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AT SPEED The Official Newsletter of the South Jersey Region SCCA April/May 2002 In This Months Issue Auto X Results Page 3 - 5 Doane on MARRS Page 6 - 7 March Lamb Results Page 8 John Borden Andre Downey at Camden - top Nick DiMeo at Summit Point - below Jack Oliver Clyde on Rallying Page 9 Pocono update Page 9 Minutes Page 10 at Camden September 23rd Board of Directors: Regional Executive Asst. Regional Executive Jim Tornetta 13 S. Carolina Tr. Browns Mills, NJ 08015 609-893-5701 [email protected] J. D. King 954 Stanton Ave Franklinville, NJ 08322 856-694-5012 [email protected] Secretary Treasurer Sue King 1643 Bluebell Rd. Williamstown, NJ 08094 856-629-4966 sue@dominiontitle services.com Jack Oliver 7 Old Salem Rd Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 856-667-2858 [email protected] Membership Activities At Large At Large At Large John Borden 62 Riverbank Rd. Beverly, NJ 08010 856-779-8521 [email protected] Kurt Schenk 226 Morgan Ave Haddon Township, NJ 08108 856-858-8544 unboundracing @msn.com Fred Thum 229 Fenimore Ln. Delanco, NJ 08075 856-461-0062(H) 856-829-4500(W) [email protected] Nick DiMeo 13 Horseshoe Ln. Mullica Hill, NJ 08062 Ed Jenks 9 Duncan Lane Lincoln University, PA 19352 610-255-5244 [email protected] Chairpersons & Specialties: Competition- J.D. King ............................ 856-694-5012 Membership- John Borden ....................... 856-779-8521 Merchandise- Jim Tornetta ...................... 609-893-5701 Race- Maryann Worrell ............................ 856-779-9548 Rally- Clyde Heckler ................................ 856-228-3319 [email protected] Solo II Co-Chairs John Borden ........................................... 856-387-0576 Steve Ashcraft ........................................ 856-297-8894 Mini GP- Mike Sokalsky .......................... 609-822-8417 Flag & Comm- Bill Benitt.......................631-423-4170 Starter- David Teal ................................... 610-566-4795 Grid- Open to Volunteers.......................--- --- ---Pit, Paddock & Sound- Alex Collins ........ 856-753-9660 Registration- Jennifer Suite ..................... 410-586-3181 Timing & Scoring- Lee Barber .................. 856-779-1464 Tri-Region Reps David Teal, Jack Oliver, JD King Alternates: Terry Hanushek, Fay Teal, Delores Oliver PHA Reps Sue Salsberg, Dave Arron, Dan Cassino Solo I - Fred Thum Anthracite Race Group: Terry Hanushek 2 [email protected] At Speed is published monthly as the official publication of the South Jersey Region, SCCA, Inc. The subscription price is $12.00 per year and is included in the membership dues with non-member subscriptions available at $15.00. The opinions expressed herein are those of the editor or authors and not necessarily those of the South Jersey Region. Acceptance of any advertising does not constitute endorsement of the products or services being advertised. Permission to reprint material in other SCCA publications is granted providing credit is give to the author and At Speed. A copy of the publication should be sent to the At Speed editor. Please send change of address information to the membership chairperson. Editorial copy and ad contacts should be submitted to the editor, JD King, 954 Stanton Ave., Franklinville, NJ 08322, or [email protected] - by the twentieth of the month for consideration for the next issue. It is preferred that all editorial copy be submitted in an IBM compatible format (ASCII, Word, Word Perfect, etc), on any size/ density diskette. Fax submission can be arranged by contacting the editor. See classified section for advertising rates/policies. The South Jersey Region of the Sports Car Club of America, Inc. meets at 8 PM on the second Wednesday of each month at Fontana’s Restaurant at 30 E. Main St, Maple Shade, NJ 856.321.1301 . Board of Directors meeting locations vary each month and are listed in the Calendar section. All members are welcome to attend any BoD meeting South Jersey Region Results 4/7/02 - Steve Ashcraft And a good day was had by all. SJR and the NJ BMW club shared an event today at Camden. Approximately 80 cars got in 6 runs followed by some practice runs. Fifty-one drivers were competing for season points with SJR. The course was another superb one by Jim Blanton. It was targeted to the Bimmers since this was really their event and SJR was just along for the ride. Not too many off courses and not too many cones and, in general, just a fun — hang out the tail - course. The success of the event was the result of the many SCCA members from NNJR, SJR, Philly, and Susquehana (and I probably missed someone) who jumped in and helped the BMW folks put on a fine show. Thanks to everyone who helped. The list of people would be too long and they all know who they are anyway ;-) It is always a great pleasure to see people share their experience with others. best pax best pax AS 69 Thwaite Jim 42.691 35.348 DS 76 Yeck Mark 39.851 31.801 ASP 51 Kingston Robert 39.803 33.673 DS 31 Downey Andre 43.450 34.673 BS 24 Aidelbaum Perry 35.990 29.764 EM 92 Cook Brandon 40.796 36.880 BS 42 Conners Brian 36.508 30.192 EM 193 Cook Brinton 41.665 37.665 BS 28 Wong Lawrence 37.205 30.769 ES 131 Borden John 38.662 31.007 BS 80 Newman Rick 37.442 30.965 ES 12 Nabb Drew 40.080 32.144 BS 361 Cookson Henry 40.215 33.258 FSP 83 Royds John 40.876 33.396 BS 21 Pilato Joe 40.952 33.867 FSP 19 Weissman Carl 41.322 33.760 BS 81 Saadiijr Wade 41.522 34.339 FSP 74 Zimmerman Andrew 44.977 36.746 BSP 62 Pollard Fitzgerald 38.007 31.926 GS 41 Turchi Anthony 41.293 32.415 BSP 84 Royds John P. Sr. 42.880 36.019 GS 29 Iovanisci Joe 42.410 33.292 CS 36 Blanton Jim 36.242 29.429 HS 16 Snyder Mike 37.804 29.449 CS 98 Leone Robert 37.820 30.710 HS 116 Sparling Carrie 39.716 30.939 CS 198 Leone Lori 40.015 32.492 HS 73 Abbott B.t. 41.088 32.008 CS 101 Oliver Jack 40.304 32.727 HS ?? Resnick Sam 43.979 34.260 CS 17 Bhelke Mahesh 41.861 33.991 HS 96 Hansel Chris 45.708 35.607 CS 117 Jeffers Steven 45.358 36.831 HS 121 Peret Isaiah 46.591 36.294 CSP 30 Ashcraft Steve 35.433 29.835 SM 89 Price Kent 37.417 31.206 CSP 68 Conrad Don 37.542 31.610 SM 44 Mizutani Taka 41.855 34.907 Matt 38.281 32.233 SM 10 Kolugdon Vernon 44.281 36.930 CSP 6 Woljtkowiaksr Matt 40.368 33.990 SS 77 Wayman Patrick 38.274 31.997 CSP 7 Hess David 40.952 34.482 STS 8 Crea Anthony 36.989 28.999 CSP 15 Demonti Michael 41.499 34.942 STS 130 Snyder Brian 38.802 30.421 DM 11 Meyers Chuck 35.548 31.780 STS 4 Mike 39.777 31.185 DS 27 Pozner Alan 38.010 30.332 STS 187 Kubner Alex 40.025 31.380 DS 181 Epstein John 39.101 31.203 STS 70 Bryan 41.272 32.357 CSP 161 Woljtkowiakjr 3 Crocker Grebiss South Jersey Results 4/14/02 SJR Event 2 4-14-2002 No rain. Lots of sunshine. 59 drivers. A devious, sneaky course devised by Jim Blanton and tamed by Perry Aidelbaum (PAX Winner). Perry stated,” It was a great course.” Jim stated (smiling),”If I’d known it was going to be so tough to get into that slalom I would have changed it.” Personally, I just chose to drive the wrong way into the slalom 8 times just to prove that it was slower. John Borden proved that if you trust your tires you can find over a second on your last run. The folks from Philly came through with lots of help and Stephen Rosenberg even took home FTD. Thanks to all of the folks who made it another great autocross and we hope to see you next week-end. Please send any corrections to me at [email protected] (Unless your first name is Matt and you want me to change the way I think your last name should be spelled ;-) I hope everyone had as much fun as I did. BS CS CS BS DS FM STS STS DS CSP CSP ES STS SM BS BS DS ES ES DS STS CSP CSP CSP SS DSP SM STS ASP 11 98 36 1 80 40 41 35 181 124 24 31 10 89 28 15 50 12 5 26 44 161 27 136 6 25 88 32 51 Aidelbaum Leone Blanton Conners Pozner Rosenberg Gedge Shallowish Epstein Bedard Rush Borden Snyder Ridgick Wong Watson Macdougall Nabb Perry Downey Crocker Wojtkowiakjr Cheslock Ashcraft Wagman Doble Lunsmann Lonchambon Kingston Perry Robert Jim Brian Alan Steven Erick Dan John Justin Jonathan John Brian Corey Lawrence Warren Dave Drew Michael Andre Mike Ljkon Ray Steve Patrick Jeff Walter Eric Robert Jason Steaman best pax 32.284 32.504 32.769 32.773 32.963 33.055 33.366 33.469 33.532 33.589 33.668 33.689 33.819 33.976 33.984 34.050 34.070 34.136 34.188 34.301 34.356 34.763 34.769 34.783 34.937 35.151 35.191 35.240 35.514 39.038 40.029 40.356 39.629 41.307 36.851 42.559 42.690 42.020 39.892 39.986 42.006 43.136 40.739 41.093 41.173 42.694 42.564 42.629 42.984 43.821 41.286 41.293 41.310 41.791 42.867 42.195 44.949 41.979 STS SM CSP BS CS ASP BS GS CSP CSP CS DSP CS GS STS CS AS CSP HS DSP GS FSP EM SM SM EM STX AS STX AM 4 97 111 81 21 16 151 18 2 8 116 101 19 74 20 9 13 14 77 23 123 56 17 92 47 34 193 7 3 22 29 Ross Fineberg Tornetta Pilato Nissenbaum Kingston Marymor Turchi Steaman Wojtkowiaksr Oliver Perry Bhelke Alberto Gedge Stevens Frazer Hess Magenheimer Resnick Hunsinger Weissman Look Brown Mizutani Cook Mcmichael Jeffers Seidler Lundberg Jim Michael Jim Joe Scott Judy Jonathan Anthony Jason Matt Jack Don Mahesh Chris Sara Martha Ari David Rich Sam W.r. Carl Brandon Jeffrey Taka Brandon Bill Steven Dan Kenny best pax 35.620 35.658 35.735 35.918 36.043 36.326 36.437 36.820 36.851 36.935 37.018 37.374 37.395 37.591 37.715 37.787 37.972 38.058 38.219 38.974 39.281 39.732 40.118 40.315 40.510 40.575 41.646 41.949 47.399 50.147 45.434 42.755 42.441 43.432 44.388 42.939 44.059 46.904 43.766 43.866 45.589 45.578 46.053 47.886 48.106 46.536 45.860 45.199 49.061 47.529 50.040 48.632 44.378 48.339 48.573 44.884 41.646 50.663 47.399 50.147 Matt Wotjkowiak Sr. South Jersey Results 4/21/02 Another fine spring day — colder than last week but it didn’t rain until we were passing out awards. This was a good thing otherwise everyone would have been there and the state of the results might have resulted in a small Camden riot. Due to a number of circumstances (which need not be enumerated) the results of the event are a little bit confused. Please take a look and send any corrections to me at [email protected] Other than the results, the event was a blast. The course (designed by Andre Downey) was fast and had a couple of technical challenges. Take a look at the year to date results — some close classes. Since next event could be SJR’s last event of the year unless an autocross site falls out of the heaven, the next event may determine the SJR 2002 champions. If we only get four events this year then 3 events will count towards the end of year championships. Good Luck. pax best BS STS CS DS STS BS STS CS STS BS DS STS DS HS ES CSP SM DS STS BS SS STX STS CSP CSP CSP CSP DSP HS ASP BS GS 61 137 36 181 12 28 13 92 46 1 460 121 442 73 31 131 89 26 44 18 6 110 55 8 136 37 68 25 71 51 5 111 Aidelbaum Nelson Blanton Epstein Crea Wong Dean Freely Buckley Conners Hones Tool Casita Murphy Borden Bedard Ridgick Downey Crocker Marymor Wayman Asuncion Neufeld Sheaman Ashcraft Rush Conrad Doble Cookson Kingston Nicholas Yowell Perry Kelley Jim John Anthony Lawrence Roy I Thomas Brian Lance Joseph Ralph Joe John Justin Corey Andre Mike Jonathan Patrick Arren Tom Jason Steve Jonathan Don Jeff Henry Robert Kevin Russel 32.257 32.289 32.916 32.985 33.146 33.206 33.274 33.318 33.496 33.683 33.686 33.733 33.768 33.936 33.986 34.107 34.271 34.336 34.340 34.698 34.714 34.793 34.861 34.909 35.016 35.086 35.127 35.177 35.294 35.604 35.630 35.663 39.005 41.185 40.537 41.335 42.278 40.152 42.441 41.032 42.725 40.729 42.213 43.027 42.316 43.563 42.377 40.507 41.092 43.028 43.801 41.956 41.524 43.329 44.466 41.460 41.587 41.670 41.719 42.899 45.307 42.085 43.083 45.430 pax best BS GS STS STS ASP ASP CSP GS BS CSP CSP STS DS BP GS ASP CSP STX SM CS CS DSP FSP FSP FS HS SS CSPL GS HS CS GS 5 21 2 84 48 151 20 161 22 32 81 77 80 57 34 107 10 116 56 54 11 27 23 17 74 123 41 33 168 7 3 117 125 Pilato Turchi Herman Herman Kingston Enz Wojtkowiakjr Alberto Goldberg Tornetta Hess Grebiss Huntzinger Perlo Stanton Barnes Wojtkowiaksr Schauf Mizutani Dimeitre Fullerton Resnick Weissman Zimmerman Yowell Ceneviva Pancari Conrad Unipan Loudgimilk Jeffers Koch Joe Anthony Mike Dan Judy Bart Matt Chris Steve Jim David Bryan Grace Joe Chris Kevin Matt Jeff Taka Jared Sean Sam Carl Andrew Daniel John Al Kathie Christine Virgil Steven Kiera 35.921 35.951 36.022 36.149 36.166 36.255 36.517 36.546 36.888 36.928 37.488 37.648 37.694 37.763 37.970 37.986 38.386 38.723 38.858 38.902 39.006 39.028 39.370 39.492 40.541 41.145 41.212 41.481 41.851 42.207 42.488 43.496 43.435 45.797 45.947 46.108 42.749 42.855 43.369 46.556 44.605 43.858 44.523 48.020 47.235 43.556 48.370 44.901 45.589 48.223 46.592 47.909 48.037 47.595 48.189 48.338 50.112 52.818 49.297 49.265 53.313 54.181 52.325 55.409 MERRITT’S CITGO MR2 at SUMMIT POINT, WV (26-28 April, 2002) Monday 4 Sept – Thurs 25 April: The biggest job over the winter was getting the bodywork done. All the front body panels from the parts car, which had been painted by guests at the NHIS race last summer, were installed. The passenger door was also transplanted from the parts car to the racecar. The minor dings in the rear quarter panels (which are part of the unibody and can’t be removed) were hammered/pulled out and Bondo’d smooth. The big crunch in the right rear quarter panel (from the Oct 00 race) was cut out and a replacement (cut from the parts car) was welded and riveted in. The plastic front air dam, that used to be riveted to the OEM air dam, was replaced with an aluminum one that is attached with ¼ turn Dzus fasteners. That way it can be removed (when the car is loaded into/unloaded out of the trailer) so it doesn’t drag on the ramp and cause damage to the front fenders. A horizontal lip 1/4” wide was welded to the bottom edge of the new air dam to help keep air from flowing under the car. The plastic piece that closes off the opening between the bottom of the radiator and the front bumper was replaced with sheet metal. The gaps between the radiator and the frame were sealed with insulating foam. The right side engine compartment vent piece was replaced with a different one from a slightly newer car because it should flow more air into the engine compartment. All the panels that hadn’t previously been painted in NH, were sanded down and another painting party was held at home in NJ to carry the “free expression” motif over the rest of the car. The Toyota Racing Development (TRD) headers, which have been used on the engine since before Peter bought it in the fall of 1997, start as 1.5” tubing at each of the four exhaust ports on the head. Those four pipes merge into two 1.75” pipes and those two merge into a single 2.25” opening. Peter’s mistake last year (when he replaced the exhaust from the header back) was using only 2” pipe with crush bends in it. The combination of reduced diameter and the restriction from the crush bends was probably/hopefully the cause of the power loss he experienced last summer. After much deliberation on whether to use 2.25” (better torque/low RPM power) or 2.5” (better high RPM power), a new 2.5” pipe was made up (by Mufflex in Trenton, NJ) with non-restrictive mandrel bends in it and a new 2.5” SuperTrapp muffler was bought and immediately gutted. The front and rear motor mounts were sent away to have another/more material poured into them around the existing rubber. This should allow power that was taken up twisting/ moving the rubber mounts (when the engine was revved up) to be put to the ground instead. Certainly not a lot of power, but every little bit helps. The right rear lower ball joint had a tear in the rubber boot, so it was replaced. Checking the corner weights and the alignment was postponed until just before the next race. As usual all the fluids were replaced and everything was thoroughly cleaned and checked over. Friday 26 April: Peter drove in four sessions over the practice day using the very worn out dry/slick Hoosiers from last season. The motor felt much stronger and lap times were about where they were last year with fresh tires. Unfortunately the track personnel didn’t have a sound meter for the open practice, so the sound level of the new exhaust couldn’t be checked. One showroom stock Neon was particularly resistant to letting Peter pass and he didn’t want to pull a Banzai move in practice. Perhaps the Neon driver didn’t appreciate Peter’s new paint job, especially the “Watch Your Ass!!” painted backwards on the front bumper. Saturday 27 April: Overnight temperatures were in the 30s and since Peter was in Group 1, the first qualifying session was still very cold and wound up being very short. About three laps into the 15 minute session (not quite long enough to warm up the engine/ transmission/tires), someone dropped an engine full of oil all the way around turns 1 and 2. Between that and 2 other cars off into the gravel traps, the officials ended the session so that the track could be cleaned up. Unfortunately that meant Peter couldn’t check his hot tire pressures on the fresher Hoosiers. Things had warmed up nicely for the second qualifying session right after lunch, which was gridded by times from the first session (a new policy to keep people from lining up there cars in the paddock too early so they can be first out onto the track). The times were not indicative of true speed because of the first session being cut short/off so quickly. Peter wound up stuck behind several slower cars, including the same showroom stock Neon, who even ignored the blue flags being waved by the corner workers for 2 laps. Finally Peter pulled a late pass into Corner #10 and easily pulled away. The Neon wound up off in the gravel trap of Corner #1 right after that. When he finally did get a clear lap, Peter was given the “Sound Warning” sign at the start finish line. Instead of lifting off the gas on the straight (where the sound control meter is stationed) every lap, he just pulled in early. The sound meter had registered 104 db on the gutted SuperTrapp, so later that afternoon, the perforated tube was installed back into it. Instead of putting back the fiberglass packing around the perforated tube (which hadn’t made it into the trailer), Peter loosely wrapped some header/exhaust insulating tape. None of the baffle plates were added on because the reading was only 2 db over the limit. The hot tire pressures were high (by as much as 5 psi), but Peter still got down to a 1:34.7 lap time that was good for 12 place on the starting grid. Sunday 28 April: Peter had signed up for the hardship practice in order to check the sound level before the race, but it wound up being a “get used to the rain tires again and see how flooded the track is” session because of the rain that had been falling steadily since Saturday night (and didn’t really stop until around lunch on Sunday). next page.......... 6 cont’d....... Between putting on the rain tires and the spray shield (for the engine intake) there was no time to install the camera and cover it with a plastic bag, so unfortunately there are no video clips of the race. Other than the start, which is always particularly blinding because of the spray from the cars ahead, nothing much happened during the race anyway. Peter did manage to get around a VW Golf (who had started alongside in 11th place) in the first few corners. Over much of the race, the VW would fall away down the straight and through the first few corners and then catch up again in the second half of the track. Every once in a while, the VW would feint a pass into the last corner (#10), but Peter held him off (almost) every time. There was a short pace car period to pull one car out of the gravel trap in Corner #3, but nothing changed on the restart. On the last lap, they came up to lap another MR2 who was struggling to stay on the track with his street tires. Not only did this allow Peter to catch up with the RX-7 ahead, but also the VW caught up to him and finally did get alongside into Corner 10. He tried to draw the VW into the corner so deep under braking that it would slide off. When that didn’t work, Peter tried taking the last corner as fast as he possibly could, so as to pass again coming out, but came up half a car length short at the finish line. Final position was 11th overall and 10th in class. Several people commented on the new paint job over the weekend. At one point someone remarked that it must be a 1966 Toyota MR2. Doane’s new “flashback” inducing paint job looks “groovy” A couple of our drivers at the Summit Point National (Rozintoski photos) Jim Rouse had some trouble after starting well up in the field, finished 32nd with only 11 laps. John Morris drove to 8th in E-Prod, it was his first outing in the Honda Prelude. 7 Results MARCH LAMB Brandywine Motor Sport Club 3/24/02 Leg # Driver/Navigator 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total 3 2 128 2 93 129 127 127 18 1 2 45 15 10 101 200 6 14 1 9 1 11 29 71 52 40 124 28 44 61 81 96 74 200 57 127 200 177 27 200 127 128 166 130 159 149 173 80 17 44 191 200 33 11 161 29 139 175 53 200 200 200 200 200 436 604 722 741 745 748 899 1003 * * * 43 193 200 141 161 200 8 200 118 39 144 200 200 200 104 200 817 1534 * S. Mauger/S. Novatne D. Horoschak/D. Hess 3 127 1 53 1 2 126 82 127 5 0 200 200 0 120 200 230 259 * d = worst leg discarded * = trophy awarded Class SOP J. Cambell/M. Haas C, Heckler/Gary Heckler R. Stephani/B. Kresge Scott Mason/R. O’Leary M. Alderman/M. Weldin W. Weldin/G. Alderman Wayne Elvin/D. Levan Bob Jumper/Bill Hopper Class SOP Novice C. Thompson/D. Wolf M. Ebert/J. Baxter Class X x60% x30% The usual and enormous thanks to all workers and participants. We ALL know that without both ingredients we don’t go far in our sport. An expanded write-up appears in the GASLINE newsletter. All members receive and each non-member team will receive a one time copy of the newsletter. WORKERS - Al Knystautas, Barbara Nixon, Dan Sandridge @Checkpoint #4 & #8 Jack O’leary, Holly Fleming, Frieda Bartlett @Checkpoint #2 & #6 Marlene Hazen, Hazel Painter, Holly Fleming, Al Knystautas at finish scoring. Hazel Painter also did pre-event Registration and on site Registration - THANKS TO ALL!! CONTESTANTS - an entry field very different from last years group which had about 8 or so entries in NOVICE class. We missed them year with the field being mostly veterans. Tne handicap system that is used to provide competition in Class Z (SCCA Classes E, L, S) once again seemed to work well. The raw score of Class L of 383 (Novotne & Mauger) was handicapped at 60% to 230 and the raw score of 864 of Class S (Horoschak & Hess) was handicapped to to 259. The positions did not change but you can see that it provided a close margin of competition. We really missed the field of SOP Novice teams that make the events with only two teams present compared to last year at about eight. There is so much appreciation that the veterans came out to support the event and win or lose had the opportunity to sit down together at the finish and ‘refresh’. Once again, thanks to all!! Dave Teter 8 Rally Route by Clyde Heckler Longtime SJR members may remember me. Back in the 70’s and 80’s SJR had a very active rally program. We hosted National and Divisional events. We had a relatively small, but dedicated core group of rallysists, several of which were very successful, even winning national championships along the way. What happened? It was a combination of things. There is some difference of opinion here, but there are a few basic reasons. Several in the core group got married, had kids, and no longer had time to devote to the rally program. Others would argue that the events got too hard and just weren’t fun anymore. Decreasing attendance, whether from harder events, gas crises, or whatever, caused rallymaster burnout. Putting on an event for a small turnout just wasn’t worth it. Competition from other activities increased, costs were higher, and on and on. All of the above contributed, but in my mind, failing to bring in “new blood” was the ultimate reason, because no one was there to step in when we old-timers grew tired. So now we’re going to try and resurrect a rally program from the ashes and perhaps not repeat some of the same mistakes. We’re going to start small. Rallying has always been a spring and fall sport. Winter weather can be unpredictable (although it seems to snow less and less) and in the summer everyone’s “down the shore” and generally busy with other things. We’re going to attempt to put on a rally in the fall and another in the following spring. We will have support from Philadelphia Region (rally chairmen Allen Hefner), as well as Brandywine Motor Club (rally chairman David Teter). We hope to eventually offer a series, perhaps with an annual championship, but that’s still a ways away. We initially foresee some cooperative efforts to publicize events with club members not only running their own club’s events, but attending those of the other two clubs as well. We’ve already had a meeting to discuss some preliminary ways of cooperating. I know some of you have already run BMC or Philly region events. Others are interested in trying a rally, but have yet to actually enter one. I want to hear from you. Send an email to [email protected] or give me a call. The best bet is the office number 215-246-6622. What types of events would you like to see SJR sponsor? What types of events don’t you like? Would a rally school before or after a meeting be a good idea? I’ll let you know what the consensus seems to be. Our first event will probably run in Salem County, which has some of the best roads and scenery. We’re open to suggestions, but certain things are, at least currently, off the table. Our first events will not be “trap” (tricks) oriented, and will be geared to the newcomer. While I know some of you would like to blast around the sand roads in the Pine Barrens, that will have to wait until later. We’re currently thinking of what’s known as a Monte Carlo type event. The location of (and mileage to) the checkpoints will be included in the route instructions, as well as the perfect arrival time. What could be easier? Little or no calculations, no average speeds to maintain, all you have to do is drive some scenic roads and cross the line at your time, but you can’t stop in sight of the checkpoint. Does that sound appealing? Does it sound boring? Some of you might ask “Why not begin with a question and answer rally?” Our feeling was that we want there to be some automotive skill involved. This is a car club after all. But we do want to know what you think. TRI REGION RETURNS TO POCONO LONG COURSE Long Pond, PA. The Tri Region Race Group announced that it will return to the famed Pocono Long Course that it used for SCCA Club Racing events from 1986 thru 1998. This configuration uses both NASCAR Turns 1 and 2, the Long Pond Straight without a chicane and the North road course section. For the past three years, a combined road course utilizing both the North and South road course sections has been used. This course has received mixed comments, both positive and negative, from NEDiv competitors. Difficulties with the course set up and maintenance of the high standards of SCCA racing safety have led Tri Region to this decision. Tri Region will present two weekends of SCCA racing at Pocono in 2002. On 21-23 June there will be a Drivers School on Friday accompanied by a two day NARRC / NYSRRC Regional Race and a revival of the Pocono Touring Challenge for street tire cars. The traditional Pocono Sports Car Grand Prix NESCCA Double National will be held on 2-4 August. In order for competitors to re-familiarize themselves with the Long Course, there will be SCCA Test Days before both weekend events. There will be a limited Test Day for competitors on 21 June, concurrent with the Drivers School. There will be a full Test Day on 1 August prior to the NESCCA Double National. For event information: Contact Eunice Gerstein, registrar, at 610 282-3932. For track information: Contact Marc Gerstein at 610 282-3932 / [email protected] or Brian Holtz at 610 8670399./ [email protected] 9 BOARD MEETING South Jersey Region-Sports Car Club of America, Inc. March 2002 The March 2002 meeting of the Board of Directors for the South Jersey Region, Sports Car Club of America, Inc. was held at the home of John Borden on Wednesday evening, March 6, 2002. The meeting was called to order by R.E., Jim Tornetta at 8:30 PM. Present were: John Borden, Jim Tornetta, Sue King, Kurt Schenk, Nick DiMeo, Jack Oliver and Ed Jenks. Treasurer’s Report – Jack reported a balance in the operating account of $2,694.00. Bills for the annual banquet totaled $2,500.00 which did not include the trophies. Trophies cost $800.00. Tri-Region – Jack reported that NNJR will be running counterclockwise for the May event. The Chronomix will be shipped March 15th for timing and scoring. The location for T & S has not bee resolved. They are talking about using school buses to house timing and scoring-this was proposed by NEPa. Radios will be rented. The drivers school and the test and tune day will be combined for Friday. Test and tune will have three 20 minute sessions. Tri-Region is still looking for a T & S chief. Rausch Creek – Ed reported that they are talking about dirt track motorcycle stuff and they hope to get the track done this year. Solo II – Kurt reported that there are three dates in April, the 7th, 14th and 21st. One date in May, the 4th – the venue is Camden. Trophies were discussed. Suggestions covered t-shirts for first place, also magnets were suggested. Kurt felt that we would need 12 first place trophies. Kurt will check his supplier for other types of trophies and report back. Rally – Jim attended a meeting with Philadelphia Region, BMC and our Region representatives. They will try to create a rally group to put on TSD and gimmick type rallies. BMC is normally the group to put on fun type rallies but their membership has dwindled but they feel that if they team up with the SCCA people but not be a part of SCCA but be an associate member of our Region - they will do most of the heavy duty work and get a lot of publicity out and getting people to show up may boost their group to come up in membership. At this meeting there was a lot of discussion on how best to put together a first class event and get out the publicity. Tentative date for the first event is the first weekend in June-length of 60 to 70 miles with 8 checkpoints. Alan Hefner from Philadelphia Region and Clyde Heckler from our Region are getting together on this event. Roundtable – Jack and Dolores Oliver and Sue will be attending the Roundtable in Painted Post, NY. New Business – J.D. was contacted by Herb Sharp from the South Jersey Mustang Club and he invited a representative of our club to attend one of their meetings as members of their club are very interested in Solo II and Solo I. They meet the first Thursday of each month at the Vineland Fire Company #4 located on Oak Road right off of Main Road. Jim will contact Herb about attending their April meeting. Sue suggested that Jim take some of our Solo II brochures to this meeting. Motorsports Show – It was felt by the Board that we should look for alternative venues to replace our attendance at the Pennzoil Motorsports Show held at Fort Washington. Old Business – None. There being no further business, meeting was adjourned at 9:30 PM. Respectfully submitted, Sue King Secretary ** Thanks Darlene ** A big thanks goes out to Darlene Cookson for her generous contribution of our generator for Solo II. As most of you know Kingsley brought to the events all the power we needed to run our equipment for many years. In his memory, Darlene helped us secure a wonderful Honda generator to power our events. It is the little red thing that you can’t hear running, very quiet, smooth and should provide us with reliable power for many years to come. The Cookson family has provided our group with lots of help, whether it be electricity, timing and scoring, or just plain sportsmanship, we really appreciate you guys! Thanks for being an example of the best of our SCCA family. 10 Classifieds: Classified ads will run for three months and can be renewed by contacting the editor Classified ads for non-members are $3.00 per month, 25 words or less additional worda are $ 0.10 each. Name, address, and telephone number do not count in the word total. All ads must be prepaid. Classified ads for members are free. 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Contact 11 Dan Cassino 856-854-5809 EVENTS: AUTO X ACTION National Races May 18-19 Nelson June 7-8 LimeRock July 5-6 LimeRock **Aug 2-4 Pocono** Regional Races May 11 LimeRock May 17-19 Pocono May 24-25 LimeRock May 31-June 1 Summit Point 12 hour June 14-15 LimeRock June 15-16 Summit Point **June 22-23 Pocono** Driver Schools May 10 LimeRock **June 21 Pocono** Membership Meeting May 8 Fontana’s June 12 Fontana’s May 4 *tba* Board Meeting June 5 July 3 Call a BoD member, all welcome SOUTH JERSEY REGION SCCA C/O JD KING 954 STANTON AVE. FRANKLINVILLE, NJ 08322 AT SPEED The Official Newsletter of the South Jersey Region S.C.C.A. Camden
