SoPac NEWS see page 5 Baer Images Photo Inside This Issue November, 2011 Spec Miata Dares Cal Club page 2 Cal Club Solo Results page 12 page 16 Digital Age For SoPac News page 3 Final Cal Club Regional Points Grid Lines page 21 3dCarbon S2 Series Recap page 3 SoPac Ntl. Road Race Points page 23 BoG White Ballot Election page 4 Classified Ads page 25 Pumpkin Run Double Regional page 5 SCCA Membership Application page 26 SCCA SoPac Regions Cal Club San Diego Hawaii Big Island Las Vegas Arizona Ariz. Border Guam P a g e 2 S o P a c N e w s N o v e m b e r - 2 0 1 1 SoPac Spec Miata dares NEWS Cal Club to mix it up SoPac News welcomes e-mails to the editor. To submit your e-mail to the editor send it to [email protected]. SoPac News is the official publication representing SCCA’s Southern Pacific Division SENIOR EDITOR Craig Young [email protected] CAL CLUB NEWS EDITOR Position Open GRID LINES EDITOR Elliot Shev [email protected] 17-year-old Elliott Skeer (#77) dominated Saturday’s Pumpkin Run Spec Miata race beating 2011 class champion, ARIZONA EDITOR Clement Lee. Baer Images Photo Position Open If you were paying attention These guys are thinking way ARIZONA BORDER EDITOR Position Open to the previous two regional outside the box. They want to events, particularly Spec Miata, take a normal double regional LAS VEGAS EDITOR you’ll know what’s going on. weekend and flip it into Position Open Clement Lee, 2011 Cal Club something very different. First, HAWAII EDITOR Spec Miata Champion whipped turn Saturday into a non points Position Open his competition so bad this year event. All drivers draw for a that he was looking for ways to starting position. Drawn BIG ISLAND EDITOR spice up his race weekends as starting positions can be Position Open the season wound down. auctioned, bartered, sold, MAUI EDITOR At the Labor Day Double stolen, lost, found, etc., assuring Position Open Regional he won Spec Miata the fastest qualifiers start GUAM EDITOR Saturday then agreed to swap together somewhere near or at Position Open cars with second place finisher the rear of the grid. (Communications internships Don Thibaut for Sunday’s race. They agreed to have one available. Contact Senior Editor.) Lee gave up his championship practice session in the morning proven Mazda and jumped in allowing them to extend their CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Bruce Allison, Jerry Andersen, Thibaut’s rented Miata Sunday feature event to a 40 minute Norm DeWitt, Linda Haneline, morning and still set fast time. showdown. Larry Houghton, Curt Luther, When the checkered flew that Remember, this race is for Chris Mahoney, Larry Mason, afternoon Lee won his second fun, the serious factor gone for Carol Kapp McKnight, race of the weekend defeating those who run up front every Terri Pharr, Mark Smith his own #33 Mazda. race weekend. They’re looking Next race was the Pumpkin for a new action packed PHOTOGRAPHERS Run Double Regional where challenge and this may be it. Jerry Andersen, Dennis Baer, the plan to mix it up extended This format also gives more Brad Bernstein, Allan Coy, Norm DeWitt, to the top three qualifiers drivers a chance to set the race Carol Kapp McKnight, Sunday morning. Grant pace and see what kind of Elliot Shev, Mark Smith Westmorland, Elliott Skeer and stress that can bring. The Lee agreed to start in the last pressure cooker will be on for Advertising & Editorial three positions for kicks. all. The big winners will be the Contact Information: The dynamic trio pulled it off spectators. 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N o v e m b e r - 2 0 1 1 C a l C l u b N e w s P a g e 3 CAL Cw wLUB w .calclub.comNEWS Mail Bag , 3dCarbon S2 Series Email us your Letter to the Editor expressing thoughts, ideas, Recap comments, announcements, a By Bruce Allison unparalleled in the world, and thank you or two, etc. Please A hearty congratulations to we all tip our hats (some of us send to [email protected] all who attended the 2011 with our 3dCarbon podium 3dCarbon finale last weekend. caps) to their generosity and News from in By all accounts it was a great support of our racing series. event! Once again proving: Additionally, the good peo- and around The 3dCarbon Cup S2000 ple at Quicksilver RacEngines Series is far and away the best have stepped up to support S2 the club S2 racing in North America! continued on next page Mark your calendars for Believe it, because it’s true! November 19, 2011. Cal Club’s Ted Gunther utterly dominat- Annual Awards Banquet at ed the season, and quite Moving SoPac Knotts Berry Farm Resort Hotel deservedly earned his second is a sure hit! Come join in the 3dCarbon Championship Title, News into the fun and celebration of all award along with the 3dCarbon donat- winners. ed $1,200 Fast Forward Digital Age Don't forget if you have not Engineering gift certificate that SoPac News found only entered at least two races this goes with it. Ted, that was a online beginning with this issue year you will need to renew beautiful display of driving, will be monthly in 2012. Stop your annual number, if you engineering and determination the printing press, cancel the costly USPS postage bill and have entered two races no that you put on the whole year. now enjoy SoPac News with a worries we keep your number You have all of our respect for until next year. click of the mouse. you and your crew’s hard work! The goal of this program is Have you checked out the Cal Doug Ota... the bridesmaid to increase frequency of com- Club Facebook page? Lots of again this year, drove very well munications to our members by pictures and news see for but the top rung of the podium having a monthly online yourself no need to join remained just out of reach. newsletter. Transferring from a Facebook. The 3dCarbon donated $500 printed bi-monthly to a online Rumor in the paddock and on Fast Forward Engineering gift monthly publishing schedule social media sites suggest two certificate might just take some allows delivery of news and T-1 Corvettes are almost ready of the sting out Doug’s return to information to be as timely as for competition, hopefully we second place overall (but I possible. 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