The Observer`s Stand - The Ohio Valley Region of the SCCA

T h e O h i o V al l e y Re g i on of th e S p o r t s C a r Cl u b of A me r i c a
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T HE O B S E R V E R ’ S S T A ND
VOLUME 56, ISSUE 3
Officers
Historian
Rebecca Fast
2761 Berlin Station Road
Delaware OH 43015-9406
740/369-6255
Becca2HP@aol.com
2010 Contacts
Regional Executive
David Brown
1557 Bean Oller Road
Delaware OH 43015
740/363-4180
SpdMonkey@aol.com
Directors
Phil Alspach
44 Forest Ridge Drive
Columbus OH 43234-1411
614/888-8100
racerphil@hotmail.com
Barry Baker
694 Mount Vernon Avenue
Marion OH 43302-5330
740/387-2675
bdbaker212@aol.com
Andy Bell
301 Holly Grove Road
Lewis Center OH 43035
614/847-9921
bellboyracing@sbcglobal.net
Matt Downing
380 Quail Hollow Court
Pickerington OH 43147
614/834-0305
matt@downingracing.com
Larry Hall
8465 Bridletree Way
Columbus OH 43235-1493
614/846-1228(h)
LarryRHall@hotmail.com
Simi Ritch
1011 Arcadia Blvd
Westerville, Ohio 43082
614/946-1017
Simi.Ritch@gmail.com
Membership Chair
Jeff Knapp
P.O.Box 8715
Newark OH 43085-8715
740/415-8114
ovrmembership@yahoo.com
Region Secretary
Simi Ritch
See listing under Directors
Treasurer
Phil Alspach
See listing under Directors
Assistant Treasurer
Larry Hall
See listing under Directors
Social Chairman
Willy Church
13130 Center Village Rd.
Galena OH 43021-8617
740/965-2090
willycanfixit@aol.com
Communications
Observer’s Stand Editor
Aaron & Simi Ritch
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Community Special
Events Liaison
Frank Vessell
5563 BowFalls Blvd.
Dublin OH 43016
614/529-1302
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Web Master
Contact Observer’s Stand Editor
Autocross/Solo
Chairman
Andy Bell
See listing under Directors
RallyCross Co-Chairs
Tim White
2147 Margo Rd.
Columbus OH 43227
740/361-4427
twhite84@gmail.com
Mike Paktinat
1996 Harwitch Road
Columbus, OH 43221
614-465-6725
junk@paktinat.com
PDX Chairman
Larry Hall
See listing under Directors
Race Specialty Chiefs
Race/Licensing
Competition
Licensing/Novice
Permits/Log Books/GCR
Dave Brown
See listing under RE
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Course
Larry Hall
See listing under Directors
Flagging &
Communications
Ronda Knapp
P.O. Box 392
Newark OH 43058-0392
740/258-8956
roenap@yahoo.com
Grid
Kathy Gall
14591 Mill Hollow lane
Strongsville OH 44130
440/878-8989
rallye@ameritech.net
T HE O B S E R V E R ’ S S T A ND
Don Randles
6161 Kister Rd.
Wooster, OH 44691
330-601-2382
donsanr@sssnet.com
Timing & Scoring
Tony Kasper
803 Joselyn Avenue
Mansfield OH 449904-1664
419/756-7487
t.steemer@prodigy.net
David Killian
12115 Drake Road
North Royalton OH 44133
440/646-4089
Drkillian@ra.rockwell.com
Information
Duane Ward
5885 Linworth Road
Worthington OH 43085-3309
614/436-6087
duane.ward@sbcglobal.net
Pro Race Coordinator
Jude Summers
130 Forest Ridge Place
Columbus OH 43235-4625
614/888-4646
jusummers@columbus.rr.com
Pit/Paddock
Brian Flint
623 Pub Street
Galloway OH 43119-9097
614/783-3988
bflint@knowfearmotorsports.com
National Race Co-Chairs
Jude Summers
See Listing under Pro Race
Registration/Race
Gloria Sheets
457 E. Jeffrey Pl.
Columbus OH 43214
614/735-7561
gloriasheets@yahoo.com
Regional Race Co-Chairs
Phil Alspach
See listing under Directors
Scrutineer/Tech
Barry Baker
See listing under Directors
E S Fire & Safety
Richard Nester
541 E. Paradise St.
Orrville OH 44667-2231
Ran812@aol.com
Sound
Dennis Barschow
6221 Hollyberry Lane
Hamilton, Oh 45011-5196
513-460-7788
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Start
Frank Vessell
See listing under Officers
Matt Downing
See listing under Directors
Larry Hall
See listing under Directors
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T HE O B S E R V E R ’ S S T A ND
VOLUME 56, ISSUE 3
Notes from the Editor—
Simi Ritch
RE-ality Check By Dave Brown
Well another racing season is coming
close to it’s end. People are starting to
think about what they will be doing next
year. Our households new challenge is
to replace the race car we’ve been driving for the past 5 years with a new one.
This has included in the past week putting it back to stock (remember we autox, not road race so this is possible), putting feelers out there for it’s sale and
scouring eBay for the new race car as
well as for a new daily driver since the
old race car served both purposes.
There’s an old saying…Time flies
when you’re having fun. That’s
pretty appropriate for any SCCA
member and you could surmise
that its accurate to substitute
“racing” for “having fun”. Of
course on the other hand if you
don’t happen to be racing the
time drags on and on. For me
this season ha been the latter.
Unfortunately as the season
creeps towards the end it seems
another racing season has passed
without much participation by
me. Oh I got out on the track…
For 5 laps before I broke in a
warm up session at our PDX. But
here is the kicker to that. It’s OK
as the older I get the less I care
about being a driver and the
more I care about working. Its
something that years back I
would have never considered.
Among all this it’s also time to start
thinking about the program for next year
since the Solo Chief position is open. I
am kind of crazy and like to give everything a try at least once… that said, I
have been the OVR Secretary for 4
years now as well as having gotten
through one year of publishing the
magazine (even if I only published 3
issues!). So now I am looking at a new
challenge but in order to do it well I am
giving up the other responsibilities I
have had. The Observers Stand Editorship and Secretary position within
OVR’s officer ranks are both going to be
open for 2011, and I will be taking on
Solo Co Chair with another avid Auto-x’r
Gary Nolan.
Even though the racing season is coming to an end I look forward to participating in the events that commemorate the
end of the season, nominations socializer, elections socializer, and the year
end banquet. All these events are fun
relaxed opportunities to see familiar
faces without worrying about if the car is
ready to run or all the work stations are
covered and any of the other “joys” that
are involved with the chaos of a regular
race weekend.
Hope to see many of you out at these
upcoming events and also look forward
to participating in the club in a different
capacity in 2011.
At this time we have around 600
members of this region and
probably half come out and participate in some way. To those
others please consider coming out
and working an event. The
friends I’ve made in SCCA are
the ones I want to spend time
with even on off weekends. The
race weekends are truly memorable.
As I write this we’ve finished our
Club Racing season and are actively planning next years
events. We were blessed by the
racing Gods this year as our
weather was great and when
there was rain it was brief. Can I
order that again for next year?
The Runoffs® are finished and
lets just say OVR cleaned up. We
had multiple drivers win the Super Sweeps and beyond that we
had multiple drivers win their
races as well. Be sure to come to
the Awards Banquet in January
to see who wins even more hard-
ware. Our Competition Committee is going to have quite the job
sorting all this out.
OVR held it’s second PDX in September and while the numbers
were light the experience of those
attending was great. We will continue next year in hosting these
events as I firmly believe this is
where our future club racers will
come from. In fact I put my
money where my mouth is on
that fact. Tune in next season to
see what I mean.
Throughout the summer there
were ample opportunities to see
each other and one of the best
was the socializer at Huntington
Park for the Clippers game. We
had more than 50 people turn up
and all got to see a great ballgame. Our next socializer is
nominations and be sure to show
up for November’s event as we
elect new officers and board
members as well as a new Regional Executive. Yes for me the
months are winding down and as
those days wind up I’ll be ready
to hand the keys over. While it
has truly been my pleasure to
serve as your Regional Executive
for the past 2 years I am ready to
step of the podium and get a little
recharged. This next 6 months
will be quite taxing as hockey
season has already begun and my
son is playing in the Cleveland
Suburban Hockey League this
season. Unfortunately the time
commitment to go back and forth
several times a week is already
taking its toll. That little thing
called the OVR Fall Sprints was
this weekend and I was at 5 different ice rinks in Columbus and
Cleveland. In some respects its
much like us racers; we go where
the competition is. See you soon.
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Social Update
Don’t forget Elections are coming up! Make sure you
take a minute to review the ballot when it arrives in
the mail and either bring it to Winking Lizard on
11/24/2010 or mail it in on the address on the ballot!
Name
Date
Location
Nominations
10/20/2010 Winking Lizard Crosswoods
Elections
11/24/2010 Winking Lizard Crosswoods
2010 Banquet
1/15/2011 Holiday Inn Columbus Worthington
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Solo Report - By Andy Bell
The 2010 Solo season is fading fast as I write this.
There is only one more points race and a fun run to go
to finish out the season. It also marks the end of my
run as solo chairman as I will be stepping down from
the position at the end of the year. I wish that also
meant that I was slowing down, but with all three boys
in sports, the twins in cub scouts, and increased pressures at work, I don’t feel like I am able to devote the
amount of effort to the program that I have in the past.
It is time to get some new perspective into the solo
chairman position. This does not mean I’m leaving the
club or the solo program. I am still an active member
of the Board of Directors, my intent is to work on the
karts over the winter to get them up to a national competition standard, and we really need to work out the
bugs around our PDX program. I’m also hoping to get
more involved in club racing again whether as a corner
worker, or perhaps as a helping hand for someone’s
crew. For whoever or however we structure the race
chairman position for next year, know that I will be
there to lend a hand.(Just not every race weekend!)
But enough about me, I want to congratulate the folks
who represented OVR out at the solo nationals. By my
count we had about 23 competitors showing OVR as
their home region with many doing very well in their
classes. I also would like to congratulate Mike Feher
for bringing the Governor’s cup back to OVR this year
in a hotly contested event that included just about
every weather element except snow! Now in the past
few years we have had a few HOT Governor’s Cups.
When we found that we could not secure any mid summer two day events at OSU we decided to move the
event back a few weeks to allow our National’s competitors to get home and take part in the event. What we
didn’t count on was a high of 50 degrees and on /off
misting rain almost all day! At least it did start drying
out during the run off portion of the event. Of course on
Monday after the event it was sunny and 65 degrees!!!!
I do want to thank all of the competitors and volunteers
who stayed and worked the run off portion of the event.
I think everyone was chilled to the bone, so we really
appreciate you folks sticking it out to the end. I also
want to thank Aaron and Simi Ritch for picking out the
printed OVR equipment bags we were able to present to
our top run off competitors. They were both original
and useful which is hard to do when picking out
awards.
Finally I want to wrap up by pointing out that our solo
attendance was way down this year. I do not know if
this is because of the venues we run at, the economy,
the schedule (Which seemed like it conflicted with EVERYTHING this year) or people being unhappy with the
program. To me, it reiterates the importance of careful
planning to keep the program in the financial black as
we move forward. Steps we took budgeting at the beginning of the year to reduce costs have helped keep the
program in positive cash flow, but it is very close this
year. At the same time we have new cones and a new
timing system that will grow with us that we squeezed
in and paid for this year. In addition to watching
where and how we spend out entry fees, we have gained
new support from Rhino flooring as a sponsor and continue to have great support from Brian and Neva at
Autobody Specialists as a sponsor. We need to continue
to find new ways to innovate the program to entice new
people to come out to run with us and retain the interest of our long time members. I look forward to the future of the program and will be there to support it any
way I can.
Solo Results can be found on OVR’s website
The Solo program has been fortunate over the past few years that we have been able to get results posted on line on our website quickly after an event!
Results can be found by class, raw times, and pax times: http://www.ovr-scca.org/_autocross/results.asp
There is also a great photo gallery on our webstie: http://gallery.ovr-scca.org/ Please be sure to check it out!!!
Name
Points 6 Reschedule
Date
10-23-2010, Sat
Location
National Trail Raceway
Fun run 2
11-07-2010, Sun
National Trail Raceway
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Solo Governors' Cup - Photos By Bill Rockhold
To the right: OVR’s Solo Chair picking the top 16 for the
run off bracket. Names were drawn at random and then
drivers were paired off for the Cup.
Below picture captures the top 16 drivers.
OVR’s very own
bracketology. The
Governors cup
takes the top 64
drivers of the day
(class winners and
then top pax’rs to
fill the field); all
64 get to run; then
the top 32 advance
until there are 16.
Then the top 16
get randomly selected against
each other in a
single elimination
tournament, until
there is only one
driver standing!
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OVR Governors' Cup Elite Eight
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OVR Governors' Cup Final Four
2010 Winner:
Mike Feher
&
Runner Up:
Fred Robertson
2010 Governors'
Cup Winning
Vehicle:
GP Honda Civic
134 / 34
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The Dave Stewart Memorial Scholarship By Larry Hall
The Dave Stewart memorial Scholarship is for students with a
2.6 GPA and 95% attendance who are registered in a two or four
year technical / vocational institution on an approved apprenticeship program.
For 2010 the scholarship committee decided to award two $500
scholarships.
The recipients are: Amanda Smith of Amherst, Ohio and Danielle
Williams of New Weston, Ohio.
The Essay portion of the winning applicants can be found in the
following pages of the Observers Stand.
Join OVR in congratulating these young ladies and wishing them
well in the future! Thanks goes out to those who served on the
committee in 2010 to help select these ladies.
Contact Holliday Canopies for your Canopy needs!
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Dave Stewart Memorial Scholarship Winner: Amanda Smith
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Dave Stewart Memorial Scholarship Winner: Danielle Williams
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Summer Vacation 2010 By Jim Reardon
This year I went with a DeTomaso car club to the
2010 LeMans Classic. I wanted to be a participant
rather than just a spectator at the race. I decided
to pursue to possibility of being a worker at the
race. I had worked many races in the US and in
my racing travels I had met people from England
and France to work races in the US. I decided to
see if I could work at the LeMans Classic in
France. The local SCCA was very helpful in giving leads as to who to contact. Most of these people said they did not help my cause but they did
by giving me insight into the international racing
process. Jude Summers hooked me up with the
national
SCCA office
in Topeka
where
Deanna
Flanagan
was helpful.
I spoke with
Robin Jones
at ACCUS.
Randy Holton knew
some people
who had
been there
before and
those contacts told me
who to contact in
France. I
found out
that the
Automobile
Club de l'Ouest (ACO) puts on the race. This the
Wikipedia definition:
The Automobile Club de l'Ouest (Automobile Club
of the West - referring to the western region of
France), sometimes abbreviated to ACO, is the
largest automotive group in France. It was
founded in 1906 by car building and racing enthusiasts, and is most famous for being the organising entity behind the annual Le Mans 24 Hours
race. The ACO also lobbies on behalf of French
drivers on such issues as road building and maintenance, the availability of driving schools and
road safety classes, and the incorporation of tech-
nical innovations into new vehicles. It also runs a
roadside assistance service for its members.
The easy part was to fill out an application on the
ACO web site. Several e-mails were sent back
and forth trying to satisfy the ACO requirements. I
sent them copies of my membership and worker
license. I followed up a letter from the SCCA saying that I was a member in good standing. The
ACO was very accommodating as worker registration had already been closed a month. However I
did not get any confirmation, so I thought it was
not going to happen. On July 1 and I left for
France to
join up with
the car club
tour. I sent
ACO an email from
the hotel
asking
about my
worker
status.
They said
that I was
on the
schedule
as a pit
marshal.
That was
good but I
did not find
out until
later that
they mailed
worker information, credentials, parking and admission
passes to my house. I arrived at the track the
Thursday evening July 8. Once at the track I was
looking for a registration desk and I did not see
one. I went to several offices trying to get information, which if I spoke good French would have
been very helpful. However, I think that even a
French speaker who is unfamiliar with racing
would also have a problem. I was on the list so
they were very gratious to give me a do over and
made another credential pack.. The next day I had
to go across the street to the Expo Center, a big
fairground complex, to get my credentials.
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All the pit marshals had to attend a briefing in a
room under the grandstands. The French are very
punctual, everything started and ended on time.
First thing we did was check in, then everybody
shook hands with one another. Then a 25 minute
speech by the chief, Alan Tannier, as to what and
how the various assignments were to be performed. The chief introduced me to the group as
the American who came all that way to work the
race. I stood up and they gave me a warm welcome and some jokes at my expense. I was originally scheduled to work Pit-out. The worker chief
reorganized the schedule to accommodate me
and workers who had cancelled. I was paired with
, Charles Queguiner, an IT professor at University
of Rennes, who spoke pretty good English. We
were assigned to the grid. I was happy with that
because I certainly did not want to be in a situation in the pit lane where safety would be compromised. Everyone worked a total of eight hours and
had two day shifts and one night shift.
After the meeting the Chief took me on the grand
tour of race control and pit/stands control. It was
quite impressive with monitors watching every corner of the track. I was introduced to the race director Daneil Poissenot. People were showing what
their jobs were, what kind of information they were
recording on the computers and so forth. Everyone I came in contact with was very friendly and
accommodating.
Le Mans is a huge facility with two tracks, the permanent Bigatti course which is 4185m 2.51 miles.
The other is a temporary course for the Classic
and 24-hour course, which is 13629m 8.177 miles.
Many large grandstands, suites, long pit and paddock areas. Charles took me on a tour pointing
out safety issues and points of interest. He
showed me the tunnels under the track for workers use, where safety equipment was located etc.
There is an ACO worker café in the grandstands. I
saw many interesting things such as the Porsche,
fitted with a camera to film the Le Mans movie.
The Classic is a historic race and is a huge event
for car enthusiasts, drawing people from all over
Europe. There were 94 car club corrals. The Porsche corral was the biggest and had about 1,000
cars.
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Prior to the 4 pm start of the race, people could
buy laps on the track. There were several time
periods available and a large number of people
took advantage of the opportunity to drive this famous track. I would consider the laps as hot laps
rather than pace laps. I was able to hitch a ride
with Roland Jaeckel in a DeTomaso Longchamps
and on the straights we did a very respectable
200km/120mph and we did 3 laps. His experience
driving the autobahn was evident. It was chaotic
as there were fast cars and slow cars. There did
not seem to be anything to control the pace. Apparently the rule was to drive as fast as you
wanted to, traffic permitting. The drivers had to be
very aware of traffic around them, the course
flagers could only watch as the high speed traffic
jam passed them.
The Le Mans Classic is a historic race with cars
that actually raced in the 24 hr race. It is a 24 hour
race starting 4 pm Saturday to 4 pm Sunday. The
Classic is not an endurance race so the field is set
up for 6 groups based on the years the car raced.
The format was that each of the six groups got
three 90 min sessions which totals 24 hrs. Each
group got two day and one night session. Actual
track sessions are 43 minutes as they did track
maintenance between groups. Grids and the
years of the cars:
Grid 1 1923-1939
Grid 2 1949-1956
Grid 3 1957-1961
Grid 4 1962-1965
Grid 5 1966-1971
Grid 6 1972-1979
What my job on the grid was to record the number
on the drivers wristband and the car, check for
safety items, glove, helmet inspection sticker.
There are strict rules about how long a driver can
race and there has to have more than one driver
during the race. The car then grids based on race
times. This process repeated for each session.
The Classic Race started at 4 pm Saturday with
grid 3. The race order were grids 3,4,5,6,1and 2.
The race ended at 4 pm Sunday with grid 2 on the
track. This race weekend was a great experience.
The next 24hrs du LeMans is June 11-12 2011.
Hummm.
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The September OVR PDX- By Mary Jane Berchak
The Ohio Valley Region’s second PDX was held
Friday September 3 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car
Course. The day started out cool and cloudy
with the threat of rain. Ken Berchak, the Chief
Driving Instructor said before the event that he
hoped it did rain so that the students could gain
some experience in rain driving.
After registration, while the cars were undergoing tech inspection, the instructors met to cover
the schedule and the points that were important
to the operation of the event. The instructors
were drawn from OVR’s group of race licensed
drivers with other regions contributing some officials and instructors. Since SCCA is just beginning to hold PDX events, it has been customary
for regions to pitch in and help each other recruit
instructors. This was followed by a Driver’s
Meeting attended by all of the officials, instructors and students.
Students were assigned into three groups. There
were novices with very little if any track experience, intermediates with some experience and
advanced students with a lot of experience in
PDX type events. Students were paired with instructors before anyone got on track. The first
group to head to the track were the advanced students and the instructors. Advanced students are
not REQUIRED to have an in-car instructor, but
are paired with an instructor in another car so that
the instructor can observe the student.
Meanwhile, the novice students were off to the
classroom to meet with R. B. Wright for lessons
on the meaning of the flags, the descriptions of
the passing and non-passing zones on the track, a
chance to go through the MID-OHIO school
manual (The Mid-Ohio School graciously gave
permission for OVR to copy and use their manual.) Subsequent classroom sessions addressed
student questions, and all the items still remaining in RB’s list of things to be discussed. The
track sessions were 20 minutes at a time. The
classroom sessions varied according to the material to be covered.
The second track session was for the intermediate
students with instructors in-car for at least the first
session. Later in the day, some of the intermediate
students were judged to be competent to go on track
without their instructor. Meanwhile, the novices
were still in the classroom.
The third session saw the novices, each with an instructor in the car get a chance to go on track for
their 20 minutes.
Then all of the students got a break as the Pro F2000
cars had a practice session.
Back to another round of student sessions in the
classroom and on the track before the lunch break.
All during this time, it is getting colder and starting
to sprinkle. The students did get a chance to experience some high performance rain time. As a matter
of fact, the first session after lunch was held in the
pouring rain. We had rooster tails at a PDX.
The afternoon schedule was a repeat of the morning
schedule except that some of the classroom time
was deemed not necessary since everything had
been covered.
By the end of the day, each of the students had experienced 80 minutes of on-track time, a lot of time
in post session discussions, some had classroom
instruction and if their comments are to be believed,
they were tired, excited and glad that they had
come.
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Rally-X Update—By Tim White
Time flies when you're having fun, right? It's now close to the middle of October and the OVR
RallyX season only has two events left on Oct 16th and Oct 30th. Both events will be held in
Lot "F" at National Trail Raceway in Hebron Ohio.
Looking back on the previous two events since the last RallyX update, the August 7th event
was a lot of fun at Paintball Country. WOR put on a great event with a very fun course. As with
most RallyX events this year it was a dust bowl event, but the competitors had a lot of fun and
so did the event organizers.
The big event for OVR was the Sept 25-26th National Challenge. Good turn out and excellent
courses made this a very fun event. We did hit a small bump along the way when the owner of
National Trail Raceway had us move the event across the street due to (once again) dusty conditions. Unfortunately for us the wind happened to be blowing the exact wrong direction and
getting some dust over the trees into the drag strip. Once moved the event continued without a
hitch. Big thanks to all the members who helped put on the event as well as Dan's Deli for helping with the food. RallyX would also like to thank the AutoX group for lending us their timing
system. One big plus in my mind, usually the event runs smooth and then complaints are heard
later on forums or through e-mail. So far I haven't heard a single complaint about how the event
ran or the courses. Here's hoping for another great National Challenge next year!
As mentioned earlier we have two more events coming up. The Oct 16th event will be a regular
event with a challenge event at the end. sigmaTec Automotive has sponsored a challenge for
2wd and 4wd cars as a run off style event for certificates good towards automotive work. After
the regular event all cars wishing to participate will be split into their respective groups and the
track will be altered into a circle. Two cars will be on track, positioned at opposite sides. They
will drive around the track and the first one back to their starting point will win and advance to
the second round. I don't know about you, but I'm really looking forward to competing in a
heads up style event like this.
The final event of the year will be on Oct 30th. This will be the last regular points event of the
season. The two RallyX chairs, myself and Mike Paktinat will be switching places with Mike
being the primary and myself being the secondary. The event will work exactly the same as
usual with the end result being more people that are trained to run the event from start to finish.
After Oct comes the awards ceremony in January and bench racing season through March so
don't miss out on these last two opportunities to get dirty at OVR!
Name
Date
Location
Points Event 8
Saturday, October 31st 2010
National Trail Raceway Lot 'C'
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To the Left:
OVR Rally x’r
Scott Johnson
Photo Taken by
Elliott Sherwood
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Below Center:
OVR Rally’s
co-chair
Mike Paktinat
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OVR Rally-x’r John Voegeli
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Dick Greer, 78, caps racing weekend with near
GT1 win at Grattan Raceway— Steve Kaminski
The Grand Rapids Press Reprint
Dick Greer, 78, caps racing weekend with near GT1 win at Grattan Raceway
The world’s most interesting man in the world really isn’t that guy in those
beer commercials.
He has nothing on Dick Greer, 78, of Columbus, Ohio.
Greer spent Monday morning racing his 1990 Corvette around Grattan
Raceway’s 2-mile road course in the rain, competing against guys almost
a third his age. Greer almost beat them, too. Ryan McManus, 29, of Westfield Center, Ohio, was able to nose out Greer by .067 of a second to win
the 23-lap GT1 race, which was included in this weekend’s Sports Car
Club of America Double National.
Surprisingly, that race wasn’t even the most interesting part of the weekend for Greer, who was still talking about what happened Friday after
Monday’s race. “We bought an Indy Car and drove it around Indianapolis
Motor Speedway on Friday,” Greer said. “It is a 1960 car that was in the
race, a beautiful red. After the Indy Lights were done and before the pit
stop competition, they let us out there.”
This weekend’s two-day show drew more than 130 cars in 12 different
races, and within those races, there were a combined 58 divisions of competition. Weather proved to be a challenge, as heavy rainstorms passed
through the area early Monday morning, soaking the track.
However, the show goes on in the SCCA. Drivers just slapped rain slicks
on their cars and went racing. The rain began to let up just in time for the
first race, which saw McManus’ Ford Mustang nip Greer at the finish.
“Dick had me, “McManus said. “The only place I thought I could get any
kind of run on Dick at all, and it happened three times during the race, was
coming out of the hairpin up onto the front straightaway. The car was handling really well. I didn’t need to use the brakes there.
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“I was able to get a pretty good run up on his. If it was one more lap, he
would have gotten around me again. He gave me room. He could have
wrecked me on the grass. He could have made it a lot more difficult.”
The rain certainly didn’t slow Greer. It actually was a benefit for him.
McManus beat Greer by nearly 27 seconds Saturday in dry conditions.
Greer’s Corvette was previously raced in the SCCA Trans-Am Series by
championship-winning driver Paul Gentilozzi of Lansing.
“I like the rain,” Greer said. “It gives me a little advantage, I guess, because I’m an old man and I have done a lot racing in the rain. It’s like it is
driving on the street. You have to watch what you are doing or you will hydroplane right off the road.”
McManus stuck his head into Greer’s Corvette after both drivers completed tech inspection to congratulate him.
“The strategy was if I could stay with Dick, I knew I was doing pretty good,”
McManus said. “With five to go, my only shot was coming up that hill."
Dick Greer speeds around Grattan Raceway
Article & Photo Reprinted: original link:
http://www.mlive.com/autoracing/index.ssf/2010/05/dick_greer_78_caps_racing_week.html
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OVR Racing at Mid Ohio
Above Picture: Courtesy of Joe Moser Kevin Ruck (2010 National FP Champion)
Below Picture: Courtesy of Mike Berchak OVR Board Member: Matt Downing
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Thanks OVR for another GREAT Race season! As the racing season
comes to an end the board and race committee gets a lot of feedback
from those who have attended our races. As always OVR’s tradition
for great races continues. Many thanks to all the workers and volunteers who help OVR to put on such great events!
Name: Peter Gresock
Message: Just wanted to express how enjoyable this past weekend was at the Fall Sprints that you hosted at
the Mid-Ohio track. The event was run extremely well and I was impressed with how well organized your
event was. I want to also mention that the two gentlemen ( excuse me not remembering their names ) that announced the races were great! Please pass on my congratulations on a job well done. Oh one more thing who
ever was in charge of the weather thank them too. Sincerely, Gresock Racing
Pete Gresock member 233626
Racing is Hard Work. Above: Willy Church & Rusty Bell take a break.
Below: A racer taking a nap on a air mattress during a long race weekend. Pictures courtesy Jude Summers
I attended the recent double regional at MidOhio. I have completed about 60 races over
the years, and also worked as an SOM for
about twelve years-mostly Nationals and Pro
events such as Can-Am and F5000.
From my first contact with Gloria Sheets in
doing a last minute entry, to going through
the sign-in at Registration upon arrival
which was very fast and efficient, I was impressed with how well things were organized. Then as part of my package I received a
sheet clarifying the meaning of certain flags
with emphasis placed on non-contact between cars (which seems to have been forgotten over the years) which I was impressed
with, and then the extremely efficient crew
where, for the first time ever, my safety
equipment including closure of my nomex
collar, helmet strap, and Hans device--even
down to the tightness of my shoulder harness-- was checked by one or two people each
time I came to the false grid. Wow! I am
truly impressed!
The schedule was also adhered to as much
as possible, the Tech people were fast and
efficient, and when I missed the pit entry
after my first practice (not having been there
in many years) there were pit personnel
there to guide me into a U-turn without any
fuss or bother.
From the superb corner workers to everyone
else involved in putting on the event, thank
you very much for a great job.
Jim Cain
D Sports Racing
Detroit Region
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Susan Downs, Donna Tonkin and Nancy Gravin working at Mid Ohio during EMCO
weekend. Photo Courtesy of Jude Summers
OSU Electric Car Shatters Speed Record at 292 mph
—Reprinted from the Columbus Dispatch Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Ohio State University's Buckeye Bullet set a tentative world record for electric vehicles yesterday, registering a 292 mph on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats.
Driver Roger Schroer piloted the craft, which toppled an 11-year-old record. The record still must
be certified.
The student-run team is based at OSU's Center for Automotive Research.
Roger is a member of the OVR!
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Above Picture: Courtesy of Judy Summers Willy Church Race Compound
Below Picture: Courtesy of Judy Summers Mid Ohio Regatta Participant; Not everyday
you see a boat in the paddock at Mid Ohio!!!
OVR Ohio Valley Sprints
Final
Race Results
Ovr Class Car
Pos Pos No
1T
1 56
2T
1 18
3T
2
2
4
2 89
5T
1 00
6T
1
9
7T
1 73
8T
1 49
9T
2 76
10 T
3 33
11 T
3 17
12
4
6
13
5 44
14 T
1 54
15
4 02
16 T
1 39
17
2 91
18 T
2 32
19
6 21
20
3 30
21
2 36
DNF
12
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio
Ohio Valley Region, Sports Car Club of America
October 10th, 2010
Sanction No. 10-RS-1283-S 2.258 mile Pro Course
Group 2 Classes: FS,FA,FC,CFC,FM,ASR,CSR,DSR,S2,FE,FB
Class Driver
City
St Region Make Model
DSR Michael Crowe
Jamestown
KY CFla
Stohr WF-1
FA
Frank Howard
Dayton
OH WOh Swift 016a
DSR Jon Staudacher
Kawkawlin
MI Det
Staudacher S08
FA
Denny Sideri
Uniontown
OH NOhV Griffith Gr06
FB
Nicho Vardis
Sylvan Lake
MI Det
Van Diemen RF09
CFC Gregory Rempel Leamington
ON Det
Reynard SF88
FC
Vaughn Horvath
Leetonia
OH StCt
Van Diemen RF97
FE
Tim Floyd
Southgate
KY Cinc
Van Diemen FSCCA
CFC Steve Myers
Saline
MI Det
Reynard 89SF
DSR Robert Salley
Lexington
KY Ky
Stohr WF-1
CFC Rex Gunning
Wilmington
OH WOh Reynard SF100
CFC Bruce MacDonald Livonia
MI Det
Reynard SF90
CFC David Rock
Washington
MI Det
Reynard 90SF
S2
Glenn Jividen Jr
Lebanon
OH WOh Carbir CS2
DSR Vince Massa
Granville
OH OhV
Staudacher S04
FM
Paul Holeman
Yorktown
IN Indy
Star Mazda
FE
Chris LoCurto
Franklin
TN Tenn Mazda
S2
Greg Crosley
Loveland
OH Cinc
Doran S2000
CFC Steve Demeter
Beavercreek
OH WOh Citation 90SF
S2
David Hale
Wilmington
OH WOh Lola T-598
FC
Doug Brown
Delaware
OH OhV
Van Dieman RF91
DSR Clark Lincoln
Dexter
MI Det
LSR2 DSR
T Trophy
** Better than the Existing Track Record
Group 2
O/A Time of Race: 18 minutes 24.258 seconds
Length of Race: 29.354 Miles
Margin of Victory: 15.04 seconds 95.697 MPH Average Lap Speed
Fastest Race Lap: 01:22.612 by Michael Crowe in car # 56
Member
No. Laps
Time
148470
13 ** 1:22.612
300680
13
1:23.652
332161
13 ** 1:23.534
129704
13
1:26.302
423379
13
1:25.577
385477
13
1:27.267
369985
13
1:27.160
364253
13
1:28.280
71045
13
1:29.143
360835
13
1:29.053
52837
13
1:29.234
226190
12
1:29.753
252196
12
1:31.484
129911
12 ** 1:32.571
237991
12
1:34.457
270934
12
1:31.508
414129
12
1:35.668
354051
12 ** 1:35.441
64289
12
1:34.716
73264
11
1:42.287
107716
11
1:45.527
217270 * 3
1:34.253
* Not Running at the Finish
Chief of Timing & Scoring: Tony Kasper
Time Posted:
12:25 PM
Signed:
CFC Margin of Victory: 27.87 seconds Average race speed: 91.297 MPH
DSR Margin of Victory: 35.59 seconds Average race speed: 95.697 MPH
FA Margin of Victory: 28.56 seconds Average race speed: 94.410 MPH
FB Margin of Victory: 13 LAPS Average race speed: 92.027 MPH
OVR Ohio Valley Sprints
Final
Race Results
Group 3
Ovr Class Car
Pos Pos No
1T
1 63
2T
2 36
3T
3
4
4T
1
2
5T
2 77
6T
3 22
7T
4 14
8
5 16
9T
1 66
10 T
4 38
11 T
1 73
12
6
7
13
7 43
14
5 02
15
8 99
16 T
1 88
17 T
1 26
18
6 76
19
2 33
20 T
2 07
21 T
3 86
22 T
4 05
23 T
1 78
24 T
1 65
25 T
2 41
26
5 11
27
6
9
28
7 31
29
8 23
30
7 48
31 T
1
1
32
3 32
33
2 30
34
8 81
DNF
85
DNF
08
DNS
12
DNS
28
DNS
61
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio
Ohio Valley Region, Sports Car Club of America
October 10th, 2010
Sanction No. 10-RS-1283-S 2.258 mile Pro Course
Group 3 Classes: ITA,IT7,SSB,SSC,T3,GTL,FP,HP,SPU,ITB,ITC,T2
Class Driver
City
St Region Make Model
ITA
Joe Moser
Chicago
IL Det
Honda CRX Si
ITA
Robert Moser
Northville
MI Det
Honda CRX Si
ITA
Greg Vandersluis North Olmsted OH NeOh Honda Civic Si
ITB
Kevin Ruck
Delaware
OH OhV
Honda Civic DX
ITB
Vaughan Scott
Royal Oak
MI Det
Porsche 924
ITB
Dan Hardison
Delaware
OH OhV
Honda Civic DX
ITA
Matt Downing
Pickerington
OH OhV
Honda Civic EX
ITA
Gary Weatherlow Indianapolis
IN Indy
Mazda Miata
GTL Joel Hipp
Norwalk
OH NeOh Austin Mini
ITB
Scott Hileman
New Albany
OH OhV
VW GTI
HP
Barry Wills
Hilliard
OH OhV
VW GTI
ITA
AJ Anselm
South Park
PA StCt
Honda CRX
ITA
Michael Olivier
Chagrin Falls
OH NeOh Honda Civic EX
ITB
Jim Heckman
Columbus
OH OhV
BMW 2002
ITA
Rudy Consolacion Copley
OH NeOh Mazda Miata
SSB Michael Jones
South Bend
IN SBnd Mazda Miata
ITC
Bill Shearer
Euclid
OH NeOh Honda CRX
ITB
Eric Hiltner
Canton
OH OhV
VW Golf GTI
SSB Bob Piekarczyk
Brunswick
OH NeOh Honda Civic Si
ITC
Jim Royal
Warren
OH MahV Renault Encore
ITC
Jim Hardesty
Xenia
OH WOh Honda Civic
ITC
Jason Jacko
Brunswick
OH NeOh VW Jetta
SPU Mark Maehling
Canonsburg
PA StCt
Honda Civic
FP
Bruce Turner
Columbus
OH OhV
Triumph Spitfire
HP
Michael Bennett
Grafton
OH NeOh Austin Sprite
ITC
Carl Holbrook
Warren
OH OhV
Renault Alliance
ITC
Kristian Smith
Brighton
MI Det
VW Beetle
ITC
Jim Royal Sr
Warren
OH MahV Honda CRX
ITC
Ryan Scott
Columbus
OH OhV
Honda CRX
ITB
Duane Ward
Worthington
OH OhV
Volvo 240DL
IT7
Phil Alspach
Columbus
OH OhV
Mazda RX-7 GSL
HP
Stephen Best
Yorktown
IN Indy
MG Midget Mk II
FP
Sue Rupp
Fredericktown OH OhV
Nissan 510
ITB
Ron Krispin
Rochester
MI Det
Ford Mustang
ITA
William Hornack
Westlake
OH NeOh Ford ZX3
ITA
Shawn Hobbs
Vandalia
OH WOh Honda Civic EX
ITA
Roger Schroer
Zanesfield
OH OhV
Mazda Miata
ITA
James Shinn
Scott Depot
WV SWVa Dodge Neon
ITB
William Stevens
Grove City
OH Cinc
Dodge Shelby
Member
No. Laps
274665
13
258566
13
332436
13
273275
13
280052
13 **
382468
13 **
259802_1
13
393418
13
336246_1
13
292257
13
299055
13
302405
13
324980
13
197794
13
259983
13
97467
13 **
214488
13
147169
13
354536
13 **
350085
12
176823
12
348427
12
288214
12
59285
12
80353
12
112572
12
196233
12
417728
12
392853
12
208174
12
209
12
47066
11
84962
11
252245 * 8
67285 * 2
247649 * 1
239634
252005
103106
T Trophy
** Better than the Existing Track Record
* Not Running at the Finish
O/A Time of Race: 22 minutes 33.880 seconds
Chief of Timing & Scoring: Tony Kasper
Length of Race: 29.354 Miles
Time Posted:
1:50 PM
Margin of Victory: 1.044 seconds 78.053 MPH Average Lap Speed
Signed:
Fastest Race Lap: 01:42.231 by Joe Moser in car # 63
FP Margin of Victory: 1 LAPS Average race speed: 70.750 MPH
GTL Margin of Victory: 13 LAPS Average race speed: 74.803 MPH
LAP LEADER(S)
HP Margin of Victory: 1 LAPS Average race speed: 74.646 MPH
# 63 1- 13
IT7 Margin of Victory: 12 LAPS Average race speed: 67.049 MPH
ITA Margin of Victory: 1.044 seconds Average race speed: 78.053 MPH
ITB Margin of Victory: .56 seconds Average race speed: 75.343 MPH
ITC Margin of Victory: 1 LAPS Average race speed: 72.710 MPH
SPU Margin of Victory: 12 LAPS Average race speed: 71.286 MPH
SSB Margin of Victory: 10.46 seconds Average race speed: 72.775 MPH
Time
1:42.231
1:42.502
1:44.673
1:46.321
1:45.715
1:45.961
1:44.300
1:46.495
1:45.310
1:46.092
1:46.046
1:45.923
1:47.311
1:47.837
1:48.258
1:48.330
1:49.609
1:49.276
1:49.081
1:50.703
1:50.608
1:51.217
1:50.394
1:50.306
1:51.070
1:51.584
1:52.808
1:52.626
1:51.982
1:56.425
1:57.198
2:01.300
1:59.571
2:05.252
3:05.605
2:24.889
OVR Ohio Valley Sprints
Final
Race Results
Group 4
Ovr Class
Pos Pos
1T
1
2T
2
3T
3
4T
4
5T
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
10
10
11
11
12 T
1
13 T
2
14 T
3
15 T
4
16
5
17
6
18
12
19
7
20
8
21
9
22
13
DNF
DNF
DNS
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio
Ohio Valley Region, Sports Car Club of America
October 10th, 2010
Sanction No. 10-RS-1283-S 2.258 mile Pro Course
Car
Group 4 Classes: SRF,SM
No Class Driver
City
St Region Make Model
2 SRF David Schacht
Noblesville
IN Indy
Spec Racer Ford
44 SRF Dave Lancaster
Chardon
OH NeOh Spec Racer Ford
25 SRF Ray Dalton
Louisville
KY Ky
Spec Racer Ford
07 SRF Sandy Satullo
Solon
OH NeOh Spec Racer Ford
9 SRF Greg Grucella
Cuyahoga Falls OH MahV Spec Racer Ford
6 SRF Jim Tibor
Cortland
OH MahV Spec Racer Ford
94 SRF Larry Morris
Bellefontaine OH OhV
Spec Racer Ford
56 SRF Hill Clark
Bay Village
OH NeOh Spec Racer Ford
3 SRF Edward Arbitter Jr Troy
MI Det
Spec Racer Ford
80 SRF David Gills
Grove City
PA StCt
Spec Racer Ford
48 SRF Paul Russ
Butler
PA Cinc
Spec Racer Ford
21 SM
John Guthrie
Sunbury
OH OhV
Mazda Miata
60 SM
Rick Deerwester Union
KY Cinc
Mazda Miata
39 SM
Daniel Ruggiero Amelia
OH Cinc
Mazda Miata
17 SM
Brian Murdick
Columbus
OH OhV
Mazda Miata
5 SM
David Scott
Mentor
OH NeOh Mazda Miata
51 SM
Keith Hamilton
Dearborn
MI Det
Mazda Miata
91 SRF Paul Gelpi
Dublin
OH OhV
Spec Racer Ford
73 SM
Dale Oesterle
Columbus
OH OhV
Mazda Miata
34 SM
Scott Whiteman Tiffin
OH Fla
Mazda Miata
10 SM
Jerry Cabe
West Chester OH Cinc
Mazda Miata
47 SRF Randall Dykstra Port Clinton
OH NeOh Spec Racer Ford
87 SRF Adam Winfield
Cincinnati
OH OhV
Spec Racer Ford
85 SRF Dennis DeWitt
Louisville
KY Ky
Spec Racer Ford
23 SM
Carole Shinn
Scott Depot
WV SWVa Mazda Miata
T Trophy
** Better than the Existing Track Record
Member
No. Laps
300649
13
164292
13
388792
13
341974
13
134184
13
267660
13
189534
13
334556
13
278900
13
353950
13
107743
13
338557
13
335663
13
366152
13
292980
13
419203
13
342037
12
324374
12
330048
12
397325
12
335540
12
348787 * 11
417878 * 5
205236 * 2
83590
* Not Running at the Finish
O/A Time of Race: 21 minutes 55.060 seconds
Length of Race: 29.354 Miles
Margin of Victory: .511 seconds 80.357 MPH Average Lap Speed
Fastest Race Lap: 01:40.314 by David Schacht in car # 2
SM Margin of Victory: 1.87 seconds Average race speed: 75.936 MPH
SRF Margin of Victory: .511 seconds Average race speed: 80.357 MPH
LAP LEADER(S)
#2
1- 13
Chief of Timing & Scoring: Tony Kasper
Time Posted:
2:25 PM
Signed:
Time
1:40.314
1:40.430
1:40.539
1:41.501
1:41.259
1:42.065
1:42.319
1:43.699
1:43.843
1:42.758
1:43.759
1:43.929
1:43.856
1:44.152
1:45.233
1:45.628
1:45.312
1:47.934
1:48.587
1:49.256
1:51.004
1:41.374
1:43.689
1:43.415
OVR Ohio Valley Sprints
Final
Race Results
Group 5
Ovr Class
Pos Pos
1T
1
2T
1
3T
1
4T
1
5T
2
6T
1
7T
1
8T
3
9T
1
10 T
2
11 T
1
12 T
1
13 T
2
14 T
2
15
3
16 T
2
17 T
1
18 T
3
19
2
20
3
21 T
1
22 T
3
23
4
24
4
25
4
26
2
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio
Ohio Valley Region, Sports Car Club of America
October 10th, 2010
Sanction No. 10-RS-1283-S 2.258 mile Pro Course
Car
Group 5 Classes: GT1,GT2,GT3,STO,STU,EP,ITR,ITE,ITS,SP,AS,ST,T1
No Class Driver
City
St Region Make Model
97 ITE
Don Walsh Jr
Wixom
MI Weekend Chevy Corvette
68 GT1 Boris Tirpack
Enon
OH WOh
Chevy Corvette
17 EP
Bob Doernberg
Akron
OH NeOh
Caterham 7 America
24 T1
Vern Roberts
Clarkston
MI Det
Chevy Corvette
21 ITE
Aaron Bambach Rochester
MI Det
Ford Cobra Mustang
10 AS
John Labarge
Waterford
MI Det
Pontiac Trans AM
64 T2
Jeff DeGrieck
Rochester
MI Det
Lotus Exige S
33 ITE
Chris Herrick
Massillon
OH NeOh
Chevy Corvette
26 STO Dorothy Johnston Oxford
MI Weekend Chevy Corvette
12 AS
Nathan Sumner
Farmington HillsMI Atl
Chevy Camaro
08 STU Michael Lattanzio Coraopolis
PA StCt
BMW 325i
96 ITS
Keith Wise
Newark
OH OhV
Mazda RX-7
05 ITS
Greg Peluso
Beaver
PA StCt
Mazda RX-7
31 EP
Michael Helm
Union
OH WOh
Toyota MR2
6 AS
John Blanchard
Milford
MI Det
Chevy Camaro
76 STU Mark Connolly
South Park
PA StCt
Mini Cooper S
2 ITR
Rob Verenna
Carnegie
PA StCt
BMW 325i
09 STU Robert Piekarczyk Parma
OH NeOh
Mazda Miata
03 ITR
Bob Roberts
Akron
OH NeOh
Ford Mustang
70 EP
Ken Berchak
Delaware
OH OhV
Mazda RX-7
32 GT3 William Koch
Delaware
OH OhV
Mazda RX-7
28 ITS
Greg Schnell
Painesville
OH NeOh
Nissan 300zx
20 STU Mark Crellin
Springfield
OH OhV
Nissan 200 SE.R
83 ITS
Matthew Carson Wooster
OH MahV
Nissan 240Z
99 ITE
Dennis Kszos
Forestville
NY WNY
Chevy Model
06 GT1 Robert Hoffmann St. Clair Shores MI Det
Olds Cutlass
9 ITS
Mark Keefer
Mars
PA StCt
Mazda RX-7
25 AS
Donald Johnston Oxford
MI Weekend Chevy Camaro
7 ITS
Matt Miller
Canal Fulton
OH MahV
Mazda RX-7
11 AS
Drew Cattell
Alpharetta
GA Det
Pontiac Firebird
Member
No. Laps
Weekend
13
16495
13
329817
13 **
306993
13
282872
13
354833
13
389095
13 **
367284
13
Weekend
13
328627
13
364496 * 12
231960
12
321160
12
385466
12
356916
12
223782
12
286096
12
268801
12
38740
12
19361
12
8994
11
228732
11
250080
11
332326
10
55031_0 * 8
136087 * 7
394085
Weekend
240557
424909
T Trophy
** Better than the Existing Track Record
* Not Running at the Finish
O/A Time of Race: 21 minutes 9.058 second
Chief of Timing & Scoring: Tony Kasper
Length of Race: 29.354 Miles
Time Posted:
3:00 PM
Margin of Victory: 10.65 seconds 83.269 MPH Average Lap Speed
Signed:
Fastest Race Lap: 01:34.255 by Robert Hoffmann in car # 06
AS Margin of Victory: 35.66 seconds Average race speed: 81.086 MPH
EP Margin of Victory: 1 LAPS Average race speed: 82.548 MPH
LAP LEADER(S)
GT1 Margin of Victory: 6 LAPS Average race speed: 82.576 MPH
# 97 1- 3
GT3 Margin of Victory: 11 LAPS Average race speed: 70.157 MPH
# 06 4- 6
ITE Margin of Victory: 16.84 seconds Average race speed: 83.269 MPH
# 97 7- 13
ITR Margin of Victory: 40.35 seconds Average race speed: 76.238 MPH
ITS Margin of Victory: .453 seconds Average race speed: 76.714 MPH
STO Margin of Victory: 13 LAPS Average race speed: 79.193 MPH
STU Margin of Victory: 9.525 seconds Average race speed: 76.924 MPH
T1 Margin of Victory: 13 LAPS Average race speed: 82.321 MPH
T2 Margin of Victory: 13 LAPS Average race speed: 81.008 MPH
Time
1:35.103
1:36.540
1:37.023
1:37.096
1:37.050
1:38.818
1:38.560
1:39.012
1:40.387
1:41.800
1:41.904
1:43.344
1:42.786
1:43.726
1:43.433
1:43.910
1:44.408
1:44.530
1:47.560
1:49.168
1:49.457
1:53.644
1:54.147
1:43.707
1:41.923
01:34.3
OVR Ohio Valley Sprints
Final
Race Results
Group 6
Ovr Class
Pos Pos
1T
1
2T
1
3T
1
4
2
5T
1
6
2
7
2
8T
1
9
2
DNS
DNS
T Trophy
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio
Ohio Valley Region, Sports Car Club of America
October 10th, 2010
Sanction No. 10-RS-1283-S 2.258 mile Pro Course
Car
Group 6 Classes: F5,FV,FST,FF,CFF
No Class Driver
City
St Region Make Model
81 CFF Gregory DiMaggio Fairfax Station VA WDC Van Diemen RF79
4 F5
Thomas Diehm
Clarkston
MI Det
Red Devil PT90/
11 FF
Joe Fisher
Maineville
OH Cinc
Swift DB-1
54 FF
Bob Lutz
Jeannette
PA StCt
Swift DB-1
87 FV
Bryan Gresock
Noblesville
IN Det
Citation
14 FV
Phillip McSherry Kent
OH NeOh Mysterian M2
5 CFF Charles Smith
Indianapolis
IN Indy
Tiga FFA-81
21 FST Randy Shinn
Gibsonburg
OH NeOh Mysterian M-2
35 FST Dave Blevins
Cincinnati
OH Cinc
Caracal MTV III
18 FF
Jim Dietz
Hinckley
OH NeOh Van Diemen RF97
8 FF
Jacob Carpenter Howell
MI Det
Van Diemen RF93
** Better than the Existing Track Record
Member
No. Laps
422724
13
211552
13
223465
13
201838
13
267724
12
331576
12
370062
12
368027
11
312811 * 8
106828
414124
Time
1:33.894
1:34.072
1:35.321
1:36.771
1:42.771
1:42.922
1:42.133
1:54.758
1:44.953
* Not Running at the Finish
O/A Time of Race: 20 minutes 32.406 seconds
Length of Race: 29.354 Miles
Margin of Victory: .386 seconds 85.746 MPH Average Lap Speed
Fastest Race Lap: 1:33.894 by Gregory DiMaggio in car # 81
OVR Ohio Valley Sprints
Final
Race Results
Group 8
Ovr Class
Pos Pos
1
1
2
1
3
1
4
2
5
1
6
2
7
1
8
3
9
1
10
1
11
4
12
2
13
3
14
1
15
2
DNF
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio
Ohio Valley Region, Sports Car Club of America
October 10th, 2010
Sanction No. 10-RS-1283-S 2.258 mile Pro Course
Car
Group 8 Classes: Handicapped Race
No Class Driver
City
St Region Make Model
31 EP
Michael Helm
Union
OH WOh Toyota MR2
28 ITS
Greg Schnell
Painesville
OH NeOh Nissan 300zx
48 ITB
Duane Ward
Worthington
OH OhV
Volvo 240DL
76 ITB
Chuck Ednie
Reynoldsburg
OH OhV
VW Golf GTI
23 ITC
Ryan Scott
Columbus
OH OhV
Honda CRX
26 ITC
Bill Shearer
Euclid
OH NeOh Honda CRX
5 SM
David Scott
Mentor
OH NeOh Mazda Miata
0 ITC
Jim Royal
Warren
OH MahV Renault Encore
94 SRF Larry Morris
Bellefontaine
OH OhV
Spec Racer Ford
33 ITE
Chris Herrick
Massillon
OH NeOh Chevy Corvette
05 ITC
Jason Jacko
Brunswick
OH NeOh VW Jetta
87 SRF Adam Winfield Cincinnati
OH OhV
Spec Racer Ford
07 SRF Sandy Satullo
Solon
OH NeOh Spec Racer Ford
6 AS
John Blanchard Milford
MI Det
Chevy Camaro
2 AS
Nathan Sumner Farmington Hills MI Atl
Chevy Camaro
96 ITS
Keith Wise
Newark
OH OhV
Mazda RX-7
11 AS
Drew Cattell
Alpharetta
GA Det
Pontiac Firebird
73 HP
Barry Wills
Hilliard
OH OhV
VW GTI
27 SM
Scott Rettich
Oxford
OH OhV
Mazda Miata
85 SRF Dennis DeWitt Louisville
KY Ky
Spec Racer Ford
T Trophy
** Better than the Existing Track Record
O/A Time of Race: 20 minutes 3.839 seconds
Length of Race: 24 Miles
Margin of Victory: 30.50 seconds 71.770 MPH Average Lap Speed
Fastest Race Lap: 01:20.107 by Nathan Sumner in car # 2
Member
No. Laps
385466
10
228732
10
208174
10
201414
10
392853
10
214488
10
419203
10
350085
10
189534
10
367284
10
348427
10
417878
10
341974
10
356916
10
328627 * 8
231960 * 4
424909
299055
355725
205236
* Not Running at the Finish
Time
1:43.725
1:52.690
1:56.813
1:48.817
1:52.633
1:49.151
1:46.090
1:50.109
1:43.043
1:37.825
1:50.694
1:43.327
1:41.511
1:43.483
1:20.107
1:43.150
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VOLUME 56, ISSUE 3
OHIO VALLEY REGION SCCA
Board of Directors’ Meeting, June 9, 2010
Hoggy’s, Columbus Ohio
Board Members Present: Dave Brown, Barry Baker, Larry Hall, Phil Alspach, Simi Ritch, Matt Downing, Andy
Bell
Officers Present: Tim White, Jude Summers, Dennis Sirois, Willy Church
Members Present: Mary Jane Berchak, Ken Berchak, Tim Gordon, Jerry Stewart, Ashley White, Gloria Sheets,
RB Wright, Tim Gordon, Steven Wise
Call to Order: 7:30 p.m.
Minutes: Minor corrections to the May minutes were recorded.
Motion to approve minutes
Motion Approved
Baker /Alspach
Old Business:
Motion for the 2011 Roster, form a committee to review before it gets mailed out to everyone.
Motion to approve minutes
Alspach / Bell
Motion Approved
It is up to OVR members to keep information current with Nationals; a reminder will also go in the OS.
News Updates
At Grattan 140 cars participated in the race; weather caused some issues.
Officer Reports:
Pro Race
No Update; Job descriptions will be done for Mid Ohio by Jude & Larry.
National Race:
196 cars participated. Mid Ohio did a lot of work to fix up the facility and Matt, Larry did a great job of helping
get everything set up. Registration was smooth. The flags that winners got were also very appreciated and well
received. We should plan to do the checkered flags laps in our future races. The region may look into the I-card
system; Matt will look into this further.
Pro Race:
The worker List was sent to Mid Ohio.
Regional Race:
Schedule changes have been made and sups submitted. Sanctions have been submitted
PDX
Detroit’s PDX has been postponed. At a regional level they are trying to standardize on Sups for all PDX’s with
the division. Larry is working on this and will get them ready to submit. The Cincy region is looking for instructors for the Cincy PDX.
Observers Stand
The next issue’s deadline has been extended to June 16th.
Rally-X
The 3rd Points event was held with WOR; 24 people participated. Bad weather held off until after the event. The
event went smoothly. Next event is August 7th with WOR.
Solo
The season is in full swing; have had 3 events since the last event. Attendance is low this year compared to last
years average attendance. Rotating chief plan is working. Moby had some additional body work done on Moby
and it was repainted thanks to Auto Body specialists over the weekend.
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Drivers school had a few issues; timing equipment was not in Moby, there was also an issue with the lot at OSU that
evening; there was a concert at OSU and Andy had been emailed the previous day at work but he didn’t see it because it was sent to his work email so he didn’t see it at the right time. Andy has asked that they notify him on his
cell in the future.
The new membership module has been purchased; AJ Meade’s father has offered to sponsor the clubs purchase of
barcode reader and printer. Andy is working with him to provide him details.
Noise measurements – we have been taking noise measurements at our events. The spreadsheet is available at request to members. The solo sound meter has been calibrated using our club racing meter and is fairly accurate.
We have turned some people away due to being too loud.
Special Events
The Grand Am Drivers visit to the hospital is scheduled. Appx 500-700 worth of toys have been gathered for this
event.
Competition - No Update
Treasurers Report
Report for April was reviewed with the board.
Motion to Approve
Abstain: Phil Alspach
Motion Carried
Baker / Downing
Budget submitted for the Autumn Fall Classic
Motion to Approve
Motion Carried
Baker / Alspach
Membership - No Update
Social
July 27th Clippers game: Willy will be figuring out details to publicize the event.
Historian - No Update
New Business
Where The Tire Meets The Road fundraising options Mary Jane brought up that she is going create some pillows or a
quilt to auction /raffle off at the end of the year banquet this year.
Motion to adjourn
Motion carried, meeting adjourned 9 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by Simi Ritch, 2010 Region Secretary
Baker / Downing
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VOLUME 56, ISSUE 3
OHIO VALLEY REGION SCCA
Board of Directors’ Meeting, July 14, 2010
Hoggy’s, Columbus Ohio
Board Members Present: Dave Brown, Barry Baker, Larry Hall, Phil Alspach, Simi Ritch, Andy Bell
Officers Present: Jude Summers, Dennis Sirois, Tim White
Members Present: Mary Jane Berchak, Ken Berchak, Mike Berchak, Tim Gordon, Gloria Sheets, Ashley
White, Zsolt Dvornik
Call to Order: 7:29 p.m.
Minutes: Minor corrections to the June minutes were recorded.
Motion to approve minutes
Motion Approved
Baker /Alspach
Old Business:
N/A
News Updates:
John Metzger passed away in a racing accident at Nelson Ledges on July 5. He has been a long time SCCA
member and very active with various region clubs.
Officer Reports:
Pro Race
Pro Contract has an addition this year which was worker lunches; Larry & Jude and other various members
had to go and get the meals and disperse them to all the workers. For PRO weekends we are allowed a max
of 80 people total; Mid Ohio will provide lunches for 44 people. There has been some discrepancy who is
able to get a lunch vs. who can’t. At the Vintage race we had to buy lunches to cover the gap between
lunches.
Motion to approve purchasing lunches for all workers during ALMS weekend from OVR to cover the gap
between what is covered via the contract vs. the workers we have. This could be up to appx 800 dollars (80
lunches at up to 10 dollars per lunch).
Motion to Approve
Summers /Hall
Motion Carried
ALMS weekend Jim Antle has left his position at Mid Ohio; this will result in a learning curve during the
Indy/ALMS weekend. Jude will be working to get the worker list finalized.
Regional Race:
Registration for the September race is officially open online.
Phil will review ensuring trophies etc are ordered in preparation for the race.
PDX
Dan Coconaur will be the chief steward and will be training Jerry Cabe (who will be our safety steward).
Jerry will be training another safety steward during the event as well.
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Sound Meter
The Cincinnati Region would like to use OVR's sound equipment for the 2010 edition of the
I.T.SPEC*tacular July 31st-Aug 1st. The board has approved the regions use this time. Dave Brown will
touch base with Todd Cholmondeley.
Observers Stand
September will be the next issue.
Advertisers will need to be followed up with to see if they would like to continue advertising.
Rally-X
The next OVR event is September. Preparation is in progress for the National Event: Tim will work with
Dan’s Deli for lunch. Registration will open in the next few weeks.
Solo
Rhino Ultimate Flooring has become a sponsor: he has provided the Solo Program with $500 to buy the
items we need (bar code scanner and module).
Another helmet donation was received from the Berchaks.
Street Survival had 8 students participate at OSU. Many thanks to the volunteers who participated to make
the event possible. There was a glitch with the airbags which didn’t allow them to deploy but students got a
significant amount of seat time and overall the event was a success.
There have been two points event since last board meeting. This weekend was supposed to be Governor’s
Cup; it has been postponed until later in the season.
Andy is looking into the potential of a new site that he has been working on for quite some time. He is hopeful to have some news soon.
Jenny Smith has been working through the cumulative points issues.
Phil brought up the sound issues with Auto-x monitoring sound this year. People have been turned away
from running due to being over sound. Some competitors have adjusted their vehicles to meet sound requirements and thus are allowed to continue to run. Solo committee has talked to several competitors this year due
to sound issues.
The NHRA Unleashed event will not be continuing with the auto-x portion of the event.
Special Events
The Grand Am Drivers hospital visit went well, as the response from the hospital shows. Frank has received
requests from Dempsey Racing to participate next year's visit. Joey Hand also wants to participate. Michael
Shank Racing wants to be involved, and might look at offering a shop tour for kids. So next year's visit is
already shaping up.
Frank will work on planning a visit for the fall, depending on my schedule and where I may be working.
Competition
Per Dave the QUAD at Beaver Run in September has been cancelled.
Treasurers Report
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Report for June was reviewed with the board.
Motion to Approve
VOLUME 56, ISSUE 3
Ritch / Bell
Abstain: Phil Alspach
Motion Carried
There was some fraudulent activity with the OVR credit card (a computer was bought). The fraud department
has taken care of the issue in this instance.
Scholarship check were written (2 five-hundred dollar checks) for our winners.
Membership 726 members based on latest report.
Social
Report per Willy: a deposit of $500 will be sent to Columbus Motor Speedway for the bus event: Kevin Ruck
volunteered to drive the bus.
For the July 27th Clippers game: He has 3 paid entries; he will handle the ticket sales at the gate.
Historian - No Update
Website
Professional Photographers who have taken pictures at our events. Should we include their links/business cards
to our website. We can include them via the photo gallery.
Suggestion for the website on the front page (across the top) Charity Service/Community Service and a section
for the PDX. Zsolt will do this.
Dave Stewart Foundation:
Sold five books and one cd at two events. Mary Jane put up a donation jug which got $23 dollars. The quilt is
getting close to completion 3 People have bought 3 sets of tickets for $10. Ken will print some more covers.
New Business: N/A
Motion to adjourn
Motion carried, meeting adjourned 9 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by Simi Ritch, 2010 Region Secretary
Baker / Ritch
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VOLUME 56, ISSUE 3
OHIO VALLEY REGION SCCA
Board of Directors’ Meeting, August 11, 2010
Hoggy’s, Columbus Ohio
Board Members Present: Dave Brown, Barry Baker, Larry Hall, Phil Alspach, Simi Ritch, Andy Bell,
Matt Downing
Officers Present: Jude Summers, Dennis Sirois, Tim White
Members Present: Ken Berchak, Tim Gordon, Gloria Sheets, Ashley White, Bob Smith, Kevin Ruck, Ashley White
Call to Order: 7:30 p.m.
Minutes: Minor corrections to the July minutes were recorded.
Motion to approve minutes
Motion Approved
Baker /Alspach
Old Business: N/A
News Updates:
There is a Great Lakes board teleconference meeting next week; there has been poor attendance at the past
few meetings due to scheduling conflicts. Dave will attend.
Officer Reports:
Pro Race: Thanks go to all the workers who helped with the ALMS / INDY car weekend at Mid Ohio. Registration ran very smoothly for everyone.
Regional Race: The September race currently has 38 entries. Everything is ordered except for the food.
October sanctions are complete; the track rental and insurance are pending being paid but Phil will take care
of this.
The race chiefs met for planning for the 2011 season; OVR recommends a double national (date issues need
to addressed); OVR has requested 3 different dates for 2011 along with our September and October dates.
Motion to approve request for a double national in 2011 hosted by OVR at Mid Ohio.
Summers / Bell
Motion Carried
PDX - Registration will be opened tomorrow; the delay in the registration opening was because of our sups
being revised. It has taken longer then expected to get the sups revised.
Instructors are being lined up; but they can’t register formally until registration opens.
Schedule is TBD; we will not be sharing the track with the Mid Ohio School this year. The plan is to have
80 minutes on track time per car. The group down is also pending. The concession stand will be open. We
will also plan to keep same day registration open.
Observers Stand - Dave Brown has an article written about Dick Greer. Next article will cover: rally national event, solo nationals, national runoff, OVR regional event and PDX.
Rally-X - The co-events with WOR and OVR are going well. There may be another one in the works for October. Dan’s Deli will be attending the September event at National Trail. The rest of the planning for the
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September event is in the works.
Special Events - No Update
Competition - No Update
Solo
Andy attended the Night of Thunder event at National Trail; Solo & OVR information was passed out as
promotional material. There were two events this past weekend; locally an OVR event was run (there were
some minor timing issues but they were resolved for a successful event). Andy also served as the cart steward at the Great Lakes Divisional in Peru. Locally car counts are down.
Treasurers Report
Report for July was reviewed with the board.
Motion to Approve
Abstain: Phil Alspach
Motion Carried
Bell / Baker
Membership - No Update
Social – The bus is ready and starting on the front row at the Columbus Motor Speedway socializer. Tickets
for the event will be sold at the OVR RV (Ruck RV with OVR banner). The tickets are being sold for
$10.00; we will be provided with 100 tickets.
OVR will have an ad in the program; we have still not paid for this ad.
Motion to approve $150 to be paid to Columbus Motor Speedway for the OVR ad in the program.
Ritch / Downing
Historian - No Update
Website – No Update
Dave Stewart Foundation – No Update
New Business - N/A
Motion to adjourn
Motion carried, meeting adjourned 8:41 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by Simi Ritch, 2010 Region Secretary
Ritch / Downing
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VOLUME 56, ISSUE 3
OHIO VALLEY REGION SCCA
Board of Directors’ Meeting, September 8, 2010
Hoggy’s, Columbus Ohio
Board Members Present: Dave Brown, Barry Baker, Larry Hall, Simi Ritch, Andy Bell, Matt Downing
Officers Present: Jude Summers, Dennis Sirois,
Members Present: Ken Berchak, Tim Gordon, Gloria Sheets
Call to Order: 7:29 p.m.
Minutes: Minor corrections to the August minutes were recorded.
Motion to approve minutes
Motion Approved
Hall/Alspach
Old Business: N/A
News Updates: N/A
Officer Reports:
Social: Willy will be notified that we will go back to Winking Lizard at Bethel. Starting October board
meetings will move back to Winking Lizard through 2011.
Solo: Nationals are in progress; approximately 20 OVR members have gone to Lincoln to participate.
Pro Race: No report.
National Race: No report.
Regional Race:
Scheduling conversations have started with Mid Ohio for the 2011 season; nothing substantial to share as of
yet.
Larry reported 147 cars on Saturday, 131 cars on Sunday. There was a significant amount of car attrition.
There were some issues around parking in the paddock where some rented garages were blocked off. We
may want to look into having an assigned Paddock Marshall.
Phil will issue final financial statement from the weekend after he returns from Solo Nationals.
PDX:
Participation: 23 Students, 18 Instructors, 12 Volunteer workers
Lessons learned have been documented; evaluations were very positive. We will still plan to continue doing
the PDX next year hosted by the region. The region also has identified a need to do a better of advertising
and marketing the event in the future.
Observers Stand:
September 30th is the due date for entries in next issue. It will be published in October.
Rally-X: Registration for the next event is open. Tim White was not present for the meeting.
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Solo: Event last weekend: Stanberry cup; 260 dollars were raised in baked goods and fun runs. 85 cars participated. New equipment has been purchased (bar code scanner) will try to use it at the next event. Many
participants are taking part in Nationals this week. The next event is Governors’ Cup at OSU.
Special Events: No New Update.
Competition: One new guy contacted Dave and signed up through Nationals and has raced. 4 log books for
the weekend.
Treasurers Report: Phil will send out a report when he returns from Nationals.
Membership: No new update.
Social: No Socializer in September. The October election socializer will be at Winking Lizard at Cross
Roads.
Historian: Rebecca has provided a list to Larry Hall of missing OS’s; it will be published in the next issue to
see if the missing ones can be recouped.
Website: No new update.
Dave Stewart Foundation: Between Pro Race and this past weekend 8 books were sold. 8 sets of tickets for
the quilt were also sold. Appx $250.00 dollars were collected.
New Business:
Roundtable: is October 30th in Detroit. Email Dave if you would like to attend. Currently expected: Dave
Brown, Jude Summers, Larry Hall, Tim Gordon, Phil Alspach, and Doug Ruth.
Those who are interested in running for the board the RE position is open as well as 2 board member positions that are up for renewal (Alspach and Baker)
Motion to adjourn
Motion carried, meeting adjourned 8:42 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by Simi Ritch, 2010 Region Secretary
Baker / Downing
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Name: Dave Jones
Email: davjoyj@aol.com
Member Number: 102116
WANTED: Would like to find the following patches Road Atlanta (old style), Nelson Ledges, Camel GT, CanAm. TransAM (old style), Summit Point, Lumbermans
500. Will reasonably purchase/ have numerous pins,
patches for possible swap. Dave Jones 614-854-9351,
davjoyj@aol.com
Name: Ronald Zimmermann
Email:
RONALD_ZIMMERMANN2000@YAHOO.COM Member Number: 377929
2005 SUBARU IMPREZA 2.5RS. 85K MILES GREAT
SHAPE AUTOX PREPPED. 3 SETS TIRES AND
WHEELS. PREPARED TO STX. TOO MANY MODS
TO LIST. COMPETITIVE WITH GOOD DRIVER.
CHANGING CLASSES NEXT YEAR! MANY ORIGINAL PARTS STILL AVAILABLE. BIG DROP IN
PRICE! $6500 OBO. 614-578-8636 ALSO SEE FORUM
Name: Ray Morrow
Email: rmorrow944@gmail.com
Member Number: 297085
FOR SALE 4 KUMHO ECXTA V710 RACE TIRES ON
FUCHS LIGHTWEIGHT WHEELS. 205/50 R15 . EXCELLENT CONDITION, USED FOR 1 PARTIAL SEASON OF AUTOCROSS. FITS PORSCHE 944, 968,
SOME 911. CALL RAY @ 614-306-1975
Name: Phil Alspach
Email: racerphil@hotmail.com
Call RacerPhil 614-888-8100
FOR SALE: Racequip driver suit, used, 3-2A.5 triple
layer, size XL - $25
FOR SALE: VW Rabbit, early style radiator, new, in box $50.
FOR SALE: Used street tires - $2.00 ea. - Free with
mount and balance, many sizes.
FOR SALE: Falken Azenis RT-615 for Honda S-2000,
great condition. $20/set.
Name: J. Spinks
Email: jspinks@motorganic.com
Member Number: 348003
Asking $11,750/OBO for my clean, one-owner 2005
Subaru Impreza WRX. Car has 85,400 mostly highway
miles (commute between Newark and Columbus for 4
years). Black with black leather, tinted windows, 5speed short throw from factory with Momo shift knob
and steering wheel, brand new Goodyear Eagle GTs
on all four corners (less than 500 miles), 6 disc in-dash
cd changer and boost gauge. Adult owned, stock, no
mods or tuning. This is a great, dependable car. The
only reason we're selling is that we don't have room
since we moved.
Call 614.579.5218 for details or shoot me an email.
Name: Denny Sideri
Email: dsideri@liandacorp.com
Member Number: N.A. 129704
For Sale New HOOSIERS GT5 9.5 X 20 X 13 R55
$150.00 plus shipping Denny 330-352-5475
Name: Ray Morrow
Email: rmorow944@gmail.com
Member Number: 297085
For Sale: 1988 Porsche 944 NA 88894 mi. $8500 Worthington This well- maintained car has been my daily
driver for ten years and it still puts a smile on my face
every time I climb into it. Five-speed with short shift
kit, stainless steel brake lines, 2 sets of wheels and
tires - (17" 996 cup wheels w/ Sumitomo HTRZ tires,
15" phone dial wheels w/ new Bridgestone Potenza Grid
all-season tires,) drilled rotors, power windows, seats,
and mirrors, rear wiper and defroster. Weltmeister
throttle cam, K&N air filter. Blaupunkt LA radio/CD
with power amp and rear box speakers, bra, and car
cover. Belts replaced at 48144 mi, last adjusted and
checked OK at 85273 mi. All work for the last ten years
done by Acceleration Import Car Specialists. No trades.
Call Ray @ 614-306-1975
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