Vol IX, No. 9 St Louis Sports Car Council February 2021 Council News & Notes Up & Coming Okay, okay, quit grousing about 10 Feb 21—International Drive Your Triumph Day, in honor of Sir John Black’s Punxsutawney Phil and batten birthday. Info and photos of previous events at https:// down for a few more weeks of driveyourtriumphday.shutterfly.com/, along with instructions on mailing photos of winter. As this issue goes to you and your Triumph to the event organizer at [email protected]. press it’s about to get really cold (well, not North Dakota or 21 Feb 21—Annual Polar Bear Run. SLTOA’s traditional first drive of the year; Yoop cold) and there is snow meet at the Weldon Spring commuter/car pool lot (I-64 and MO 94) for a delightful on the forecast but be of good drive through St Charles and Warren Counties to Cedar Lake Cellars/Wine Country cheer. Café (11008 Schreckengast Rd, Wright City). Meet at the commuter lot at 9:30 or thereabouts, drivers meeting at 9:45 AM, cars roll at 10 AM. Monitor www.sltoa.org While this will undoubtedly for more details and any late-breaking news. qualify as the slimmest edition of the Relay this year, take a 21 Feb 21—St Louis Region SCCA Rallycross Event No. 1, 50 Big Bend Rd, look to the right: the calendar Granite City, 7 AM-3 PM. More to follow, keep an eye on https:// has once again started filling www.roadracing.stlscca.org/region-calendar/. out. Clubs are scheduling 27 Feb 21—Jaguar Association of Greater St Louis Pandemic Safe Spelunking & drives and both the St Louis Wine Country Tour. Tour southeastern Missouri, including stops at Chaumette Region SCCA and Boeing Vineyards and Cave Vineyards. Masks must be worn at the wineries and in the Sports Car Club have released cave. Box lunches available at Chaumette, $20. Meet at 9 AM at the StL Bread their autocross schedules. The Company, Mo 21/Tesson Ferry and Kennerly Road (behind the Walgreens), $5 fee first parking lot grand prix takes per car, cars depart at 9:30 following the drivers meeting. Please RSVP to Jim place towards the end of Febru- Hendrix at [email protected] (636)227-2565 or Phil Taxman at ssjag- ary and both groups are plan- [email protected] (314)727-9179. ning a full slate of nine events. 7 Mar 21—Annual MG Club of St Louis Pinewood Derby, 1:30 PM, details to follow, We’re still waiting on word of a monitor www.stlouismgclub.com. resumption of Cars & Coffee at the various locales, hopefully 14 Mar 21—St Louis Region SCCA SPS Performance Garage Solo Series that will come soon. Finally, the autocross test and tune session, Family Arena, St Charles. Monitor https:// Horseless Carriage Club of solo.stlscca.org/schedule/. Missouri is listing its annual Easter Concours at the Muny, 4 27 Mar 21—MG Club of St Louis Annual Terry Fanning Rally, 10 AM, details to April, but no details or confirma- follow, monitor www.stlouismgclub.com. tion of the event are available. As always, we’ll publish what 27 Mar 21—JAGSL Drive ending at the National Museum of Transportation, details we know when we know it. TBA, monitor www.jagstl.com. (Continued on page 2) Note: Some club events restrict participation to club members only, primarily for national/ chapter insurance reasons. If interested in joining in on a drive or other event, we recom- mend you contact the club’s event coordinator in advance for details. In Print We’ll start this month’s proceedings with a double serving of Thoroughbred & Classic Cars (as the saying goes, “on newsstands now!”). The January issue showcases the 60th anniversary of the mighty Jaguar E-Type (“Cool Cat, Hot Property”). The articles in- clude a salute to the 420 sa- loon, which shared much of the mechanical layout with the E-Type; an interview with Jag- uar engineer Peter Wilson; a buyer’s guide for the 1968- 1971 Series II 2+2; and a fea- ture on the V12 E-Type and XJ12. February’s T&CC incor- porates a buyer’s guide for the Rover SD1. Continued on pg 4 (Continued on page 4) 1 Up & Coming (Continued from page 1) 28 Mar 21—Boeing Sports Car Club Autocross No. 1, Family Arena, St Charles. Show around 9-9:30, $40 for six runs. For more information or to get on the email list, contact Racer Steve at [email protected]. 28 Mar 21—St Louis Region SCCA Rallycross Event No. 2, 50 Big Bend Rd, Granite City, 7 AM-3 PM. More to follow, keep an eye on https://www.roadracing.stlscca.org/region-calendar/. 4 Apr 21—Horseless Carriage Club of Missouri Annual Forest Park Concours d’Elegance, Easter Sunday at the Muni parking lot. Details/confirmation to follow, monitor http://hccmo.com/easter-concours-delegance-2/. 11 Apr 21—St Louis Region SCCA Autocross #1, Family Arena, St Charles. Event fee $55, plus a $15 weekend mem- bership for non-SCCA members; online pre-registration is $45. For more info, monitor https://solo.stlscca.org/. 17 Apr 21—Jaguar Association of Greater St Louis Judge’s Training Seminar. Hosted by JAGSL Chief Judge Jim Hendrix and Co-Chief Judge John Testrake; you don’t have to be a judge to attend this event, everyone is welcome. Details TBA, monitor www.jagstl.com. 23-25 Apr 21—St Louis Region SCCA Rallycross National Tour & Event No. 3, 50 Big Bend Rd, Granite City. More to follow, keep an eye on https://www.roadracing.stlscca.org/region-calendar/. 24 Apr 21—MG Club of St Louis annual Missouri Endurance Run. Details to follow, monitor www.stlouismgclub.com. 2 May 21—St Louis Region SCCA Autocross #2, Family Arena, St Charles. Event fee $55, plus a $15 weekend member- ship for non-SCCA members; online pre-registration is $45. For more info, monitor https://solo.stlscca.org/. 10 May 21—Fling in the Spring, presented by the MG Club of St Louis. Details to follow, monitor www.stlouismgclub.com. 15 May 21—JAGSL Wine Country Drive, details TBA, monitor www.jagstl.com. 16 May 21—BSCC Autocross No. 2, Family Arena, St Charles. Show around 9-9:30, $40 for six runs. For more information or to get on the email list, contact Racer Steve at [email protected]. 30 May 21—St Louis Region SCCA Rallycross Event No. 4, 50 Big Bend Rd, Granite City, 7 AM-3 PM. More to follow, keep an eye on https://www.roadracing.stlscca.org/region-calendar/. 6 Jun 21—Annual St Louis European Auto Show, more to follow including this year’s location, monitor http:// stleuropeanautoshow.com/. 11-12 Jun—Annual Spirit of St Louis Airshow & STEM Expo, at Spirit of St Louis Airport, Chesterfield. This year’s fea- tured flight demonstration team is the US Navy Blue Angels, additional performers to be announced. Monitor www.spirit- airshow.com for additional details. 13 Jun 21—St Louis Region SCCA Autocross #3, Family Arena, St Charles. Event fee $55, plus a $15 weekend mem- bership for non-SCCA members; online pre-registration is $45. For more info, monitor https://solo.stlscca.org/. 14 Jun 21—Annual MG Club of St Louis Picnic Meeting. Details to follow, monitor www.stlouismgclub.com. 19-20 Jun 21—SCCA Majors Racing, World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison, Illinois. More to follow. 19-27 Jun 21—Hemmings Great Race. This year’s event is coming through our neck of the woods, with a lunch stop in Rol- la and 21 June overnight stop in Cape Girardeau. The participants will start in San Antonio, Texas, on 19 June, do the over- nighter at Cape on the 22nd and wind up in Greenville, South Carolina, on 27 June. Keep an eye on https:// www.greatrace.com/ as the rally develops, and https://www.visitcape.com/great-race/ for planned events in Cape. 26-27 Jun 21—St Louis Region SCCA Autocrosses 4 & 5, plus Midwest Division Solo Series Event, Family Are- na, St Charles. Event fee $55, plus a $15 weekend membership for non-SCCA members; online pre-registration is $45. For more info, monitor https://solo.stlscca.org/. 20 Jun 21—BSCC Autocross No. 3, Family Arena, St Charles. Show around 9-9:30, $40 for six runs. For more information or to get on the email list, contact Racer Steve at [email protected]. 11 Jul 21—St Louis Region SCCA Autocross #6, Family Arena, St Charles. Event fee $55, plus a $15 weekend member- ship for non-SCCA members; online pre-registration is $45. For more info, monitor https://solo.stlscca.org/. 25 Jul 21—BSCC Autocross No. 4, Family Arena, St Charles. Show around 9-9:30, $40 for six runs. For more information or to get on the email list, contact Racer Steve at [email protected]. 6-8 Aug 21—Vintage Racing at World Wide Technologies Raceway/Gateway, Madison, sanctioned by Heartland Vintage Racing (HVR) with the St Louis Region SCCA. There should be a number of local vintage racers competing, family and friends are welcome to come and enjoy a great race weekend. Details to follow info at www.heartlandvintageracing.com/ event-info/. 15 Aug 21—St Louis Region SCCA Autocross #7, Family Arena, St Charles. Event fee $55, plus a $15 weekend mem- bership for non-SCCA members; online pre-registration is $45. For more info, monitor https://solo.stlscca.org/. St Louis Car Shows and Cruises: http://clubs.hemmings.com/lakerscarclub 2 Roadwork: The US Road Racing Championship Back in 1962, the Sports Car Club of America – led by Director John Bishop – decided to initiate a professional racing series.