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and 2014 Issue 4 September, October Presidential Mullings COMMUNICATION WITH SMSCC CAN BE DONE EITHER BY Whew, it’s over! We had a big, busy SURFACE MAIL TO: weekend November 1 and 2 when we put on 2 SCCA National Rallies – Santa Monica Sports Car Club th Highway Robbery on Saturday and 30 - 13 St, Apt E Turkey Traps on Sunday. Highway Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 Robbery was a course (trap) rally while Turkey Traps was a GTA OR (gimmick) rally. Although the turnout was BY EMAIL TO OUR OFFICERS: disappointing, only 8 cars for HR and Jeanne English, President [email protected] 6 cars for TT, the contestants Larry Scholnick, Vice-President [email protected] seemed to enjoy both rallies. Turnout Joanna Weissen, Treasurer [email protected] could have been higher, but we had a Patrick Strong, Secretary [email protected] few cancellations (a broken hip? What kind of excuse is that?) and it Rally Info Available Online seems that the first weekend in Check out the SMSCC and Cal Club websites for road rally results, rally calendar, November had conflicts for others. I flyers for upcoming rallies, and other rally-related information (including a link to the hope that when we do this again that SCCA Minor Waiver required for minors to participate). The Cal Club website has a we get better participation. photo gallery where we post pictures of rally winners - so get ready to smile when you A great big THANK YOU to those are accepting your trophy! who did attend. And an even bigger SMSCC’s website is www.smscc.org. THANK YOU to our workers, because Cal Club’s website is www.calclub.com/roadrally. without them the rally could not have happened. We even had a crew who Minor Waiver Reminder came out from Wisconsin to vacation For a minor to participate in our rallies, both parents must sign the SCCA Minor by working checkpoints – thank you Waiver. Each parent's signature is only valid if the parent signs in the presence of Lois VanVleet and John Emmons! the rally registrar, or the parent's signature is notarized. You can download the HR and TT were also the final two SCCA Minor Waiver from: events in the 2014 SMSCC Rally http://www.scca.com/documents/insurance/SCCAminorwaiver.pdf Series. There were six rallies in the series, and there were 51 people who ran at least one rally and one person, J Toney, who ran all six. For these Rally Calendar rallies also, THANK YOU to those when what where who more info who participated and to those who Nov 7 First Friday Niter BofA, Mission Hills SMSCC www.smscc.org worked. Nov 19 FFN checkout BofA, Mission Hills SMSCC 310-372-7168 There is something that all of these Nov 27 Thanksgiving Mom’s family you know the number rallies have in common, and that is a Dec 5 First Friday Niter BofA, Mission Hills SMSCC www.smscc.org low level of attendance. What can we Dec 17 FFN checkout BofA, Mission Hills SMSCC 310-372-7168 do to bring attendance up? How do Dec 17 Hanukkah starts your house your family call the Rabbi we convince people that running Dec 25 Christmas your house your family call Mom these rallies is a fun way to spend a Dec 26 Kwanzaa starts your house your family call the Reverend day? We are open to any Jan 2 First Friday Niter BofA, Mission Hills SMSCC www.smscc.org suggestions you have, so let us Jan 14 FFN checkout BofA, Mission Hills SMSCC 310-372-7168 know! Thanks in advance. Jan 28 Dinner meeting to be determined SMSCC 310-372-7168 Feb 1 birthday brunch Marie Callendar’s my friends 310-372-7168 See you down the road! Jeanne English, SMSCC President Starting with the next issue of Road & Tach, we will be changing to e-mail delivery (assuming we have your e-mail address). If you would prefer to keep receiving a hard copy of R&T, you need to let me know at [email protected]. OFFICIAL RESULTS OFFICIAL RESULTS National RoadRally Championship Type (Circle One): NCR NGR NTR EventName: HighwayRobbery EventDate: November1,2014 Sanction#: 2014NC1916 Number of Scored Controls: _18__ Length of Competition: _228.11_Miles_ Unit of Scoring:_ hundredths___ Name of Chairman:__Patrick Strong_________Date __ No vember 4. 2014_____________Organizing Region: Cal Club Patrick Strong Signature of Event Official certifying results Positions Driverand MemberNumberor SCCARegion Make Total Class Car Navigator Hometown&State or of Penalty OverallE L S No. (FirstandLastNames) Driver & Navigator WeekendMbr Vehicle Points Bruce Gezon Murrysville, PA Philadelphia 1 1 2 Ford 61 Steve Gaddy New Market, MD Wash. DC John Getchell Phoenix, AZ Arizona 2 2 4 Lexus 267 John Sears Tucson, AZ AZ Border Chuck Larouere Murrysville, PA Steel Cities 3 3 3 Ford 419 Jack Von Kaenel Belville, NC Detroit Bob Morseburg Seattle, WA Northwest 4 4 1 Mazda 523 Dave Head King George, VA NW Ohio Joe Batwinis Lancaster, CA Cal Club 5 1 8 Mini 945 J Toney Woodland, CA San Francisco Mike Thompson LaCrosse, WI Land of Lakes 6 5 7 Kia 1530 Fred Rosevear Madison, WI Land of Lakes Dave Jameson Tucson, AZ AZ Border 7 1 5 Subaru 1559 Karl Broberg Oro Valley, AZ AZ Border Wendy Harrison Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis 8 2 6 Nissan 2534 Craig Beidelman Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis OFFICIAL RESULTS OFFICIAL RESULTS National RoadRally Championship Type (Circle One): NCR NGR NTR EventName:TurkeyTraps EventDate: November2,2014 Sanction#: 2014NG1917 NumberofScoredControls: _N/A LengthofCompetition:_N/A____ UnitofScoring:scoringopportunities Name of Chairman:__Patrick Strong_____Date _November 4, 2014______________ Organizing Region: Cal Club Patrick Strong Signature of Event Official certifying results Positions Driverand MemberNumberor SCCARegion Make Class Car Navigator Hometown&State or of Total OverallExperienced Novice No. (FirstandLastNames) Driver & Navigator WeekendMbr Vehicle Points Bruce Gezon Murrysville, PA Philadelphia 11 7 Ford 276 Steve Gaddy New Market, MD Wash. DC Bob Morseburg Seattle, WA NW 22 4 Mazda 268 Dave Head King George, VA NW Ohio Wendy Harrison Indianapolis, IN Indy 33 3 Nissan 226 Craig Beidelman Indianapolis, IN Indy Mike Thompson LaCrosse, WI Land of Lakes 44 1 Kia 208 Fred Rosevear Madison, WI Land of Lakes Nathan Harris Santa Clarita, CA Cal Club 55 2 Nissan 204 J Toney Woodland, CA San Francisco Dave Jameson Tucson, AZ AZ Border 66 6 Subaru 198 Karl Broberg Oro Valley, AZ AZ Border Turkeys get Trapped Again road, so you had to U-turn (another rule covered this). by Larry Scholnick However, you had come to a STOP, so you had to turn left as soon as possible thereafter. But you had also come to If it's November, it must be time for Turkey Traps. TT- a T where no other RI could be turned for, so you had to 2014 was presented as an SCCA National GTA turn left as soon as possible after the T, as well. After the (Game/Tour/Adventure) Rally. It featured 25 scored U-turn you had two left turns 'in your pocket'; you had to questions and 5 checkpoint scoring opportunities. do the left for the LRI first because LRIs were higher than NRIs in the order of precedence and then do the left for From the perspective of regular local rallies or SCCA the NRI. National Course/Tour rallies, you immediately knew that they were in for something different when you read in A special rule that applied for a limited portion of the the definitions: R=Turn Left, and L=Turn Right. A few rally came in, telling you that roadways were named only instructions later you got to a checkpoint where things by the first word on the sign that was at least 5 letters were set to more normal definitions: R=Turn your car to long. Another rule specified that when listing the names the Right, and L=Turn your car to the Left. Of course, you of roadways at an Intersection, the name of the roadway were not allowed to stop at a checkpoint without a sign you were traveling on had to be listed first. So, you were that was textually identical to the sign on display when directed to R at the Intersection of PASEO & MONTE. The they received the route instructions. What did that sign roadway you were on was posted DEL MONTE (so it say? It had the word SAMPLE at the top, which meant became just MONTE) and the other road was posted that you could not stop at a standard (non-Sample) EL PASEO (so it became just PASEO). Some contestants checkpoint. You had to skip the non-Sample checkpoint were so excited to apply the 5-letter rule that they forgot to reach the Sample checkpoint farther down the road. the 'Your Roadway Name First' rule; correctly they had to approach that Intersection while on (el) Paseo, not (del) Then it was off to test the definition of STOP, which Monte to do the NRI. specified that the sign had to require you to stop. The first possible sign said STOP Except Right Turns, and the The rules specified that an NRI such as: Left on Smith. NRI was R at STOP. You had to skip the non-STOP to get Right on Jones. could be done in either order. This was to the real STOP at a later corner. The next question finally tested with an NRI 28: Stop at Checkpoint. L on asked how many driveways you passed. The rules stated Miguel. The mid-rally checkpoint scored this by asking that Driveways do not exist except at the Start and Finish you the number of the last NRI you had completely locations, so some contestants answered Zero without executed.