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4 SFRSCCA.ORG JULY 2017 JULY 2017 THE WHEEL 5 consider other variables like at the $175 rate the petitors are gathering points. I also suggest that club was close to bankruptcy and when you add it be at Laguna because if we have a regional at WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? costs that we have no control over such as ambu- next year, it will be over sub- lances, and the a la carte style of pricing tracks scribed based on the Runoffs being held there in now employ, you can understand why the price September. WHEELWORKS BY BLAKE TATUM is what it is. Back in 1985 the entry fees at all the In addition to changing our schedule we need tracks were the same. Now the price is based to market ourselves. Back when I started racing on the value and the cost of the venue. Mazda the WHEEL was the sole source of marketing. Raceway Laguna Seca has a high cost/high value But back when I started communicating with Having been a member of the San Francisco region for 32 years I think I am slightly qualified to make some observations and ask where as Thunderhill has a lower cost and the people, it was not nearly as complicated. Your some questions. value is not there mainly because of the location. phone was either at work or at home. Advertis- Sonoma Raceway Although the entry fees are high, the profit mar- ing was either through printed material , radio, 707-938-9193 My first experience with the club was by Driver’s school was three weekends long. In not run there. gin per entry has basically stayed constant. or TV on the four different networks. Nowadays chance I located a copy of the Wheel magazine addition it was strongly suggested that your car So where are we now? This year the season Driver’s School has been pared down to one communicating with the millennials has to be at a newsstand on Harding Way in Stockton. go through technical inspection prior to the first opener had 121 entrants, all of your weekends weekend. The Chiefs of the driver’s school have done with what ever is the latest app or social Thunderhill Park Back then the Wheel was printed on newsprint race weekend so add another day to take the car are double race weekends and to run at Mazda recognized that the market for the school has creation to catch their eye. They are not inter- 530-934-5588 ext 118 and looked a lot like the old Autoweek/Compe- over to San Francisco for the tech inspection. Raceway Laguna Seca it will set you back $595 changed and it is no longer a means for people ested unless it came across something the has a tition press newspaper that I so looked forward The first weekend was ground school. Every for 2 hours 25 minutes of racing. Right now to get a license for the up coming season. It has battery and needs to be charged, PROXES RA1 - street/track to reading every Thursday. time I drive by the Washington Street exit on if you do not drive a Spec Racer Ford or some become a school that teaches racing, which no I am not pointing out anything the board of PROXES R888 - street/track I bought the copy of the WHEEL, which was 680 it reminds me of the day I drove over to class a Mazda Miata runs in, chances are the one else really does. With the recognition of the directors does not realize. They are working PROXES R1R - street/track edited by the late John Kelly and read it from DeAnza college and sat in the lecture hall eager worst you will do is finish third in your class. change, the chiefs have suggested that drivers hard at finding answers and at getting sugges- PROXES TQ - DOT Drag Tire cover to cover. I was mostly interested in the to be part of SCCA racing. From there we had The PCRRC is gone and the number of school be moved to a date later in the year so that tions. For instance the lack of new volunteers has race coverage and was delighted to see the FV two complete weekends of driving at the track. classes that had someone run enough races to weather does not play a large role in determining always been an issue with the club. One of the group was one of the largest at that particular To get your SCCA novice permit required some qualify for a regional championship is down to attendance. problems is the membership group works very FANTASY JUNCTION race weekend. real commitment. Back then it took two com- 30 compared to 41 in 1999. The sad part about Where do we go from here? I think the first hard at cultivating new people into the club only The WHEEL had a coupon that you could plete races to have your novice permit signed it is 30 is high compared to 2010 which had thing we need to do is to recognize where our to see them fall through the cracks. This year the cut out and mail in to join the club. Naturally off. On my second race I had Larry Albedi sign 26 and 2013 which had 27. When you consider market is. We are not a track day club, we are club has enlisted the help of one of the all time I did and went to my first race shortly thereaf- it off. I still remember the comments, “ OK to we offer 53 classes, that is 43% of the classes not a one make only club, what we are is a rac- diplomats of the club, Lynne Huntting to act in ter. The race was not an SCCA race but it was a race, needs to go faster!” Apparently I was a offered do not have enough participation to ing organization. We are the only road rac- the roll of Club Ambassador. Lynne is the person pro-race with Winston West NASCAR at Sears moving chicane!! warrant a regional champion. ing group out there that promotes and rewards that greets new members and makes sure they Point. The reason I went was there was a pro Back then, 240 cars at the season opener I can go on and on about how things have actual wheel-to-wheel racing. We need to appeal get acclimated to the club and she follows up race held as a support event. Back was not unusual, back then there were ten run changed. But that is kind of like crying over to those people that want to compete. We need to make sure they had a good time and want to Alfa Romeo ’61 Giulietta Genie '65 Mk.10 Sprint then there was a grassy berm on the East side of groups, back then the number of cars per group spilt milk. The question is has the change been to listen to what they want to do. For people that come back. Hagemann -Sutton '59 Alfa Romeo '62 Giulietta Special the track right along the short straight heading had to be closely watched because they would bad for the club and if so what does the Board of have a nice car they want to drive fast, I suggest Additionally for the first time ever the board Veloce Spider Jaguar '60 XK150 SE into turn eleven. I spread out my blanket, had be oversubscribed. Back then the Pacific Coast Directors do about it? Hooked On Driving. The people that want to pre- has enlisted the help of a social media coordi- Alfa Romeo '74 GTV 2000 Roadster a bucket of chicken, and a full ice chest. Being Regional Road Racing Championship was the First off we need to realize why these pare a car for competition and race somebody I nator, James Chartes. He has worked hard at Aston Martin ’53 DB2 Jaguar '62 XKE Lightweight there was like being at a concert watching your biggest event of the year and you had to qualify changes occurred. Consider number of entries. suggest SCCA. We are the safest, best-organized increasing our exposure on FaceBook, Twitter, Vantage DHC Conversion group to handle your needs. In addition I think and YouTube. We have also been very fortunate Aston Martin 2005 DB9 Jaguar '65 E-Type Series I favorite band and they are singing their biggest to race it. Winning the event was very presti- Now for sure 121 for our season opener is not Roadster we need to listen to our customers. They are to have in our ranks a member by the name of Chevrolet ’57 Fuel Injected hit. You just sit there and absorb everything gious and back then it could even garner a men- what we would have expected, but when you Roadster Jaguar '67 E-Type Series I telling us what they want by where they spend Ben Beames. Ben has created a series of vid- Roadster going on, hoping that it will never end. I natu- tion in the San Francisco Chronicle by sports really look at why, you have to look at the mar- Chevrolet ’63 Corvette Z06 rally stuck around after the races and walked columnist Gordon Martin. ket place. Back when I started racing SCCA was their money. eos that tells the SCCA story. The videos cover Jaguar '68 XKE Series 1.5 Chevron ’73 B23 Roadster the paddock. Looking at the cars and talking Entry fees were $175 and the race weekends the only game in town. Now we compete with To those ends I would suggest we change volunteering, getting your racing license, racing DeTomaso ’74 Pantera L Lamborghini '67 400 GT to the people was as much fun as watching were jam packed with entrants. One of the big- NASA, BMW Club, Porsche Club, and all the our racing schedule. The people in our club with the SCCA, and having fun with your son at 2+2 by Touring Devin '59 Buick Special the race. I am sure my friends were more than gest challenges of the weekend was to secure a track day groups. These groups are great for that value good hard racing have switched to the races. These are very well made videos that Lotus ’64 30 Sports Racer Ferrari ’62 250 GTO ready to drive back to Stockton, but I had to decent paddock spot so showing up early Friday places like Thunderhill, but there is no doubt the Majors events. The majors is where you find do an excellent job of telling the SCCA story. Recreation Mercedes-Benz ’60 300SL Roadster soak it all in. was the norm. We did not do double weekends that they have put a dent in our participation several cars per class and tough competition that So where do we go from here? Change does Ferrari ’89 328 GTS the die hard racer is looking for. If you want not have to be a bad thing. Changing drivers Mercedes-Benz ’71 280SE The drive home was occupied with visions and it was still an honor to have a national rac- levels. Instead of being the only place to run Ferrari '59 250GT Series I 3.5 Cabriolet proof, look to our neighbors to the south, look school to one weekend instead of three was defi- Pinin Farina Coupe of how I was going to be part of this scene and ing license. Back then winning the regional people have choices now. Mercedes-Benz '57 300SL at CalClub. They host three Majors events per nitely a good thing. Listening to our customers Ferrari '66 275 GTB Alloy Roadster how I was going to get my racing license. championship meant a lot especially since the Entry fees are much higher now then they Long Nose Conversion year and have built up a solid base of racing com- is probably a wise decision. Being current and Porsche ’87 930S Cabriolet Runoffs were at Road were in 1985 but there is a thing called inflation Ferrari '71 365 GTB/4 Atlanta and most of the and when you consider the inflation value of the petitors. They have already been through the being relevant can only help us promote our Competizione Porsche 2016 911R West Coast guys would $175 it would be equal to $401.24. When you decline of the regional racing program and have ideas. Ferrari '72 246 GT Dino Porsche 356 SC Cabriolet discovered the Majors events as a way to support The ball has started to roll but the club is Ferrari '72 246 GTS Dino Porsche '79 930 Turbo the club. always in need of fresh ideas. We could always Ferrari '87 328 GTS BMW SERVICE AND REPAIR. Porsche '87 930 Turbo Now Offering wheel alignment services on any vehicle as long as you want it done correctly. Unfortunately SCCA only allows six Majors use some new energy, and we could use addi- Ferrari '98 550 Maranello event per conference. With CalClub hav- tional expertise. 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Thunderhill Park, the long term home of the BY BLAKE TATUM San Francisco Region of the SCCA for road rac- ing and more, has added an asphalt pad next to its Rally Cross area and made it available to I was different as a kid. Most all kids dream of being the guy up to bat in the World Series in the bottom of the ninth with the bases SCCA Solo groups and others. Solo and Rally loaded, two outs, and down by three runs. Most kids dream of hitting the ball out of the park and being the hero. Not me I would Cross event organizers are encouraged to con- tact David Vodden at Thunderhill Park to learn dream about sitting in the driver’s seat of my own race car ready to take on the Indianapolis 500. All my friends dreamt of being foot- more about this new Club benefit and to sched- ball players or baseball players. I dreamt of being a racecar driver. When all of them were getting bats, or baseball gloves, I wanted ule events. [530] 934-5588 E-101. helmets, or goggles. They would wake up on Saturday morning and watch the game of the week; I would wake up and check the TV guide to see if ABC’s Wide World of Sports had any car racing on.

It is too bad I did not grow up in Europe. For Karts and are looking for that next challenge be on the docket for the race when some reason Europe has always held motors- towards a racing career. Additionally the series the series comes to Circuit of the Americas, in ports in higher regard then we have in America. attracts adult racers that love the excitement Austin Texas. Since the series is sanctioned by European has been a part of main- of racing an open wheel formula car. The car SCCA Pro, Brent is working to get the series stream media since its inception. In America is also eligible to run in SCCA regional events, at SCCA regional weekends and other events. we were lucky to get a story about the Indy 500 currently running in the FA class. Brent and Zak Based on the participation level the series has in the local paper. have spent considerable time at Karting events demonstrated so far it will only be a matter of As a kid I did not have a snowballs chance and regional races promoting the car and the time before we see thirty plus car fields on the in h—l of being a professional racecar driver. series. He said so far the reception has been west coast. Even if I had all the resources needed, making very positive. He said the biggest selling point it on the world stage would never happen. One besides the safety is the running costs. Some I guess I was born about forty years too soon, reason is because America has always lacked a of these people involved with Karts spend far because the kids of today that dream of helmets clear cut path towards the top. In Europe there more money than these cars and series will cost and gloves (they don’t wear goggles anymore) is a definite ladder system. In America the lad- to run. “This is truly a way for the next genera- for their birthday will now have a chance to der system in place has always had a few rungs tion of drivers to get into racing at a very high show them off on the grid at SPA, or Monaco, I missing. Well now there is a movement afoot to level. “ can’t wait to see who it will be. Racing Into The Future have America mirror the European system. Just to drive this point home, the 2016 For more information on how to get involved The first step is the introduction of FIA sanc- American F4 champion, Cameron Das, is now in the series contact Brent Morgan at bdm@ The F4 Series Rocks the West Coast in 2018! tioned Formula 4. Now this is not news to any- over in Britain competing in the BRDC British exclusivemotorworks.com or go to the Website • EMI is now accepting $5K refundable deposits to guarantee your build slot. one that has been paying attention to American Formula 3 Championship for the Carlin Motors- www.exclusivemotorworks.com. • Get your car now and start testing! Please contact EMI for more information. amateur racing. What is news is that the series ports team. He is currently fourth in the cham- is going to debut on the west coast. The series pionship with one win to his credit. The goal of CRAWFORD F4-16 made it’s debut in 2016 and initially had some the promoters is to eventually have a F3 series The Wheel-June 16-2015 Complies with the 2016 F4 Regulations teething problems, but once the second season in the United States as well. as set forth by the FIA governing rolled around, 32 cars showed up for the season Most people would say, why do we need body, for the purpose of opener at Homestead. another feeder series? In the USA we already competition within the Brent Morgan, his partner Antonette Gino- have Mazda’s Road to Indy. According to Jeff F4 United States chio and son Zakary Morgan of Exclusive Barrow, who is ’s Manager of Commer - TRASKO OIL FILTER Championship. MotorWorks, Inc. is the western states distribu- cial Motorsports, both series have different tor of the spec series car. Brent says the car is goals. The goal of the Formula 4 series is to  built in America by Onroak. The car meets all gain valuable racing experience and build your  FIA specifications for the class, including crash resume towards a FIA super license. Obviously  worthiness and is powered by a 2.0 liter Honda the super license is what is needed in order to engine that produces 160 horsepower. It has a compete in Formula 1. sequential shift transmission, pneumatic pad- When the series comes to the West Coast dle shifters, a minimum race weight of 1250 they have to run on FIA certified race tracks pounds, and will run on Pirelli tires. So far 52 which currently consist of: Laguna Seca,  cars have been sold. The cars cost $46,680 and Sonoma Raceway and Utah Motorsports Cam-   the engine from Honda is $20,613. Anyone that pus. 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8 SFRSCCA.ORG JULY 2017 JULY 2017 THE WHEEL 9 lowed by Ryan Cirillo in a '01 MRS in second, with Zach Heidepriem finishing in third in his Miata. Soyun Lee ran uncontested in ESL in a Miata. FS class saw Sean O'Boyle eek out first place from co-driver Richard Jones in their BMW M3. William Lin rounded out the top three in a Chev- rolet Camaro. Al Andersen took first place in GS, with Yong- zhe Wen taking second in his Ford Focus. Russ Bowlus, in a Ford Fiesta, took first place in HS, followed by April Thompson for second place. Karlton Lew led in SS class in a '15 Porsche GT3. He was followed by co-driver Eric Lam in second, with Monty Pack rounding out third in his Porsche GT3. BSPV was led by Manny Pretti in a '66 Cor- vette. John Alvarez, also in a Corvette, finished Randy Krider took first place in Round 5 in STS in his Civic. in second place. Jeff Reeder finished in third in a '64 Corvette. Sharon Alvarez was the lone driver in BSPVL. CAM-C, -S, and -T were grouped together, with Mary Pozzi taking first place index over the men. She was followed by Bryan Steward in a '04 Corvette. Ken Mitchell took third place index in his '89 Corvette. Kelly Prior took first place index in CAML in a Ford Mustang. Ingrid Ansell took second place in a '72 Corvette. Drew Mathers and Troy Jennings both ran uncontested in their classes. Mathers in STF, Jen- nings in STP in a '14 Mustang, respectively. Kim Jennings also ran uncontested in STPL in a '14 Mustang. Ruben Martinez finished in first place in STR over Kendall Barr. Martinez was in a '07 Honda S2000, Barr in a Miata, respectively. Manny Pretti led BSPV in Round 5 of SFR Solo II. Randy Krider, in a Honda Civic, took first place Drew Mathers ran uncontested in STF in Round 5 in SFR Solo II. in STS. Nipping at his heels was Nathan Gabriel his Caterham Super 7. Ben Martinez, in a '84 Van Steve Lau took first place index in SP category. in second place, with Edison Ong rounding out Diemen, finished in third. Jesus Villarreal, in a He was followed by Joel Villarreal in a Corvette, third. Lotus Europa, rounded out the top three posts. with Rob Boynton taking third in a Porsche GT2. ROUND 5 CROWS LANDING Hal Dorton led STU in a BMW M3. Paul Tib- Andy McKee enjoyed a big PAX index lead in P Tara Shapawal ran uncontested in SPL. bals took second place, with Diane Dorton taking class over Frank Stagnaro. Justin Moore led Ed Runnion in X- category. third. Isaac Acks, in a '06 Lancer Evolution, took first Moore was in his '05 WRX Sti, Runnion in his '15 BY RYAN PANLILIO PHOTOS BY RIC QUINONEZ The Tsang brothers continue their strong place in SM. Donald Lewis came in second, with Fiesta ST, respectively. showing in STX, with Mack taking first place over Jaime Mendoza taking third in a Honda CRX. Lisa his brother Justin in their '14 BRZ. Glen Anderson More than a month had passed since the end, June 10-11, 2017, at Crows Landing, with the his Corvette. He was followed by Stan Clark in Gnesa ran uncontested in SML in a '03 Porsche finished in third in his '14 BRZ. Championship Tour and the SF Region's next competitors getting five runs each. second place. Cayman S. event. Rounds 5 and 6 were held in one week- AS class saw Steven Smith take the top lead in It was an all-Ford Focus RS podium in BS Steven Goldine took the top PAX in M class in class, with Larry Sharp taking first. He was very closely followed by John Leckrone in sec- ond, with David Johnson rounding out the top three. Jamie Leckrone ran uncontested in BSL in a '16 Focus RS. Maurice Velandia took the top spot in the all-Miata CS Class in his '16 model. Mark Lewis was a close second in his '16 model, with David Peterson taking third in his '16 model. Eileen Blando mixed it up with the men and took first place in DS in a Scion FRS. Nipping at her heels was Jonathan Stroud in second place. Erik Acks took the final podium post in his BRZ. Jesus Villareal took third in Round 5 of the SF Region's Solo II race. Tony Rodriguez broke the Miata's strong- hold in ES in his '03 MRS. He was fol-

10 SFRSCCA.ORG JULY 2017 JULY 2017 THE WHEEL 11 Kelly Prior, who co-drives the Rustang, took first place in CAMCL. Mark Lewis takes first place in CS.

Ken Mitchell, also in a Corvette, taking the third for first place in SSR in their Porsche GT3. in STS. Nathan Gabriel was literally a second podium spot. Chris Cox, in a 350R, came in fourth The all-Mustang STP class was led by Troy behind, while Tony Fontanilla was still learning and was the top finisher in CAM-C. Jennings in a '14 model. He was followed by John the ropes in his 1998 Integra, finishing in Kelly Prior, in a '96 Rustang, finished in first Fabela in second, with Glenn Bennett rounding third place. place in CAM-L. Allison Gutile came in second in out the top three in his '16 model. STU class was led by Hal Dorton. He was fol- a '92 Corvette, and Ingrid Ansell rounding out the Kim Jennings, in a '14 Mustang, took the top lowed by Paul Tibbals in second, with Diane Dor- top three in a '72 Corvette. spot in STPL. Colleen Echter finished in second ton rounding out the top three. AS class was led by Rory Marin in a '02 Cor- in a '16 Mustang. Glen Anderson, in a '14 BRZ, took the top spot vette, with Steven Smith nipping at his heels in The all-droptop STR class saw Praneil Prasad in STX. H. Blain Sparling, in another BRZ, took second, also in a Corvette. Jacob Aronson finished take first place in his Miata over Sam Friesen in a second place, while Max Paolozzi, also in a BRZ, in third in a '06 Corvette. Honda S2000. Henry Cheung finished in third in took the last podium spot. Larry Sharp took the top spot in BS class in a a Miata. Steven Goldine takes first place in M class in his Caterham. Ford Focus RS. David Johnson, a fellow Focus RS Randy Krider, in a Honda Civic, took first place driver, took second, while Greg Black rounded out the top three in a Chevy Corvette. The battle of the droptops in CS was led by ROUND 6, CROWS LANDING Mark Lewis in a '16 Mazda Miata. He was fol- lowed by Eric Shin in a '00 Miata, with Arvind EARN RACE ENTRY CREDITS Govindarat taking third in a '16 Miata. BY RYAN PANLILIO PHOTOS BY RIC QUINONEZ Jonathan Stroud led the Toyobaru sweep in (or other payment) DS in his Scion FRS. Erik Acks was a split-second behind him in a '13 Subaru BRZ, while Eileen FOR WORKING AT THE TRACK. Round 6 was held on June 11, 2017, the day after Round 5, also at Crows driving a '15 Ford Fiesta ST. Blando rounded out the top three in a '13 FRS. Landing. The 120 competitors again had five runs each, with some getting John Paulsen, in a Kart, ran uncontested in JA. Tony Rodriguez, in a '03 Toyota Senor Dos their fastest time on their last run. The combined CAM class saw Mary Pozzi (-T) take the top spot in the (MR2), took the top spot in ES. He was followed Steven Goldine, in a Caterham 7, took the top index spot in M class. Gol- Pozzi Mobile. She was followed by Sean Breese (-S) in Chevy Corvette, with by Ryan Cirillo in a '01 MR2, and Youmna Zalzal dine was followed by Jesus Villareal in a Lotus finished in third in a '03 Senor Dos (MR2). Soyun Timing and Scoring needs an individual to set up the computer Europa for second place. Dave Henry, Goldine's co- Lee ran uncontested in ESL in a Mazda Miata. system (4 laptops, 2 printers and network) before the start of driver in the Caterham, rounded out the top three FS class saw co-drivers Sean O'Boyle and Rich- finishers. ard Jones battle it out in their BMW M3, with Regionals at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and Sonoma Race- Andy McKee finished in first place in P class O'Boyle barely edging out Jones for first place. in his FD Mazda RX7. Frank Stagnaro, in a 1965 William Lin was another split-second behind way. Then take down system and store at the very end of the Shelby GT350, just eeked out second place over co- Jones in third place. driver Johnathan Steward, who placed third. Al Andersen ran uncontested in GS in his VW weekend. Some availability needed at the start of each day to SM class saw Isaac Acks take the top spot in GTI. verify system operation. his '06 Lancer Evolution. Donald Lewis took sec- It was a Ford Fiesta sweep in HS, with Russ ond, while Eric Gnesa, in a '03 Porsche Cayman S, Bowlus taking the top spot. He was followed by rounded out the top three. Lisa Gnesa ran uncon- Mark Watson in second, with Terry Campbell tested in SML in a '03 Cayman S. rounding out the top three. Steve Lau, in a Porsche, took the top index spot Monty Pack led the SS class in his Porsche GT3. Sherry Grantz at the Region Office for more info: in SP. Joel Villarreal was a split-second behind in Al Patterson was a very close second in a Dodge Contact second in a Chevy Corvette, and Rob Boynton bring Viper, with Joey Jarosz taking third in a Chevy [email protected] or 530-934-4455. up third place in a Porsche GT2. Corvette. Tara Shapawal was the lone competitor Justin Moore enjoyed a big lead in X class in his in SSPL. '05 Subaru WRX Sti over Ed Runnion, who was Glenn Bennett took third in STP in his '16 Mustang. Alex Muresan outdrove co-driver TB Muresan

12 SFRSCCA.ORG JULY 2017 JULY 2017 THE WHEEL 13 “Index of Performance” at Le Mans 1950- NOTES 52 for small displacement cars and their innovative two-cylinder opposed engine was used by several other manufacturers from the including Deutsch - Bonnet. Panhard was eventually acquired by and sur- Archive vives today specializing in military vehicles. BY GARY HORSTKORTA As Panhard production cars began arriving PANHARD on the west coast they began to show up in race grids as early as 1954 when three different cars raced at Pebble Beach. A special built and drivne by Perry Peron of Southern California, a sports model driven by Francois Couzet and a stock sedan driven by dealer Glen St. Louis. Seeing the potential in the Panhard engine, two South- Devin ad in Road & Track for Panhard ern California enthusiasts, Perry Peron (with help from Stan Bucklein) and Bill Devin decided to build their own specials. Each used the Dyna Junior sports car as the base for their chassis, engine and sus- pension components then added their own multi-tube upper structure all wrapped in a fiberglass body. Devin created a body from the DB Panhard LeMans while Peron used one designed by Murray Nichols.

Devin raced his car very successfully and built four more for customers before mov- ing on expanding his business to a full range of fiberglass bodies for various cars. Peron also raced successfully his first cre- ation then built three more customer cars which became known as the Nichols Spe- Dr. Molle in the Fairchild Special cials.

The word “special” was a popular term back in the 1950’s when H Mods came in all shapes and sizes with the exception of the In 1955 Orr purchased and raced a full an individual could create a car out of various bits a pieces on the engine which by rule was to be of 750cc displacement or less. schedule of events in a new car, a Devin cheap and go racing. Of course that period gave way to purpose Crosley, FIAT, BMW (motorcycle), SAAB, Bandini, OSCA and many Panhard. Orr had met Bill Devin at a previ- built race cars of ever increasing sophistication and speed. How- other engines were used by car builders. However, one of the most ous race and struck up a friendship so when ever during the 1950’s there was one class of racing that exempli- popular was the French-built Panhard, an opposed two-cylinder, Devin introduced his first fiberglass bod- Panhard engine in the Nichols Special fied the true spirit of amateur SCCA racing - H Modified. four stroke engine with front wheel drive. In stock 750cc form with ied car, the Devin Panhard, Orr bought the a single carburetor, the engine developed second one produced. He would race this Jerry Fairchild, bodied by Nichols and raced by Dr. William Molle. thirty-eight horsepower giving these cars a model in twenty-four events over the next three years in H Modi- Appropriately it was called the Fairchild Special which featured respectable power to weight ratio. fied Class finishing third in national points in 1955 and first in 1956. an 750cc, dual overhead cam, fuel injected engine which devel- He raced in Northern and Southern California and at the Bahamas oped close to 80 horsepower. With this powerful engine in a light Panhard is appropriately named after Speed Week for three years in a row, 1955-57. weight, good handling car with a top speed of 118 mph, it was usu- Rene Panhard who along with partner ally near the top of the standings in the H Modified class wherever Emile Levassor established their automo- Perhaps the best known of all the Panhard specials was built by it raced. Molle raced to numerous wins, Pacific Coast Champion- bile firm in 1887, producing their first car in ships in 1958-59, a second in H Modified 1890. A succession of cars followed with Regional Points in 1958 and won his class in many unique features including the use of MotoRacings Championships in 1959. a clutch, front-mounted radiator, a mod- ern transmission and one of the first to use These cars eventually were supplanted by a steering wheel. Oh yes, that Panhard more modern and faster cars and slowly Bar you might have on your race car, yes, disappeared from the SCCA racing scene. invented by Panhard/Levassor in the early However, many were found years later, Twentieth Century. restored and found a second life in vintage racing. The Aardvark, Nichols Special, Fair- Panhards were very successful race cars child Special and several Devin Panhards winning many events around the turn of the can be seen at vintage racing events today. century and continued manufacturing cars and trucks into the 1950’s. They won the Jim Orr's tow vehicle and Devin Panhard Bill Devin offered kits or complete cars

14 SFRSCCA.ORG JULY 2017 JULY 2017 THE WHEEL 15 In STS Eugene Cole ran unopposed in his 1999 G20 In STX Jerry Kell ran unopposed in his 2002 Subaru WRX Wagon. TOP 10 PAX

1. IND-DS Ricardo Quinonez, 2013 Scion FR-S 2. IND-CS Paul Newton, 2013 Mazda Miata 3. FS Keith Bullock, 2014 Ford Mustang 4. STP Leon Weinroth, 2014 Ford Mustang V6 5. CAM-S Ryan Gutile, 1992 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 6. STR Ken Vaughn, 1999 Mazda Miata 7. BS Jake Harris, 2011 Subaru STI 8. SS Chase Higginbotham, 2014 Porsche Cayman 9. SMF Ryan Zelinski, 1994 Acura Integra 10. STR Shawn Young, 2000 Mazda MIata FRESNO CHAPTER ROUNDS 5 AND 6 RESULTS Event 6 took place on June 11, 2017 at the Fresno Fairgrounds and was chaired by Keith Bullock. Event results are as follows: In CAM-C Michael Gardner ran unopposed in his 2012 Ford Mustang GT BY KATHERINE FLATER PHOTOS BY ROSS ABRINA 500. In CAM-T James West ran unopposed in his 1966 Chevy El Camino. Are you interested in attending a Fresno event? We have events through- first place in her 2006 Ford Mustang, followed by Laura Gutile in second In CS Rob Krider ran unopposed in his 2008 350Z. out the year! Most of our events are held at the Fresno Fairgrounds, but we and Allison Gutile in third, both in a 1992 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. In CSP Ming Tang ran unopposed in his 1992 Mazda Miata. also have an event on October 8, 2017 that will be held at the kart track at In Prepared class Jason Tikijian took the top spot in his 1972 MG Midget, In ES Richard Cadiente placed first over Gary Lieb. Both drivers were in Buttonwillow Raceway! You can pre-register for our events on motorspor- followed in second by Louis Lira in his 1964 Chevrolet Corvair Spyder, and Mazda Miatas. treg.com, and onsite registration is also available. For general questions or Jim Tikijian placing third in his 1972 MG Midget. In FS Keith Bullock took the top spot in his 2014 Ford Mustang, followed feedback on our events, please visit our forum at fresnoscca.com. In SM Rufus Connell placed first in his 2001 2.5 RS, in second by Greg West in his 2016 Dodge Charger, and Corky Schroeder fin- Event 5 took place on June 10, 2017 at the Fresno Fairgrounds and was while Ross Abrina finished second in his 2013 Subaru BRZ. ishing third in his 2006 Ford Mustang. chaired by Leon Weinroth. Event results are as follows: In SMF Ryan Zelinski finished first in his 1994 Acura Integra, followed in In FSP Justin Tang placed first over Thomas Kanesaki, both in a 1986 Toy- In BS, Jake Harris placed first in his 2011 Subaru STI, Larry Kirlin fin- second place by Adam Dominguez in his 1992 Honda Civic, and Yang Moua ota Corolla. ished second in his 2008 Porsche Boxster S, and Chase Strickland ran third rounding out the top three in his 1989 Honda Civic. In HS Luke Holden ran unopposed in his 2013 Scion tC. in his 2003 Porsche Boxster. In SS Chase Higginbotham ran unopposed in his 2014 Porsche Cayman. In Indexed class Paul Newton finished first in his 2013 Mazda Miata, fol- In CAM-S Ryan Gutile finished first in his 1992 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 In STF Joshua Stephens ran unopposed in his 2005 Acura RSX. lowed in second place by Josh Cadiente in his 1991 Mazda Miata, and Audrey over Alex Neufeld, who ran in his 2003 Chevrolet Corvette Z06. In STP Leon Weinroth placed first in his 2014 Ford Mustang V6, fol- Tan placing third in her 2013 Mazda Miata. TOP 10 PAX In CAM-T James West ran unopposed in his 1966 Chevy El Camino. lowed by Jeffery Jantz in his 2006 Ford Mustang GT. In Ladies class Pamela Schroeder placed first in her 2006 Ford Mustang, In CSP Ming Tang ran unopposed in his 1992 Mazda Miata. In STR Ken Vaughn finished first in his 1999 Mazda Miata, followed in with Addy Krider finishing second in her 2008 . 1. IND-CS Paul Newton, 2013 Mazda Miata In ES Richard Cadiente took the top spot in his 1991 Mazda Miata, fol- second by Shawn Young in his 2000 Mazda Miata, and Jonathan Santiago In Modified class Sanjay Singh finished first in his 1964 Triumph Spitfire, 2. CS Rob Krider, 2008 Nissan 350Z lowed in second by Gary Lieb in his 1994 Mazda Miata and Dan Higginbo- placing third in his 2002 Honda S2000. followed in second by Tom Bailey in his 1965 Le Grand MK II. 3. FS Keith Bullock, 2014 Ford Mustang tham finishing third in his 2001 Mazda Miata. In SM Rufus Connell placed first in his 2001 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS, while 4. CAM-C Michael Gardner, 2012 Ford Mustang GT 500 In FS Keith Bullock placed first in Ross Abrina placed second in his 2013 Subaru BRZ. 5. IND-ES Josh Cadiente, 1991 Mazda Miata his 2014 Ford Mustang, followed in second In SMF Ryan Zelinski took the top spot in his Acura Integra, followed in 6. FSP Justin Tang, 1986 Toyota Corolla by Corky Schroeder in his 2006 Ford Mus- second and third respectively by Adam Dominguez in his 1992 Honda Civic 7. IND-CS Audrey Tan, 2013 Mazda Miata tang and Greg West in third in his 2016 Dodge and Richard Jensen in his 2004 Mini Cooper S. 8. SMF Ryan Zelinski, Acura Integra Charger. In SSM Myron Ybarra placed first over Shane Greaves, both in a 1990 9. ES Richard Cadiente, 1991 Mazda Miata In FSP Justin Tang placed first over Eagle Talon. 10. STX Jerry Kell, 2002 Subaru WRX Wagon Blue Thomas Kanesaki, both in a 1986 Toyota In STP Leon Weinroth finished first in his 2014 Ford Mustang V6, fol- Corolla, lowed in second by Jeffery Jantz in his 2006 Ford Mustang GT. In HS Luke Holden ran unopposed in his In STX Jerry Kell ran unopposed in his 2002 Subaru WRX Wagon. 2013 Scion TC

In Indexed class, Ricardo Quinonez placed first in his 2013 Scion FR-S over Paul  Newton in his 2013 Mazda Miata.  In Ladies class Pamela Schroeder took                

16 SFRSCCA.ORG JULY 2017 JULY 2017 THE WHEEL 17 a lap of 86.174 mph/1:59.730. He won overall and who led that charge SRF3. His Margin of Victory was 2.368 seconds. to win that class. Tao Bill Jordan/No.7 84 Spec Racer SRF ran flag to Takaoka/No.72 1999 flag to take second overall and in class; and Mike Mazda Miata and Scott Smith/No.64 2000 SRF3 came in third, moving up Kessenick/No.7 1999 from his fifth position start. Young Novice, Dustin Mazda Miata took sec- Decker/No.89 SRF3 started fourth and ran there ond and third in ITS. for a few laps before being passed by Smith. The Derek Stewart/No.71 second generation driver finished sixth overall 1999 Mazda Miata and in class, in a field of 19 Gen 3’s. won ITX, with Memet SRF Pole Sitter, Connor Solis/No.22 SCCA Aytolu/No.46 1990 Enterprises SRF won his class, coming in thir- Mazda Miata and Greg- teenth overall in a field of 30 starters. He qualified ory Hoff/No.97 1992 twelfth, was shuffled back to 17th and worked his Mazda Miata coming in way back up. Hank Raymond/No.12 84 Spec Racer second and third. Clint Ford finished second and Nei Ng/No.48 SCCA de Witt won ITR in Enterprises Spec Racer Ford survived a spin to No.54 2003 BMW Z4. : #36 Michael Edick, Club Ford Chases #10 Dalmo finish third. Novice Kyle Coney- de Vasconcelos, Court Cardinal of Casino Fandango finished beer/No.81 1999 Mazda ninth in SRF3 driving No.88 1998 SRF3. Miata finished fifth in ITX, and Novice Bran- GROUP 5A-ITS ITA ITB ITC ITX ITR don Hitchman/No.27 FP HP GTL STL STU SMG E30 BS Group 4: Formula Continentals, Formula Fords and Club Ford Line up to Race 1993 Mazda Miata was AS T4 SM5 eighth in ITA. Thirty-three of the thirty-seven entries actu- ally qualified and thirty-four ran the race. Pole GROUP 2A-FA SFR CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES DOUBLE REGIONAL 3 & 4 sitter Sean Wheeler/No.06 SMG 2007 Ford Spec FB FM FS P1 P2 Mustang led all 12 laps, and turned the fastest race FE S2 DSR ASR lap of 2:00.915. Runner-up Roger Eagleton/No.30 Eight drivers of the SPONSORED BY CASINO FANDANGO 08 Ford Mustang ran second the entire race, and 11 entries raced, rep- Michael Lowe/No.21 05 Ford Mustang third, fin- resenting seven of the ishing overall and in class. 10 classes. It was the In STL, Thunderhill’s CEO, Dave Vodden, had last race of the day Sat- BY LYNNE HUNTTING the pole position. This was his last race, or so he urday. Bruce Trenery said, in his race car which was already sold. Vod- won overall and the : #8 Chris Jackson hunted by #88 Court Cardinal and #71 Jerry Aplass den was running first in STL, sixth overall for the ASR class in his No.1 It was another warm, sunny and breezy weekend for SFR drivers, this time for a two-day Double Regional at Thunderhill Raceway. GROUP 7A-SMT SSM SM first five laps, before moving up to fifth place. This 2006 Riley DP MK X1- This one had a mouthful title: SFR Championship Series Double Regional 3 & 4 sponsored by Fandango Casino. Saluting our Com- he held until Lap 11 of the 12 lap race, when he lost a full-blown prototype sports car. He had a nice This was the largest group of the weekend, all munity of Volunteers and Racers! It was a jolly weekend with a big Casino Fandango party Saturday night in the Roger Eandi Club his right front suspension and wheel as he crested dice with pole sitter and runner-up, Jeff Leder- Mazda Miatas mostly from the nineties. It was also the quietest group, which meant they were House, with prizes galore, courtesy of Casino Fandango and SRF driver, Court Cardinal from Reno Region. the Turn Nine hill. Vodden scattered car parts as man, in his No.55 2004 Stohr WF1 Conversion P1 he drove off course and parked it in Turn Eleven. car. Lederman had the fastest race lap of 100.581 first up Saturday morning. Marco Gallaher and The Checkered Flag was thrown early, and his mph/1:42.580. He made a nice pass into Turn Four his No.8 2003 MM had the pole overall and in SM. Saturday was feed on/off Practice sessions for after lunch. The six B races were Sunday after- His Margin of Victory over runner-up, Paul need for a Hazardous Tow Now cost him the race. after setting it up in Turn Three; but, Trenery pre- This is the same car in which Gallaher had the the six SCCA race groups, followed by Qualify- noon. Rodler/No.68 2000 Van Diemen RF00 was Not the way he wanted to go out. But knowing vailed in the end. Other class winners were Robin pole and won in ITS Saturday afternoon. Young ing before and after lunch. In the afternoon were The entries were not as many as we would 33.814 seconds. The field stretched out. Ken Dave, we’ve probably not seen the last of him on Riner/No.91 1998 won FS; Lars Nick Sommers/No.83 1993 MM had the SMT four of the A races. Sunday saw the remaining have liked, especially with the disappointing Rozeboom/No.81 2002 Van Diemen was third track. Meanwhile, Powell hung on to take the STL Jensen/No.63 1997 Star Formula Mazda won FM; pole position, starting on the front row with Gal- two A races, followed by Qualifying before and number of no shows. But, all in all, it was a fairly in FC. Neil Porter/No.1 1990 Ford Swift DB6 victory. DSR driver, Robert Fox/No.94 amac squirt won laher. Mark Means/No.45 1991 MM had the SSM safe and sane weekend. won FF and Michael Edick/No.36 1976 Le Grand Bruce Trenery had STU pole in No.2 2002 the DSR class; and Allan Svela/No.5 2004 Van pole position, gridded eighth overall. Thirty-seven Mk21 won CF. Except for a couple of spin, the GROUP 4A-FF Acura RSX and led to victory. In ITS it was pole Diemen won FE. of the 48 entries started the race, which was, as race was uneventful. On his Victory Lap, Vree- CF FV F5 FST FC sitter Marco Gallaher/No.8 2003 Mazda Miata always, a crowd-pleaser. They went three wide land stopped at Turn Five to present his Check- The first race of the ered Flag to Flagger Bob Kloppe. weekend, mid after- noon, had the smallest GROUP 6-SRF SRF3 grid. Only three of the This large group was nearly an even split six classes were rep- between the two engine configurations of this resented - FC, FF and spec class, with the edge going to the Gen 3’s CF. Pole Sitter Scott with larger engines. A split start had them in Vreeland/No.51 2001 front. Newbie Emergency Worker Joe Kirby got Van Diemen RF01 FC to ride shotgun in the Pace Car. The field was an ran away and hid, lead- active one, with a few spins, a bit of rubbing, and ing every lap. No sur- more than full use of the course. Turn 15 kept prisingly, he turned losing delineators. the fastest race lap of Pole Sitter Umberto Milletti/No.34 2006 Ford 97.097 mph/1:46.361. SRF led every lap and was the fastest driver with #45 Mark Means leads #53 Cole Gibson and #73 Robert Irwin into Turn 14 Group 4: #68 Paul Rodler,

18 SFRSCCA.ORG JULY 2017 JULY 2017 THE WHEEL 19 ery took off again and one lap after Trenery had back in the pack too. already stretched his gap to 15.5 seconds. By Lap The drivers were try- Eight he had lapped the field. Trenery won the ing so hard they were race and - quelle suprise - turned the fastest race pushing their limits all lap of 97.987 mph/1:45.296, which was a new track around the course, as record. Spencer’s father, Bruce, was also in the witnessed by the vari- race, finishing second in SP driving the No.2 2002 ous spins and offs. But Acura RSX. there were no body Other class winners were: Clark Nunes/No.79 contacts. Twenty-five 2006 Ford Mustang in T2. In ITE, the winner drivers finished the was Behram Soonawala/No.81 1975 Porsche; with race, with 22 of them Robert Sachs/No.71 2005 Lotus and Charles Bur- on the lead lap. toff/No.17 2000 Honda Civic were second and Novice Dustin third in class. Wilson Powell/No.77 1999 Mazda Decker/No.89 SRF fin- Miata won EP; Jeff Francis/No.4 2007 BMW Z4 ished fourth, behind M Coupe won GT3; and Matthew Insley/No.42 Jackson. He gridded Pontiac Firebird won GT2. Late to Grid and with eighth and worked his Group 6B - Spec Racer Ford Gen2s ready to race : #88 Dave Ramsey, Toyota MR-2 : #81 Behram Soonawala, Porsche 911, ITE no qualifying time, Bellotti was facing an up hill way up, making a nice into Turn One at the Start and for a few more No.4 1999 MM and Ward Rose/No.06 1991 MM. theoretically the quietest group, that doesn’t mean battle. He made a lap before gremlins got the car, smooth inside pass on turns before they thinned out. It was breath-hold- Sommers won SMT, with second and third in inactive. They were lively during the ten-lap race. but he was credited with a first in GT1. the inside of Turn One, ing for those watching, but everyone got through There were a few spins and some body contacts. a bold move. SMT being Roland Kamber/No.90 MM and Mike GROUP 4B-FF CF FV F5 FST FC with no drama. On Lap Two, Doug Hoisington/No.15 SMT 1990 The family that plays LaBouff/No.04 1994 MM. Alan Gjedsted/No.14 This was the first Sunday race, and it was after The weather was sunny, but cool and windy. MM spun in Turn Two bringing out the Caution together stays together. 1990 MM won SMM, finishing eleventh overall. lunch. It got off to a slow start as the pole sitter, Gallaher won overall and in SM, besting runner- when Kirk Uhrlaub/No.84 SMT 1990 MM spun The Briggs family Second and third in SSM were Helmuth Jones/ Scott Vreeland/No.51 2001 Van Diemen RF01 FC up Sommers by 0.419 seconds, and Gallaher in Hoisington’s oil and hit him. Neither driver was showed up in force. No.63 1991 MM and Brendan Hermalyn/No.16 went off course with mechanical issues on the turned the fastest lap of 80.542 mph/2:08.102. hurt, but they retired. Thirty-four drivers finished Father Joe finished 1991 MM. Pace Lap and had to be towed safe before the field Second and third in SM were Robert Rodriguez. the race, all on the lead lap. fifth in SRF in No.9, and Sommers is the young lad who received his could go racing. The Green Flag flew on Lap Two, SFR Regional License sons Tanner/No.11 and GROUP 3A-ITE GT1 GT2 GT3 GTA and then pole position racer, Paul Rodler/No.68 at the Season’s Opener Parker/No.28 finished EP SP N3/L SS T1 T2 T3 PC SE46 2000 Van Diemen RF00 led flag to flag, to win Regionals and won both tenth and eleventh in This another small group comprised of 14 overall and FC. He also turned the fastest race lap races in his first-ever the same class. Tanner classes, with 15 entries and eleven starters. Only of 95.042 mph/1:48.558. Every driver in the race outing with SFR. He was able to hold off his six classes were represented. The temperature started and finished in position, except Daimo is one of the fine crop brother despite slow- was in the low sixties and the winds were gusting de Vasconcelos/No.10 2001 Van Diemen Formula of young guns SFR has ing due to mechanical upwards of 23 mph. Spencer Trenery again ran his Ford FF and Michael Edick/No.36 1976 Le Grand attracted this season. problems, maybe a bro- Group 3: #07 Fred Lind, Ford Lightning, SP No.1 2006 Riley DP MK XI, this time in SP where Mk21 CF. They swapped places on the last lap. Novice Kyle Coney- ken header? Joe also he started on pole. Edick won CF class. De Vasconcelos, of Rio de beer/No.81 1991 MM flags on spare week- The field was small and diverse which led to Janeiro, finished second in FF, behind Neil Porter/ comes from South Caro- ends, and often brings a stretched out field. Trenery took off and was 16 No.1 1990 Ford Swift DB6. De Vasconcelos, a SFR lina to race with SFR some of the family’s seconds ahead of second place, and close to lap- member, also has a residence in San Francisco, and his brother, Rob fine wine to share at ping the field, which would give the Blue Flag- making for a shorter commute to the race track. Coneybeer/No.78 2000 Social. Thanks, family! gers raison d’etre. Vincent Bellotti/No.83 1992 MM. Rob finished 10th GROUP 6B-SRF SRF3 Court Cardinal of GT1 Chevrolet Corvette pulled off in Turn Two, in SMT and Kyle was Only 27 of the 34 entries raced, but it was a Casino Fandango fin- bringing out the Safety Car. This bunched up the 11th. busy session. The temperatures after lunch were ished eighth in SRF3, field as he was towed in. After the restart Tren- : #1 Spencer Trenery, Riley MK XI While the Miatas are mid seventies and the wind had dropped to 18 driving No.88 1998 mph. SRF3 Umberto Milletti/No.34 SRF3 won the race GROUP 5B-ITS and turned the fastest lap of 86.182 mph/1:59.719. ITA ITB ITC ITX His Margin of Victory was 1.603 ahead of Bill Jor- ITR FP HP GTL dan/No.7 SRF3. Connor Solis/No.22 SRF won his STL STU SMG class from the pole position, starting fifteenth and E30 BS AS T4 finishing eleventh overall. Second and third in SM5 Group 5: #31 Schuyler VanBuskirk, Mazda RX3, ITA class were Nei Ng/No.48 and Gary Umphenour/ A large group with 17 No.98. classes, but only seven mph/2:00.849. This was a reverse start/finish At the start, Pole Sitter Jim Devenport/No.23 represented-mostly IT’s. It was quite the lively from the Saturday race. Third in SMG and overall 2016 SRF3 and Milletti had close drafting on the race, with several incidents and lots of spinning was Clark Nunes/No.79 2006 Ford Mustang, who front straight and elsewhere for four laps before and driving off course. Thirty-two qualified and survived a late racing contact with another car. they started to stretch. Milletti passed Devenport raced, of the 37 entries. David Pope/No.23 1992 Honda Prelude was on and held him off until the last lap when Deven- Roger Eagleton/No.30 2008 Ford Mustang pole for STL, but Wilson Powell, who is running port faded back to seventh. Jordan and Chris SMG won overall and first in SMG. His Margin for the 2018 SFR BOD, won in No.77 1999 Mazda Jackson/No.8 SRF3 were having their own close of Victory was 3.931 ahead of Pole Sitter Sean Miata after dogging Pope for position. Pole posi- race behind them, lap after lap. Jackson finished Wheeler/No.06 2007 Ford Spec Mustang in tion for ITA went to Lawrence Murdter /No.94 Group 2: Daytona Prototype, Stohr WF1 and Formula ready to race third in SRF3. Good, clean, tight racing was seen SMG, who also turned the fastest lap of 85.376 1991 Mazda Miata, but Kurt Kaub/No.80 1998

20 SFRSCCA.ORG JULY 2017 JULY 2017 THE WHEEL 21 Volkswagen won. Brandon Miller/No.92 1991 Regional Licenses. Gallaher and led the first two laps before the vet- Mazda Miata and Schuyler VanBuskirk/No.31 The eager drivers eran racer took over and led the rest of the 12-lap 1977 Mazda RX-7 were second and third in ITA. take advantage of the race. But there was a lot of passing and repassing Bruce Trenery, in the first of his two regional entire track, dropping by the two during each lap. Gallaher turned the races, had the STU pole, and won in No.2 2002 two or four wheels fastest race lap of 80.442 mph/2:08.261. His Mar- Acura RSX, placing fifth overall. off around the course. gin of Victory over Sommers was 7.867. Another Perennial Winner, Marco Gallaher had the ITS Mixed in were spins teen, Robert Rodriguez, Jr./No.4 1999 MM was pole position in No.8 2002 Acura and easily won and brushes. gridded third, second in SM, and he gave Sommers his race. Finishing second and third in ITS were GROUP 2B-FA a run for position. He got by Sommers for a lap but Tao Takaoka/No.72 1999 Mazda Miata and Scott Sommers recovered. Rodriguez retired the next FB FM FS FE S2 Kessenick/No.7 1999 Mazda Miata. ITX honors lap, and was credited with a third in SM class, with PA P2 S2 DSR went to Derek Stewart/No.71 1999 Mazda Miata. nine laps. This was the most Helmuth Jones/No.63 1991 Mazda Miata and Ward Rose/No.06 1991 MM finished second undersubscribed Brendan Hermalyn/No.16 1991 Mazda Miata were in SM class, thirteenth overall. Roland Kamber/ group, with only six second and third in ITX. Timothy Wise/No.25 No.90 MM finished second in SMT, third overall, running the Sunday Mazda MX-5 won the T4 Class from the pole. followed by Tupper Hull/No.50 1990 MM was afternoon race, out of Two Novices ran Group 3: Kyle Coneybeer/ third in SMT, fourth overall. 11 entries. Only four Group 3: #17 Charles Burtoff, Honda Civic Si No.81 1999 Mazda Miata, from Central Carolinas Novice Brendan Hermalyn/No.16 1991 MM fin- actually qualified. Region, started fifth in ITX and finished fourth, ished fifth in SSM. There were five classes fifteenth overall in a field of 33. He hails from The Miatas are always a racy group and there in the field. All pretty much started and finished South Carolina, but went through our Drivers was some offs, and some contacts, but mostly cos- in the same position with no passing or racing. School in February, with his family and comes out metic in nature. here to race with his brother and nephew. Bran- Spencer Trenery/No.1 2006 Riley DP MK didn’t GROUP 3B-ITE GT1 GT2 GT3 GTA 2006 Ford Mustang was third overall and first in T2. Wilson Powell/No.77 don Hitchman/No.27 1993 Mazda Miata started have the pole as he didn’t qualify and started from 1999 Mazda Miata won EP, fourth overall. Bruce Trenery/No.2 2002 Acura eighth in ITA and finished sixth, twenty-fourth the back. But he led flag to flag, won the race, and EP SP N3/L SS T1 T2 T3 PC SE46 RSX, Spencer’s father, was second in SP. Jeff Francis/No.4 2007 BMW Z4 M overall, despite an early spin resulting in his being turned the fastest lap of 97.525 mph/1.45.794. The Thumper class was quite anemic, with eight qualifiers, and ten start- Coupe was first in GT3, sixth overall. Matthew Insley/No.42 Pontiac Fire- hit by Jeff Wilcox/No.26 1999 Mazda Miata ITC. Robin Riner/No.91 1998nMazda Formula started ers, representing eight classes of 14. Robert Sachs/No.71 ITE 05 Lotus had bird took GT2 honors, eighth overall. Vincent Bellotti/No.83 1982 Chevrolet Both cars continued. Wilcox finished fourth in and finished second in the FS class and led every overall and ITE pole as Spencer Trenery/No.1 2006 Riley DP Mk XI didn’t Corvette won GT1, ninth overall, and Timothy Wise/No.25 Mazda MX-5 was ITS. Not long now before these Novices get their lap. He and Trenery were the only two drivers qualify. It wasn’t long before Trenery came from back to front. He stretched who turned 14 laps. his lead, and turned the fastest race lap of 98.225 mph/1:45.041, which was credited with T3 win, tenth overall, retiring after seven laps. Lars Jensen/No.63 1997 a new track record - breaking the record he set Saturday..He won, with a Star Formula Mazda one lap Margin of Victory ahead of Sachs, who won ITE. Clark Nunes/No.79 started and finished third and led all 13 laps to win the FM class. Lisa Devlin was second in class in No.11 2000 Star Formula Mazda, 2017 THUNDERHILL AWARDS PROGRAM starting and finishing fifth overall, relinquish- ing position just one lap Over $5,000 in Cash and Prizes to Robert Fox in No.94 amac squirt in the DSR class. Fox slowed on Free 2018 Race Entries / Free Test Days / Free Motel Nights Lap Three and retired. GROUP 7B-SMT Free Race Fuel / Free Food at the GRILL : #26 Jeff Wilcox, #92 Brandon Miller, #16 Brendan Hermalyn, SSM SM #78 Rob Coneybeer and #63 Helmuth Jones Thirty-seven quali- $250 Coupon for The Pro Shop @ Thunderhill fied out of 47 entries, but only 32 raced. It And much more. was exciting racing up front between Pole Sit- ter Marco Gallaher/ Race three of the four races in 2017 @ Thunderhill No.8 2003 Mazda Miata All drivers who race all four race weekends @ Thunderhill Test the day before and earn more chances to win! in the SM class and high school senior Nick will be entered into a drawing to win the prize[s]. Drawing to take place at October 28th race day. Sommers/No.83 1993 Drawing to take place Saturday Oct 28th Register and race at each event for a chance to win Big! MM, who had the pole March 11-12; April 1-2, May 6-7 & Oct. 27-28 These are full point races & offer all SCCA weekend event Values in SMT. Mark Means/ No.45 1991 MM had Earn Points to become the 2017 Driving Champion in Your Class! the SSM pole, starting eighth overall. Som- call: David Vodden 530-934-5588 Ext 101 mers got the jump on For informa on #06 Sean Wheeler, Group 5A winner

22 SFRSCCA.ORG JULY 2017 JULY 2017 THE WHEEL 23 SACRAMENTO CHAPTER ROUNDS 3 & 4 MEMBERSHIP CHIEF NEEDED

The SF Region is in urgent need of a new Chief of Membership for the 2018 season. The membership BY DAVEY DROUIN group is the main source of new blood for all of the activities in our region. We have many Sonoma Raceway enthusiastic and experienced volunteers in 707-938-9193 the crew, but we need a new leader who can handle the necessary logistics. We typically We’ve got you covered! have a SFR booth at most of the pro races at Laguna Seca, where we assist booth visitors in getting involved in the SCCA activities that fit their passions. On the job training for a new Chief is available at this year’s IMSA in September and/or World Challenge in Octo- Mike Drouin finishing his run Cheri Chords carrying some balance weight none Mike Jensen in his NB Mazda ber. other then The Great One John

Sac chapter was back at Mather Air Field for rounds 3 and 4 which at the is a second lead over the second place car. current moment has to be one of the best autocross sites in Northern Cali- E Street had five competitors which were all Miatas except for one Mus- Do you want to be a Chief? fornia. Big thanks to Sacramento Sheriffs Department for allowing use to tang. According to the online classes listed the Mustang should have been Can you help us find a candidate? use their site in order for us to host the Police Action League event. running G Street if it was a V6 or good old F Street if it had a V8. Nonethe- There was a great turn out. Unfortunately the first run group was plagued less David Hunts and his 2002 Mustang took 5th with an 84.210. The fourth Please contact Dave Allen at with timer issues. The trailer kept getting false starts and false finishes. Most place Miata was driven by Rod Gonzalez with a 74.742. A 73.799 was good [email protected] or 408 996 drivers had a throw away their first run. After realigning both the start and enough for third for Mike Drouin. Second place went to Mike Jensen with a finish lasers, those of us in the trailer had no choice, but to call in Mr. Com- 73.589. Davey Drouin won the class with a 72.210. 1356 puter himself Bob Weisickle. Bob again checked the lasers and after three F Street better known as the pony car class was won by an import. Kevin or four more starts that ended in screwed up times, Bob did the only thing Grivich in his Infiniti G37 took the top spot with a 71.083. Second place went left. He decided to turn the whole system off counted to ten and turned the to Keith Bullock in a 2014 Mustang with a 71.125. A Chevy SS not recorded, whole system back on. Amazingly everything worked flawlessly. but I am going to guess a SS Camaro driven by Steven Martegani took third D Street had the highest number of competitors with a total of ten. It is with a 71.263. Only 1 thousandth separated the fourth place drive Matt Roy definitely an interesting mix of cars. I noticed it seems the old Subaru WRX and his BMW with a 71.264. Gary Fazakas took fifth with a 71.896. Ben Eck- has found a class since half of the field was WRXs. Andrew Wake’s best run els took sixth with a 74.853. In an almost new 2016 Mustang Don Vandendri- was a 76.422 in a IS 350. Ryan Bender and his 2017 WRX finished with esche took seventh with a 84.210. a 76.124. Josh Henwood in the “other Subaru” a BRZ finished with a 75.913. Rounding off the Street classes in G Street were two cars from , one Al Lu was able to beat out Henwood’s BRZ with it’s twin a Toyota FRS with from Germany, and one Ford. Starting off Chris Nilsen in a 3 a 74.503. Taylor Glein grabbed fifth place in a WRX with a 74.319. Ryan Grow nailed an 80.072 which was good for fourth. Bob Lewis and his Ford Fusion FULL BODY CONTACT ran a 72.862 which gave him the fourth finishing position. Bryan Hiestand ran a 79.062 which puts him in third place. Chris Estrada piloted his blue in another WRX took third place with a 72.847. Second place went to David Celica GTS to second place with a 72.470. Only three hundreds faster than Welborn in his WRX with a 71.589. Top honors went to Lloyd Feaver in the Chris was Karl Hannah and his GTI with a 72.448. I think Karla and Chris SPECRACER FORD FESTIVAL RACE JUNE 1-4 UPDATE only German car in the field. Lloyd piloted his M3 to a 70.691 which almost are going to be battling it out all year. Close competition always makes things a little more interesting. Round 5 and 6 will be at the Stockton Fairgrounds. See you at the parking lot. Hartzel Automotive AccelRaceTek, SCCA-Enterprises, and Vistage sponsored the June 1st - 4th SpecRacer Ford Festival race weekend at Laguna Seca. www.hartzelautomotive.com This was the first race of the year at Laguna and there was a very large field of SpecRacer Fords with 42 cars. 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Phone (707) 996-111 onoma aeay FA (707) 996-9148 911 Arnol rive All three races featured a split start for the GEN2 & 3’s and it worked out There were different winners for all three GEN3 races but Connor Solis onoma 707-996-111 well. The races had a limited number of incidents and only a few full course not only dominated the weekend by winning all GEN2 races but he has won 510 California Avenue | Sand City, CA 93955 | 831.394.6002 | www.hartzelautomotive.com yellows. The top finishers for the three races were as follows. all the regional races this year.

24 SFRSCCA.ORG JULY 2017 JULY 2017 THE WHEEL 25 Clean out the upright using the rags and nect up the lower rod end. Install the spacer and degreaser. castle nut. Then put the tie rod bolt back in place and nut. Install the second upper mount bolt. Now Use the press torque everything down. to put the new SKF B31 bearing in The upright should be free from the car now. the upright. Place it in a bench top vice. Depending on how You need bad the wheel bearing is you can use needle nose the correct pliers to remove the cotter pin on the rear of the sized die to upright. If the bearing is real bad it will have press the crushed the pin and you might need a drift to bearing and a way for holding the upright. Make hammer it out. sure it goes in square. You might need to move the Use the 15/16th wrench to undo the rear castle upright from side to side. nut and retainer from the spindle. On really bad Make sure to install the retaining pin through the wheel bearings the hub will come right out. Some castle nut. bearings you might need to pry the front hub out.

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With the hub removed clean out the upright so Reinstall the brake rotor and caliper and use the ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY JAMES CHARTRES you can get to the retaining ring. E14 Torx socket to tighten in place. Replace the wheel and tighten the lug nuts. Lower the car to The stress of racing puts a lot of load on the wheel bearings for the Spec Racer Ford especially with the newer stickier tires. To change the ground and torque the lug nuts and you should be good to go. You should recheck the setup just out a wheel bearing you need to disassemble the upright from the car and use a press with a set of dies matched to the bearing race to make sure things haven't moved, especially toe. diameters. Then you are ready to head out on track for the next session. TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT NEEDED: REPLACING A WHEEL HUB BEARING Big thank you to Ric Heer of CSR Performance • SKF B31 Wheel Bearing/Enterprise PN: 200436 The hardest thing about doing a wheel bearing With the new bearing in the upright now press for helping replace the bearing and providing • Press trackside is making sure you have access to a the bearing onto the new hub. material for this article. • Wheel Bearing Dies press to get the old bearing out and put the new • 11/16, 3/4, 15/16 inch Wrench / Spanners bearing in. Use a blunt screwdriver to remove the bearing • 19mm, 3/4, 15/16 inch Deep Socket retaining ring from the upright. • 3/8 inch Drive Ratchet • E14 Torx Socket • Hub Assembly Enterprise PN: 1197035 • Impact Driver and Adapters • Hammer • Drift Above, Photo Credit Dito Milian of GotBlueMilk • Screwdriver Use the 11/16th wrench to brake loose the tie rod ABOUT THE AUTHOR: • Needle Nose Pliers nut. Don't remove the nut just yet. Remove the You can now press the bearing out from the back The upright and hub should have new bearings in James races a Spec Racer Ford in SCCA on the West • Bench Top Vise cotter pin from the lower castle nut. Use the 3/4 side. You will need some way to hold the upright place. Reinstall the retaining ring on the back side. Coast. Originally from Australia he moved to the US about • Rags Start by breaking the lug nuts with the 19mm inch wrench to loosen the lower castle nut. in place and a die to matched to the bearing size. 10 years ago for a job as an onsite contractor at NASA. • Cleaner and Degreaser socket and 3/8 inch drive ratchet. Don't remove With the nuts loose you can now tap on the I have seen people use old brake caliper pistons. When he is not managing the technical work on Small the wheel yet. Jack up the car and put jack side of the steering arm and separate the tie rod Make sure to press the bearing out evenly. Move Spacecraft projects, you can find him brewing beer, tin- stands under it. Use the impact drive with 19mm from the upright. Hammer on the side of the and adjust upright in the press to get the bearing kering in the garage or racing on the weekends. He oper- deep socket to remove the lug nuts. Remove the steering arm only after a few times the tie rod out square. ates KangaMotorsports.com, which discusses how to get wheel out of the way. should loosen. Don't smash down on the top of involved in amateur racing, provides racer tips, mainte- Using an E14 Torx socket and 3/8th drive the tie rod as you can ruin the threads. nance articles for Spec Racer Fords and documents his Dat- ratchet remove the two bolts holding the brake Use a 3/4 inch wrench and deep impact sun 240z project build. caliper in place. I tend to place it up on the frame socket combined with the impact driver to Web: www.kangamotorsports.com above the pedal box out of the way. Then slide remove the two upper bracket bolts.  facebook.com/kangamotorsports/ the rotor off to gain access to the upright.  @kangamotorsports Now install the upright back onto the car. I put  youtube.com/kangamotorsports one of the upper mount bolts in place then con-  @kangamotosport

26 SFRSCCA.ORG JULY 2017 JULY 2017 THE WHEEL 27 SCCA via a title position at the race we won - the PCRRC. It turned out that not everyone liked the idea of me encouraging people not to smoke. I did not know why but the worst of them put cigarette butts on my RENTAL RACE CARS deck as State officials watched. Can you believe it? I later found out that some of the SCCA old guard thought that the Tobacco Free program would harm racing because NASCAR was so dependent on the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco LARRY OKA GOOD TIMES RACING Company as were many other racing groups. My driver and I were the “Bene- RACING SERVICES SM SMT ITA ITX dict Arnold” of motorsports! Some years later NASCAR embraced our idea. SM, ITX, ITA Miata's and Acura Integra's They abandoned tobacco as a sponsor realizing that it was the right thing to do Larry Oka Ron Carroll Donna Gilio politically and financially. Sunol 530-210-3848 775-781-3385 925-890-3555 [email protected] When I was at grade schools and community events delivering my mes- [email protected] sage, Vodden, all dressed up in his driving suit and signing autographs, would ACCELRACETEK LLC tell kids that he was Paul Newman. He would ask them to tell their mommy COOK MOTORSPORTS SRF, SRF3 SM, ITA, ITX Bruce Richardson that Paul Newman was at their school that day. Sometimes he would sign “Paul Ian Cook & Ed Railton Los Gatos Newman” so the kids could show their mom. This was OK because when I was San Ramon (408) 499-7266 at the SCCA Runoffs in Atlanta I saw that Paul Newman’s autograph, when 530-676-1940 805-305-0452 www.accelracetek.com given, was “PLN” and never Paul Newman. Lots of moms became more active [email protected] [email protected] in their kid’s schools. DAVE HARRIMAN PORTER RACING Next up, I took my little 300ZX body to “RIDE”, a program created by the San Jose FF, CF, FC State that focused on Asian/American kids who were more susceptible to SRF, SRF3 Neil Porter HSE Racing Merced tobacco use and the media that espoused the values of smoking. My sleek rac- [email protected] (408)507-1531 209-722-7373 ing body was changed from the original race livery to a “Rice-rocket”. Being [email protected] Japanese I was not too fond of that moniker. Vodden added plastic body parts BULLDOG MOTORSPORTS FE, SRF3 A+ RACING to my sides and nose and gave me a wing and tinted windows. My real racing Jason Hohmann SM, ITA, ITX days were over but the on-track, drift and other uses were fun and added to the Modesto Al Angulo impact of my message. 209-857-8181 Grass Valley After “RIDE” I became a spokesperson for Rotary in their world-wide quest [email protected] 530-277-6311 aracing.org to eradicate polio. Gone was my Nissan red. I became blue. It was a “wrap”? CERINI MOTORSPORTS AUTO SPA RACING SERVICE Rotary is a great organization that exists in Japan and all around the world. SRF, SRF3 707 938-8727 The people who make up this organization are wiping out a global disease that John Cerini auto-spa.com Sonoma crippled kids everywhere before they came along. Can you imagine how the 707-938-3979 BORELLI MOTORSPORTS government, any government, would have screwed up this effort, bankrupted [email protected] San Jose everyone in the process and failed too? I hope Rotary takes up World Peace as Spec Mustang CSR PERFORMANCE 408-770-1220 its next global project. As the “End Polio Now, 300 ZX”, I made appearances THUNDERHILL REPORT SRF [email protected] at numerous community and Rotary events in the North State. The blue wrap Rick Heer design was cool. Rescue SONOMA VALLEY RACING BY 300 X 530-672-2629 Spec E30 My most recent stage in life has me with a new wrap that says, “Oil Recy- Raymond Zanotto cling Rocks”. My task is to deliver the socially responsible message that recy- DIAMOND FORMULA CARS Sonoma I am a Nissan 300 ZX, Z-32 to be exact. I started life in Japan. I was one of the early 300ZX there with Dave Daughtery at the wheel. cling used oils and filters, as well as using re-refined oils, is a good thing. This 916-801-9728 707-328-7709 They won. Can you imagine how I felt? Traitors! project has been a bit tougher. Maybe it’s my age. I am back at schools and in [email protected] [email protected] 300ZX models designed by Nissan to recapture the glory days of the 240 and 260 www.diamondformulacars.com Bill sold me to the regular writer of this column, parades but not too many little people adorn my worn interior. The State has Formula First DIETSCH WERKS “Z” cars. I came to America in 1990. The 300 ZX was to be a powerful sports car with David Vodden. For the past twenty-two years we been unkind to me too. I never get paid because Vodden keeps adding me to ITA Mazda Rx7 Lotus Elise, SM, Boxster S have been together. It has been a most unusual ride. these adventures gratis as part of the bigger picture of what he is trying to do. Vacaville exciting lines and performance. I was. LESHER MOTORSPORTS, INC 707-724-9250 To begin with I found myself at a race track, all I am OK with that but, my once proud race car status fresh from the stables of Ryan Lesher dietschwerks.com the time! This was heaven. Vodden and I cam- Nissan racing, is a thing of the past. Vodden tells me that this is our last adven- SM, SMT, ITA, ITX To help convince the American car-buying pub- called Show Room Stock with an added “A” to iden- paigned in SSA with the San Francisco Region of ture. No more social marketing no matter how wonderful the cause. Salinas OFF LINE RACING lic that I was indeed a sports car, the powers in tify it as the top of the line in the new SCCA vision (831) 240-5347 Morgan Hill the SCCA. I do not understand how all this SCCA What does this mean for me? I am twenty-seven years old with a mere SM, ITA, ITX Japan and in Gardena, California decided to enter of racing street cars with roll cages and little else. I [email protected] stuff works. I thought that there was one SCCA but 82,000 miles on my aging running gear. Heck, I don’t feel a mile over fifty thou- www.MiataRental.com Ali Naimi the Sports Car Club of America [SCCA] Runoffs- had a lot more than “little else”. it turns out that there are several and they are all sand, but I can see the age in my skin and power train. Damn, old age is human- 408-679-7143 championships and use that win to sell my siblings. With the game a-foot, Nissan sent me to Gar- different. ity's last big lie to ameliorate the facts of life. I include Santa Claus, the Easter EL DORADO MOTORSPORTS [email protected] The class they entered was designed for me. It was dena where Frank Honsowetz and other masters STL, ITE I even raced in another club named after the Bunny and God in these categories. It is easy to see the purpose of these fanta- Mike Lock LARRY BACON of made me the best National Aeronautical Space Administration. They sies, but life is still not what it is said to be and “The Golden Years"of old aging” Cameron Park FV “stock 1990, 300 ZX” possible! They were really different! I won many races with Vod- is, perhaps, the most diabolical of these myths. 831-801-6803 415-898-4842 day [email protected] specialized in how to beat the SCCA den including a Pacific Coast Road Race of Cham- Well at least I still spend most of my time at a race track, and not a bad one [email protected] rules and win and not get caught. I pions that he told me was bigger than the Runoffs? from what I have seen over the years. It keeps getting better and better. Not so TED ARKEN could tell you what was done but then I never got a call from Nissan so I think he was kid- for me. Vodden says he will keep me if he stays here at Thunderhill and has San Jose I would have to kill you even though 408-286-5060 ding himself. Then we won the class title in 1995 in access to a home for aging race cars. You can help me by keeping Vodden at DSR the statute of limitations has run out both SSA and Prepared “A”, whatever that was? Thunderhill for a long time! [email protected] and no one cares. My cams addressed Along the way I met the State of California It’s been a good run. I have never been wrecked except for that time another lift but not duration. That was one. Public Health Department and became the poster SSA car turned down on me in turn three at Sears Point Raceway and, more The drive shaft was generally not car for Tobacco intervention under the banner recently, when some jerk backed into me at Thunderhill and drove away. This looked at and so it goes. “Tobacco Free Challenge”. I went from a full-time all happened to the same fender so I guess I have been lucky. I won the 1992 and 1993 SCCA sexy-red sports car to a celebrity at schools and My motor is not original but don’t tell Vodden. He thinks he got the win- Runoffs at in SSA with community events around Northern California. ning-motor that I won with at the Runoffs. Haa! He got a good motor that has driver Scott Grissom. My reward for Lots of kids at various levels of their education sat become my life-long friend after moving west, so he can’t really complain. If he two national wins and putting Nissan in my driver’s seat and got their picture taken. You were a better driver the motor would not be such a big deal. on the sports car map was to be sold should have heard all the oohs and ahhs as each In closing I should say that none of the views expressed or implied by me in to Bill Hagerty of San Diego. He took young mind imagined what it would be like to race this narrative are those of my current owner, Nissan, the SCCA or Thunderhill. me back to the Runoffs in 1994, but me on track. I felt good about this. I was told that I See you at Thunderhill. You can’t miss me. I am the colorful, old Nissan we did not win. Nissan had a newer also helped get over $40,000 in sponsorship for the 300ZX with the crunched-in right front fender. Be kind.

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(Mark, Lynn and Dennis Healy), 2015 of continuous development and more with or seperate, a 2014- twenty foot and may include a photo. Ads will run for Ready to race, good first car. L1600 Ro- (Mark & Lynn) and 2016 (Lynn). 2006 than $125,000 invested, this is a winning trailer, basically like new. Asking $11,500 three months, after which time they shall bello Engine 40 over. Additional Pictures Mazda MX5 GT with 74XXX miles Win- car! Call or e-mail me for a complete for Miata and $4,500 for trailer. Excellent be removed. They may be resubmitted. [email protected] Text 209-613-4813. ning Blue, 60,000 when we bought it in spec sheet and photos. Chuck McKinney deal and it is stored in Monterey, please With spares $6500 1704 2012. We are the second owners and can (510) 812-1140 [email protected] 1602 call Frank @ (714) 394-1631 1610 Submit your ad by email to editor, Blake put you in touch with the original owner Tatum: [email protected] 1986 Porsche 944 Turbo Race Car GT if needed. All in decent condition (for an 1991 Spec Miata - 1.6 l Mazda race For Sale: FC/F2000 Engine. Ivey. Ex 2 - 2400lbs. 568 HP/DYNO SHEETS, autocross car, not a show queen) with limited slip diff, race wheels and set of OPEN WHEEL AND SPORTS RACERS Joe Riley/Robert Armington. Last raced Low Hours, NASCAR Style Cage, 968 minor road chips on hood and at rocker street wheels,some suspension and in 2014. $2000. Includes engine stands SPECRACER #33 FOR SALE OR RENT 6-speed, BIG RED Brakes, Adjustable panels. 6 speed with stock Mazda LSD. steering spares, $3000 SCCA and NASA Vintage Crusader Formula Project and header. Want SF Region people to Fast and clean SpecRacer for sale or rent boost, MOMO Wheel, ACCU-SUMP, (Only mod it does not have is the OS logbooks tandem axel open trailer also 1965 Crusader Formula Vee, needs to have first shot at this before listing on as a GEN2 or GEN3 after October. etc. all the best $100,000 plus invested. Giken) PPE Engineering LT Header and available. Eric Hernandez 650 208-3544 be assembled. Everything is there for Apex Speed. David Simerly. 415-383- Updates include: new paint, Butler seat, SCCA, NASA, PCA logbooks NEW midpipe put on in 2014 and much more. [email protected] 1604 a complete restoration. Own a part of 0960 1704 in-cell fuel pump, new air Intake tube, HOOSIER R7’s --285/30ZR/18 Front & Contact me for details. roadracerex@ history and have fun driving it at Vintage new fuel regulator, Penske shocks, 2 sets 335/30ZR/18 Rear Car located in Santa gmail.com 509-551-2681 1703 Spec Mustang/T2 Mustang. New build events. Call Balke Tatum to discuss, of Shelby rims, transponder, removable Barbara. $27,500 OBO Steve 617-838- by American V8 Supercars. Ran two 209-403-2452 1707 steering wheel, and Laguna muffler. 1978 Porsche 911 Turbo (930) race car, 4648 [email protected] 1611 races and a test. Car is ready to win a Motor has 104+ hp and 120 ft-lb of $50,000. Guard red color; RS 3.8 body championship!! This car has the best of torque. Strong, solid car currently second style. Fiberglass body except tub; 2300 the best! We can also build you a car to 98 FM $15,000. Car has small motec in points in the San Francisco Region. lbs, 500 hp. 2 hours on GD Racing rebuilt your spec.’s or Rent you a Spec. Mustang system.Car cover. Spare nose. 3 sets of GEN 2 Price $17,500 GEN 3 price motor, 3.4 L; Rebuilt turbo. GT1R class for the season or a race weekend. Call for wheels (one on car with rains). New Fuel $36,000. For more info and rental rates car with PCA Racing log book. Thunderhill more details. Darrell Anderson, American cell. New Rads (Ron Davis). New Belts go to www.accelracetek.com or contact 1:56 using Good Year Bias ply R430 non V8 Supercars 510-928-2423 1602 (Simpson). New Masters rebuilt calipers Bruce Richardson @ (669) 232-4844 or radial. Rear tires 25x13; front 23.5x10.5 New Pads. New Air filter. Pick up in Las Super competitive SRF Gen 2.Top 10 [email protected] 1611 1704 FOR SALE, 1967 FORD CORTINA, 1991 Seal Spec Miata For Sale.Chassis Vegas. Mike Williams 818 522 9676 in Runoffs past 2 years. Fresh national $1500.00 OBO. In excellent condition 4 up build with all suspension parts new [email protected] 1707 motor+ quality regional motor. 3 sets of door Ford Cortina. I am selling this for during build. Lots of thought went into wheels with tires including new rains. The car is a 2006 Mustang prepped to my race partner John True. He bought the this build with too much to list in the ad. Brakes and rotors have one race session. SCAA T-4 specs. Cage is custom made by car from a gentleman on a business trip Driven for two SFR region seasons and Re-built transmission last year.$15,500. TC Design. Suspension is Ford Racing. many years ago and had it shipped here a clean SCCA Logbook. Sale includes a Open trailer available for $1000. Call/text Ford limited slip rearend. ECU has been in Reno. I put a better intake manifold spare engine and transmission. Asking Dan @ 443.742.7702 1702 tuned for max. power and torque. Motor with a Weber carburetor on it and it runs $14,000 please email for details Gradu- and transmission are stock and low mile- AV8 Supercars has two Spec Mustangs great. It has the 1500 cc engine with a 4 [email protected] 1603 age. Hawk brake pads, Cobra racing seat, for Sale. Both are ready to win and have!! speed. The car is really clean and straight. FIA six point harness and NRG steering $35k each. Darrell Anderson. AV8 Super- No title, but I know there are ways of Spec Racer Renault #434 ,Rebello mo- Turnkey, race-ready HP Honda CRX wheel and removable hub. Spares as cars 510-928-2423 1608 getting it. It is clean title as we know. The tor, Spare motor and Transaxle, Spare Car has 4 SCCA National Championships well. Trailer is nearly new two axle car White with white/blue interior; very clean SRF Gen 3 #066 (2nd Place car SF Radiator, Jack stands & Jack, Spare nose with 4 different drivers; third at Laguna trailer with 4 wheel electric brakes. and straight. Great little car and fun to Region 2015.) $32,000 OBO. Well main- & tail, Misc parts, 6 spare aluminum Runoffs with 5th driver. 138 MPH trap Wooden deck and ramps. Asking $14,000 drive. I will text pictures if you ask. Paul tained by owner and CSR. 14 Weekends wheels, 6 spare steel wheels, $8500, speed at Daytona Runoffs. No possible for the whole package. My phone num- Gilbert, 775-762-4431, paulracer152@ on Engine. 1 race on Clutch 1 yr. on Jeff Francis 559-307-5878 1508 effort left undone. Car comes with - ber is 925-389-0447 1609 sbcglobal.net 1703 Rebuilt Shocks, Heims and Ball Joints. Jongbloed wheels; Houseman, 5 racing Analog Gages Warning Lights for Water 1992 Van Diemen FF. Loyning Runoffs FENDERED RACE CARS gears trans; custom air dam/splitter; 2 Austin Healey Sprites For Sale! SPEC MIATA Oil Pressures Alternator. All Current Up- motor. Stack dash, Technomagnesio Tran-X limited slip; highly developed, $1,000.00 obo. 1 1962 and 1 1965 Sprite grades 2 Sets of Hoosier slicks. 1 new wheels, Penske shocks. This model FF Fresh 383 Stroker LT1 Engine, Rebuilt “bagged” SS header; water-to-oil heat ex- projects. To start with I am selling these 1999 Spec Miata - Nearly Race Ready. unmounted set. Rains on Weld Wheels has almost won the SCCA Runoffs and Borg Warner T56 6 Speed Transmission changer; custom water radiator; Compt- Sprites for a fellow race partner, John 2005 NISSAN 350Z GT-3 or GT-2 1.8L / 5 speed / Torsen, Haag motor with Bodywork good condition. Traqmate data currently wins races in England. RACE with aluminum flywheel and new Stage ech prepared engine; AEM Infinity ECU; True. He needs to move these cars so he Built by Ken Murillo on a Neely/Murillo only one break-in weekend,Team Dynam- acquisition with video sync for GoPro READY. $10,000 Jerry Pacheco 530-367- 3 clutch, re-engineered suspension data collection sensors; and “owner’s can move. 1 has been seam welded and chassis. 2 Runoffs wins, 3 podiums, 4 ics race wheels w/ RA1s, Upgraded roll (included). Both softwares included. Call: 3899 1612 including UMI Road Race K Member, 6 manual” with track session/setup data. cleaned and premiered. The other has poles in GT-3, 1 pole in GT-2. . It is race cage, Evil Genius exhaust, Kirkey 71300 Bob @916 489 7182. 1705 point professional built roll cage in a rare Comprehensive spares package available. been cleaned and premiered. There are ready with current annual tech good till seat, Advanced Autosports splined quick For Sale 1974 Lola T 320 Formula Super full hard top, never wrecked. $12,500.00 Contact [email protected] or 650- engines, transmissions, rear ends and May 2017. Hewland trans newly rebuilt, release, Rennenmetal ballast weights GT1 Rolling Chassis. Loflin/Philips GT1 Vee, Ground up restoration B/O 916 716-7304 1707 823-9927, $27,500 1702 suspensions should be enough parts to Speedway Mini Stock newly rebuilt. Two and mounting kit, Roger Kraus corner tube frame, raced mid-80's Trans Am Everything is new or rebuilt. Beat the build 2 cars, too many parts to list. There KA24DE engines, new spare Speedway weighting and alignment, NASA and Series. No engine, trans, body, fuel cell, Atlantic cars for 1/3 the price 1970 GT1/BP Corvette roadster. Has vin, are several racing parts that are very hard Supermax, 3 sets of rims, new cool suit SCCA log book current through 2013 has exhaust system, stock products $35,000.00 Ed (415) 883-4824 1512 pink and two log books. Roll bar num- to find and come with them. The Parts not installed. Contact: John 530-412-0649 Clear CA title with plate ñ drive it to the quick change, full fire system, NASCAR bers match log book numbers. About were from Butch Gilberts collection of [email protected], $32,000 track! Extras! Stock wheels w/ new Dun- Modine radiator and oil cooler, 16x12.5 20 races total. Engine is an all iron 355 parts. If you only want one that is ok 1606 lop Direzzas, Advanced Autosports fuel on 5 hubs, Durlite alloy rims, 4 fronts except for the intake manifold and Mun- it can be worked out. I do have pictures pressure regulator (2x), Lightweight tow 2 rears, Lockeed front brakes, Hurst cie four speed.. Flares are wide enough and can text to you. Great Project for hitch and ball mount. Fluids, filters, brake airheart rears. All gauges, seat, pedals, for 12 inch rims. Tires are currently rollers someone to build one for vintage racing pads, restrictor plates, etc. Tim Ryan dry sump tank and hoses. Documented only. Runs, drives, and stops well. 559- and the other for the street. I am not 1999 SM for sale/TPD Trailer combo [email protected] $17,950 1603 Trans Am history. Car located Hayward, 645-2988. $22,500. 1707 Spitfire Roller For Sale. MUST SELL sure if he has the titles for the cars? Race winning car. Refreshed for 2014 CA. Make offer. Contact Don at 510- --- Please Make Offer. Ex-Tom McCarthy But I am sure you can get a title. If you Runoff's. Top 10 at the Runoff's. Stored "1989 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z “Players 531-6632 1704 Car. Tom Ran at Atlanta, Then sat one contact me I will give all that I know as since. Great spares. 3 sets of wheels. Challenge Series” car is FOR SALE. Spec Racer FordGen2- 2004 Ready to season, I bought it. I made numerous that I helped with the project but things Drago motor. Will part with 24ft fully load Raced professionally by Kathryn Teasdale race! Professionally maintained and very improvements, used it for my Driver's changed. Paul Gilbert 775-762-4431 2012 TPD with every option as package. in the Players Challenge and is a legiti- well sorted. Chassis completely rebuilt School at Sears Point, got my two races [email protected]. 1703 2014 SCCA Runoffs Podium Finishing 18K for car + spares. 35K for both. mate 1LE R7U Camaro. Raced in SCCA in 2012: new fuel cell, new clutch, new in. And then divorced. Stored indoors GT-3 Nissan 240SX “Wonderbread” Car. Email for build sheet for trailer or more and CASC after it became ineligible to complete belly pans, frame painted since. Complete EXCEPT NO engines, Square tube chassis, Lotus link, flat floor, info on car. Located in Pleasanton. compete in Players. 305 cu in w/5 speed with Rust Bullet, shocks rebuilt, all new transmissions. Has very rare Positraction, driver’s side exhaust, Rebello 2015 Spec [email protected] 1701 transmission, Ford 9”. Ready to race with heims and suspension bushings. 2012 McCarthy axles, full gauges, three sets of KA24 3-Valve motor, 32mm SIR, built new tires, fresh maintenance, and has Complete chassis reset- paint, heims, wheels Spare Spring Towers, Used Super NEW for the 2014 Runoffs on a virgin some spares that will go with the car. bushings- cleanest SRF on the planet! 1999 Spec Miata. Well sorted car, super Trap Muffler. [email protected] 1611 block and crank (all new parts with the Have all log books for Vintage verification. Includes tons of spares: 3 sets wheels reliable and many podium finishes in absolute latest trick internals, engine and $17,500. Mary 831-905-8668 or pozzimo- and tires, quick jack, complete bolt on SCCA Calclub. ACT Clutch, Koyo radiator, chassis dyno tuned). Completely sorted, [email protected] 1602 string bars for alignments, quick discon- Torson diff, SS brake lines, Racetech 3rd Place finisher at the 2014 Runoffs, nect steering wheel, hot lap timing set, seat with head restraint, manual steering 2014 NORPAC Division GT-3 Champion- Butler racing seat upgrade, fire system, rack, Momo steering wheel with quick For sale: 2006 Winning Blue MX5. Full ship, 1997 NASPORT Championship and 2 sets brake pads, suspension spares, release. AIM MXL data system. 2 sets STR prep. I drove this to second in pax current lap record holder at the Thunder- dynamic number system, oil filter, fuel fil- of Team Dynamic wheels. Come with at last SSSCC event of the season by 0.1 hill “new” 5 mile course and previous lap ter, and spark plugs/plug wire set. Please spare parts. Current SCCA log book. seconds. Two sets of wheels with good record holder at the Thunderhill 3 mile 1990 Sealed Spec Mazda Miata with a email for extensive photo package. E-mail me for more pictures and video

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