FROM THE DRIVERS SEAT - Cascade Sports Car Club

April 2014
www.cascadesportscarclub.org
ISSUE 4
FROM THE DRIVERS SEAT
As you read this you may already know what I am writing about, but these are very important
things to discuss. First, I want to give a big at-a-boy to Cascade to be the first (as usual) club
to standup when our house at PIR needs some help. Cascade is the first to support FOPIR to
build badly needed turn stations, and we are getting the turn 8 station which will now be
proudly displayed as the Cascade Turn Station. I am so proud of our club, and I feel so lucky to
be a part of this organization. Once Cascade made the first step, Fast Specialties, Casa Bella
Granite & Marble and a BSI Racing, came together to rebuild turn station #11. The Oregon
Porsche Club of America is now rebuilding turn Station #1. By the time you get this I hope to
have station #4 and #9 sold. This will help FOPIR prove to the City that they can perform, and
help the track receive new and much needed turn stations. There are a number of other projects
from a stop light at the stop sign, power to the stations and an improved restroom at the east of
the paddock that FOPIR is now working on, so if you miss the turn station challenge there are
other things to donate to. Remember that FOPIR is a 501- 3C and is a good place to send
some extra dollars to improve PIR.
I want to give Mark Wiggington a big thank you for coming to the March General Meeting to
talk to our members. Mark is such a great asset to PIR it was hard for me to ever realize that he
is near retirement. He called me after the meeting that I said he will always be there, to remind
me that he is stepping down by the end of 2014. That was hard for me to think about, as we
will very much miss him. He has been so good to work with over the last 15 years, but I hope
to have him continue in some way to work with FOPIR, and I know I can call him anytime. If
you see him at any of our events please tell him thanks for all his hard work as he has been the
number one reason we still have a track here to race on.
I look forward to learning more on the new museum, World of Speed in our next general meeting in April, and our FIRST RACE around the corner.
See you at the races.
Gary Bockman
President
Upcoming Events
April 2014
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
1
2
3
8
9
15
10
11
12
16
17
18
19
24
13
14
20
21
22
23
27
28
29
30
Rose City Opener
XXIII
PIR
5
Stark Street Pizza
7:30 PM
General Meeting
7
Cascade Auspuff
Deadline
4
Sat
Friday Night Rally
6:00 PM
Milwaukie Lowe’s
6
Board Meeting
6:00PM
Elmers @ Delta
Park
Fri
25
Driver Training
PIR
26
Rose City Opener
XXIII
PIR
May 2014
Sun
Mon
4
5
11
12
18
25
Tue
Wed
6
7
13
14
19
20
26
27
Board Meeting
6:00PM
Elmers @ Delta
Park
Thu
1
8
Fri
2
Sat
3
Stark Street Pizza
7:30 PM
General Meeting
9
10
15
16
17
21
22
23
24
28
29
30
31
Cascade Auspuff
Deadline
Friday Night Rally
6:00 PM
Milwaukie Lowe’s
CASCADE SPORTS CAR CLUB
http://www.cascadesportscarclub.org
President
Gary J. Bockman
[email protected]
(503)209-6349
Vice President
James Gregory
[email protected]
503-267-5826
Secretary
Tracy Klein
360-904-9999
[email protected]
Treasurer
Julie Winslow
360-513-6728
[email protected]
Director
Steve Powell
[email protected]
503-632-3446
Director
Zach Grant
[email protected]
541-331-8651
Director
Gary Presting Jr.
[email protected]
503-806-2360
Director
Dave Riehl
[email protected]
503-720-2153
Director (Alt)
Linda Blackburn
[email protected]
360-258-6812
CASCADE CONFERENCE REPRESENTATIVES
E-Board Rep.
Bob Hillison
E-Board, Alt. Rep.
Mark Estes
503-522-1553
[email protected]
[email protected]
Competition
Committee
Chris Heinrich
503-690-0939
Contest Board Rep. Contest Board, Alt. Race Officials Div. Rep.
Phil Rees
Open
Kimberly Kuzma503-654-0785
McFarland
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
CASCADE RACE OFFICIALS
Race Chairman
Mike Smith
(360)518-3986
[email protected]
Tech
Gary Presting Jr.
[email protected]
Safety
Adam Jacobsen
360-751-5152
[email protected]
Asst. Race Chairman
Tracy Klein
360-904-9999
Starter
Ralph Hunter
Kim Kuzma McFarland
Communications
Bonnie Aarseth
Teresa Hanken
Open Position
Registration
Gail Fetterman
503-251-0015
[email protected]
Pre-Grid
Julie Winslow
360-513-6728
Flag Chief
Dan Olson
Equipment Manager
Course Marshall
[email protected]
Weigh Master
Open Position
[email protected]
Pace Car
Jon Brobst
[email protected]
Timing and Scoring
Linda Blackburn
360-258-6812
[email protected]
Hot Pits
Jimbo Collins
971-563-2145
OPEN POSITIONS
Announcer
Driver Services
Paddock Marshal
CASCADE COMMITTEE CHAIRPEOPLE
Dash for Kids
Auspuff
Shari Gregory
Tucker Sheppy
[email protected]
Signa Vernholm
[email protected]
Parliamentarian
Scott Faris
[email protected]
Banquet Co-Chairs
Tracy Klein
Points Keepers
360-904-9999
Karen Stimson
[email protected] [email protected]
Carol Faris
[email protected]
Publicity
Kyle Nickels
360-771-2503
[email protected]
Membership
Steve & Julie Powell
503-632-3446
[email protected]
Race Team
Tracy Klein
360-904-9999
[email protected]
Webmaster
Dave Dunning
Volunteer Coordinator
[email protected] Kimberly Kuzma-McFarland
[email protected]
Merchandising
Doug Jones
Maxine Gibson
503-608-4190
Gear Grinders
Marinus Damm
sales@deepdown
expressions.com
Historian
Lauren Stimson
Activities Planner
Tracy Klein
[email protected]
[email protected]
Calendar
Dave Riehl
[email protected]
503-720-2153
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CSCC 2014 March 1st, 2014
General meeting minutes
Meeting Started: 7:32pm
BOD Members- Gary Bockman, Dave Riehl, Julie Winslow, Steve Powell, Linda Blackburn (alt)
MSP of dispensing of the minutes.
Mark Wigginton, Track Manager of Portland International Raceway, spoke at the General Meeting tonight. This is his 15 th year as
track manager at PIR.
Updated general meeting attendees on PIR
 Porsche Club has quit all track days; open weekend first weekend of June for anyone;
 8-Track Relay is ramping up to be a huge event in the nest 3-4 years; holding thirteen running events this year; redoing master
plan;
 FOPIR is meeting with the City of Portland to take over management of the track;
 FOPIR will be improving the infield bathrooms;
 PIR lost the live feed a year ago, with no plan to replace it in the near foreseeable future, but free WiFi is still available
 City of Portland fully supports PIR and have backed PIR in discussions with Kenton neighborhood association; a noise meter
will be placed at the nearest residence in Kenton so people can view online the dBs from the track, airplanes, train & freeway
 Historics have moved back to July
 Swap Meet 90 booths from being sold out;
 three more years until the track repaving is paid off; thanked CSCC for being a good group to work with.
Gary thanked Mark Wigginton for taking PIR to the next level. It was Mark’s idea to start the Portland Swap Meet & it’s the top
money earner for the city park. Additionally, Mark has taken the lead in bringing in running clubs & meets to the park. Thanked
Mark for his time this evening.
Committee Reports
Auspuff- Tucker Sheppy –– No Report, but the dead line is the 15th.
Activities coordinator- Tracy Klein–Working the picnic date.
Activities Calendar–Dave Riehl– Geargrinders first rally is March 7th, March 8th at Parker Johnston , RATS meeting
March 8th at Marriott Meeting, Bobby Plotts memorial on March 9 th, memo deadline is March 9th, CSCC board
meeting March 11th, March 14th at 6pm CSCC and SCCA race marshal training, Auspuff deadline remains the
15th, March 29th is the Drivers Training, SCCA school and regional Race March 22 nd and 23rd, April 4th Geargrinders rally, Swap Meet April 3-6.
Charity Event – Signa Vernholm is working on the event; no report.
Contest Board- Phil Rees– No report
E-Board- Bob Hillison – No report
Gear Grinders–Zack Grant – No report
Membership- Steve & Julie Powell – new members: Charles Matschek and Charles Cleaborn
Merchandise- Doug and Maxine –No report
Points Keeper–Karen Stimson – No report
Publicity –Linda Blackburn – converted to CD a video for publicity purposes; will be shown at race marshal training; 2
copies are available
Race-Chair- Mike Smith – race end of April; chiefs meeting went well; season looking good; safety vehicles getting an
overhaul for the season.
Race-Team- Tracy Klein– No report.
Enduro- Chris Heinrich— things are shaping up for the mini enduros leading up to the October mini enduros & 8-hr
enduro.
ROD- Kimberly McFarland– March 14th race marshal training with 9 people signed up so far.
Treasurer- Julie Winslow- Checkbook is stable currently
Website- Dave Dunning – web site has not pending requests to fix.
Old Business
Bobby Plotts memorial service next week.
Turn stations will be refurbished by FOPIR; full report to be provided by Gary Bockman at CSCC board meeting;
Challenge has been issued to get clubs to buy a station (Porsche Club, CSCC, etc).
Dave Riehl reports business cards will be done by first full week of March.
New Business
Portland Swap Meet will be needing volunteers; first-come, first-put on list – contact Bret Bienerth.
Kyle Nickels said for every new worker gets 1-lb blueberries & referral person gets 1-lb blueberries.
Speaker for April will be promoter & curator of World of Speed.
Meeting adjourned – 8:51pm
NEWS RELEASE
INVITATION TO CSCC, E, BERS, AND FRIENDS
There has existed for over fifteen years a little-known group of sports car enthusiasts who meet every second Tuesday of the month. The group is informal and consists largely of current and former Cascade members as well as others, all who have been involved and interested in sports cars. Anyone is welcome to join
us (the majority of the people are fifty years and older). Between twenty and thirty of us meet at 12:30 in
the bar, then start lunch at about 1:30 at Nonna Emilia, a fourth generation old Italian restaurant 17219 SW
Shaw St., Aloha, OR. This is on the south side of the Tualatin Valley Highway just east of Aloha. For
more information, call Sylvia KaKelday, 503-833-2100.
THE LOOSE NUT
This Month’s topic: “Bring Back Our Favorites, But Not The Duds!” by your Loose Nut.
I’ve decided to become my own Loose Nut Automotive Activist. As you know, I am on a
campaign to get car racing (both road racing and rallying) into the Olympics, more specifically, the summer Olympics of 2016. Now, I have expanded my crusade to include convincing the car manufacturers to bring back some of my favorite cars. I think all of you should
do the same. Below are some of my favorites, as well as my not-so-favorites. I encourage
you to choose your favorites and campaign for their return.
What triggered this was as simple as seeing a Porsche 356 coupe driving around. My simple
Loose Nut brain went into overdrive and said “I want one of those.” More precisely, I want a car that looks just
like that but has all the amenities of a modern car. Therefore, I wrote Porsche of North America a letter saying they
need to bring the 356 back, put a nice 4 cylinder engine in the back everyone would be happy. If Subaru will share
engines for Toyota (the Subarion/Scionaru FBRSZ), then they ought to share with VW/Porsche. I even went on to
tell them I would quit my job and work for them for 4-5 years to get it done. All I would ask in return is the first
production car. I have not heard back from them yet. I think they are busy…
We all should pick our favorite cars, try to influence the car manufactures and see what happens. Also, keep in
mind, the car companies are already going down this path, sometimes attaching the “retro” term to it. Mustang √.
Camaro √. Challenger √. Don’t we deserve the Javelin (or the even better looking AMX)? Hmmm – wait, then
we’d have to bring back AMC, and with that might come the Gremlin, or even worse, the Pacer. I don’t know
about you, but you really have to wonder what they were thinking… The Gremlin – take an AMC Hornet (nothing
to brag about) and chop the tail off, and call it a Gremlin. At least they had the sense to give it an appropriate name
– An imaginary mischievous sprite regarded as responsible for an unexplained problem or fault, especially a mechanical or electronic one, or an unexplained problem or fault. [From the on-line Oxford dictionary.] Now the
Pacer – don’t get me started… Pacemaker, Lunar Module, Fishbowl on wheels, Hamster-Mobile, Greenhouse, Egg
on Wheels, Terrarium, Pregnant Rolle Skate, a Great Big Rolling Windshield on Wheels, Glass Monster, Pregnant
Guppy… ‘nuff said.
A few others to make sure don’t come back: The Cadillac Cimarron. That was the “Caddy that Zigs” if you are
unfortunate enough to recall. A Cadillac is something that that is a combination of comfort and “go”. The Cimarron simmered into the annuls of cars you never want to admit you owned (like the Mustang II). As for the Mustang
II and the Pinto it was derived from. I don’t think Ford sold enough of the Mustang II cars to know if they blew up
if they were hit in the back. And the Yugo. [I can’t think of anything good to write here. No, got it.] Not all was a
total mistake on the Yugos. At least they added rear window defrosters so your hands stayed warm when pushing
them in the winter.
OK, back to the good stuff: Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite – everybody loves those dinky frogeyed cars smiling at
you. You had to smile back. Lotus 7 – Sold as a kit. Perfect! Sure, it might be tough to make these little car pass
the modern crash tests, but they really ought to be exempt from them. With those little cars, you sat so close to the
ground that it feels like you are going twice as fast as you really are. Therefore, they are safer than modern cars!
Studebaker Golden Hawk – the early ones with the big fins. Don’t we all strive to drive around in the closest thing
to the batmobile we can find? The Aston Martin DB5 – I don’t care if you like James Bond or not – that is a fine
looking automobile. The jaguar XKE. I have a preference for the coupe, therefore, we can keep it simple for Jaguar and ask them to make a removable hard top. If they need help, we can fix them up with Mazda to help them
build a convertible and hardtop.
Will we succeed? We’ll never know until we try. Let’s not settle for jelly bean sedans that all look the same. The
way car design is going, we need our key fobs just so we can find our cars in the parking lots. We want to be
unique – just like everyone else! Demand to be different and be proud to be a Loose Nut.
Until next time – Your Loose Nut
CASCADE SPORTS CAR CLUB
Presents
Rose City Opener XXIII
April 26th and 27th, 2014
**** Starting with the 2012 race season Helmets will have a 2005 Snell approved rating or better*****
This is a Non -Chicane race
Entry to PIR will be through turn 8. No early entry on Friday until 5pm, if not participating in the Drivers Training.
The Bridge open from Saturday 7am – 11pm & Sunday 7am – end of day
This race is sanctioned by ICSCC, under the 2014 Competition Regulations as a championship race, organized by Cascade Sports Car Club and held at Portland International Raceway. Mike Smith, Race Chairman, may be reached at
360-518-3986 until 9 p.m. or by email at [email protected].
Online Registration will be available at
http://cascade.motorsportreg.com
ENTRIES OPEN:
ENTRIES CLOSE:
ENTRY FEES:
Special Race:
Mail entries to:
Upon receipt of this announcement
Postmark by: April 23rd, 2014
ICSCC or others – cash/check/Visa/MasterCard price
$270.00
Additional Race Entry
LATE ENTRY FEE
Pit/Spectator passes
1 Hour enduro
$155.00
$ 55.00
Free
$150.00
Cascade Members – cash/check/Visa/MasterCard price
Registrar CSCC
Gail Fetterman
2902 NE 151st Ave
Portland, Oregon 97230-4517
$260.00
Telephone: 503-251-0015
(please no calls after 9:00pm)
Email: [email protected]
Express Tech: “If your entry is completed in full, you have no license issues, you do not need a rental transponder, you have an
Annual Tech, you are not part of the mandatory presentation group for the weekend and you have prepaid your entry fee, you will
be eligible for Express Tech, where after you’re registered your safety equipment will be tech’ed and the weekend tech sticker
issued”
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Only ONE support vehicle OR trailer in your pit area will be allowed. Additional par king is in
the grass area. Drivers are responsible for the actions of their crew members: you may be disqualified as a result of their actions
anywhere at PIR! The area to the north of the Pro Tower is reserved parking for ICSCC and CSCC officials: please do not park
there as you will be asked to move.
Class Rotation 6
MANDATORY TECH FOR ALL GROUP 5
Grp #1 – A-B-C Prod, SPO-M-U, PRO3
Grp #2 –D-E-F-G-H-I Prod, CR, Pro-7, SM, CSM, H-4, ITX,
PRO44
Grp #3 – CF, FF, FA, FM, FC,FBX, SRX
Grp #4 – GT1-2-3, AS, ITE, RS, ST
Grp #5 – ITA-B-C-S, GTL, E-F-H Imp Prod
Grp #6 – FL, FV, FFF/500, S2, B-C-D-E-F SR, Nov O/W
Grp #7 – Novice Closed Wheel
Grp #8 – Mini Enduro ( 1 hour )
CASCADE SPORTS CAR CLUB
Presents
Rose City Opener XXIII
April 26th and 27th, 2014
Non-Chicane Race runs from ProPits
FRIDAY
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration- 2nd Floor of the Tower
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Tech
SATURDAY
7:30am - 1:30pm
Registration
7:30am - 2:30pm
Tech Inspection - MANDATORY TECH FOR ALL GROUP 5
7:30am Novice Track Tour @ base of Tower
8:15am MANDATORY NOVICE MEETING WITH LICENSE DIRECTOR
8:30am - 8:45am
Practice Group 6
8:52am - 9:07am
Practice Group 1
9:14am - 9:29am
Practice Group 2
Saturday Night BBQ Dinner 9:36am - 9:51am
Practice Group 3
Prepared by Drivers in Race Groups 6 & 1
9:58am - 10:13am
Practice Group 4
10:20am - 10:35am
Practice Group 5
10:42am - 11:02am
Practice Group 7
11:04am - 11:14am
Practice Group 8
11:19am - 12:05pm
LUNCH !!!
11:25am
MANDATORY Drivers Meeting MotoX Grand Stand (Group 8 Meeting right after)
12:10pm - 12:30pm
Group 8 Qualifying
12:37pm - 12:57pm
Group 7 Qualifying
1:04pm - 1:19pm
Group 6 Qualifying
1:26pm - 1:41pm
Group 1 Qualifying
1:48pm - 2:03pm
Group 2 Qualifying
2:10pm - 2:25pm
Group 3 Qualifying
2:15pm
MANDATORY NOVICE MEETING WITH LICENSE DIRECTOR
2:32pm - 2:47pm
Group 4 Qualifying
2:50pm
Senior Observers to assigned turns
2:54pm - 3:09pm
Group 5 Qualifying
3:19pm - 3:49pm
Group 7 Race
3:59pm - 4:59pm
Group 8 Race
SUNDAY
7:30am - 10:30am
Registration
7:30am - 11:00am
Tech Inspection
8:55am - 9:20am
Group 6 Qualifying
9:27am - 9:52am
Group 1 Qualifying
9:59am - 10:24am
Group 2 Qualifying
10:31am - 10:56am
Group 3 Qualifying
11:03am - 11:28am
Group 4 Qualifying
11:35am - 12:00pm
Group 5 Qualifying
12:05pm - 12:55pm LUNCH !!!
12:15pm Mandatory Drivers Meeting MotoX Grand Stand
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Race Group 6
1:40pm - 2:10pm
Race Group 1
2:20pm - 2:50pm
Race Group 2
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Race Group 3
3:40pm - 4:10pm
Race Group 4
4:20pm - 4:50pm
Race Group 5
Grp 1 A-B-C Prod, SPO-M-U, PRO3
Grp 2 D-E-F-G-H-I Prod, CR, Pro7, H4, SM, CSM,
PRO44, ITX
CF, FF, FA, FM, FC, FBX, SRX
GT1-2-3, AS, ITE, RS, ST
ITA-B-C-S, GTL, E-F-H Imp Prod
FV, FFF/500, FL, S2, B-C-D-E-F SR
Novice O/W
Grp 7 Novice Closed Wheel
Grp 8 Mini Enduro
Grp 3
Grp 4
Grp 5
Grp 6
*The 5 Min warning will be given approx.
8 Min before the start of the race
CSCC Supplemental Regulations 2014
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Open to cars eligible under ICSCC current regulations.
This event is organized under 2014 ICSCC Competition Regulations, and all who enter PIR are subject to them.
Cascade Sports Car Club reserves the right to refuse entry to this event or to PIR at any time.
Alcoholic beverages allowed in the beer garden area only, and only after the track closes. You may NOT bring alcohol into PIR! This
is an Oregon Liquor Commission requirement. Any person caught entering PIR with alcohol will be removed from the raceway.
Registration Hours: 6:00 pm-8:00 Friday, 7:30 am - 1:30 pm Saturday and 7:30 am - 10:30 am Sunday.
Express Tech is available at Registration for those drivers who have an acceptable, current Annual Tech inspection noted in their
vehicle logbook, and the driver is not part of the mandatory Tech presentation group for the weekend. Express Tech drivers should
bring their personal safety gear and vehicle logbook to Registration where your gear will be inspected and a weekend tech sticker
issued.
People under 18 years old are not allowed in hot pits, pre-grid or on victory laps. Children under 12 must have direct adult supervision at all times.
A current and properly completed minor release form, signed by an authorized adult, must be on record for all minor participants
brought into PIR.
Competition numbers must be readable: Section 1106 enforced.
The scales will be open Saturday from noon and Sunday all day.
No skateboards or scooters allowed in the paddock area. Users of bicycles and small-motorized vehicles may have riding privileges revoked at any time by the Race Chairperson.
Refueling is not allowed in pre-grid. Fueling in the hot pits requires a crewmember assigned only to operate a fire bottle. Excess spillage will result in a penalty.
No smoking allowed in hot pits, pre-grid or any PIR building.
Only one support vehicle allowed in the paddock. Pit and pre-grid roads must remain clear.
Noise rule ICSCC 1112 enforced! 103.0 dB at 50 ft.: no exceptions!
Oregon State Law requires functioning mufflers to be used at PIR. Functioning mufflers must be capable of reducing sound energy
by at least 5dB at trackside. Cars losing mufflers, even if they are still below the sound level, will be black-flagged immediately.
Damage to the track, grounds or buildings, regardless of cause, will be charged to the driver responsible. Also, damage to any equipment or devices used by the sanctioning body (ICSCC) or sponsoring club (CSCC) to conduct this race, regardless of cause, will be
charged to the driver responsible.
Family and crewmembers of drivers are to contact the landline communication person at pre-grid with any questions regarding their
driver or car while on track.
All entrants for this event shall present at tech inspection an empty, sealable container or containers, marked with the driver’s name
and license number, capable of holding 2 gallons of liquid. These are to be used to remove all oil, cleaners, brake fluid, etc. from PIR.
There will be no drums provided.
Anyone caught dumping oil at the raceway will be fined and banned from the raceway. This is a PIR regulation.
If entries exceed the number of cars allowed on the track for a particular event, drivers and cars entered as an “additional event” will
be restricted from participating, on a first-come, first-served priority based on the date entries were received. This is in order to allow
participation by all drivers for whom the event is their primary event, including Novices upgrading to a championship event.
NSF checks will be charged an additional $50 fee.
The racing “hot pit” is defined as that area under the control of Hot Pits personnel. This area is located immediately west of the break
in the concrete wall half way up the pit lane. Per ICSCC rule #1607, any person over that “pit wall” during practice, qualifying or
races shall wear long pants, shirts that cover the shoulders, and shall not be barefoot or wear open-toed shoes. At the one-minute
warning, pre-grid becomes a “hot” area. At that time, pre-grid must be cleared of all crew, support personnel and spectators. Notwithstanding the above, ICSCC rule #1607 does not apply to the pre-grid area.
All cars that are towed into the paddock area are subject to being dropped off in impound. Drivers must wear all required drivers
safety equipment (per ICSCC rule # 1105) before they are allowed to enter the track, while they are on the track, beyond positive
protection, under flat tow, or in the hot pits area.
The 5-minute warning will be given approximately 8 minutes before the start of the race.
Due to recent incidents, extension cords from the pit exit to tech/scales must use a more secure method other than Duct Tape.
Staggered start and split start requests shall be submitted to the race steward no later than the end of on-track activity on the day previous to the race.
Blendline- the Red Blendline stays on drivers left as you enter the racetrack from the pit area. You are required to stay on the right
side until the Red Blend line ends. This is REQUIRED EVERY TIME you enter the Race Track, other than the race out lap.
The Red Blendline stays on the drivers left at the end of the Turn 12 tirewall. If you are to exit the race track at anytime, you are
required to stay completely to the right. If you cross the blendline with ONE TIRE you are required to stay out for one more lap unless you are exiting the track after you have received the checkered flag and crossed the start/finish line.
Thank you – Mike Smith, CSCC Race Chairman
March 28, 214
Group66 MotorSports
Olympia, WA
Group66 MotorSports is forming a team to race in the Mazda MX-5 Cup. The car hopefully be built in time to
enter the last OR Regional Spec Miata Race for testing purpose. The reason in racing in the Mazda MX-5 Cup
is twofold. The primary reason to get exposure for the company’s high performance parts for Japanese cars
in the Oregon and Washington markets during 2014. Secondly, it will provide Paul Hutt, owner of Group66,
to fulfill his dream of owning racing team. They expect to obtain sponsors. However, only a small amount of
sponsorship money will be needed.
There will be a formal process in selecting the driver for the OR SCCA Spec Miata racer. However, this process will not begin until June of this year. By November another selection process will be conducted, which
may take up to three months. Several Spec Miata drivers in the OR region will be asked to handle the selection process. Given the company’s excellent capital position, they expect to continue in the MX-5 Cup for at
least two additional years.
For more information contact
Paul Hutt at [email protected]
IN THE VERY EARLY DAYS
Well, this time I will veer away from the Cascade/4 Cylinder's early days to talk about what it
was like driving in the early 1950's.
Anything other than an American sedan was a real rarity. Typically, one might go a month or
more without seeing ANY other foreign car. When one did, one usually made a "U" turn, just
to find out the other car had also made a "U" turn, to chase YOU down! But it was worth it.
This usually led to a long discussion and a new, lasting friendship. This is how I met Vic
Wandtke, and how we met other future 4-Cylinder members.
Driving a sports car in the '50s was interesting, but fraught with perils. Almost all roads were
2-lane, with HILLS!!! Hills were a problem, as they were populated with trucks with passenger-car engines in those days. They would crawl up a hill at 5-10MPH [maybe], and then run
flat out down the other side making it difficult to pass.
In those days, ALL other cars towered above the TC, making it impossible to see anything
dead ahead. So, I adopted the practice of driving to the far-right edge of the lane, (remember
the TC was right-hand-drive), allowing me to then see around the car(s) ahead. Which frequently resulted in a driver three or four cars back in traffic to spot an apparently open space
ahead, then pull out and pass (remember, 2 lanes only) and he would arrive at the "space" to
find it was already occupied by ME. At this point, the other driver would dive in to the
"space" to avoid an oncoming car. I would have to dive onto the shoulder. Which, in a stifflysprung TC could be VERY interesting at highway speeds.
Another interesting item was parking in Portland. Note that the TC was delivered without
front or rear bumpers (and also without a heater or defroster, more on that later). So a venture
into downtown resulted in cruising until a suitable long parking space could be found. Finally
finding one at the extreme start or end of a block to allow you to leave all of the extra room
(the TC was pretty short remember) for "crunch-space" because most American parking at that
time was done by the backing up or forward, until contact was made.
PARTS!!!!! This was another interesting phase of being in "early innovator" as neither
NORTHWEST Light Cars or Armstrong & Goetz stocked and any parts in any depth. As a result, on hearing of any shipments to either company, it became a necessity to make an immediate visit to buy up any parts that might be needed anywhere in the near future. I myself still
have sufficient spokes for the 19 inch wheels to last for anywhere in the foreseeable future.
AND Armstrong & Goetz earned the popular title of "Strong arm and Guts".
EVENTS. In the very early days, the clubs events consisted almost entirely of rallies, gymkhanas and other public road events, as from Portland the nearest races were in Seattle or San
Francisco until Tillamook became available.
One of the most popular early events was the occasional Gymkhana at Mocks Bottom (the
parking was originally made for the World War II shipyards workers on Swan Island). This
was pretty well a combination of right angle turns and short straight-aways but allowed some
pretty good competition. We saw some very interesting cars at those events including the
curved Dash Oldsmobile of Don Bell's, the immense Mercedes supercharged SSK touring car
of Fred Thorson, plus an occasional later entrance by Harry Eyerly with his absolutely amazing Crosley based class H racing car.
The first road event I remember going on was with the Sports Car Club of Oregon which was a
"mystery rally”. This consisted of a list of places around the city that had some distinguishing
characteristic to be noted and entered on the route instructions, and the object was to get to all
of them, and no mention was made of the importance or non-importance of time. You might
imagine that this resulted in a wide variety of driving styles by the contestants. I remember distinctly following an MG TD, and being followed by an even more aggressive driver down
from Skyline Blvd on W. Burnside Rd. The result was that I would try to pass the TD in front
at every opportunity and the driver behind me would take the same opportunity to try to pass
me. This eventually resulted in two cars with their brakes completely faded arriving behind the
slower TD as they arrived at the four way stop halfway down Burnside.
Believe me, all drum brakes could be absolutely faded-out in those days!
Ah well, enough for now.
Charlie Brown "Old No 1"
“Dash for Kids”
Calling All Members!!! We are off and racing with “Dash for Kids”. As your new event chair I need your help more
than ever.
I would first like to introduce myself. I originally began my membership with CSCC in 1999 but I haven’t been active
since 2003. I have also been a member of SCCA and a current member of ORPCA. I am excited to take an active role
in CSCC and make a difference in our community.
Right now I am looking for help finding people to help in our kids’ activity area. Please reach out to your friends and
family for face painters, clowns, and balloon artists. This is a great time to embrace their inner artist. I am asking for
anyone that is willing to donate 4 hours on Saturday and/or Sunday to support our kids’ activity area. Any help will be
considered. I have already sent out letter to companies that have donated in the pass. I am excited to hear our response
this year. I would love to add more vendors, businesses and individuals that may want to donate goods, gift certificates
or money to our cause. Please let me know if you have any leads. Be thinking of what you would like to donate also. I
am looking for NEW or VERY slightly use items. We want to keep our auction a class act.
Now is the time to make a commitment to advertise your team or business on our commemorative T-shirts. Don’t be
shy with your donation. Contact me with your commitment. You have always made this a great event and the tradition
will continue.
Contact me at [email protected] or 503-720-7971
Signa Vernholm
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FOR SALE: 20 Ft. Flatbed Trailer, tandem axles with
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--Also have individual bottles of 5W20, ATF and MTL I could add
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FOR SALE: 2012 Hooters Pro Cup Chevy stock car set up for
road racing; Billy Hess Chassis with super light-weight Impala
body; all new Performance Friction 6 piston calipers front with
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power; 358 cu. in. Clements SB-2 Chevy motor with fresh
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fresh 9” rear end with 3.92 gear professionally setup by Ron’s
Rear Ends in California; entire car professionally assembled &
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1998 Chev. Monte Carlo (was a Winston West car). Complete
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FOR SALE – 1995 MBW M3 COUP HPDE OR RACE PROJECT3 spindles with dust shields and M3 hubs.
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