airpark in Lincoln finding space for everyone and they did a yeoman’s job of accomplishing Region governing body. the task. Early arrivals were sent to Lot 2 and then sent into the paddock Last month I talked about surveys NE which is also a cement surface. Learning how your car works on a cement surface is paramount to having success at the finale. in an orderly fashion. The only fly in the ointment were the few competi- to workers and drivers. Over 100 folks Much to my surprise there is a town called Crows Landing and I did Anderson’s turn, and before he went out the tires had to be sprayed down tors who thought they didn’t need to take their turn and forced their way responded to both surveys and there is see a lot of Crows there but that is not how it got it’s name. Crows land- with water and the tire presures needed to be checked. Once Glen was into the queue. You know if you’re one of these individuals. Steps will be a lot to digest from the input. Drivers ing has a population of about 355 people and it got it’s name because the back it was Megan’s father Matt’s turn. They had one car and three people taken to ensure that doesn’t occur at the Runoffs. certainly want competition and workers Crow Family used it as a landing point for crossing the San Joaquin River. got to drive it. Each time the tires are cooled down, the tire pressures Several members from the National Staff plus the Chief Steward and certainly want to see fields big enough What’s left of the San Joaquin River is not anywhere close to the Crows checked, and the magnetic numbers on the side are switched around. I Landing Airstrip the closest body of water is the Delta Mendota canal learned the importance of having a nine as one of your numbers because The Race Chairman attended this event. They were able to meet with to have good racing. But one thing came that was built by the first Jerry Brown governor. It is not close enough to an upside down nine is a six or visa versa. Sonoma personnel and work out many issues. They spent time talking to out loud and clear. Two day weekends cause any cooling effects that places next to bodies of water experience. In The little 205 HP, 2789 pound, Subaru BRX did 12 runs and never once our Chiefs to see how certain things worked. As I’ve pointed out several are favored by everyone. Lack of time fact I was in for a very rude shock upon stepping out of my car. The wind complained. These appear to be the car to have in the Solo world but a times, everyone needs to remember that San Francisco Region is not run- and added expenses are key factors. All was blowing about 15 mph and it felt like someone had a hair blow dryer good old fashion Mazda RX8 with the right shocks will hold it’s own too. ning the Runoffs. There will be decisions made that are different from of this will be kept in mind as we start pointed directly at my face in the full hot position. The only difference was The solo events are run in groups. When it is your groups turn to run what we normally do. For instance, Worker tent camping and RV parking working on next year’s schedule. We’re hoping to put a good one together that I could not turn this hair dryer off. I was definitely under prepared you line up on the grid and you are dispatched to the starting line. You get will not be together, nor will they be at our normal site. I’ve heard that for you. for this event. I wore shorts, t-shirt, and flip flops. No hat and shoes to pro - four tries at the course. Sonoma is in charge of all RV parking and there will be a fee. I’m trying I’d like to end my column with a personal story. I’ve always said that tect the top of my feet and within minutes I thought about turning around Once those four tries are to work with National to have that waived for volunteers, but I’m not sure if a medical issue were to occur, the best place to be is at one of our race and going home. done you never see that that will happen. events. On Friday afternoon of the Majors, I joined workers and drivers The Crow family still lives in the area and they farm walnuts. But that course again, and that is is not why the story is titled farming. The town of Crows Landing boasts a the beauty of Solo. The As I said, there was some good racing and unfortunately there was more at Social in Worker Camping. I had spent the day in Race Control as an couple of Mexican food places and the liquor/convenience store. The sur- courses do not repeat and than one instance of body contact between competitors. In each case, Operating Steward. It was a nice, cool room and during the day I con- rounding homes all appear to be involved in farming. I make this assump - the only thing that limits when body contact is reported by a turn, the Tech Stewards talk with both sumed several cups of hot tea and a Diet Coke at lunch—but nary a drop of tion based on the farming equipment parked in the yards and the number the design is the imagina- drivers and any witnesses and try to assess fault. They may also assess a plain water. At the Social, I had a half glass of wine. When I got a second of broken down pick-ups parked on the side of garages and barns. Other tion of the course designer Sonoma Raceway penalty. If an incident requires further investigation, they refer it to the glass, the first swallow didn’t taste good to me and I pitched the rest. then my educated guess I have no statistical data to prove that statement. and the space available 707-938-9193 Stewards of the Meet who have additional time to gather all the facts. I was preparing to leave for the evening, but things suddenly looked a Did I say it was hot and windy? Oh, yes I did and because there were (they also try to limit the This is exactly what happened when one of the SFR tow trucks was bit hazy and I decided to sit down. The next thing I knew, I was sur- several hundred people hanging out there enjoying autocrossing I figured top speed at 70mph). We’ve got you covered! involved in a body contact with a Spec Miata. Many have seen the video rounded by the Emergency crew with a cool towel around my neck and I could hang and tough it out just like all of them. When your group is on Facebook and have formed opinions of who might be at fault. The SOM an oxygen mask being fitted. I had fainted. Call me embarrassed when Not knowing how Autocrosses worked I just headed toward the PA sys- finished running then you followed SCCA’s investigative process defined in our Road Racing rules I learned that 911 had been called. Fire truck and ambulance arrived. I tem. I heard a female announcer named Mary Pozzi doing the announcing have to go out and tend to of the individual runs. Talk about knowing her subject. She knew who was the course. Tending to the (GCR) and determined that it was a racing incident. was given some water and a bit of GatorAde. Blood pressure was checked on the track, what run they were on, and the time to beat for each class. course is mostly picking up I think I’ve said more than once that “you talk, we listen.” I expressed and seemed OK. I did not want to be transported. However, the very nice Her delivery came naturally and certainly added to the overall experience. downed cones and waving my concern earlier this year about the low number of entries in both EMT said he wanted me to stand up to check my blood pressure again. I just happened to arrive as the Solo Chief, Megan Anderson, was about the red flag when there is Group 2 and Group 4. We tried moving FC cars to Group 2 and one race Guess who fainted again? BP was very low and EMT insisted on trans- to make her first run. She told me to jump in and I could go with her. I trouble on the course. If weekend when entries were very low, we actually had the cars in both porting me to the local Sonoma hospital. Even more embarrassing was pointed to the clothes I was wearing and said I don’t have any nomex on you are real lucky you will groups racing together. That worked out okay but our goal is and was to when they wouldn’t let me walk and two EMTs carried me to the gurney. and she said that does not matter in Autocrossing, I then jokingly said my be almost finished with increase entries in both groups. To make this story short—after EKG, water, lab test, etc., the ER doctor extra weight will slow her down. She replied “don’t worry, I have three your run and discover a At the June Laguna event, RJ Gordy, Competition Director, and I were diagnosed dehydration and gave me instructions to drink plenty of water. more runs” and she was not kidding. downed cone. If you stop working as Tech Stewards and a FF driver came to us and said that FF But there is a story here for everyone at the race track. When I got back The course in question was less then a minute long which is typical of and signal the downed drivers would like to have the FC cars back in Group 4. While we listen, on Saturday, the Chief Steward pointed to the GCR which states that most autocross courses. Obviously there are cones laid out guiding your cone you will get a re-run direction. The problem is the cones are not on both sides of the course essentially getting five runs we want to make sure that we hear everyone. So we had a full pull after any participant (which means drivers, workers or officials) who looses creating an obvious direction to steer the car. What they do is they put on the course compared to the Group 4 qualifying session and asked if that is what they as a group consciousness (which fainting is) cannot participate for the remainder of two cones in one spot. One of the cones is laid on it’s side and you are sup - every else’s four runs. wanted. All but one said “yes” (and he eventually came back to Tech and the event. I was your Region RE for the rest of the weekend, no longer an posed to drive to the outside of the standing cone. Talk about confusing! It was during one of said he agreed too). Then we did a full pull of the FC drivers and asked the Operating Steward. You better be a fast processor of information plus there is no way a person these red flags when I same question of them. They, too, said “yes” so we committed to changing So I cannot stress enough the importance of everyone staying hydrated. could be good at this if they were hung over. learned a new term. A car the Laguna July event schedule. I want everyone to learn from my experience. So a special thanks again to They have a starter at the entrance to the course and he/she will signal had gone off course deep Speaking of being heard, now is the time to start thinking about next our E crew and thanks to everyone who asked on both Saturday and Sun- you when to go on the course. They do this when the previous car is about into the plowed field. Our year’s Board of Directors for the San Francisco Region. There are three day—How are your feeling and are your drinking plenty of water? 20 seconds into their run. announcer Mary Pozzi Directors positions open which are two year terms. The Regional Execu- When it was our turn Megan dropped the clutch in her Subaru BRZ and said over the PA “looks like we have a red flag situation, looks like we have tive position is a one year term and I will admit that I plan to run for a Til next time, your RE, Barbara quickly shifted into second gear. From there the course weaved and moved one of the drivers out farming. “ At first I thought what does farming have side to side so many times there was no time to shift into another gear. The to do with the car being in the dirt, but then I got it. The offending driver second term. According to our Bylaws, anyone who has previously served first turn came rather quickly and threw me against the door panel, next stirred up enough dirt and debris to dig a row for next year’s corn harvest, on the BoD is eligible to run for RE. was a quick short straight followed by several other turns that varied in hence the name farming. If you are interested in running for the BoD, you need to submit a peti- degrees of difficulty. The problem was that I had no idea where we were So what did I learn from this event? First off make sure you wear the tion, signed by 50 members in good standing with SCCA, to our Region going next and I had no idea when to anticipate the braking points. Before proper clothing for Crows Landing and bring plenty of water. Secondly office by September 4, 2018. Voting will take place on MotorSportsReg in I knew it the run was over and at that point I got it! I got why they braved Autocrossing is a lot of fun and the people involved make it even more fun. late October through early November and the results will be announced at the heat, the wind, and the portable toilets because it was FUN!! Lastly if you are an autocrosser don’t be a farmer, unless your last name is the Annual Meeting on November 10th. Being on the BoD is a commitment But there was no time to talk about the thrills of the run, it was Glen Crow.
6 | SFRSCCA.ORG | AUGUST 2018 AUGUST 2018 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 7 DETERMINE SACRAMENTO AUTOCROSS ROUND 6 THE FUTURE OF THE REGION BY DAVEY DROUIN Well it was our last event at Become an SFR Board Member! Stockton for the season. It was the same old pavement, but the same If the future of SFR matters to you, you must run for the Club Board of hold elected offices. amount of fun. Unfortunately I had Directors NOW! Do not run to object to change but to make change the The election process will be through online voting on MotorsportReg. to break in new piston rings and strongest force in our leadership in 2019 and beyond. Do what it takes to com. Requests for a paper ballot should be sent by mail, fax or email (see missed Saturday. be that force that leads the SRF/SCCA to a stronger, better, more dynamic above). Online voting will open on October 11 and close on November 5. On Sunday though, I was pleas- tomorrow. Do it NOW. (See Thunderhill Report for background on why antly surprised with the course. I you matter.) have run at Stockton enough times The 2018 Board of Directors election will be in October. To be a candi- that I feel like I have seen most of date for the Board of Directors, submit a candidate petition no later than the designs possible. Sunday was September 4. Petitions must be signed by 50 current San Francisco Region members. different from anything I have seen Candidates should make sure those signing the petitions also print their before. It started with a large curly names legibly so the signatures may be validated. Including the member q with a tight exist to the right into Mr. Bob with a borrowed ride. number will also assist in this process. a large fast sweeper. The course Petitions must be delivered to the Region Office no later than Septem- ended with a Sacramento slalom. ber 4 either by mail to PO Box 308, Willows, CA 95988; or fax to 530-934- What is a Sacramento slalom? It is a slalom that if you get lined up just 7275; or email to [email protected]. right you can flat foot the throttle and shoot straight through it all. The Candidates can submit a statement for the September and October temperature wasn’t bad if you’re from the valley. issues of The Wheel and the SFR web page. Statements must be received by August 28 for the September Wheel or September 27 for the October Super Street had three drivers with three very different cars. Tosh Wheel. They also can be submitted by mail, fax or email (see above). Yumae in a Porsche 991 GT3 took third with a 42.808. Jeff Glorioso in a The Region Board of Directors consists of the Regional Executive and Grand Sport Corvette took second place with a 40.703. The champion was six Directors. Three members of the Board of Directors are elected for Al Patterson with a 39.839 in a Viper ACR. Al also won the PAX for the day. two-year terms in even numbered years, and three members are elected in A Street had four drivers taking third place was Alan Booth in a Eric with 4 pistons and a turbo. odd-numbered years. To be eligible for Regional Executive, you must be Porsche with a 42.945. Second place was won by Brad Fleig with a 41.697. or have been a member of the Board of Directors. Only SFR members may Winner of the class was Mark Heinrichs with a 41.117. Mark has a bor- rowed ride from a good friend Warner Gorenzel, and he was finally able For the best pictures of your car. Call out the DAWG , to talk Warner into a set of new Bridgestones. Now this is Warner’s first season autocrossing. He definitely learned why having new autocross tires TOP DAWG RACING PHOTOS JENNA MEYER 925 899 1139 makes a difference. New tires unlock new levels of performance you never Website https//www. topdawgracingphotos.com knew a car had. Needless to say Mark couldn’t be happier. B Street had some very close racing. The difference between first place and third place was only six tenths of a second. Third place went to Jay Williams with a 43.607. Second place went to Doug Hubbard with a Tom with Asphalt Cowboy Racing. 43.562. Winner for the day was Charles Meyer with a 43.205. Ladies B Street was won by Penny Hubbard with a 43.702. Second place went to Kelly Williams with a 43.983. Third place went to Taylor Williams than a few years to beat my dad, but it was the best feeling ever when it with a 44.900 which is just a little bit slower than her dad. One of these finally happened. days she is going to beat him, but not today. Hang in there it took me more C Street was won by Bill Tubbs with a 48.708. D Street was won by John Hancock with a 43.821 in a Subaru BRZ. Sec- ond place went to Eric Martin with a 44.877 in a Mustang. Eric said, “Four pistons and a turbo is all you really need.” E Street had quite the number of Miatas as it normally does. Sunday had five different competitors fighting for the win. Third place went to Rod Gonzalez with a 46.847. Second place went to Jacob Yeager with a 45.887. The winner of the class was Karl Hanna with a 45.360. Fun fact the top three Miatas were all different shades of green. Well the next event will be August 18th and 19th at Thunderhill. I don’t remember how big the solo pad is at Thunderhill is, but I can assure you that it is the newest and smoothest piece of autocross pavement you’re going to find in the whole State of California.
8 | SFRSCCA.ORG | AUGUST 2018 AUGUST 2018 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 9 Bryan Heitkotter, in a '06 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, took first place in STU. He was followed by Jimmy Au-Yeung, also in a '06 Lancer Evolu- tion. Paul Tibbals rounded out third in a '06 Subaru STI. Carole Zepeda ran uncontested in STUL in a '17 Ford Focus RS. Tony Rodriguez took the top spot in STX in a '15 FRS. Mack and Justin Tsang took second and third respectively, in their '13 BRZ. Fangzhou Jiao took the top spot in N class in a '18 BMW 230 (DS). Patchara Charoensiri came in second in a '02 Acura RSX (SMF).
Wallace Hughes, in a '17 Porsche Boxster (SS), finished in first place in Eric Ingersoll finished in third place in GS in a 1991 BMW 325i. NS. He was followed by Richard Wilmott in a '04 Mazda RX8 (CS). Ian Duncan rounded out the top three in a '95 Mazda Miata (STR). Kelly Prior took first place in SM in a '94 Miata (SSM). Paul Pluguez finished second in a '94 Nissan Sentra (SMF). Micah McElravy, in a '91 Miata (C-), took the top spot in SP. McElravy was followed by Zach Heidepriem in a '11 BMW M3 (E-), with Stefen Hillman in third in a '11 WRX STI (A-). Jourdan Risoen ran uncontested in T2 in a '02 Subaru WRX (ASP). Manuel Ruiz took the top spot in CAM in a '70 Chevrolet Camaro
David Peterson lifts the inside front wheel on his way to first place in CS. (-T). He was followed by Karlton Lew in a '06 Corvette Z06 (-S). Michael Erickson took third in a '67 Chevelle (-T). Michael Gardner, in a '16 Mus- Richard Wilmott took second in NS in a 2004 Mazda RX8. RUN GROUPS MOVED TO MORNING TO AVOID tang (-C) finished in sixth. Donald Lew, in a '08 Corvette Z06, took first place in AS. He was fol- lowed by Craig Boyle in a '04 Corvette Z06, with John Lawrence taking HEAT, SOLO II, JUNE 23, 2018 third in a '17 Camaro SS 1LE. Justin Moore ran uncontested in BS class in a '06 Cayman S. BY RYAN PANLILIO PHOTOS BY PAUL TIBBALS David Peterson led an all-MX5 CS class in a '16 model. Arvind Govin- daraj came in second, also in a '16 model. April Thompson rounded out With the heat predicted to reach more than 100 degrees at Crows Landing, organizers moved all run groups of the third in a '16 model. Rena Cruz was uncontested in CSL in a '16 MX5. June 23, 2018, autocross to the morning session. Still, 90 drivers made the trek for Round 8 of the SFR's Solo II Lloyd Feaver, in a '97 BMW M3, took the top spot in DS. Feaver was competition. The event was chaired by Justin Moore. followed by Jeff Eikenberry in a '18 Camaro turbo. Fred Campbell took Ed Runnion takes off from the start line in a '16 Scion FRS. third in a '99 M3. Ricardo Quinonez took the top spot in SSC in his 2013 Scion FRS. Ryan Cirillo led the all-Toyota MRS ES-class in a '03 model. He was He was followed by Ed Runnion in a '16 FRS, while Dennis Quilan- followed by Vernon Head in a '01 model, while Cirillo's co-driver, Youmna tang rounded out third in a '13 Subaru BRZ. Zalzal, finished in third place. WATCH THE ENTIRE USTCC SEASON Richard Rozporka handily took first place in STH in a '02 Subaru Bruce Hopkins finished in the top spot in FS in a '14 Camaro. Hopkins EXCLUSIVELY ON NBC SPORTS ON WRX, while Jayme Hargrave took second in a '15 Mazda 3. was followed by Matt Roy in a '02 BMW M3. Gary Fazekas rounded out Troy Jennings led an all-Mustang STP class in a '18 model. John the top three in a '18 Mustang. FINAL DRIVE TV Fabela came in second in a '15 GT model, while Hal Dorton rounded Al Anderson, in a '16 VW GTI, took first place in GS. Yongzhe Wen took out third in a '17 model. Kim Jennings finished first in STPL in a '18 second in a '13 Focus ST, while Eric Ingersoll finished third in a '91 BMW The best racing on the West Coast. Available on Mustang, while Angee Kane finished second in a '15 Mustang GT 325i. Richard Rozporka took first place in STH in a WRX wagon. X nity cable, AT&T U-verse, Dish Network, DirecTV. model. Daniel Ulloa finished in first place in HS in a '07 Honda Civic. Eliza- lowed by Brian Jacobson in a '17 Corvette. James Laeno took first place in STR in a Mazda MX5. He was beth Kelley, in a '05 Scion XA, took second over co-driver William Kelley www.ustcc.com The next scheduled Solo II events are on October 13 at Crows Landing followed by Todd Winstanley in a '08 Honda S2000. Christopher Sr, who rounded out the top three. and October 27 at Marina. Smith took third in a '16 MX5 Club. Monty Pack, in a '18 Porsche GT3, took the top spot in SS. He was fol- Jason Hammond ran uncontested in STS in a '89 Honda Civic Si.
Ryan Cirillo took first place in ES in a 2003 Toyota MRS.
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Hosted by Reno Region SCCA All events are at Thunderhill Raceway Park ~ West Course TRACK EVENT (TE): (formally PDX) is designed to concentrate on driver enjoyment, philosophy, and the application of performance driving techniques. TE provides a constructive learning environment that stresses proper driving techniques in a noncompetitive environment. Time Trials (TT):) (formally Club Trials & Track Trials) are timed competitive events where the drivers vie for the fastest individual lap time in their class. TT is not wheel-to-wheel racing.
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12 | SFRSCCA.ORG | AUGUST 2018 AUGUST 2018 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 13 honor of being unofficially voted the ugliest new car on display. In addition Dodge NOTES already owned the trade- mark for the Dart name so Daimler changed the model from the to the SP250. Regardless of the publics Archive opinion of the cars looks, the appeal of the 140 hp V8 engine coupled with a 2000 lbs. overall weight DAIMLER DART (SP250) BY GARY HORSTKORTA was enough to attract several East Coast racers to purchase the car and take it racing. The SP250 was “I say old chap, is classified by the SCCA in C that a Hemi V8 in Production where it would your British Sports be up against stiff competi- Car?” The answer in tion in the form of AC Bris- this case is yes and tol, Jaguar XK-120, Porsche it’s we’re not talking 356, Mercedes Benz 300SL, about a resto mod or Austin Healey 3000 and the an old sports car with Arnolt Bristol. just an engine swap. A number of cars were Back in 1959, the raced in the Eastern half Daimler Motor Com- of the U.S including by a pany made a sig- young, upcoming driver by nificant jump from a the name of Mark Donohue Roy Parker trails a Lotus 7 at Cotati in 1968 history of producing at Bridgehampton, Wat- higher end passenger kins Glen And Thompson Raceway in 1962, However one driver in cars, ie limousines, to particular had great success with the car and that was Dale Duncan produce a new, two- who raced to the SP250 to the C Production National Class Champi- seat sports car. onship in 1963.
To understand how Out west, the SP250 was rarely seen on race grids perhaps due to a British car com- the more popular competing brands within C Production and the pany with a German limited number of cars delivered to the U.S. With a total production name arrived at this of only 2,600 cars (1959-64) the average number of cars reaching point, let’s go back to the U.S. was approximately 200 per year, a very small amount. How- the year 1893 when ever, there were several drivers who raced the car including Lewis Frederick Simms of Rattner, Chuck Howard, J. Jacobsen and Jim Greaves but they did England bought the not reach the level of success Duncan had in the East. rights to Gottlieb Unknown driver using his door on the Daimler as an air brake - Sacramento 1958 Daimler’s engine In the early 1960’s, BSA sold the company to Jaguar who eventually design and former a Hemispherical combustion chambers, using in fact when the car was debuted at the stopped the SP250 due to high production costs and possible com- new company, the Daimler Motor Company. a single camshaft and pushrods fed by two 1959 New York Auto Show as the Daimler petition with the XKE. Jaguar did use the tidy, spirited and reliable Three years later the company began pro- SU carburetors. The body would made of Dart. Unfortunately it received the dubious V8 engine for use in their smaller sedans. While the Daimler name ducing motorcars in the town of Coventry. fiberglass over lived on within Jaguar for a while longer until British Leyland and In 1896 they became the official transporta- a copy of a Tidy Daimler V8 engine provided horsepower and a great sound tion of the Royal Family and began produc- Triumph TR3 ing limousines for the next five decades. In frame and Jaguar split up and Jaguar retained the Daimler name, which 1910, the company was sold to Birmingham suspension but they do to this day. Small Arms (BSA) best known in the U.S. with four wheel Ironically the once “ugly duckling” SP250, even though not a for their motorcycles. Just for fun, ask your disc brakes. To sales success, has found a growing level of popularity among friends who is England’s oldest car company appeal to the British Sports Car Collectors. In recent years cars in good and see if anyone of them know it is Daimler. American mar- condition can sell for more than $40,000 and climbing. For ket, the had a In the 1950’s Daimler decided to broaden its an interesting up close look at the SP250, check out this low, chrome product line by producing a line of smaller episode of Jay Leno’s Garage at https://www.youtube.com/ front grill and cars to augment their production of high watch?v=lpzudBhWap0 prominent tail end models. After a top management fins similar to shakeup, it was decided to build a two-seat those found on sports car and a higher performance salon the Sunbeam based on a new, compact V8 engine of their Alpine. Overall own design. Their main target market was it was not a the U.S. market where sports car sales were particularly growing rapidly. attractive The engine would be a 2.5 Liter, V8 with design and
Dale Duncan leads at Marlboro in 1960 National Champion Dale Duncan at Cumberland in 1960
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BY BRUCE RICHARDSON BY: BRUCE RICHARDSON SpecRacer Enterprises & CSR News There is a new and convenient way to stay at the track. Up until recently New KevlarSprung Hub Clutch Disc –The new SCCA-E Kevlar SRF3 there were three common options Sprung Hub Clutch Discs are now available on a limited quantity. There when it came to lodging at the races: were a few issues with the first run but the next batch coming in soon should be ready for prime time. The first 20 Kevlar Sprung Hub Clutch Discs had rent a hotel, sleep in your van or about 6-8 discs that were too thick and would not operate properly. SCCA-E trailer, or own an RV. With the internet adjusted the material thickness tolerances to ensure that the new produc- you can now easily book an RV and tion run of Kevlar discs will operate properly. These updated discs should be available in about 2 weeks. AccelRaceTek has a limited stock available but have it delivered to the track. This if you are planning to change out your clutch please place an order ahead of option has the benefits of all the time. other options combined. New Brakes – The new Wilwood brakes are running on our cars and working great. They are in production and are currently shipping. A limited Renting a hotel is a simple option, you just quantity of the new brakes is available, so put your order in ASAP for your book it and show up. Booking a hotel is simple new set. It is strongly recommended to replace the master cylinders if you and doesn’t take a lot of time, something that go to the new brakes. busy racers can appreciate. There are multiple downsides to a hotel. The cost can be high, New Bead Seat – The new bead seat insert is now shipping. AccelRaceTek especially at Laguna Seca where a decent hotel has one seat in stock and will bring it to the next race if anyone is interested can run over $250 a night. You also have to in taking a look at it. 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16 | SFRSCCA.ORG | AUGUST 2018 AUGUST 2018 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 17 #81 Behram Soonawala GT2 of Santa Rosa #8 Chris Jackson leads a pack of SRF3’s out of turn 2
only group which allowed Novices. The weather was cooperative, with a wee hours parking all those cars in the paddock, and upper regions as best warm Friday, hot Saturday and coolish Sunday. The Saturday Sprint races they could. were 25 minutes, with the Feature Races running 35 minutes or 17 laps, FF Driver, Chuck Horn, helped T&S on Thursday by personally loading whichever came first. Each of the nine groups got two qualifying sessions, and unloading and carrying all the heavy T&S equipment from Worker with the fastest lap times setting the grids for the Sprint Races on Saturday. Camping into the far upper reaches of Race Control. Thanks. Chuck! For the Feature races, the grid was based on the fastest recorded laps in National SCCA sent a staff contingent with Runoffs Officials to meet qualifying and the Sprint Race. with SFR officials as well as with Sonoma Raceway staff. Chief Steward Many new track records were set during the weekend, with most being Costa Dunias and Race Chair Marina Kraft met with a variety of chiefs and SFR drivers. toured the facility, as did Deanna Flanagan, SCCA Road Racing Director; Old leading the new, #02 Brandon Droese EP 2nd Gen Mazda RX 7 leads #66 Kip Van Steenburg EP in a Lotus Elise and #28 Jake Pipal, B Spec Mazda 2 Drivers came from 17 different states and Canada. Twenty-four different Eric Prill, COO; and Claudine Steuve, Road Racing Assistant Manager. regions were represented, with, not surprisingly, the largest contingents There were other SCCA representatives from various specialties. coming from the West Coast. SONOMA MAJORS Our event included eight Majors/Regional groups and one Regional- RON CABRAL, SFR PHOTOGRAPHER, IS RC PHOTOGRAPHY BY LYNNE HUNTTING PHOTOS BY RON CABRAL AND TOP DAWG PHOTOGRAPHY
The Sonoma Majors and Regional Races at Sonoma Raceway the last weekend of June were a huge success in many ways. It was the largest turnout for any SCCA Majors or Hoosiers Super Tour of the season, with a pre-weekend entry of 416 - bigger than COTA Hoosiers Super Tour (296), the VIR Majors (293), or Road America June Sprints Majors (288). We had 240 entries at the Thunderhill Majors in April. The SFR Sonoma Majors numbers audited out after the fact to 389 - still the largest 2018 Majors in SCCA.
Fortunately for those Crews, and most others, the Worker turnout was Tech did an amazing job with a giant shoehorn crowding in the full-pull the best we’ve had all season, thanks to some new volunteers and out- impounds into their minuscule designated area. The Paddock Marshal had of-region workers from Cal Club, Northwest, Oregon, Reno, San Diego help from the Race Chairman, Matt Insley, two drivers-Tim Sullivan and Regions, plus Canada. And they put in long days in hot conditions. Wilson Powell, and our race photographer, Ron Cabral, working into the
A man and his race car under a smoky sky: #171 Bud Reichard GT3 of Seattle Out of Region drivers #107 Todd Clarke GT2 (Nwst) and #57 Scott McPherson GT1 (CCSC)
18 | SFRSCCA.ORG | AUGUST 2018 AUGUST 2018 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 19 It seems it’s no longer that difficult to qualify for the Majors, as long Lane, where he stopped and went back paddock. So EP - Reynolds; McCready; and Swifts as the driver ‘participates’ in an event. So we had some drivers using one much for ‘participation.’ FP - Ian Green/No.59 Honda CRX-Ore; Eisele; race car to run two different classes, sometimes in the same group. That On the first lap, Huffaker spun going up the and Steven Hussey/No.37 Lotus 7 made for some confusion. I call it Runoffs Roulette. hill into Turn 1, which started a chain reaction. He HP - Jason Isley/No.99 Yaris-Cal Club; Ben was unavoidably hit by another car, which got hit Valentine/No.24 Midget-Cal Club; and Gordon FEATURE RACES by Brian Linn/No.21 HP Midget from Cal Club. Jones/No.25 BMW-Ore Sprint Race coverage will be available on the web page: www.sfrscca. Jason Isley/No.99 HP Yaris from Cal Club was then GTL - Joe Harlan/No.46 Nissan 240; and Troy org/wheel involved. Linn continued around but pitted and Ermish/No.38 Datsun 510 FEATURE RACE GROUP 3 retired with body damage. The rest retired, leaving BS - Pipal; Rodriguez; and Phillips. fluid and debris in their wake. Also Glen McReady/ Michael Lewis/No.12 GT1 Jaguar gridded and ran second for four laps FEATURE RACE GROUP 2 No.4 EP MX-5 and Matt Reynolds had minor contact before overtaking pole sitter Preston Calvert/No.177 GT1 Porsche in Turn There was a split start, at the request of the and both continued. All drivers were OK. Sonoma Raceway 11. Lewis, from San Diego Region held on for the remainder of the race to racers with 25 in the first group and and 14 FM’s The front pack sorted itself after a few laps, win. His 16.560 seconds Margin of Victory was the largest Majors gap of in the second group, Wings and Things. This was 707-938-9193 and it was processional in that once a driver found the day. Lewis also turned the fastest race lap of 93.386 mph. This victory, the second-fastest group of the weekend. All 38 his slot, he kept it. First and second overall led flag coupled with his Saturday GT3 class win in the same car, cinched Lewis entries raced, and two new track records were set. to flag. Third through fifth did minor swapping Thunderhill Park for two berths at the Runoffs. Calvert came in second overall and in class. After the first Green Flag, John Purcell/No.14 around, but mostly maintained position. Finishing third overall and first in GT2 was Michael McAleenan from #182 Rohan DuPuy Sealed Spec Miata in the Region Only Group 9 FA Star FM continued to have braking problems 530-934-5588 ext 118 Matt Reynolds in No.71 Miata won overall and Northwest in his No.2 BMW. The Northwest Region driver also set a new causing a spin in Turn 2. Gokul Maean/No.39 FM EP, with a MOV of 1.090. He also turned the fastest GT2 Track Record of 1:39.872. GT2 pole sitter Spencer Trenery/No.5 caused a caution when he got loose in Turn 8A race lap of 83.008 mph. The top seven cars were all PROXES RA1 - street/track Porsche led the first three laps before being overtaken by McAleenan, and and drove off into the tire wall. EP. When was the last time that happened locally? PROXES R888 - street/track then Rebozzi. On the restart, there was a beautiful pass Meanwhile, mid-pack racing with the frisky PROXES R1R - street/track Kristopher Olson/No.49 T1 Acura had the T1 pole, and he maintained by Edd Ozard/No.32 FA Swift on pole sitter/ little BS cars was going on. Eight of the ten entries PROXES TQ - DOT Drag Tire his top class spot throughout the race. He also set a new T1 Track Record leader, Troy Opheim/No.31 FA Ralt. It took for were hanging in there together. Jake Pipal/No.28 of 1:43.952. two laps, before Opheim repassed…and kept on Mazda 2 had the BS pole, but Robert Rodriguez/ Collin Jackson/No.53 Nissan, from Canada, had the GT3 pole position going. Ozard pushed hard and after 17 laps, the FANTASY JUNCTION No.6 Mazda 2 got the jump on him. Both shot up for all intents and purposes, as the fastest GT3 driver - Michael Lewis was Margin of Victory for Opheim was a mere.0.429 through the field, as did John Phillips/No.3 Honda running as a GT1 car in Sunday’s race. Jackson gained five positions on - the smallest one of the day. Opheim also turned Jazz. By Lap 4, they had sorted, all falling back a few the first lap, then another which he kept for a few laps. He fell back slowly the fastest race lap of 97.774 mph. The top seven positions. The field started to stretch out, with large to fifteenth before recovering to finish 11th overall, but still first in class. finishers were all FAs. gaps between the cars. The caution bunched them Another GT3 driver had a brush with a GT2 driver in Turn 11 - Gary Bock- Jim Devenport/No.29 Enterprises had the all up again. Pipal took the lead he already had and man/No.09 Mazda RX-3 from Oregon Region hit Robert Roumimper/ pole position for FE2, a position he kept flag to stretched it - again. He held on, to take the win. In No.54 GT2 Datsun 240. Bockman recovered to finish third in class. flag. He mixed it up with some FA’s, going into the process, he set a New Track Record of 1:00.734. Alfa Romeo ’61 Giulietta Alfa Romeo ’66 GTA Strad- Larry Hansen/No.99 GT3 Nissan from Oregon tangled with John their territory, before falling back, and then again Sprint Speciale ale Racecar Rodriguez was second and Phillips was third. Barnett/No.37 AS Camaro from Cal Club while attempting an inside pass. moving forward to finish eighth overall. He estab- Alfa Romeo ’65 Giulia Alfa Romeo ’64 2600 John Longwell/No.138 EP BMW was pinched Veloce Spider Spider by Touring Both cars spun and continued. Bob Kelley/No.9 GT2 Viper from Cal Club #29 Jim Devenport representing the new FE2 class lished the track record of 1:39.307 for the new FE2 pitted. as he tried to pass a couple of other cars in Turn 5. Alfa Romeo ’67 Duetto Alfa Romeo ’73 Montreal class. Spider The race was over too soon for Bryan MacMillan/No.44 GT2 Mustang, He spun up hill and flipped over. Another ‘situation’ BMW ’40 335 Cabriolet After the half-way mark, Randy Sturgeon/ Aston Martin 2017 DB11 called and the Safety car was again deployed. The Chevrolet ’57 Bel Air who retired in Turn 3 on the first lap. Other retirements included Richard No.188 FM spun off in Turn 3A, with his car on Launch Edition driver was OK. More tows. More course cleanup. Convertible Pryor/No.70 AS Camaro; Marvin Epps/No.56 GT2 Porsche; Michael fire from the exhaust. He was OK, the fire expired, BMW ’60 Isetta 300 CLASS WINNERS: Cooper ’61 Monaco Mk II Heintzman/No.77 GT3 Miata; Darrell Anderson/No.50 T1 Mustang. Chevron ’73 B23-73-04 and he continued. He finished two laps down. Elva ’64 Courier Mk. 4 CLASS WINNERS: Devin '59 Buick Special Ferrari ’58 250 PF Cab GT1 - Lewis; Calvert; and Michael Fine/No.66 Camaro Ferrari ’49 166 Inter Coupe Series 1 GT2 - McAleenan; Skip Rebozzi/No.48 BMW; and Spencer Trenery/ Ferrari ‘75 308 GT4 Ferrari ’87 Testarossa No.5 Porsche Ferrari ’98 F355 Spider Ford ’32 Roadster Hot Rod GT3 - Jackson; Taz Harvey/No.88Mazda RX-7; and Bockman Genie '65 Mk.10 Hispano-Suiza ’25 H6B Convertible T1 - Olson; Mark Boden/No.32 Porsche from Chicago Region; and Igor Jaguar ’50 XK120 Alloy Roadster Jaguar ’64 E-Type Coupe Lyustin/No.71 Acura Jaguar ’65 Mk II 3.8 Jaguar ’66 C-Type Proteus Recreation Lamborghini ’76 Urraco P300 Lucchini ’80 S280 Mercedes-Benz ’69 280SL Maserati ’74 Bora Porsche ’58 356A Morgan ’68 Plus 8 Speedster Porsche ’63 356B Super #38 Troy Ermish GTL in the aged but dauntless 1971 Datsun 510 Porsche ’64 356C Coupe 90 Coupe Porsche ’84 Carrera Coupe Porsche ’64 356C Sunroof ITE - Randall Mackintosh/No.135 Corvette Slantnose Conversio Coupe SMG - Beau Borders/No.98 Mustang; Michael Lowe/No.10 Mustang; Porsche ’88 911 Carrera Porsche ’87 962 and Igor Gandzjuk/No.29 Mustang Porsche ’97 Carrera Coupe Porsche ’96 C4S AS - Christopher Qualls/No.173 Mustang-Cal Club; Lynne Griffiths/ No.31 Mustang; and Barnett FEATURE RACE GROUP 1 FANTASY JUNCTION This group had 46 entries, but only 31 started the race. Joe Huffaker BRUCE TRENERY entered his No.77 Mini in GTL and his No.77 Midget in FP. Reynolds 1145 Park Avenue Emeryville, CA 94608 raced No.71 EP. Huffaker drove his FP Midget. Bill Okell from Canada did Phone (510) 653-7555 Fax (510) 653-9754 likewise. He entered No.7 FP Sprite and No.171 GTL Sprite. He ‘ran’ No.7, www.fantasyjunction.com #49 Kristopher “Kip” Olson, T1 winning, track-record-setting Acura NSX gridding last with no qualifying time. But he went no further than the Pit #44 Eric O’Brien P2 and #31 David Arken P2 in their look-alike ex-DSR’s
20 | SFRSCCA.ORG | AUGUST 2018 AUGUST 2018 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 21 There were other spins in the back of the field. Robert Armington’s (FS) bad luck continued this weekend when he had to pull off in Turn 6A with right axle woes, requiring a difficult tow. Teenager Courtney Crone/No.25 FA Formula Speed from Cal Club started eighth, moved up to fifth for a couple of laps, and then faded back a couple of positions, but staying with the top fast seven drivers. She steadily improves with each race. Crone has been selected as one of ten promising young finalists for the 2018 Team USA Scholarship. In the large FM group, Bill Weaver/No.67 Star Mazda had the pole and he stayed in front for the entire race. He steadily drove through the pack, starting 25th and finishing 16th. Second and third, Christopher Tarha/ No.72 FM from Cal Club and Derry O’Donovan/No.77 Formula Mazda, #9 Bob Kelley GT2 Viper raising some dust #62 Bruce Brown P1 followed by #17 Mark Nixon FB #41 Rod Rice flies by in his red rocket FB were on similar trajectories, finishing where they started, although they mixed it up briefly mid-race. FEATURE RACE GROUP 5 end’s Majors groups, but perhaps none were the half-way point, with only a lone spin. Young Ryan McElwee from San Diego just turned 15. He raced his For the first time in so long no one can more competitive. There were no CF’s or FST’s. At the other end of the field, Hank Raymond/ No.26 Honda Ligier F4 car as a F4 car this race. Sometimes the car runs in remember back that far, a F5 won the Group 5 Mark Keller/No.66 FF Piper and Billy Keph- No.12 SRF led the charge of the older versions. FA. McElwee won the class, and set a new F4 Track Record of 1:40.159. race overall. Jeff Jorgenson/No.64 F5 Novakar art/No.137 Vestal tangled in Turn 7, when Keller He immediately started picking off the SRF3’s The FE class had six entries and five racing. BrandonChappell/No.48 #44 Sean Prewett FA, who was later passed by #14 John Purcell FA gridded fifth overall, fell back to seventh at the spun and unavoidably hit him. Kephart pitted in front of him, making up to thirty-second posi- Van Diemen from Las Vegas started and finished first in class. start, and then slowly worked his way through and retired. tion. Raymond and SRF runner-up Kwan diced Right before the checkered Flag, the number 13 proved to be unlucky the closely-racing FF’s ahead of him. It took him All four FV’s showed up to race. This time it back and forth for the class lead, with Raymond for Rayce Dykstra in his FA formula Speed Mazda. He locked wheels/ all the way to the penultimate lap of the 17-lap was Robbie Arthur’s victory, followed by Donald prevailing. brakes when attempting a banzai pass on Crone in Turn 11, keeping her race to take the lead and go on to win ahead of a Manthe/No.40 LYNXX from Cal Club, Ron CLASS WINNERS: from turning. Dykstra hit the tires. Crone hit the tires but continued. Dyk- field of 25 other open-wheel racers. The Margin Wake/No.41 Mysterian, and Edwards. SRF3 - Miserendino, TJ Acker/No.62-Cal stra had to wait for a tow. of Victory was 1.672. In the process, Jorgenson Lance Spiering/No.29 KBS from Oregon was Club; and John Black/No.17 CLASS WINNERS: turned the fastest race lap of 88.607 mph. For his the other F5 racer. He finished thirteenth overall. SRF - Raymond; Kwan; Ken Woolley/ FA - Opheim; Ozard; and Purcell-ODR region Feature Race efforts and his overall racing, at the Hays is another one of the lucky ten young No.41Drennan FE2 - Devenport; Burt end of the weekend, the F&C Crew selected Jor- drivers to be named a finalist for the 2018 Team FEATURE RACE GROUP 7 F4 - McElwee; and Brent Morgan/No.177 US F4 genson as Driver of the Weekend. The volunteers USA Scholarship. The next round of eliminations This was the largest group of the weekend, FE - Chappell; John Yeatman/No.8 Van Diemen also noted Jorgenson’s gifting of his Saturday will be in July at Mid-Ohio where they will face with 75 entries - so many the Stewards had to FS - Rick Payne/No.75 Van Diemen Checkered Flag to the Turn 7 E Crew. extensive scrutiny in interviews. make a special dispensation for a field this size to FM - Weaver; Tarhan; and O’Donovan Nicky Hays/No.4 Piper had the pole position, CLASS WINNERS: be on track. Sixty-one cars took to the track for which he held for the first ten laps before being F5 - Jorgenson; and Spiering FEATURE RACE GROUP 4 this race. The largest contingent of Miatas was in passed by Barron, who races out of Cal Club. FF - Barron; Hays; and Streets the SM category - three-fourths of the field. This was one of the largest groups with five classes, all represented. B-Spec: #3 John Phillips finished third in the feature, shown leading #6 Robbie Those two, plus Skip Streets/No.51 Piper and FV - Arthur; Manthe; and Wake Mark Drennan/No.10 SM Miata had the over- Fifty of the 57 entries raced Sunday. Eleven different regions were rep- Rodriquez Jr. who finished second Chuck Horn/No.54 Swift had a fierce FF battle all and SM pole. He led every lap and turned the resented in the field. One Cal Club driver, who has covered many SCCA FEATURE RACE GROUP 6 Pole sitter Nathan Pope/No.23 STU Honda Prelude fell back to third on throughout the race. In the end it was Barron, fastest race lap of 78.340 mph. As was the case events for SportsCar and RACER magazines as a photo journalist also Forty-eight SRF3’s took off in the first wave, the first lap and pitted on Lap 4 to retire. Mark Boden of Chicago Region Hays and Streets in that order behind Jorgenson. in several other races, the front running drivers raced this weekend. Richard James, racing No.91 MX-5 in T4, was most with six SRF’s in the second. And the field made continued his love affair with the track by leading flag to flag, winning Horn finished further back after spinning in led their positions nearly all if not all of the 16 impressed by the size of the fields. This year at Sonoma will be his second it successfully all the way to the entrance of overall and T2 in his No.47 Porsche 911. He also turned the fastest race lap Turn 8. laps. They each gained a position when someone Runoffs, after last year’s Indy event. Turn 1 before it wasn’t. Major blockage occurred of 83.676. Rylan Hazelton/No.49 STU Honda finished second overall and It was the smallest field of any of the week- retired. Two Group 4 drivers set new Track Records - Mark Brennan in T3 and when the cars went three-wide. The leaders got first in STU. Tom Wickersham/No.01 came in second in T2. Drennan credited “old age and treachery” Ross Murray in T4. through, but the mid-pack didn’t. There was a The front of the field fell in step, most of them finding their position and for the gap he built after the restart. Before The race got off to a clean start. Sorta. Robert Strohmeyer/No.88 of Las major blockage when one car spun setting off a maintaining it lap after lap. Behind them some of the field took turns test- it, Tristan Littlehale/No.08 SM was right on Vegas started the race without the gas cap in his No.88 STL Honda CRX, chain reaction involving eight cars. Double yel- ing the track limits, including Ian Barberi/No.74 STU BMW and Addison his rear bumper, but he was able to get on the and spilled fuel around the track. It took four meatball flags for him to lows all around and the second wave of SRF’s got Lee/No.89 T2 Mustang. Lee turned too tight in Turn 11 and hit Barberi. throttle before Littlehale and was able to keep acknowledge his problem. He pulled off at Turn 11. a No Start. All drivers were OK, but the tow crew T3 winner, Mark Drennan/No.10 BMW took off at the start and got up the gap until the end of the race. was busy. to fifth overall, before dropping back to eighth. He recovered and then ran a Littlehale said he got crossed up on the The drivers involved were all SRF3’s: Joshua steady seventh the rest of the 17-lap race. He set a new T3 Track Record of restart and that’s all Drennan needed to build Jacobs/No.4; Charles Pigeon/No.7; Gregory 1:50.072. The T4 pole sitter/winner, Cal Club’s Ross Murray/No.174 Mazda the margin. At the end of the race the track was Hoff/No.14; Matthew Butson/No.18; Leonardo RX-7 also set a New Track Record of 1:55.274. very slippery, conditions which hampered his Del Castillo/No.29; Robert Breton/No.51; Bran- The Sanchez brothers both raced Sunday, the first time together in ability to close the gap. Austin Newmark/No.77 don Lewis/No.66; David Kay/No.86; and Yoni De nearly 15 years. Izzy came in second in T4 in red No.78 Scion, and Luis SM from AZB Region finished third overall and #1 Brad Dressen T3 Butte College Beule/No.94 SRF, who needed a tow. It all got finishing third in T4 in another red Scion, No.46. Izzy started out second in Motorsports Honda S2000 in class. sorted. Jacobs, Hoff, De Beule, and Pigeon all class, and spent the first half of his race going forward and backwards. He The last half of the race saw the drivers get retired. found his happy place mid-way and coasted to a second place class finish, more frisky as the drivers got bolder, with more When it got back to racing, again, it was the running 23rd overall, on the lead lap. Brother Luis started further back in spins and offs. But nothing required interven- pole sitter’s race to lose. Mike Miserendino from thirty-first, but had further to go forward to make an impact. He got up to tion. Cal Club was on pole for the Sunday afternoon 24th before slowly working his way lower. When he found a spot where he Tommy McCarthy/No.23 SM gridded six- race, led every lap, turned the fastest race lap wanted to be, he maintained and finished twenty-ninth. teenth, but had to start at the back of the field as of 85.055 mph, and set a New Track Record of CLASS WINNERS: he changed cars. He’d had mechanical issues so 1:46.660. Up at the front of the field, the top ten T2 - Boden; Hazellton; and Tom Wickersham ran a different car in Sunday’s race. His lap chart competitors pretty much finished where they T3 - Drennan; J.D. Kosos/No.12; and Mark Andrews/No.50 trajectory from his last place start shows he started, flag to flag. T4 - Murray; Izzy Sanchez; and Luis Sanchez reached thirty-sixth position by the second lap. Further back, Alex Kwan/No.91 SRF and But- STU - Hazelton; and Barberi He continued a straight upward march, never #21 Brian Linn HP making a BMW look like a behemoth son/No.18 contacted in Turn 7. Both continued, STL - Tim Auger/ Ben Brandt; and Tom Lepper. #81 Tim Day, Jr. P2 accelerating out of Turn 2 falling back. He finished tenth on the track, and but Butson pitted. Things simmered down after
22 | SFRSCCA.ORG | AUGUST 2018 AUGUST 2018 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 23 was officially eighth However, Osborne’s victory was sort-lived as the Stewards ruled his when the Stewards regaining of his original grid position once he stalled on the Pace Lap was got through with the against the GCR, and his finish position went to 8th overall and third in results. class. Phillip Holifield/ Devenport became the overall winner. This made his fourth victory for No.144 SM and Justin the weekend in two classes. Casey/No.85 SM lost CLASS WINNERS: SAVE THE DATE!! their 4th and 7th P1 - Devenport; Slusher; Chip Romer/No.7 Elan-Las Vegas place finishing results P2 - Chuck Bona/No.42 Enterprises; Tim Day Jr/No.81Stohr-AZ; and as a result of a GCR Eric O’Brien/No.44 AMAC technical violation, FB - Cook; Gary Hickman/No.76 Phoenix-SDR; and Osborne That must be the racing line - #21 Graham Rankin FA, #44 putting them both F C - H o p e ; B o b N e g r o n / N o . 1 9 Va n D i e m e n ; a n d R e i c h e r t Sean Prewett FA, #29 Jim Devenport FE2, #35 Bryson at the bottom of the Lew FA, #13 Rayce Dykstra FA, and #45 Thomas Burt FE2 FEATURE RACE GROUP 9 results. This was the last race of the weekend, and was the only Regional race Saturday, November 10, 2018 CLASS WIN- of the day. As such Novices were able to compete. Twenty of the 26 entries NERS: raced. SM - Drennan; The top three starters were the same at the finish, all three maintaining Littlehale; and New- their positions flag to flag. Christopher Murdter/No.72 ITS had the pole mark and and ran flag to flag, with a 20.386 seconds Margin of Victory over Billy SMT - Mike Crane/No.116 ITA Miata. It was the largest MOV of the day. Joe Kalin- LaBouff/No.04; owski/No.155 ITS Miata was third. Murdter turned the fastest race lap of SFR SCCA Annual Awards Tupper Hull/No.50; 76.305 mph. and Leeson Grant/ Sam Kasle/No.29 ITA Miata and Frank Russell/No.34 ITA MX-5 had No.03 contact in Turn 7 causing their racing positions to swap. Hermalyn tapped SSM - Ross the Turn 11 wall and stopped safely on the front straight. Elina Lipilina/ Lindell/No.11; Greg #10 Mark Drennan leading T3 ahead of #89 Addison Lee No.09 ITA Miata Powell/No.52; and heading the Mustang herd and Ron Patrick/ Location: San Ramon Marriott Rob Fuller/No.5 Dinner No.189 ITA Miata had FEATURE contact. 2600 Bishop Drive, San Ramon, RACE GROUP CLASS WIN- 8 NERS: CA 94583 This was the ITS - Murdter; fastest group of the Kalinowski; and Don- day, P1 & 2, FB & FC. ald Ahn/No.39 Miata Thirty-four of the 44 ITA - Crane; Doron BoD Meeting: 8:30 11:30am entries raced. At their Dreksler/No.70 request, they had a Miata; and Joseph Annual Membership Meeting Kou/No.6 Miata split start, with FC #37 John Barnett AS, with #57 Scott McPherson GT1 New Event for this #34 Umberto Milletti and #4 Joshua Jacobs in SRF3’s separated. Oregon ITX - Ross Lindell/ inside, and #70 Richard Pryor AS outside 12:00 2:00 pm Region driver, JR No.11 Miata; Thomas year.. KART racing at K1 Osborne /No.83 FB Bordeaux/No.76 speed. Limited to the Miata-Cal Club; and Firman, was in the first wave. He stalled at the start with mechanical issues, first 48 entrants! and rejoined the pack in his original grid position. Hermalyn KART RACING 2:00 5:30 pm NEW Jim Devenport/No.23 Norma had the overall and P1 pole, but fell to It was a big, busy third at the start. Todd Slusher/No.2 P1 Elan from Las Vegas took the lead weekend with lots and held for four laps before Osborne passed and held the lead for the rest of activity, lots and of the 17-lap race. Devenport moved up to second and Slusher was running lots of cars, visit- Cocktails 6:00 7:00 pm third. Randy Cook/No.9 FB JDR ran fourth. Once the front pack got its ing officials, a better positions, they pretty much held them to the finish. than usual compli- Many Thanks to our Inaugural Kart Racing Sponsors! ment of workers, and Mitch Egner/No. 4 Van Diemen had the FC pole but it was short-lived as hopefully a good time #28 Eddie Nakata T3 and #50 Mark Andrews TE, both for most if not all. in BMW 330Ci’s from Oregon and Northwest region Dinner 7:00—???? he pitted early. Tom Hope/No.10 FC Van Diemen took the lead as he moved respectively forward through the pack. The 'new' Follow- Rod Rice/No.41 FB Stohr was gridded fifth, spun off mechanical on the By schedule' was a first lap in Turn 5, in a hazardous spot. This brought out the Safety Car and success, and perhaps tow truck. an intended conse- After the restart, Kurt Ladendorf/No.8 AMAC pitted, and Osborne quence was that the GO KART RACING DUBLIN became the new leader. Paul Decker/No.80 P2 AMAC pitted, Kevin day ended by 4:30pm Roggenbuck/No12 FB Firman from Northwest went off. John Manfroy/ ... except for the Tech No.18 P1 Stohr pulled off mechanical. Compliance Crew. (It Osborne was an excited winner, saying he had worked hard during his took three days for race. He and the crew had spent a lot of time on the handling of the F1000 the Group 7 results to car. The crew had made changes overnight, which he credited for the be official.) improvement over Saturday. He set a New Track FB Record of 1:29.930. #10 SM winner, Mark Drennan highlighted above the valley
24 | SFRSCCA.ORG | AUGUST 2018 AUGUST 2018 | SFRSCCA.ORG | 25 model. Glenn Bennett barely eeked out second place from John Fabela. Bennett was in a '16 model, Fabela in a '15 model. Kim Jennings led the women in STPL in a '14 Mustang. Colleen Echter came in second in a '16 model, while Angee Kane rounded out third in a '15 Mustang. James Laeno handily took first place in STR in a '09 MX5 over Sergei Avedisov in a '07 Honda S2000. Jimmy Au-Yeung beat out co-driver Rob Luis for first place in STU. The pair split time in a '06 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. Matt Ales finished in third in a '03 M3. Katherine Flater led from her first run to finish first in STUL in a '06 Lancer Evo. Carole Zepeda finished second Justin Moore ran uncontested in BS in a 2006 Porsche Cayman. in a '17 Focus RS. Tony Rodriguez led an all-Toyobaru STX class in a '13 FRS. He was follwed by Annie Gill, also in a '13 FRS, while Mack Tsang took third in a '13 BRZ. Ben Nguyen finished in first place in M-class in a '16 Exocet (EM). Douglas Hargrove came in second in a '72 R&D special (FM). Jonathan Stewart took first place in P-class over co-driver Frank Stagnaro. Stewart and Stagnaro split seat time in a '65 Shelby GT350 (CP). Jesus Villarreal came in third in a '98 Camaro (CP), while Tom Frank Stagnaro finished in second P class in a 1965 Shelby GT350. Exley took fourth in a '87 Mazda RX7 (XP). Dwayne Komush finished Paul Pluguez finished in fourth place in SMF in a 1994 Sentra. eight (DP). SFR SOLO II ROUND 7 Jake Obinski, in a '95 Miata (S-), took the top spot in SM. Obinski (C-). Justin Tang finished sixth in a '86 Corolla (F-) while Darrell Moskow- was followed by Isaac Acks in a '96 Miata (S-), while Eric Gnesa rounded itz, in a '94 Honda Prelude (D-) took seventh. Danial Stalcup, in a '15 Cadil- BY RYAN PANLILIO PHOTOS BY PAUL TIBBALS out the top three in a '09 Cayman S (S-). Paul Pluguez took fourth in a '94 lac CTS Vsport (E-) finished in ninth place. Nissan Sentra (-F). Kelly Prior led in SML in a '94 Miata (S-). Lisa Gnesa Tara Shapowal finished in first place in SPL in a '11 GT3 RS (S-), with Round 6 of the SF Region's Solo II was held at Crows Landing on June 9, 2018. took second in a '09 Cayman S (S-), with Melissa James taking third in a '13 Renee Russell in second in a '90 Miata (C-). Subaru STI. Round 8 finds competitors back in Crows Landing on June 23, 2018. Round 7 was held on June 10, 2018, the day after Round 6, a joint event rounded out the top three in a '17 VW GTI. Steve Lau led from his first run in SP class in a '11 Porsche GT3 RS (S-). Competitors will be back in Marina on July 21 for Round 9 of the SFR Solo with All-America Series autox. Alex Muresan, in a '11 Porsche GT3, eeked out first place in SS class Rob Boynton was almost a second behind in second place in a '02 Porsche II. Don Lew led an all-Corvette AS class in a 2008 Corvette Z06. He was from Monty Pack, who was in a '14 Porsche GT3. Al Patterson took third GT2 (S-). Nipping at Boynton's heels was Micah McElravy in a '91 Miata followed by Craig Boyle for second, with Joe Shortes rounding out third in a '17 Dodge Viper. in a '02 Corvette. Erika McKee ran uncontested in in JA in an Emmick Viper. Justin Moore ran uncontested in BS in a '06 Porsche Cayman. John Alvarez and Sharon Alvarez ran uncontested in BSPV and BSPVL, David Peterson used his final run to take first place in CS. Peterson was respectively. They shared seat time in a '65 Corvette. in a '16 Mazda MX5. Lloyd Feaver, in a '03 Porsche Boxster S, took second, CAM, SSC … M.... while April Thompson finished third in a '16 Mazda MX5. It came down to fourth runs, but in the end, Karlton Lew finished in Mark Scroggs handily took first place in DS in a '16 Chevy Camaro first place in CAM in a '03 Corvette Z06 (-S). Scott Fraser was just mil- Turbo. He was followed by Jeff Eikenberry in a '18 Camaro, with Fred liseconds behind in a '66 427 Cobra (-S). Michael Erickson took fourth Campbell rounding out the top three in a '99 BMW M3. place in a '67 Chevrolet Chevelle (-T), while Chris Cox took sixth in a ' 15 RACING | HIGH PERFORMANCE | TUNER | EXOTIC The ES class podium was filled with Toyota MR2 Sypder pilots, with Ford GT350R (-C). Alex Kang taking first place in a '03 model. Kang's co-driver Youmna Zal- Stacie Naumann led Ingrid Ansell in CAML. Naumann was in a '66 Western States Distributor Ligier Racer Cars zal came in second, while Vernon Head took third in a '01 model. Pontiac GTO (-T), while Ansell was in a '72 Corvette (-S). Bruce Hopkins, in a '14 Camaro, took the top spot in FS. William Lin EXCLUSIVEMOTORWORKS.COM was close behind in second in a '15 Camaro, with Gary Fazekas rounding Jonathan Stroud led a trio of Toyobaru twins to first place in SSC. out third. Stroud was in a '13 Scion FRS. Ed Runnion, in a '16 FRS, came in second, Yongzhe Wen stood on his first run to take first place in GS in a '13 Ford while Bill Charron rounded out the top three in a '15 Subaru BRZ. Focus ST. He was followed by Al Andersen in a '16 VW GTI. Robert Zabala The all-Mustang podium in STP was led by Troy Jennings in a '14
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Third we are largely in denial despite execution and accounting as well as special proj- Sherry by September 4th. Do whatever it takes [email protected] T 408.956.1662 E [email protected] www.worldspeedinc.com www.bavarianmotorsport.net the non-stop conversation about how “we” are ects and more. The office will be the face of the to be that force that leads the SRF/SCCA to a 707-722-3628 503-720-3290 getting older and cannot keep pace with change Club, the key contact for vendors including race stronger, better, more dynamic tomorrow. Do it AccelRaceTek.com Spec Racer Fords and the demand for what we do. tracks and the Big SCCA. Working together with NOW. (669) 232-4844 Finally, we are confused. What is the purpose Board members and the existing liaison system, I also need more input that tells me what the of our Club? What is today’s mission? I would the Executive Director and his/her staff will Club needs to do now to be better every new ask it this way, “What business are we in?” I do insure better communication, more consistency, year. Your help will result in a five-year plan that Quality is a journey of passion. not think we know nor do I think that we act in especially when Directors change, and the ability will critical to our long-term success!
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Classified Advertising in The Wheel is a Inclusive, steering Column, Master PAC Division GT-3 Championship & 1997 service provided to the membership by Cylinder, Pedal Assembly, Wiring Loom, NASPORT Championship. Fastest GT-3 SPEC MIATA the SF Region. Ads are free for mem- Switches/Cables TAKE IT ALL FOR trap speeds at the 2014 SCCA Runoffs bers. Ad should be 75 words maximum $34,500!! **STREET TRADES CON- at Laguna. and may include a photo. Ads will run for SIDERED** Edd Ozard 925.200.7509 This car could position you to win the three months, after which time they shall [email protected] 1711 2018 Runoffs. This is a very safe, well- be removed. They may be resubmitted. maintained car designed and engineered Submit your ad by email to editor, Blake to be managed by one person. My Tatum: [email protected] services are available for the West Coast Spitfire Roller For Sale. MUST SELL Super competitive SRF Gen 2.Top 10 Porsche 944 Racecar + custom built tracks & the Runoffs. $35,000.00 - In- For Sale, 1980 RX7 Race car --- Please Make Offer. Ex-Tom McCarthy OPEN WHEEL AND SPORTS RACERS in Runoffs past 2 years. Fresh national enclosed trailer: $25,000. Car: 2.8 Four cludes 2 motors, 3 sets of wheels, extra Annual tech has been done for class Car. Tom Ran at Atlanta, Then sat one motor+ quality regional motor. 3 sets of Cyl., Fully re-built transaxle with <25 carbonfiber body parts, 24’ Haulmark en- ITA. Recently ran in the regional's 8 -9 season, I bought it. I made numerous SRF3 #865: Built 2009, Converted by wheels with tires including new rains. miles, New front brake pads, rotors in closed trailer and my complete inventory at Laguna Seca. The car is race ready. improvements, used it for my Driver's Cerini Motorsports Jan 2017. Gearbox Brakes and rotors have one race session. good condition, Stainless brake lines of spares With 23 years of continuous Engine is stock 12b with a Nikki 4 barrel School at Sears Point, got my two races rebuilt Jan 2017,Butler Seat & new Re-built transmission last year.$15,500. front/rea, 2 Spare Hankook Ventus development and more than $125,000 carb, Stainless headers, new aluminum in. And then divorced. Stored indoors style Butler "HALO", AIM MXL Pro 05 Superlite Coupe Endurance Race Car Open trailer available for $1000. Call/text tires and 4 BRAND NEW Forgeline invested, this is a winning car! (510) 812- radiator w/ shroud and electric fans. The since. Complete EXCEPT NO engines, Dash, New Style UCAs, New Style Toe - $115000. Car has been completely Dan @ 443.742.7702 1702 wheels ($1500), Miscellaneous recent 1140 [email protected] 1803 Kirkey aluminum seat is adjustable for transmissions. Has very rare Positraction, Adjusters, 2 Sets New Style Wheels, rebuilt and ready to be raced!! Enter the upgrades and spare parts. Trailer : easy driver fit, new G force belts, and a McCarthy axles, full gauges, three sets of Laguna Muffler, AMB Transponder, Ther- 2017 25hrs of Thunderhill and win it!! 18 ft long (not including tongue), 80 new window net. It has Panasport style wheels Spare Spring Towers, Used Super 1999 SM for sale/TPD Trailer combo mal coated headers, PBS Quick Jack, Car comes with two bodies and three inches usable width inside. Con- wheels with Falken Azenis tires. The roll Trap Muffler. [email protected] 1611 Race winning car. Refreshed for 2014 MSR Alignment Bars. SPARES: Nose, splitters and three sets of wheels. Fuel tact: Scott – 415 656 7816 1806 cage was build by Doug Chase.The car Runoff's. Top 10 at the Runoff's. Stored Uprights, Hubs, LCAs, Steering Arms & rack included. Many Many spares. Darrell was originally built, or should I say over since. Great spares. 3 sets of wheels. Box, Spare Half Shafts, & much more Anderson (510) 928-2423 1707 built, as a 24hr of LeMons car called Lara- Drago motor. Will part with 24ft fully load $35,000 415-298-3917 1803 mie. It's great colorful markings were to 2012 TPD with every option as package. mimic the M1 BMW racecar of the 1980 18K for car + spares. 35K for both. Vintage Crusader Formula Project Le Mans period. The great front spoiler Email for build sheet for trailer or more 1965 Crusader Formula Vee, needs to Spec Racer FordGen2- 2004 Ready to and high rear wing, though removed for info on car. Located in Pleasanton. be assembled. Everything is there for race! Professionally maintained and very ITA are with the car. Call to make offer [email protected] 1701 a complete restoration. Own a part of well sorted. Chassis completely rebuilt or for more info or pictures. Contact: Al history and have fun driving it at Vintage in 2012: new fuel cell, new clutch, new Bourdet 510-414-9202 For sale: 2006 Winning Blue MX5. Full events. Call Balke Tatum to discuss, complete belly pans, frame painted COLLECTOR/RACE CAR: This car raced or [email protected] 1709 STR prep. I drove this to second in pax 209-403-2452 1707 with Rust Bullet, shocks rebuilt, all new the La Carrera Panamericana 5 times at last SSSCC event of the season by 0.1 heims and suspension bushings. 2012 finished 4 times. The engine has been For Sale: Weaver chassis TransAm/GT-1 Brand new chassis. Victory circle with seconds. Two sets of wheels with good Complete chassis reset- paint, heims, moved back 4”, The dry sump Twin-cam Corvette. Retiring – everything must Port City front clip. Car has never seen rubber. RE71R'S and R1R's. $13000 obo bushings- cleanest SRF on the planet! engine with (2) 45DCOEs is in storage. go. Prettiest rig & car at the track: show the race track. Have items to add to Will deliver with a deposit up to 1000 Race ready Formula Renault 1600. Includes tons of spares: 3 sets wheels It has been replaced with the back-up quality Kenworth, “Cup” motor by pme; build such as fuel cell, headers, rear end, miles from 99338 for $0.75/mile. Pristine Italian carbon fiber chassis. and tires, quick jack, complete bolt on engine, an 1800 with one 45DCOE. numerous track records; prepped & race- shocks. Message more more info. $2000 Trophied at the Packwood Tour in 2013 Two BMW E36 IT-prepared rollers for Sealed fuel injected engine w/computer string bars for alignments, quick discon- The front fenders, cowl and hood are ready; numerous spares; $200,000/OBO for chassis, $7000 for everything. Willing (Rex), 2014 (Mark, Lynn and Dennis sale, one with some front end damage. management system, electronic dash nect steering wheel, hot lap timing set, removed as a unit with 6 bolts. The car (707)765-0153 [email protected] 1803 to split items. 916-425-6251 1709 Healy), 2015 (Mark & Lynn) and 2016 Complete race-ready drivetrain for ITS panel, data logger, automatic lap counter Butler racing seat upgrade, fire system, runs on Aston-Martin rims have (2) sets. (Lynn). 2006 Mazda MX5 GT with 74XXX 2.5l and complete drivetrain for ITA & radio system. Inboard suspension, 2 sets brake pads, suspension spares, Three engines total, extra tranny plus Fresh 383 Stroker LT1 Engine, Rebuilt miles Winning Blue, 60,000 when we 1.8l available, prepped to IT limits and adjustable wings, rear diffuser, fire ex- SRF Gen 3 #066 (2nd Place car SF dynamic number system, oil filter, boxes of parts. Price 27k email: moss- Borg Warner T56 6 Speed Transmission bought it in 2012. We are the second chipped. Agressive limited slips for tinguisher system & 8 alloy OZ wheels. Region 2015.) $32,000 OBO. Well main- fuel filter, and spark plugs/plug wire [email protected] ref:MGA 1806 with aluminum flywheel and new Stage 3 owners and can put you in touch with the each. Fully built suspensions. 2002 ITA Many spares plus trailer! $18,000 in tained by owner and CSR. 14 Weekends set. Please email for extensive photo clutch, re-engineered suspension includ- original owner if needed. All in decent 3rd place SFR region championship car. California, call 707-449-8304. 1802 on Engine. 1 race on Clutch 1 yr. on package. $13,500 OBO, James "Cotch" 1990 Spec Miata. Race motor by Haag ing UMI Road Race K Member, 6 point condition (for an autocross car, not a Make offer. [email protected], 650-472- Rebuilt Shocks, Heims and Ball Joints. Cotcher cell: 530-545-1765 home: 530- Performance, in 2016. Four weekends on professional built roll cage in a rare full show queen) with minor road chips on 1486 www.fizzball.com/bmw01 1701 Analog Gages Warning Lights for Water 573-0505 [email protected] 1612 motor. In Feb. 2017, complete suspen- hard top, never wrecked. $12,500.00 B/O hood and at rocker panels. 6 speed with Oil Pressures Alternator. All Current sion set up by TFB Performance, at cost 916 716-7304 1707 stock Mazda LSD. (Only mod it does not SOLO RACER & TRACK CARS Upgrades 2 Sets of Hoosier slicks. 1 new FENDERED RACE CARS of $2,195: new Bilstien shocks front and Chevy Cobalt SS Supercharged and Race have is the OS Giken) PPE Engineering unmounted set. Rains on Weld Wheels rear, new Fat cat kit and 99 top hats; Ready. Prepared and setup by Phoenix LT Header and midpipe put on in 2014 Bodywork good condition. Traqmate data Chevy Cobalt SS Supercharged and Race attach sway bars with no pre-load, four Motorsports for the World Challenge Pro and much more. Contact me for details. STREET CARS acquisition with video sync for GoPro Ready.Car was built, prepared and setup wheel alignment (TFB worksheet avail- Series. Great car for SCCA or NASA [email protected] 509-551-2681 (included). Both softwares included. Call: by Phoenix Performance for the SCCA able). Tech inspection in 2017. GPS track Can easily be changed based on the class 1703 Bob @916 489 7182. 1705 World Challenge Pro Series. Great car for data. Trailer, ramps, and straps go with you want to race. 268hp at the wheels. P2/DSR for sale. 1986 Mariha S2000 SCCA IT. Can easily be changed based car. $7,000. John Myers 916-342-2141. Setup for Cool suit, radio, and camera FOR SALE, 1967 FORD CORTINA, converted to DSR in 2007. Full cage, GT1 Rolling Chassis. Loflin/Philips GT1 on the class you want to race. 268hp [email protected] 1804 Passenger race seat installed. Spares $1500.00 OBO. In excellent condition 4 GSXR 1000, Wilwood brakes, AIM dash, tube frame, raced mid-80's Trans Am at the wheels. Car is equipped for cool include 2nd super charger, tires, wheels, door Ford Cortina. I am selling this for Chase cam & Gopro, 2 sets of used tires Series. No engine, trans, body, fuel cell, suit, radio, and in car camera. Recaro brakes. radiator and lots more. Sold as 1999 Spec Miata. Well sorted car, super my race partner John True. He bought mounted and a set of stickers. New has exhaust system, stock products passenger race seat installed and can is and shipping is at buyers expense. reliable and many podium finishes in the car from a gentleman on a business belts, fire system many spares and tools. quick change, full fire system, NASCAR be removed to reduce weight.Spares Enclosed race trailer for sale as well. Will SCCA Calclub. ACT Clutch, Koyo radiator, trip many years ago and had it shipped $12,000. Kenn (503) 879-5519 1712 Modine radiator and oil cooler, 16x12.5 include 2nd super charger, tires, wheels, consider selling as package. Torson diff, SS brake lines, Racetech here in Reno. I put a better intake mani- 1972 Camaro Street Rod. Single family on 5 hubs, Durlite alloy rims, 4 fronts brakes. radiator and lots more. Al Gambetti Cell: 916-532-8303 Phone seat with head restraint, manual steering fold with a Weber carburetor on it and owned since purchased new in Novem- 2 rears, Lockeed front brakes, Hurst Sold as is and shipping is at buyers / Fax: 916-676-9888 agambetti@yahoo. rack, Momo steering wheel with quick it runs great. It has the 1500 cc engine ber, 1971. 105,200 miles on chassis. Sub- airheart rears. All gauges, seat, pedals, expense. $15000 obo for car. Enclosed com 1711 release. AIM MXL data system. 2 sets with a 4 speed. The car is really clean title alterations to drive train, suspension dry sump tank and hoses. Documented 20 foot Cargomate race trailer for sale as of Team Dynamic wheels. Come with and straight. No title, but I know there and interior. Garaged for entire life of car. Trans Am history. Car located Hayward, well. Will discount if sold as package. 1808 Chuck McKinney’s 2014 SCCA Runoffs 2001 Spec Miata. The car is well sorted spare parts. Current SCCA log book. are ways of getting it. It is clean title as Detailed description of modifications on CA. Make offer. Contact Don at 510- Podium Finishing GT-3 Nissan 240SX and very fast. Has many championships E-mail me for more pictures and video of we know. The White with white/blue in- back.$20,000. Details upon request. 531-6632 1704 “Wonderbread” Car Square tube chassis, and track records. Third in 2016 Teen races. [email protected] terior; very clean and straight. Great little Contact Ralph at 530-295-1805 evenings Lotus link, flat floor, driver’s side exhaust, Challenge. 1. New motor dyno time only. $15,550 OBO. 310-927-4368 1707 car and fun to drive. I will text pictures 1807 Rebello 2015 Spec KA24 3-Valve motor, 2. New shocks. 3. New Clutch. 4. Rebuilt if you ask. Paul Gilbert, 775-762-4431, 2004 Pro Mazda For Sale - $28,900 32mm SIR, built NEW for the 2014 trans, no race time. 5. New wheels 1971 Datsun 510 4 Door. SCCA ITC [email protected] 1703 Quick Car! Excellent condition!! Profes- Runoffs on a virgin block and crank this year. 6. New wiring loom. 7. New Racer GRP 5. Car won 2015 ITC Champ. sionally maintained by Auto Spa. Recent (all new parts with the absolute latest Coil packs. 8. New Belts. Many extras; Ready to race, good first car. L1600 Ro- motor rebuild. 100% race ready trick internals, engine and chassis dyno Receipts available. (949) 413-2220; noah- bello Engine 40 over. Additional Pictures Expansive Spare Package Available – tuned). Completely sorted, 3rd Place [email protected] 1710 [email protected] Text 209-613- $2,900. Spare Tub Available – $3,900. finisher at the 2014 Runoffs, 2014 NOR- 4813. With spares $6500 1704
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Coast Muffler, 2" Inlet/Outlet $175.00 RACE CAR RENTALS Diamond FORMULA CARS 916-801- includes UPS. Tri-pod greaser, includes SERVICES 9728 [email protected] 2/3 tube of GKN Lube, $75.00. Both www.diamondformulacars.com prices include UPS ground to lower 48. Haag Performance of Sacramento, a Formula First ITA Mazda Rx7 [email protected] 1709 leading West Coast Spec Miata engine and drive train builder, has a limited Formula First race car for rent for SFR HP full race engine. All the good stuff. number of spots available for racers drivers school and select regional Email me for a complete description. No needing storage, engine and drive train Race car Rentals that are competative races. The car is very well prepared and Steel bodied right hand drive home built 2007 Pace Shadow Ramp Stacker, reasonable offer refused. services, race prep, transportation and/ and reliable. Everything from prepara- ready to go. It will fit large/tall drivers. low-boy with chevy ls engine. Non run- Bumper, Pull 3 Dexter 6k axels, all Ray Hiett. [email protected] 1708 or track support. Contact Mike@ tion to transportation is handled by It has a full GPS based data system and Spectrum/Honda F1600. Cameron ning car with lots of parts needs assem- Car trailer with electric winch and tongue wheel brakes, 25 ft box, 5 ft tongue, haagperformance.com or call(925) professionals. From Driver’s School cameras onboard for driver develop- Racing has two cars available for bly and interior. Rebuilt z06 engine with jack and removable rock shield. Winch is Double side doors 58”w x 80” total, 20 ft Snow Tires on new aluminum rims, both 783-9409. 1808 to your first pro race, we can help ment. Take advantage of my 35 years the Majors, SF regional races and special lehman front timing cover and rated for 6000 Lbs. Includes remote con- awning, needs new cover, floor to ceiling less than 300 miles. Bridgestone Blizzak you achieve your goals. Learn to race of racing experience to help you learn, test days. Cars located at Sonoma cross drive unit with a joe hunt distributor trol for the winch. Has large under deck 105”, 81” between wheel wells, rear studless tires, 225-60/16, set of 4. Practi- and have fun then leave the race or fine tune you’re driving. Call Scott raceway. Steve 707 953 7580 Rebuilt muncie t10 four speed with storage area. Tires have excellent tread ramp 98” + 18” extension, 4” beavertail, cally new, Fits 2002 Honda Odyssey car responsibilities to us. Rentals in 916-801-9728 hurst shifter and light weight bell hous- depth. Perfect trailer for low clearance includes new 5500w Generac portable van. $600.00. Arthur Munch- Improved Touring and Formula Ford TRACKSIDE SERVICE: Bulldog Motor- ing, quartermaster 5.5 Inch clutch and cars as approach angle is 10 degrees. generator.$12,500.00 obo. Larry 707- eryan [email protected] 1703 cars and trackside support for Formula sports offers Formula Enterprise full button flywheel. 1956 Chevy bel aire Includes good battery in locked onboard 462-9088 1610 Atlantic, Formula Ford and Improved trackside support. Join in on the fun rearend box for operating winch and jack. I have Large collection of historic autocross Touring Cars. of one of the most affordable/ fastest Edelbrock carburetor and intake with used it for cars over 4000 Lbs with no TOOLS/ EQUIPMENT /MISC FOR SALE photos looking for a new home. Racing Services classes in SCCA. The Spec Class with new headers, muffler and exhaust parts difficulties. Gary 925-743-0673 1802 Contact NorPac Archivist Gary Horstkorta 11771 Foothill Rd. class. Bulldog Motorsports is the place Two sets of wheels and tires 15 inch as All race gear must go! HANS, race if interested: norpacarchivist@comcast. All-Weather Storage Lockers – Now P.O. Box 350, Sunol, CA 94586 for full CSR support. Call Jason at shown and solid 16 inch with baby moon 1999 Ford Econoline 150 Conversion Van suits, Nomex, gloves, cool shirt, gear net 1702 @ Thunderhill Park! Finally a solution 925-890-3555 (209) 892-5747. hubcaps and dunlop ls tires. Also have With Dome Top. $8,500 Low mileage: bags, shoes, radios, camcorders, to having to deal with all your race holden hubcaps and badge $18,000 87,987 Runs perfectly. Serviced regularly etc. Frank (916) 919-5750 1804 SHOP/STORAGE SPACE equipment! Don’t bother lugging your SPECRACER RENTALS & SUPPORT: SPEC RACER FORDS: Available for Sharon Gilbert, Westley CA 209-894- (have all receipts). Has A/C, radio, stereo gear around or leaving it out in the cold. AccelRaceTek has fast cars for rent and nationals, regionals, schools & test 3949 [email protected] 1801 system with head phones, TV, CD, tape Business Opportunity: Office space SHOP SPACE in Santa Clara, Rent a 4’ X4’ X8’ Thunderhill locker offers great arrive and drive trackside days. Well equipped with data acquisi- player, power inverter, refrigerator, micro- with conference room, show room, 2600 sqft of available space with 2 lifts. daily, weekly, monthly, or even yearly to support. Rental cars are well main- tion, video, and radios. Enthusiastic 1999 Ford Econoline 150 Conversion wave, sink, electrically operated couch/ bathrooms and showers available starting Perfect to keep and work on your race or make sure you always have a place to tained and have the latest upgrades. crew to help a beginner get started in Van With Dome Top, $8,500. Low mile- dinette flattens into a bed, wood-grained in June of 2018. Ideal for Driving School, track cars. Suitable for small to medium keep your important and valuable items. Trackside support includes more than SCCA racing or setup a car to a more age: 87,987. Runs perfectly. Serviced cabinets overhead and below (houses a marque-club or specialty vehicle dealer- size teams as well. Trailer storage also These lockers are big enough to store just getting your car to the track, we experienced driver’s specifications. regularly (have all receipts). Has A/C, porta potty). In excellent shape except ship and more. Be in the growth curve available. Bathroom and small office. almost everything you could need for will help you get faster. Our attention Dave Harriman (408)507-1531 dave@ radio, stereo system with head phones, dome paint on one side is eroding. Never of the sport and the industry at prices Lots of storage racks.Izzy 650.279.7252 your time at Thunderhill Raceway Park! to detail and experience will give you specracer.com TV, CD, tape player, power inverter, been in an accident. Ann: 530-335-6010 well below the competition. All or part or [email protected]. 1808 Inquire @ the Grill or Pro-Shop or call A+ Racing Spec Miata Rental, Service a competitive advantage. Our rigorous refrigerator, microwave, sink, electrically 1801 available with full access to all activities Jim Thompson 530-934-5588 x 112. 1502 and Support. We have over a dozen service and preparation results in reli- WANTED operated couch/dinette flattens into a at Thunderhill Park. E-mail dvodden@ CAR STORAGE in Santa Clara Spec Miatas to suit your needs. All of able cars, we don’t have any DNF’s due bed, wood-grained cabinets overhead 2002 24' carson toy / race car hauler. if thunderhill.com to learn more and ar- Secure shop, 24hr access, 2 lifts, bath- Bavarian Motorsport BMW service our cars are designed to be Safe, Fast, to poor maintenance. AccelRaceTek WANTED; SOMEONE WITH A PICKUP and below (houses a porta potty). In you are a racer this toy hauler is perfect range a lease. 1803 room and small office. Lots of storage & repair. Offering wheel alignment and Reliable. We race what we rent is now the SFR CSR and can support TRUCK OR A VAN TO HELP WITH excellent shape except dome paint on for you!! bought this trailer new and was racks also available for your extra car services in the south bay. We can so you know all of our cars are ready any SpecRacer driver with parts and WORKER TRANSPORTATION AT THE 3 one side is eroding. Never been in an ordered to my specs. the reason is that i parts extra wheels etc. align any vehicle as long as you want it to win. Beginner rates start at $550 support at the track. www.accelrac- DIFFERENT RACETRACKS. YOU WILL accident. Ann: 530-335-6010 have a vintage race car and needed more Izzy Sanchez 650.279.7252 done correctly. 1025 Sinclair Frontage a day and Racer rates start at $700 a etek.com. Bruce Richardson @ (408) BE COMPENSATED FOR YOUR FUEL. 1712 garage space then you can get with off [email protected] 1808 Road Milpitas 95035 408-956-1662 day. Discounts for multiple days and 499-7266 or brichardson@accelracetek. -PLEASE CONTACT; PAUL GILBERT the rack style toy haulers. there are so multiple cars. Includes, Track Support, com 1607 @ 775-762-4431 OR @ paulracer152@ TRAILER/TOW many upgrades and maintenance items Garage Space Available at Thunderhill SPEC MIATA & SPEC E30: TFB Perfor- Competition Tires and Fuel. See us at sbcglobal.net 1806 that were done that i have a long list. starting in June of 2018. 1,400 sq. feet. mance’s winning alignment service has www.aracing.org Contact Al Angulo at LOTUS ELISE RACE-CARS FOR RENT this is no doubt the best older trailer you Large bay door. Bathroom stall available. expanded to include race prep and “arrive 530 277 6311 or alangulo530@gmail. Arrive and Drive, track prep and stor- can buy. needs nothing!! *comes with a Rental fee $1,000 per month. Only eight and drive” trackside support for SCCA/ com age. Dietsch Motorsports has race yamaha generator that is about 3yrs old. House in Foresthill. Frank Lloyd Wright spaces available. Located on three mile NASA and HPDE/track days. Rent clean, cars available for Drivers School, Club *speaker with disco light bluetooth at design. 2 bedrooms, 1 office, 1 bath, 5 track area near new Solo Pad and SCCA safe, front-running cars or bring your own. Auto Spa Racing Service - In our Racing and testing. Runs in T3. Can run front door *new wheel bearing in and out car garage, 4 carports. Design heats and office. E-mail [email protected] Run your first race or win a championship! 25th year, still located at Sears Point in other classes. Full season rates and and brakes *all white outside trim new cools itself. Seven acres at end of private to put your name down on a waiting list. Contact Tim Barber at 415.205.2222 or / Sonoma Raceway , continues to the car is set up for you. Boxster S and *new tires and 2 spares **Much More road. $700,000 OBO. Call 916-663-1641 First come, first serve. Great deal!! 1803 [email protected]. provide our customers with full service Miata also available. Cars are located at 2010, 36’Heartland Toy-hauler with ap- $12,500.00 negotiable much more call between 5-7 pm 1801 race car fabrication , restoration and our Vacaville race prep facility. 707-724- proximately 30,000 mi. Sleeps 8, ideal phil at (602)376-8631 1801 Shop Space: Morgan Hill/San Mar- DNS? DNF? It’s hard to keep your trackside support . We have always 9250; http://dietschwerks.com/ 1502 for extended stays. 10’ garage, 100 gal. Set of four Hoosier cantilever slicks, tin. 2400 Square foot shop with outside hands on the wheel and on a wrench. strived to maintain the highest level of fresh water, new convection microwave 2006 Haulmark 20' enclosed trailer with 20x9.5-13 R35A compound. They are trailer parking available. Clean shop less Lewis Hamilton doesn’t work on his support to all our customer’s needs. 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