Loud Pedal - Oregon Region SCCA

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Loud Pedal
Champ Car Preview
Rose Cup Preview
June 2007
The Official Magazine of Oregon Region SCCA
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CONTENTS
Columns
Features
Editor’s Desk
Page
4
Membership Application
Page
7
Contact Information
Page
5
Champ Car Preview
Page
10
From the R.E.
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6
Rose Cup Preview
Page
16
Duck Stops Here
Page
20
Oregon Trail Rally
Page
22
Road Race Directions
Page
21
Frankie Muniz Goes Racing
Page
25
Rallying with Chris & Kristen Page
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Classified Ads
Page
28
Director Duck
Page
26
Board Minutes
Page
30
Solo II Report
Page
29
On the cover: Pro Drive’s Todd Harris gets ready in the Fluge Global Adventure GT1 Corvette. Photo by Randy
Unsbee. Contents Page Photo: Champ Car’s Sebastien Bourdais celebrates in Victory Lane. Champ Car photo.
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Loud Pedal
The Membership Magazine of Oregon
Region
Sports Car Club of America
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Editor’s Desk
Randy Unsbee, ABC
Email: info@sponsorpr.com
You Can Do It!
There aren’t many big time sports events where you can sit on the bench
next to the athletes, warm up in the bull pen, or even be one of the officials. In fact, most of the time when you attend a major sporting event
they almost act like they don’t want you there, tell you where to walk,
where to sit and when to leave.
In the Sports Car Club of America, we do things a little bit different.
Not only do we want you to be part of the action, you are the action.
Come to the paddock area and visit the race teams, ogle the cars, talk to
the drivers. Sign up to be a corner worker and get out there right to the
edge of the track. Be part of the technical crew and inspect the cars before each event, or help line cars up before the races. In fact, why not be
a driver? You can compete in road racing events, drive in a road rally,
challenge yourself and your car against the clock in a Solo event, or go
off road with RallyCross.
We don’t want you sitting on the side lines, we want you to be part of
the action. So, why not take a moment and drop by our SCCA trailer/
tent in the paddock area and find out more about membership in the
most exciting club you’ll find, anywhere? Or, fill out the membership
application on page 7 and mail it in. Not only will you have a great
time, you’ll make some lifelong friends. You can do it! See you at pregrid!
Oregon Region SCCA People You May Want to Call
2006 Board of Directors
Regional Executive
Asst. R. E.
Past R. E.
Road Racing Director
Solo II Director
Director at Large 1
Director at Large 2, PR Committee
Dan Halloran dan.halloran@yahoo.com
Dan Mullin
541-683-1091
Win Casey
503-297-4049
Todd Butler
503-712-6063
Andy Howe solo.howe@comcast.net
Judy Elliott-Cox
503-467-8999
Nick Fluge
nfluge@comcast.net
Region Officials
Loud Pedal Editor
Membership/Merchandise
Region Office Admin
Secretary to BOD
Treasurer
Publicity/Marketing
Randy Unsbee
info@sponsorpr.com
Karen McCoy
503-224-9469
Karen McCoy
503-224-9469
Mary Thompson
503-645-3844
Paul Eklund
pauleklund@aol.com
Randy Unsbee
info@sponsorpr.com
Rally Officials
RoadRally Manager
RallyCross Manager
Kevin Poirier
April Smith
503-556-0908
asrmotorsports
@yahoo.com
Road Racing Officials
Road Racing Director
Todd Butler
w503-712-6063
h503-662-4599
360-885-7883
971-207-5147
503-816-0855
Race Ops Manager
Bud Mansur
Race Ops Manager
Bob Smethers
Regl Points Keeper*
Kari L. Macfarlane
First Gear
TBD
Vintage Racing Chair
Dan Mullin
541-683-1091
Vintage Points*
Dave Franks
503-968-8134
*Please contact Dave Franks for Vintage Series Points.
Contact Kari Macfarlane for all other Oregon Region points matters.
Road Racing Chiefs
Course Marshal
Emergency
Flagging & Comm
Medical
Pace Car
Paddock/HotPits
Pre-Grid
Radio Tech
Registration (pre-race)
Registration (at track)
Sound Judge
Starter
Tech Inspection
Timing and Scoring
Driver Services/Trophies
Hugh Figuero, Doug James
Ben Hockman
503-645-4755
Ken Killam
503-970-5644
Mark Anderson
503-646-5144
Russell Nyberg
503-309-4220
Del Bockman
503-515-5977
Julie Winslow
360-513-6728
Ric Farrar
503-245-2506
Karen McCoy
503-224-9469
Win Casey
503-297-4049
Neil Swanson
503-585-9650
Tim Stanley
503-693-8139
Michael Tobin
Gary Harkins
Jerry Kelso
503-682-2410
Kurt Weimer
360-573-5307
Kari L. Macfarlane
503-816-0855
Stewards
Gary Meeker -- NorPac Executive Steward
Don Smethers -- OR Deputy Executive Steward
Pat Derouin -- Spec Miata CS
Scott Kovalic -- NorPac RallyCross Steward
Howard Allen
Steve Archer
John Bachofner
William Bachofner
Todd Butler
Winston Casey
Kris Ebelmesser
Sam Egli
Gail Fetterman
Dave Franks
Spencer Gorham
Don Holland - Safety Steward
Robert Mead
Stephen C. Middendorff
Dan Mullin
Jeff Niess
Alan Robinson
Mark Schue
Lewis Scott
Dave Shively
Gary Van Horn
Skip Yocom
gmeeker@earthlink.net
503-656-2237
justsell5@comcast.net
dkov@pacifier.com
howduck@qwest.net
mikah@comcast.net
johnsb321@msn.com
wgbach@comcast.net
todd.sherry@verizon.net
msiltd@integraonline.com
krisebel@msn.com
503-246-7811
gailfetterman@comcast.net
franks97@verison.net
sgorstew@aol.com
DHoll45497@aol.com
unclebob@oregonfast.net
smidden@qwest.net
danm356@yahoo.com
niess@comcast.net
robinsah@engr.orst.edu
mark@schueracing.com
503-646-3840
mos33c20@centurytel.net
gvanhorn@navicom.com
rampant53@gmail.com
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Portland, OR 97239
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Region.
• 80% of SCCA members own their own home or condo.
• 50% own three or more vehicles (4.6 average).
• Over 60% of SCCA members hold professional and/or
managerial occupations.
• 65% hold college degrees.
• 89% have annual household incomes over $50,000,
Median HH income is $98,500, Average HH income is
$105,800.
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From the R.E.
Dan Halloran, Regional Executive
Email: dan.halloran@yahoo.com
Participation isn’t Only a Dream
When I started racing several years ago
I was fulfilling a lifelong fantasy. Like
most of you, I had dreamed for a long time
of getting involved in racing and being
around exotic cars. I attended the several
SCCA races, followed many types of racing on TV, occasionally traveled to an F1
or Indy car race, and of course was a regular at Portland’s own Champ Car event.
It was fun but it was all vicarious. Strolling
through the pits at an event, whether a local
club race or a big time Champ Car event,
participating seemed out of the question.
The cars were exotic and of course expensive. The trailers and teams were large.
Who knew how deep one’s pockets had
to be to compete. But I never asked and
just assumed it was out of reach. Also, no
one asked me if I had any questions or if I
would like to talk about the cars and what
it took to participate.
So for years I only dreamed of participating not believing it would ever happen.
One evening I was playing tennis with
Gary Manchester and we got into a discus-
sion of racing. Over time he invited me
out, let me sit in his car, talked about what
it would take to participate and of course I
was hooked. I had found a friend who explained what our sport was all about. Suddenly what seemed only a fantasy became
a reality.
racers arrive but behind the scenes we have
registration, corner workers, e crew, timing and scoring, pit and paddock, and the
stewards. In Club Racing it takes about
80 people to put on an event and they are
all volunteers. SOLO and Rally get their
participants to do double duty but they still
need volunteers.
After participating for several years I discovered that there are lots of people in our
club who are participating in ways that allow them to get up close and personal with
a sport they love. People don’t have to just
watch they can be the show and take an active role.
As a club we need to insure that we are
actively recruiting new members and welcoming them to our events. Each one of us
should make a point of bringing one new
person each season to an event. There
are lots of ways for people to participate.
If you have any questions ask one of the
The real secret, that Gary didn’t explain, members of the BOD and we would be
was that I would make lots of new friends. pleased to find an appropriate way for
More important was the discovery that someone to participate.
those friendships and the camaraderie was
an important aspect of my joy in partici- During the Rose Cup and Champ Car
pating. It was a great discovery that I try weekends we will have lots of new people
to share with everyone with whom I talk with dreams and fantasies of participating.
about the sport. It isn’t just the racing but When you see someone stop and look at
the friendships that make out club special. your car ask if they have any questions or
would like to get closer to the car. Show
Our sport, whether its club racing, SOLO, people that this is a place to have fun. Anor Rally, needs volunteers. Of course the swer their questions and engage them in
a conversation. There are brochures available at registration that talk about how
people can get involved. Grab a couple to
have on hand and make a point of handing
a few out.
We all know what a great sport we have
and how wonderful the people we play
with are. Lets make that opportunity available to lots of new friends.
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Saturday, September 15, the City of Fairview is holding its annual Chili on the
Green and Afterburner Classic Car CruiseIn. They have also asked is there are any
SCCA members who would like to display
their race cars at the event. If you are interested please contact Larry Cooper at 503674-6256 or chilionthegreen@ci.fairview.
or.us. Further information is available at
www.ci.fiarview.or.us. The sponsors are
long time SCCA members and there is a rumor that volunteers will get a shot at some
wonderful chili.
Membership Application
Dear Prospective SCCA Member:
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Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland
Presented by Joe’s Sports and Outdoor
The largest auto racing event in the Pacific
Northwest since 1984
returns for the 24th
year at Portland International Raceway.
On-track competition
will be intense, featuring the 200 mph
turbocharged
openwheel machines of the
Champ Car World Series, along with the Atlantic Championship
race, Star Mazda and
Mazda MX-5 races.
“We are excited to be
part of the Champ Car
Grand Prix of Portland”, says Jim Jordan, Alternative Marketing Manager for
Mazda North American Operations. “This
wonderful race and its
twenty-four year history have long been
considered the Gem
of Great Northwest
sporting events.”
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#1 Sebastien Bourdais - LeMans, France
• 2004, 2005 and 2006 Champ Car World Series Champion
• 2007: 13th at Las Vegas, 1st at Long Beach and Houston, 1st in points
• Nine Consecutive Top-Five Finishes in 2005
• First Champ Car Driver in Eight Years To Win IROC Race
• Won Poles For First Two Races Of Champ Car Career
• Won FIA International F3000 Championship in 2002
#5 Will Power - Toowooba, Queensland, Australia
• 2007: First Champ Car victory at Las Vegas, finished 3rd at Long Beach and 11th in
Houston, 2nd in points
• Top-10 finish in just his second Champ Car start, 2005
• Two victories in World Series Powered by Renault Championship, 2005
• 2003 Formula Holden Champion
• Second in 2001 Formula Ford National Championship
#14 Robert Doornbos - Rotterdam, Holland
• Third in 2007 Champ Car standings with a 2nd, 13th and 3rd in three races
• 2006: Official Red Bull Formula 1 Team test/reserve driver
• 2005: Official Minardi Formula 1 Team test/reserve driver
• 2004: Official Jordan Formula 1 Team test/reserve driver, third in
F3000 Championship
• 2003: Formula 3000 Championship 7 podiums
#8 Alex Tagliani - Montreal, Quebec
• Fourth in 2007 Champ Car standings with a 4th, 5th and 9th in three races
• Finished career-best seventh in 2004 and 2005 championship standings
• Scored first Champ Car victory with win at Road America, 2004
• Helped Canada to win consecutive Nation’s Cup victories in 2003-04
• Finished among top five in Toyota Atlantic Championship standings from 1997-99
#19 Bruno Junqueira - Belo Horizonte, Brazil
• Fifth in 2007 Champ Car standings with a 7th and two 6th place finishes
• Three-time Champ Car Series Runner-up
• Captured First Career Victory at Road America During Rookie Season
• Earned First Pole at Nazareth in Third Series Qualifying Attempt
• 2000 FIA International F3000 Champion
• First driver since Bobby Rahal to win races in each of his first five years in Champ Car
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#7 Oriol Servia - Pals, Catalonia, Spain
• Sixth in 2007 Champ Car standings with a 2nd and 4th place finishes in two races
• Scored first Champ Car win with victory in Montreal, 2005
• Finished a career-best second in championship in 2005
• Gave Dale Coyne Racing its first podium since 1996 with third-place run at Laguna
Seca, 2004
• 1999 Dayton Indy Lights Champion
#2 Graham Rahal - Columbus, Ohio
• Seventh in 2007 Champ Car standings with a 17th, 8th and 2nd place finishes
• Made a dynamic Atlantic debut in 2006, finishing second in the series championship
• Became the youngest-ever winner in Atlantic history when he won from the pole in
Monterrey, Mexico at age 17
• Raced for Team Lebanon in 2006 A1 Grand Prix Series
• Won the 2005 Formula Atlantic title at the SCCA National Championship Run-offs
• Finished fourth in the 2005 Star Mazda Series
#9 Justin Wilson - Sheffield, England
• Eighth in 2007 Champ Car standings with a 14th, 4th and 10th in three races
• Scored first Champ Car win in Toronto, 2005
• Scored front-row grid position in just his fifth Champ Car start
• Won from pole in Mexico City in 2005 finale
• 2001 FIA International F3000 Champion
• Made 16 Formula 1 starts in 2003 with Minardi and Jaguar
#2 Tristan Gommendy - Le Chesnay, France
• Ninth in 2007 Champ Car standings with a 5th, 11th and 13th in three races
• Competed in 2006 GP2 Championship
• 2002 Champion French Formula 3
• 2002 Winner of Macau F3 Grand Prix
• Finished 4th in 2004 World Series by Renault
• Competed in Formula Renault V6 Eurocup Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans
#15 Simon Pagenaud - Poitiers, France
• Captured the 2006 Atlantic title and the $2 million Champ Car bonus behind six
podium results and a series-high nine top-five finishes, currently 10th in 2007 points
• Recorded his first Atlantic win at Edmonton for Team Australia
• Raced in the European World Series by Renault in 2005
• Finished as series runner-up in the 2004 Formula Renault European Championship
• Competed in the Masters Formula Renault Series in 2003, finishing third in the championship
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#28 Ryan Dalziel - Coatbridge, Scotland
• Eleventh in the ‘07 Champ Car standings with 11th, 9th and 8th place finishes
• 2004 – Gilles Villeneuve Award
• 2000 – Finalist, The McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year Award
• 1999 – Finalist, The McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year Award
• Grand American Series 2nd place finishes – Phoenix, Laguna Seca, 2006
• 2005 American Le Mans Series, third place finish at Portland
#11 Katherine Legge - Northampton, England
• Thirteenth in 2007 Champ Car standings with a 6th, 10th and 16th place finishes
• First female driver to run full-time in Champ Car World Series
• Scored victory in first Atlantic race, Long Beach 2005
• First female driver to win a major open-wheel race in United States
• Third in 2005 Champ Car Atlantic Championship standings
#21 Neel Jani - Luton, England
• Fourteenth in 2007 Champ Car standings with a 10th, 7th and 15th in three races
• 2006 Formula One Test Driver for Scuderia Toro Rosso
• 2006 First driver to run an F1 and GP2 car on same day (Silverstone)
• 2005 Runner-up A1GP World Cup Championship (Swiss Team)
• 2003 Runner-up Formula Renault V6 Eurocup Championship
• 2002 Runner-up Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Championship
• 2000 Champion Swiss Formula Lista Junior Series
#3 Paul Tracy - Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
• Fifteenth in standings after missing two races due to injuries, Portland marks his
return to the series
• 2003 Champ Car World Series champion
• Champ Car leader among active drivers in wins (30) and poles (25)
• Leader among active drivers in laps led with 4,184
• Four-time winner of Grand Prix of Long Beach
#29 Alex Figge - Poitiers, France
• Sixteenth in points after an 8th and a 16th in the first two races
• “Super Sub” Roberto Moreno took over the #29 at Houston, finishing 12th
• Figge has experience in Formula Mazda, Formula 2000, Toyota Atlantic, Grand Am
and American Le Mans
• Finished first in Toyota Atlantic race in Monterrey, Mexico 2004
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• Seventeenth in the ‘07 Champ
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• Finished 12th in the 2006 Champ
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• Drives for Minardi Team USA
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Matt Halliday - Auckland,
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• 2006 – V8 Supercars - Australia
Contested Sandown and Bathurst
endurance races with Ford Performance Racing. 15th at Sandown
but did not finish Bathurst
• 2006 – Formula Renault V6 Asia
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• 2005/06 – A1GP, helped New
Zealand finish 4th overall out of
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Rose Cup Races Presented by
The annual Rose Cup Race, the oldest amateur road-racing event west of the Mississippi River, has been popular with
West Coast racing enthusiasts for more than 40 years. The racing weekend features Sports Car Club of America’s
Regional and National Championship point races with more than 400 amateur drivers in varied classes of race cars.
The Porsche Club of America holds the Porsche Cup race during Rose Cup weekend as well. A new Rose Festival
sponsor, Carrera Motors of Bend, Oregon, is presenting sponsor of the Porsche Cup race this year.
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Temp-Control Mechanical Corp.
Contesting the coveted Festival Trophy race will be Nick Fluge in the #7 Fluge Global Adventures Corvette. Teammate
Todd Harris will pilot the GT Fluge Global Adventure Corvette in Sunday’s Rose Cup Race, and will be joined by teammate Matt Crandall (not pictured) in the Fluge Panoz GTS.
Photo by Chris Greenwood. From left, Nick Fluge, Steve Gatrell, Bill Harris, Kristen Moore, Norton Gaston, Gary
Bockman, Pat McFall and Todd Harris.
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FESTIVAL TROPHY RACE ENTRY LIST
# Class/Driver
Hometown
1 ITS RON TANNER
PORTLAND, OR
TANNER’S AUTOMOTIVE / TOP TECH MOTORSPTS
Car/Sponsor
71 DATSUN 240Z
2 ITE VAL KORRY
FORDAHL MOTORSPORTS
.
51 ITS MATT CHAMBERS
FORDAHL MOTORSPORTS
ROCHESTER, WA
84 PORSCHE 944
52 ITE MATT RUDOLPH
SEATTLE, WA
NEW LINES CONSTRUCTION INC
83 PORSCHE 911SC
96 PORSCHE 911SC
53 HP SKIP YOCOM
WEST LINN, OR
WIZARD AND FRIENDS /TOP TECH MOTORSPORTS
76 VW RABBIT
3 AS JOHN D BLIZZARD
HILLSBORO, OR
ROMBAUER VINEYARDS / THE BRAKEMAN
85 CHEVY CAMARO
55 SPU RON CRAMER
HITECH EXHAUST
EUGENE, OR
94 ACURA INTEGRA
4 ITA RICHARD HINDMAN
VANCOUVER, WA
90 MAZDA MIATA
BEAVERTON, OR
82 CHEV CAMARO
PORT COQUITLAM, BC 86 CHEV CAMARO
5 ITE SCOTT RINDE
KING MOTORSPORTS / MUGEN
PORTLAND, OR
98 ACURA INTEGRA R
59 AS DAVE DICKOFF
62 AS BRIAN MEAKINGS
IWE / BIG-O TIRES
6 SSC RANDY UNSBEE
SPONSOR PR & MARKETING
GRESHAM, OR
98 DODGE NEON ACR
68 ITE PHILIP BLACKSTONE
EUGENE, OR
ACURA OF LYNNWOOD / ROTHSPORT RACING
7 ITE NICK FLUGE
FLUGE GLOBAL ADVENTURES
PORTLAND, OR
06 CHEV CORVETTE
72 ITS JON WILSON
PORTLAND, OR
70 DATSUN 240Z
TEMP CONTROL / TOP TECH / COMPETITION MOTORSPORTS
10 ITE CHARLES K JESSUP
NTI RACING
VANCOUVER, WA
95 CHEV CAMARO
16 ITE DARREN DILLEY
CHEAPFASTRACING
HILLSBORO, OR
ITA RICK DUCA
SILVERBACK RACING
BATTLE GROUND, WA85 MAZDA RX7
20 ITA JAMES BURKE
JBMC MOTORSPORTS
PASADENA, CA
28 ITS GREG FORDAHL
FORDAHL MOTORSPORTS
33 CP1 FRANK McKINNON
.
39 ITE SCOTT DAIGER
18
SEATTLE ,WA
74 SPU MICHAEL R HARLEY
.
77 ITC DANIEL W FROST
PARADIGM PROPERTIES
MEDINA, WA
95 PORSCHE RSCS
70 PORSCHE 914-6GT
CENTRAL POINT, OR 70 NISSAN 510
85 MAZDA RX7
92 SPU CHARLIE BURROWS
PORTLAND, OR
.
0 SPU BILL THEW
CRANE, OR
EASTERN OREGON ROAD RACING
79 MAZDA RX7
MAZDA MIATA
03 AS KEVIN B SMITH
STACEY & HOLLY SMITH
82 CHEVY CAMARO
BREMERTOM, WA
83 PORSCHE 944
07 ITE STEVE LAUGHLIN
SEATTLE, WA NW
AUTO SERVICES WEST / RANDOM ENGINE MGMT
PORSCHE 944T
PORTLAND, OR
95 FORD MUSTANG
09 DP KATE FLEMING
REDMOND, WA NW
WXMOTORSPORTS.COM / SPEEDTRIXX / WXSIGNS
95 BMW E36 M3
SEATTLE, WA
85 PORSCHE 911
HILLSBORO, OR
96 WESTFIELD SP-Z
ROSE CUP ENTRY LIST
35 SPM DANIEL JESSE
GEARHART, OR
DANIEL JESSE CONSTRUCTION INC
86 PORSCHE 911
SAN MARINO, CA
PORSCHE GT3
SAMMAMISH, WA
PORSCHE 968
VANCOUVER, WA
80 MAZDA RX7
# Class/Driver
1 GT2 BUD REICHARD
A.E.S.INC / STAFF’S AUTO
Hometown
SEATTLE , WA
Car/Sponsor
97 MAZDA RX7
2 GT2 VAL KORRY
FORDAHL MOTORSPORTS
SEATTLE, WA 96
PORSCHE 911SC
42 SPM CHRISTIAN GARRIS
.
45 SPM ROBERT BOYER
RANDOM EMS
3 GT2 MATT CRANDALL
WILSONVILLE , OR
MJ2 RACING / GRAN PRIX IMPORTS
06 PANOZ GTS
46 EP BOB MULLIKIN
MBM PROPERTIES INC
7 GT2 DAVE DEBORDE
C&D PERFORMANCE
MINDEN, NV
77 NISSAN 280Z
48 GT3 DOUGLAS RUTHROFF PHOENIX, AZ
TEMP CONTROL MECHANICAL
10 SPO CHARLES K JESSUP
NTI RACING
VANCOUVER, WA
95 CAMARO
11 GT1 TIM BUTSON
AUBURN, WA
OXFORD SUITES / BALDWIN FILTERS
02 CHEV CORVETTE
12 SPO CINDI LUX
ALOHA, OR
KUMHO / CORSA / MINTEX / BELL
07 DODGE VIPER
15 EP JOSEPH POTTER
SPORTS CAR SHOP
EUGENE, OR
67 ALFA DUETTO
SPM DARREN DILLEY
CHEAPFASTRACING
HILLSBORO, OR
17 SPM KEITH JONES
QUINN’S PRIME & VINE
PORTLAND, OR
18 GT2 BEHRAM SOONAWALA SANTA ROSE, CA
THE RACERS GROUP
90 NISSAN 240SX
49 SPO TIM RALSTON
PORTLAND, OR
00 MONTECARLO
.
53 GT3 COLLIN JACKSON
LANGLEY, BC
94 NISSAN 240SX
SPECIALTY ENGINEERING / BM&M SCREENING SOLUTIONS
PORTLAND, OR
PORSCHE 962
YACOLT, WA
77 PORSCHE 911
66 GT2 STAN BENNETT
STAN BENNETT SALES
PORTLAND, OR
PORSCHE 914/6
85 MAZDA RX7
74 GT1 ANDY PEARSON
SPECIALTY ENGINEERING
N. WESTMINSTER, BC CHEV CAMARO
78 PORSCHE SC
76 ST ROGER STARK
REDMOND, WA
PARTSRACK / DND FABRICATING
06 DODGE VIPER
75 PORSCHE 911
77 SPM CARL VAN.AUSTEN
SHERWOOD, OR
.
78 GT2 BRIAN FIETE
SEATTLE, WA
.
86 GT2 JAY CULBERTSON
PORTLAND, OR
TEMP CONTROL MECHANICAL CORP
71 PORSCHE 911
21 SPO WOUTER BOUMAN
NANAIMO, BC
93 MAZDA RX7
.
23 SPM CHRIS PALLIS
MERCER ISLAND, WA 04 PORSCHE GT3
HOMESTREET BANK/MICROSOFT/KID’S COUNTRY LEARNING CENTERS
58 SPO NEIL SHELTON
.
64 SPM MIKE MALONE
SILVERBACK RACING
05 PORSCHE GT3
03 PORSCHE 911 CUP
70 OPEL GT
FORTUNA, CA
CHEV CORVETTE
93 FP GARY MURPH
WIFE
FAIRVIEW, OR
27 GT1 RICH SLOMA
RED LINE OIL
04 PORSCHE GT3
LA MESA, CA
05 PORSCHE GT3
00 GT2 JIM WALSH
MICROSOFT LIVE SEARCH
REDMOND, WA
30 SPM MIKE BOARDMAN
.
33 GT1 FRANK McKINNON
.
PORTLAND, OR
95 FORD MUSTANG
04 GT2 SCOTT TAYLOR
MEANEY RACING
SHORELINE, WA
70 PORSCHE 914-6
Neil Shelton will pilot the famous Monte Shelton Porsche 962 this year in Sunday’s Rose Cup Race.
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The Duck Stops Here
Howard Allen, Competition Manager
Email: howduck@qwest.net
PIR Track Improvements on the Way
There is nothing that lights your fire like
getting back into the racecar. After the first
lap of the national, I was reminded of why
SRF used to be called “Spec Rambo.” A tip
of the helmet goes out to the workers and
stewards for seeing that everything came
out all right in the end. I had to wonder
what it looked like on the monitor in race
control?
Also turn six will move fifty feet to the
west, which sets up a reconfiguration of
turn seven. The plan is for the track to have
two halves that can each operate independently. Hopefully we can obtain a map
soon to show the exact details.
Word comes my way that another racer’s
better half on the mend. It seems that Deb
Harlan fell off a horse in January and
cracked her hip. Get well soon Deb.
Yes, P.I.R., our favorite city park, has
gone high tech. They have installed nine Get well wishes also go out to Mike Davies,
cameras around the course so race control former Spec Miata racer and brother of Jon
can now monitor any situation. Smile, Big Davies.
brother is watching.
It sure was an honor to have Sam Egli and
Speaking of the park, I am told the infield Lew Scott together during the last event. I
work should be done by this fall along with treasure every moment with these two. It is
the repaving. That is the extension of the indeed a pleasure to be in their company.
Festival road out to the SCCA City road.
The current grandstand will be turned 90 Believe a Corvette can lap the field? Todd
degrees. The west end extension may wait Harris did just that during the May event.
until next spring.
It is even more impressive considering that
Keith Delaney was out there too. Keith
was the “most improved” driver during the
double national at Thunderhill or so it says
in “The Wheel.”
Ken Garchow’s Porsche might just be the
best-prepared and most beautiful car to
date. No wonder it gets a nod from Captain
Perfect.
A huge tip-of-the-helmet goes out to the
friends of P.I.R. for their successful cleanup day at the PIR, as well as their work on
the SOLV north Portland clean up project.
Another tip-of-the-helmet goes out to the
Artic Alaska crew for coming down in
force to support our club-racing program.
As this is being written, Club Racing Vice
President Terry Ozment plans to attend the
Rose Cups. So have your questions ready.
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Rose Cup Features SCCA and Porsche Club Events
We’ll, the Gran Prix Imports May Regional/Nationals have come and gone. We
had a very successful May weekend. 275
total entries and when the noshows were
accounted for we had 262 paying entries.
This compares with 244 for last year. So
if you are keeping track we’re consistently
running about 10% above last years entries
for the first 3 Oregon Region events of the
year.
SCCA volunteers did an excellent job (as
usual) during the May event exhibiting a
winning customer attitude and a can-do
spirit to make a very hectic weekend work
smoothly and actually look like we planned
it. With lots of visiting drivers chasing National points it’s a more hectic and pressure
filled weekend than a normal laid back single regional, and our volunteer crews took
it all in stride.
Corner workers wrote whole books on
some drivers, the Stewards in Impound
spent much time counseling errant drivers, and Tech was busy investigating damage reports and writing up logbooks. We
probably busted enough fiberglass on the
first lap of the Group 5 SRF race to build a
small fleet of boats! Amazingly everybody
drove away from it too.
E-crew had some excitement with fires
and a rolled vintage (!!!) car. In fact the
brand spanking new number 26 Lola T70
(again vintage) got tire marks on the side,
so Vintage was less sedate than usual that
weekend! Must have been those National
Racing pheromones in the air! All in all a
great weekend (not just because I got to
drive a cool pace car part of the weekend,
courtesy of Nick Fluge and Fluge Global
Adventures.)
So on to Rose Cup. We move to the South
Paddock. It’s a familiar place but not so familiar anymore because home has moved
to the infield over the last few years. It’s
going to be crowded. Lots of big rigs. Lots
of Porsches we don’t normally see, and
we’re essentially running two events, an
SCCA Regional and National and a PCA
race weekend. Add in the special activities
around special races, Vintage, Festival Trophy and Rose Cup,
there’s lots to do
and challenge us.
and talk to them, answer questions about
the (or your) cars and our activities. Send
them over to the SCCA Membership trailer (near the old ATM south of the tower)
for SCCA brochures and free Loud Pedal
copies. Remember you are an ambassador
for our sport and we need more race junkies to help fuel the passion!
Don’t be afraid to drag somebody around
for an hour (educating, enlightening, ok…
hooking them) or drop them off with one
of the specialty groups to observe.
All for now, see you at the track
Todd Butler
SRF73
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Rallying with Chris and Kristen
Go Rallying with Oregon Region SCCA!
precise speeds, and the checkpoint locations are unknown. Yes, it sounds difficult,
but it’s really not. All you need is a car, a
friend to navigate, a stopwatch, clipboard,
and a couple of pens (I always manage to
lose one), and you are good to go. A passing familiarity with the rules is always encouraged, and they can be found on those
websites shown above.
are good to go! Information on the dates,
times, locations, and of course rules can be
found at www.oregonrally.com, or www.
oregonscca.com. We bring the loaner helmets and set up the course, and you get to
compete on it (and wash all the mud off the Road Rallies can take you to a lot of interesting places off the beaten path—and the
bottom of your car, too)!
hard part is trying to find them again after
If you like the prospect of sliding your car
the event is over! Although I suppose if
Maybe
you
aren’t
too
into
that
sort
of
around a cone course but on dirt, RallyCross
you wanted an extracurricular challenge,
fun…
Oregon
Region
and
Oregon
Ralis your cup of tea. Oregon Region SCCA
you could run the route instructions through
ly
Group
also
have
partnered
up
in
the
has partnered with the Oregon Rally Group
again to find that beautiful view, and also
RoadRally
program
to
bring
you
some
of
to craft the finest RallyCross program in the
try to figure out what you did wrong that
the
best
time-speed-distance
rallies
on
the
SCCA nation, winning the Gold Standard
earned you those time penalties.
West
Coast.
Road
Rally
is
not
about
speed;
award in 2006. We have 6 to 8 events each
it’s
about
precision.
A
route
is
laid
out
on
year at a variety of locations, and you don’t
need any special equipment to come join public roads and using legal speeds by the Come rallying with us! You’ll enjoy our
in the fun. Bring the “family truckster” or RallyMaster, an often-devious soul who family-friendly aspect (since our entire
that recently-purchased Subaru to the next delights in causing confusion and delay in families are involved—from the grandparevent, go through our easy and friendly the participants; finding the checkpoints at ents down to the littlest grandkid, we can
tech inspection and registration, and you the right time is the key—but the hard part vouch for that!), and we think you’ll have
is following the route correctly and at the a great time!
Oregon Region SCCA is blessed with an
abundance of rally people eager to organize and work rallies, and compete in them
too—like the other venues, we’re as crazy
about cars and driving as the rest of the
club!
Oregon Trail Rally 2007 by Ron Sorem
The Oregon Rally Group (ORG) and RallyAmerica, presented the 2007 version of last
year’s “Rally of the Year”. Oregon Trail,
and the three regional rallies Wagon’s Ho,
Oregon or Bust, and Trail’s End covered
varying venues from tarmac to gravel under the lights, with a grandstand view at
Portland International Raceway and winding forest stages west of Hillsboro, with a
Service Park in Vernonia.
Seventy-five cars started the rally on Friday
afternoon at PIR. Stages 1 & 3 were nearly
a full lap on the track. Stages 2 & 4 started
on track, then moved to the gravel perimeter roads. Stage 5 started mid-straight,
eastbound, passed the grandstand to an ontrack U-turn, then west down the drag strip,
before the perimeter roads again, through
the RV parking sod, and back to the track,
reverse-course. Stage 6 was completely in
view of the infield Motocross grandstands,
site of future Super Special Stages.
Retirements included the #20 of Comrie-
22
Picard/Goldfarb who had pushed their
EVO-9rs, through the start as the 75th
starter, gaining one point, after losing a
motor on the practice stages.
to retire overnight. Mid-pack, Amy BeberVanzo was 18.8 seconds better. Block/Gelsomino won the second run with 8:16.3 for
a 54.91-mph average.
Day Two, began at the Hillsboro Stadium. “Reehers Camp”, SS9/12, was the longest
Ron Sorem and Max Vaysburd were there stage of the rally, combining steep climbs,
in the Legacy Turbo, as “Slow Pace” 00.
fast ridgetop, steep descents, for 16.37
miles. The “big off” on the first run was
“Ho Dow-wn”, SS7/10, was Music Road. Car 10 (rental), Anton/Jozwiak, at about
The route climbed quickly into the fog, 10 miles in -- and 200 feet down -- out of
and Block/Gelsomino led Pinker (New sight from the road. “Reehers Camp II”
Zealand) and Walsh in the rally by 0.9 sec- saw Foust /Beavis push their 2007 Subaru
onds, after the first run. “Ho Dow-wn II”, STI to a 17:30 flat.
saw top cars a bit slower to the Music, but
challengers picked up the tempo.
Day Three, saw a break in the “Oregon
Sunshine” -- drier for the stages. The 5.52
“Cochran Loop”, SS8/11, was a steep climb mile “Sterling Loop”, SS13/15, had a slight
into the clouds, with areas of downed tim- climb, through a series of right-left-right,
ber, cut “just wide enough” for rally cars. slight crest, repeat... Then right after crest
Foust/Beavis took fastest time on the first at “T” -- one problem -- the right can’t be
run. The second run was in better shape. seen, the lay of the land shows only the
From way back in the pack, Carl Jardevall left.
made up 21 seconds over his first run, only
Three course cars and “several” competitors took the “other right”, facing banner
guard and road marshals. Fastest first run
was Block’s STi, 6:14.7 for 53.03 mph.
Second run saw the battle of Foust versus
Block versus Pinker. Tanner by 9 seconds
over Ken, who was 2 better than Andrew.
The “best of the rest” ran 41 seconds off
the leader. Much of “Coyote Corner”,
SS14/16, has been used before, in the opposite direction. A steep climb from the
Start, then level along a ridgeline, downhill
into tight corners. Several long-hairpinleft. Quick Kinks, then Hard Right, Kinks,
slight right downhill into Flying Finish.
The top four cars were within 27 seconds;
the next was another 26 back. Forty-three
finishers, out of the 74 running starters on
Friday. Andrew Pinker and Patrick Walsh
took First Open and First Overall with
2:00:32.8.
Primitive Prevails at Oregon Trail Rally by Paul Eklund
The second most repeated quote about rally is: “In order to finish first - one must first
finish”. After approximately 110 competitive stage miles Primitive Racing stood on
top of the Regional podium - with hardly
any issues to speak of - and all
while the event held a near
40% attrition rate - only 46 of
75 competitors finished. The
team finished 11th overall just
behind archrival and Primitive
Rally School Instructor, Jamie
Thomas. Other top regional
contenders like the Hintz
Brothers, Ralph Kosmides, and
Cavett/Alan suffered mechanical woes or crashed and failed
to make the finish. Andrew
Pinker from Australia finished
1st Overall and garnered a spot
in the XGames Rally.
“It was a very very tricky event.
The roads are crowned, made
of clay, and have a thin coating
of loose gravel. Add in some
rain, and trees on both sides
and you’ve got a very slippery
surface, a narrow margin for
error, and major consequences
for a mistake.” - a California
Rallyist’s description.
“We were glad to run a clean event this
weekend. Ultimately, that was the goal after the past few Oregon Trail events.” said
Paul Eklund of the team “We definitely
needed to get the stink off,” chimed in codriver Jeff Price noting the litany of problems the team had faced in prior 5 years
(gearbox (twice), out-of-gas on transit,
hitting barrier at PIR, etc). And contrary to
early spectator reports - none of the Primitive cars hit any rocks [there is a big difference in “coming close” and “actually
hitting”]. Hell, we even managed to miss
all the gates at PIR this time!
By the way, thanks should go to the organizers for not putting up any gates. Just the
same we missed most of the hay bales that
took their places. MOST of them.
we saw only a set of skidding tracks leading to the L3 - and exiting straight-away
over the edge. About the time we exited
the leading R3 corner both the driver, Dave
Anton and co-driver, Dominik Jozwiak
popped up onto the roadway - sans car.
We believe they were about five positions in front of us - we were the first to
see them return to the road and display
their OK sign [obviously some of that
time is securing the car and retrieving
warning triangles etc - but they were
DEEP (like 200 feet down). The inside
story here is they rented the car from
Canadian Pat Richard; Pat had actually
pre-sold the car to a different pair and
was due to deliver it after this event.].
Kenny ‘Cowboy’ Bartram suffered the
same consequences when he left the
road [photo attached; Bartram] - all
okay as well. Needless to say the ECrew/Sweep Boys were a busy bunch
of volunteers this weekend!
Friday at PIR the Burmeister/Shindle
- Mazda came over a crest on the back
graveled dike road a bit wide onto the
slippy turf and they made it through
the tree and through one post. Some
zipties and application of hammer and
they were back in it. As a point of
reference,
the Primitive Subaru runs about
Weather was not friendly after a beauti85-90
MPH
just before the crest.
ful start Friday evening at Portland International Raceway - but that is common
for the Oregon spring event. Snow [mid- All in all, short of two spins and an almost
day Saturday] was reported falling on the mis-direction in a confusing corner we
stages; hail; torrential rain; sunshine; fog. were very clean. Notes flowed well and the
It was all there - and we all drove through SUBARU worked fine. We’ll have some
it. We actually did not think that the roads time now before Olympus to complete
were all that bad - the gravel bases held some minor maintenance items without
well and the high crowns kept most of the worrying about major repairs - a relief!
water off. Some rutting occurred with the Thanks to all our sponsors and supporters
significant run-off and standing water with that made this victory possible: Subaru
mud was waiting for those who ventured Northwest Region, Exedy Racing Clutches, PDX Tuning, PIAA Lighting, Royal
from the roads but overall, not bad at all.
Moore Subaru, H&R Springs and our terBiggest “yikes” was the R3 into L3 [a ‘3’ is rific crew that held it all together for the
about a 90 degree corner] sequence where weekend!
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“I had dinner with Bryan Cranston who
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And a Tip of the Helmet Goes to . . .
There are many tips-of-the-helmets to send out
of this month. Let’s start with Jeremy Thoennes,
head of technical services at the home office in
Topeka, and Stan Clayton from the club racing
board. They attended the recent Regional/National in Portland and held an excellent question
and answer session for the racers in attendance.
I finally had a chance recently to get into the
backlog on my Tivo and discovered that our
SEB representative, Ron Bauer, is a star on
Speed TV’s “Set-Up” series. Did I see “Team
Zebra” acting as Ron’s crew? Tune-in Wednesdays to see how Ron does.
Best wishes go out to Artic Alaska’s R.E.,
Cheryl Babbe, whose father is in poor health.
Everyone here hopes for the best for you and
your dad.
At the recent BOD meeting in Topeka President
Jim Julow reported that Pro Racing’s spirit “has
infused new energy throughout the building.”
Pro now has several other options in the field
to capture sponsorship and marketing partners.
Pro and Inc have retained a professional “head
hunter” firm to do this.
The payment will be made based on deals delivered. Negotiations on the new TV package
will begin in Charlotte the Friday morning after
the World Challenge GT round at Lowe’s Motor
Speedway.
All is quiet on the financial fronts and the forecast suggests that budget is close to actual.
Early expenses and revenues are in balance with
the business plan.
A small decline in membership is ongoing. For
the record we stand at 51,400 members, which
is an increase of 317 since January. With three
programs in place, there is reason to hope this
will soon turnaround. One of those programs,
“First Gear,” just added 126 members, which
brings First Gear memberships up to a record
926. A separate “First Gear” program aimed at
college students is in the works. Also once the
staff gets over the licensing renewal “hump”
they will be contacting non-renewals to find out
why they did not renew.
I have some copies of the new brochure, which
has a tracking number in it. Cost to the regions
is minimal and betters the normal cost of copies.
Solo and rallycross are both expanding, with
Rallycross ahead of last year’s entries by fifty
percent to date.
Speaking of Solo, changes are in order at Heartland Park after the feedback from Solo Nationals competitors. The paddock parking and organization will be managed by SCCA. HPT will
also have bleachers on the east course, and the
vendors will be relocated to a more accessible
area.
Information on the 2008 National Convention
is now on the web site. The redesign of the web
site with Haymarket is moving on with launch
promised as NO later than championship time
(September).
MySCCA.com has not gone as planned due to
problems with the developer but the launch is
still planned soon.
Colan Arnold reports that the membership
breakdown is: Club racing 55.2%, Solo 29.6%,
Pro Racing 9.6% and rally 5.5% with ten percent not marking a box on the membership application. Competition licensing for 2007 is off
by 12% from the same period last year.
Driver Development
Professional Engineering and Data Acquisition
Specialized Arrive and Drive Programs
Star Mazda Factory Trained Mechanic on Staff
Year Around Testing Available!
The BOD agreed on the new Weekend Membership program for Club racing effective August
1st. It will replace the temporary membership
program. The temporary membership program
was a failure. It was not being used as it was
planned to be, and it caused huge headaches for
registration. Less than 2% of the people who
were given temporary memberships ever converted to full memberships. The weekend membership program will be valid for one weekend
and will cost $15, with $5 to national). Regions
will not have to purchase weekend memberships
in advance. Implementation of the program for
Solo and rally is still under study by the staff
and the BOD.
Colan also reported that ten thousand new
members joined the club last year with 307 of
those being issued new worker licenses. Unfortunately, 550 members with worker licenses
left the club during the same period.
Jeff Dahnert checked in to say the margin loan
was paid off. At this time last year it was “considerable.” The Mize-Houser audit with a clean
opinion was approved by the board without any
changes, and will be published in SportsCar
soon. The form 990 and 990-T should be on
Guidestar.org soon.
Pego Mack and the rallycross office got a huge
hand from the board for the contingency support program secured by the marketing department for national rallycross.
The BOD also approved a Club Racing Volunteer Incentives program and details will follow
next month.
Now for the bombshell of the month, this was
NOT a matter of if but a matter of when. The
BOD agreed in principle to adopt the FIA flagging rules for club racing. NO date of implementation has been announced. This was due in
part to pressure from three partners on the ACCUS board, Champcar, ALMS and NASCAR
(Grand-Am).
The SCCA was the lone holdout. ACCUS is
expected to approve $100K at its July meeting to finance this changeover and pay for new
regional flag sets. Most of the worker base is
more than familiar with the changes as they already use FIA flagging at the above-mentioned
events. As always the hard sell will come with
the drivers. Stay tuned, until then:
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Race Cars For Sale
1981 Tiga S2,SS2, Vintage. This is a very nice
sports racer. Have huge spares list. Call for
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Race Cars For Sale
1970/71 Ford Pinto Race Car, 2.0L motor built
by Dan Hall with only two races on it. Recent
work by Jess Heitmann. Been in storage for
a year. Hasn’t been run for months and has a
dead battery. Full cage, accusump, fuel cell
with dual fuel pumps, Panasports and both
slicks and treaded tires. A bunch other parts.
Needs to go, storage costs are too much. Retired and poor. $2500 (Motor worth way more
than that). Call Robb at 503/492-8512 (no calls
after 8:00 please) or e-mail at rp1201@pcez.
com. Can send pictures.
1992 Mazda Miata, spec suspension kit, new
brakes, ss brake lines, tires, battery, plugs
and wires. Bolt in roll cage, Kirkey seat 5pt
seat belt. Hardtop. 4 panel rear view mirror.
$6995. Roger/Ryan 775-852-4535
For Sale: 2001 Neon ACR. Marren motor, SkyTek rollcage, Twelve wheels, three sets of used
raced tires plus rain tires, lots of spare parts.
This car was the fastest qualifying Neon at 2005
Runoffs and this years 2006 Great Lakes Regional Champion. Photos available on request
at larryray42@sbcglobal.net (see page 28 of
Sep/Oct Observer Stand). Car has minor body
damage but passed Runoff’s and 2006 annual
inspections. This great race car can be yours for
$7500 OBO. Larry Ray 330-497-4456. E-mail
address: larryray42@sbcglobal.net
GT1 TransAm Camaro. For photo and details
log onto GT1DA.com, Click on “Cars and
Parts”. Click on “Cars’, scroll down to “Riley &
Scott TransAm Camaro”. Mike Rockett.
1981 E Production RX 7 multiple regional
champion E-Prod /GT-3/ SPU. Best RX 7 you
will find. Ready to win. Digitron dash, G Force
suspension, 22 gal pro fuel cell, Torsen diff,
Miata gear set. 8 point cage, 12 wheels, MSD,
tear port and bridge port motors, much more.
To many spares to list. If you are a Oregon region member you know this car. If you want to
win here it is. $19,500. Dave Palmer 503-7207711 dprotor@comcast.com
1998 Ford Contour, Ex-World Challenge car.
Eligible for USTCC, SCCA ITE or similar,
fresh 3.0 liter SVT engine w/ zero time, quaife
LSD, pro-level chassis with custom control
arms, spherical bearing joints, double ad-
justable remote reservoir dampers, Wilwood
brakes, lightened steering rack, cockpit adjustable sway bar and brake bias, World Challengequality 8pt roll cage, dual fuel pumps, fuel cell,
spare set of panasport rims, and much more.
This car is always a favorite in the paddock
with fans and drivers. Cost to build was likely
close to $80k. Asking $10,500. Located in Port
Orchard, WA. (360) 471-8566 anytime.
#60 Spec Miata, 1990 1.6L, two sets Panasportwheels and Toyo tires, AIM Data aquisition, fast
engine, fresh transmission, all updates and go
fast parts, $13,500. Spares and extra parts available as well. Jon Davies 541-490-2531.
2001 T2 Camaro, Winningest T2 car onwest
coast, 03-04-05 Norpac Div. Champion, Ohlins
shocks, Torsen Differential, Kodiak Wheels, 3
sets spare wheels, Rains + ample supply Kumho
710 tires, Race ready with no issues., $15,500,
Joe Hermes,503-702-2178,joe@gpimports.com
New 1998 Race Ready Standard Formula Mazda.
Raced Twice, 1st Log Book issued April 2006.
Many Extras, 2 new extra sets tires & wheels
extra nose & wing complete. $28,000.00 Call
Lloyd (541) 826-5508 or (541) 944-5845 (541)
899-8272 lstruckingaudrey@earthlink.net
IMSA GTO space-frame Corvette. Carbon
fibre/kevlar body panels. Complete set body
molds. Spares. Best Offer. Pictures available
upon request. Pat Ushr 503-805-5252 sunset engine@ comcast.net.
#92 yellow 1979 first gen. RX-7, Built to E
Production specs. Also runs SPU, Vintage VP2 and GT-3. 6 time regional championship car.
Three set sets of wheels including Hoosier rains.
Very well sorted and inexpensive to maintain.
$12,500. Email charlieburrows@comcast.net
for pictures or call 503-706-8412.
GT/Production VW Rabbit. Built as GT4,
can run GT3, SPU, Vintage. GTL with engine
change. 1800cc. Spare 1800cc, Dual 45DCOE
carbs, Accusump, Headers, four wheel disc
brakes, 4-13x7 BBS wheels, 6-14x6 wheels,
Tons more spares. $8000. w/open trailer. Pix at:
http://home.comcast.net/ ~gt4rabbit/. Jim 360573-5307 after 6PM. gt4rabbit@ comcast.net.
T-2 -2004 Subaru STi.3 sets wheels, many other
spares, JRZ shocks. $29,500. Call Steve at
562-810-6960.
Club Rabbit for sale - Races in both ICSCC
& SCCA, all CR updates, winner of 4
Solo II Report
Andy Howe, Solo II Director
Email: solo.howe@comcast.net
Autocross is What You Make It!
When I tell others what I do for fun, I simply say, “I race cars.” Most people don’t
understand what autocross is about. When
pressed for more details, I describe what we
do. Most of the time I get a blank stare in
return. Unless I go into a lot of detail, most
people just won’t get it. I mean, we are just
driving around in a parking lot filled with
cones. What’s special about that?
Autocross is a special sport. It is by far
the most accessible “performance” driving
sport. Almost anyone can compete and a
wide variety of cars are welcome at events.
A first time driver that shows up with a car
that passes a basic safety inspection, a driver’s license and the entry fee is welcome.
Extensive safety equipment and dedicated
race cars are not required. Speeds are generally low, but every driver will be challenged by the course.
Fundamentally, autocross is about one car
with one driver completing a tight course
as quickly as they can. It’s a personal test.
It’s an opportunity to enjoy the capabilities
of your car without worrying about tickets. It’s a chance to meet other like minded
people and learn something about cars and
driving.
Autocross also allows drivers to test themselves and their cars against others. Runs
are timed. Penalties are imposed for not
following the course. At the end of the day,
we have results. Beginning drivers realize
that they can stand to improve a bit. Veteran drivers check to see how they compare
to their long-time rivals. Win or lose, the
drivers that are at an event to compete are
learning what they can from their cars and
their competition. Some drivers find they
can routinely win their class.
These events do require travel out of town
and a higher level of commitment to the
sport. Serious competitors find these
events to be very satisfying. It is not uncommon for a class to have some of the
best autocrossers from 3 or 4 states at a single National Tour event. At these events,
the driver that routinely won his class at a
regional event may find himself running in
the middle of the pack. A few drivers will
still challenge for a win at every event.
For the handful of drivers in our region that
are truly dedicated to the sport and want to
know how they measure up to the best in
the country, the National Championships
are held in Topeka, Kansas every year. It
is a very competitive event attracting over
1000 drivers from around the country. Simply winning a trophy is a great honor. The
drivers that win championships are truly
great. Some of our champions have moved
on to professional racing and have recognizable names - and these may not even be
the most talented of our champions!
So, autocross is what you make it. It can
be as easy or as challenging as you want it
to be. It can be simply driving a car and
having fun. It is improving driving habits
and making new friends. It is a friendly
battle with a buddy. It is fighting for the
chance to say you’re the best in the region.
It is seeing how you measure up against
some of the most talented drivers in the
world. You choose your level of commitment based pm what you want to get out
of the sport.
In the simplest terms, all of this can be had
with a car, a helmet and an SCCA membership.
Anyone that is reading this and wants to
know more about autocross, feel free
to drop me an email with questions. We
would be happy to have you join us at our
events!
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OREGON REGION SCCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
MINUTES - APPROVED
DATE:
5/3/2007
PLACE:
Canyon Pearl Restaurant
PRESENT: Board Members: Dan Halloran, Dan Mullin, Chris Hale,
Andy Howe, Judy Cox, Nick Fluge
Members: Karen McCoy, Mary Thompson, Bud Mansur, Dudley
Milder, Michele Milder, James Paulson, Chuck Jarvie, Danielle Paulson, Michael Gatza, Gary Manchester, Denis Cornforth
Absent: Jeff Zurschmeide, Todd Butler, Bob Smethers, Randy Unsbee,
Paul Eklund
SOLO II REPORT – The Solo group held their last event in the rain
with a novice school on Saturday and a points event on Sunday. All in
all it was a good event.
During Rose Cups we will find the Solo group doing their thing up in
Packwood, WA.
Andy will check with his group about the web site. He feels that theirs
is lacking and they might be interested in joining our project.
RALLY REPORT – Chris advised that there would be a Ntl/Div/Reg
event this weekend at WA. County Fairgrounds.
June 30th will be The Gran Prix Rally in conjunction with the All Club
Party.
CALL TO ORDER – Dan called the meeting to order at 6:55
MEMBER COMMENTS – Several members of the Solo arm of the
region were in attendance to discuss an incident that occurred at the
last event.
Circumstances were discussed and suggestions were made that might
eliminate future issues of the same type from happening again.
NEW BUSINESS – Dan spoke of an opportunity for the Friends of PIR
that Gary Bockman came upon. They could use help to do some work
at the local fire station like spreading gravel, weeding etc. Dan encouraged us to become involved.
Conference has decided to donate $1 per car per race to FOPIR, which
would amount to about $1,000. Todd suggested that we do the same
only use our budget process rather than putting it on our entry form
for the drivers. We will discuss this further at the next meeting.
The web page was discussed and a $ figure was presented. This would
be to do the design work and also to migrate the old info into the new.
The new site would also include Rally & Solo.
Judy mentioned that she did not feel that it should look like other
regions since we would be using the same designer.
The recent Stage Rally was a huge success and kept the Rally Group
very busy. It proved to be the biggest one that Rally America has
staged with 76 entries. The winner was an entrant from Australia.
Pro-rally, there was a display set up in Pioneer Square that was a big
hit with the public and will be utilized in the future for like events.
Rally would like to give, BIG THANKS to the Solo folks for all of their
help & cooperation during the Rally event.
DIRECTOR I REPORT – No report
DIRECTOR II REPORT – June 30. All Club BBQ is our next big
event. Sponsored by Pro Drive To be catered by Busters, silent donation to sponsor all food and beverage. Pro Drive sponsorship to pay for
associated items such as alcohol deferral and other. Planning for 200
people, TC band to play, Begin at 6pm (or a little before).
Hamburgers – Hot Dogs – Boneless, Skinless BBQ Chicken Breast
Pork Spare Ribs, BBQ Beans, Potato Salad, Corn on the Cob, Fresh
Fruit, Chips & Salsa , Canned Soda, Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Lemonade, Iced Tea, Popcorn, Snow Cones, Fudge Brownies
Dan felt that he doubted that many members go to the other sites and
that actually it could be a benefit as it would be easier to navigate since
it would be similar.
May 26. Nick to be interviewed by “The Fuel Guy” (970AM radio)
(Dennis Pittsenbarger), Saturday, May 26 at about 9:45-10:15am.
Discussion revolves around SCCA, Track, maybe Rose Cups, Various
classes, How Expensive, Etc. Please send me any thoughts that I might
be able to put forth - should I receive that specific question.
Nick felt that since we would be using a professional group it would
most probably be great.
Suggestion from PR group is to consider making all pit crew official
SCCA members to increase membership.
Dan called for the question as to if we should proceed. M/S (Judy/Nick)
M/P
Still working on N.PDX youth donation (Todd Harris and ProDrive
working with Mark at PIR to come up with the best opportunity here
for N.PDX youth and for SCCA interaction).
REGIONAL OFFICE REPORT – Billed 98 hours in April vs. estimate
of 140. Forecast 140 for May.
The company who insured the Inland Marine Equipment for Road
Race & Solo declined to renew those policies.
Our agent was able to obtain a combined policy for both groups at half
the cost we were paying. The policy covers our combined schedules of
equipment of $94,576. Road Race & Solo will each pay $674.50 to the
region, as Oregon Region has paid the premium. Savings to Road Race
is $460.50: Savings to Solo is $525.50
We also have a Fidelity Bond in effect since February 1999. This covers losses due to dishonesty on the part of the Reg. Exec, Treasurer,
Office Mgr, and newsletter editor up to $50,000 each after a $1,000
deductible. The premium for this bond is $259 per year.
Karen provided financial reports for review. Bank balances were
reported for all accounts.
TREASURER REPORT – None
LOUD PEDAL REPORT – None
COMMITTEE & DIRECTOR REPORTS:
PROPERTIES REPORT - None
RACE OP’S REPORT – Bud reports that he and Bob are all ready for
the next event. There will be a BBQ on Saturday with snacks available
on Friday.
Cindy Lux and Scotty White ran successfully at Long Beach with support from our region in Speed Challenge.
Another community invitation advertisement appeared in the Sunday
Oregonian (all funds donated) for our last April SCCA race. Our next
(all funds donated ad will appear for Rose Cup weekend).
We are pretty sure of securing a free ‘spot’ in the Friday A&E section
of Oregonian in future for our races.
ROAD RACING DIRECTOR REPORT –: Trend is positive with
entries being up for 2 events in a row, March and April. There is a lot
of interest in the May
Regional/National and in the June Rose Cup weekend, expecting the
up trend to continue.
Karen will distribute the Road Race April budget vs. actual summary
to the BoD. Overall we are looking good, expenditures match plan, just
slightly out of sync with budgets sanction and insurance payments vs.
actual. (Sanctions and Insurance minimums paid 45+ days ahead of
actual scheduled event).
Entries up and revenue up.
April 2006 was 108 entries. April 2007 was 124 paid entries + 1
comp entry. Total 125
entries
Budget was $24,490, actual race revenue was $28,290.
All other expenses for the weekend inline with expectations.
80 of our 125 entries were via the online registration system at
Motorsportreg.com
DIRECTOR’S REPORTS –
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championships and 39 1st place wins, drivetrain
professionally refreshed in 2005, many new
spares, 3 sets whls. and tires including new
rains, start racing a winner! $5,200 OBO. Tom
Busic 503-656-9489. I can email photos.
1985 RX7 full race prepared. 12a motor.panhard
rear end, Tokiko coil overs and suspension. Full
cage 5 point belts. Kirkey seat. Brake bleeders.
Turnkey, nothing to be done to go racing. Extra
seat for instructor. 503-682-0535.
1984-87 “La-Z-Boy” Honda Civic Road Race
Car #29. RS/SPU/P3 in SCCA/ICSCC. Holds
qualifying and race lap records in P3 in the last
3 PIR enduros. Runs high 1:22’s with a hot shoe
and mid 1:23’s with average driver. 2003 finished 1st in class, 2nd overall and finished over
45 minutes ahead of nearest competitor. Fresh
bottom end (2004) B16A engine 180+hp. S1
close ratio gearbox. All the popular engine bolt
ons. BIG brakes, 3 sets of wheels, Digatron, 18
gal cell with dry break and 2 quick dump cans.
Spares....like you’ll ever need ‘em though. Car
runs on super no lead all day long. $9500 obo.
Call Steve at 503-936-0620 or email at hershberger.family@verizon.net
1963 Austin Healey Sprite, Mk II, Vintage Race
Car, 1098cc Engine (New Rebuild), A.P.T. Race
Cam, Venolia Pistons, Trailing link rear suspension w/ coil over shocks, Front Carrera shocks
conversion, SCCA Racing History, spare Full
Race 1098 Engine, spare 1098 block, heads,
ribbed case transmission, Extra rims and other
parts. $7,950.00 O.B.O. Call Ron (360)6961130 or ronandleann@ netzero.com
ITS 240- Rebello engine, AccuSump, locked
4:11 rearend, fuel cell, MSD ignition, roll cage,
exhaust pyrometers, Panasport wheels, 2002
Paciifc Raceway record. Pix available. $8,000
OBO.206-617-9921, dmcbain@apsco-inc.com
NorPac Division Champion Vintage/Sports
Racing class for 2004 and 2005 -Red Lola
342 FF. Loyning engine. Spares include
gears,frame, body parts and molds plus factory
manual and spare tires. Everything to get
started and stay there, consistently. $11,500,
negotiable. Enclosed trailer also available
(see ad) package price is $14,500 -- phone
503.838.0239 or 503.559.0813.
Race Cars For Rent
Crossle 42S Qualified to race in S2, SS2, and
Vintage. Contact Tom Hendrickson for details
503-780-0443 or tomcat44@ gmail.com
Club Rabbit - Track support, Fresh engine, fuel
cell and fire system. Available for Schools/races
in Portland. Mike Volk rabidracer@ comcast.net
503-452-3361
Spec Racer Ford Rental - Arrive and drive with
professional coaching. Schools, test days, and
race weekends available. Pro Drive 503-2854449 or www.prodrive.net
Spec Miata Rental - great school or novice car,
just built, race prepped to pro standards, no better
cage in SM. Contact Pat 503-256-5829 days,
503-682-0503 eves. or at mrpemsr2@ cs.com.
Tow Rigs & Trailers
For sale, small tire trailer with large plastic
lockable tool box. New condition. Great for
hauling tires, tools, helmets, etc to autocross
event. Asking $400. Call Doug 503-347-7168
or doug_raynekat1@yahoo.com. Can send pics
Cars For Sale
2000 Subaru Impreza RS 2 door, wh/gray
leather, 104,000 mi, good cond., $7,000 OBO
(707)480-8502 (541)536-6263
Subaru’s SPT line. Excellent shape, will not fit
on STI Size: 17” x 7” Bolt Pattern: 5/100Off
set: 55mmWeight: 6.8kg (15lb) Price $1000
OBO. Phone: 360-721-0124
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Rose Cup: Schedule change processed to give
Group D (FF, CF, F500, FV) their own race
last thing Sunday afternoon. PRFA approved,
no impact to non-Group D drivers.
Question: Would Solo like to look at our online
registration system http://oregonscca.motorsportreg.com and see if something like that
makes sense for Solo as well?
Web site: Rough estimate from Chico Web
Design received. They are working on a formal
proposal and hope to have it to us in time for
5/3 BoD. This is based on their work looking
thru our web site and on the knowledge gained
from redeveloping the SFR web site.
See: http://sfr.chicodev.com/index.php to check
out the SFR site underdevelopment. This site is
built with Joomla! which is open source, easy
to learn and provides a consistent look and
feel for our 3 venues. Chico Web Design has
received very good comments and reviews by
the SFR team working with them and comes
highly recommended for this project. Dan
Halloran will lead the discussion on funding
and potentially going forward with this. Rough
estimate is in the $10K ballpark.
PAST RE – Absent
ASST RE REPORT - No report
RE COMMENTS – Dan covered his area of
concern during the member discussion period
as well as the New Business report.
M/S (Judy/Dan M) M/P
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Thompson
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