2016_09_esca_newsletter - Empire Sports Car Association

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September 2016
The Official Newsletter of Empire Sports Car Association
Volume 53 - 9
P.O. BOX 2242, SANTA ROSA, CALIF. 95405
September 10th Autocross
(A Double Points Event)
*
Register link will be in your email by 9-1-16
October 1st Autocross
*
Register link will be in your email by 9-19-16
Fort Bragg Tour
Tour Leader: Bob Jenkins… Saturday Start: Meet 8:45 am
Leave 9:00 am or as close as possible, Kaffe Mocha parking
lot on Airport Blvd. in Santa Rosa.
As you should know by now the September Tour is an
overnighter to Ft. Bragg on Saturday and Sunday, September
24th and 25th. We will be staying at the Best Western Vista
Manor, 1100 N. Main St., Ft. Bragg, Ca. Call 707-964-4776
to get a room. ESCA has six rooms held. The rooms have
2 queen beds. The discounted price (plus tax) is $129.99.
Please email thebeard@sonic.net , after you have booked your
room. And, if you need to cancel, please let us know, as soon
as possible. Sorry the motel has a “no smoking - no pet policy”.
If you want to take your dog, the Surf Motel and Gardens,
about 2 miles south of the Best Western, does accept dogs.
The tour will be a leisurely drive up Highway One on
Saturday, which may include stops at Pt. Arena Light House,
Point Cabrillo Light House, the Sea Ranch Chapel, and a
cruise through the town of Mendocino. Sunday we may stop
at the Skunk Train Museum, lunch in Boonville, a stop at the
Anderson Valley Brewing Co., or one of the many wineries.
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See Inside for . . . . .
On the Road Again , New Members, Congrats & Store......page 2
Awhile Ago in Pit Stop, Autocrossers List & Photo Link.....page 3
Aug. Autocross Article and Photos....................................page 4
Aug. Autocross Results......................................................page 5
Car Museum Tour..............................................................page 6
More Car Museum Tour ....................................................page 7
Member Profile.................................................................page 8
August Tour Article............................................................page 9
Birthdays, Cotati Raceway & Pit Stop Ad Rates ................Page 10
ESCA Calendar, Membership Count & Meeting Info..........Page 11
2016 Committee Chair Contact Info..................................Page 12
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ON THE ROAD
AGAIN
By John Perlis
I was wondering what if anything of significance I could
glean from the autocross attendance numbers so far this
year. I’ll save you the suspense. The answer is - nothing. The
numbers are way too small for statistical validity. So, like any
data analyst worth his or her salt, after acknowledging that, I’ll
proceed to present my observations and discuss them anyway.
First I looked at numbers of drivers per event.
This year Last year
Event 1 73 65
2 64 65
3 57 56
4 59 58*
5 52 61
6 46** 64
7 -- 59**
8 -- 54*
*Counted morning direction only
**Sunday event
(Can’t have a table without an asterisk or two....)
As you can see, through June the autocross attendance
figures compared very well to last year. Since then there has
been a drop off. At the August event Ron had to scramble
to post enough workers to the track positions. Worrisome
trend? Too soon to say. In words spoken by generations of data
analysts - we need to continue monitoring.
Has there been a change year to year in the dedication of the
participants? I measured the percent of drivers who attended
three or more of the first five events. In 2015 52% of drivers
made three or more events. In 2016 this percent has dropped
slightly to 50%. I have no explanation for this, since we ran the
events exactly the same way in both years. I have a disclaimer
though - I tried to correct for drivers who competed in multiple
classes during the year, but some might have slipped through
to lower the dedication statistic.
Another note from the wonderful world of numbers; Cars
and Coffee events are starting to proliferate alarmingly.
Alongside the well established Marin Cars and Coffee
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which has met on the first Sunday of the month in Novato for
at least 5 years and in Sausalito before that, we now have Santa
Rosa Cars and Coffee meeting at Coddingtown on second
Sundays, and to boot, a Petaluma Cars and Coffee on third
Sundays at the Washington Square Shopping Center. This last
event is limited to cars of 1973 vintage or older, which, since I
don’t own a car of that age, I personally find unreasonable.
PLEASE WELCOME
NEW MEMBERS . . . .
Janis Biksa
Zach Butler
Dan Paoli
Stuart Brown
Alex Delzell
Julian DuMay
BMW 325i
Ford Mustang
Subaru Legacy
Audi S4
BMW M3
BMW 328 iS
Congratulations!
❤ To ESCA members Paul Magoolahan and Kate Fox
on the birth of their daughter, Madison, in December 2014.
❤ To ESCA member Tyle Gevara and Vanessa Stephens
on their marriage in September2015.
❤ To ESCA members, Donnie Bamberg and Amber Geil
on their marriage in May , 2016.
We wish these ESCA members much happiness.
ESCA Member’s Contact Information
Reminder: when your contact information
changes ~ to please send in updates to
the ESCA Secretary
thebeard@sonic.net or call (707) 546-6867
◊ telephone ◊ mailing address ◊ email address
ESCA's Club Store
ESCA's club store
ESCA website at
can be accessed by going to the
http://www.empiresportscar.org/club-store/
The store is through Cafe Press. ESCA does not have
a markup on the merchandise, but gives you the Cafe
Press cost on each item. If you have any questions please
contact the ESCA Secretary, at the beard@sonic.net.
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be a driver’s school.
Under a Wedding Bells listing it was stated that Bill & Beth
Katz were wed in New York and there was to be a party for
ESCA members in September.
And under Welcome New Members were Barbara McCrory
and Ron Caviglia.
Awhile Ago in Pit Stop
By Bob Jenkins
September 1990
On the front page was an article and results of an August
Autocross, which the writer stated was the third closed club
event and the turn out was not so great with only 21 drivers.
Top time was set by Dale Hartman in a Corvette, followed by
Lee Sutton in an Opel GT, and Francesca Donig in a Corvette.
Of the 21 drivers only 5 are still members.
A Hawaiian Holiday article by Ted Dunlap talked about
the ESCA Summer Party held in the Karen & Blain Hendrix
back yard. Besides the great food and company there were fun
games to play, such as a wheelbarrow Funkhana, with water
balloon pineapples being passed, a coconut cracking chair,
where the one partner blew up a balloon and the other partner
sat on it to pop it. And finally a hula dance where one partner
had to have 10 revolutions of a hula-hoop, before running to
shut of the clock. There were two classes with wheelbarrows for
the adults and a 4-wheel wagon for the children. And yes the
children took top time of day.
A Rallye School article by the Beard talked about a Course
Marker School after the next meeting and a paper
Course Marker rallye after the school. The paper Course
Marker Rallye was to be part of
ESCA’s
club rallye series.
There was also an up to date standings listing showing Blain
Hendrix in first place, followed by John Troup in second,
Fredric Blue in third, Gary O,Connor in fourth, Terry
O’Connor in fifth and Marci Jenkins in sixth.
A Brunch Tour article by the Beard talked about a short
run stating from Coddingtown and heading out to Duncan
Mills, for brunch at the Blue Heron Inn.
A long Autocross article by Chris Orlie entitled “The season
autocross finale: paying attention is more important than ever”,
talked about ESCA’s final autocross of 1990. He stated that
each run would consist of two timed laps and each lap would
run the course differently. Also at the lunch break there was to
Autocrossers Must Do List
Both September and October
Autocrosses are on Saturdays
* Dues must be paid before you can register!
* Site opens at 8:00 A.M.
* Gate closes at 9:15 A.M.
* All Drivers must be 16 or older.
* New Driver Course walk at 9:15 A.M.
* Registration closes at 9:30 A.M.
* Mandatory Drivers’ Meeting at 9:40 A.M.
* Bring Tech Card for 2016
* If you must leave early please let me know as
soon as possible.
* If you must cancel your registration, please
let me know as soon as possible.
Thank you. Marci Jenkins thebeard@sonic.net
Business with the ESCA Board
Please email or speak with the Board, prior to the
meeting, if you must leave the ESCA meeting early and
can not remain for the entire Board Meeting; so that we
may schedule the Board Meeting appropriately. Thank
you. Secretary, Marci Jenkins thebeard@sonic.net
To see The Beard's photo's of the
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A Sunday in August
by Donnie Bamberg
The 14th brought about our 6th event of the year, and
the weather could not have been better. The morning fog
burned off as the drivers meeting began, and by the time the
first car took the line the asphalt had begun to warm. The
course lent itself to the higher horsepower cars with a pair of
long straights and some long sweepers.
The race tire classes were won by Angelo Klavin (GTA-R),
Craig Hammond (GTB-R) and John Schliemann (GTC-R).
Street went to Chuck Banks (GTA-S), Brent Werder (GTB-S)
and Jiro Tulley (GTC-S). Our open class was taken by just
0.077 seconds by Blaine Pope.
With this event behind us, we have just two more events
left to decide the championship leaders. As was emailed
out, the double points event was moved up from October to
September, so be ready for next month where we will be
running the track in both directions.
RallyCross???
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GTA-R
GTC-S
GTC-S
GTB-S
GTC-R
GTB-S
GTC-S
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
GTC-R
GTC-R
10
22
GTB-R
9
X
GTC-R
8
21
GTA-R
7
GTB-S
GTB-S
6
20
X
5
GTA-S
X
4
19
GTB-R
3
GTB-S
GTA-R
2
18
GTA-R
1
Class
723
381
38
32
26
192
311
510
70
992
88
2
49
17
9
119
42
28
23
27
11
97
#
1999ChevroletCorvette
BruntonStalker
CarModel
1985FordMustangSVO
1973Datsun240z
1995ChevroletCamaroZ28
1995ChevroletCamaroZ28
2000MazdaMiata
1993MazadaRx7
2003Birkins3
1971Datsun240z
SusanHee
TommyRe
TylerGuevara
ChuckBanks
MarkKoppen
IsaacHastings
CodyFarrell
DukeSchimmer
JohnHurley
1995MazdaMiata
1991Nissan240sx
1991Nissan240sx
1988PontiacFiero
InfinitiG37xS
1991MazdaMiata
2003SubaruWRXWagon
1972Datsun510
2003Nissan350z
JonathanTeeter 1994HondaCivicSi
JiroTulley
BlainHendrix
JohnPerlis
JimWinston
JohnSchliemann 1995MazdaMiata
DanielClary
BrentWerder
EricSiedentopf
BlainePope
CraigHammond 1992MazdaRx7
GuySouthern
AngeloKljavin
Driver
56.595
56.186
56.065
55.599
55.437
55.429
54.952
54.365
54.296
54.156
53.576
53.466
53.319
53.184
53.048
52.954
52.768
52.689
52.612
51.578
48.858
48.080
RawTime
0.409
0.121
0.466
0.162
0.008
0.477
0.587
0.069
0.140
0.580
0.110
0.147
0.135
0.136
0.094
0.186
0.079
0.077
1.034
2.720
0.778
0.000
Diff.
8.515
8.106
7.985
7.519
7.357
7.349
6.872
6.285
6.216
6.076
5.496
5.386
5.239
5.104
4.968
4.874
4.688
4.609
4.532
3.498
0.778
0.000
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44
43
42
41
40
39
38
37
36
35
34
33
32
31
30
29
28
27
26
25
24
23
GTC-R
GTC-S
GTB-S
GTA-S
GTC-S
GTB-S
GTA-S
GTA-R
GTB-S
GTB-S
GTC-S
X
GTB-S
GTC-S
GTB-S
GTA-S
GTB-S
GTA-S
GTC-S
GTB-R
GTC-S
GTA-S
Class
888
61
69
205
420
122
20
101
109
396
67
2002VWGTI
2016BMWM2
2016ChevroletSpark
1983MazdaRx7
HondaFit
2013FordMustang5.0
CarModel
BlakeBuss
JulieSilk
SamBrabo
RyanWall
PeterMahoney
MarkEves
BenSterne
ChrisSweeney
JoyPrescott
ZacharyButler
SpencerMarcil
TamaraWoolever
TimIbrahim
RonCox
1997HondaCivicEX
2004HondaS2000
1999BMWM3
2006FordMustangGT
1998DodgeNeonACR
2016HondaAccord
1989Ford1989
1973DodgeDartSport101
2012Mercedes-BenzC250
2008PontiacSolsticeGXP
1967AustinMini
2001BMW325I
2002SubaruWRXWagon
1991MazdaMiata
2001BMWZ3
RobertHollingsworth 1994FordMustang
CanaanMcKoy
MikeWindsor
BobBlick
RoyGreen
BenMo
MichaelPrescott
Driver
1051 DonnieBamberg
55
191
85
151
41
416
73
99
18
153
#
DNF
DNF
68.740
63.862
63.017
60.793
60.755
59.986
59.206
59.159
58.914
58.438
57.994
57.743
57.662
57.095
57.071
57.008
56.736
56.731
56.724
56.636
RawTime
August 14, 2016 Autocross
4.878
0.845
2.224
0.038
0.769
0.780
0.047
0.245
0.476
0.444
0.251
0.081
0.567
0.024
0.063
0.272
0.005
0.007
0.088
0.041
Diff.
20.660
15.782
14.937
12.713
12.675
11.906
11.126
11.079
10.834
10.358
9.914
9.663
9.582
9.015
8.991
8.928
8.656
8.651
8.644
8.556
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CAR MUSEUM TOUR
by Chuck and Lorie Banks
Gerry Mugele led the July 30th tour which began on a fairly
bumpy but beautiful drive on back roads through Sonoma
and Napa counties. It was great to see these twisty roads full
of ESCA members and their cars. At the end of the drive the
30 attendees were greeted by a friend of Gerry’s that has an
amazing collection of Mercedes Benz automobiles. I could go
on and on about the cars and the shop downstairs but I think
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CAR MUSEUM TOUR
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I’ll let the pictures do the talking. Gerry, thank’s for setting this up, we all had a blast.
Join us for the upcoming tours, you won’t be disappointed.
See your newsletter for all the details on the upcoming tours.
More photos at https://goo.gl/photos/qc9hY8KhZBVXbknj9
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Profile…Bob Jenkins
(aka Bob the Beard)
the most of all the cars I have owned. In ‘98 I bought another
new Honda Accord. Then in ‘03 I bought a new Nissan 350Z,
and finally in 2014 a new Lexus IS 350 F Sport. I have never
owned a V-8, but I did get to drive Terry Eaton’s white Cobra
for three straight days.
In between ESCA events in 1984 I married fellow ESCA
member, Marci Tarleton, our only children have been several
cats, which seem to live very long lives in our home, the
present cat is a lady named Lauren.
I participated in ESCA events in 1963 and joined in
March of ‘64, which is the same year I started putting on
rallyes. Rallyes are "my thing", having put on well over a
hundred, but I like all ESCA events. The first of my many
terms as an ESCA Board member was as Chairman in 1966.
My hobbies, besides ESCA, are photography, and ZONC,
a Datsun-Nissan Z Car Club, I have belonged to for 42 years.
As this is my 52nd anniversary as an ESCA member, I
thought it was about time for another profile.
I was born in Stockton California and moved around
Northern California a lot until starting school in San Francisco.
Our family (including two younger sisters) next moved to
Santa Rosa in 1954 and I graduated Santa Rosa High School a
few years later.
I next did three years in the U.S. Navy, stationed around
the Washington D.C. area. Returning to Santa Rosa, I tried my
hand at carpentry, before getting a steady job at the Post Office,
from which I retired in 2001.
My first car was a hand painted yellow and black ‘29
Model A Ford and my second was a ‘49 Chevrolet two door,
which I sold when I joined the Navy. I then just drove Navy
vehicles until near the end of my enlistment when I bought
a ‘58 Peuguot 403 with a moon roof, which started me into
foreign vehicle. I drove the Peuguot home to California, but
soon started my new car period with a ‘62 Volvo 544, but I had
to have seat belts put in, which was good because this was my
"crash and burn" period and the Volvo took 6 crashes and kept
running. My next car was a new ‘67 Volvo 122S, and it came
with seat belts. I added Buick rims to go from 4” tire width to
6”. Then in ‘70 I fell in love and bought a new gold Datsun 240Z,
which started my Japanese period. Next came a new ‘82 Honda
Accord, followed by a new ‘93 Acura, which got autocrossed
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August Tour to Marin Cars and Coffee
By John Perlis
Three cars met up at Cars and Coffee for the tour. Marci and
Bob came in their Lexus IS350 F Sport. Chuck Banks was there
with his Fiero, into which he has fit a supercharged V6. Finally,
I brought the Birkin.
There were lots of cars to see, although the number of really
exotic rides was down some from previous months. My favorite
was a beautiful yellow 60’s Lotus Elite, lovingly maintained
and restored to perfection. The fact that I would have to lop 8
to 10 inches of height off my body to be able to fit inside and
actually work the pedals, has not seemed to cool my ardour for
this gorgeous fiberglass monocoque chassis with the Coventry
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Climax engine. If only Colin Chapman had been taller!
After enjoying looking at other people’s cars, we got back in
our own and headed for the coast. We were accompanied on
the ride by Alex Delzel, who joined ESCA at the August 16
meeting, and, who drove an E46 M3. Our route included back
roads out of Novato, joining Route 1 just north of Pt. Reyes
Station. In between the requisite episodes of “sharing the road”
with bicycles, we made good time up the coast to just south of
Tomales, where we turned east again, eventually rolling into
Petaluma just about noon.
Alex left the group in Petaluma, and the rest of the party
plus my wife, Karen, and Bonnie the Corgi, had a great lunch
at Rosso Pizzeria. The tour ended after lunch.
More photos at https://goo.gl/photos/116H3BkoicH1ipbu8
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HAPPY SEPTEMBER
BIRTHDAYS. . .
Franklin Jr. Beale
Tanner Beale
Benjamin Bettega
Marisa Castellano
Jim deLong
Jamen R. Etchell
Hector Ferrel
Jake Girordano
Alex Guerrero
Chuck Hammond SR.
Katrina Hendrix
Robert Hollingsworth
Jerilyn Holm (Roberts)
Alex Ivakhnenko
Angejo Kljavin
Gene Mai
Michael Mannion
David Murphy
Michael Pina
Chris Payne
Ysrael Salire
Dan Schliemann
John Schliemann
Julie Silk
Trevor Swallow
Casey Warrington
Travis Whitted
Matthew Wilson
Kayla Winslow
Cotati Raceway
by Marci Jenkins
While my mom, Gailene (on the right) and her cousin, Christine,
are too young to drive this wooden race track in Cotati in 1921 or
1922, they still had fun
walking on it.
In the 1920s. . . . Speculators
developed
an
immense
wooden auto racetrack near
the railroad tracks on East
Cotati Avenue, and drivers
and fans converged from
far and wide.
This was Photo from the family collection of Marci Jenkins'.
however, prior to the completion of the Golden Gate Bridge (1937)
and the trip required a series of ferry and railroad connections. Not
enough fans could manage the trip and the track was soon a
financial failure. The lumber salvaged from its demolition produced
several of the buildings still in use in downtown Cotati.
From the © Cotati Historical Society posted 2010 at:
http://cotatihistoricalsociety.org/history-of-cotati
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ESCA 2016 CALENDAR
SEPTEMBER
06 (TUE)
7:00 p.m. ESCA Regular Meeting
11 (SUN)
7:00 am - 10am Coddingtown Cars & Coffee
265
ESCA Club Autocross
10 (SAT)
16-18
Grand Prix of Sonoma Indycar at Sonoma
18 (SUN)
7am Petaluma Cars & Coffee 1973 or older
20 (TUE)
Current ESCA
Membership Total
Washington Square Shopping Center
24-25 (S&S)
7:00 p.m. ESCA Regular Meeting
ESCA Two Day Tour to Fort Bragg
(See article)
24 (SAT)
Hill on Wheels Car Show in Petaluma
01 (SAT)
04 (TUE)
OCTOBER
ESCA Club Autocross
7:00 p.m. ESCA Regular Meeting
16 (SUN)
7am Petaluma Cars & Coffee 1973 or older
09 (SUN)
18 (TUE)
Phone 763-2454 for Information
7:00 am - 10am Coddingtown Cars & Coffee
Washington Square Shopping Center
7:00 p.m. ESCA Regular Meeting
06 (SUN)
NOVEMBER
7:00 p.m. ESCA Regular Meeting
ESCA Charity Rallye
15 (TUE)
7:00 p.m. ESCA Regular Meeting
01 (TUE)
13 (SUN)
20 (SUN)
06 (TUE)
11 (SUN)
17 (SAT)
8:00 am - 10am Coddingtown Cars & Coffee
7am Petaluma Cars & Coffee 1973 or older
Washington Square Shopping Center
DECEMBER
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