REV RECORD olume 49 - Number 7 August 2008 - V Nightfall doesn’t slow Team Colletti pitstop during Summit Point Enduro. Photo by Sean Banerjee. Inside... John Pfetzing’s Racing Review Rick Docken Shares View 12 Hours at the Point Sports Car Club of America * Western Ohio Region * www.worscca.org 2 2008 WOR BOARD Regional Executive Solo Co-Chair Rev Record Editor Steve Demeter Christian Moist Mike Wright [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 937.427.4187 937.238.2686 937.257.5887 Assistant RE Solo Co-Chair Publicity Chair Boris Tirpack Frank Levinson Mike Edgerton [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Rev Record - August 2008 937.864.2276 937.299.3057 937.866.5729 Secretary Rally Chair WOR Games Chair Keith Pulford Dave Rudy Steve Colletti [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 513.967.3281 937.545.2995 937.294.1533 Treasurer Road Race Chair Webmaster Jim Suhr Dan Coughnour Christian Moist [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 937.885.4022 937.232.0732 937.238.2686 Membership Chair Activities Chair Historian Steve Colletti Dan Coughnour / Ildiko Marcus Nancy Edgerton [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 937.294.1533 937.232.0732 937.866.5729 WOR Membership Meeting: second Tuesday of every month (except September & December) 7:30 pm Christopher Club 3150 South Dixie Dr. Dayton, Ohio Please direct all Rev Record correspondence to: [email protected] or P.O. Box 181, Enon, Ohio 45323-0181 Copies of this and past issues of the Rev Record can be viewed at www.worscca.org Rev Record is a publication of the Western Ohio Region (WOR) of the Sports Car Club of America, Inc (SCCA). All views and/or opinions are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the Western Ohio Region, SCCA., Inc. Layout and Design of the Rev Record by Joy Wright If you’d like to see your advertisement in the Rev Record, please contact the editor for rates and availability. WRIGHT WRITES 3 Rev Record - August 2008 months ago. Bummer! On our way from the NeOH and MVR regions if home we made an extended detour up we want it, and believe me, we do by Mike Wright north to visit Niagara Falls on the want it. We would be most Rev Record Editor Canadian side. Boy, things sure have appreciative if any WOR members changed since Joy and I visited there wanted to come up to help out at the twenty years ago. Pretty landscaping WOR Games. It would be an Well, it has been a very busy month in Canada, and the falls are still especially good time to try your hand for me personally. Where shall I spectacular. Too bad the place has at comer working. It's a low-pressure begin? I went to work F&C at Mid- been over-commercialized. In order regional event, it's your home event, Ohio on 21-22 June at the Grand-Am to go from hotel room to the falls, we and we're going to have the best Rolex Emco Gears Classic. One of the were herded through a brand- Saturday night party. support races was the Mustang spanking-new mini-mall complete Challenge. About midway through the with crappy gift shops and over-priced Rumors continue to swirl about the morning practice session one of the fast-food restaurants. Canada is possible sale of Nelson Ledges. Stangs went plowing through the catching up with smarmy U.S. I thought I could get an official gravel at the keyhole, hit the tires with marketing techniques. I'll never go response while I was there, but great force, and flipped over. Driver back. One side-note. We rented a car nobody was talking. The rumor is that was OK, corner workers, wreckers put From Hertz and as luck would have it, WOR Games is the last event to be it back upright. As we were loading it they gave us a new Prius Hybrid. I held at the current Nelson Ledges onto the flatbed I noticed the driver was skeptical at first, but quickly grew Road Course. On Labor Day the track had taped a temporary name over the to love this car, not only for the 49 is rumored to be closing in its current door frame of his rental Stang. The mpg we consistently got (at 75 mph), form and will reopen under new name read "The Stig." Hopefully those but just the overall pleasantness of the ownership as a racing country club. of you who watch Top Gear will get car and unobtrusiveness (fancy talk!) Some people are worried about this. the reference. Later on during the of the drivetrain. Or maybe I'm just a I think it is exciting to consider the Rolex GT race I got to try out my sucker for the techno--nerdy wow possibilities. As long as it manages to rainsuit for the first time, as the skies factor of the gas-electric drivetrain and retain the laid-back atmosphere it now opened up with a torrential downpour. the cool in-dash status display. enjoys, I think the future looks very Watching it a week later at home on bright. TV just didn't do it justice. Most recently, Joy and I went up to Nelson Ledges for the NeOH double If you are reading this and wondering One week after I was back at Mid- regional on 26-27 July. This time I to yourself what all this racing stuff Ohio for the Sportscar Vintage Racing wasn't working F&C or starter. We I'm blabbing about is really like, let Association (SVRA) only this time I were helping NeOH's do it all race me extend a personal invitation to you was up in the starter's stand. Longtime chair Stephanie Eisele with the to sign up for the Performance Driving veteran starter Randy Holton offered to hospitality functions. Ever since she Experience (or PDX) that WOR is let me try starting, and I must admit it volunteered, Joy has been a nervous sponsoring as part of the WOR Games was rather cool. Once again I had to wreck about planning the food and this year. Basically, the PDX is an use the rainsuit as the skies opened up drinks for our WOR Games. I insisted event designed to let you drive your for more downpours both afternoons. that Joy come up to Nelson to get first street car on a race track under the I was really appreciating my second- hand experience of what goes on guidance of an experienced SCCA hand Columbia rainsuit with elastic behind the scenes at a race, especially instructor. Think of this as a bridge cuffs. Bring on the rain! one as clubby-feeling as Nelson. between the world of Solo and the world of Club Racing. I know that the Took a break from the racing to travel We met and talked at length with PDX events I went to with my friend up to Watkins Glen, NY to visit Joy's many SCCA officials from NeOH, one Jim Suhr were what ultimately led me family. Normally I would be excited to from MVR, and some Nelson Ledges to consider SCCA Club Racing. We're visit the Glen, and was looking employees. We spoke with registrars, trying something a little new and spicy forward to catching a race (either stewards, and timing and scoring for this year's WOR Games and PDX. spectating or working F&C) but I soon officials. I think we both came away We're going to offer for the first time found that the whole area was overrun feeling relieved and much more (for any SCCA region that I'm aware with wine festival goers. Not only was confident that the WOR Games will of, ever) PDX run groups on Saturday there no racing, all the cheap hotel be a success. I believe we can expect and Sunday mixed in with the Club rooms within 100 miles were reserved some good advice and a helping hand Racing run groups. (continued on page 7) 4 MEETING MINUTIA WOR Board Meeting Minutes for July 1, 2008: Apologies received for non attendance from Frank Levinson. Frank & his wife by Keith Pulford have recently become first time parents and the meeting sent their congratula- Secretary tions. RE: Announced that the Treasurer has resigned and he thanked Lauren for her sterling efforts during her time on the board. RE presented Mr Jim Suhr for the position of treasurer. This was approved unanimously by the board. A handover period will be available until mid-August. RE called for reports from the Chairs: Rev Record - August 2008 Membership: Nothing to report. Road Race: Competition results are being reported in the Rev Record. Activities: The membership meeting of July realized a profit. Actual expenditure for 6 months has been $79 against a budget of $700. A ‘brat’ bash will be provided at the next member’s meeting at $5/person. Treasurer: Reported that the club has sufficient funds. The treasurer will meet with the new treasurer to arrange handover details with the bank. Any checks received for weekend membership are to be paid to National office. Assistant RE: The audit is now complete & the books are balanced. Rally: The Preble County Fairground national event had 39 cars attend. The rain caused the runs to be reduced from 12 to 8. The event lost approximately $30 & to date, mainly caused by an over budget cost for catering.