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January 2009 Knockoff JANUARY 2009 KNOCKOFF Official Publication of the Mohawk-Hudson Region Sports Car Club of America DECEMBER 2008 20082008 AnnualAnnual AwardsAwards BanquetBanquet HeldHeld MoHud held the Annual year end awards The culmination of the ceremonies was banquet on Sunday, December 5th at the the announcement of the winners for the Holiday Inn on Wolf Road. RE Jack Hanifan worker awards. DJ McArdle, Russ presided over the event assisted by Roly Burckhard and Bruce Kosakoski were Heacox and Lisa Hanifan. A cocktail hour recognized with third, second, and first began at 4pm with dinner served at 5:30. place worker awards in that order. Jim Garry Presentations were made to those who had received the Lewis Award for the second been awarded trophies at the NeDiv time. The Lewis award is the highest worker MiniCon in November and were not able to honor given by the region. attend. The party was enjoyed Jack and Roly presented the region’s by all in attendance and racing awards for all classes to those in again our NJ membership attendance as well as the awards for Driver was represented by Walt of the Year, shared for 2008 by Tom and Nancy Huber who Campbell and Jeremy Treadway. drove up for the evening. Russ Burckhard presented the Solo season awards to winners in all the classes. Additional photos on page 15. Solo participants gave a good showing at the awards along with racers and workers. Jim Garry MoHud member reaches Landmark! Roly Heacox, who has held a great many offices and volunteered for many more events than most of us care to fathom reached a landmark this year. He has been a member of MoHud SCCA since 1958 marking 50 years of service. Roly’s achievement was honored by all in attendance at the Annual Awards party. It is a true testament to his commitment to motorsports, SCCA, and the MoHud region. He has given his time and talents over these years to help promote our sports car club and we thank and salute him! KNOCKOFF JANUARY 2009 MOHAWK - HUDSON REGION SCCA OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATORS REGIONAL EXECUTIVE SOLO CHAIR MERCHANDISE Jack Hanifan Russ Burckhard Geoffrey M. Stim 39 Ramsey Place 19 Carpenter Drive 41 Wallflower Drive Albany, NY 12208-3016 Schenectady, NY 12309 Rexford, NY 12148 518-438-3754 home [email protected] (518) 885-9300 home [email protected] [email protected] MEMBERSHIP CHAIR ASST. REGIONAL EXEC. David Wachtel DIRECTOR 1596 Best Road Russ Burckhard Bruce Kosakoski Rensselaer, NY 12144 19 Carpenter Drive 59 Hoffay Road (518) 286-3589 home Schenectady, NY 12309 Averill Park, NY 12018 [email protected] [email protected] (518) 674-8816 home TREASURER KNOCKOFF EDITOR Chip VanSlyke Lisa Hanifan DIRECTOR 1095 Delaware Turnpike 39 Ramsey Place Dick Stewart Delmar, NY 12054 Albany, NY 12208 13 Fletcher Place 518-438-3754 home (518) 439-7267 home West Sand Lake, NY 12196 [email protected] [email protected] (518) 674-5683 home (518) 674-1010 voice & fax [email protected] SECRETARY RACE OFFICIAL Peter Kroth LICENSING 137 Elm Avenue Clark Nicholls The KnockOff is the official publication of the 65 Hartwood Road Delmar, NY 12054-9796 Mohawk-Hudson Region, Sports Car Club of Lee, MA 01238 [email protected] America. Opinions expressed here are not nec- (413) 243-3433 home essarily those of the Mohawk-Hudson Region [email protected] or of the Sports Car Club of America. The general membership meeting is held on RALLY CHAIR the first Wednesday of every month at Jim Bishop SCRUTINEERING (TECH) 7:30pm at The Orchard Tavern , 68 No. Man- 12 Garrison Ave. Richard Welty ning Blvd., Albany, NY. Schenectady, NY 12306 (518) 674-0436 SUBSCRIBE TO THE MO-HUD MAILING LIST: 518-346-8366 [email protected] [email protected] Go to the MoHud web site (see below), click INFO, click ELECTRONIC MAILING LIST, click LWGATE, click Subscribe to Mo-Hud DIGEST, fill out form, click SUBSCRIBE. MOHUD NE DIVISIONAL & AREA 10 CONTACTS http://www.mohud-scca.org/ ADVERTISING RATES Type Size 1 Issue 6 Issues AREA 10 DIRECTOR NeDiv LICENSE CHAIR Full Pg 10x7 $20.00 $100.00 John Sheridan Peter W. Smith Half Pg 5x7 $15.00 $75.00 Leesome Lane 35 Knollwood Drive Half Pg 10x3 $15.00 $75.00 Altamont, NY 12009 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-5775 Qtr Pg 5x3 $10.00 $50.00 (518) 861-8389 home 518-587-9755 Bus Crd 3x2 $5.00 $25.00 [email protected] [email protected] All ads must be prepaid. Noncommercial classified ads run in three (3) consecutive issues and are FREE to MEMBERS JANUARY 2009 KNOCKOFF 3 RE Jack Hanifan REPORT Killing the Bear-There has been a lot of discussion about this subject and I believe it is something we should discuss at the January7, 2009 meeting. It will be addressed. Annual Meeting-The Annual meeting was a success and our workers were recognized. Roly Heacox was honored for his 50 years as a member. DJ McArdle, Russ Burckhard and Bruce Kosakoski were recognized with 3rd, 2nd and 1st place worker awards. Jim Garry received the Lewis Award for the 2nd time. New Board Members- Peter Kroth will be our new Secretary and Russ Burckhard will be Assistant RE. They will replace Geoff Stim and Roly Heacox. Geoff will still be our merchandise chairman. The region owes both Roly and Geoff a thank you for a job well done. 2009 Race-The 2009 John Stim Memorial will be a National Race with a Pro IT race at Lime Rock. The race will be July 31, August 1st. Please plan to either enter or work this event. We need volunteers in all areas. Communications- There are concerns about whether or not our members are reading the Knock Off. We will discuss this at the January 7, 2009 meeting. COMPETITION CORNER... Jack Hanifan, Chairman Congratulations are in order for our 2008 Road Racing Award recipients. Tom Campbell who was the NARRC and NYSRRC Champion in his FP Miata and Jeremy Treadway who was NeDiv Champion, June Sprints winner and finished 3rd at the Runoffs were Co–Drivers of the Year. Walt Ryan who started the year in FP with a couple of wins and moved to Spec Miata was our Rookie of the Year. BK Karl who was running near the front of the SM crowd all year was recognized as our Most Improved Driver. Pete Smith was awarded the Dave Riggi Memorial Trophy for his many years of assisting fellow competitors. Charlie Campbell was recognized as both NYSRRC SM Champion and NYSRRC overall Champion. Tony Leone was recognized for receiving the NYSRRC Whitmore FV trophy and his NARRC Championship. Hillary Erin Graff was recognized for her NARRC Championship in GP. Charlie, Tony and Hillary Erin were presented with Great Season Awards. Charlie Campbell was the Mohawk Hudson Regional Racing Champion for the umpteenth time. Charlie and the other Road Racing drivers in attendance received their Mohawk Hudson Region Club Racing t-shirts. The shirts were once again funded by Charlie Campbell and Gene Tricozzi. Charlie operates Campbell Trucking in Corey, Pa. and Gene is president of Northern Funding, a mortgage company in Clifton Park. I have just received my 2009 GCR, Stewards and drivers in the warm climates receive them first, I would expect most drivers should receive them within a few weeks. Take time to read both the GCR and the Car Specifications for your class. Changes from 2008 have a black sidebar next to them and the new wording is in italics. Now is the time to get ready for spring tech. Be certain to read the section on Drivers Safety Equiptment-9.3.19 pages 75, 76. If you have an older driver’s suit, you may have to get a new one. If you have not yet received your GCR it should be available on line at scca.com. MoHud will be putting on a National Race and Pro IT race at Lime Rock on July 31and August 1, 2009. Save the date. 4 KNOCKOFF JANUARY 2009 SOLOSOLO ReportReport by Russ Burckhard 2009 is upon us already. As we welcome Novice Driver: This year’s Novice Driver the challenges of a new year, we also reflect award goes to a driver that came to a couple on the past. It is in the past that we gain of events last year and got hooked. He knowledge and experience that helps us showed up at all of the points events, the going forward; it is also in the past that we Divisional, the GTO National event and the have gained some new Champions. This Corvette event this year. With all of this seat year’s Champions are Kevin O’Connor in time, he was able to show improvement Stock, Lyndon Peck in Street Prepared, throughout the year. He finished first in his Andy Furlong in Prepared/Modified, and Eric class twice and second at the other four. Smith in Street. These Championships This added up to a second place finish in would not have been possible without a few year end points. This year’s winner is John things. One of the most important things is Danese. the support from family and friends. Another Female Driver: This year we did not have is the sites; the OGS parking lot at McCarty the kind of battle that we did last year. We Ave, Columbia Greene Community College, had 3 drivers that stood out at the first event the Seneca Army Depot, and the Clifton of the year. Unfortunately the battle never Park Center.
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