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The Official Newsletter of the Motorsport Emergency and Turnworkers Association M.E.T.A. c/o: 10952 McAdam Road, Delta, BC, V4C 3E8 Newsletter E-Mail: [email protected] META Website: http://www.meta.bc.ca/ July 2015 Next META meeting will be Volume 40 Issue #7 July 2222,, 2015 CLUB EXECUTIVE Our meeting location is Boston Pizza PRESIDENT: 1045 Columbia, New Westminster, BC Roger Salomon 604-581-7189 [email protected] Speed Reading VICE PRESIDENT: Dallis Smith Jul 8 SCCBC Meeting – Best Western, North Road Coquitlam, BC 604-464-0983 Jul 11&12 Portland Historic Races-PIR SVRA Portland, Or [email protected] Jul 11&12 24 Hours of LeMons – TRMP Shelton, Wa SECRETARY: Jul 12 Grand Prix of Mosport IMSA Bowmanville, Ont Angus Glass Jul 12 Milwaukee Indyfest Indycar Milwaukee, Wis 604-596-4736 Jul 18 Iowa Corn 250 Indycar Newton, Iowa [email protected] Jul 18&19 CACC Race #3 – MRP SCCBC Mission, BC TREASURER: Linda Zumm Jul 18&19 Double Regional – TRMP SCCA/NWR Shelton, Wa 604-521-4439 Jul 22 META Meeting – Boston Pizza 7:30 New West, BC [email protected] Jul 25 Lime Rock Park IMSA Lakeville, Ct PAST PRESIDENT: Aug 1&2 ICSCC Race #9 – PR IRDC Seattle, Wa Lynn Rimmer Aug 2 Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Indycar Lexington, Ohio 604-584-1503 Aug 8&9 CACC Race #4 – MRP SCCBC Mission, BC [email protected] Aug 8&9 Double Regional/Vintage – TRMP SCCA/NWR Shelton, Wa NEWSLETTER STAFF Aug 8&9 Chumpcar World Series – PIR Chumpcar Portland, Or EDITOR: Aug 9 Road America IMSA Elkhart Lake, Wis Andrew Clouston Aug 22&23 ICSCC Race #10 – PIR CSCC Portland, Or 604-942-4974 Aug 22&23 BC Historic Motor Races – MRP VRCBC Mission, BC [email protected] Aug 23 Virginia Grand Prix IMSA Alton, Va fax 604-777-7703 Aug 23 Pocono Indycar 400 Indycar Long Pond, Pa Aug 26 META Meeting – Boston Pizza 7:30 New West, BC MEMBERSHIP Aug 28-30 Triple Regional with GASS – PIR SCCA/OR Portland, Or Thomas Liesner Aug 30 Grand Prix of Sonoma Indycar Sonoma, Ca 604-584-1503 [email protected] All opinions expressed in the Mayday Sports Car Club of British Columbia are those of the individual authors Presents and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Mayday staff, Club Executive, or the members of META. Racing for the House July 18-19, 2015 META meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of every month, except December. Publication deadline is the 30th of each month. This is a charity event for Submissions may be faxed or e-mailed to the Editor. Ronald McDonald House Produced in Canada. Please come show your support! Presidents Report Well – half the season is gone already and weatherwise it has been incredible. A little rain in Toronto’s Indy which made the race the most exciting race for a long time. First and second place for the little team, only in Indy racing – wonderful. We worked long hours at the race, but made up for it with some of the Torontonian crew after the race. Good friends, good food and a good time which is why we keep going back in spite of the long hours of hard work. As most of you know, we have some of the Executive away for the next meeting. Me and Ann, Linda and Manny will not be present for the next meeting, so please help Vice President Dallis Smith and Secretary Angus Glass to have a social meeting and talk about the Pres – that could make the meeting at least two hours long – ha ha. Have a good time and yes we will miss you all as we are spending the weekend with our dear member Matthew Bower at Brands Hatch for the Historic Formula One race. (It is the President’s duty to promote META worldwide.) I will hopefully have a new worker from Australia joining us at the August race. Until then, yours in the sport The Prez From: http://www.sccbc.net/racing-for-the-house-2015/ Race for the House July 18-19, 2015 Posted on July 3rd, 2015 by Site Administrator SCCBC is proud to present the “Race for the House” on July 18 and 19 in support of the Ronald McDonald House of Vancouver. The Ronald McDonald House (RMH) plays host to families of sick children receiving treatment in local hospitals and relies, in part, on the generous support of the public. SCCBC, always proud to do its part, was the second largest donor to the facility in 2014. The 2015 “Race for the House” will be another great motorsport event in Vancouver. A wide variety of race cars will be in attendance, with open wheel Formula Continental cars taking centre stage this year. Best of all, for a small donation, the public can experience the thrill of motorsport racing by taking a few laps at speed in a high-performance car around the Road Course at Mission Raceway Park in our Hot Laps event. 50/50 draws will also be held each day in support of the House. Ronald McDonald House has become an integral part of the treatment of sick children in Vancouver. In response to increasing demand, a new Ronald McDonald House opened last year and can accommodate up to 73 families at one time, and up to 2500 over the course of a year. Most of the families using the facility are from out of town with children receiving treatment at Children’s Hospital for Cancer and other serious illnesses, and stay for an average 57 days. Each night’s stay at RMH costs $75, with the family asked to pay only $12. Fund-raising events such as the SCCBC Charity Weekend raises much needed funds to cover the costs of these family stays and is a wonderful way for us to help the smallest and most vulnerable in our community. Mark your calendars for July 18 and 19 and come out to support Ronald McDonald House at SCCBC’s “Race for the House”. From RMH website: http://www.rmhbc.ca/about-us/history Ronald McDonald House – British Columbia For over thirty years, Ronald McDonald House BC (RMH BC) has been providing accommodation for seriously ill children and their families when they must travel to Vancouver for their child's major treatment. Since 1983, we have welcomed families at our 13-bedroom home in Shaughnessy, but the need for our services was much greater. In 2013, we began construction on a new 73-bedroom House, conveniently located on the grounds of BC Children's Hospital. Our new House, which opened on July 7, 2014, will serve 2,500 families each year in spacious suites with private washrooms. With a larger House comes expanded services for children and families including a fitness room, arts and crafts studio, magic room, LEGO lounge, and several comfortable indoor and outdoor lounges which encourage guests to come together. Built to LEED Gold Standard, our new House reduces our organization's carbon footprint and reflects the natural beauty of the BC and Yukon communities that our families come from. On June 2, 2014, we also opened the Ronald McDonald Family Room at Surrey Memorial Hospital. A 'house within the hospital," a Ronald McDonald Family Room is a welcoming refuge for families of children admitted for treatment. The Room includes four overnight sleeping rooms, kitchen and laundry facilities, and a comfortable lounge with TV and internet access. Ronald McDonald House BC is owned and operated by the Children’s Family House Society of BC, an independent, Board-directed, non-profit organization. The House is managed with a small staff and dedicated volunteers. We look forward to many more years of service to BC and Yukon families! Make a Donation Click here to donate now: https://www.rmhbc.ca/how-to-help/donate-online Your Donations make a difference! By donating to Ronald McDonald House BC, you make it possible for us to keep our doors open and serve BC families in need. There are many ways you can help and make a difference: http://www.rmhbc.ca/pages/how-to-help/make-a-donation From SCCBC forum: http://www.sccbc.net/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1435605811 Posted by Pam Stec Jun 29 th , 2015 at 11:23am Heros of the heat & the winners in the USA Still recovering from a sweltering weekend at the River's Edge? I am sure there are a lot of people who dragged their sorry butts to work this morning. Maybe only so they could get into an air conditioned environment. Many more will be trying to recover at home. The entries were down a bit for the second CACC race of 2015, some because they were in Road America showing off their Canadian flag and SCCBC decals at Road America. Congratulations to Glenn Nixon for winning 3 out of 3 in the Pirelli World Challenge series, to Andre Kisel for pushing Glenn the whole way and taking 2nd place in all 3 races, and to series rookie Nick Duynstee, who qualified 3rd and finished 5th and 6th in his first WC appearance. Other entries were missing due to heat, with some opting to run only one group on the weekend, unlike "Iron Lady" Gayle Baird who ran her usual events; 2 cars in a total of 6 races. She gets her heat conditioning in Mexico! Go Granny go. Not missing were the many volunteers, the unsung heros, who stuck it out when the heat and humidity were soaring.