HERE - Misery Bay Region of the SCCA

The Events of May 2015
Charlie Campbell Wins
Mid-Ohio Major
Dale Kunze wins FTD & PAX
Western New York’s Dale Kunze
Dominated our first Solo
at Lake Erie Speedway
in his Honda Civic Si
Bill’s BS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .
May Solo Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
May Solo Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May Meeting Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Charlie Campbell gets the checker as
he laps a Mini to win FP at the
Mid-Ohio Majors Saturday
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May Membership Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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May Financial Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Membership Application and Officers List . . . 9
Dates to Remember . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Bill’s BSby Bill Stewart
News Flash! Charlie Campbell wins
Majors at Mid-Ohio!
05/31/15 Misery Bay’s Charlie Campbell took
advantage of a short rain shower to pass Sam Henry
and Eric Prill in the “Keyhole” to win the F Production
race in his Campbell Brothers Racing Mazda Miata.
See his interview at https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=Xxh22LS4drc Unfortunately, Charlie’s
engine expired on the cool down lap and he was not able
to make the Sunday Prod race. Neohio native Eric Prill,
and now SCCA VP and Chief Operations Officer won FP
on Sunday.
In Saturday’s Spec Miata race, Charlie was hit and
his rear bumper broken loose. He managed to still
finish 25th out of 45 with the bumper forming a huge
air scoop. Justin Hille, from Canfield won, with Alex
Bolanos of Hialeah, FL second. He had better luck on
Sunday, finishing a hard fought 19th. There were over
315 cars entered in the 8 race groups with racers from as
far as California. The occasional sprinkle made things
challenging Saturday, but the real rain on Sunday was
worse.
05/28/15 The great weekends just kept coming and
May had 5 of them! Congratulations to Ian McCune
on his first Solo as Chairman! He even won HS! 44
entries with a questionable weather forecast. 17
Weekend Members, we need to convert them. Very
close times! I see that Jeff Britton aced Tim Mackey by
one-one thousandth of a second on the PAX. Lots of
good comments on Facebook. I understand Neal Mann
stopped by and donated a helmet and driving gloves.
Thanks! I am sorry that I missed him. I was up at
Mosport with the Pirelli World Challenge. Major thanks
to Nick Schneider and Dorothy too for the pics! KV
reported that we made a profit. Always good!
My May started with 3 days at Mid-Ohio instructing
with NORPCA(Northern Ohio Region). Beachwood
Porsche even bought us all dinner Saturday night!
Great sponsor. Then I was up at Watkins Glen with
ARPCA(Allegheny Region). Fun, fun in the Cayman.
My best weekend was the 5 days up at Canadian Tire
Motorsports Park with the PWC. Best weather ever.
The Canadians and the World Challenge folks are
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Young Corey Fergus, from Columbus, OH
celebrated his first two professional
victories at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in
the Pirelli World Challenge Touring Car races
in his Porsche Cayman.
Johnny O’Connell won both of the Pirelli
World Challenge GT races at Canadian Tire
Motorsports Park in his new
Cadillac ATS-VR
That’s some American muscle!
Pictures
May 17th Solo Action
courtesy of Nick Schneider and Dorothy
iAaron Woloszyn zooms
past pylons in his
SM Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
Misery Bay teamwork got
Marvin Alvarado back to the paddock
to fix his Honda Civic
Keith Schneider
returned in his Miata
Liz Schneider is enjoying the Miata
Matt Smith brought his
classic Mustang
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Misery Bay Solo #1
Place & Name
1st Dan Colebert
2nd Drew Bickel
3rd Nick Simon
4th Tom Hall
5th Matt Curry
6th Jay Dumbeck
7th Alec Slomski
8th Brian Young
9th Roland Sitler
10th John Pearson
11th Keith Schneider
12th Ian McCune
13th Taylor Pearson
14th Haris Halilovic
15th Matt DeLacy
16th Liz Schneider
Class
ES
GS
ES
AS
BS
BS
GS
DS
BS
FS
ES
HS
GS
FS
ES
ES
1st Dale Kunze
2nd Lance Dunn
3rd Logan Flaherty
4th James Westerburg
5th James Turner
6th Andrew Ferrara
7th Kathryn Bell
8th Nick Schneider
9th Dan O’Neil
10th Matthew Ramey
11th Andrew Donaldson
12th Nate Lord
13th Matt Smith
Name
STS
STF
STU
STR
STX
STU
STU
STX
STR
STU
STU
STS
STX
Lake Erie Speedway
May 17th, 2015
Stock Road Tire Class Results
Car
Mazda Miata
Honda Civic Si
Mazda Miata
Pontiac Solstice GSP
Honda S2000
Honda S2000
Honda Civic Si
Subaru WRX
Honda S2000
BMW M5
Mazda Miata
Hyundai Elantra
BMW 328is
BMW M3
Mazda Miata
Mazda Miata
PAX Time
21.092
21.204
21.800
21.819
21.911
22.203
22.340
22.382
22.610
22.652
22.723
22.733
22.951
23.345
23.479
23.578
Street Touring Class Results
Honda Civic Si
Acura RSX Type R
Nissan 350Z
Honda S2000
Fiat 500 Abarth
Subaru Impreza WRX
Hyundai Genesis Coupe
MazdaSpeed 3
Toyota MR-2
Audi S5
Subaru Legacy GT
Mazda Miata
Ford Mustang
20.804
21.713
21.884
21.972
22.259
22.237
22.663
37.092
22.857
22.938
23.123
23.187
24.876
Raw Time
Overall PAX
25.126
27.108 25.929
26.220
26.666
26.348
26.852 44.852 27.276
27.178
27.398
28.004
29.935
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Raw Time
Overall PAX
26.104
26.308
26.981
26.320 26.527
26.881
27.718
27.565 27.373
27.966
28.123
28.559
28.476
28.822
29.059
29.181
Modified & Prepared Street Tire Class Results
Class
1st Jeff Britton
2nd Tim Mackey
3rd Aaron Woloszyn
4th Justin Stull
5th Marvin Alvarado
6th Justin Gibala
7th Henry Young
8th Aaron Young
9th James Bettinghouse
SM
ASP
SM
SM
SMF
SM
ESP
ESP
SM
Car
Subaru WRX STi
Mitsubishi EVO X
Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
Scion FRS
Honda Civic
Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX
Ford Mustang
Ford Mustang
Eagle Talon TSI
PAX Time
22.062
22.063
22.073
22.300
22.530
22.587
23.500
23.585
25.387
25.865
26.049
25.878
26.143
26.950
26.480
29.246
28.348
29.763
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Misery Bay Solo #1 Results Continued
Name
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
Class
Forrest Miller
William Woodford
Gary Layden II
Andrew Gentry
Michael Weaver
Daniel Parra
Pushkar Joshi
SMF
FS
SM
STX
GS
STU
STX
Novice Class Results
Car
MazdaSpeed 3
BMW M235
Volkswagen R32
Volkswagen GTi
Ford Focus ST
BMW M3
Scion FRS
PAX Time
22.423
22.479
22.506
22.936
23.061
23.259
23.391
Raw Time
26.822
27.753
26.385
27.601
28.612
27.558
28.148
Overall PAX
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Bill’s BS continued
fantastic to work with. We had an amazing 92 cars in 3 groups. The Touring Cars-TC, TCA, and TCB had 3 races, and
young Corey Fergus from Columbus won 2 of them in his Porsche Cayman! I have watched him come up through our
Club Racing ranks and it was great to see his first professional race win. Kurt Rezzetano of Phoenixville, PA and Phoenix
Performance won the first GTS race in his Mustang and then Jack Baldwin, who borrowed my tail-light last year at MidOhio, split the front row at the start and won Sunday’s GTS race in his Cayman S. The GT cars are the exotic stars of
World Challenge with the Ferraris, McLarens, Porsches, Bentleys, and Audi R8s, but Johnny O’Connell won both GT
races in his new Cadillac ATS-V. Rebersburg, PA’s Butch Leitzinger was 3rd in the first GT race, and 2nd in the last one.
Great racing. The GT and GTS cars will be at Mid-Ohio the end of July and the TC folks will be there in August. Put that
on your calendar now!
Next I was back at Mid-Ohio with the Northern Ohio BMW folks. Mid-Ohio School Instructor, Greg Vandersluis, gave
me a thrill ride in one of the school’s Acuras. Greg has been an SCCA racer for some time and his new real job is Service
Manager for Cleveland Motorsports and Aston Martin Cleveland. Sweet! And then, back to Mid-Ohio for the big SCCA
Majors weekend.
June will be a VERY BUSY Misery Bay month, with Solos at LES on the 7th and 28th and our Out-of Region
points event with Western New York up at Ralph Wilson Stadium. And there are big other events too, like the Solo
Championship Tour, the Pro Solo, and Sahlen’s 6 Hours at the Glen. Track Night in America returns to Pitt Race on the
9th. And Contemporary Motorcars has announced Cruisetown Erie on Saturday June 20th from 2 to 10 PM and on Friday,
August 28th from 6 to 10 PM.
July will be crazy too. Charlie and I will be up at the Watkins Glen Majors 4th of July weekend. We could really use
some help! The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix will be opening the new South Track at Pitt Race July 11 & 12. While
we have our 5th Solo, the PVGP will be at Schenley Park. Hey, you could see that FREE on Saturday and then Solo with
us on Sunday. July ends and August begins with the huge Indy Car and SCCA Pirelli World Challenge weekend at MidOhio. Fantastic racing of all types.
Remember, one of the greatest perks of being an SCCA member, is that you can volunteer to work races and get closer to
the action than any ticket that you could possibly buy!
See You Out There!
Bill
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Misery Bay Region SCCA
Membership Meeting
Cornerstone Bar & Grill
May 7, 2015
Members in attendance: Tim Mackey, Kate Bell, Kathy Vanderwende, Dave Hammer, Lance Dunn, Andrew Ferrara,
Rich Hall, Ian McCune(by phone), Logan Flaherty, Justin Gibala, Matt Curry, Jay Dumbeck, Sam Mehler, and
Bill Stewart. Guests: Ron Madurski, James Turner,
RE Tim Mackey called the meeting to order at 7:05. He asked that the April Minutes be approved. Sam Mehler moved
and Dave Hammer seconded. Motion passed. Tim introduced the board to our guests. Tim said he wanted the meeting to
concentrate on getting ready for our first Solo.
Committee Reports
Treasurer - KV reported have a balance of $9,161.81 which reflects our down payment to Lake Erie Speedway. Bill Stewart asked that he and Dave Hammer be reimbursed for the $25 registration to the NEDIV Roundtable.
Solo
Bill reported that the wristbands should arrive tomorrow.
Dave Hammer needs to contact Mays Marking about our trophy order.
Tim then explained the planning for a Solo, starting with the Solo Chairman applying for an SCCA sanction and insurance. The application requires a Chairman, a Solo Safety Steward, and a Chief of Waivers. Our course designs, because
they are at a race track, must be approved by the Divisional Safety Steward.
Dave Hammer will tow the Solo trailer from Jay Dumbeck’s to Lake Erie Speedway. Prior to that, we will do an inventory
of the trailer, listing major items, and organizing it with labeled totes.
Tim then created a flow chart of the event on the wall with post-its.
Set up in parallel: Safety Steward, Waivers, Registration, Course layout, Timing wiring set up, Worker stations, Timing
booth, Tech 20 people total with some overlap. The RE and the Solo Chairman will check with the Position chairs that
they are ready and have the necessary staff prior to the event. It is the Position chairs’ responsibility to recruit their staff.
Waivers: From the very start at the gate, one hour shifts until the runs start,. Then it will be a worker station. We also
need someone at lunch time. It must be done by an SCCA member. All minors(those under 18) must have a minor waiver
signed by a parent or guardian. For a minor to participate, their minor waiver must be signed by both parents.
Registration: Logan is Chair. Registration is from 8:30 to 9:30. Tim will check with LES about their booth and internet
access. We need to have Axware running, with on-line registration entered, ready to input new entries. We need weekend
membership forms for drivers. We will use a spreadsheet for passengers. We will have 3 lines: pre-registered, new registration, and weekend memberships. We will make up signs for each line. We will have one wristband when one signs the
waiver, an additional one for drivers, and an different one for passengers.
Timing: First get all the equipment from the trailer, and Logan. Only 2 workers required. We need to get the display and
its battery, all wiring, timing lights and their stands. The timing set up crew needs to first find out from the course designer the position of the start and the finish. The timing cables must first pass through the fence to start and finish with a
loop inside the fence. Then the cables are unrolled to and over the track entrance and to the timing booth. The batteries
are installed in the timing lights which are then taped to their stands with the on-off switches overhanging the edges and
turned on. The cabled light must be on the outside of the course. The timing display is next with its battery and antenna.
Jay will tighten the antenna mount.
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May Meeting minutes continued
Course Layout
The Course Designer will draw the course. He will need lots of help building the course with the cones. First we get the
cones from the trailer and out onto the track. We use the green cones at start and finish. We seldom use the big, the small,
or the yellow cones. We generally need 5 to 8 workers to unload and position the cones. Once all the cones are positioned, the Solo Safety Steward of record must approve the course. Only then can we chalk the cones. The course should
be closed for walking until it is chalked. The timing lights should be in their final position and tested. Next, he course
designer and Safety Steward set the worker stations with flags, radios, spare cones, and fire extinguishers. Goal to finish
set up by 9:00.
Timing Booth
Once Registration is done, the laptop is installed in the timing booth. Before that, we can run the extension cords, and set
up the PA system. If we have a second laptop, we can set up and check the timing system.
Tech
2 people. Gloves, hats, stickers, check lists. We need to remind the grid and start to check for the tech sticker. Tech should
have a sign marking its location and be open from 8:30 to 9:45.
Drivers Meeting
Greet everyone, check wristbands, explain general procedures, safety and other rules, and worker positions. Establish run
groups.
Position Chairmen
Registration-Logan Flaherty, Waivers-Ian McCune, Tech-Andrew Ferrara, Timing Set up and Booth-Sam Mehler, Course
Layout-Course Designer(Ian for first event), Worker Chief-Jay Dumbeck, Safety Steward-Drew Bickel
Logan needs help getting the equipment he has to LES. Andrew will get tech stickers.
Trailer inventory and organization Tuesday night at Jay’s. Bill will bring additional fire extinguishers and wristbands.
Please check all the extinguishers. Ian will bring waivers.
In the trailer, we need to check the battery, the timing display, display stand, flags, chalk, helmets.
Wristbands-Everyone gets a White wristband when they sign the waiver. Drivers also get a Blue wristband. and Passengers get Red. Grid and Start need to check them.
Logan can review new course designs. Feedback is always welcome. Can we have our own course design class? Sometimes we get last minute, negative advice at the event.
Tim wants to review our by-laws to create the office of Course Designer.
Event volunteers: Lance-Timing setup, KV and Dave-Registration, Waivers-Rich Hall, Matt DeLacy, and Ian, Course
Layout-Jay, Justin, Kate, and James.
Logan said the event is up on motorsportreg. Please review and register.
Tim suggested that we might want 2 meetings a month this summer. Bill suggested that the second meeting would be a
Solo Committee meeting.
Lance moved and Kate seconded that the meeting be adjourned. Motion passed and the meeting was adjourned at 8:44.
Bill Stewart
Secretary
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Membership Report
May 28, 2015
84 Full Members
4 Renewals Overdue
Please Welcome
Nate Lord
WE REALLY MISS
Amanda & Rob Cox
Ken Hoovler
Andy Stevenson
James Turner
Matt Baseler
Frank Victor
February Renewals
Garret Hollister
Bill Tobin
March Renewals
Andrew Aul
Mark Swick
April Renewals
Jason Maher
Scott Spangenberg
May Renewals
Ben Rausch
Kim & Terry Witherow
June Renewals
Adedayo Ademowore
Matt Curry
Logan Flaherty
Keith & Liz Schneider
July Renewals
Jessica Wolfe
Joseph Wernham
Joe & John Specht
Travis Pratt
Nick Kelly
Jay Dumbeck
You can check your status and
renew online at SCCA.com
Make sure that your membership
card shows a membership in
Misery Bay Region 104
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June
4
Monthly Membership Meeting
Cornerstone Bar & Grill
7 MBR Solo #2
Lake Erie Speedway
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SCCA Track Night in America
Pitt Race-Wampum, PA
12-14Solo Championship Tour
Devins, MA
July
2
Monthly Membership Meeting
Cornerstone Bar & Grill
3-5 SCCA Majors Races
Watkins Glen, NY
11-12 Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix
Pitt Race-Wampum, PA
14 SCCA Track Night in America
Pitt Race-Wampum, PA
17-19SCCA Solo Match Tour
Toledo, OH
Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix
Schenley Park, Pittsburgh
14 MBR Solo #3 Out of Region WNY Ralph Wilson Stadium 26-28SCCA Pro Solo-Toledo, OH
SVRA Vintage Races-Mid-Ohio
28 MBR Solo #4
Lake Erie Speedway
Neohio Solo-Lakeland CC
19 MBR Solo #5
Lake Erie Speedway
25 NEOHIO Solo-Lakeland College
26 WNY Solo-Ralph Wilson Stadium
August
31-2 SCCA Pro Solo-Wilmigton, OH
Indy Car & World Challenge GT
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
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Monthly Membership Meeting
Cornerstone Bar & Grill
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SCCA Track Night in America
Pitt Race, Wampum, PA
13-16World Challenge TC, Trans-Am & Nationwide-Mid-Ohio
14-16SCCA Solo Champ Tour-Wilmington
16 MBR Solo #6
Lake Erie Speedway
23 WNY Solo-Ralph Wilson Stadium
30 MBR Solo #7
Lake Erie Speedway