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Volume8 lssue8 *The Newsletterof Thel{wvuii Regionof Tlw SportsCur Club o.fAmericai .4ug. i,999
that allowedyou to choosewhich path was tasterfbr you. Somepeople chose to break2 segmentsof the trianglearound 2 conesand 5 lt othersopted for one cone. It dependedon your drivingpreference and the maneuverabil- By: JenniferLee ity of your car. Not only was this a very PhotosBv: Lisa Arakawa technicaltrack, but a long one as well. The averagetime for this coursewas aroundthe The "ke'y" to July's autocrosswas mid 80 secondmark. makinq endurancea missing. Whenmy family and I first arrived, factoras well. we foundthat the van had no key in it. That posedthe probk:m of getting the trailer and On a more personalnote, I like the the track set up,. After about an hour. we opentracks *'here i canput the pedalto the managedto hot-,wire the van and got things metal. Keepingthat in mind, this track was started. Our creative track designersthought not one of my favorites. My mom on the up a verytechnic al course. Includedin it were other hand,has the skill to performwell on severalback to back 90oturns on both sidesof thesetypes of courses. Therefore,I would the track. In th,: middle were somegates and like to congratulateher on her victory. She a long six-cones lalom. At the end was where drove exceptionallywell and kept her times you could put veryconsistent. ['ll keepyou updatedon our I the hammerl mother-daughterhattle of skills-as much down. Just as 4r moreis ahead. -.t,* .-ri*lri you exited the L last section of Ilnfortiurately.some people had trou- 90oturns, there ble rvith their cars (rather than the track). was a zone R. Yamaguchi-CSP Charlieand Bill Lindemannhad some trou- rrrhetp \tn lr rl/Are ble with their GTI forcing the formerto give ableto makeup up his last run. andthe latterto racetheir pick any lost time up truck. 'Props' go out to Bill for driving from the slalom t that truck: it must have beenquite different -L or the 90oturn-s. e"l fromthe GII! StephenOliberos also had an Rightbefore the obslacleto overc-ome.FIis f)atsun 510 blew a stop box there E. Van Orman-LCSP tire after going into the marblesin the 90o was a triangle (Continued an page 2) (Continuedfrompage I) with him too! SinceDanell wanted to race both cars,Kevin Ham droveit down for him and was compensatedby having the privilege of racingit! What a great deal! Also in an awesome cat was Curtis Lee in his BSP Datsun 2402 "i"d StephenOliberos, Datsun 510 taking FTD with a raw time of 76.691 and PAX time of 64.881.Coming in a closesecond in both Hal Tome raw and PAX times was Dean Kawasaki in his CSP Toyota Corolla. After more than l0 years these drivershave still got {:"*^, thetouch! turnson his secondrun. (Theideal line to take on the track was in the marbles.)But a mere Next month'sfeatured club will be the flat tire never keeps a die-hardracer from Z Club of Hawaii. Watch out, here come finishinghis race! Stephendrove his brother, thoseZ's! Like we promised,we had more Shane's.2802forhis last 2 runs. water for salethis month. Also for saleat the registrationbooth were rulebooksand SCCA Six novicesgot stickers. (You can buy theseswhen you to race on the re- sign-in.) By the way, if anyonehas a spare cently opened (to key to the vanoor candonate a usedvehicle to the public) naval the club,let us know! We are still lookingfor basein July. Keith suppliesfor the track cleanup day. A date Binning, Jennifer will be assignedwhen the tools are available. Co, David Collum, Don't forget that October'sevent will proba- Mark Murray, Ian bly be held at Ford Islandon a Saturdayat the Perry, and Brian Hydrofest'99. More informationabout this Yoshikawa really will be givenat next month'sdrivers meeting. got to testtheir driv- Until then,have a goodone and I'11see you at ing skill on July's theraces! curvy track. After eight monthsDanell Wong returnedto the track in his Porsche914. His busy work scheduleprevented him from racing. Not only did he bring his 9I4, he broughthis Boxster SCCASOLO ll Results BarbersPoint NAS 7t11t99 Name Make Model Runl C Run2 C Run3 C Run4 C Best OA PAXTimePAX
SS ClassAwrage: 390.495 JoyceMunay Mazda RX-7 88.736 85.898 85.515 86.43't 85,515 20 70.977 15 GregGarceau Cherrold Corlefte 86.969 97.694 1 DNF w.243 2 86.969 26 72.184 22 JerryBalcer Acura NSX DNS DNS DNS DNS 999.000 43 829j70 43
AS ClassAverage: 83.807 CdlyerYamg Porsche 911Canefr 81"582 82.U1 1 83.052 181.0s2 81.052 5 68.975 9 Ker/inHarn Porsche BoD6ter 86.705 88.548 2 93.375 s 84.988 84.989 18 72.325 23 CdinSato Toycta MR2 88.634 W222 86.204 8s.381 85.381 19 72.659 24
BS ClassAverage:87.113 DarrellWong Porsche 914 83.160 85.593 1 82.623 83.561 1 82.623 9 67.007 5 EdwardKernper lll BtvWV 325is 90.047 88.%9 87.691 87.718 87.691 29 71 .117 17 JasonDo\,gan Mazda Miata 93.654 92.313 92.%7 91.025 91.025 32 73.821 30
CS ClassArieragel.87.423 ArnyLee Datsun 24oz 83.922 83.137 83.n0 e7.150 83.137 14 66.676 3 JenniferLee Datsun Z40Z 91.640 2 86.793 I 83.24 85.0171 83.244 15 66.762 4 MarkMunay Ddsun 2B0Z 103.959 197.412 102.432 1 95.889 95.889 41 76.903 38 N ES ClassA\,erage : 93.773 KdthBinning Infiniti c20 99.139 94.408 DNF 91.514 91.514 34 71.930 21 N Ed Hollmann Honda Frdude 102.000 93.368 93.092 st.4o7 1 93.092 37 73.170 28 JenniferCo Acura fntegraRs 103.608 102.373 2 %.7'14 17.W 2 96.714 42 .76.017 36 N
FS ClassArerage : 90.449 HalfordTqne Ford Mustang 97.898 1 96.485 2 90 449 e0.476 90.449 31 72.992 27
GS ClassAwrage: 89.015 FrancisLining Subaru lmpreza 90.606 88.367 85.709 90.435 z 85.709 21 67.539 7 ArianYee Subaru lmpreza 93.Btg 87.406 88.334 1 88.238 1 87.406 27 68.876 8 FranceenSato Acura IntegraGSI DNF 99.517 98.205 1 93.931 93.931 38 74.018 32 HS CtassAverage | 95.231 lan Pefry Honda Accord 99.785 2 \05.125 6 98.095 1 95.237 95.237 40 74.761 34 N
ASP ClassArerage : 82.831 RichardShimabukuro Mazda RX.7 88.138 1 84.055 82.831 84.303 82.831 11 70.572 13
ff$p ClassAverage : 78.094 CurtisLee Datsun 2402 77.fi1 1 79.351 77.429 76.691 76.691 1 64.881 1 GanettChew Datsun 2402 81.745 80.804 86.868 1 79.497 79.497 3 67.254 o SCCASOLO ll Results BarbersPoint NAS 7t11t99 Name Make Model Runl C Run2C Run3C Run4C Best OA PAXTime PAX
Q$p CtassAwrage: 86.189 DeanKarasaki Tq/ota Corotla 89.730 4 79.4M DNF 78.M 78.400 2 66.170 2 EarlHuang Subaru lmpreza 84.975 u.273 84.006 82.858 82.858 12 69.932 10 EugeneVanOrman \^At JettaGLX 86.143 1 U.852 82.868 U.878 82.868 13 69.941 11 CliffordGcto Dodge NeonRIT 85.466 85.438 83.833 85.974 83.833 16 70.755 14 RussellYanaguchi VolkswageGD( 86.709 85.074 u.n6 85.121 84.776 17 71.551 18 RyanUntar Acura tntegra 90.801 86.143 6.725 03.999 86.14323 72.705 25 lrfielanieBo.rdar Mazda Mida 9'1.288 89.972 ffi.473 87.072 86.473 25 72.983 26 RichardCrdbe Nissan 200SX 103.$2 1 DNF 91.683 87.511 87.511 28 73.859 31 Brianyoshikarva Mazda RX7 1Oi.SBs 4 95.278 a 93.184 1 88.023 88.023 30 74.291 33 N ,| BenLukacs Honda Civic 92.865 92.613 %.215 2 92.7N 92.61336 78.165 40 DannyBalbirona Mzda RX-7 DNF DNF 96.917 Vt.578 94.578 39 79.824 41
ESP CtassArerage: A9.SO4 J.P.Gayan Chernold Carnaro 92.409 87.820 87.418 86.435 86.435 24 71.050 16 DavidCollum Chary lmpala 101.052 DNF 93.366 92.572 92.572 35 76.094 37 N
AP ClassAwrage : 02.564 ShaneOliberc Datsun 86.020 285.34s 182.W 87.112 1 82.564 71.913 20
BP ClassAverage:82.025 KenMatsumcto Nissan 3002( TT DNF U.715 83.071 82.025 82.025 71.690 19
EP ClassAwrage : 80.370 StephenOliberc Datsun 510 E0.824 83.581 2 80.370 0 66.283 3 80.370 70.083. 12
DM Clcs Ar,erage:86.260 ChadesLindernann VokswageGTI 81.340 82.159 81.943 DNF 81.340 6 73.206 29 WilliamLindernann VdkswageGTI 94.080 1 %.3n 2 93.82 1 91.180 91.18033 82.062 42
EM ClassAwrage'.U.2y BarryLai Honda Givic 84.356 U.*7 82.674 84.183 82.674 10 75.151 35 CoryTunoyasu Honda CRXS| 99.125 187.712 85.794 87.740 85.794 22 77.987 39
FTD: 26.691 OverallAverage: 107.735 StandardDeviation : 137.613 - Novice PMTime - PAXAdjustedTime - Rankinobased on Besttime PAX - Rankinqbased on PMed Time Whatis PAX?
Beginningin April 1999 we started to publish the PAX index along with the Solo II results.What is PAX? TheProfessional Auto-X Index(PAX Index)is an autocrosshandicapping systemdesigned to allow comparisonbetween the variousSCCA Solo II classes.The PAX nrmbersrepresent times that shouldbe run by cars developedto the limit of the rules and driven by nationalcaliber drivers. The PAX Index is updatedeach year to accountfor rule changesand is basedon major events,including the SCCA Solo II Nationals,where there are plentyof fully preparedcars in the handsof top qualitydrivers.
To usethe Index,multiply a giventime by the classindex number to get an indexedtime. For example,if a CS carnurs a timeof 43.500,its indexedtime is 34.887(43.500 x .802). If on thesame course, an ASP car runs a timeof 41.000,its indexedtime is 34.932(41.000 x .852). In this case,the CS competitorperformed the best.
Coursestyle, pavement type, weatherconditions and a numberof other variablescan influenceautocross competition, including indexing. The Index shouldnot be consideredthe ultimatemeasure, but canbe usedto gaugeperformance and increase event fun.
PAX INDEX r999
SS .830 ASP .852 AM 1.000 AS .815 BSP .846 BM .955 BS .81I CSP .844 cM .925 CS .802 DSP .820 DM .900 DS .800 ESP .822 EM .909 ES .786 FM .904 FS .807 AP ,871 GS .788 BP ,874 Fr25 .950 HS .785 cP .857
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,CCA sololl HAVAIIREGION BarbersPoint VOLUNTEEROF THE MONTH
Thismonth's Volunteer of TheMonth hasbeen a memberofthe SCCAfor "Hal" a couple of years.Halford Tome is one of those people that loves racing in any form. For that reasonwe seehim at just aboutevery event. I first met Hal when he cameout to race his Mustangat Hawaii RacewayPark during one of those informal track daysthat were advertisedat variousspeed shops. Since then he hasbeen a regularat our SoloII events.At times Hal hasraced his Mustangor his backup racer,a Mitsubishipick up truck.
Hal is usuallyone of the first to showup at an event(if he' s not hanging)and helps to set up the track. He is usuallyone of the last to leave.Hal hasbeen with Flaggingand Communica- tion at our wheelto wheelraces and has a secondaryposition as the Grid Marshall.Hal is the seniorengineer with CommunicationConsulting Services, Inc. in downtown Honolulu. They specializein the telecommunicationsfield with design,construction, and consulting.Next time you seeHal ask him aboutsome of the uary thingshe usedto do with his car. He hasa lot of storiesto share.
SCCASOLO II STAYSAT BARBERSPOINT
Solo II hasbeen allowed to stay at the BarbersPoint airfield indefinitely.The City and County has no immediateplans fbr the area and since we were already using the field, they grantedus the useof the area.Since Barbers Point hasnot beenformally transferred to the state,' we havea verbalagreement for theuse ofthe area.Once all the transfershave been completed the Ctty & Countywill draft a formal agreementwith us and the PoliceDept., the model airplane fliersand the otherusers of the airfield.We havealso been given the okay to continueto usethe bombshelter to storeour van andtrailer. The shelteris in anotherarea and comes under Hawaiian Homes.Unfortunately, the statehas to chargeus rent for the use.This is the only bombshelter that has a chain link fenceand barbedwire for protection and it is very convenientfor our use. The rent is nominaland shouldnot impactthe entry fees.
A CALL FOR WORKERS FOR THE HAWAIIAN SUPERPRIX
We needapproximately 50-60 total workers to participatein the up-comingHawaiian SuperPrix. It is the mostexciting way to spectateand participate in this CART event.You can't get anycloser to the racingaction and there should be a greatdeal of freetime to rub shoulders with racingpersonnel and other VIP attendees.To participateyou mustbe a SCCAmember and be qualified through prior training. You shouldattend all of our racesand schoolsprior to the SuperPrix. For more information,contact ow Flaggingand Communicationschief GeraldLuke at 59I -279 I, 737 -007 3, or email Date Time Itinerary 08:00 Tfack Set-up 10:00 Race/ Work Registration,Tech Inspection, Tlack Walk 10:45 Track Closed, HEAT1 Driver'sand Worker's Meeting Aug. 11 7:00PM General Membership 11:00 Start HEAT1 HEAT 1 A, B, C STREET PREPARED HEAT2 Driver's and Worker's Meeting HEAT 2D,8, STREET PREPARED,PREPARED, MODIFIED 'Ilack LUNCH BREAK, Awards Presentation, Walk SCCA Hawaii holds monthly general membership meetings. Meeting HEAT3 Driver's and Worker's These are scheduled on the first HEAT 3 SUPER,A, B, C STOCK Wednesday following that month's HEAT4 Driver's and Worker's Meeting Solo II Autocross. They start at 7:OOPM, (and unless otherwise HEAT 4 D, E, F, G, H STOCK noted) are held at Stereos Plus CLEAN-UPand PUTAWAY CONES (formerly Art's Electronics), 42O Ward Ave.. Phone 593-8884 '99 SoloII n99Club Racing Schedu le Schedu le 24 I I 17 RegionalRace January July January " February14 AugustS March28 RegionalRace March14 SeptemberI 2 May23 RegionalRace Aprilll Octoberl0 July 24 Driver's School May16 November14 August I RegionalRace June13 December12 October3 RegionalRace December5 RegionalRace FeaturedClub: Z Club of Hawaii SCCAHawaii Region BoD, Contacts,& TelephoneNumbers LINDSEYAKAMU (RE) 595-3595 ED HOLLMAN 488.17A2 ED KEMPER [email protected] PAULSCHWARTZ 396-3485 ART SONEN 734-3226 [email protected] JESSTEWETNBERGER 623-7515 GERALDLUKE (F & C) 591-2791wk,737-OO73hm,[email protected] SCOTTSCHULTE (Huila Editor) [email protected], germanautospecialists.com Huila welcomesresponsible comments, suggestions, editorials, articles, and advertising.Deadline for all submissionsis the I5th of the month prior to publication.Please contact the editorfor additionalinformation or advertisingrates. The editor reservesthe right to edit all submissionsfor grammar,punctuation, and content.lf possible,submissions should be madeon disk,be e-mailed,or be typewritten so that they can be scannedthrough "camera opticalcharacter'recognition. Advertising submissions must be ready",and will be reproducedas submitted.