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What’s Inside: Announcements Bye Jim (sniff) SJR-Subaru Challenge Team Lexus Insider Solo 2 Standings Diary of a Madman The Official Newsletter of the South Jersey Region SCCA July/August 2003 Subaru Challenge Event #5 (Sunday, July 13th): Top five in PAX were (from left to right): Steve Ashcraft, Hohn Epstein, Jim Blanton, Kurt Schenk, and Fitzgerald Pollard. Subaru Challenge @ Atco Peter Doane Crews for Lexus Team WANTED: Workers for upcoming July and August Updates on South What’s it like to crew for one of the top Road Racing events! A great way Jersey’s Solo 2 Program. teams in roadracing? Two new stories to see racing... for FREE! Contact from Mid-Ohio and Road America. p. 5 JD King @ 856-694-5012 Board of Directors Regional Executive Asst. Regional Executive Secretary Treasurer J. D. King Jim Tornetta Sue King Jack Oliver 954 Stanton Ave 13 S. Carolina Tr. 1643 Bluebell Rd. 7 Old Salem Rd Franklinville, NJ Browns Mills, Williamstown, Cherry Hill, 08322 NJ 08015 NJ 08094 NJ 08034 856-694-5012 609-893-5701 856-629-4966 856-667-2858 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Membership Competition Activities At Large At Large John Borden Meg Meyer David Hess Ed Jenks Fred Thum 62 Riverbank Rd. 10 Normandy Lane 296 Orchard St. West 9 Duncan Lane 229 Fenimore Ln. Beverly, NJ 08010 Willingboro, NJ Hammonton, NJ Lincoln University, PA Delanco, NJ 08075 856-779-8521 08046 08037 19352 856-461-0062(H) [email protected] 609-835-4450 609-704-1996 610-255-5244 856-829-4500(W) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Chairpersons & Specialties: Competition - J.D. King .............................856-694-5012 At Speed is published monthly as the official publication Membership- John Borden ........................856-779-8521 of the South Jersey Region, SCCA, Inc. The subscrip- Merchandise- Jim Tornetta ........................609-893-5701 tion price is $12.00 per year and is included in the Race- Maryann Worrell .............................856-779-9548 membership dues with non-member subscriptions Rally- Clyde Heckler ..................................856-228-3319 available at $15.00. The opinions expressed herein are [email protected] those of the editor or authors and not necessarily those Scrutineer - Ed Jenks ................................610-255-5244 of the South Jersey Region. Acceptance of any adver- Solo II - John Borden ................................856-387-0576 tising does not constitute endorsement of the products Steve Ashcraft ..............................856-297-8894 or services being advertised. Permission to reprint Mini GP- Mike Sokalsky ............................609-822-8417 material in other SCCA publications is granted Flag & Comm - David Teal .......................610-566-4795 providing credit is give to the author and At Speed. A Starter - David Teal ...................................610-566-4795 copy of the publication should be sent to the At Speed Grid - Open to Volunteers ..........................xxx-xxx-xxxx editor. Please send change of address information to Pit, Paddock & Sound- Alex Collins ..........856-753-9660 the membership chairperson. Registration - Open to Volunteers ...............xxx-xxx-xxxx Timing & Scoring - Jack Oliver .................856-667-2858 Editorial copy and ad contacts should be submitted to the editor, David Paul Hess 296 West Orchard St. West, Tri-Region Reps Hammonton, NJ 08037, or [email protected] - by David Teal, Ed Jenks, JD King the twentieth of the month prior to the next issue. It is preferred that all editorial copy be submitted in an IBM Alternates compatible format (ASCII, Word, Word Perfect, etc), on Terry Hanushek, Fay Teal, Jack Oliver any size/density diskette. Fax submission can be arranged by contacting the editor. See classified section Pennsylvania Hillclimb Assn. (PHA) Reps: for advertising rates/policies. Sue Salsberg, Dave Arron, Dan Cassino The South Jersey Region of the Sports Car Club of Solo I: Fred Thum America, Inc. meets at 8 PM on the second Wednesday of each month at Fontana’s Restaurant at 30 E. Main Anthracite Race Assn (ARA): Terry Hanushek St., Maple Shade, NJ 856.321.130. Board of Directors (BoD) meeting locations vary each month and are listed in the Calendar section. All mem- bers are welcome to attend any BoD meeting. 2 Events & Announcements Jim “Boise Boy” Blanton Road Racing South Jersey Solo II The Subaru Challenge Continues Just when I was starting to get to Sep 6-7* NHIS NER know him, Jim Blanton is leaving 413-566-2830; [email protected] South Jersey and moving to Boise, Sunday, September 21st Idaho to follow a career oportunity. Sunday, October 12th Sep 13-14* Watkins Glen FLR Sunday, November 9th Some of 585-872-1503; [email protected] the Solo 2 http://www.autox4u.com/sjersy.htm people will Call: 732-422-6557 or 609-387-0576 know Jim Sep 26-27 Lime Rock NYR by his 802-785-4521; [email protected] course Pennsylvania Hillclimb Assn. (PHA) humor, Schedule - Solo I Oct 4-5 CANCELLED! others will 8/30-31 - Fall Jefferson (East Coast know him Rausch Creek ARA 856-223-0807; Solo I Champ.) by his [email protected] Dan: [email protected] course 9/27-28 - Fall Weatherly H.C. Dan: [email protected] design, and still others know him sim- Oct 10-11 Lime Rock NER ply as a friend. I got to know Jim as a 11/1-2 - VIR, Contact TBA “ham” while taking photos. He was 802-785-4521; [email protected] quick to make a funny face... quite a natural in front of the camera. 8) Oct 11-12 Watkins Glen SJR On-line (meeting minutes) Glen 607-734-1321; http://www.sjr-scca.org/ Jim has been “axing 5 years” and, [email protected] Written minutes can be sent to those working with SJR for 4 years. Just without internet connections. like the situation we have now, SJR Oct 11-12 Summit Point WDC Contact JD King @ 856-694-5012 needed help so he “jumped in”. First Jim attended safety stewart school 804-798-9777; [email protected] then he started course designing and Online store @ co-chairing events. His departure Oct 18-19* Nelson Ledges MVR http://www.cafeshops.com/sjr_scca leaves a hole in our Solo 2 program. - 330-854-4889; [email protected] Good Luck Jim! Visit the S. Jersey Website: Oct 25-26 Nelson Ledges WNY http://www.sjr-scca.org/ 716-833-1467; [email protected] Visit the S. Jersey AutoX Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjr_autox/ Autocross / Solo2 info: http://www.autox4u.com/ Basement Bar Racing (aka GT3 i.link battle): Northeast Driving Events: http://www.nerdsracing.com/ On Saturday, September 20th, from 1:00 - 8:00pm, David and Gayle Hess are hosting a little get-together. Good conversation, food and beverage, as well as “arcade-style” racing, a board game called “Formula DE”, and Speed Channel’s Coverage Touring/GT Racing @ 2:00 pm will be the entertainment. Bring your favorite dish and/or beverage. For directions and more info. Call 609.704.1996 or visit: http://www.nerdsracing.com (RSVP) 3 Solo 2 Photos provided by David Hess Subaru Challenge Event #5 (Sunday, July 13th) - Written by Steve Ashcraft Another round of the Subaru/SJR could collect some of the Subaru Online: writeup and results can also Challenge is in the book. Subaru has Challenge money. be found here: http://tinyurl.com/le4c really come through for SCCA More photos can be seen online: autocrossing this year. Between being Solo 2 Standings see page 8 http://tinyurl.com/le2i a national sponsor, an SJR sponsor and producing some awesome autocross cars we couldn't ask for more. One of the coolest cars at this event was a black with gold flake Subaru WRX with 300 bhp. I'm thinking AWD and lots of horsepower is a great com- bination of street car and autocross car. Now if I can just convince Lynn (Steve's wife) :-) Forty-two drivers braved the noise of Atco to enjoy a perfect Jersey sum- mer day. There is something about a sunny day in the 80's in conjunction with a fast course, some great people, background noise of a few funny cars, etc. that is really magical. The smile factor was definitely up. It's amazing when you can stuff a 40+ second 2nd gear course into a rather small lot. And this is just the second course our Top five in PAX were (from left to right): Steve Ashcraft, Hohn Epstein, Jim Blanton, Kurt CourseMaster Jim Blanton (pictured, Schenk, and Fitzgerald Pollard. right) has set here. Expect longer and better in the future (No pressure;-). The best part (from my point of view) were the two volunteers (Julie Hoffman and Grace Huntzinger) who are going to be taking over most of the timing chores in the future. Fortunately, the trials and tribulations of timing didn't dampen their ability to drive. Check out their times. This was Julie's first autocross and is definitely going to keep the GS folks busy trying to stay ahead of her (Cooper) Mini. Grace finished in the top half of the PAX list which is not too shabby when you check out the PAX factor for DSP. We'll be back on Aug. 3 -- check www.autox4u.com to confirm and if you want to send [email protected] a note thanking While awaiting the results and trophy presentation, the autocross course became a con- Perry for not coming on Sunday so I course and social gathering. 4 Photos provided by Terry ‘TAZ’ Zorich Solo 2 EventPhotoNow.PhotoReflect.com Subaru Challenge Event #6 (Sunday, August 3rd) - Written by David Hess A couple of drops fell from the sky, my I also had the opportunity to ride along This Sunday SJR also held an exhibi- eyes finally opened after stopping for with some new drivers who displayed tion Remote Controlled Car coffee, and Mark Yeck and I swapped a great deal of potential.