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Postmaster Send address changes to: 18202 Cal Club Road Buttonwillow, CA 93206 Sept./Oct. - 2 0 1 1 C a l C l u b N e w s P a g e 3 AL LUB EWS C w wC w .calclub.com N In Memory of Road Rally Donna Bailey SENNA the movie preps for Donna Bailey passed away Sept. 12, Review by Larry Mason 2011 after being hospitalized since June Winner of the Audience Award World USRRC with pneumonia and other ailments. Cinema Documentary at the 2011 TOPEKA, Kan. (September 8, 2011) - She is survived by her husband Ron, Sundance Film Festival and the Audience The SCCA Road Rally community is son and daughter-in-law, one granddaugh- Award for Best International Feature at approaching its biggest event of the year, ter and one grandson. the 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival, I the U.S. Road Rally Challenge presented Donna and her husband Ron joined saw this movie and it left me wanting to by Cal Club, October 21-23. the SCCA in 1986 to go racing. They were see it again. Cal Club has won nine awards for the originally from San Jose where they One of the greatest racing drivers of outstanding National Rally of the Year participated with the San Francisco all time was killed while leading his last (most recently for Highway Robbery Region. They made a move to Las Vegas Formula One Grand Prix in Imola, Italy. in 2004) and are presenting three then jumped in head first with our SoPac He burst upon the F1 scene and nearly different rally programs as part of this Division. won Monaco after just his sixth start. In event: A Course With No Name National Donna carried a SCCA sound control fact, the world will never know whether GTA Rally on Friday, October 21, the license and worked sound at the Grand he would've won, but he was seconds a Highway Robbery National Course Rally Prix of Long Beach. She also worked in lap faster than every other driver there in on Saturday, October 22, and the Not My Registration over the years but most the rain that day. The red flag was shown Fault National Touring Rally on Sunday, recently was part of the F & C team as a just as he was about to pounce on Alain October 23. Ladies of the Log team member. Prost for the lead of the race. A Course With No Name GTA Rally is Her love for motorsports extended to This documentary winds through the a return to the classic Southern California the air where she found pleasure being a twists and turns of Senna's life both gimmick rally style that reigned through- pilot. inside and outside of the cockpit and riv- The on-board video is represented in out the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Highway Donna requested no memorial service. ets the viewer with some of the persecu- a grainy film format to start and gradual- Robbery Course Rally travels primarily tion he faced throughout his career. His ly improves over the course of the film in the Antelope Valley and its surround- life off the track with family and friends however, an early in-car lap at Monaco ing foothills. Not My Fault Tour Rally is in stark contrast to the pressure of race was terribly distracting as the sound of will be a fun and spirited drive with some weekends. The politics of racing are on the engine note failed to match where the California geography education thrown Letters full display to see from behind the car was on track. Of course, back in the in, concentrating on the San Andreas , scenes, with fly on the wall closeness, in day, those types of limitations did hap- earthquake fault. SoPac News encourages e-mails to the behind-closed-door driver's meetings pen, it nonetheless distracts from an oth- Each rally will begin from the La editor. To submit your e-mail to the with bombastic FISA president Jean erwise stellar in-car experience. editor send it to [email protected] Quinta Inn & Suites in Valencia, Calif., Marie Balestre as well as outspoken I highly recommend this film for both and special rates are available from Formula One World Champion drivers - serious and casual race fans alike and for the hotel for those participating in Thank You to my primarily Alain Prost. those who want to learn more about why the USRRC. Whether you were a fan of Senna or racing draws such passionate fans. Keep Registration info available at scca.com Racing Family not; his talent behind the wheel to extract in mind that the language used is often the most out of a race car is undeniable. raw and to top it off, it's written in the This movie really puts you in a position subtitles when he's speaking Portuguese to understand his viewpoint and what he or being interviewed by Brazilian TV. News from around went through in his career. For a race Poignant moments abound in this film and in Cal Club fan, it's fascinating to watch his career and it'll leave you talking about how and We recently lost Tim Winrow who unfold before you. For a non-race fan, why certain things happened.