NEWS - Cal Club
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NEWS - Cal Club
SoPac NEWS see page 5 James Kuhns at Buttonwillow earlier this year, still at it after 45 years. Dennis Baer Photo July/August - 2011 Inside This Issue BUTTONWILLOW DOUBLE REGIONAL WEIRD TALES AND MISADVENTURES WITH CAL CLUB AND THE SCCA A UTOCLUB S PEEDWAY D BL R EG . Periodical PAGE 3 PAGE 5 PAGE 8 CAL CLUB ROAD RACE POINTS T HE P AU G RAND P RIX BY NORM DEWITT 24 HOURS OF WHAT?!?! BY TERRI PHARR SOPAC NATIONAL ROAD RACE PTS. PAGE 10 PAGE 12 PAGE 13 PAGE 14 Page 2 SoPac News July/August - 2011 SCCA Competition License Waiver Request Checklist Letters/Emails to the Editors - SoPac News welcomes letters/e-mails to the editor. To submit your e-mail to the editor send it to [email protected]. Your submission must include a return address. No anonymous submissions will be considered. SoPac News is the official publication representing the Southern Pacific Division of the Sports Car Club of America SENIOR EDITOR Craig Young [email protected] CAL CLUB NEWS EDITOR Position Open GRID LINES EDITOR Elliot Shev [email protected] HAWAIIAN ISLANDS EDITOR Position Open THE ROADRUNNER EDITOR Position Open CHECKERED FLAG EDITOR Position Open (Communications interships avaiable by contacting the Senior Editor.) CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Jerry Andersen, Norm DeWitt Don Erickson, Linda Haneline Larry Houghton, Curt Luther, Chris Mahoney, Larry Mason, Carol Kapp McKnight, Terri Pharr, Dante' M. Puccetti, Mark Smith, Heyward Wagner, Richard Wood PHOTOGRAPHERS Jerry Andersen, Dennis Baer, Brad Bernstein, Allan Coy, Norm DeWitt, Bryan Heitkotter, Larry Houghton, Pete Loney, Carol Kapp McKnight, Dave Mills, Mike Oscars, Elliot Shev, Mark Smith, Heyward Wagner, Jan Wagner PUBLISHING, EDITORIAL & ADVERTISING MAILADDRESS SoPac News 18202 Cal Club Road Buttonwillow, CA 93206 SoPac News welcomes editorial and photo contributions. Submit to [email protected]. Deadline is the 15th of each month. We cannot guarantee return of materials unless accompanied by a stamped, selfaddressed envelope. SoPac News, (ISSN# 1538-2095, 522-790) is published bimonthly for regions of SoPac/SCCA, by Green Dot Comm., 18202 Cal Club Rd., Buttonwillow, CA 93206. Periodical postage paid at Bakersfield, CA, 93380. Postmaster Send address changes to: 18202 Cal Club Road Buttonwillow, CA 93206 The following checklist will help you to prepare a package requesting an SCCA License Waiver (not an SCCA Pro Racing License). Providing all of the necessary paperwork should ensure your request is considered in an ppropriate time frame, and hopefully, without delays. Under normal circumstances, allow 30 days to receive your license. Please don’t wait until the last minute! All forms may be obtained at www.scca.com or from SCCA Central Licensing, (800) 770-2055. Please make copies of the entire waiver package and forward the originals! 1. LETTER FROM DRIVER REQUESTING A WAIVER. Required per GCR. 2. COMPETITION RESUME. A historical overview, in chronological order, of your racing background. Please include dates, track, class, type of event and finishing positions. Also, list any racing references by name with phone number (include licensed competition drivers that you have competed against). 3. PHOTOCOPY OF YOUR MOST RECENT COMPETITION LICENSE! Not providing this will delay your waiver request! 4. LICENSE APPLICATION. Please read both sides of this form thoroughly, following all instructions. 5. SCCA PHYSICAL FORM, IF REQUIRED PER SCCA. Again, read all instructions. Complete your portion of the form, ensuring you have explained any “yes” answers. PLEASE NOTE: All examining physician items must be completed, including “Recommendation for Licensing”. The examining physicians name and address must be stamped or printed so it is readable! 6. SCCA MEMBERSHIP. Must be current. Be sure to enclose, if a membership is due for renewal. 7. LICENSE & WAIVER FEE PAYMENT. Check or credit card made payable to SCCA for license. Be sure amount equals all fees due, including license, membership and “Special Handling” (if required). SECOND CHECK (Sorry, credit cards can not be accepted for divisional waiver fee) made payable to SoPac Division SCCA in the amount of $25.00 for the waiver fee. 8. STAMPED ENVELOPE Addressed to: SCCACentral Licensing P.O. BOX 19400 Topeka, Ks. 66619-0400 PLEASE NOTE: Verify that adequate postage is affixed – one stamp is not enough. 9. Mail all of the above to: note: e-mails and faxes can not be accepted! Bill Gilcrease, SoPac Licensing Chairman 1041 West 18th Street B101 Costa Mesa, Ca. 92627-4583 Phone: (949) 650-3058 July/August - 2011 Cal Club News Page 3 Cal Club News www.calclub.com Letters , SoPac News encourages e-mails to the editor. To submit your e-mail to the editor send it to [email protected] SRF Super Tour Contender Says He’ll Be Back! Dear Cal Club, My wife Wendy and I made our first ever excursion out of the San Francisco Region for the BF Goodrich Super Tour Double National weekend at Buttonwillow the last weekend of April, and I felt compelled to write about our great experience. We ran in Spec Racer Ford out of Dave Harriman's HSE Racing prep shop in San Jose. First of all, the Buttonwillow facility itself is top notch. We stayed in the RV hookups area and were quite comfortable, and were very impressed with race control, bathroom facilities, pro-shop, cafe, etc. Second, and most importantly, we were blown away by how friendly and welcoming everyone was. From the guy at the gate, to the grid workers, to everyone serving up food and drink at the social, we were always greeted with a friendly smile and a handshake. We met some great people during our visit, and are already thinking about when we can make the trek down your way again. Thanks for a great experience! Eric Boucher San Francisco region Spec Racer Ford #61 In Memory of Sally Hewitt Sally Hewitt, wife of long time Cal Club driver and instructor Scotty Hewitt, passed away on Wednesday, July 13. Sally fought a courageous battle against cancer for the last nine years. Besides being a devoted wife, she was a race fan and a friend to everyone she meet. She and Scotty had a long, happy marriage and were each others best friend. Share your passion with the world at www.calclub.com Calclub seeks all top shelf in-car camera footage, big and small, to post at www.calclub.com for the world to see. We know you have a few clips on file of those special moments. How about a crazy pass or quick move you made to make it happen, or not. This invitation goes to Cal Club Specialties too, like our Emergency crew as they pluck cars from the track. Let’s get a GoPro mounted and capture some killer footage. Let’s work together, be creative, then share it with the world. The bottom line is, the web page needs the hottest shots you have. The idea is to inspire those sitting at home playing on computers to check it out at www.calclub.com then come out to the track and get involved real time. Visit calclub.com and contact the webmaster to submit your video. Double Regional at Buttonwillow BUTTONWILLOW, May 21-22, 2011 Welcome back to Buttonwillow Raceway Park for Cal Club's second Double Regional of the year here. It was a big weekend for Cal Club who hosted the Pacific F2000 series with a rented race group stretching club resources and the race schedule beyond the norm with six race groups. As expected, all Cal Club Specialties and officials pulled through in professional form and made it happen. It was a great weekend and the track never looked so good. The weather was comfortable, warm at times, with an occasional breeze. This was our final race here before the summer break. GROUP 1 - T1, AS, ITA, ITS, ITB, S944, ITR T1 - Seven winners emerged from Saturday's Group 1. Kyle Kelley stood tall on top of the podium after he collected the the T1 win. William Brinkop qualified first and held off Kelley leading the first nine laps but settled for second ahead of Robert Kahn in third. Kahn was the fastest T1 in Sunday's qualifying session and took command of the race pace with Brinkop in tow when the green flag waved. Kelley moved from fourth to second before he broke a drive train component moving Brinkop back to second and Jim Tway to third. That's how they finished, Kahn first with Brinkop in second and Tway in third. Carl Fung and Brent Hicks finished fourth and fifth. Kelley earned sixth place points seven laps down. ITA - This was a good weekend for ITA with 16 strong entries. Naji Dahi continues to win in ITA but this weekend he had his hands full fighting off David Varco and Preston Lerner. When the checkered finally fell after many laps of thrilling competition, Dahi was first ahead of Varco and Lerner in second and third. Sunday's ITA race was one of the best of the weekend as Dahi and Varco wrestled for the lead while Todd Launchbaugh, Wesley Molino and Derek Wang battled for third. After 15 laps Dahi had the field covered when he collected the win with a slim 0.2 of a second advantage over Varco at the finish. Launchbaugh finished third securing the final step on the box. Molino and Wang rounded out the top five. ITB - Welcome back to Vahe Basmadjian who returned to competition to unseat Rodger Ward as the top gun in ITB. Ward was too strong on this day and hit all the marks before he tallied the win Saturday in his Shelby Charger. Basmadjian settled for second but ready for a rematch tomorrow. Basmadjian picked up the pace Sunday to give Ward a challenge for the ITB trophy but his effort was short lived when he fell out after three laps. Ward raced to the checkered where he scored his second win of the weekend extending his point lead for the ITB championship. AS, ITS, ITB, S944, ITR - Several single car class winners made their mark on the competition led by Chris Qualls who won A Sedan. Jason Cress was hooked Robert Green raced his Noble M400 to a pair of victories in ITE. VanHap.com photo up in his #39 Mazda RX-7 and set a pace good enough to secure first in ITS. Randy Bergum made the tow from Arizona to nail the S944 win and finally, Bryan Lampe was credited with the ITR win after battling up front but sidelined on lap 10. Sunday, Cress was mixed up in the middle of a 14 car ITA battle and raced with the best of them before he collected his second ITS win of the weekend. Bergum too raced his Porsche through the ITA gang to nail another S944 victory to take back to Arizona. GROUP 2 - SP, ITE, GT-L, GT-3, RS, GT-1 SP - Robert Kelley was first to collect the checkered where he claimed the overall honor and S Production win ahead of Bruce Powers who finished second in class and third overall. Ron Bailey completed the SP finishing order in third place. Kelley qualified first Sunday and took quick control of the SP race pace ahead of Powers and Bailey. Bailey was out after 10 laps as Kelley raced to earn the class win ahead of Powers in second. Bailey was credited with third. ITE - Robert Green had his Noble M400 hooked up on Saturday. He was good enough to be one of three cars on the lead lap with a second overall finish and a solid ITE win ahead of Paul Gassen and Brian Lai in second and third positions. Green continued his dominance in ITE Sunday morning with another fast time in qualifying. We had a driver change with Cheuk Kit Lai climbing behind the wheel of #01 Mazda with teammate Brian Lai looking on from hot pit. At the start Green wasted no time and taking command of the race pace ahead of Gassen and Lai. The trio raced in order to the checkered where Green won again ahead of Gassen in second and Lai in third. GT-L - Paul Martin was our lone entry in GT-L as he raced his #49 Toyota Tercel to a pair of first place finishes plus a new track record of 2:02.812 on Saturday. GT-3 - Wayne Graham continues to shape the race pace in GT-3 with another class win and a sixth overall finish after running as high as second. Graham welcomed his son Scott to test dad's skill in GT-3 on Sunday. Wayne handed over the #6 bronze Mazda and pulled out his red #6 rotary powered machine to settle the score. Wayne clearly had his program in order on this day as he drilled the competition with not only a class win but the overall victory too eliminating any chance Scott might see the top step on the podium. The father and son duo happily conquered first and second in class both sporting ear-to-ear grins. continued on next page Conner Ford wins big in Pacific F2000 at Buttonwillow BUTTONWILLOW, Calif. (May 22, 2011) – There was no touching Conner Ford in this weekend’s pair of races for the Pacific F2000 Championship Presented by Corsa Car Care at Buttonwillow Raceway in central California. The 14-year-old phenom from Carson City, Nev., qualified on pole for both 25-minute races by a comfortable margin and was never seriously challenged on either day. "It’s pretty cool to be leading the championship," said Ford. "I’ve never actually been in a real championship [chase] before. 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Porterfield fell ill during the race and was way off his pace after he set h is track record only finishing 14 laps. GROUP 3 - SM, PRO7, SRX-7 SM - A 22 car Spec Miata field led by Clement Lee, Grant Westmorland and Eric Richter set a torrid pace. Lee led every lap. Westmorland was out after 10 circuits when Richter moved to second and Curtis Gong slid up to third. Lee led the pack to the checkered where he nailed another win along with a new track record of 2:03.507 extending his point lead. Richter finished second ahead of Gong in third. David Varco and Todd Launchbaugh rounded out the top five. Lee was back on top Sunday with another fast time in qualifying. It wasn't surprising to see Lee lead every lap of the race before he collected his second win of the weekend. Westmorland finished second by only 0.2 of a second. Westmorland pulled out the stops trying to get it done and set a new track record of 2:03.376. Varco reached the podium in third with Richter and Gong in fourth and fifth. PRO7 - Jim Rueff set fast time over Sheek Lonny in Saturday's Pro7 qualifying. When the green waved though, Lonny captured the lead over Rueff and set the race pace. At the checkered Lonny captured the class win ahead of Rueff in second. Rueff stepped it up Sunday and qualified in first then led every lap before claiming the first place trophy ahead of Lonny in second and Allen Cosby in third. GROUP 5 - FA, S2, FM, CSR FA - Chris Emanuel was the fast guy in Group 5 as he raced to victory lane twice in Formula Atlantic and secured the overall bragging rights too, both Saturday and Sunday. Emanuel crossed the line with a fat gap on S2000 winner Edward Guenther each time. S2 - Edward Guenther continues to be the man to beat in the S2 Cup Series as he paraded his Swift to victory lane Saturday afternoon with a new track record of 1:44.205 defeating Doug Ota in second and Joe Moran in third. Ota and Moran were separated by just 0.31 of a second. Sunday morning Guenther was a no show for qualifying with Moran setting fast time. At the green Moran took command of the race pace with Guenther moving to second on the first lap. Guenther stalked Moran for many laps before getting by and leading the final nine laps claiming victory with a 1.5 second margin of victory over Moran in second and Ota in third. FM - Dutch Schultz put in a solid performance running second overall and first in Formula Mazda at the checkered ahead of second place finisher Ed Lever. However, after a post race SCCA Steward's ruling, Schultz was moved to second in class handing the win over to Lever. This gives Lever two wins for the day after winning in RS. Sunday was a new day for Schultz as he focused on the task at hand. He qualified first and took command of the Formula Mazda race pace ahead of Lever in second but dropped out after eight laps. Lever took over the lead and collected the win seven laps later. CSR - The final winner each day in Group 5 was CSR veteran Michael Alfred who raced his Beasley B2 to two victories in C Sports Racer. GROUP 6 - SRF, SF, FV SRF - SRF class veteran Mark Ballengee played with his competition on Saturday before he sealed the deal with another class win. At the checkered Ballengee enjoyed a 14.2 second advantage over Doug Stewart in second place. But Stewart had his hands full at the line with Aaron Stein all over his case trying to reclaim the runner-up position he occupied earlier. Stein didn't have enough and finished in third just 0.20 of a second behind Stewart. It was no surprise to see Ballengee at the top of the chart Sunday morning with fast time. From the start he looked like he was on a Sunday drive and easily tallied his second win of the weekend with a big 29 second advantage over Stein second. Stein too enjoyed his own big advantage over Stewart in third. SF - Spec Ford point leader Arthur Beach was on his game today as he piloted his Crossle 32F back to the familiar place of victory lane after 15 laps competition. Beach solidly finished fourth overall and was the top open wheel finisher. Roger Simonian dropped off the pace from the start and was out after seven laps with a DNF. Beach was the lone Spec Ford entry Sunday but that didn't keep him from going after the another Spec Ford win. He parked it after 10 laps though, still enough laps to earn credit for the win. FV - Two of our best Formula Vee drivers, Mark Edwards and Charlie Turner, showed up to play and battle. Edwards was in his groove today and set the mark in Saturday’s qualifying session then took command of the race pace when the green flag waved. Turner gave chase but Edwards was able to maintain his advantage to the checkered where he collected the win over Turner in second. Edwards has been unbeatable lately and again dominated the Formula Vee race pace Sunday defeating Turner. Edwards enjoyed a comfortable gap over Turner at the checkered. Pos No. 1 79 2 67 3 35 4 73 5 82 6 90 7 41 8 10 9 66 10 4 11 39 12 82R 13 18 14 9 15 11 16 13 17 3 18 68 19 25 20 98 21 89 22 88 23 8 24 34 25 13 26 83 DNF 23 DNF 20 DNF 6 Class T1 T1 T1 AS ITA ITA ITA ITA ITA ITA ITS ITA ITB ITA ITA S944 ITA ITA ITA ITB T1 T1 ITA ITR ITA ITA T1 T1 ITA Name Kyle Kelley William Brinkop Robert Kahn Chris Qualls Naji Dahi David Varco Preston Lerner Wesley Molino Derek Wang Sky Chan Jason Gress Tsz Fung Rodger Ward David Knowles James Whitton Randy Bergum Cheuk Kit Lai Kent Littlehale Vahe Babayans Vahe Basmadjian Brent Hicks Carl Fung Vincent Chao Bryan Lampe Todd Launchbaugh Carl Johnk Oli Thordarson Jim Tway Brandon Droese Laps Best 15 01:50.9 15 01:52.1 15 01:53.2 15 01:57.0 14 02:05.3 14 02:06.3 14 02:06.6 14 02:07.5 14 02:06.9 14 02:08.7 14 02:06.1 13 02:10.4 13 02:12.5 13 02:12.0 13 02:11.7 13 02:12.0 13 02:12.8 13 02:13.8 13 02:13.6 13 02:14.2 13 02:13.7 12 02:01.2 12 02:21.7 9 02:01.9 9 02:05.8 8 02:11.7 2 01:55.3 2 01:54.5 1 02:24.6 Total 28:31.2 28:41.7 29:00.5 29:45.1 29:34.2 29:49.7 29:55.8 29:58.5 30:19.6 30:26.5 30:28.6 28:52.4 29:07.3 29:10.5 29:12.2 29:13.8 29:27.0 29:43.1 29:44.2 29:55.3 29:56.6 24:35.5 29:03.1 18:35.1 19:12.8 18:08.9 03:58.1 04:04.2 02:31.6 Diff Group 2 Pos No. 1 68 2 42 3 71 4 49 5 68S 6 6 7 8 8 5 9 1 10 35 Class SP ITE SP ITE GT-L GT-3 RS GT-1 ITE SP Name Robert Kelly Robert Green Bruce Powers Paul Gassen Paul Martin Wayne Graham Edward Lever Andy Porterfield Brian Lai Ron Bailey Laps Best 16 01:54.0 16 01:58.3 16 01:59.6 15 02:03.8 15 02:02.8 15 01:55.8 15 02:10.0 14 01:45.6 14 02:09.7 10 02:06.6 Total 31:19.0 32:09.0 32:44.6 31:43.1 31:43.8 32:04.4 33:04.3 25:45.4 31:46.9 22:10.2 Diff Group 4 Pos No. 1 33 2 29 3 71 4 90 5 13 6 10 7 4 8 42 9 73 10 88 11 66 12 37 13 2 14 11 15 18 16 2 17 68 18 57 19 67 20 1 21 12 22 9 23 41 DNF 99 DNF 3 Class SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM PRO-7 SM PRO-7 SM SM SM SM SM SM SM Name Clement Lee Eric Richter Curtis Gong David Varco Todd Launchbaugh Wesley Molino Sean Bradley Ethan Tufts Ian Thomas Mark Lange Louis Wang Darwin Felix Tsz Fung Mihai Mantea Robert Lindsay Sheek Lonny Kent Littlehale Jim Rueff Tim LaFrance Sky Chan Grant Westmorland Darren Richardson Preston Lerner Bill V Pharaoh Nelson Cheuk Kit Lai Laps Best 14 02:03.5 14 02:04.6 14 02:04.7 14 02:05.8 14 02:05.3 14 02:06.0 14 02:05.4 14 02:06.5 14 02:07.6 14 02:06.7 14 02:07.7 14 02:06.9 14 02:09.5 14 02:09.8 14 02:11.6 13 02:13.2 13 02:12.8 13 02:11.6 13 02:22.0 11 02:07.7 10 02:03.7 7 02:13.1 7 02:07.0 6 02:07.0 5 02:56.1 Total 30:53.3 31:02.2 31:07.8 31:17.4 31:19.6 31:35.8 31:38.3 31:41.0 31:48.3 31:40.7 32:00.3 32:13.8 32:17.3 32:21.5 32:45.0 31:07.5 32:08.3 32:45.1 34:06.1 25:30.7 22:28.4 17:46.9 23:26.4 32:26.8 17:02.5 Diff Group 5 Pos No. 1 36 2 2 3 85 4 7 5 3 6 44 7 72 8 11 9 78 Class FA S2 S2 S2 FM FM CSR S2 S2 Name Chris Emanuel Edward Guenther Doug Ota Joe Moran Ed Lever Dutch Schultz Michael Alfred Bob Lovenson Kathy Allison Laps Best 16 01:39.6 16 01:44.1 16 01:45.5 16 01:45.6 15 01:48.0 16 01:44.1 15 01:49.7 15 01:51.3 13 01:56.6 Total 27:06.2 28:13.9 28:36.9 28:37.2 27:31.7 28:03.4 28:10.9 28:20.4 27:23.1 Diff Group 6 Pos No. 1 97 2 71 3 18 4 73 5 24 6 74 7 25 8 12 9 77 10 81 Class SRF SRF SRF SF SRF FV FV SRF SRF SF Name Mark Ballengee Douglas Stewart Aaron Stein Arthur Beach Dick Young Mark Edwards Charlie Turner Pascal Donzel Bruce Santourian Roger Simonian Laps Best 15 01:59.3 15 02:00.1 15 02:00.1 15 02:01.0 15 02:02.4 15 02:03.0 15 02:04.3 13 02:01.6 13 02:18.6 7 02:05.3 Total 30:11.5 30:25.8 30:26.0 30:42.6 31:02.6 31:30.2 31:35.4 27:16.4 31:06.9 16:15.4 Diff Sunday Group 1 Pos No. 1 35 2 67 3 20 4 73 5 88 6 82 7 90 8 13S 9 10 10 39 11 66 12 82R 13 4 14 11 15 13 16 9 17 6 18 18 19 3 20 25 21 68 22 89 23 8 24 79 DNF 98 Class T1 T1 T1 AS T1 ITA ITA ITA ITA ITS ITA ITA ITA ITA S944 ITA ITA ITB ITA ITA ITA T1 ITA T1 ITB Name Robert Kahn William Brinkop Jim Tway Chris Qualls Carl Fung Naji Dahi David Varco Todd Launchbaugh Wesley Molino Jason Gress Derek Wang Tsz Fung Sky Chan James Whitton Randy Bergum Darren Richardson Brandon Droese Rodger Ward Brian Lai Vahe Babayans Kent Littlehale Brent Hicks Vincent Chao Kyle Kelley Vahe Basmadjian Laps Best 15 01:51.3 15 01:51.8 15 01:53.9 15 01:55.5 14 02:03.6 14 02:05.3 14 02:04.5 14 02:04.8 14 02:04.9 14 02:06.9 14 02:06.9 14 02:09.4 14 02:07.2 13 02:10.4 13 02:10.6 13 02:11.2 13 02:10.5 13 02:12.5 13 02:12.9 13 02:14.8 13 02:14.7 13 02:07.6 13 02:17.7 8 01:51.7 3 02:16.9 Total 28:37.1 28:37.4 29:31.8 29:57.8 29:21.4 29:29.4 29:29.8 29:30.8 29:33.3 29:56.9 30:04.7 30:32.5 31:27.9 28:46.7 28:48.3 29:02.0 29:18.6 29:21.5 29:46.2 29:49.1 30:06.6 30:11.8 30:30.8 15:11.3 07:04.6 Diff Group 2 Pos No. 1 9 2 66 3 42 4 6 5 71 6 49 7 68 8 1 9 8 10 35 DNF 6 Class GT-3 SP ITE GT-3 SP ITE GT-L ITE RS SP STU Name Wayne Graham Robert Kelly Robert Green Scott Graham Bruce Powers Paul Gassen Paul Martin Cheuk Kit Lai Edward Lever Ron Bailey Kenny Kun Yim Laps Best 16 01:55.2 16 01:54.5 16 01:57.5 16 01:59.5 16 01:59.7 16 02:03.1 15 02:05.4 15 02:07.6 15 02:09.6 10 02:00.0 4 02:06.9 Total 31:38.7 31:50.2 32:01.8 32:28.8 32:59.2 33:30.1 32:03.1 32:51.1 32:53.6 21:11.0 10:14.5 Diff Group 4 Pos No. 1 33 2 12 3 90 4 29 5 71 6 4 7 10 8 73 9 37 10 99 11 42 12 66 13 1 14 88 15 11 16 3 17 9 18 18 19 57 20 2 21 68 22 67 23 4 24 13 DNF 2 Class SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM PRO-7 PRO-7 SM SM PRO-7 SM SM Name Clement Lee Grant Westmorland David Varco Eric Richter Curtis Gong Sean Bradley Wesley Molino Ian Thomas Darwin Felix Bill V Pharaoh Nelson Ethan Tufts Louis Wang Sky Chan Mark Lange Mihai Mantea Cheuk Kit Lai Darren Richardson Robert Lindsay Jim Rueff Sheek Lonny Kent Littlehale Tim LaFrance Allen Cosby Todd Launchbaugh Tsz Fung Laps Best 15 02:03.5 15 02:03.4 15 02:03.8 15 02:05.2 15 02:05.4 15 02:04.7 15 02:04.5 15 02:06.0 15 02:06.0 15 02:06.0 15 02:06.7 15 02:08.4 15 02:08.5 15 02:06.9 15 02:09.5 15 02:09.9 14 02:10.9 14 02:10.9 14 02:10.6 14 02:14.5 14 02:15.7 13 02:20.6 12 02:15.7 8 02:05.4 5 02:09.2 Total 31:07.8 31:08.0 31:23.4 31:35.1 31:40.1 31:49.3 31:50.1 31:55.1 32:00.0 32:10.3 32:17.3 32:28.6 32:32.4 32:35.0 32:54.8 33:21.4 31:13.4 31:25.2 31:25.6 32:04.9 33:04.4 31:46.6 28:54.8 16:52.3 10:56.9 Diff Group 5 Pos No. 1 36 2 2 3 7 4 85 5 3 6 11 7 72 8 44 Class FA S2 S2 S2 FM S2 CSR FM Name Chris Emanuel Edward Guenther Joe Moran Doug Ota Ed Lever Bob Lovenson Michael Alfred Dutch Schultz Laps Best 16 01:42.3 16 01:45.9 16 01:46.9 16 01:46.8 15 01:49.3 15 01:50.4 15 01:49.5 8 01:47.8 Total 27:49.0 28:52.0 28:53.4 28:53.7 27:52.9 28:18.9 28:37.6 14:30.1 Diff Group 6 Pos No. 1 97 2 18 3 71 4 24 5 74 6 25 7 77 8 73 9 12 Class SRF SRF SRF SRF FV FV SRF SF SRF Name Mark Ballengee Aaron Stein Douglas Stewart Dick Young Mark Edwards Charlie Turner Bruce Santourian Arthur Beach Pascal Donzel Laps Best 15 01:59.7 15 02:01.1 15 02:02.2 15 02:02.5 15 02:05.2 14 02:08.6 13 02:15.0 10 02:03.2 9 02:02.1 Total 30:00.3 30:29.4 30:48.5 31:43.2 31:55.5 30:14.7 30:30.1 23:10.5 18:38.1 Diff 10.503 29.212 01:13.8 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 3 Laps 3 Laps 6 Laps 6 Laps 7 Laps DNF DNF DNF 50.007 01:25.6 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 2 Laps 2 Laps 6 Laps 8.911 14.542 24.122 26.298 42.555 45.067 47.768 55.041 47.407 01:07.0 01:20.6 01:24.0 01:28.2 01:51.7 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 3 Laps 4 Laps 7 Laps 7 Laps DNF DNF 01:07.7 01:30.7 01:31.1 1 Lap 57.238 1 Lap 1 Lap 3 Laps 14.273 14.48 31.042 51.068 01:18.7 01:23.9 2 Laps 2 Laps 8 Laps 0.278 54.719 01:20.7 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 7 Laps DNF 11.476 23.078 50.175 01:20.5 01:51.4 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 6 Laps DNF 0.249 15.58 27.354 32.282 41.563 42.326 47.295 52.236 01:02.5 01:09.6 01:20.8 01:24.7 01:27.2 01:47.0 02:13.6 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 2 Laps 3 Laps 7 Laps DNF 01:03.0 01:04.4 01:04.7 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 8 Laps 29.063 48.187 01:42.9 01:55.2 1 Lap 2 Laps 5 Laps 6 Laps Hometown Hunt. 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Beach Santa Ana,CA Palmdale,CA Fallbrook,CA Tustin, CA Irvine,CA La Jolla,CA Newport Beach Los Angeles, Ca Pahrump,NV Color Blue Red Orange Black Blu/Yel Bronze Red Grey Silver White Club 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 72 Make Monte Carlo Noble M400 Merc Cougar Ford Mustang Toyota Tercel Mazda RX7 Mazda Miata Chevy Camaro Mazda Oldsmobile Hometown San Diego,CA Santa Barbara San Diego Bonita,CA Glendora,CA Glendora Los Angeles Winnetka, CA Anaheim Hills Calabasas,CA Woodland Hills Long Beach,CA Montery Park Los Angeles,CA San Dimas,CA Long Beach,Ca Saratoga,CA Fountain Valley Newport Beach So El Monte Chula Vista,CA San Diego,CA Burbank, CA Walnut,CA Los Angeles,CA Color Black White white Red Silver Black Orange Red Black Red Navy Dk blu Red Grey Silver White Black Rd/Yel Red Green Blu/Yel Or/Sil Red Blue Silver Club 19 19 19/57 57 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 46 19 33 19 19 19 57/19 19 19 19 19 Make 1999 Mazda Mazda Miata 1993 Mazda Mazda Miata Mazda Miata 1999 Mazda Mazda Miata Mazda Miata 1991 Mazda 1990 Mazda 1996 Mazda Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda RX-7 Mazda Miata Mazda RX-7 Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda Miata 1990 Mazda Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Hometown Hunt. Beach Paradise Valley Irvine, CA Laguna Hills La Jolla,CA Santa Clemente Camarillo,CA Calabasas, CA Calabasas, CA Color Bl/Teal Red Red Yellow Blu/wh Blue Yellow Blue Lt Blue Club 19 2 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 Make Star Pro-FM Swift Db5 Swift DB2 Ford Carbir CS2 98 Star Mazda Star Mazda Beasley B2 Swift DB2 Swift DB-2 Hometown Shafter,CA Northridge, CA Santa Barbara Fillmore,CA Tehachapi,CA Los Angeles Mission Viejo Culver City,CA Carlsbad, CA Fresno,CA Color Rd/yel Whi/Rd Multi Yellow White Yellow Black Whi/Red R/W/B Yellow Club 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 SRF 19 33 Make SRF 2008 SRF 1985 SRF 78 Crossle 32F 1985 SRF 08 Glamdring Protoform P3 Hometown Las Vegas,NV Merced,CA Yorba Linda,CA Burbank, CA Rancho Palos V Long Beach,CA Bonita,CA Glendora,CA Glendora,CA Irvine,Ca Woodland Hills Montery Park Alhambra,CA Porter Ranch Gilbert, AZ San Diego,CA Goletta,CA Prather,CA Los Angeles Woodland Hills Saratoga,CA Etiwanda, CA Temple City,CA Hunt Beach Glendale,CA Color Black Blue Blue Yel/Blk Blue Black Red Silver Black REd Navy Red Green Wh/Blk Rd/Gre Or/Sil Red Yellow Silver Black Black Blue Green Silver Yellow Club 19 33 19 19 19 19 57 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 2 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 Make Corvette Corvete Corvette 1996 Mustang Chevy Z06 Nissan 200SX Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda RX-7 Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Porsche 944 Mazda Miata Mazda RX-7 Charger/Shelby Mazda Scirocco 16V Mazda Miata Corvette Zo6 Mazda Miata Chevy Corvette VW GT1 Hometown Santa Barbara Hunt Beach Santa Ana,CA Irvine,CA Palmdale,CA Fallbrook,CA Tustin, CA Los Angeles,CA La Jolla,CA Pahrump,NV El Monte Color Red Blue Red Bronze Orange Black Blu/Yel Silver Red White White Club 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 72 19 Make Mazda RX-7 Monte Carlo Noble M400 Mazda RX7 Merc Cougar Ford Mustang Toyota Tercel Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Oldsmobile Honda Hometown San Diego,CA Chula Vista Bonita,CA Santa Barbara San Diego,CA Los Angeles Glendora,CA Anaheim Hills Long Beach,CA Walnut,CA Winnetka, CA Woodland Hills So El Monte,CA Calabasas,CA Los Angeles,CA Los Angeles,CA San Diego,CA San Dimas,CA Fountain Valley Long Beach,Ca Saratoga,CA Newport Beach Bakersfield, CA Glendora,CA Montery Park Color Black Blu/Yel Red White white Orange Black Black Dk blu Blue Red Navy Green Red Grey Silver Or/Sil Silver Rd/Yel White Black Red White Silver Red Club 19 57/19 57 19 19/57 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 46 19 19 33 19 19 19 19 Make Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda Miata 1993 Mazda Mazda Miata 1999 Mazda 1991 Mazda Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda Miata 1996 Mazda Mazda Miata 1990 Mazda Mazda Miata Mazda Miata 1990 Mazda Mazda Miata Mazda RX-7 Mazda RX-7 Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda Rx-7 Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Hometown Hunt Beach Paradise Valley Laguna Hills Irvine, CA La Jolla,CA Calabasas, CA Camarillo,CA Santa Clemente Color Bl/Teal Red Yellow Red Bl/whi Blue Yellow Blue Club 19 2 19 19 19 19 19 19 Make Star Pro-FM Swift Db5 Ford Carbir CS2 Swift DB2 1998 Star Maz Swift DB2 Beasley B2 Star Mazda Hometown Shafter,CA Santa Barbara Northridge, CA Tehachapi,CA Los Angeles Mission Viejo Carlsbad, CA Fillmore,CA Culver City Color Club Red/yel 19 Multi 19 Wh/Rd 19 White 19 Yellow 19 Black 19 R/W/B 19 Yellow 19 White/Red SRF Wh/Blk Rd/Gre Silver Black Black Yellow Blue Blue Dk Gre White Silver Blue Yellow Blue Red Club 19 33 19 19 19 57 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 2 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 57 19 19 19 Make Corvette Corvete Corvette 1996 Mustang Nissan 200SX Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda RX-7 Mazda Miata Charger/Shelby Mazda Miata Porsche 944 Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Scirocco 16V VW GT1 Corvette Zo6 Chevy Z06 Mazda Miata BMW 325i Mazda Miata Mazda RX7 Corvette Z06 Corvette Mazda RX-7 SRF Van Dieman Make SRF 1985 SRF 2008 SRF 1985 SRF ‘08 Glamdring Protoform P3 SRF 78Crossle 32F July/August - 2011 Cal Club News Page 5 45 years of Weird Tales and Misadventures with Cal Club and SCCA With help from Bill Yates and Don Carnerie By James Kuhns tarting from the beginning of my interest in car racing in 1962, I went to my first car road race. The "Times Grand Prix" at Riverside. I went to every "Times" event after that and later every pro race (Can-Am, USRRC, and Trans Am)(Mustang, Camaro, Charger, AMX factory era) at Riverside and Stardust Raceway in Las Vegas. My second race as a spectator was in 1963 when I went to the last Club race held at Del Mar. Somewhere I still have the program and poster for that event. November, 1964 I was a spectator at the first American Road Race of Champions (ARRC) and became a corner worker for the Riverside events both in November of 1966 and 1968. The first ARRC (Runoffs) at Riverside was bitter cold, the second was not so bad and for the third event the weather was great, although it turned freezing cold the very next weekend for the Rex Mays pro race. Early in 1965 I started working with San Diego/Cal Club races (this was before you had to be a member to work the races) and women were just starting to be allowed on a hot track. I thought that would be a great place to meet girls and it was. I spent a lot of time working Riverside Turn 6 as a Judge, a name later changed to Driver Observer. While watching the races I keep saying to myself, "I am sure I can drive at least as well as the front 25 percent of the H Production class." My "bug eye" Sprite would be in H Production. At the time, Cal Club races had 25 or more H Production cars in every event. I joined Cal Club/SCCA in 1965 and by 1967 I was ready to go racing with my "bug eye" Sprite, the first car I ever owned and the one I had driven to the Times Grand Prix in 1963. Before I got that Sprite, I owned motorcycles. At my first driver's school, my car kept overheating and I could find no reason for this. To solve the problem I bought a radiator and cap pressure checker, and this is how I found out Sprites use long-neck radiator caps, not the short ones like the one my car had on it. Mind you, I never had overheating problems when I drove this car on the street, and I had no idea there were long and short neck radiator caps. Going to my next driver's school at Holtville in 1968, the first of many memorable towing road trips that took place. I lived in Los Angeles at the time but one of my crew lived in San Diego. So Dennis McGrew and I went through San Diego to pick up Donald and then drove old US-80 (pre I-8) to the track. When starting down Mountain Springs grade we hit high winds. The winds were so strong that when it hit the side of the van it jumped onto the shoulder of the road. Dennis was asleep in the back and the sudden move woke him up, at which time he shouted, "what's going on?" I replied, "nothing, go back to sleep," which he did not knowing how close to the edge of the road we had gotten. This was a precursor to the big accident that happened almost 21 years later, in the same area, more on that deeper in this story. My first race was at Santa Barbara in 1968. I finished 22nd in class with over 50 cars on Saturday. Then 15th on Sunday, and I was hooked. I was building my own engines and that year I finished as high as 3rd. Things were looking good. Fluid catch tanks were required in 1969. Tech did not like what I was using so for the Santa Barbara race in June, 1969, I tried a new system that Tech thought was just fine. NOT SO!!! Every S It takes a dedicated team to make any racing effort successful. The crew of Kuhns Racing hangs out for a photo after James put it in victory lane. (Standing left to right) Dennis McGrew, James Kuhns, Kittie Kuhns. (Sitting left to right) Don Carnerie, Billy Yates. time I went into a hard right hand corner, oil would spill on the left front rotor, causing the car to spin or at least try to spin on the next brake application. This race was a nightmare, but I did finish 21st and was rewarded with the "Rubber Duck Award" by the Race Drivers' Assoc. (The RDA has not existed for decades.) This award was given to the driver who had the most unusual; I would say traumatic, things happen to him the month before. November, 1968, Stardust, Las Vegas Can-Am - I was a Corner Worker when I saw a huge cloud of dust on the front straight. Jim Hall had flown over Loather Motschenbacher. I still have a piece of that Chaparral 2G and the "Auto Week" issue that had the front page picture of Jim and his car flying through the air, the bottom of the car to the camera. Times G.P., Sept./Oct., 1969 - The winner of each support race was to receive a toolbox and tools from one of the event sponsors. This was my first race using an engine built by a prep shop and the car was fast, I was leading my race by more than a half a lap on the next to last lap. I could see those tools going home with me but it was not to be. Going into Turn 9 at Riverside with one lap to go the engine stopped running. I coasted into the pits, my dreams broken. On removing the distributor cap, we found the points rubbing block had broken off. That set of points was the first item in my collection box of "Failures." July, 1970 - Going to the Olathe, Kansas National Race. Remember this was the day of "hippies," and that may explain some of the weirdness that follows. Donald and I were towing the race car with a Chevy van that had the engine between the seats. The van had a 6 cylinder engine, a tiny radiator, and no air conditioning. The weather was sunny and hot, I mean HOT! We drove the trip on the red "hot" light. Red light comes on, we slow down, red light goes off, we speed up. On US-54 between the Kansas/Oklahoma state line and Wichita, Kansas, we were stopped by a Sheriff. He was looking for a couple of AWOL James Kuhns and Bear celebrating another win. soldiers from Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. Here we are in the "hippie' era, long hair, race car on open trailer and in an old van. After about a half hour we were deemed okay. Just crazy racers going from California to Kansas. After a long hot trip we get to Olathe. It's Friday night, rookie night for the local police. Of course, we get stopped by 11 rookies and one training officer. I was asked to get out of the van, Donald was not. Now all the time the police were talking to me, Donald was rattling around in the back of the van. I finally say to the Top Dog, "If we are really as bad as you think we might be, why haven't you gotten my friend out of the van?" A look of confusion all around, except for me, almost made the whole thing worth while. Olathe was my first National win, beating all the local "hot shoes." I was in euphoria for days. Sometimes things just work out. This next tale I am sure happened in Olathe, Kansas in July of 1970. But I have been told that "no, it happened at Atlanta, November of 1970." Here's my version. I had just won my first National race and celebrating, I bought all the pizza the crew could eat plus beer. I ordered the pizza with everything on it except anchovies. One of the crew, who shall remain nameless said, "I want anchovies," so we conceded the point. While we are eating the pizza, the nameless person held up something from the pizza and said, "what is this stuff?" To which the reply was, "That is the Cal Club News Page 6 Kuhns’ “Cactus Story,” a Triumph blew an engine dumping oil at PIR just as he raced through flat out then spun connecting with a Saguaro cactus. Billy Yates (left) and Kuhns wrench on the set up at Holtville. anchovies, you blockhead," or some other four letter words to that effect. The nameless person claims not to remember this event. Some people always want what they can not have. Phoenix, Arizona National, Sept., 1970 - I was working a night shift and had to be there by 6 p.m. Sunday night. So I flew from Phoenix to Burbank and went to work. When I got off work the next morning, I get a call from Billy, who is my "always there" crew person. The conversation went like this: Billy said, "are you standing up?" I hesitated and then said, "yes." Billy said, "sit down." I said, "you lost the race car?" The story goes something like this. Late Sunday night, on US-60 (pre I-10) west of Wickenburg, Arizona, the right spindle broke on the trailer and the wheel disappeared. (Today somewhere in Arizona there is a wheel, tire, and hub with broken spindle attached waiting to be found.) Followed by a shower of sparks Billy pulled onto the shoulder of the road. Several other racers stopped to help. The damage was being surveyed. Billy and Donald were starting to realize the trouble they were in, when a pickup towing a huge open top trailer pulled up and stopped. The pickup driver's offer to help was accepted on the spot. The people that had gathered pushed the Sprite into the open top trailer, lifted the broken trailer onto the top of the open trailer, and everyone was off on a high speed run to Burbank. It turned out the driver of the pickup lived only about two miles from Billy's place. The broken trailer was repaired and gave many more years of service. Forty plus years later Billy still has the trailer with collection of Sprites. I drove my first American Road Race of Champions (Runoffs) Thanksgiving week of 1970, at Road Atlanta. Everything was frozen, even the toilets. Cars were almost impossible to start. Not a good time to be had at the races. The trip gets worse on the way home. When we get to Abilene, Texas, the van blew its engine. Bob Snow and family came by and gave us a ride to town. There I rented a U-Haul truck. We found a dirt bank near the road that was the right height, put the van into the truck, hooked the trailer behind and took off for San Diego at 50 mph top speed. The truck has some kind of governor on it which made for a long trip. I have a picture of this set up that was taken west of Yuma at the rest stop in the sand dunes on I-8. Compared to 1970, 1971 was a dull year. I did get a C Sports Racer. A couple of events stand out. The first happened to Billy and me in July of 1971. We were on our way to Olathe, Kansas towing a double decker trailer with the H Production Sprite and the C Sports Racer on it. It had rained during the night. The rain had stopped, but the sides of the road were still wet. Somewhere east of Wichita, Kansas, on a two lane road we ran out of gas (we always carry extra gas in case something like this happens). The road had a long sloping edge and as we pulled over we were beginning to slide down the slope. We got stopped before it became a disaster, but there was no way we were going to get the van and trailer back on the road on our own. We were thinking out the problem when some guys with an empty hay truck stopped. No problem, hook the van to the truck and pull it out, hook the trailer to the truck and pull it out. It worked and Billy and I were on our way. September, 1971, PIR, Arizona - The next "happening" is the "Cactus Story." We were running the old course, part of which was outside the oval. At the time, British Leylan was sponsoring factory teams including a Triumph team run by "Kas" Kastner. One of his cars was a Triumph sedan, Heral, I believe, and it blew it's engine during qualifying, at the top of a rise that had a slight S curve on the blind side. The flaggers had not seen the oil; although there had been a lot of smoke and later they were able to see the oil when I pointed it out to them. No "slippery" oil flag was out when I came over the rise going flat out. Instantly I was going backwards, crashing into a Saguaro cactus. Now these cacti are some of the biggest and tallest in the world. My CSR, at the time, had an aluminum body and that cactus was able to bend almost every part of it. After coming to a stop I was saying to myself, "this is not good," when the cactus attacked with a vengeance. The top of the cactus broke off and fell across the roll bar, missing me, but hitting the last remaining part of the body that was not bent. My friend Dennis Comstock, who was driving the tow truck, thought this was one of the funniest things he had seen and he promptly created my nickname, only a few people know. "The Cactus Kid." The cactus did not survive but I do have pictures. For the ARRC (Runoffs) at Road Atlanta in 1971 it was cold but not as bad as in 1970. I did have a new van and we got a 6th place in H Production. May, 1972, Riverside National - We had a major problem with the transmission in CSR. Up to that time we had been running the shift linkage off the back of the car like Formula V's do. The chassis and running components being a "Genie" built by Huffaker. Anyway, the pinion nut backed off and that caused big time damage. To fix it, the decision was made to do the Hewland/Webster conversion. SCCA MEMBER SPECIAL Econolodge Inn & Suites Located at Hwy. 58/I-5 at Buttonwillow 20688 Tracey Ave., Buttonwillow, CA 15% Rack Rate off • • • • • • Te l : 6 6 1 - 7 6 4 - 5 2 0 7 July/August - 2011 Free Wi-Fi Free Continental Breakfast Family Suites Deluxe Jacuzzi Suites Conference Room Free HBO Fax: 661-764-6875 email: [email protected] Bob Swenson was at his shop and had the components we needed. After getting the parts, the rebuild was done with the understanding that I, as the driver, would go to bed around midnight and the crew would finished the job. When the job was finished at 4 a.m., I was the only one still awake. We should have called it, but no, I had to race. Because of fatigue, I misjudged a corner marker in the esses, clipping one of the notorious half-buried tires, punctured the radiator and my race was done in one lap. Sometimes you have to know when to fold them. November, 1972, ARRC (Runoffs), Road Atlanta - We had stopped on the way to the race to visit my family in Missouri and it stated to snow. It was decided that we had better cut the visit short so as not to get snowbound. In Georgia before we got to the track we had a bit of deja vu. West of Gainsville, on a twisty wet road, the right trailer wheel decided it did not want to go any further and it left us, to be eaten by Kudzu. Of course we had no spare, so we dragged the trailer down the road to a near school yard and parked it. Then on to the track, we borrowed Charlie Kulmann's trailer and making two trips got everything to the track. You might think all we had to do was buy a wheel and tire and we would be in business. But no, this was in the south and Chevy bolt pattern wheels were not that popular. After we scrounged the area around Atlanta, we finally found a wrecking yard that had one. One the way home after Road Atlanta we had our next exciting moment. West of Oklahoma City, Donald was driving. It is still debated how it started, but this is what happened next. Around 1 a.m. we were coming up to the one mile long I-40 bridge that crosses over the Canadian River, and we ended up backwards on the leading edge of the icy bridge. There was no severe damage, just a destroyed front bumper and a bent trailer. Everything still worked. This happened in the middle of the night with almost nobody on the road, but then cars started stacking up and there was no way to drive off the bridge going the wrong way. To this day I do not know how I did it, but I drove the van and trailer backwards, on ice, the entire length of that bridge to where I could turn the rig around. I do know my right arm was killing me because of the strain of the steering while looking towards the rear of the van and trailer. For the rest of the trip it was very quiet inside the van. In August of 1975 one of those things happened that you don't want to believe can happen. We went to Westwood, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, for one of those rare SCCA National races outside the USA. We had qualified on the pole and charged the battery before the race. Things were looking good. Leading the group into the last corner, on the first lap, the engine stopped running. Dead battery, one of the leads on the battery charger was almost separated giving a false impression the battery was charged. Okay, that's racing, in two weeks we would be in Portland, Oregon, for a race Cal Club News July/August - 2011 James Kuhns getting ready for his first race in 1968 at Santa Barbara entered in H Production. and we would make sure the charging thing did not happen again. I did some touring and spent time with friends between races. Then everything went sour. The day before the Portland National race weekend, I decided to go to the track and set up. East of Delta Park, where the track is located, there was a G.I. Joe's store with a four-way stop intersection in front of it. I'm going to make a left turn at the intersection. I come to a stop. There is no one close. I am making my turn when I hear a crash and feel the van shutter. A white Freightliner tractor had run the stop sign and literally driven over the race car and trailer. The tractor destroyed the race car, trailer, and totaled a GTO that was stopped at the intersection. The truck driver said he was injured and had to get medical help, then disappeared. It turned out he had no driver's license, no insurance, already had an unresolved "hit and run" in Oregon and, in theory, was driving out of Alaska. The bank that owned the truck said, "we're first," when it comes to getting anything out of the sale of the truck, and my insurance did not cover loss of anything I was towing. The only damage to the van was the rear bumper torn off. It could have been a lot worse. I rented a single axle enclosed trailer, loaded everything (tools, engine, transmission, wheel and what was left of the car and trailer) into it, closed the trailer door and called it a day. I hired a lawyer, who put a lean against the driver's property and inheritance and as the lawyer said he might, the driver promptly declared bankruptcy. I never found out if the driver was caught. So here I am, no race car, no trailer, no insurance money, and a sponsor who bailed out. One good thing came out of this. I had been talking of building a race car and if I wanted to keep racing I was going to have to do it. And so I built my first race car from the ground up. May, 1976 - We're at PIR and there is rain like you would not believe could happen in Arizona. Race cars had to be trucked across the Gile River to get out of the track. Big rigs were trapped for days. I was now living in San Diego and the roads south of Phoenix were closed. The bridge between Buck Eye and Gile Bend weas gone, as was the bridge between Chandler and Maricopa. I would have to go through Blythe to get home. At Indio I headed to Anza and on to Agunga. where the road to Temecula was washed out, forcing a detour to Warner Springs, past Mt. Palomar, through Escondido and home. Everything was okay until I got to Oak Grove. There were huge amounts of water crossing over State-79. The water was spread out and not too deep, so I went for it. It wasn't until I was committed that I realized the right shoulder of the road was washed away and the water was tearing at the asphalt. I was sweating blood for a few moments, but I got through and home with no more problems. October, 1977 - This ARRC at Road Atlanta is one I would like to forget. Donald and I had worked late on the race car and we're dead tired when we got to the motel. We parked the van right in front of our motel door and went to bed. During the night someone broke into the van and stole my camera with lens, CB radio, special made Bell helmet, tools, Summer Annual Tech If your race car needs Tech inspection, repairs or upgrades remember to check with one of Cal Club’s Certified Tech Shops. Why wait until our Labor Day race to get your Annual Tech. With Shops located conveniently throughout Southern California, including two at Buttonwillow Raceway Park, this is an easy way to get your car inspected without the pressure of a race weekend. The inspection process is straight forward. The shop owner, a SCCA licensed Tech Inspector, follows a specified outline and completes an Annual Inspection Guide form. If there are any issues they will be noted on the form. The car owner takes that form to the next Cal Club race and a National licensed Tech Inspector will stamp the log book with an annual good for 12 months. 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We were able to borrow enough stuff to race. Anyone who knows me very well knows I like trains, railroads, and that I have a Large Scale railroad in my backyard. This adventure happened because of that obsession. Going home from Road Atlanta, Donald and I had been checking out Civil War battle fields (another interest of mine) when we saw a green steam locomotive parked across a large open area near the Chattanooga, Tenn., depot. I knew the locomotive had to be the one Southern Railroad used to pull excursions, and I had to see it up close. We proceeded to drive across the open area, not realizing that at one time warehouses had been there and the columns of those buildings had not been completely removed. We could not see those remains because of the weeds. The van cleared but the trailer did not, catching the axle squarely in the center. The trailer jumped up and over the stump of a column. The trailer axle now had a very large amount of toe-in. The solution: I had Donald lay on the tongue of the trailer and watched as I repeatedly backed the trailer into the stump. We did such a good job that when I got home and checked the toe of the trailer, I found it to be near perfect. Bad luck again followed by good luck. An unexpected thing happened in 1980. I was named SCCA/San Diego Region "Driver of the Year." That was a good thing after all the weird luck we had been having. July, 1983 - At Carlsbad Raceway I had my worst racing accident. The car had a brake failure going over the "flat" and into a sharp right down hill corner. I got the car turned and hit the tire barrier, tail first. LUCKY! LUCKY! I was at speed when I hit the wall and really rang my bell. The corner worker, who had been standing on the wall near where I Page 7 hit, came over and asked me if I was okay. I said, "just let me sit here for a few moments." I got out of the car under my own power but it was not a good experience. When the car was on the "hook" I walked over to see it and applied the brakes. The brakes were rock hard. I made the effort to find out what had happened and found that silicone brake fluid, which I was using at the time, had a window of temperature where it became a compressible fluid. I never used silicone brake fluid again, synthetic, yes, but not silicone. The car had to be rebuilt from the roll bar back. In 1985, with a lot of help from friends I put together my first D Sports Racer and in October at Carlsbad, I had my first race in the DSR, and I won. September, 1986 - At Sears Point I won the Pacific Road Race of Champions in DSR March 31, 1988 - Remember at the beginning of this story I told you about driving old US-80, now replaced by I-8 and the wind. Well, it all came back in spades on this date. My friend Kerry Rauch, who worked for Trick Gasoline, had no one to sell fuel at Holtville that weekend. So I stepped up to help her out. Friday afternoon on I-8 at Mountain Springs grade the wind was very gusty and at the last sharp corner going down it caught the sides of the van and trailer and over the edge we went. My dogs, van, trailer, and me (the race car was not with me) ended up deep in the boulders. I am not going into great detail here other than I was found three days later by the San Diego County Sheriff's helicopter. It took eight hours for the rescuers to get me out of the wreck. Some of you may remember the event was dramatized on the TV show, "Rescue 911". As a result of this accident if anyone wants to have a contest on who has the most scars, let me know, I will win. My first race after the accident was November 11, 1989 at Holtville. This goes to show you can't keep a racer continued on page 10 Page 8 Cal Club News July/August - 2011 Cal Club Double Regional at Fontana Best show from biggest class - Spec Miata 21 strong FONTANA, Calif., June 11-12, 2011 Cal Club's final 2011 visit to California Speedway is in the can leading into the summer break. This was the final "in town" event of the year where most have about a one hour drive, or even less for some. Six race groups made up the race program this weekend with the Pacific F2000 pro series joining us again. Good weather, great competition, and it just doesn’t get any better than what we had this weekend. GROUP 1 - FF, SRF, FV SRF - The first race of the weekend was one of the oddest of all time for Cal Club with just three cars on track and just one SRF entry. Never have SRF entries been low here much less a single entry. Aaron Stein would've never dreamed he'd be the only SRF at California Speedway. But he was. Points were up for grabs too. It was a bonus points day for Stein and a missed opportunity for his competiton. Stein wasted no time tallying two first place finishes, two checkered flags and two trophies. What else could this multi-SRF champion do? Take it all and move on to the next race, like he did. FV - You only need two cars to have a great race in Formula Vee when Charlie Turner and Mark Edwards show up. These two guys have hammered out several strong battles this year and again demonstrated why you never miss a Formula Vee race, especially here at California Speedway. The two raced their brains out on Saturday when Turner set fastest race lap. At the checkered though it was Edwards in first ahead of Turner. Edwards backed up his win from yesterday with another victory Sunday but Turner did all he could to squeeze every bit of momentum he could from his Protoform P3. At the checkered he came up a little short, like 0.3 of a second short, but good enough for second. Their friendly rivalry continues... stay tuned. GROUP 2 - T1, ITS, ITA, HP, S944, SRX-7, SSC, ITC T1 - Cal Speedway is a favorite race circuit for T1 Corvette drivers for obvious reasons as they get to unleash their horsepower. On Saturday they mixed it up with each other and lapped traffic. They muscled their way around much slower cars for 14 laps before Las Vegas driver Robert Kahn settled the score with a win defeating Jim Tway by 22.8 seconds. Kyle Kelley finished third ahead of Brent Hicks in fourth. Kahn backed up his victory from yesterday with another win Sunday over Tway with a slim 3.5 second advantage at the checkered. Hick punched in a third place finish filling the T1 box with Kelley out after one lap with a DNF. ITS - Rick Parker made the tow from Arizona and cleaned house with two wins in ITS, unchallenged. He finished third overall both days chasing the faster Corvettes. ITA - Darren Murdock out of Las Vegas was back to take control of ITA after winning both days in his Honda Civic. Murdock defeated Carl Johnk who scored a pair of second place finishes and Mark Homer filled the box both days in third. HP - Cory Markos raced his #43 Honda Civic to a pair of victories ahead of the Honda Fit piloted by Carl Young. The pair finished in the same exact overall order both days, Markos in 8th and Young in 18th. S944 - Frank Hanrahan made the jump from open to closed wheel in good form with two wins in S944 defeating class Tyler Vance leads a tough field in Spec Miata before he collected the win on Saturday. Dennis Baer Photo Jeff Walker (center) won Sunday in Spec Miata, flanked by Clement Lee (left) and Tyler Vance. Allan Coy Photo point leader Randy Bergrum who settled with a pair of second place finishes. The points race is now on with Hanrahan a S944 championship contender. SRX-7 - Devin Dahn led a three car contingent of SRX-7 drivers from Arizona. Saturday Gary Boyle turned in the fastest race lap but couldn't beat Dahn who tallied the win. Boyle finished second ahead of Steve Bodeman in third. Sunday the trio mixed it up again but Dahn couldn't be stopped as he captured his second win of the weekend with Boyle scoring another second place finish with Bodeman in third again. SSC, ITC, AS - Derek Ferretti raced his #5 Acura to victory in SSC Saturday with a 20th overall finish. Sunday, Calvin Liu jumped behind the wheel of the #5 Acura and won SCC with a 17th overall finish. As expected the ITC winner was Honda Civic driver Hartoyo Gandasetiawan. He pushed his machine to two wins in class and seals his ITC championship chase. Chris Qualls was credited with winning A Sedan Saturday after parking it on lap 10 with problems. GROUP3 - GT1, SP, GT3, ITE, STU, GTL GT - Andy Porterfield, the lone GT-1 entry, was the force to contend with in Group 3 as he pushed his Camaro to the checkered each day tallying two GT-1 wins with a giant advantage each day over SP winner, Paul Fairchild. SP - Just as easily as Porterfield won, Fairchild raced his Porsche to victory twice in SP. Saturday he defeated Robert Kelley and Ron Bailey who filled the SP podium in second and third. Andy Chan finished fourth. Sunday, Kelley was out after two laps as Bailey zeroed in on second position trailed by Chan at the checkered in third. GT3 - A three car battle for top GT-3 was a good show as usual, especially when you have names like Graham and Gray on the entry list. But this weekend we had two Graham's, father and son duo of Wayne and Scott. Wayne looked good on Saturday from the green until the advantage swung Gray's way with victory and fastest lap. Wayne finished second with Scott pushing his Mazda to the checkered in third. Sunday controversy surrounded GT-3 after the disqualification of Wayne by event officials. Scott was credited with win so at least it stays in the family. ITE - Robert Green has his Noble M400 hooked up and on track as he raced to a pair of first place finishes in ITE along with two third overall results. At the checkered each day Paul Gassen raced his Mustang to the checkered and Dave Tweedie #66 ahead of rookie Eahab El Naga #28. Tweedie scored two wins in CSR and El Naga was victorious twice in DSR. Dennis Baer Photo tallied second in class. STU - Bryan Lampe and Gene Rolfe set the stage in STU for a showdown between BMW and Mazda. Lampe's BMW was too much for Rolfe's Mazda. Lampe raced to a pair of wins ahead of Rolfe in second spot each day, respectively. GT-Lite - John Bower had problems with his Nissan Sentra on Saturday and accepted a DNF in GT-Lite. But Sunday he put in 13 good laps and collected the first place trophy. GROUP 4 - CSR, FA, FS, FM, DSR, S2 CSR - Dave Tweedie was fastest all weekend in CSR. Saturday, he captured the glory with the class win and overall bragging rights. Bob Majorino and Michael Alfred were left to settle the score for second position. At the checkered it was Majorino in second ahead of Alfred in third. Tweedie's hands were full Sunday as he fought off a challenge from Majorino. After 15 laps Tweedie collected another win but with a slim 4.5 second advantage over Majorino in second. Alfred filled the final step on the CSR box in third. FA, FS - Vince Gaddini in FA and Renny Damon in FS made the trip from Auburn, Calif., each representing their class in good form. Both raced clean and strong and collected two wins each in their team Pro Mazda entries. FM - A three car line up in Formula Mazda with Steve Brown, Brad Drew and Patrick Wesslink set the stage for a good race. The battle brewed from the start. On lap 11, Wesslink was out. Brown and Drew diced hard to the checkered. At the flag it was Brown over Drew by a scant 0.174 of a second with the win. The table reversed Sunday when Drew finished first by 20 seconds over Brown in second. DSR - Eahab El Naga was quickest in DSR and defeated The Cactus Kid (James Kuhns) Saturday with a three lap cushion. El Naga put in a solid seventh overall finish. The DSR bar was raised when Henry Botkin showed and turned out to be the man to beat in this group. El Naga raised his game too but couldn't match Botkin's speed. After 15 laps Botkin scored the DSR win plus the overall win ahead of El Naga in second and The Cactus Kid in third. S2000 - Seven entries made up the S2 Cup Series race Saturday with Joe Moran on top of the box both days defeating rival Edward Guenther. Saturday, Paul Frucbrom finished third and Sterling Ellsworth raced his way to the final step on the victory podium on Sunday. GROUP 5 - SPEC MIATA SM - Spec Miata set the stage for the best race of the day as fierce battles broke out throughout the field from the start. It was no surprise to see a gang of big names up front. Teenager Tyler Vance, Grant Westmorland, Jeff Walker and point leader Clement Lee all vying for the win. It came down to the last half of the final circuit around California Speedway to determine who was going to win as the bump drafting masters shuffled and jogged for position. It was Vance who wrestled the win away from 20 of his competitors with a 0.4 of a second advantage over Westmorland in second and Walker in third. Lee finished fourth with Elliott Skeer rounding out the top five. Day two the battle continued up front with the top five from yesterday. They diced and negotiated for the ultimate position to be able to make a last lap pass for the win. As the top five approached the checkered it was Walker who managed to win with a 1.49 second advantage over Lee in second. Vance trailed by only 0.05 of a second to secure third. Westmorland finished fourth and Skeer was fifth again. The top five finished within a slim 1.9 second gap. Cal Club News July/August - 2011 Race Results - Double Regional Autoclub Speedway - June 11-12, 2011 Saturday Group 1 Pos No. 1 18 2 74 3 25 Class SRF FV FV Name Aaron Stein Mark Edwards Charlie Turner Laps Best 13 02:01.3 13 02:02.6 13 02:03.5 Total 29:43.0 30:16.5 30:24.2 Diff Group 2 Pos No. 1 35 2 20 3 79 4 89 5 8 6 5 7 83 8 43 9 3 10 8S 11 11 12 74 13 6 14 21 15 13 16 1 17 19 18 77 19 4 20 5 21 9 22 73 23 56 Class T1 T1 T1 T1 ITS ITA ITA HP ITA S944 ITA ITA ITA SRX-7 S944 ITA SRX-7 HP SRX-7 SSC ITC AS ITA Name Robert Kahn Jim Tway Kyle Kelley Brent Hicks Rick Parker Darren Murdock Carl Johnk Cory Markos Mark Homer Frank Hanrahan James Whitton Michael Chiappetta Brandon Droese Devin Dahn Randy Bergum Cheuk Kit Lai Gary Boyle Carl Young Steve Bodeman Derek Ferretti H. Gandasetiawan Chris Qualls Derek Wang Laps Best 14 01:49.7 14 01:49.9 14 01:49.9 13 01:55.8 13 02:00.1 13 02:05.2 13 02:05.6 13 02:06.5 13 02:06.8 12 02:09.2 12 02:08.7 12 02:10.3 12 02:09.0 12 02:10.4 12 02:09.5 12 02:09.6 12 02:10.3 12 02:10.1 12 02:12.2 12 02:15.8 11 02:20.5 9 01:57.2 7 02:06.6 Total 29:25.3 29:48.1 30:23.6 29:30.5 30:02.2 31:10.1 31:14.8 31:18.5 31:23.0 29:44.7 29:45.0 30:00.2 30:00.8 30:02.6 30:03.5 30:05.7 30:07.2 30:11.2 30:28.2 31:19.0 29:37.8 22:23.5 19:03.2 Diff Group 3 Pos No. 1 5 2 318 3 10 4 42 5 68 6 9 7 35 8 6 9 34 10 49 11 3 12 8 DNF 44 Class GT-1 SP GT-3 ITE SP GT-3 SP GT-3 STU ITE SP STU GT-L Name Andy Porterfield Paul Fairchild Richard Gray Robert Green Robert Kelly Wayne Graham Ron Bailey Scott Graham Bryan Lampe Paul Gassen Andy Chan Gene Rolfe John Bower Laps Best 15 01:42.4 15 01:48.5 15 01:49.6 15 01:49.9 14 01:47.0 14 01:51.6 14 01:54.1 14 01:58.2 13 01:59.9 13 02:01.9 13 02:08.2 12 02:12.3 5 01:58.2 Total 29:29.8 30:35.1 31:14.0 31:23.3 29:49.6 30:12.3 31:13.5 31:19.1 29:34.9 30:18.2 31:23.1 30:16.4 13:21.5 Diff Group 4 Pos No. 1 65 2 48 3 47 4 696 5 31 6 78 7 28 8 7 9 2 10 72 11 9 12 5 13 43 14 95 15 85 16 22 DNF 11 Class CSR FA FS CSR FM FM DSR S2 S2 CSR S2 S2 DSR FM S2 S2 S2 Name Dave Tweedie Vince Gaddini Renny Damon Bob Majorino Steve Brown Brad Drew Eahab El Naga Joe Moran Edward Guenther Michael Alfred Paul Fruchbom Adam Draizin James Kuhns Patrick Wesslink Doug Ota Sterling Ellsworth Bob Lovenson Laps Best 15 01:40.4 15 01:40.3 15 01:43.4 15 01:42.5 15 01:44.0 15 01:43.5 15 01:41.2 15 01:44.5 15 01:44.7 14 01:42.3 14 01:47.1 14 01:47.6 12 01:44.3 11 01:46.0 9 01:43.6 8 01:45.5 6 01:47.2 Total 29:03.7 29:30.7 29:37.5 29:38.0 29:38.3 29:38.5 29:47.4 30:09.2 30:41.2 28:17.2 29:10.0 29:20.6 28:30.6 23:26.6 19:21.2 17:48.0 14:21.6 Diff Group 5 Pos No. 1 85 2 12 3 81 4 33 5 17 6 29 7 63 8 99 9 4 10 42 11 78 12 56 13 37 14 88 15 3 16 73 17 1 18 51 19 39 20 68 21 67 Class SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM Name Tyler Vance Grant Westmorland Jeff Walker Clement Lee Elliott Skeer Eric Richter Tim Bonney Bill V Pharaoh Nelson Sean Bradley Ethan Tufts Marc Simon Louis Wang Darwin Felix Mark Lange Mark Homer Ian Thomas Sky Chan Cheuk Kit Lai Darren Richardson Michael Com Tim LaFrance Laps Best 12 02:03.6 12 02:03.4 12 02:03.6 12 02:03.4 12 02:04.7 12 02:04.3 12 02:04.8 12 02:05.2 12 02:04.9 12 02:05.0 12 02:06.1 12 02:05.8 12 02:06.4 12 02:06.3 12 02:06.0 12 02:05.2 12 02:07.7 12 02:08.6 12 02:11.0 12 02:12.5 12 02:11.7 Total 28:28.3 28:28.7 28:29.2 28:29.7 28:35.4 28:36.3 28:48.7 28:50.9 28:51.8 28:52.0 28:58.8 29:07.3 29:07.5 29:08.2 29:08.7 29:14.0 29:23.1 29:47.7 30:03.3 30:24.0 30:24.1 Diff 33.464 41.191 22.866 58.391 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 3 Laps 5 Laps 7 Laps 1:05.3 1:44.2 1:53.4 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 3 Laps DNF 27.017 33.84 34.285 34.636 34.81 43.733 01:05.5 01:37.5 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 3 Laps 4 Laps 6 Laps 7 Laps DNF 0.416 0.833 1.377 7.043 7.94 20.377 22.594 23.469 23.684 30.487 38.918 39.204 39.822 40.356 45.621 54.787 01:19.3 01:35.0 01:55.7 01:55.7 Hometown Santa Barbara Los Angeles Mission Viejo Color Multi Yellow Black Club 19 19 19 Make 1985 SRF ‘08 Glamdring Protoform P3 Hometown Las Vegas,NV Yorba Linda,CA Hunt Beach, Ca Etiwanda, CA Parker,AA North Las Vegas Cardiff by the Riverside, CA Los Angeles, Ca Costa Mesa Porter Ranch Del Mar, CA Goletta,CA Peoria.AZ Gilbert, AZ Los Angeles,CA Yuma,AZ Irvine,CA Scottsdale,AZ Fountain Vallry Garden Grove Burbank, CA Woodland Hills Color Black Blue Silver Blue Multi White Blue Rd/Blk Blk/Sil Silver Wht/Bl Red Red Yellow Red/Gr Silver Sil/Red Black Purple White White Yel/Blk Navy Club 19 19 19 19 2 19 57 19 19 19 19 57 19 2 2 19 2 33 2 19 19 19 Make Corvette Corvette Corvette Corvette Zo6 Mazda RX7 Honda Civic Mazda RX7 Honda Civic Mazda 83 P 944 Mazda Miata Mazda RX7 Mazda RX-7 Mazda RX-7 Porsche 944 Mazda Miata Mazda RX-7 Honda FIT Mazda RX7 04 Acura RSX Honda 1996 Mustang Mazda Miata Hometown Newport Beach Tempe,AZ Moorpark,CA Santa Ana,CA Hunt. Beach,CA Santa Barbara Pahrump,NV Irvine,CA Lakewood,CA Fallbrook,CA Harbor City, CA Las Vegas, NV Granada Hills Color Grey Yellow Yellow Red Blue Red White Bronze White Black Red Blue Wh/Bl Club 19 2 19 19 19 19 72 19 19 19 19 72 19 Make Camaro Porsche 996 Nissan 240SX Noble M400 Monte Carlo Mazda RX-7 Oldsmobile Mazda RX7 BMW 325i Ford Mustang Toyota AE101 MazdaMiata Nissan Sentra Hometown Riverside,CA Auburn,CA Auburn, CA Camarillo,CA Ontario, CA Trabuco Canyon Topanga,cA Laguna Hills Paradise Valley Camarillo,CA Newport Bch Paradise Valley Encinitas,CA San Juan Capis Irvine, CA Santa Barbara Calabasas, CA Color White Blue Blue 415757 Ye/Blk Wh/Blk bL/pU Yellow Red Yellow Black Red Bl/Blk Blk/Sil Red Orange Blue Club 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 2 19 19 2 19 19 19 19 19 Make Radical Mazda PFM Mazda PRO Radical SR3 Star Mazda Star Mazda Msagro CV-3 Ford Carbir CS2 Swift Db5 Beasley B2 Swift DB2 1989 Swift DB2 Zephyrus III Mazda Form Swift DB2 Swift DB5 Swift DB2 Hometown Ladera Ranch Chula Vista,CA Fountain Valley San Diego,CA Vista,CA Santa Barbara Lakewood Walnut,CA Los Angeles Winnetka, CA Oak Park Woodland Hills Long Beach,CA Calabasas,CA Los Angeles, Anaheim Hills Alhambra,CA Los Angeles,CA San Diego,CA San Diego Newport Beach Color Black Bl/Yel Black Black Yel/Bl White Blue Orange Red Red Navy Dk bl Red Blue Black Green Silver Bl/Or Red Red Club 19 57/19 19 19 57 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 Make Mazda Miata Mazda Miata 1999 Mazda 1999 Mazda Mazda Miata Mazda Miata 1999 Mazda Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda Miata 1996 Mazda Mazda Miata 1990 Mazda Mazda 1991 Mazda Mazda Miata Mazda Miata 1990 Mazda 92 Mazda Mazda Miata Hometown Santa Barbara Riverside Los Angeles Mission Viejo Fillmore,CA Color Multi Bl/Or Yellow Black Yellow Club 19 19 19 19 19 Make 1985 SRF Swft DB-1 ‘08 Glamdring Protoform P3 ‘78 Crossle 32F Hometown Las Vegas,NV Yorba Linda,CA Etiwanda, CA Parker,AA North Las Vegas Cardiff by the Los Angeles, Ca Riverside, CA Los Angeles,CA Costa Mesa Del Mar, CA Porter Ranch Peoria.AZ Yuma,AZ Gilbert, AZ Scottsdale,AZ Torrance, CA Irvine,CA Garden Grove Goletta,CA Hunt Beach Color Black Blue Blue Multi White Blue Blk/Sil Rd/Blk Silver Silver Red Wh/Blk Yellow Sil/Red Rd/Gre Purple White Black White Red Silver Club 19 19 19 2 19 57 19 19 19 19 57 19 2 2 2 2 19 33 19 19 19 Make Corvette Corvette Corvette Zo6 Mazda RX7 Honda Civic Mazda RX7 Mazda Honda Civic Mazda Miata pORS 944 Mazda RX7 Mazda Miata Mazda RX-7 Mazda RX-7 Porsche 944 Mazda RX7 Acura RSX Honda FIT Honda Mazda RX-7 Corvette Hometown Newport Beach Tempe,AZ Santa Ana,CA Irvine,CA Pahrump,NV Fallbrook,CA Lakewood,CA Granada Hills Harbor City, CA Las Vegas, NV Hunt. Beach Santa Barbara Color Grey Yellow Red Bronze White Black White Wh/Bl Red Blue Blue Red Club 19 2 19 19 72 19 19 19 19 72 19 19 Make Camaro Porsche 996 Noble M400 Mazda RX7 Oldsmobile Ford Mustang BMW 325i Nissan Sentra Toyota AE101 MazdaMiata Monte Carlo Mazda RX-7 Hometown Jamul,CA Auburn,CA Topanga,cA Auburn, CA Riverside,CA Camarillo,CA Trabuco Canyon Laguna Hills Ontario, CA Paradise Valley Santa Barbara Newport Bch,Ca Calabasas, CA Camarillo,CA Paradise Valley Encinitas,CA Color Sil/Bl Blue bl/pur Blue White Club 57/19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 2 19 19 19 19 2 19 Make Stohr WF1 Mazda PFM Msagro CV-3 09 Mazda PRO Radical Radical SR3 Star Mazda Ford Carbir CS2 Star Mazda Swift Db5 Swift DB5 Swift DB2 Swift DB2 Beasley B2 ‘89 Swift DB2 Zephyrus III Hometown Fountain Valley San Diego,CA Ladera Ranch Chula Vista Vista,CA San Diego,CA Lakewood Santa Barbara Los Angeles Woodland Hills Winnetka Oak Park Anaheim Hills Los Angeles Alhambra Calabasas Long Beach West Hills San Diego,CA Newport Beach Los Angeles,CA Color Black Black Black Blu/Yel Yel/Bl white Club 19 19 19 57/19 57 19/57 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 Make 1999 Mazda 1999 Mazda Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Mazda Miata 1993 Mazda 1999 Mazda Mazda Miata Mazda Miata 1996 Mazda Mazda Miata Mazda Miata 1991 Mazda Mazda Mazda Miata 1990 Mazda Mazda Miata Miazda Miata 1990 Mazda Mazda Miata Mazda Miata Sunday Group 1 Pos No. 1 18 2 80 3 74 4 25 5 73 Class SRF FF FV FV SF Name Aaron Stein Roger Kessinger Mark Edwards Charlie Turner Arthur Beach Laps Best 13 02:00.8 13 01:54.9 13 02:02.2 13 02:02.0 11 02:01.1 Total 29:37.0 29:48.3 29:58.9 29:59.2 26:56.3 Diff Group 2 Pos No. 1 35 2 20 3 89 4 8 5 5 6 83 7 3 8 43 9 1 10 8S 11 74 12 11 13 21 14 19 15 13 16 4 17 5 18 77 19 9 20 6 DNF 79 Class T1 T1 T1 ITS ITA ITA ITA HP ITA S944 ITA ITA SRX-7 SRX-7 S944 SRX-7 SSC HP ITC ITA T1 Name Robert Kahn Jim Tway Brent Hicks Rick Parker Darren Murdock Carl Johnk Mark Homer Cory Markos Cheuk Kit Lai Frank Hanrahan Michael Chiappetta James Whitton Devin Dahn Gary Boyle Randy Bergum Steve Bodeman Calvin Liu Carl Young H. Gandasetiawan Brandon Droese Kyle Kelley Laps Best 14 01:48.5 14 01:48.8 13 01:55.9 13 02:00.7 13 02:05.0 13 02:05.6 13 02:05.1 13 02:05.2 12 02:08.5 12 02:08.8 12 02:08.5 12 02:07.6 12 02:09.1 12 02:09.6 12 02:10.0 12 02:12.9 12 02:13.5 12 02:08.0 11 02:18.4 7 02:09.2 1 01:50.4 Total 29:17.4 29:20.9 29:25.5 30:09.1 31:00.1 31:03.2 31:09.8 31:45.8 29:31.6 29:33.5 29:34.7 29:35.5 29:41.6 29:54.4 30:09.6 30:32.7 31:08.4 31:18.1 29:27.4 18:56.8 05:25.2 Diff Group 3 Pos No. 1 5 2 318 3 42 4 6 5 35 6 49 7 34 8 44 9 3 10 8 DNF 68 DQ 9 Class GT-1 SP ITE GT-3 SP ITE STU GT-L SP STU SP GT-3 Name Andy Porterfield Paul Fairchild Robert Green Scott Graham Ron Bailey Paul Gassen Bryan Lampe John Bower Andy Chan Gene Rolfe Robert Kelly Wayne Graham Laps Best 15 01:42.1 15 01:48.6 14 01:53.7 14 01:55.3 14 01:57.3 14 01:58.4 13 01:59.8 13 02:01.0 13 02:06.8 12 02:12.0 2 01:49.3 14 01:50.9 Total 29:36.3 30:56.5 30:17.3 30:31.9 31:32.7 31:33.6 29:36.5 30:04.2 31:12.6 30:32.7 07:31.8 30:10.4 Diff Group 4 Pos No. 1 82 2 48 3 28 4 47 5 65 6 696 7 78 8 7 9 31 10 2 11 22 12 9 13 11 14 72 15 5 16 43 Class DSR FA DSR FS CSR CSR FM S2 FM S2 S2 S2 S2 CSR S2 DSR Name Henry Botkin Vince Gaddini Eahab El Naga Renny Damon Dave Tweedie Bob Majorino Brad Drew Joe Moran Steve Brown Edward Guenther Sterling Ellsworth Paul Fruchbom Bob Lovenson Michael Alfred Adam Draizin James Kuhns Laps Best 15 01:38.3 15 01:40.0 15 01:39.6 15 01:41.4 15 01:41.0 15 01:41.7 15 01:43.8 15 01:44.1 15 01:43.8 15 01:45.0 14 01:44.6 14 01:45.6 14 01:47.0 14 01:45.7 14 01:48.4 10 02:07.2 Total 27:56.6 28:11.4 28:25.0 28:33.6 28:41.7 28:46.2 29:14.4 29:27.0 29:35.1 29:39.9 28:05.4 28:15.9 28:21.1 28:55.0 30:05.0 25:16.4 Diff Group 5 Pos No. 1 81 2 33 3 85 4 12 5 17 6 71 7 63 8 29 9 4 10 56 11 42 12 78 13 73 14 3 15 1 16 88 17 37 18 68 19 39 20 67 21 51 Class SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM SM Name Jeff Walker Clement Lee Tyler Vance Grant Westmorland Elliott Skeer Curtis Gong Tim Bonney Eric Richter Sean Bradley Louis Wang Ethan Tufts Marc Simon Ian Thomas Mark Homer Sky Chan Mark Lange Darwin Felix Angela Swan Darren Richardson Tim LaFrance Cheuk Kit Lai Laps Best 12 02:03.7 12 02:03.6 12 02:03.8 12 02:03.6 12 02:03.9 12 02:04.0 12 02:04.6 12 02:05.3 12 02:05.3 12 02:05.7 12 02:05.5 12 02:05.5 12 02:05.5 12 02:05.6 12 02:07.1 12 02:06.2 12 02:06.9 12 02:07.4 12 02:08.5 12 02:10.3 8 02:07.9 Total 29:15.6 29:17.1 29:17.1 29:17.2 29:17.5 29:26.7 29:28.4 29:33.7 29:34.5 29:41.5 29:44.0 29:44.7 29:44.8 29:45.5 30:04.2 30:09.8 30:09.9 30:24.4 30:32.5 30:58.6 21:39.7 Diff 11.228 21.853 22.178 2 Laps 3.555 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 3 Laps 7 Laps DNF 01:20.1 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 2 Laps 2 Laps 2 Laps 3 Laps DNF DQ 14.826 28.409 37.027 45.134 49.617 01:17.8 01:30.4 01:38.6 01:43.3 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 1 Lap 5 Laps 1.49 1.54 1.654 1.912 11.15 12.812 18.148 18.92 25.987 28.39 29.137 29.188 29.978 48.633 54.253 54.325 01:08.8 01:17.0 01:43.0 4 Laps Wh/Blk Yellow Yel/Blk Red Orange Black Blue Yellow Red Bl/Blk White Orange Navy Red Red Black Blue Green Red Dk bl Rd/Blk Blu/Or Red Silver Page 9 BoG Seats Open! Cal Club Seeks You! It is that time of year to elect the new Board of Governors for 2012. Every driver, worker and volunteer should participate on the Board at least once in their career because a Board should reflect all facets of the demographics it oversees to ensure the Club’s overall success. This is your opportunity to make an impact and take the Club to another level of prosperity. Eligibility Requirements for 2012 Board of Governors • Applicant must be a Cal Club member in good standing. • Submit a letter stating your background and how you can help the club by joining the Board. (This letter will be published in SoPac News.) • Submit application petition with 25 signatures. • All petition signees must be Cal Club members in good standing. (Please list signee’s active membership number next to member’s name.) Membership on the Board is a two year commitment and it is a lot of work but there is also a great deal of reward. This is your opportunity to make a difference in your club with fresh ideas and innovative improvements. This is a critical time for the club and this is why it is important for our club members to step up and run for the Board now. Your actions will shape the future of our great club. 2012 CALIFORNIA SPORTS CAR CLUB Board of Governors NOMINATION PETITION I, , hereby state I am a member in good standing of the California Sports Car Club (Cal Club) Region of the Sports Car Club of America, Inc., and eligible under Cal Club’s by-laws to run for election to the Board of Governors. The signatures of the 25 eligible Cal Club members below shall serve as notice of my nomination. Name 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Signature Member # Page Cal Club News 10 Cal Club Road Racing More - Weird Tales & Misadventures Regional Points Standings from page 7 as of June 15 Class/Ñame AS QUALLS, CHRIS T1 Points 60 HICKS, BRENT KAHN, ROBERT TWAY, JIM THORDARSON, OLI KELLEY, KYLE BENEDETTI, ROY RONSON, CHRIS FUNG, CARL 45 43 37 24 23 12 11 11 ITA DAHI, NAJI MURDOCK, DARREN LAUNCHBAUGH, TODD MOLINO, WESLEY JOHNK, CARL LERNER, PRESTON HOMER, MARK SEEGMAN, RICHARD WHITTON, JAMES ALLEN, DAVID WANG, DEREK DROESE, BRANDON RICHARDSON, DARREN CHIAPPETTA, MICHAEL RICHTER, ERIC LAI CHEUK KIT THOMAS, LEE FUNG, TSZ CHAN, SKY LAI, LOUIS CHAO, VINCENT MANTEA, MIHAI JORDAN, JAHNA LE CREN, DAVID LITTLEHALE, KENT BABAYANS, VAHE JOHNK, CARL LAI, BRIAN 72 44 35 30 18 14 14 13 13 12 12 12 10 10 9 9 7 7 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ITR LAMPE, BRIAN ORMAI, BALAZS 12 0 ITS GRESS, JASON PARKER, RICK 36 24 ITB WARD, RODGER CAVEDONI, SANDRO BASMADJIAN, VAHE 33 24 9 SSB WILSON, SEAN 24 FF ERLANDSON, ED KESSINGER, ROGER 48 28 SF BEACH, ARTHUR 60 FV EDWARDS, MARK TURNER, CHARLIE BURALLI, SCOTT 96 96 16 FST BOGHOSSIAN, ERIC LEBLANC, LUCIEN 21 21 SRF BALLENGEE, MARK STEIN, AARON MISERENDINO, TOM ZAPH, CRAIG LEE, DOUGLAS STEWART, DOUGLAS DONZEL, PASCAL FRENCH, JON WEBKING, RICK YOUNG, DICK PALLA, DON JACKSON, DAVID SANTOURIAN, BRUCE FOSDICK, DENNY ACKER, TJ MARINO, PAUL PHETEPLACE, DAVID EGGLETON, KYLE EDWARDS, DON MISERENDINO, MIKE 194 133 94 94 88 85 76 66 62 49 44 44 38 34 28 28 28 22 14 0 SM 254 174 138 130 126 94 90 86 81 79 77 76 72 72 70 54 52 48 48 38 32 32 32 30 30 25 23 23 19 17 16 13 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 4 3 2 1 1 ITC GANDASETIAWAN, HARTOYO 72 ITE GREEN, ROBERT GASSEN, PAUL FORTNEY, CHET LAI CHEUK KIT 96 68 18 7 S944 BERGUM, RANDY HANRAHAN, FRANK 42 24 Pro7 SHEEK, LONNY RUEFF, JIM COSBY, ALLEN 80 54 48 GT1 PORTERFIELD, ANDY LEWIS, MICHAEL 72 0 GT2 MORAN, JOSEPH 12 GT3 GRAHAM, SCOTT GRAHAM, WAYNE GRAY, RICHARD 28 21 12 SP BAILEY, RON KELLEY, ROBERT POWERS, BRUCE WALL, RICHARD CAPTANIS, GEORGE CHAN, ANDY PITT, JOSHUA 61 57 56 42 31 13 0 RS LEVER, ED ALLEN, DAVID 66 24 EP KARLSON, ROGER SATHER, ROGER 12 12 HP MARKOS, CORY HIMOJOSA-MIRAND, CHRIS BACHMAN, MICHAEL FERRETTI, DEREK SHAVER, LEROY 48 24 18 9 7 SSC HUSTING, BRIAN FERRETTI, DEREK LIU, CALVIN 24 12 12 MAZ-GT2 WAGAMAN, JIM LOGERMAN, THORPE STEBBINS, ROBERT GJERDRUN, THOR VAN CANEGHEM, JON 45 35 16 12 9 GTL BOWER, JOHN MARTIN, PAUL 60 24 STU LAMPE, BRYAN NIEMANN, MICHAEL BONNEY, TIM LIU, CALVIN KUN YIM, KENNY 48 17 12 9 0 LEE, CLEMENT WESTERMORLAND, GRANT RICHTER, ERIC VANCE, TYLER GONG, CURTIS LANGE, MARK LAUNCHBAUGH, TODD FELIX, DARWIN TUFTS, ETHAN WANG, LOUIS THOMAS, IAN WALKER, JEFF MATTHEWS, CHUCK BRADLEY, SEAN MOLINO, WESLEY LINDSAY, ROBERT WEAVER, TIM STOTT, JOHN LERNER, PRESTON HOLZER, CHAD BURKE, JAMES DEAL, TYLER BONNEY, TIM BURGOON, ROBERT CHAN, SKY NELSON, BILL HU, FRANCIS MANTEA, MIHA SIMON, MARC COOMER, ROBERT FUNG, TSZ REYNAUD, VINCENT HOMER, MARK CHAN, ANDY O'DONNELL, JAMES RICHARDSON, DARREN LAI, CHENIK KIT THOMAS, LEE LAFRANCE, TIM AYOUB, GEORGE SWAN, ANGELA JORDAN, JAHNA KNOWLES, DAVID COM, MICHAEL July/August - 2011 DSR KUHNS, JAMES ALEXANDER, LEE BOTKIN, HENRY EL NAGA, EAHAB 72 48 30 21 CSR ALFRED, MICHAEL NICKLIN, STEVE SCIFINI, JOSEPH LOHR, RENE TWEEDLE, DAVE MAJORINO, BOB 96 36 20 18 24 18 S2 MORAN, JOE OTA, DOUG THOMSON, ROB LOVENSON, BOB FRUCHBOM, PAUL ELLSWORTH, STERLING ALLISON, KATHY 58 45 21 17 13 11 5 FA EMANUEL, CHRIS GADDINI, VINCE GOUGHARY, DENNIS WEST, PETER THOMAS, PETER 35 33 6 6 4 FM LEVER, ED BROWN, STEVE SCHULTZ, DUTCH DREW, BRAD WESSLINK, PATRICK 82 54 42 21 7 FS DAMON, RENNY 48 FC PHILLIPS, LES STOLL, STEPHEN 24 7 down. Next race for me was the Willow Springs Enduro on November 26. In practice and qualifying I was the second fastest driver on the team, in a type of car I had never driven on the track before. I did my full hour shift and the team, with a Datsun B210, finished 2nd in ITC. Things have calmed down a lot since that time. With me doing the MK 2 version of the DSR in 1995 (engine type change), the MK 3 version in 1998 (new chassis), and the MK 4 version in 2007 (engine type change). I did set on piece of history. In 2006 at Topeka I drove the last race car to use a car engine in the DSR class at the Runoffs. I should have changed to a motorcycle engine years earlier. September, 2010 - Billy and I decided to do the Runoffs one last time and the gods were out to get us. On the way to Road America we had to two tires on the trailer delaminate and one wheel lost air when it developed a crack. At the track for the second day of qualifying things really "went south." Road America has an uphill grid. The clutch would not disengage and I needed a push start. When I started to move, I jammed the car in gear and promptly did big damage to the differential mounts, chain, sprocket, and adjustment linkage plus assorted bolts and seals. It took two days to rebuild, so we missed the rest of the qualifying sessions. On the morning of our race we took a hardship lap and everything worked well. At the start of the race, going into Turn 1, the engine stopped running. We loaded everything into the trailer and locked the doors. When I got home I found out the crankshaft sensor had died. We kind of won in the end though. We did some touring, saw some great sights, stayed with some good friends, and got to meet up with some long lost buddies. For Billy and me there will be no more long tows. If we can not get there with a one day tow it is too far away. If it rains we pack it in. If we have a big car problems, we go home. Racing is supposed to be fun and not a job. If it's not fun something is wrong. No more racing for us on a quarter when we need a dollar. The Innaugural Pacific Coast Road Racing Championships looks good to us and will be our big event of this year. See you at the races, James Kuhns Kittie, thanks for being there. Cal Club Board Meeting Minutes June 8, 2011 Meeting was called to order by RE Penelope Coy at 6:33 p.m. Present were: Les Phillips, Linda Haneline, John Norris, Oli Thordarson, Gayle Jardine, Mark Ballengee, John Stott, Jon French, Penelope Coy, Office Manager Ceci Smith Minutes from April meeting were approved by e-mail. There was no May meeting. Old Business – Double Rational September – Discussion on changing the September 2011 Double Regional to a Double Rational. Motion made not to this year Passed 8 for, Haneline against. New Business: Supp Regs – Haneline brought up that current Supplemental Regulations state you can run for either Regional Points, National Points or both at a Rational. Need to change them to just say must run either or, not both. Ceci will take care of. PCRRC Insurance – Les brought up a different source for insurance for this event. Discussion followed. Les will investigate more. Leaf Blowers – Ceci made a request to purchase two leaf blowers for emergency as they really help for clean up. Motion by Ballengee/Coy. Passed Chuckwalla Raceway – Thordarson asked about us racing there. Was reminded that this is now a San Diego Region track. July Meeting – This will be a face to face meeting at Smith’s house in Lakewood. Will be July 9, 10 a.m. Meeting adjourned at 7:21 p.m. Phillips/Coy Respectfully submitted, Linda Haneline Cal Club Certified Tech Shops The following businesses have partnered with Cal Club as Certified Tech Shops to perform your annual tech. 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RE for Administration Penelope Coy Assistant RE for Operations Mark Ballengee Hm: 661-746-4007 Cell: 661-345-8130 [email protected] Assistant RE, Solo-Gayle Jardine [email protected] Cal Club Specialty Chiefs Drivers Instructor- Jim Bishop Cell: 559-779-1007 [email protected] Emergency- John Kielb 562-425-9724 [email protected] Flagging & Communication- Linda Haneline Hm: 760-767-4936 [email protected] Grid- Renee Angel 909-947-0644 Cell: 909-223-3767 [email protected] Treasurer – Les Phillips Work: 661-764-5333 Cell: 661-330-4600 [email protected] Race Chairman- Ceci Smith 661-764-5945 [email protected] Secretary –Linda Haneline Hm: 760-767-4936 [email protected] Deputy Executive Steward- John Snow Hm: 714-538-3106 [email protected] Jon French Hm: 310-375-1390 [email protected] Registration- Penelope Coy Hm: 760-247-8077 Cell: 760-954-9415 [email protected] John Norris Hm: 310-575-4249 Cell: 310-962-0607 [email protected] John Stott 951-735-9920 Cell: 310-951-3067 [email protected] Oli Thordarson 714-658-1090 [email protected] Sound Control- Open Starter- Joe Sepanik Hm: 760-200-9106 [email protected] Tech Chief- Chuck Knox 760-835-1187 Timing & Scoring- Ellen Lowery Hm: 562-866-4433 [email protected] Specialty Representatives Announcer - Jason Chalfont 951-940-9697 Ombudsman/Archivist - Allan Coy [email protected] Equipment - TBD Pace Car - Steve Lowery [email protected] Log - Nelda Snow Hm: 714-538-7147 Photographer - Dennis Baer 661-821-1282 Road Rally - Jeanne English Hm: 310.372-7168 [email protected] Regional Points Keeper - Linda Haneline Hm: 760-767-4936 [email protected] Asst. Race Chairman - Casey Geier [email protected] Solo II- Mike Simanyi [email protected] Communications - Open Pit Control - Open Office Manager - Ceci Smith 18202 Cal Club Road, Buttonwillow, CA 93206 - Phone: 661-764-5945 Fax: 562-421-4598 - [email protected] Buttonwillow Raceway [email protected] Improved Touring John B. Norris [email protected] Touring/SS Roy Benedetti [email protected] Pro 7 and SRX-7 Open Spec Racer Ford Doug Stewart [email protected] Information & Contacts First Friday Niter Road Rallys start at the Bank of America parking lot in Mission Hills (North San Fernando Valley), 1/2 mile east of I-405 on Devonshire. Jeanne English - (310) 372-7168 web page: ffn.smscc.org January 7 February 4 March 4 April 1 May 6 June 3 July 1 August 5 September 2 October 7 November 4 December 2 2011 Solo Schedule February 12 Practice Event 13 Championship Event 16 Cal Club Solo Commitee Meeting March 16 Cal Club Solo Commitee Meeting 19 Practice Event 20 Championship Event April 8-10 SCCA 20 Cal Club Solo Commitee Meeting May 1 Championship Event 18 Cal Club Solo Commitee Meeting 21 Practice Event 22 Championship Event June 4-5 Lone Pine 15-18 FSAE® California Competition 24-26 SoPac Divisional Championship July 16-17 Novice school / Street Survival 20 Cal Club Solo Commitee Meeting 23 Practice Event 24 Championship Event August 13 Practice Event 14 Championship Event 27-Sept. 2 Pro Finale/Nationals September 21 Cal Club Solo Commitee Meeting 24 Practice Event 25 Championship Event October 19 Cal Club Solo Commitee Meeting 22 Practice Event - Blew/SCNAX 23 Championship Event - Blew/SCNAX November 16 Cal Club Solo Commitee Meeting 25 Practice Event 26 Ladies School 27 Championship Event December 10 Practice Event Championship Event 11 21 Cal Club Solo Commitee Meeting Autoclub Speedway Autoclub Speedway El Toro - PSCC El Toro - PSCC El Toro Pro Solo El Toro - CASOC El Toro - GRA El Toro - GRA El Toro El Toro El Toro - No$ El Toro - NO$ El Toro - EBoard El Toro - EBoard Autoclub Speedway Autoclub Speedway Autoclub Speedway Autoclub Speedway Autoclub Speedway Autoclub Speedway Autoclub Speedway Autoclub Speedway Autoclub Speedway www.calclub.com for more Solo information 2011 Road Race Schedule Date January 21-23 Event Track Porterfield Brake Pads Ntl./Dbl.Reg. ACS Cal Club February 10-12 SCCA Convention - Las Vegas 26-27 Camguard Double Rational WSIR SDR March 24-26 26-27 Road Race Drivers' School Double Regional, Time Trials BRP BRP Cal Club Cal Club April 15-17 30-1 Grand Prix of Long Beach Double National BRP Cal Club Les Phillips [email protected] May 21-22 Double Regional BRP Cal Club Grand Touring Wolfgang Maike [email protected] June 11-12 Double Regional ACS Cal Club September Double Regional/Time Trials 3-4 BRP Cal Club October 1-2 29-30 BRP BRP Cal Club Cal Club President - Les Phillips 24551 Lerdo Highway, Buttonwillow, CA 93206 - Phone: 661-764-5333 Fax: 661-764-5334 - [email protected] Competition Representatives Sports Racers Joe Moran First Friday 2011 Road Rally Niter Road Rally Schedule Worker Services - Open Cal Club Office Page 11 Open Wheel Jerry Andersen [email protected] Spec Miata Grant Westmorland [email protected] Production Open Double Regional/Time Trials Inaugural Pacific Coast Championships Cal Club Grid Lines Page 12 July/August - 2011 San Diego Region Grid Lines OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SAN DIEGO REGION OF THE SPORTS CAR CLUB OF AMERICA, INC The Pau Grand Prix By Norm DeWitt Perhaps amidst the all the furor over the 100th anniversary Indianapolis 500, it should be pointed out that this year a famous international race was held in the shadow of the Pyrenees of France, marking the 110th anniversary of its first running. That event is the Grand Prix de Pau. Traditions of auto racing in the City of Pau began with the earliest days of auto racing, with a race through the streets 110 years ago. The premier class was won by Maurice Farman in his Panhard, and claimed the “Grand Prix de Pau”, the first usage of the term Grand Prix in motor racing. Farman won the Paris-Arras-Paris race of the following year, prior to turning his attention to aviation, where he found even greater success and founded his own aircraft company. One of the greats from that pioneering era, he defied the odds and lived into his mid-80s. Pau became the site of the French Grand Prix in 1930, and the great Tazio Nuvolari was to win the 1935 Pau GP with his Alfa-Romeo P3. Certainly the best known of the pre-war races was held under Grand Prix car rules in 1938 when Rene Dreyfus with his Delahaye defeated the great European champion Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes, a win that overshadowed Rene’s victory at the Monaco GP of 1930. Hermann Lang returned the following year driving his Mercedes-Benz to gain revenge in the last pre-war Pau GP as Europe soon after descended into warfare. As a postscript, Dreyfus was in America to compete in the 1940 Indy 500 when France was overrun by the Germans. Being a French Jew who had defeated the might of Germany’s Nazi government supported GP team; it was obvious that Rene wasn’t going home anytime soon. He settled in New York City and opened the famous restaurant “Le Chanteclair”, gathering place for racers and fans of the sport alike for generations. Post-war, the races began again in 1947, and under F1 regulations the race was won by Nello Pagani (twice), Juan Manuel Fangio (twice), and Luigi Villoresi, before reverting to Formula 2 for 1952-53, both won by Alberto Ascari. The race alternatively bounced between being for F1 cars and F2 cars throughout the 1950s and early 60s, where winners included Behra, Brabham, Trintignant, and Clark. The race then found its future as part of the F2 championship from 1964-1984. Pau GP winners during this period include 3 time winner Jochen Rindt, Jim Clark (twice), Rene Arnoux (twice), and single wins for Cevert, Wisell, Gethin, Depailler, Cheever, along with many others who were to later find F1 success. This era was followed by the new F3000 championship, when it replaced F2, with Juan Montoya winning the final 2 events held at Pau in 97-98. Formula 3 cars ran from 99-06 when the circuit was determined to be unsafe for contemporary Formula 3 cars, and then reverted to touring cars. Lewis Hamilton, who won both races with his F3 Dallara in 2005, stood as the current track record holder. Sadly, no races were held in 2010 as the worldwide economic situation took precedence. However for 2011, it was decided to resurrect the Pau Grand Prix as part of an FIA “International F3 Trophy”, including 4 other world famous venues… the Spa-Francorchamps round of the British F3 Championship, the Macau GP, Zandvoort Masters, and Euro F3 at Hockenheimring. The return of Formula 3 to the 2.76 km circuit was to be the premier event at the 70th running of the Pau Grand Prix, the previous weekend being the Pau Grand Prix Historique for vintage racers (Dreyfus’ 1938 winning Delahaye in attendance). One cannot help but be taken with the beauty of Pau, as the circuit rises from the lower paddock on a long uphill straight, then winds it’s way into the park. It is said that Pau has the highest amount of greenery per capita of any city in Europe, and based upon the incredibly scenic area around the circuit, that seems entirely possible. The infield areas surrounding the upper paddock may be the most beautiful in racing, perhaps only rivaled by the lakefront paddock of Circuit Mont Tremblant, in Quebec. Simon Pagenaud is one of the few racers currently racing in America with experience at Pau, having raced there in 2003. Simon – “Pau is a very narrow track, probably one of the narrowest street circuits I’ve been on. It is very difficult because there is a lot of crown on the road. It is also very difficult not to lock up the wheels as there is a lot of paint on the road and that gets slippery very easy, especially if it rains. It is a very tricky race track, where you have to push all the time and jump off the curbs.” At the highest point of the circuit there is a fascinating series of corners known as ‘Foch’, where the cars zip around the perimeter of a statue to the brilliant Ferdinand Foch, who was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies in 1918, the decisive year of the First World War. The Foch complex may be the most interesting sequence of corners in racing. The entry to this section is a long fast carousel sweeper followed by a sharp left with a dip on the exit just to complicate things. This is immediately followed by an off camber right where the track plunges downhill, running alongside huge scenic villas on the left. That final off-camber right is similar to the old Linden Leap at Long Beach, only picture if the closer one got to the apex, the more off camber and severe the transition downhill. Trying to take a conventional apex was a one way ticket to the barriers on the exit. Pagenaud remembers well… “Yes… I crashed there once, right at the statue, crashed into the guardrail on the left and ended up in the wall on the right.” Few of the drivers found the magic combination, but Tristan Papavoine in French Formula 4 nailed it. Slamming into the curbs at the sharp left, his car would fly above the edge of the grassy area alongside Marshal Foch, thereby avoiding the slight dip that followed the Flying curbs at Foch. Norm DeWitt Photo Pau Grand Prix Vintage F3 race. Norm DeWitt Photo turn (by flying over the curb and grass on the inside) and his late apex at the “Linden Leap” portion ensured an early full throttle attack on the downhill straight that follows. Simon – “It is a really cool corner and it’s really hard to get it right. It is a little like the corkscrew corner at Laguna Seca. You have to brake late, but if you brake too hard you don’t have the right speed for the next corner. You can’t brake into the dip with the wheels off the ground. You have to brake late, but just a little bit because the car gets twitchy on the curbs. You try to short cut the first one… the left one. Take as much curb as possible and get as much speed as you can into the dip and the right. Take it as all one corner.” Flying over the grass in front of the statue? Simon – “Yeah, exactly… it is a cool section and one of the best corners that I have seen so far.” Considering Pagenaud’s resume and the tracks he has raced at, that speaks volumes. In the Foch complex, artistry in motion when done to perfection becomes a chain reaction accident when done wrong. In the 1st running of the Pau Electric Grand Prix we got the latter effect when Pau’s ‘Linden Leap’ was to claim a large part of the field as one of the competitors found the barriers upon exit, blocking the circuit as the remainder of the field piled in, creating a youtube sensation. Competitors included Olivier Panis, Franck Lagorce, and Sunday winner Adrien Tambay (son of Patrick) who was consistently the fastest driver in class. Competing in F4 was Aurelien Panis, who lists his father as his favorite driver! Pau was an opportunity to see the best of the past generation of racers and a glimpse of the next. Marco Wittman had a dominant Pau GP, winning the F3 race from pole, while setting the fastest lap, a new lap record only 1/10th of a second faster than Lewis Hamilton’s benchmark time set in 2005. Time will tell if the young German will follow the previous winners of this marquee event, into racing immortality. Contact Me A word from your editor Elliot Shev If you would like your story, that includes an interview about you, in Grid lines or have something you would like me to write about, please let me know. Pictures from local events or events that local SCCA members participate in outside our area are always welcome. Email me: [email protected] or call me at 619-795-1550 July/August - 2011 Grid Lines Page 13 24 Hours of What?!?! By Terri Pharr “You really know how to show a girl a good time,” I grumbled under my breath as my husband and I crawled wearily into the front of our cold, damp pickup. It was 4:30 in the morning and our “Chump” car had finally given up the ghost. I was exhausted, hungry and so cold I couldn’t stop shivering. Just what was it that had sounded so appealing about this weekend so many months ago? “You’re gonna love it!” Steve exclaimed after returning from his first ever LeMons race. This event was a spoof of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and something he’d wanted to do for quite a while. Each team, consisting of 4-6 drivers, was to purchase a car spending no more than $500. This was to ensure no one had a ringer in the bunch. (yeah, right…) The event spanned the course of two days with each driver taking a shift anywhere from 45 minutes to one or so hours on the track. The cars and teams all had a theme; from the tuxedo-clad drivers of the old Limo, to the Ford LTD painted brown with the horse mounted on top of it and the Top Gun car with the Navy pilot-dressed drivers, just to name a few. One hundred and eighty cars had crowded onto the track at Buttonwillow Raceway, the field so big there was no beginning or end to the parade lap. Finally, the green flag was thrown and lap counting began. This race was not won by who was in first or last place. It was won by the number of laps completed. After driving all day Saturday, racing was halted for the night at dusk, to begin afresh the next day. Everyone was tired but happy as they headed to hot dinners, hotels, motor homes and showers to strategize and prepare for Sunday’s racing. Spirits and testosterone were high. Sunday night when Steve and his team returned home, they were giddy with memories; reliving all the fun, the zany crews and cars and of course the thrill of the hunt as they’d competed in their first 24 Hours of LeMons. It wasn’t too long after that that Steve came in from the garage one night and told me he’d signed up for another 24 hour race. “This one is called a Chump Car race,” he’d said. “Same idea as the LeMons race with one exception: you get to drive all night! It’s a straight 24 hours!” He was beaming. “And I want you to come-to be a part of this-to experience what it’s all about!” Wait a minute, I thought. Is this coming from the guy who is asleep in his recliner by the closing tune of Jeopardy? The guy who wants to go to the early movie so he can be in bed by 8 p.m.? The guy who watches the ball drop on New Year’s Eve at 9 p.m. on an East Coast TV station so he doesn’t have to wait up ‘till midnight? “Aw, come on,” he’d said. “You’ll have a blast. And besides, it’s the week of our 32nd wedding anniversary. I’ll show you a really good time!” That was how I ended up freezing my hind-end off at 4:30 in the morning that fateful day. This weekend did NOT count toward our anniversary. A separate, more romantic celebration needed to follow. He sheepishly agreed and preparations for the Chump race began. Steve assembled his team and garnered a new theme for his car, an old Datsun 280 Z. The theme “Cheese Z Racing” was born, complete with a spray painted yellow body, drilled with 2 inch sized holes everywhere and a giant red-eyed rat affixed atop the car. Steve, Lyle, Adam, David and Zeke spent many hours going over ideas, parts and equipment needed and finishing up details of their driving strategy. Drivers from left to right; Lyle Hall, David Chong, Adam Molnar, Zeke Woolley and Steve Pharr (team captain and Big Cheese). Terri Pharr Photo Even the rat's beady red eyes light up at night! One of several tag-along mice. Terri Pharr Photo We assembled at the Streets of Willow Race Track Friday afternoon, setting up our pit and preparing to begin racing the next day. It was blistering hot that afternoon and we worried about temperatures the next day. However, Saturday dawned cooler with a slight breeze so we took that as a good omen. We knew racing was a straight 24 hours, but there would be two 1 hour breaks to reset the track at dusk and dawn. “That’s when they put lights on the track,” Lyle informed everyone. He’d been to a similar race not too long before this one. “It’s kind of crazy, but fun! The lights don’t reach the entire track area so it adds a whole new dimension to driving. A real adrenaline rush!” All went well until late afternoon when the temperature again dropped and the winds came up. Things were really flying around the track and pit area and for those who weren’t driving, it was getting extremely cold. The car was running well, but it and the drivers were getting tired. We knew the short break was just ahead. This meant a meal (even if it was fast food again), a rest for the car and a bit of down time before the strain of nighttime driving began. A few minutes later, everyone was sitting around, sharing stories, eating burgers and watching as the track layout was shortened. We didn’t, however, see any lights going up. This didn’t bode well. “Oops,” mumbled Lyle sheepishly. “Guess I was wrong about them lighting the track……” “You’ve got to be kidding,” someone moaned. “I have terrible night vision,” another guy cried. “I can barely see in daylight,” a third whined. Steve realized his two 60 watt lights would be pretty useless against the dark-as-pitch night. But it was time to start racing again, so off went the first driver. He only lasted one lap. “Can’t see a thing…” he grumbled quietly. Another driver, another single lap. One by one they all tried and ended up coming in. Frustrated, everyone gathered together, trying to decided what to do. From the pit next to ours, one of the guys came over. Their car had broken down earlier and they were done for the night. “We have an extra set of lights if you want to borrow them,” he said. High spirits were rekindled and everyone went into warp speed to get the lights mounted and the car back on track. The extra lights helped somewhat, but by now it was getting late, tempers were short, drivers were tired (there is only so much Rock Star energy drink one can consume in a day………), and the weather was horrible. The temperatures were in the low 40s with winds up to 45 mph. One by one, the guys crawled into the Toy House trailer or back of trucks to grab some much needed sleep. I stayed up to help with driver changes, fueling and radio communications. Somewhere around 2:30 a.m., one of the guys went off track (couldn’t see…), hit a rock and Terri Pharr Photo cracked the radiator. He radioed that he was coming in. I roused some of the sleeping drivers so a decision could be made about whether to continue the race. Have you ever seen a pack of wild-eyed alpha male dogs, circling their prey? Add sleep deprivation to this mix and that’s exactly what it looked like! Everyone had an opinion and no one could agree! Finally, a new radiator was put in and the car went back out. Fortunately (for me anyway), the car broke a valve spring. It sounded like a John-Deere tractor, and the car had to be sidelined for good. That’s why we were able to climb into the truck at 4:30 a.m. for an hour or so of “sleep”. Around 6 a.m. when the sun came up, one-by-one everyone crawled out of hibernation to begin packing up. We snagged yet another fabulous meal from the Roach Coach and began the five hour drive home, stopping frequently for more and more caffeine, in order to assure our safe arrival. (I had no idea there were that many Mc Donald’s in the world!!) I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard Steve calling a buddy. “Yeah,” he said sleepily, “it was great! A real bummer that the car broke down. I’ll tell you all about it at work tomorrow!” That night, I crawled into bed next to my snoring husband. After a 45 minute soak in our spa, a long hot shower and a decent meal, I just kept thinking of the promised weekend to come; a romantic stay at the beach overlooking the water, exquisite dining and two days of sun. “You’re right, Honey,” I whispered in his ear, “you really do know how to show a girl a good time…………..” SoPac News Page 14 SoPac Road Racing SoPac Calendar of Events National Points Standings as of July 19 Class/Name AS Qualls, Chris T1 Reg/Pts/Ood CSCC 66 Kelley, Kyle Thordarson, Oli Ronson, Chris Benedetti, Roy Davis, Ken Kahn, Robert Fung, Carl CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC SanD SanD CSCC 75 * 56 33 * 27 27 * 20 14 T2 Brecht, Tom SanD 24 T3 Marie, Sage Naimi, Ali CSCC 66 * Haii 28 ST STO STU Hoover, Marc Staal, Matthew Valafar, Sammy Burgoon, Rob Royle, Philip Lampe, Brian Browning, Michael Lee, Clement Ruiz, Stephen Bottom, Steve Ghidinelli, Brian Bishop, Jim Ariz CSCC LasV CSCC CSCC CSCC Ariz CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC SSB Niffenegger, Lee Crites, Richard CSCC 72 * SanD 30 SSC Husting, Brian Chapman, Ron CSCC 78 * SanD 18 SM Vance, Tyler Valafar, Sammy Ghidinelli, Brian Lee, Clement Westmorland, Grant Burgoon, Rob Busk, Dean Thibault, Don Weaver, Tim Walker, Jeff Matthews, Chuck Halpin, Mike Pitt, Josh Ruiz, Stephen McGee, Charles Nelson,Bill Deal, Tyler Gong, Curtis Burke, James Bradley, Sean Dahn, Cole Donick, Michael Homer, Mark Jackson, Charles Miles, Mark Shoemaker, Dale Thomas, Ian Wang, Louis CSCC LasV CSCC CSCC SanD CSCC Ariz CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC Ariz Ariz CSCC Ariz CSCC CSCC Ariz CSCC CSCC Ariz Ariz CSCC Ariz Ariz LasV CSCC CSCC 70 * 65 44 * 35 26 * 22 12 11 11 9 7 6 4 * 4 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 GT1 Lewis, Mike Porterfield, Andy Kelley, Kyle Boatright, Chip Thurston, Bud Lansing, David SanD CSCC CSCC Ariz Ariz Ariz 67 * 51 42 * 31 * 24 18 GT2 Potter, Brooks Henderson, Mike Ruthroff, Doug CSCC 24 SanD 12 Ariz 7 GT3 Henderson, Mike Maike, Wolfgang Gray, Richard Graham, Waye Graham, Scott Marshall, Dennis SanD CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC GTL Bower, John Gilcrease, Bill Fazzi, Michael CSCC 57 * CSCC 39 CSCC 7 EP Carroll, Josh Gist, Gary Karlson, Roger Gillespie, Keith Malone, James Sather, Roger Nelson, Doug CSCC SanD CSCC Ariz Ariz CSCC Ariz Powers, Sean Linn, Brian Ariz 55 * CSCC 48 FP 81 * 50 * 46 31 24 16 12 9 6 8 4 * 3 81 45 28 10 4 0 57 * 52 * 38 31 * 16 14 0 Class/Name HP Isley, Jason Wittman, Gary Markos, Cory Bryant, Craig Wood, Curtis Shaver, Leroy Linn, Brian Reg/Pts/Ood SanD 66 CSCC 42 CSCC 35 CSCC 18 Ariz 16 CSCC 14 CSCC 9 * SRF Acker, TJ Jucha, Bill Marino, Paul Miserendino, Mike Reeder, Craig Miserendino, Tom Ballengee, Mark Zaph, Craig Eggleton, Kyle Webking, Rick Williams, Marty Jankovskis, Paul Flessa, Karl Palla, Don Freireich, Elliot Pheteplace, David Raby, Ed Edwards, Don Fleming, Lee Fosdick, Denny French, John Stewart, Doug Young, Dick CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC Ariz CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC Ariz CSCC Ariz CSCC LasV CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC 71 62 * 45 42 24 * 22 19 13 5 5 5 3 * 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 CSR Simons, Don Lohr, Rene Nicklin, Steve Fletcher, Ron Tweedlie, Dave Schifini, Joe Majorino, Bob CSCC CSCC CSCC SanD CSCC CSCC CSCC 45 31 30 21 21 16 14 DSR Alexander, Lee Botkin, Henry Nicklin, Steve DeAlva, Paul Ferguson, Ellen Kazen, Robert CSCC SanD CSCC Ariz CSCC CSCC 84 61 * 21 * 14 13 7 S2 Ariz CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC Ariz CSCC CSCC 45 * 37 33 13 11 9 9 6 5 4 CSCC CSCC CSCC Ariz SanD Ariz CSCC Ariz Ariz CSCC 57 30 25 25 * 21 * 14 13 6 6 6 Gaddini, Vince Damon, Renny Emanuel, Chris Goughary, Dennis West, Peter Davis, Ken CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC CSCC SanD 58 * 54 * 31 5 2 0 Hickman, Gary Eitel, Duane SanD Ariz 19 * 18 FC Phillips, Les Johnston, Dion CSCC 21 CSCC 14 FE Smith, Corey CSCC 24 * FF Brenner, Douglas Erlandson, Ed Sakowicz, Jeff DiGiovanni, John Anderson, Jerry Kessinger, Roger CSCC CSCC CSCC Ariz CSCC CSCC 56 * 51 19 12 6 6 CSCC CSCC CSCC Ariz CSCC CSCC 73 * 45 31 23 12 3 * Guenther, Ed Ota, Doug Ferguson, David Moran, Joe Lovenson, Bob Holcomb, Gary Ellsworth, Sterling Draizen, Adam Hanssen, Stu Allison, Kathy FM Brown, Steve Drew, Brad Schultz, Dutch Workum, Peter Anderson, Mike Slone, Jamie Wesselink, PJ Eckert, Frank Gallant, Kelly Lever, Edward FA FB FV Wake, Ron Turner, Charlie Edwards, Mark Ruiz, Roman Manthe, Don Harding, Derek F500 July/August - 2011 Date Event January 9 Solo 15-17 Dbl. Ntl./Dbl. Restricted Reg./Test 16 Championship Solo Event 21-23 Porterfield Brake Pads Ntl./Dbl. Reg. 23 Solo February 10-12 SCCA National Convention - Las Vegas 13 Championship Solo Event 26-27 Camguard Double Rational 27 Solo Track Region AS PIR ACS ACR AS Hawaii Arizona Cal Club Cal Club Hawaii ACS WSIR AS Cal Club Cal Club/SDR Hawaii March 13 19-20 20 24-26 26-27 Solo Double Regional/PDX-Charity Race Solo Championship Event Road Race Drivers' School Double Regional, Time Trials AS TBD ElToro BRP BRP Hawaii Arizona Cal Club Cal Club Cal Club April 3 8-10 30-1 Solo Pro Solo Double Natonal AS ElToro BRP Hawaii SCCA Cal Club May 1 21-22 22 Solo Championship Event Double Regional Solo Championship Event ElToro BRP ElToro Cal Club Cal Club Cal Club June 11-12 24-26 25 Double Regional SoPac Divisional Solo Championship Hawaii Region Awards Banquet ACS ElToro Cal Club SoPac Div. 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