Pit Talk, November-December 2012
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T HE O FFICIAL P UBLICAT I O N O F T HE N EW E NGLAND R EGI O N , S CCA , I NC . V OLUME 6 8 , N UMBER 5 N O V EMBER / D ECEMBER 2 0 1 2 Covered Bridge Rally X Results Solo Events Nine, Ten & Eleven! Cheap Date Regionals Covered Bridge, Graveyard Shift & The Car Store Rally BOD Candidate Bio’s PIT TALK November/December 2012 1 "Your Voice: NER Membership Survey — go to NER.org 2012 NEW ENGLAND REGION DIRECTOry BOARD OF DIRECTORS SPECIALTIES RALLY BOARD SOLO II BOARD REGIONAL EXECUTIVE: MEMBERSHIP CHAIR Rally CHAIRMAN MEMBERS at LARGE CHAIRMAN CHIEF SAFETY Stewards Douglas Fisher Paul Krysiak Scott Carlson Philip Lamoreaux Bob Davis Russ Siggelkoe 59 Old Post Rd. 653 Shenipsit Lake Rd. 17 White Plains Road [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Wakefield, RI 02879 Tolland, CT 06084 Webster, NH 03303 SAFETY Steward 401.789.8647 860.875.2220 603.648.6020 (home Harold Denham COMPTROLLER [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 60 Jarr Brook Road Kathy Barnes INSTRUCTOR Holliston, MA 01746 653 Shenispit Lake Road Stacey Strout CHIEF REGISTRAR 617.519.3309 (cell) RallyX CHAIRMAN 14 Old Ashburnham Rd. Assistant Peg Dowd [email protected] Tolland CT 06084 REGIONAL EXECUTIVE: 30 Summer St. Chris Regan 860.875.0254 Rindge NH 03461 Bill Gendron Foxboro, MA 02035 717 Old Colchester Rd. Ted Goddard [email protected] 603.899.5045 h 77 Stafford Hollow Rd Salem, CT 06420 P.O. Box 267 [email protected] 508.543.6620 COURSE Monson, MA 01057 [email protected] 203.979.3196 Perkinsville, VT 05151 413-267-0904 [email protected] 802.263.5678 (home) Coordinator CHIEFS OF GRID PIT TALK EDITOR [email protected] [email protected] Nate Whipple Shawn Collins Bob Beaulieu RALLYX ASST. CHAIR. David Collins Secretary PO Box 703 RallyX REGISTRAR Steve McKelvie OPerating Steward Trevor Hermance Scituate, MA 02060 Kathy Moody 12 Hunters Run Brian Levesque CHIEFS OF KARTS/ 234 Whiting St. [email protected] 40 Dylan Court Frankiln, MA 02038 [email protected] YOUTH Steward New Britain, CT 06051 Whtefield, NH 03598 508.520.7135 (home) Paul Bowin 860-986-9613 WEB MASTER [email protected] CHIEF OF Registration 603.616.1195 (cell) 47 Richardson Ave [email protected] Neil Schelly [email protected] Barbara Seeger [email protected] Adam Brodeur Norton MA COMPTROLLER/ROAD 408 Parker Street CHIEF OF TIMING & 508.222.7513 DIRECTORS MERCHANDISE CHAIR Rally/POINTS KEEPER Gardner, MA 01440 SCORING [email protected] Hal Denham Donna Stevens 978.632.1368 (home) 60 Jarr Brook Rd. PO Box 1122 Jon Lamkins Jenna D’Amico Eric Krueger 71 Hazelwood Dr. 978.430.1397 (cell) jenna.damico@gmail. Holliston, MA 01746 Merrimack, NH 03054 [email protected] PUBLICITY & 617.519.3309 603.566.2774 Southington, CT 06489 com 860.621.5964 (h) COMMUnications [email protected] [email protected] Scott Beliveau CHIEF OF WORKERS 860.620.4839 (cell) 38 Cedar St. Ed Savage Chris Regan [email protected] Laconia, NH 03246 Wiley Cox 8 Chase Rd 717 Old Colchester Rd. PUBLICITY/ 78 Sunrise Dr NEDIV RallyCROSS 603.524.4305 (home) North Brookfield MA 01535 Salem, CT 06420 COMMUnications N Weymouth MA 02191 STEWARD 603.527.2342 508.867.5189 203.979.3196 CHAIR [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Scott Beliveau CHIEF OF PROTEST Paul Zahornasky 38 Cedar St.Laconia, NH EQUIPMENT MEMBER at LARGE & Kathy Barnes Jerry Rigoli 5 Twelve Rod Way 03246 RallyX POINTS KEEPER MANAGER PO Box 371 Haverhill, MA 01830 653 Shenispit Lake Road 603.527.2342 (d) Tim Chevalier Dave Hyman Weston, MA 02493 978.495.2583 Tolland CT 06084 603.524.4305 (e) 22 Greany Drive [email protected] 508-561-6001 [email protected] North Grafton, MA 01536 860.875.0254 [email protected] 508.783.0600 (cell) CHIEFS OF TECH [email protected] ROAD Rally EQUIPMENT Peter Morrison [email protected] Allan Parker Fred Mapplebeck 37 Burnt Meadow Rd Josh Parker 67 Chappy Lane Groton, MA 01450 Salem, NH 03079 978-448-2561 603.898.4778 [email protected] [email protected] Gerald Shields 86 Wilton Center Rd Wilton, NH. 06086 603-879-0550 ROAD RACING BOARD [email protected] NER Web Site: CLUB RACING BOARD NEW DRIVER LICENSING Registration FLAGGING & WWW.NER.ORG Elizabeth Winiarz CHAIRMAN REGIONAL 11 Beverly Street Pat Travers COMMUnications Jerry Rigoli CO-ADMinistrators North Dartmouth, MA 401.461.9219 REGIONAL [email protected] Peg Dowd CO-ADMinistrators COVER: 02747 CHIEF RADIO TECH 508.561.6001 [email protected] Daniel Hoffman 508.999.8696 Douglas White Long-time competitors Bill 508.543.6620 [email protected] [email protected] ASST CHAIRMAN [email protected] 603.401.2206 Leitner (Junior and Senior) Kathy Barnes 203.878.5141 Marilyn Freeman Paul Zahornasky [email protected] [email protected] Mike Ostrander await the start for their INSTRUCTORS LIAISON 5 Twelve Rod Way 860.875.2220 508.561.2188 [email protected] NARRC championship Alan Dunklee Haverhill, MA 01830 860.859.2705 978.495.2583 ASST CHAIRMAN 802.436.2414 GRID REGIONAL race. They finished Marilyn Freeman ADMinistrator TIMING & SCORING [email protected] Stewards LIAISON second in E-Production [email protected] Karen Petersen Linda Louie Kathy Barnes 508.561.2188 [email protected] [email protected] with there very well [email protected] 860.523.9252 prepared BMW. TREASURER: DRIVERS REP 860.875.2220 PITS REGIONAL OPEN WHEEL Starters Contact ADMinistrator Photo: Robert Beaulieu SCRUTINEERING Louis Gingerella Paul Faford Donna Stevens Rick Gannoe REGIONAL 636 Pendleton Hill Rd [email protected] [email protected] 41 Hillside Ave. ADMinistrator North Stonington, CT 603.622.8215 603.566.2774 Keene, NH. 03431 Scott Dowd 06359-1130 603-903-0489 DRIVERS REP [email protected] SOUND CONTROL 860-599-2647 CLOSED WHEEL REGIONAL [email protected] [email protected] 508.543.6620 Brian Mushnick ADMinistrator EMERGENCY SERVICES CHIEF OF RADIO [email protected] Peter Perrault REGIONAL Doug White AREA ONE DIRECTOR 617.733.8568 [email protected] ADMinistrator 203-878-5141 Dick Patullo 603.888.9283 Peter Villaume 370 Chapin Road [email protected] Hampden Ma. 01036 603.785.7383 413.530.1393 [email protected] 2 PIT TALK FROM THE RE: In my last column I mentioned our good weather this year which fa- PIT TALK, the official publication of New England Region, SCCA, Inc. is published 6 -10 vored most of our events this season, but cautioned that the hurricane times per year and mailed free to all members season was not yet over. As I am writing this column hurricane Sandy of the Region in good standing. Articles and is flooding the eastern seaboard and is ALSO predicted to produce advertising printed in the newsletter do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of either heavy snow along the Allegheny mountain range in Kentucky and the New England Region, SCCA, Inc., the West Virginia. Who would have known? I hope the damage from this National Organization of Sports Car Club of America, Inc. or the editors of PIT TALK. Articles storm does not impact the Cover Bridge Rally events and Rally-X in appearing in this publication may be reprinted Vermont this coming weekend. Oops I just lost my power, so there are without written consent provided credit is given to the author, the publication and the New now no distractions and I can ramble on with this message until it gets England Region, SCCA, Inc. Contributions to dark and I need to start the generator. Tomorrow I will be out cutting- PIT TALK are welcome from our members and up the tree across the driveway, so I can get out to assess the situation our readers and will be printed at the discretion of the editors and/or the Board of Directors as at our cottage near the beach in East Matunuck, RI. space allows. PUBLISHER Over the past few weeks numerous NER racers and workers have been wrapping New England Region, up their season with road trips to the mid-west for National events: Solo Nationals Sports Car Club of America, Inc. (Nebraska), RunOffs (Wisconsin), Rally-X EDITOR Bob Beaulieu, (Oklahoma) and Rally (Michigan). For me, The Annual Meeting of New England BeauLieu Advertising and Design, Inc. it was a road trip south to “VIR” (Virginia Region Sports Car Club of America, PO Box 703, N. Scituate MA 02060 International Raceway) for the “Goblins-Go” 781.378.1742 • [email protected] Inc will be held Saturday, February 9, double regional. The weather was perfect the Contributors 2013 at 3:00 PM for the election of Scott Beliveau, Chris Regan, foliage was spectacular, especially along the Jon Lamkins, Stephanie Funk, Shenandoah Valley and Blueridge Parkway. Directors and any other business that Fred Mahler, Karen Petersen, Ed Savage For road racing, the 4 mile “long-course” may come before it. at VIR is world class, in my opinion. But, it was my first time at VIR, so naturally I was The Meeting will be held at the Best DISPLAY ADVERTISING INFORMATION enthused. It’s a bit like skiing a new mountain Western Royal Plaza Hotel and Trade Ad sizes: Full page 7 1/2 x 10 for the first time. I also had the pleasure of Center,181 Boston Post Road, West 1/2 page 7 1/2 x 4 7/8 or 3 5/8 x 10 meeting staff members from another region. Marlborough, MA 01752-1883. 1/4 page 3 5/8 x 4 7/8 The North Carolina Region has about 700 th All members having business which 1/3 page 2 3/8 x 9 7/8 members, which is about 1/4 the size of ADVERTISING RatES our region.