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Inside This Issue
June - 2012
Cal Club RallyX
page 3
Road Rally Results
page 24
Double Regional
page 8
Cal Club Road Race Pts. page 25
Pacific F2000
page 17
Around SoPac
page 29
GPLB Highlights
page 20
SoPac National Points
page 32
SoPac News
Page 2
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Thanks Go Pro
I would like to express my
thanks to The Go Pro Guys at
the last DBL Nat'l award Raffle
that I won at BRP. I am planning to mount it on my Swift for
some great shots at Fontana!
I was planning to buy one in the
future anyway but now will use
this one for many years to
come. Thanks guys!
Stu Hanssen
# 73 DB2
Thank You
Corner Workers
To Cal Club corner workers and
responders at Buttonwillow on
May 20:
Thank you for your quick
response and professionalism
when my car caught fire during
the Group 1 race on Sunday.
While going from leading my
class to a car spitting flames
and smoke is not my idea of
fun, you truly saved the day by
extinguishing the fire so quickly.
Thanks to your hard work. I
will be back racing soon!
See you at the track,
Matt Merrill
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Auto Club
Speedway
AutoX Practice
Looking for an opportunity to
try out AutoX, or maybe get
back to your roots?
Due to the great coorperation of the Club Racing leadership the Solo group will be
hosting an AutoX Practice on
the parking lots inside the oval
of Auto Club Speedway both
Saturday and Sunday, June 910, 2012.
This year's inside practice
will
have
NO
WORK
ASSIGNEMENT for entrants
(this is an extreme rarity).
Since there is NO WORK, and
the run groups will be somewhat un-structured this is a
great opportunity for club racers to 'Double dip' the weekend; Sign up for the AutoX and
simply jump in line when you
have dead time.
Or, sign up that loving 'pit
crew' member in their daily
driver who gets bored watching
you 'go around in circles'. If you
have family and friends who're
always on the fence, this will be
the year's best bang for buck,
and did I mention, NO WORK.
Much of the proceeds coming from this weekends AutoX
will be going to the charitable
group AbilityFirst of Long
Beach.
Expect about a 30 second
course and 16+ runs per day.
Registration
is
through
MyAutoEvents (you'll need an
account) and paid via paypal
(you don't need a paypal
account).
Registration for the "Inside"
practice is OPEN. Register as
early as possible to help with
logistics, practice is limited to
only 60 drivers per day.
Entry fees are $60 for a single
driver, $80 for a shared entry.
Who's AbilityFirst?: AbilityFirst
provides recreational activities
for
the
developmentally
delayed community. Some of
the participants are planning on
coming to Saturday's event to
watch and ride shotgun!
Visit www.calclub.com for
more event information.
June - 2012
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Sun and Fun for opening Rally
Cross National Challenge
SAN BERNARDINO (May 20, 2012)
All eyes were on Glen Helen
Raceway for the RallyCross
National Challenge season
opener. The Southern Pacific
Division stop of the National
Challenge series was hosted
by the Cal Club region and
pulled in an outstanding 70
drivers. Sun and heat were the
order of the weekend and just
to insure the events uniqueness, thrown in was a late
afternoon solar eclipse.
The
SoPac
National
Challenge use the accumulated time of twelve runs, six on
Saturday and six on Sunday to
determine the winners. In the
Stock Front Wheel Drive class,
Bill Martin and Danny Downey
battled closely through the first
day. On the second day Bill
Martin more than made up his
5 second deficit, dominating in
the Sunday morning muddy
conditions.
First year RallyCrossers fill
the Stock Rear Wheel drive
class where the two leaders Tom
Kwasniak and Ken Lord traded
individual runs. Small gains
turned into a big win for the
Bradipo RallySport MR2 of Tom
Kwasniak taking the top spot.
Similar outcome was had in
Stock All Wheel Drive where 16
drivers vied for the lead. Brent
Smith in his Burnt Dirt Subaru
squeaking out a lead on each
day to build a comfortable 11
second win over the hard
charging Pete Landry.
Alex Orozco and Randy
Gallman shared the Speed
Energy/Stilo Suzuki Swift to
take the top two spots in
Prepared Front Wheel Drive.
Alex showing marked improvement on the second day to
PA class winners!
PR class winners!
stretch his first day 5 second
lead into a 20 second victory.
Prepared Rear Wheel Drive
was full to brim with Mazda
products, 6 drivers in all. First
day’s results showed Jayson
Woodruff taking a large lead
over the field, but second day’s
racing had the rest of the field
making up large gains. A hard
charging new comer Jared Volz
made up much of Saturday’s
deficit but fell 5 seconds short
to Jayson’s Miata sponsored by
JayComServices.
The most dynamic class of
the weekend had to be
continued on next page
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June - 2012
PF class winners.
Prepared All Wheel Drive.
After day one Brent Blakely
had found himself at the top
with Thomas Bloess just two
tenths behind and a second
very tight battle for third
through fifth 15 seconds out.
One large gain on Sunday put
Brent’s Pom Speed Racing
’02 WRX permanently in the
lead by three seconds.
Modified Front Wheel drive
MF class winners.
might just have given us a
glimpse into the future as
young driver Brent Hercelinsky
convincingly took out both past
national
champions,
Ken
Cashion and local mainstay
Eric Martin.
Hercelinsky’s
Suzukird/Stilo Suzuki Swift was
fastest in class both days and
managed to straight time Mod
AWD on Sunday.
For the first time Modified
Rear Wheel drive cars were
given their own class at an
SCCA National event and nine
driver’s took advantage of this
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June - 2012
new opportunity.
Michael
Cadwell made the most of his
325 BMW by winning all twelve
rounds over the rest of the
class. Never more than a couple seconds down per lap
Omar Cardenas’ retrofitted
RWD Subaru Impreza Wagon
finished second.
The largest field of the
weekend was found in
Modified All Wheel drive where
16
Subaru’s
and
one
Mitsubishi competed in the
quickest class. After a three
tenths deficit on the first day
Andrew Holman charged forward in his STi Wagon to take
the win over John Chabot by
almost two seconds.
For more info on the
RallyCross National Challenge
Series visit: SCCA.com/Rally
Page 5
SA class winners!
Results - Rally X Glen Helen SoPac National Challenge
May 18- 20, 2012
SF
Run 1
Run 2
1 Bill Martin
74
73.715
91 Nissan Sentra 73.802
2 Danny Downey
71
74.623
91 Dodge Stealth 75.122
3 Carol Janes
195
91.215
90 Honda Civic 86.199
4 Ian Ragsdale
93
85.962
93 Subaru Impreza Wagon
85.615
SR
Run 1
Run 2
1 Tom Kwasniak
75
83.215
85 Toyota MR2
78.854
2 Ken Lord
150
87.142
94 Mazda Miata - JayCom
77.452
3 Damon Pipenberg
575
999.000
85 Toyota MR2 - Bradipo
999.000
SA
Run 1
Run 2
1 Brent Smith
433
73.084
09 Subaru Impreza STi 72.234
2 Pete Landry
303
73.508
08 Subaru STI 72.704
3 Michael Com
486
77.813
06 Subaru Impreza WRX
71.265
4 Nainoa Speier
77
77.115
08 Subaru Impreza 2.5 I 75.404
5 John Trucks
110
77.527
Subaru Sti 73.376
6 Chris Walker
56
77.850
02 Subaru WRX Wagon 73.693
7 Justin Setchell
264
76.949
99 Subaru Impreza L - 73.590 73.572
8 Christopher Chafin
411
78.418
01 Impreza 2.5 Rs 85.453
9 Santiago Caballero
66
82.929
89 Subaru xt6 76.767
10 Rafael Trias
719
79.628
11 Subaru WRX
75.808
11 Chai Masters
165
86.679
88 Toyota Celica Alltrac 81.135
12 Kim Chafin
998
93.747
98 Jeep Weangler 85.574
Run 3
Run 4
74.437
78.988
74.520
78.171
85.077
90.933
81.403
88.105
Run 3
Run 4
77.982
80.733
80.403
80.611
999.000
999.000
Run 3
Run 4
69.846
71.370
70.963
73.463
71.030
71.012
74.047
74.616
76.134
73.001
80.164
73.764
74.945
85.411
79.172
77.717
74.856
75.922
75.970
79.714
80.152
92.721
87.080
82.958
Run 5
Run 6
73.036
79.047
72.378
73.732
84.370
83.340
78.849
88.331
Run 5
Run 6
77.402
77.501
78.125
76.418
999.000
999.000
Run 5
Run 6
69.338
71.446
70.949
70.594
69.881
70.801
72.461
74.039
72.086
72.324
73.655
74.886
73.304
102.825
76.088
81.978
79.261
78.040
75.532
73.441
80.817
80.357
85.047
86.901
Run 7
Run 9
Run 11
Run 8
Run 10
Run 12 Total
90.841
79.451
82.255 962.181
87.495
93.506
75.608
97.521
78.964
85.849
981.571
96.224
97.507
76.960
125.084 100.251
106.243 1173.894
111.808
115.551
93.823
999.000 999.000
999.000 6502.265
999.000 999.000
999.000
Run 7
Run 9
Run 11
Run 8
Run 10
Run 12 Total
95.610
88.048
86.933
1026.061
98.717
102.675
78.391
101.174 85.320
91.473
1040.763
102.761 101.932
77.952
104.209 86.678
96.051
6567.886
99.699
94.259
92.990
Run 7
Run 9
Run 11
Run 8
Run 10
Run 12 Total
90.590
93.480
81.061
950.874
97.787
90.859
69.779
87.800
94.844
82.732
961.942
95.687
93.952
74.746
94.971
94.086
82.522
965.476
98.650
94.159
69.286
90.782
90.349
81.485
971.663
96.061
93.428
71.876
89.155
87.395
81.820
973.294
97.207
92.670
80.599
89.244
96.815
86.829
1001.146
94.759
96.272
83.215
96.213
101.725
86.818
1023.014
102.512 75.150
96.399
91.951
82.751
1043.497
107.169 110.770
75.631
100.417 100.745
91.715
1051.946
104.218 108.457
78.619
109.305 109.836
88.040
1079.910
109.092 111.559
91.985
110.116
119.836
99.182
1148.513
113.014
118.931
85.573
108.267 108.210
101.802 1159.757
121.328 111.026
87.817
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13 Salvador Pulido
14
02 Subaru WRX 14 Christopher Krause
17
07 Subaru WRX - N/A 83.170
15 Juan Moguel
68
12 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 16 Sergio Gutierrez
84
04 Mitsubishi Lan Evo 81.717
PF
83.219
77.041
87.484
84.633
88.690
81.252
85.291
79.054
Run 1
Run 2
1 Alex Orozco
341
84.917
89 Suzuki Swift
73.534
2 Randy Gallman
134
78.111
89 Suzuki Swift
79.058
PR
Run 1
Run 2
1 Jayson Woodruff
50
78.880
94 Mazda Miata - JayCom
74.796
2 Jared Volz
813
82.182
90 Mazda Miata - ATD Com
76.652
3 Bee Thao
610
81.919
99 Mazda Mx-5 75.921
4 Theresa Thao
109
91.532
99 Mazda Mx-5 91.469
2
999.000
5 Steve McNaughton
82 Mazda RX7 999.000
6 Scott McKee
11
93.486
82 Mazda RX7 84.684
Run 1
PA
Run 2
1 Brent Blakely
58
71.215
02 Subaru WRX - Pom
69.049
31
71.839
2 Thomas Bloess
08 Subaru WRX - Oil Away
69.836
3 Johnny Wilkinson
108
74.798
08 Subaru WRX 72.982
4 Brent Hannapel
18
73.537
04 Subaru Wrx Wagon 71.265
5 Anthony Vaughn
32
72.901
06 Subaru WRX wagon
71.491
9
75.101
6 Art Singtoroj
05 Subaru sti 72.195
79
77.250
7 Travis Kiesow
04 Subaru Impreza Wrx 74.914
MF
Run 1
Run 2
135
73.126
1 Brent Hercelinsky
91 Suzuki Swift 69.925
2 Ken Cashion
777
72.497
07 Honda Civic Si 70.931
3 Eric Martin
4
84.693
82 VW Rabbit 71.340
4 Doug Nagy
90
78.304
87 Toyota FX 80.425
5 Kirk Tetzlaff
111
81.806
93 Subaru Impreza - 78.917 82.952
6 Juan CarlosLa Rosa 405
94.781
91 Vw Gti - Condor
76.599
MR
Run 1
Run 2
854
74.816
1 Michael Cadwell
87 bmw 325is 72.506
2 Omar Cardenas
52
79.210
95 Subaru Impreza Wagon
77.002
902
83.585
3 Arto Ylikangas
82 BMW 320 82.798
4 Ralph Kosmides
22
999.000
82 Mazda RX7 999.000
5 Michael Eguina
501
999.000
94 Mazda Miata - JayCom
999.000
6 Larry Gross
695
77.287
81 Toyota Corolla
76.042
7 Lance Gross
95
81.243
81 Toyota Corolla
77.983
8 Dave Cole
112
88.113
82 Mazda RX7 82.702
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77.166
75.810
80.140
79.039
80.619
85.456
79.731
87.633
Run 3
Run 4
74.722
73.351
75.235
79.173
Run 3
Run 4
72.849
73.282
76.241
75.586
83.343
80.147
85.270
84.072
999.000
999.000
82.021
83.626
Run 3
Run 4
68.934
71.532
69.073
71.004
71.118
74.984
71.374
76.749
70.848
76.120
74.828
80.336
77.201
80.451
Run 3
Run 4
68.855
73.161
70.554
78.447
70.073
75.214
77.605
81.636
74.251
78.593
74.295
86.963
Run 3
Run 4
73.562
81.360
74.557
88.449
79.893
99.096
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
72.977
88.097
77.737
84.148
81.835
92.308
74.416
76.170
75.796
999.000
78.982
79.787
83.946
999.000
Run 5
Run 6
77.605
78.256
77.210
78.695
Run 5
Run 6
71.170
73.337
70.931
73.420
79.227
76.420
81.475
85.381
999.000
999.000
80.958
80.560
Run 5
Run 6
68.602
69.827
68.561
69.077
71.626
68.653
70.725
71.348
72.514
70.183
73.883
78.015
74.922
75.321
Run 5
Run 6
70.189
69.755
75.100
69.650
71.473
71.751
78.534
77.631
77.923
67.764
78.732
74.923
Run 5
Run 6
78.040
73.000
79.851
76.119
89.143
80.736
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
74.380
72.765
80.287
77.044
86.161
79.754
June - 2012
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
Run 7
Run 8
80.704
72.371
81.808
73.140
Run 7
Run 8
86.023
71.834
82.334
70.720
82.973
72.919
89.603
82.677
82.444
73.967
999.000
999.000
Run 7
Run 8
70.831
65.944
69.502
66.395
71.782
64.632
76.040
67.071
76.888
67.955
79.391
68.001
76.862
70.454
Run 7
Run 8
63.682
62.435
63.135
62.684
63.803
65.341
65.326
70.880
67.352
82.661
66.827
65.551
Run 7
Run 8
65.969
64.750
67.644
66.014
79.516
69.551
67.427
65.323
66.451
69.977
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
Run 9
Run 10
66.586
71.216
67.971
75.389
Run 9
Run 10
66.801
71.127
66.900
71.521
69.220
72.533
79.084
86.477
67.132
72.322
999.000
999.000
Run 9
Run 10
63.395
70.797
66.594
71.552
63.704
70.814
63.943
79.917
65.776
78.264
65.768
84.389
69.593
84.488
Run 9
Run 10
62.146
66.710
62.758
68.891
62.303
67.193
66.338
77.672
66.146
65.812
65.366
80.715
Run 9
Run 10
63.603
75.492
66.715
80.028
69.711
95.232
65.211
74.061
66.005
86.745
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
6457.822
999.000
999.000
999.000
6488.786
Run 11
Run 12
65.243
64.096
72.039
66.375
Run 11
Run 12
66.995
66.344
69.380
64.960
67.637
67.595
77.406
75.964
70.872
70.915
999.000
999.000
Run 11
Run 12
64.130
63.863
63.955
64.027
64.863
62.216
66.163
63.550
68.229
65.196
69.566
64.551
72.864
68.550
Run 11
Run 12
62.859
62.081
63.946
63.480
63.023
63.581
67.562
66.689
67.469
69.742
68.039
Run 11
Run 12
69.881
65.882
70.559
66.077
78.512
80.218
71.570
66.181
78.250
71.915
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
6484.262
6491.372
Total
882.601
904.204
Total
873.438
880.827
909.854
1010.410
6431.652
6499.335
Total
818.119
821.415
832.172
851.682
856.365
886.024
902.870
Total
804.924
822.073
829.788
888.602
891.646
902.533
Total
858.861
892.225
987.991
6403.773
6433.343
6455.548
6472.442
6504.873
June - 2012
Cal Club News
SR class winners!
Page 7
SF class winner!
MA class winners.
9
Nic Sanchez
10
94 Mazda Miata - JayCom
87.589
80.058
MA
Run 1
Run 2
1 Andrew Holman
54
75.466
04 Slowbaru STi Wagon 67.276
2 John Chabot
21
74.011
95 Subaru STi - LaengWork 68.716
3 Aaron Ekinaka
409
70.720
01 Subaru Impreza 2.5RS
70.124
4 Jon Rea
592
71.501
05 Subaru Impreza STI 68.453
5 Cameron Meng
51
76.295
06 Subaru Impreza - 68.133 72.906
6 Albert Goad
488
75.558
06 Subaru Impreza WRX 69.031
7 Kurt Smith
99
70.459
99 Subaru Impreza - 69.210 73.765
8 Marvin Ronquillo
368
89.241
02 Subaru Impreza Wrx
72.098
9 Bob Shoemaker
33
78.034
05 Subaru wrx 72.165
10 Bobby Neill
101
73.372
05 Subaru WRX 72.707
7
86.878
11 Nathan Atchison
03 Mitsubishi Evo 79.097
12 Andy Bautista
86
85.389
04 Subaru STi 84.564
13 Mike McCanna
28
81.547
93 Subaru Impreza L 77.244 92.701
14 Mark Gardner
199
80.602
07 Subaru STi - Nitro Circus 70.028
15 David Chafin
444
83.952
95 Subaru Impreza WRX
76.097
16 Ernie Cardenas
19
999.000
99 Subaru 2.5rs 999.000
17 Michele Gardner
919
82.310
07 Subaru STi - Nitro Cirucs 81.004
78.061
105.008
Run 3
Run 4
67.763
70.488
67.367
68.714
69.047
75.000
73.721
71.128
67.532
71.846
70.112
74.548
70.136
67.159
68.020
69.385
71.551
74.570
69.461
70.104
75.036
77.455
73.577
85.649
77.514
78.046
68.791
67.574
74.546
77.891
999.000
999.000
90.405
85.859
85.441
89.475
Run 5
Run 6
66.281
65.472
66.764
66.847
69.313
67.912
67.716
67.981
67.243
65.240
66.712
68.998
68.297
66.803
67.729
69.605
72.462
71.319
84.929
66.729
71.161
72.020
73.571
78.862
78.219
68.308
67.676
88.740
72.795
78.740
999.000
999.000
78.612
88.740
999.000
999.000
Run 7
Run 8
74.312
64.127
76.381
64.981
71.566
64.261
75.225
65.178
75.125
71.328
73.839
65.040
75.460
65.739
72.689
64.775
72.417
66.702
67.327
61.221
84.822
75.337
78.454
68.183
76.062
85.378
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
82.290
74.801
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
Run 9
Run 10
61.787
65.340
61.171
63.738
61.349
66.531
62.749
68.992
62.043
60.724
61.494
74.657
63.200
71.582
66.552
69.325
65.902
72.643
65.884
71.204
64.847
83.146
67.132
83.734
67.828
66.570
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
74.438
99.540
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
Run 11
Run 12
60.442
60.959
60.739
62.195
61.100
61.025
62.863
61.115
62.627
6519.632
61.783
61.375
61.829
823.147
64.808
61.805
67.355
64.160
84.674
78.842
69.999
66.456
70.305
68.842
69.186
836.032
999.000
999.000
999.000
999.000
74.674
68.020
999.000
999.0
6437.411
Total
799.713
801.624
807.948
816.622
821.042
823.639
849.280
866.454
906.254
918.262
918.603
6458.021
6467.763
6500.930
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June - 2012
Regional Championships
brew after Cal Club
Double Regional
Buttonwillow (May 19-20, 2012)
Cal Club’s second Double
Regional of 2012 hosted the
annual Open Wheel Festival,
a time trials event and our
regular race schedule.
Event officials adjusted the
race line up leaving five groups
plus one for time trials.
Clear sunny skies and warm
temperatures set the stage for
a fantastic weekend of action
packed racing.
A highlight of the weekend
tested the skills of F&C
Specialist Candye Rucker.
Candye was quick to respond
to a burning Corvette during
the first race Sunday morning.
Matt Merrill was on fire and
drove straight to Candye’s corner. She responded like a pro
wasting no time extinguishing
the flames. She gained control
of the situation in no time allowing Matt Merrill to race his
Corvette another day without
too much damage.
GROUP 1 - AS, T1, ITA, ITS,
PRO7, SSC
AS - Chris Qualls was out of
contention after five laps
Saturday with mechanical
problems just as he was set to
tally another A Sedan win.
Day two for Qualls was better. He hit all his marks before
he picked up Sunday's AS
checkered and credit for the
overall win in Group 1 too.
T1 - Matt Merrill and Al
Camano in their T1 Corvette's
set the race pace in the first
race of the weekend. The two
checked out from the pack with
Merrill out front from the start.
Rookie Camano pushed it but
just couldn't reel in the leader.
At the checkered Merrill tallied
the T1 win with a 4.3 second
advantage over Camano in
second.
Camano and Merrill picked
Flagger Candye Rucker took control of Matt Merrill’s burning
Corvette Sunday morning during the first race of the day. She
had the fire out in no time just as Cal Club Emergency rolled up
to provide backup.
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Walter Sheek (#2) battles Jim Rueff in Pro7.
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up where the left off yesterday. The two wasted no time
mixing it up. First it was
Camano out front then Merrill.
It looked like Merrill was going
to earn his second win of the
weekend but on lap 13 it all
went wrong when he car
caught fire. Camano moved
back to first leading the final
three laps before he scored
the T1 victory. Merrill was
credited with second place,
three laps down to the winner.
ITA - The battle that followed T1
on Saturday turned out to be as
intense as racing gets. An eight
car roster in ITA set the stage
for a flat out race from the start.
Initially, it was Rookie Wesley
Mollno who set the race pace
through lap 6 ahead of Darwin
Felix and Todd Launchbaugh.
June - 2012
However, on a mad dash from
the back was Alex Brauer who
was knocking on the podium
door. On lap 7 Felix moved to
first as Brauer secured third.
Two laps later Mollno moved
back to the point as Brauer set
his plan of attack for the lead.
He made his move on the final
lap crossing the line with a 0.5
of a second advantage over
Mollno in second and Felix in
third. Alan Leukhardt finished
fourth ahead of Launchbaugh
who rounded out the top five.
ITA on Sunday unfolded to
be all about Mollno. He collected the lead on the first lap and
never considered anything but
winning. He led all 15 laps
before securing a solid win.
Mollno held off a challenges
from Leukhardt and Brauer
who finished second and third.
Felix was fourth ahead of
Ramon Niebla who completed
the top five. Other stand outs
included Steven Champlin in
sixth and Ed Nazarian in seventh. Launchbaugh had anoth-
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Alan Leukhardt leads a Spec Miata train. Baer Images Photo
er bad race finishing eighth.
ITS - Jason Cress raced his
Mazda RX-7 on Saturday to a
solid victory in ITS. In addition
to his class win he tallied a
solid ninth overall finish at the
checkered.
Cress backed up yester-
day's win with another victory in
ITS on Sunday. He was smack
dab in the middle of the ITA
showdown. His effort Sunday
earned him a seventh place
overall result.
PRO7 - Veteran driver Jim
Rueff set the Pro7 pace
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Double Spec
Westmorland.
Miata
winner
June - 2012
Clement
Lee leads Grant
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Paul Parsons giving the
Meatball
flag
to
Chris
Emanuel for a loose body
panel.
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Saturday before he collected
the class win. Rueff led from
the start as Walter Sheek and
Celanie Radbourne raced for
position. At the checkered
behind the winning Rueff was
Sheek
in
second
and
Radbourne in third.
Sunday was a ditto performance in Pro7 for the entire field.
Rueff again set the pace then
scored his second win of the
weekend ahead of Sheek in
second. Four laps down was
Radbourne in third spot.
Hot off road action in SRF.
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Jonathon Allen recovering from his spin.
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SSC - Calvin Lui was the only
entry in SSC this weekend but
that didn't slow him down one
bit. Saturday, Lui raced his
Honda Fit to a first place finish
in SSC after 14 laps of competition plus collected a 13th
overall result.
GROUP 3 - F2000, FF
See Pacific F2000 & Formula F
race reports on pages 17-19.
GROUP 4 - SPEC MIATA
A 17 car Spec Miata roster
made up one of the hottest
races of the day on Saturday.
On lap 1 it was Grant
Westmorland out front ahead of
Clement Lee and Curtis Gong.
The top three were strong but a
race was brewing from fourth
on.
Wesley
Mollno,
Todd
Launchbaugh and Darwin Felix
each battled for the position.
With six laps to go it was Felix
settled in fourth ahead of
Mollno and Launchbaugh. On
lap 13 Launchbaugh was out
as Francis Hu moved up one
position.
As the race wound down it
was no surprise to see Lee out
front after passing Westmorland
for the lead on lap 6. Lee led
the pack to the checkered
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June - 2012
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eighth, Leukhardt ninth and
Ramon Niebla completed the
top 10.
Rookie Dan Skeeters taking his victory lap for winning Club
Ford.
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where he earned another Spec
Miata
win
ahead
of
Westmorland in second and
Gong in third. Felix fought hard
to secure fourth as Mollno
rounded out the top five.
Brauer salvaged a sixth
after coming from the rear
ahead of Hu in seventh. Alan
Leukhardt finished eighth
ahead of Bill Nelson in ninth
with Angela Swan completed
the top 10.
Sunday Spec Miata had
Gong out front from the start.
He led the first two laps before
Lee pressed him for the lead.
On lap 3 Lee passed Gong for
the lead. One lap later
Westmorland made a move
pushing Gong to third. The top
three raced in order through
lap 8. On the ninth circuit
Mollno moved forward to capture third position from Gong.
Gong had issues that pulled
him off the pace eventually
out on lap 14. With Gong out
the door opened for Swan
who worked her way to the
front. She put a move on
Mollno to secure third with just
one
lap
to
go.
Lee,
Westmoreland and Swan set
sail for their final lap. At the
checkered Lee padded his
Spec Miata point lead with
another win as Westmorland
and Swan secured their spots
on the Spec Miata box. In
fourth at the flag was Mollno
ahead of Mark Lange in fifth.
Brauer finished sixth ahead
of Felix in seventh, Nelson
GROUP 5 - FA, FM, CSR, SRF,
SF, FV, CF, DSR
FA - Chris Emanuel was the
guy to beat in this mixed bag of
a race Saturday afternoon. The
may be the first time in Cal
Club history SRF & FV were
combined with FA . It all worked
out as Emanuel managed to
lap his way through the
extremely slower field of cars
without incident. Emanuel was
forced to pit for a loose body
panel but recovered to collect
the overall and FA win after 15
laps of competition.
Sunday was a much better
day for Emanuel with his lap
times down and closer to normal. He whistled around
Buttonwillow with ease before
he secured another FA win in
as may attempts this weekend.
FM - Dutch Schultz was on the
gas Saturday as he and
Richard Seegman put on a
show. On lap five Schultz captured the overall lead for 10 circuits when the FA leader
responded to a Meatball flag.
At the checkered Schultz
earned
the
first
place
Formula Mazda trophy ahead
of Seegman in second.
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Schultz picked up where he
left off yesterday by setting the
FA pace over Seegman on
Sunday. Schultz led every lap
then cemented the win ahead
of Seegman in second.
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CSR - The fastest sports racer
Saturday in this group was driven by Michael Alfred. His 1983
Beasley B2 led him to a first
place finish in C Sports Racer
topped off with a clean third
place overall result.
Alfred, sandwiched between
the Formula Mazda battle on
Sunday, raced from the green
to the checkered nailing his
goal of collecting his second
CSR win of the weekend.
SRF - It was no surprise to see
Mark Ballengee out front in
SRF on Saturday as he worked
to pad his point lead. It was
good to see multi time SRF
champion Aaron Stein back on
track and running up front as
he pushed Ballengee from the
start. However, at the checkered it was Ballengee who
secured the win ahead of Stein
in second and third went to Las
Vegas driver Paul Raby. Doug
Stewart made a last lap move
to snatch fourth from Denny
Fosdick who rounded out the
top five.
The 10 car SRF battle
Sunday was again under the
control of Ballengee. He is the
man to beat in SRF regional
competition and this day was
no different. From the start
Ballengee set the pace ahead
of Stein, Jon French and
Jonathan Allen. A battle brewed
June - 2012
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Mark Edwards (#26) sticks his Formula Vee on the inside of Club Ford driver, rookie
Dan Skeeters.
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for fifth between Raby, Stewart
and Fosdick. Each held the
position but it was Fosdick who
conquered the spot. At the
checkered it was no surprise to
see Ballengee again collect the
win ahead of Stein and French
who filled the SRF podium in
second and third spots. Allen
held on to fourth at the flag
ahead of Fosdick in fifth.
Pascal Donzel secured sixth
at the flag holding off rivals
Raby in seventh and Stewart in
eighth.
SF - Arthur Beach was the next
class leader to collect a win on
Saturday. Beach raced his
1978 Crossle 32F to a first
place finish in Spec Ford after
the 14 lap contest. His effort
also earned him a solid seventh place overall finish holding
off all but two of the fastest
SRF entries.
Beach upped his game
Sunday and was able to hold
off any challenge from the SRF
pack who were in hot pursuit.
He finished first in Spec Ford
again earning a solid fifth overall finish.
FV - We keep saying it over and
over and time and time again,
anytime Formula Vee national
drivers Charlie Turner and Mark
Edwards show up for a regional
you better find your way track-
Arthur Beach had a good weekend after winning in Spec
Ford.
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side to see one of the best
races of the day. They're here
to have fun! It happened again
Saturday as the pair put on a
show that lived up to our expectations. Turner held the early
advantage through lap 1 over
Edwards. Edwards put the
move on Turner on the second
circuit and held the lead
through lap 6. Turner snatched
the lead back but three laps
later so did Edwards. Back and
forth they went. When push
came to shove it was Turner out
front when the checkered flew
defeating Edwards in second.
Edwards looked like he
brought more game to the
show on Sunday by securing
the FV lead from the green. But
the cagey Turner had something for Edwards. On lap 2
Turner made his move on
Edwards then controlled the
pace to the checkered. At the
flag Turner tallied his second
win of the weekend ahead of
Edwards in second.
CF - Saturday afternoon rookie Dan Skeeters pushed his
Crosslee F-35 to the checkered flag earning the win in
Club Ford after 12 laps of
competition.
Sunday, Skeeters was
hooked up again and raced
from the green to the checkered earning his second Club
Ford win of the weekend.
DSR - Only completing nine
laps but enough to secure the
DSR win, John Waddell was
victorious in his 2002 Stohr
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June - 2012
GROUP 6 - ASC, SP, ITE, STL
ASC - The only ASC entry driven by Kevin Callahan easily set
Group 6 race pace Saturday
afternoon. On lap 1 Callahan
took control of the race then led
every lap before he tallying the
ASC win and overall victory
with a whopping 1:14.7 gap on
his closest challenger, Super
Production winner Robert
Green.
Callahan was back to set the
pace in the final race of the
weekend Sunday afternoon
and tallied another ASC win.
He pushed his Chevy Super
Truck to another class win and
easily earned credit for the
overall victory as well.
Super Production from the
start. Green pushed his Noble
M400 in the direction of victory
lane from the start. But on 13
John Schectzer moved up from
fourth position to capture the
lead from Green. Schectzer
held his advantage for three
laps then fell off the scope as
Green moved back to first. At
the checkered it was Green in
first with Schectzer in second,
one lap down. Joshua Pitt finished third after running as high
as second. Bruce Powers tallied fourth ahead of Ron Bailey
in fifth.
Bob Kelley showed up
Sunday to capture some of the
Super Production glory from
yesterday's podium finishers.
Kelley led every lap before he
secured the class win ahead of
Green in second and Bailey in
third. Pitt was out after four laps
with a DNF.
SP - Robert Green led
Saturday's five car battle in
ITE - Keith Calcagnie pushed
his Nissan 240sx to the front
01D Saturday afternoon.
Waddell was back on his
game Sunday as he pushed his
DSR entry to another class win
after 13 laps of fierce competition.
on lap 1 ahead of Paul
Gassen.
But
Gassen
answered the call and raced
his Ford Mustang to the lead
one lap later. On the next circuit Calcagnie parked it.
Gassen raced to the checkered
where
he
nailed
Saturday's ITE win. Calcagnie
suffered a DNF.
STL - Dale Shoemaker
raced his Mazda Miata to
another class win in STL
Saturday after 14 laps of
competition. He topped off
the day with a respectable
fourth overall finish.
Shoemaker had new comp
on
Sunday
as
Karen
Zarterman
entered
her
Mazda to do battle for the
STL trophy. Shoemaker had
the pace covered though and
managed to maintain his
dominance by capturing his
second class win of the
weekend ahead of Zarterman
in second at the checkered.
Race Results - Cal Club Double Regional
Buttonwillow Raceway Park (Configuration #14CW - 2.640 miles )
May 19 - 20, 2012
Saturday
Group 1
PosNo.Cls Name
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Lps Best Tm Diff
271T1 Matt Merrill
15
27 T1 Al Camano
15
21 ITA Alex Brauer
15
10 ITA Wesley Mollno
15
37 ITA Darwin Felix
15
17 ITA Alan Leukhardt 15
13 ITA Todd Launchbaugh15
39 ITS Jason Gress
15
97 ITA Ramon Niebla
15
70 ITA Steven Champln 15
98 P7 Jim Rueff
14
16 ITA Ed Nazarian
14
45 SSC Calvin Lui
14
2 P7 Walter Sheek
14
57 P7 Celanie Radbourne13
DNF73 AS Christopher Qualls5
02:00.6
02:00.0
02:04.5
02:04.4
02:04.4
02:05.5
02:04.6
02:06.2
02:06.5
02:07.3
02:11.1
02:12.4
02:13.1
02:12.9
02:22.8
02:00.2
Hometown
Color
Club Make
4.328
52.42
52.941
57.46
01:11.9
01:12.0
01:22.4
01:26.7
01:45.5
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
2 Laps
DNF
San Diego, CA Blue
19
Long Beach
Blk/Ora 19
Santa Clarita Orange/Bl 19
Glendora
BlACK
19
Long Beach
Dk blue 19
La Verne, CA Red
19
Glendora,CA Silver
19
San Juan Cap REd
19
Los Angeles
Black
19
Carlsbad, CA Black
19
Fountain Valley Red/Yell 19
Northridge, Ca Camo
19
Torrance, CA Red
19
Long Beach
White
19
Saratoga, CA Red/Yell 33
Burbank
Yellow/Blk 19
Diff
Hometown
2.395
16.108
28.194
34.458
35.246
01:41.4
57.771
58.713
01:24.0
01:43.0
1 Lap
1 Lap
2 Laps
7 Laps
3
Blue/Black
03 Van Diemen
Sammamish,WA White
Van Diemen
Morgan Hill.CA Black
Van Dieman
Blue/White
08 DP
Bakersfield,CA White
03 Van diemen
San Juan CapisWhite
Van Diemen
42.945
White
06 Van Diemen
Green
02 RF-02
Malibu,CA
Blue/White
Van Diemen
Santa Paula
Black
19 Van Dieman RF96
Carson City,NV White
12 Mygale
Red
11 Mygale
Burbank, CA black
19 1990 Swift dB-6
Yorba linda
White19 Swift DB1
White
Piper
01:57.7 DNF Blue/Yellow
92 Honda Swift
Pic
2003 Chevy Corvette 1
2005 Chevy Corvette 2
1990 Mazda Miata
1
Mazda Miata
2
2000 Mazda Miata
3
‘91 Mazda Miata MX-5 4
1999 Mazda Miata
5
1989 Mazda RX-7
1
1991 Mazda Miata
6
1999 Mazda
7
Mazda RX-7
1
1990 Mazda Miata
8
Honda Fit
1
1983 Mazda RX-7
2
Mazda RX-7
3
1996 Ford Mustang DNF
Group 3
PosNo.Cls Name
1 21
2 4
3 9
4 6
5 2
6 7
7 34
8 62
9 99
10 31
11 77
12 23
13 8
14 0
15 17
DNF
Lps Best
F2000 Bobby Kelley
16 01:41.1
F2000 David Cheng
16 01:40.8
F2000 Bob Negron-M 16 01:41.4
F2000 Camden Geise 16 01:42.4
F2000 Les Phillips-M 16 01:42.8
F2000 Peter Thomas-E 16 01:42.7
F2000 Camren Kaminsky16
F2000 Chris Hundley 16 01:44.0
F2000 Peter West-M 16 01:44.5
F2000 Nick Kodenko 16 01:45.4
FF/SS Conner Ford
16 01:46.9
FF/SS Al Savo-M
15 01:47.8
FF/SS Ed Erlandson-M 15 01:48.0
FF/SS Jerry Andersen-M 14 01:59.0
FF/SS Sage Marie-E 9 01:51.1
12
FF/SS Neil Roberts-E
Color
Club Make
Pic
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1
2
3
4
5
DNF
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June - 2012
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Group 4
PosNo.Cls Name
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
33
12
71
37
10
21
25
17
99
87
14
97
76
70
16
67
13
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
Lps Best
Clement Lee
15
Grant Westmoreland 15
Curtis Gong
15
Darwin Felix
15
Wesley Mollno
15
Alex Brauer
15
Francis Hu
15
Alan Leukhardt 15
Bill Nelson
15
Angela Swan
15
Mark Lange
15
Ramon Niebla
15
Gregory Stewart 15
Steven Champlin 15
Ed Nazarian
14
David Marsh
14
Todd Launchbaugh 13
02:03.0
02:03.2
02:03.4
02:03.9
02:03.6
02:03.9
02:03.9
02:04.9
02:05.0
02:04.0
02:04.7
02:05.2
02:06.9
02:07.2
02:12.7
02:19.5
02:03.4
Diff
Hometown
11:45.0
11:47.6
11:56.4
12:08.8
12:10.1
12:10.2
12:22.5
12:22.9
12:24.2
12:53.3
13:00.7
13:07.7
13:18.1
1 Lap
1 Lap
2 Laps
San Diego,CA Black
19
Chula Vista
Blue/Yell 19
San Diego,CA white
19
Long Beach,CADk blue 19
Glendora, CA Black
19
Santa Clarita Orange/Bl 19
Huntington Bea Blue
19
La Verne, CA Red
19
Walnut,CA
Blue
19
West Hills, CA Red/Black 19
Calabasas,CA Blue
19
Los Angeles
BLACK 19
San Diego, CA Blue
19
Carlbad, CA
Black
19
Northridge, Ca Camo
19
Riverside, CA Red
19
Glendora
Silver
19
Color
Club Make
Diff
Hometown
1.294
01:13.9
1 Lap
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
3 Laps
6 Laps
Huntington Bea Blue/Teal 19
San Clemente Blue
19
Camarillo,CA Yellow
19
Redondo Bea Blue
19
Shafter,CA
Red/yel 19
Santa Barbara Multi
19
Fillmore,CA
Yellow
19
Las Vegas
Blue/Whi LV
Northridge, CA White/Red19
Riverside ,CA White/Ora 19
Laguna Beach Silver/Red 33
Culver City,CA White/Red19
Redondo Bea Ora/White 19
Mission Viejo Black
19
Los Angeles, White
19
Priddis, Alberta White
27
Tehachapi, CA Blue/Yell 19
Tehachapi, CA Blue/Whi 19
Lemoore, CA Green
19
Pic
1999 Mazda Miata
1991 Mazda Miata
1993 Mazda Miata
2000 Mazda Miata
Mazda Miata
1990 Mazda Miata
1990 Mazda Miata
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
‘91 Mazda Miata MX-5 8
1999 Mazda Miata
9
1990 Mazda Miata
10
1999 Mazda Miata
11
1991 Mazda Miata
12
1994 Mazda Miata
13
1999 Mazda Miata
14
1990 Mazda Miata
15
1990 Mazda Miata
16
1999 Mazda Miata
17
Group 5
PosNo.Cls Name
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
36
4
72
5
97
18
73
7
71
69
40
12
51
25
26
39
32
65
7
Lps Best
FA Chris Emanuel
15
FM Dutch Schultz
15
CSR Michael Alfred
15
FM Richard Seegman14
SRF Mark Ballengee 14
SRF Aaron Stein
14
SF Arthur Beach
14
SRF Paul Raby
14
SRF Douglas Stewart 14
SRF Denny Fosdick 14
SRF Jonathon Allen 14
SRF Pascal Donzel
14
SRF Jon French
14
FV Charlie Turner
13
FV Mark Edwards
13
SRF Robert Francis
13
SRF John Mikkelsen 13
CF Dan Skeeters
12
DSR John Waddell
9
01:45.8
01:48.1
01:51.9
01:58.2
02:00.2
02:00.7
02:00.0
02:00.7
02:01.5
02:00.7
02:00.8
02:01.6
02:01.7
02:06.0
02:06.8
02:08.5
02:11.4
02:12.3
01:56.2
Color
Club Make
2005 Star Pro-FM
1994 Star Mazda
1983 Beasley B2
1984 Mazda
1994 SRF
1985 SRF
78 Crossle 32F
SRF
2008 SRF
SRF
2000 Ford SRF
1984 SRF
1989 SCCA Ebt SRF
2005 Protoform P3
Formula Vee
1990 SRF
Crosslee F-35
2002 Sthor 01D
Pic
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
2
9
10
1
1
Group 6
PosNo.Cls Name
Lps Best
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
16
16
15
15
14
12
12
9
3
21
42
4
2
52
16
71
35
DNF77
ASC Kevin Callahan
SP Robert Green
SP John Schectzer-Sat.
ITE Paul Gassen
STL Dale Shoemaker
SP Joshua Pitt
SP Bruce Powers
SP Ron Bailey
ITE Keith Calcagnie
01:52.0
01:54.0
01:52.4
02:03.6
02:09.3
01:54.0
01:55.1
02:06.8
02:04.8
Diff
Hometown
01:14.7
1 Lap
1 Lap
2 Laps
4 Laps
4 Laps
7 Laps
DNF
Bakersfield, CA Black
Santa Ana,CA Red
Yorba Linda
Blue
Fallbrook,CA Red
Henderson, NV Black/Blu
Fellows, CA
Silver
Palmdale,CA Orange
Pahrump,NV White
Costa Mesa
Blue
Color
Club Make
19
19
19
72
19
19
72
19
Pic
‘10 Chevy Super Truck 1
2007 Noble M400
1
Chevy Monte Carlo
2
1998 Ford Mustang 1
1999 Mazda Miata
1
Chevy Monte Carlo
3
Mercury Cougar
4
Oldsmobile Cutlass
5
1989 Nissan 240sx DNF
Sunday (BRP Configuration #14CW - 2.640 miles )
Group 1
PosNo.Cls Name
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
73 AS
27 T1
10 ITA
17 ITA
21 ITA
37 ITA
39 ITS
97 ITA
70 ITA
16 ITA
98 P7
2 P7
271T1
13 ITA
57 P7
Lps Best
Christopher Qualls15
Al Camano
15
Wesley Mollno
15
Alan Leukhardt 15
Alex Brauer
15
Darwin Felix
15
Jason Gress
15
Ramon Niebla
15
Steven Champln 14
Ed Nazarian
14
Jim Rueff
14
Walter Sheek
14
Matt Merrill
12
Todd Launchbaugh 12
Celanie Radbourne 10
01:58.3
01:59.6
02:04.3
02:04.2
02:04.0
02:04.6
02:04.0
02:07.3
02:07.5
02:11.9
02:12.1
02:14.8
01:58.4
02:07.4
02:25.4
Diff
Hometown
Color
Club Make
10.889
01:05.3
01:06.4
01:06.6
01:16.0
01:16.8
01:55.4
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
3 Laps
3 Laps
5 Laps
Burbank Yellow/Blk
19
Long Beach
Blk/Oran 19
Glendora
BlACK
19
La Verne, CA Red
19
Santa Clarita Orange/Bl 19
Long Beach,CADk blue 19
San Juan CapisREd
19
Los Angeles
Black
19
Carlsbad, CA Black
19
Northridge, Ca Camo
19
Fountain Valley Red/Yel 19
Long Beach
White
19
San Diego, CA Blue
19
Glendora,CA Silver
19
Saratoga, CA Red/Yel 33
Pic
1996 Ford Mustang 1
2005 Chevy Corvette 1
Mazda Miata
1
‘91 Mazda Miata MX-5 2
1990 Mazda Miata
3
2000 Mazda Miata
4
1989 Mazda RX-7
1
1991 Mazda Miata
5
1999 Mazda
6
1990 Mazda Miata
7
Mazda RX-7
1
1983 Mazda RX-7
2
2003 Chevy Corvette 2
1999 Mazda Miata
8
Mazda RX-7
3
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June - 2012
Group 3
PosNo.Cls Name
1 4
2 21
3 6
4 34
5 9
6 62
7 31
8 77
9 7
10 23
11 12
12 17
13 8
14 0
15 2
99
F2000
F2000
F2000
F2000
F2000
F2000
F2000
FF/SS
F2000
FF/SS
FF/SS
FF/SS
FF/SS
FF/SS
F2000
F2000
Lps Best
Diff
David Cheng
16 01:41.7
Bobby Kelley
16 01:41.7 5.817
Camden Geise 16 01:42.8 20.488
Camren Kaminsky 16 01:42.6 24.73
Bob Negron-M 16 01:43.0 34.327
Chris Hundley 16 01:44.5 41.852
Nick Kodenko 16 01:46.3 01:22.4
Conner Ford
16 01:47.0 01:28.7
Peter Thomas-E 16 01:44.7 01:34.9
Al Savo-M
15 01:49.8 1 Lap
Neil Roberts-E 15 01:49.2 1 Lap
Sage Marie-E 15 01:50.5 1 Lap
Ed Erlandson-M 15 01:50.6 1 Lap
Jerry Andersen-M 14 01:56.7 2 Laps
Les Phillips-M 12 01:43.7 4 Laps
Peter West-M 1
DNF
Hometown
Color
Sammamish,WA White
Club Make
Blue/Black
Blue/White
Whiite
Morgan Hill.CA Black
Green
Santa Paula
Black
19
Carson City,NV White
San Juan Cap White
Red
Blue/Yellow
White
Burbank, CA black
19
Yorba linda
White
19
Bakersfield,CA White
Malibu,CA
Blue/White
Van Diemen
03 Van Diemen
08 DP
06 Van Diemen
Van Dieman
02 RF-02
Van Dieman RF96
12 Mygale
Van Diemen
11 Mygale
92 Honda Swift
Piper
1990 Swift dB-6
Swift DB1
03 Van diemen
Van Diemen
Pic
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1
8
2
3
4
5
6
9
DNF
Group 4
PosNo.Cls Name
Lps Best
Diff
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
15 02:03.4
San Diego,CA Black
19
Chula Vista,CA Blue/Yel 19
7.721 West Hills, CA Red/Black 19
8.032 Glendora, CA Black
19
13.999 Calabasas,CA Blue
19
15.104
Orange/Bl 19
19.835 Long Beach,CADk blue 19
36.272 Walnut,CA
Blue
19
45.411 La Verne, CA Red
19
01:11.3 Los Angeles
BLACK 19
01:46.8 Beaumont, CA Blue
19
02:04.1 Northridge, Ca Camo
19
1 Lap Riverside, CA Red
19
2 Laps San Diego,CA white
19
3 Laps Carlbad, CA
Black
19
DNF
Huntington Bea Blue
19
DNF
Glendora,CA Silver
19
33
12
87
10
14
21
37
99
17
97
76
16
67
71
70
25
13
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
Clement Lee
Hometown
Color
Club Make
Grant Westmoreland 15 02:03.2 0.109
Angela Swan
Wesley Mollno
Mark Lange
Alex Brauer
Darwin Felix
Bill Nelson
Alan Leukhardt
Ramon Niebla
Nicholas Stewart
Ed Nazarian
David Marsh
Curtis Gong
Steven Champlin
Francis Hu
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
14
13
12
1
Todd Launchbaugh 1
02:04.1
02:04.1
02:04.6
02:03.9
02:04.8
02:05.7
02:05.0
02:06.8
02:08.1
02:11.6
02:19.8
02:04.7
02:08.7
02:12.0
02:12.5
Pic
1999 Mazda Miata
1
1991 Mazda Miata
2
1990 Mazda Miata
3
Mazda Miata
4
1999 Mazda Miata
5
Mazda Miata
6
2000 Mazda Miata
7
1999 Mazda Miata
8
‘91 Miata MX-5
9
1991 Mazda Miata
10
Mazda Miata
11
1990 Mazda Miata
12
1990 Mazda Miata
13
1993 Mazda Miata
14
1999 Mazda Miata
15
1990 Mazda Miata DNF
1999 Mazda Miata DNF
Group 5
PosNo.Cls Name
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
36
4
72
5
73
97
18
51
40
69
12
7
71
7
39
25
26
32
65
Lps Best
FA Chris Emanuel
15
FM Dutch Schultz
14
CSR Michael Alfred
14
FM Richard Seegman14
13
SF Arthur Beach
SRF Mark Ballengee 13
SRF Aaron Stein
13
SRF Jon French
13
SRF Jonathon Allen 13
SRF Denny Fosdick 13
SRF Pascal Donzel
13
SRF Paul Raby
13
SRF Douglas Stewart 13
DSR John Waddell
13
SRF Robert Francis
13
FV Charlie Turner
13
FV Mark Edwards
12
SRF John Mikkelsen 12
CF Dan Skeeters
12
01:42.2
01:48.2
01:52.0
01:59.0
02:00.1
02:00.0
02:00.9
02:01.1
02:01.6
02:01.9
02:01.8
02:02.1
02:02.5
01:57.0
02:05.7
02:07.6
02:08.6
02:09.8
02:10.5
Diff
Hometown
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
Huntington Bea Blue/Teal 19
Santa Clemen Blue
19
Camarillo,CA Yellow
19
Redondo Bea Blue
19
Fillmore,CA
Yellow
19
Shafter,CA
Red/yel 19
Santa Barbara Multi
19
Redondo Bea Oran/Wh 19
Laguna Beach, Silver/Red 33
Riverside ,CA White/Ora 19
Culver City,CA White/Red19
Las Vegas
Blue/Whi LV
Northridge, CA White/Red19
Lemoore, CA Green
19
Priddis, Alberta White
27
Mission Viejo Black
19
Los Angeles
White
19
Tehachapi, CA Blue/Yel 19
Tehachapi, CA Blue/Whi 19
Lap
Lap
Lap
Laps
Laps
Laps
Laps
Laps
Laps
Laps
Laps
Laps
Laps
Laps
Laps
Laps
Laps
Laps
Color
Club Make
2005 Star Pro-FM
1994 Star Mazda
1983 Beasley B2
1984 Mazda
78 Crossle 32F
1994 SRF
1985 SRF
1989 SCCA Ebt SRF
2000 Ford SRF
SRF
1984 SRF
SRF
2008 SRF
2002 Sthor 01D
2005 Protoform P3
Formula Vee
1990 SRF
Crosslee F-35
Pic
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
9
1
2
10
1
Group 6
PosNo.Cls Name
Lps Best
Diff
Hometown
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
16
16
15
15
14
8
4
01:13.4
1 Lap
1 Lap
2 Laps
8 Laps
12 Laps
Bakersfield, CA Black
19
Huntington Bea Blue
19
Santa Ana,CA Red
19
Henderson, NV Black/Blue72
Pahrump,NV White
72
So Pasadena Red
19
Fellows, CA
Silver
19
21
4
42
52
35
ASC Kevin Callahan
SP Robert Kelley
SP Robert Green
STL Dale Shoemaker
SP Ron Bailey
42M STL Karen Zarterman
16 SP Joshua Pitt
01:51.9
01:56.5
01:57.5
02:08.3
02:06.6
02:20.2
01:57.5
Color
Club Make
Pic
‘10 Chevy Super Truck 1
Chevy Monte Carlo
1
2007 Noble M400
2
1999 Mazda Miata
1
Oldsmobile Cutlass
3
Mazda
2
Chevy Monte Carlo
4
June - 2012
Cal Club News
Page 17
Kelley and Ford victorious in
Round 5 F2000 at Buttonwillow
(May 19, 2012) – Round five of
the Pacific F2000/Formula F
Super Series was held on the
2.640 mile 14CW track at
Buttonwillow Raceway Park.
The event was run as part of
the Cal Club Region of the
SCCA Double Regional weekend and was held under sunny
skies with warm temperatures
typical for this time of year.
Qualifying began at 10:45
a.m. and fifteen cars took to the
track including five of the six
Formula F cars entered and
immediately the qualifying duel
began between Bobby Kelley
in his #21, A & B Equipment,
Dave Freitas Racing Van
Diemen and David Cheng, a
series veteran making a one off
guest appearance in the series
this weekend driving the #4
C.J.
Wilson’s
Children’s
Charities Van Diemen for PR1
Motorsports. Kelley and Cheng
traded fast laps until it was
finally Kelley who managed to
wrestle the pole away from
Cheng by a mere thirteen one
thousandths of a second.
Camren Kaminsky in the
#34 PR1 Van Diemen was next
followed by Bob Negron, #9
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Negron Racing Van Diemen,
back to defend his Master
Class (drivers 51 and up)
championship,
and
Les
Phillips, #2 Swiss Implants,
Porterfield Brakes Van Diemen,
current Master Class point
leader, all of which managed
times within one second of the
pole time.
Next up was Peter Thomas,
#7 Refrigeration Control Co.,
PR1 Van Diemen followed by
Camden Geise having a
fraught
weekend
having
already had an engine change
in the #6, DFR Van Diemen,
Peter West, #99, Frank Monise
Motors Van Diemen, Chris
Hundley another former series
runner back for this weekend in
the #62 Limousine Connection,
DFR Van Diemen and Nick
Bobby Kelley raced his #21, A & B Equipment, Dave Freitas
Racing Van Diemen to a first place finish in round five of the
Pacific F2000 Series.
Jerry Andersen Photo
Kodenko,
#31
Kodenko
Automotive, Kodenko Jeans,
Redline Oil, Associated Tire
Van Diemen.
The Formula F group was
again led by Conner Ford in the
#77 JF Excavating & Grading,
Western
Nevada
Supply,
Sparco USA, PR1 Motorsports,
Mygale/Honda ahead of Ed
Erlandson, back after winning
both rounds of the B. F.
Goodrich Super Tour Double
National. Erlandson, driving the
#8 Artwork by Eli, Porter
Racing, Loyning, Goodyear
Swift DB6/Ford, managed to
get within six tenths of Ford.
This pair was trailed by Al
Salvo, #23 Miracle Sealants,
Corsa
Care,
PR1
Mygale/Honda, Sage Marie,
returning after his outing at
Miller Motorsports Park in the
#17
Honda
Performance
Development Piper/Honda and
Jerry Andersen, #0 Swift
DB1/Ford.
When the green flag waved
it was Kelley who took the lead
followed by Kaminsky and
Cheng as the field headed
toward turn 1with a slight gap
to the FF group led by Ford and
Erlandson and at the end of the
first lap it was Kelley,
Kaminsky, Cheng, Negron,
Phillips, Thomas, Geise, West,
Hundley and Kodenko. The
Formula F group was led by
Ford, closely pursued by
Erlandson and Salvo with
Marie, Neil Roberts, who had
missed qualifying in his
Keenan Honda, Think Fast
E n g i n e e r i n g ,
ThinkFastBook.com,
Swift
DB6/Honda and Andersen.
Cheng passed Kaminsky on
lap two and began his pursuit
of Kelley in a battle that lasted
the entire race with Cheng
always applying the pressure
and Kelley able to withstand it
lap after lap to the end of the
race with Kelley finishing only
2.395 seconds ahead of Cheng
for his third win of the season to
extend his points lead.
Cheng in his dogging of
Kelley managed the fastest
race lap with a 1:40.784 good
for two points and bragging
rights.
Behind the Kelley/Cheng
battle, Kaminsky and Negron
had an equally spirited battle
with Negron holding the early
advantage, having gotten by
Kaminsky on lap three.
Kaminsky fought back and got
by Negron on lap eleven and
held the final podium position
until lap fifteen, the penultimate lap, when an off track
excursion cost him not only
the third place but dropped
him to seventh place at the
finish. Negron held on to take
the third place finish and with
it the Victory in the Master
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Class and showed that his
time away from the series had
not diminished his pace.
Fourth Place went to
Camden Geise, who after his
ill-fortune on Friday and in
qualifying charged back to
defend his second place standing in the points starting seventh and working his way up to
fourth at the finish by first passing Thomas then Phillips and
gaining his last position on
Kaminsky’s misfortune. His
drive earned him the Wine
Country Motorsports Hard
Charger Award.
Phillips had another competitive drive to fifth place and was
followed by Peter Thomas,
whose sixth place finish netted
him the Expert Class (drivers 3550) win. Kaminsky, Hundley,
West and Kodenko finished seventh through tenth respectively.
Conner Ford raced to another dominant victory in the now
familiar Mygale/Honda, not putting a wheel wrong and showing the poise, consistency and
skill that earned him the F2000
series title last year. His victory
was his fourth of the season
and coupled with the race’s
fastest lap give him a huge
points lead as the series has
reached its midway point.
Following Ford home was
teammate Al Salvo in and identically prepared Mygale/Honda
after a race long duel with
Erlandson that saw Salvo get
by Erlandson on lap nine to
take the position he was to
hold to the end to give PR1
Motorsports a one-two finish.
Erlandson finished third and
was followed by Andersen,
Marie, who dropped out with
low oil pressure and Roberts
who only managed three laps
before electrical problems sidelined him.
F2000 Qualifying: 1. Bobby
Kelley
(Van
Diemen),
1m39.618s; 2. David Cheng
(Van Diemen), 1m39.631; 3.
Camren
Kaminsky
(Van
Diemen), 1m39.688s, 4. Bob
Negron
(Van
Diemen),
1m40.380s; 5. Les Phillips (Van
Diemen), 1m40.540s; 6. Peter
Thomas
(Van
Diemen),
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1m41.730s; 7. Camden Geise
(Van Diemen), 1m41.907s; 8.
Peter West (Van Diemen),
1m42.628s; 9. Chris Hundley
(Van Diemen), 1m43.430s; 10.
Nick Kodenko (Van Diemen),
1m43.446.
(All
use
Zetec/Quicksilver
engines
unless otherwise noted.)
F2000 Round 1 (16 laps): 1.
Kelley; 2. Cheng +2.395; 3.
Negron, +16.108s; 4. Geise,
+28.194s; 5. Phillips, +34.458;
6. Thomas, +35.246s.; 7.
Kaminsky,
+42.945;
8.
Hundley, +57.771; 9. West,
+58.713s;
10.
Kodenko,
+1m24.042s.
FF Qualifying: 1. Conner Ford
(Mygale/Honda), 1m46.049s;
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2. Ed Erlandson (Swift/Ford),
1m46.657s; 3. Al Salvo
(Mygale/Honda), 1m48.273s;
Sage Marie (Piper/Honda),
1m50.068s; Jerry Andersen
(Swift/Ford), 1m58.093s.
FF Round 5 (14 laps): 1. Ford;
2. Salvo; 3. Erlandson; 4.
Andersen; 5. Marie; 6. Roberts.
Margin of victory: .2.395s.
Winner’s average speed:
93.372 mph.
Fastest race lap: Cheng,
1m40.784s, 94.301 mph.
Expert class winner (35-50):
F2000; Thomas.
Sierra Tire Masters class winner (over 50): F2000; Negron.
Wine Country Motorsports
Hard Charger Award: Geise.
Cheng wins F2000
Round 6 as Ford
dominates Formula F
David Cheng on his way to a first place finish in Pacific F2000
round six at Buttonwillow Raceway Park.
Jerry Andersen Photo
(May 20, 2012) – Buttonwillow
Raceway Park was the site of
the Pacific F2000/Formula F
Super Series Championship
Presented by Corsa Car Care
round six. Again using the
2.640 mile 14CW track the
event was run as part of the Cal
Club Region of the SCCA
Double Regional weekend and
was the first race of the day
with an 11:15 start.
An 8:30 qualifying session
meant cooler temperatures but
that didn’t keep the battle for
the pole from heating up as
again Bobby Kelley in his #21,
A & B Equipment, Dave Freitas
Racing Van Diemen and David
Cheng, #4 C.J. Wilson’s
Children’s Charities, PR1 Van
Diemen picked up right where
they left off on Saturday trading
fast laps. Again it was Kelley
who finally prevailed to wrest
the pole away from Cheng with
a lap of 1m40.277s.
The second row of the grid
was made up of Camren
Kaminsky in the #34 PR1 Van
Diemen and Bob Negron, #9
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June - 2012
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Negron Racing Van Diemen
with Les Phillips, #2 Swiss
Implant, Porterfield Brakes Van
Diemen and Camden Geise,
#6, DFR Van Diemen in row
three, Peter West , #99 Frank
Monise Motors Van Diemen
and
Peter Thomas,
#7
Refrigeration Control Co., PR1
Van Diemen in row four and
Chris Hundley in the #62
Limousine Connection, DFR
Van
Diemen
and
Nick
Kodenko,
#31
Kodenko
Automotive, Kodenko Jeans,
Redline Oil, Associated Tire
Van Diemen taking up the final
row of the grid.
In the Formula F group
Conner Ford in the #77 JF
Excavating & Grading, Western
Nevada Supply, Sparco USA,
PR1
Motorsports,
Mygale/Honda with over a second and a half advantage over
Ed Erlandson in the #8 Artwork
by Eli, Porter Racing, Loyning,
Goodyear Swift DB6/Ford. Al
Salvo, #23 Miracle Sealants,
Corsa
Care,
PR1
Mygale/Honda was again third
followed by Sage Marie in the
#17
Honda
Performance
Development Piper/Honda and
Neil Roberts, #12 Keenan
Honda,
Think
Fast
E n g i n e e r i n g ,
ThinkFastBook.com,
Swift
DB6/Honda.
Kelley took the lead at the
green flag and was followed by
Cheng, Kaminsky and Geise
as the field set off on the first
lap. Kelley led lap one followed
by Cheng, Kaminsky, Geise,
Negron, Phillips, Thomas,
Hundley and Kodenko with
West having called at the pits
to retire with a misfiring engine.
The Formula F group was led
by Ford, with Salvo, Roberts,
Marie,
Erlandson,
and
Andersen.
Lap 2 saw Cheng pass
Kelley for the lead, a position
he would hold for the next
several laps and this was also
the lap Geise wrested third
place away from Kaminsky as
the pair fought for third place
and Negron dropped from fifth
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to ninth.
Cheng led until lap seven
when Kelley was able to take a
short lived lead as Cheng was
back in the lead on the next
lap and held on to the end
scoring a seventh win in the
series for the Sammamish,
Washington resident by a
comfortable 5.817 seconds
over Kelley.
Geise and Kaminsky managed to break away from the
field in the battle to claim the
final step of the podium. After a
brief exchange of positions on
lap eleven, Geise regained the
spot on the next lap and held
on to take a fine third place finish with Kaminsky fourth.
Fifth place went to Negron,
who after dropping to ninth
worked his way back to fifth
by getting by Thomas, who
spun on lap three, and
Kodenko. He trailed Hundley
for three laps before passing
him and got his final spot
when Phillips spun and got
high centered with four laps to
go. Negron again claimed the
Master Class (drivers 51 and
over) honors.
Sixth and seventh went to
Hundley, hoping to enjoy more
series events, and Kodenko
with Thomas claiming eight
spot and the Expert Class (drivers 35-50) win.
Formula F honors again
went to Conner Ford who was
un-harried in his cruise to victory, claiming his fifth win and a
commanding lead in the title
chase.
Behind Ford in the race for
second it was Salvo who prevailed but not without fending
off the challenges first of Marie
and then Roberts as the Honda
powered cars fought it out to
see which would stand on the
podium as Honda swept the
first four places. Salvo held on
for second followed by
Roberts, who took his first podium after a sixteen year layoff
and Marie.
Erlandson would up fifth on
three cylinders and Andersen
was sixth.
The series is at the mid-
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way point and now moves on
to Auto Club Speedway in
Fontana, California as it
begins the final run for the
championship on June 9-10.
F2000 Qualifying: 1. Bobby
Kelley
(Van
Diemen),
1m40.277s; 2. David Cheng
(Van Diemen), 1m40.463; 3.
Camren
Kaminsky
(Van
Diemen), 1m40.935s, 4. Bob
Negron
(Van
Diemen),
1m41.418s; 5. Les Phillips (Van
Diemen),
1m41.598s;
6.
Camden Geise (Van Diemen),
1m42.062s; 7. Peter West (Van
Diemen), 1m42.998s; 8. Peter
Thomas
(Van
Diemen),
1m43.670s; 9. Chris Hundley
(Van Diemen), 1m43.994s; 10.
Nick Kodenko (Van Diemen),
1m44.961.
(All
use
Zetec/Quicksilver
engines
unless otherwise noted.)
F2000 Round 1 (16 laps): 1.
Cheng; 2. Kelley +5.817; 3.
Geise, +20.488s; 4. Kaminsky,
+24.730s; 5. Negron, +34.327;
6. Hundley, +41.852s.; 7.
Kodenko, +1m22.413s; 8.
Thomas, +1m34.947s; 9.
Phillips, +4 laps; 10. West, +15
laps.
FF Qualifying: 1. Conner Ford
(Mygale/Honda), 1m46.508s;
2. Ed Erlandson (Swift/Ford),
1m48.270s; 3. Al Salvo
(Mygale/Honda), 1m48.509s;
Sage Marie (Piper/Honda),
1m50.751s; Neil Roberts
(Swift/Honda), 1m50.866s.
FF Round 5 (14 laps): 1. Ford;
2. Salvo; 3. Roberts; 4. Marie;
5. Erlandson; 6. Andersen.
Margin of victory: .5.817s.
Winner’s average speed:
92.337 mph.
Fastest race lap: Cheng,
1m41.658s, 93.490 mph.
Expert class winner (35-50):
F2000; Thomas.
Sierra Tire Masters class winner (over 50): F2000; Negron.
Wine Country Motorsports
Hard Charger Award: None.
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June - 2012
2012 Toyota Grand Prix
of Long Beach Highlights
By Larry Mason
The IZOD IndyCar Series
finally arrived in Long Beach
with a new chassis and with
turbocharged power plants
from Chevy, Honda, and Lotus.
Gone with the wind was
“Danicar” replaced by a driver
with three times as many
Twitter followers as his teammate Tony Kanaan. Of course
the
arrival
of
Rubens
Barrichello brought a much
needed boost to the series both
domestically and internationally. Additionally, the “Mayor of
Hinchtown” James Hinchcliffe
infused the media with his
sense of humor and showed off
his outright speed.
Friday was essentially a
washout, so the experience
level played a role in getting up
to speed quickly for the precious track time Saturday and
Sunday. Of course, being Long
Beach, the sun and the crowds
were shining brightly for those
weekend days.
IZOD IndyCar Series
I was looking forward to seeing the new cars in person to
see if they were as “ugly”
(strictly my opinion, yet shared
by many) as they looked in the
photos
I
had
seen.
Unfortunately for me, seeing
them in person did nothing to
change my opinion. Well at
least they’re back to being turbocharged.
However, with
their limited horsepower, they
didn’t rocket off of the hairpin
like the Champ Cars used to.
Furthermore, they weren’t hitting big speed numbers at the
end of Shoreline Drive. Well, at
least they switched to carbon
brakes so they’d have greater
braking performance at the end
of the long straights. Again, I
was surprised to see that the
drivers weren’t braking any
later then they had in previous
years. At this point you’re probably thinking, “Does Larry have
anything good to say about
Josef Newgarden’s brief foray to the front of the field ended
just a few yards later stuffed into the Turn 1 tire barrier.
Larry Mason Photo
this?” The answer is yes.
From a racing standpoint,
the entire field put on a tremendous show with lots of passing
throughout the race. Different
pit strategies led to fuel saving
for some, and sprints for others, mixing up the field. One
other factor that played a role in
the excitement was the fact
that all of the Chevy powered
drivers were docked 10 spots
from their qualifying times due
to an unauthorized engine
change dictated by Chevrolet
after the Sears Point open test.
This allowed Dario Franchitti to
“grab pole position” with rookie
Josef Newgarden driving for
the underfunded Sarah Fisher
Hartman Racing team to share
the front row.
Before I get to the start of
the race, let me begin and end
the story of the Lotus powered
cars. It didn’t matter where
they started as they were either
going to drop out with mechanical issues or fall to the back
due to being uncompetitive.
It’s a sad but true story and the
current state of affairs.
Friday was essentially a
washout although in the morning wet, but drying practice;
Marco Andretti put a set of
slicks on a few minutes from
the end and set the quickest
time. In the afternoon qualifying, only the Target Chip
Ganassi duo of Dario Franchitti
and Scott Dixon braved the
weather. Franchitti did one lap
and Dixon hit the wall.
Firestone Fast Six qualifying
saw Ryan Briscoe earn the
pole position just a tenth ahead
of his teammate Will Power
and Ryan Hunter-Reay.
I asked Franchitti at the
post-qualifying press conference how much the track had
changed during the session.
He answered, “It normally
changes a lot anyway with all of
the rubber going down
because of the Firestone Reds.
But I think it probably changed
more than in years past
because there was the green
track, there was no rubber.
Yeah, as the session went on,
as different sessions went on, it
definitely changed more than
I’ve seen here in the past.”
After he left the microphone, I
also asked him about the differences he sees with the Honda
and Chevy powerplants and he
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June - 2012
snapped back, “I don’t know,
I’m not driving a Chevy.” I
pushed for more information
saying, Yeah, but you’ve been
on the track with them; is there
any place where you notice a
difference?” He just looked at
me and snarled his nose. . .
I asked Newgarden basically
the same question and he also
sidestepped the answer. I went
up to him after he had left the
podium’s microphone and said
that perhaps he had misunderstood my question. He told me
that he hadn’t but he wasn’t
able to talk about it. He had to
be politically correct.
Not that I was looking to
spear the hearts of an engine
manufacturer, but come on
guys, just state the facts. If the
competition is faster off the
slow corners or the end of the
straights, just say so. Sorry, I
digress. . .
Ryan Briscoe talked about
how physical the new car and
track combination is and how
that’s visible from the in-car
cameras. “Yeah, I think it’s
cool, I think we were carrying
four cameras on our cars each
this weekend. It gives everyone a good view of all of the different dynamics going on. One
is how physical it is, you see
that through the wheel. Every
bump, you sort of feel that
through the steering wheel,
and you need to be fit and you
need to be strong; part of
IndyCar racing.”
At the start Newgarden
drafted past and out-braked
Franchitti into Turn 1. As you
know, two-wide into T1 doesn’t
usually end up well. Ditto for
Newgarden. Whether or not
there was contact, Newgarden
stuffed it into the driver’s right
tire barrier as Franchitti rushed
away. All was not right though
with the four-time series
champ. He never seemed to
have the speed in his car during the race to compete for the
win. After the caution, Justin
Wilson took advantage and
jumped out to the lead and
started pulling away. The Long
Beach snake-bit driver who’s
always run well here to seemingly always end up with some
issue or another, held the lead
Cal Club News
for 15 laps building a gap as
large as seven seconds in the
process. Wilson set the second-fastest lap of the day (and
fastest of the Honda powered
cars) but due to pit issues and
fuel strategy wound up 10th.
The race really came to a
head during the last few laps as
Takuma Sato was saving fuel in
second place behind Power.
With five laps to go Pagenaud
passed Sato for second place
just over five seconds behind
Power. Pagenaud put on a
heck of a drive taking over a
second a lap out of Power’s
lead. This was going to go
down to the wire. On the last
lap Pagenaud was one second
behind and charging hard but
he wasn’t the only one.
Hunter-Reay tried to pass Sato
into Turn 6 and punted him into
a spin. Meanwhile, Power had
saved enough fuel that the
Penske team told him to use as
much fuel as he needed to go
as fast as he wanted. He did
just that and narrowly held his
advantage at the checkers.
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The race took a penaltyinfused twist from the HunterReay/Sato incident. Hinchcliffe
moved past Sato and with
Hunter-Reay’s 30-second
penalty for avoidable contact,
the “Mayor of Hinchtown”
snared the final step of the
podium.
In the post-race press conference,
Hinchcliffe
and
Pagenaud put on a comedy
routine with Hinchcliffe making
faces while Pagenaud looked
the other way. Pagenaud was
in a good mood anyway as he
had scored his best-ever finish
in the IZOD IndyCar Series. As
those two departed, Power
came to the podium and
answered one question about
his drive from 12th on the grid
to victory that stunned many of
the onlookers. “I go into every
season thinking that there's no
way I can win another race,”
Power said, “I don't know why I
feel like that, but I do, and that's
always - I guess I have an insecurity or something or I don't
believe in myself enough.
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June - 2012
James Hinchcliffe, Will Power, and Simon Pagenaud celebrate the spoils of Victory Circle.
Larry Mason Photo
Yeah, that's always my feeling.”
Apparently that insecurity
serves him well behind the
wheel of an IndyCar. . .
Firestone Indy Lights
Sebastian
Saavedra
returned from the IZOD
IndyCar Series to compete
again in Firestone Indy Lights.
That risky move down a level
seemed to pay dividends when
he earned the pole position
with a late flying lap.
Esteban Guerrieri who had
pole last year qualified second
and when I saw his car on the
warm-up lap I knew he would
be in front soon. He was running a low down-force setup
that was clearly visible looking
at his rear wing compared to
Saavedra. Sure enough, he
used that extra speed to his
advantage at the drop of the
green down Shoreline Drive
and never looked back. Not to
say he cruised to an easy victory - not at all. He was driving
what looked like qualifying laps
all race long on the ragged
edge sawing at the wheel
pushing that Dallara for all it
had. Compared to last year, he
made no mistakes. With a year
of experience under his belt, he
parlayed that knowledge into a
well-earned victory.
Tristan Vautier who won the
race in St. Pete crashed his car
in Turn 5 during qualifying. FIL
officials
penalized
the
Tristan Vautier overcame this crash damage and a penalty of a
lost fast lap in qualifying to charge from 7th on the grid to
finish 3rd.
Larry Mason Photo
Esteban Guerrieri pushed hard right from the start to earn the
victory in Firestone Indy Lights.
Larry Mason Photo
Frenchman for “qualifying interference” and he lost his fastest
lap of the session. The Sam
Schmidt crew got to work and
Vautier drove a heady race to
finish 3rd after starting 7th.
In the post-race press conference, Guerrieri praised the
June - 2012
Cal Club News
Off track excitement for Mike Corzine – winner of the Ugly
Hawaiian Shirt contest – getting interviewed here by track
announcer Terry Clanton. His prize? A ride in the pace car next
year!
Larry Mason Photo
new-spec Firestone tires, “It’s
good for the Firestone Indy
Lights series that the tires go
off in the end so you have to
manage them - you have to
think in the car. It’s not always
100 percent, and you have to
drive it, which is the most difficult part. I’m very happy to be
able to win.”
Tequila Patron American Le
Mans Series
With qualifying washed out,
the starting grid was based on
championship points. The cars
in this series are gorgeous, the
sounds can be scintillating,
however the top classes in this
series is still underdeveloped in
the sheer numbers category.
Only three cars entered in
LMP1, and four in LMP2 makes
you think that they should go
back to one combined group of
LMP. The LMPC category had
eight cars entered and even finished third through fifth overall.
The GT class is always strong
with multiple manufacturers
while the GTC field for Porsche
911 GT3 Cup cars rounded out
the field with six entries.
In the race, the Muscle Milk
HPD ARX-03a Honda driven by
Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf
were able to best the “pole”
starting Chris Dyson and Guy
Smith Lola B12/60 Mazda. The
LMPC Oreca FLM 09 driven by
Alex Popow and Ryan Dalziel
finished 3rd overall followed by
Memo Gidley/Michael Guasch.
The GT class Corvette of
Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner
finished 6th overall followed by
the GT BMW of Joey Hand/
Dirk Muller and the Ferrari of
Scott Sharp/Johannes Van
Overbeek. The first LMP2 car
(Honda ARX) finished 10th
overall and was driven by Scott
Tucker
and
Christophe
Bouchout. The next closest P2
car was 17th overall – the
Morgan
of
Martin
Plowman/David
Heinmeier
Hansson.
In GTC, Peter
LaSaffre and Damien Faulkner
edged the Cooper MacNeil/Leh
Keen duo for the win.
Toyota Pro/Celebrity
With qualifying rained out,
the grid was set based on practice times. Kim Coates (Sons
of Anarchy) was presented with
the People Pole Award and
named the charity “One Heart
Source” in Africa as the
designee of his $15,000 award.
Second quick was Adam
Carolla (Adam Carolla Show)
while in the Pro division, drifter
Frederic Asabø went a wee bit
quicker than last year’s celebrity winner (and this year driving
as a Pro) William Fichtner
(Entourage).
In the race, Carolla stalked
Coates and was able to take
the lead out-braking Coates
into Turn 1 on fourth lap.
Meanwhile, Asabø was weav-
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ing his way through the field
after starting 30 seconds back
with the rest of the Pros.
Carolla wasn’t done racing yet
as Hill Harper (CSI: NY) raced
his way through the field after
starting eighth to battle with
Carolla. Harper tried in vain to
pass Carolla even giving him a
wee bit of a love tap going into
Turn 8 a couple of laps from the
end but couldn’t complete the
pass. He ended up finishing
just under a second behind at
the checkers. Asabø held off
Fichtner for the win in the Pro
division after Bryan Clauson,
who was running second,
pounded the tire barrier in Turn
8 trying to pass a slower
celebrity.
Carolla said afterwards, “It’s
a really amazing feeling to win.
And I’m also thrilled to benefit
the kids at the children’s hospitals – and also the parents,
who are by their kid’s side
around the clock. This win is
for the parents!”
Pirelli World Challenge
A stellar start by GT pole-sitter Randy Pobst in his AWD
Volvo S60 was not enough to
keep a determined Andy
Pilgrim in his Cadillac CTS-V
from pouncing at the end of
Shoreline Drive a short time
into the race. From there,
Pilgrim cruised to victory while
Pobst had to settle for second
and the sister Cadillac driven
by Johnny O’Connell rounded
out the podium.
In the GTS category, Jack
Baldwin of SCCA Trans-Am
fame made a tremendous start
in his Porsche Cayman and
drove by pole-sitter Peter
Cunningham’s Acura TSX and
multiple GT competitors to win
wire-to-wire. Near the end,
Justin Bell (Los Angeles) was
making a charge in his Ford
Mustang Boss 302S but couldn’t get close enough to the wily
veteran.
Other California drivers
competing over the weekend
included: Dino Crescentini,
James Sofronas, Tomy Drissi,
Anders Hainer, Brent Holden,
and Nick Esayian.
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June - 2012
Road Rally Results - First Friday Niter
Cal Club/Santa Monica Sports Car Club
April 6, 2012
Place Driver/Navigator
Car
CLASS A
*1 Joe Akerman/Nathan Harris
2 Paul McGaffey/Ron Dunlop
Club
Leg 1
Leg 2
Leg 3
Leg 4 Total
Subaru ITN
COBRA ITN
0.01
0.27
0.02
2.27
0.56
0.51
2.32
2.58
2.91
5.63
CLASS B
1 Patrick Strong/Andrew Schark
BMW
SMSCC/SCCA
0.12
2.29
0.68
1.81
4.90
CLASS C
*1 Larry Boone/Jenny Boone
2C Jorge Lopez/Weena Lopez
3 Kevin Ayers/Sean Ayers
4 Jonathan Arcilla/Gayle Arcilla
5 Lance Pekala/Doug Folkerts
6 Cathy Robson/Bill Leflang
Toyota
Mini
BMW
MBZ
BMW
Dodge
Pumkin Rally Team 0.53
SCCA
0.03
ITN/SMSCC/PCA 0.08
0.26
0.66
PCA
0.71
1.93
2.30
2.65
2.22
1.60
1.39
0.28
0.88
0.98
1.04
3.05
0.39
0.41
2.29
2.32
2.62
1.65
5.00
3.15
5.50
6.03
6.14
6.96
7.49
CLASS D
*1D Ross Flores/Ryan Flores
2 Carol Janes/Kathy Eskritt
3 Rafael Trias/Kevin Bentley
4 Rene Gimenez/Stephanie Gimenez
5 Aron Cantrell/Rob Flores
BMW
Scion
Subaru
Chev
Mitsu
SCCA
SCCA
SCCA
SCCA
0.14
0.28
1.71
0.32
3.48
1.25
0.85
0.25
1.57
1.50
0.85
3.35
5.00
2.51
2.76
3.16
5.63
7.29
9.38
12.69
0.92
1.15
0.33
4.98
4.95
Board of Governors Meeting Minutes
April, 2012
Call to order - 6:34 p.m.
Present – Penelope Coy, Linda Haneline Ellen Lowery, Les
Phillips, John Snow, Gayle Jardine, Oli Thordarson, Jon French,
John Stott
Approved minutes – Lowery/Phillips Approved unanimously
Financial – Les Reports sent out. Doing pretty well so far this year.
Old Business:
Vintage Group – Les - No progress yet. Still working on it.
Push Bumpers – Our trucks need them for moving tires at Long
Beach. Will not be used for pushing cars. Ceci will ask Mike Lawler
to investigate the cost.
LBGP – Went well. Frank Barcelona, Willy Patterson and Roger
Littell did a great job. Roger is willing to continue. Fire
Extinguishers were all serviced in exchange for passes. Some may
need replacing.
New Business
Andy Porterfield – Should retire the #5 GT1. Commemorative
Stickers will be ready for the Super Tour weekend. Leo Sismani is
donating a number of them.
Super Tour: 89 entries so far. National office working with us to get
the National License process faster.
AMB Decoder Offer – Ellen led discussion on how they work, what
we use and if we need new. She will get more information.
Features for Blast – Jon French would like to see feature on members, starting with the board, for the e-mail blasts. Ceci and Jon will
work on questions.
Move to adjourn.
Les/Snow Approved unanimously
Respectfully Submitted
Linda Haneline
Secretary
7:16 p.m.
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Cal Club Road Race Points Tally
2012 Regional Standings
Class Name
AS
QUALLS, CHRIS
Pts. #Rcs
72
6
T1
CAMANO, AL
THORDARSON, OLI
MATTHEWS, CHUCK
MERRILL, MATT
BENEDETTI, ROY
SCHERTEER, JOHN
KAHN, ROBERT
DAVIS, KEN
56
30
28
21
18
12
9
7
6
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
RS
BISHOP, JIM
33
3
LARSSON, TOBY
12
1
ITA
BAUER, ALEX
72
58
MOLLNO, WESLEY
45
FELIX, DARWIN
LAUNCHBAUGH, TODD 44
WANG, LOUIS
25
PLUM, RYAN
18
NAZARIN, ED
17
15
LEUKHARDT. ALAN
KAZANJIAN, RAFFI
13
MCEACHEAN, JACK
12
CHIAPPETA, MICHAEL 10
NIEBLA, RAMON
9
LE CREN, DAVID
7
JOHNK, CARL
7
CHAMPLIN, STEVEN
7
DROESE, BRANDON
6
CORSIGLIA, NICK
5
ZATERMAN, KAREN
4
LINDSAY, ROBERT
3
SCHWARTZBURG, MITCH 2
8
6
7
6
6
2
5
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
1
1
1
2
SSB FERRETI, DEREK 12
1
SSC
LIU, CALVIN
FERRETTI, DEREK
RICHARDS, ROY
24
9
12
2
1
1
ITS
48
4
24
24
12
9
0
2
2
1
1
0
SGT2 NIEBLA, RAMON 12
1
PRO 7
SHEEK, LONNY
DANIELS, DEREK
RUEFF, JIM
SHEA, RICK
HAMPSON, JOHN
4
2
2
1
2
GRESS, JASON
ITE
NORRIS, JOHN
GASSEN, PAUL
CHAN, ANDY
MALLORY, ROY
CALCAGNIE, KEITH
104
52
52
28
28
S944 ANDRAS, LORNE 12
1
GT1
KELLEY, KYLE
LEWIS, MICHAEL
24
0
2
0
GT2
JOINER, ERICH
GRAHAM, WAYNE
PARKER, RICK
MORAN, JOE
48
36
12
9
4
4
1
1
GT3
GRAHAM, SCOTT
WEIMER, MARK
30
24
3
2
as of May 23
ASC
CALLAHAN, KEVIN
50
HINTZ, BRIAN
24
MICHAEL ARNHEITER 18
5
2
2
SP
DAVIS, KEN
GREEN, ROBERT
KELLEY, BOB
ASH, BRANDON
WALL, RICHARD
CAPTANIS, GEORGE
ROTHE, CAL
KELLEY, KYLE
BAILEY, RON
DAVIS, MIKE
SCHECTZER, JOHN
PITT, JOSHUA
POWERS, BRUCE
45
40
24
21
16
16
13
12
12
9
9
7
6
4
5
2
2
2
3
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
9
1
HP
BESTWICK, JAMIE
GARVER, RICHARD
CZAPLICKI, PAUL
ROYALE, PHILIP
45
24
21
9
2
3
1
GTL BOWER, JOHN
24
2
STU
SHOEMAKER, DALE
KUN YIM, KENNY
24
12
2
1
9
9
1
1
STL
SHOEMAKER, DALE
ZATERMAN, KAREN
60
9
6
1
FF
ERLANDSON, ED
KESSINGER, ROGER
24
19
2
2
SF BEACH, ARTHUR
60
5
CF
SKEETERS, DAN
24
LINDSTROM, GUNNAR 12
2
1
FV
EDWARDS, MARK
TURNER, CHARLIE
8
8
EP KARLSON, ROGER
STO
DAVIS, BRANDON
ANDERSON, JOE
90
73
SRF
BALLENGEE, MARK
179
FOSDICK, DENNY
152
STEWART, DOUGLAS 124
DONZEL, PASCAL
114
FRENCH, JON
92
STEIN, AARON
81
MISERENDINO, TOM 58
DOUGLAS, LEE
53
MISERENDINO, MIKE 52
WEBKING, RICK
51
YOUNG, DICK
48
JACKSON, DAVID
46
FOGG, STEVE
42
OLNEY, CHRISTOPHER 35
ACKER, TORDY
29
EGGLETON, KYLE
28
PALLA, DON
26
ACKER, TJ
26
ZAPH, CRAIG
24
MIKKELSEN, JOHN
22
PHETEPLACE, DAVID 12
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LEE, CLEMENT
BAUER, ALEX
FELIX, DARWIN
WESTMORLAND, GRANT
THIBAUT, DON
LAUNCHBAUGH, TODD
GONG, CURTIS
LANGE, MARK
MOLLNO, WESLEY
NELSON, BILL
BRADLEY, SEAN
RICHTER, ERIC
LEUKHARDT, ALAN
PLUM, RYAN
NAZARIN, ED
HU, FRANCIS
NIEBLA, RAMON
SWAN, ANGELA
GREGORY, STEWART
IREY, JAMES
BURGOON, ROBERT
THOMAS, IAN
STEWART, NICHOLAS
ALLAN, JOSHUA
BONNEY, TIM
MARSH, DAVID
CHAMPLIN, STEVEN
TUCKER, KEN
JACKSON, CHARLES
MANTEA, MIHA
LAFRANCE, TIM
O'DONNELL, JAMES
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WADDELL, JOHN
TWEEDLIE, DAVE
KUHNS, JAMES
ALEXANDER, LEE
NICKLIN, PARKER
EL NAGA, EAHAB
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KAISER, KYLE
VEACH, ZACK
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To qualify for a Cal Club
Regional Championship, a
driver MUST finish (half
way) a minimum of Seven (7)
Cal Club regional races.
Page 26
Certified
Tech Shops
The following businesses have
partnered with Cal Club as Certified
Tech Shops to perform your annual
tech. Please call the shop closest to
you to make an appointment.
7's Only Racing
18218 Cal Club Drive
Buttonwillow, CA 93206
Tom Dragoun
661.764.5456
[email protected]
Regional Tech License #229937
Beta Motorsports
637 South Palm Street,
Suite G
La Habra, CA 90631
John Coffey
714.299.4000
[email protected]
Regional Tech License #239932
Costa Mesa R&D Automotive
123 Monte Vista Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
John Edwards
949.631.6376
[email protected]
Regional Tech License #388942
Cal Club News
June - 2012
2012 Cal Club
Road Race Schedule
Date
January
20-22
Event
Track
Porterfield Brakes
National/Double Regional
ACS
February
25-26
Double Rational
WSIR
March
22-24
24-25
Super School
Double Regional, Time Trials
BRP
BRP
April
28-29
BFG Super Tour Double National
BRP
May
19-20
Double Regional/Time Trials
BRP
June
9-10
Double Rational
ACS
September
1-2
Double Rational/Time Trials
BRP
October
6-7
27-28
BRP
BRP
Double Regional/Time Trials
Pacific Coast Championships
Track References: ACS (Auto Club Speedway), BRP
(Buttonwillow Raceway Park), WSIR (Willow Springs International
Raceway)
Iron Canyon Motorsports
17225 Sierra Highway, Unit 117
Santa Clarita, CA 91351
Mark Nichols
800.408.1390
[email protected]
Regional Tech License #315036
MBI Racing Inc.
17679 Jumper Street
Shafter, California 93263
Mark Ballengee
661.345.8130
[email protected]
Regional Tech License #267269
MINCOMP
1041 West 18th Steet,
Suite B-101
Costa Mesa, CA92627-4583
Bill Gilcrease
949.650.3058
National Tech License #95824
RM Autosport
10147 Mission Gorge Rd,
Suite A3
Santee, CA 92071-3869
Louis Thibaut
619-258-1034
[email protected]
Regional Tech License #291447
Williams Performance
6947 Speedway Blvd.,
Unit S 103
Las Vegas, NV 89115
Mike Williams
818.522.9676
[email protected]
Regional Tech License #280871
2012 Cal Club
Rally X Schedule
March 31 - Glen Helen RallyX Practice
April 1 - Glen Helen RallyX Championship #1
May 19-20 - National Challenge - Glen Helen RallyX
Championship #2 & #3
June 2 - Johnson Valley Enduro RallyX Club Meeting
(Pre-Reg Only)
September 15 - Glen Helen RallyX Championship
September 16 - #4 Glen Helen Enduro RallyX (Pre-Reg Only)
October 20 - Glen Helen RallyX Practice
October 21 - Glen Helen RallyX Championship #5
2012 Road Rally Calendar
Santa Monica Sports Car Club
Feb.3
Feb.11
Feb.15
Feb.25
Mar.2
Mar.14
Mar.17
Apr. 6
Apr.18
Ma.y 4
May16
Jun.1
Jun.13
First Friday Niter
checkout Inaugural
FFN checkout BofA
INAUGURAL BofA
First Friday Niter BofA
FFN checkout BofA
SMSCC
SMSCC
SMSCC
SMSCC
SMSCC
SMSCC
Training Day San Jacinto ITN
First Friday Niter BofA SMSCC
FFN checkout BofA
SMSCC
FFriday Niter BofA
SMSCC
FFN checkout BofA
SMSCC
First Friday Niter BofA SMSCC
FFN checkout BofA
SMSCC
www.smscc.org
310-372-7168
310-372-7168
www.smscc.org
www.smscc.org
310-372-7168
www.itnrally.org
www.smscc.org
310-372-7168
www.smscc.org
310-372-7168
www.smscc.org
310-372-7168
June - 2012
Road Rally
First Friday Niter
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
www.calclub.com
2012 FFN Road
Rally Schedule
January 6
February 3
March 2
April 6
May 4
June 1
July 6
August 3
September 7
October 5
November 2
December 7
Road Race
Competition
Representatives
Sports Racers
Joe Moran
[email protected]
Cal Club News
2012 Cal Club
Solo Schedule
January
21-22 Practice/Event
Auto Club Speedway
February
25-26 Practice/Event
Auto Club Speedway
March
17-18 Practice/Event
Orange County Great Park
April
14-15
Practice/Event
Orange County Great Park
May
4-6
El Toro Pro Solo
Orange County Great Park
June
15-17
30-1
SoPac Divisional
Practice/Event
Orange County Great Park
Orange County Great Park
July
21-22
Practice/Event
Orange County Great Park
August
4-5
Practice/Event
Orange County Great Park
September
22-23 Practice/Event
Auto Club Speedway
October
13-14 Practice/Event
Auto Club Speedway
November
3-4
Practice/Event
23-25 Prac./School/Event
Auto Club Speedway
Auto Club Speedway
Improved Touring
John B. Norris
[email protected]
Cal Club
Touring/SS
Roy Benedetti
[email protected]
Associate Membership
Application or Renewal
Pro 7 and SRX-7
Open
Spec Racer Ford
Doug Stewart
[email protected]
Open Wheel
Jerry Andersen
[email protected]
Les Phillips
[email protected]
Grand Touring
Wolfgang Maike
[email protected]
Spec Miata
Grant Westmorland
[email protected]
Production
Open
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(MUST BE CURRENT SCCA MEMBER
Name
Address
City
Email
SCCA Membership #
Telephone (
)
State
Zip
New or Renewal Date
(please circle one)
Associate Dues:
Current SoPac Member/Family - Enter Region of Record
$10
Non - SoPac - Enter Region of Record
$20
Enclosed is my check or money order for $
(Do Not Send Cash)
Visa
MC
No.
U.S.
Exp. date
Signature
Send to: Allan Coy - CSSC Ombudsman Office
10487 Lakeshore Drive
Apple Valley, CA 92308
SoPac News
Page 28
Cal Club
Board of Governors
Regional Executive
Penelope Coy
Hm: 760-247-8077
Cell: 760-954-9415
[email protected]
Specialty Chiefs
Drivers Instructor - Jim Bishop
Cell: 559-779-1007
[email protected]
Emergency - John Kielb
562-425-9724
[email protected]
Assistant RE, Solo
Gayle Jardine
[email protected]
Flagging & Communication
Linda Haneline
Cell” 760-791-0944
[email protected]
Treasurer – Les Phillips
Work: 661-764-5333
Cell: 661-330-4600
[email protected]
Secretary –Linda Haneline
Cell: 760-791-0944
[email protected]
Jon French
Hm: 310-375-1390
[email protected]
John Snow
714-656-7266
[email protected]
John Stott
951-735-9920
Cell: 310-951-3067
[email protected]
Cal Club
Grid - Joi Robinson
Cell: 562-277-6792
[email protected]
Race Chairman - Ceci Smith
661-304-9382
[email protected]
Deputy Executive Steward
John Snow
Hm: 714-538-3106
[email protected]
Registration - Penelope Coy
Hm: 760-247-8077
Cell: 760-954-9415
[email protected]
Ellen Lowery
562-866-4433
[email protected]
Specialty Reps.
Announcer- Jason Chalfont
951-940-9697
[email protected]
Equipment/Worker ServicesJohn Stewart
818-698-4080
[email protected]
Log - Nelda Snow
Hm: 714-538-7147
Photographer - Dennis Baer
661-821-1282
[email protected]
Road Rally - Jeanne English
Hm: 310.372-7168
[email protected]
Regional Points Keeper
Linda Haneline
Cell: 760-791-0944
[email protected]
Sound Control - Open
Asst. Race Chairman
Casey Geier
[email protected]
Starter - Joe Sepanik
Hm: 760-200-9106
[email protected]
Solo II - Mike Simanyi
[email protected]
Tech Chief - Chuck Knox
760-835-1187
Ombudsman/Archivist
Allan Coy
[email protected]
Timing & Scoring - Ellen Lowery
Hm: 562-866-4433
[email protected]
Oli Thordarson
714-658-1090
[email protected]
June - 2012
Assist RE Operations
Mark Ballengee
Hm: 661-746-4007
Cell: 661-345-8130
[email protected]
Cal Club presents
DOUBLE RATIONAL
ROAD RACE
AutoClub Speedway
June 9, 2012
March 24 - 25, 2012
www.calclub.com
for more information
Pace Car - Steve Lowery
[email protected]
Communications - Open
Pit Control- Open
Cal Club Office
Office Manager - Ceci Smith
18202 Cal Club Road
Buttonwillow, CA 93206
Phone: 661.304.9382
Fax: 562-421-4598
[email protected]
Buttonwillow
Raceway Park
President - Les Phillips
24551 Lerdo Highway,
Buttonwillow, CA 93206
Phone: 661-764-5333
Fax: 661-764-5334
[email protected]
June - 2012
SoPac News
Page 29
Around SoPac Division
Arizona Border
Motonishi earns
Gumout Super
Challenge at El
Toro Pro Solo
Autocross Calendar
IRVINE, Calif. (May 9, 2012) –
Longtime top soloist Ken
Motonishi had never made it
past the round of eight in a
Gumout Super Challenge at a
Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo
event, and wasn’t about to
waste a chance to finally grab
that elusive win this weekend
at the El Toro Pro Solo in
Irvine, Calif.
Motonishi qualified for the
elimination-bracket Gumout
Super Challenge as just the
fourth-quickest driver in the 26car Street Touring R class.
Once in, however, the work
was hardly done. Motonishi’s
Mazda MX-5 was matched
against Andy McKee’s Mazda
RX-7. Motonishi knew that
McKee’s RX-7 would be much
quicker on the second run once
the tires were warmed, but was
only able to carry a narrow lead
after the first pair of runs. By his
own accord, Motonishi drove
his best lap of the event to keep
the margin over McKee and
motor on to Round Two. After
dodging that bullet, Motonishi
was able to settle in and run
consistent laps to move
through the field.
Motonishi disposed of Doug
Rowse’s D Street Preparedleading BMW 330 in the second round, and exorcised his
round-of-eight demons with a
win against Ryan Buetzer’s
ChaseCam/Albin
Bowling
Supply Pontiac Solstice to
move into the semi-finals.
Not ready to miss an opportunity, Motonishi locked down
Series
Event Date
Spring 2012
Jan. 29
Spring 2012
Feb. 26
Spring 2012
March 24
Spring 2012
March 25
Spring 2012
April 14
Summer 2012
May 20
Summer 2012
June 24
Summer 2012
July 29
Summer 2012
August 26
Fall 2012
Sept. 30
TBD
Oct. 27
Fall 2012
Oct. 28
(Tire Rack Street Nov. 11
Survival School)
Fall 2012
Nov. 18
Fall 2012
Dec. 9
2012 Hawaii Big
Island Solo Calendar
Ken Motonishi
Morgan Trotter’s Road Tire C2
Motorsports/TheRacersStore.c
om Dodge SRT-4 in the round
of four. In the opposite bracket,
Steve Lau’s A Stock qualifying
Porsche Cayman topped bestqualifying Street Modified’s
Mike Simanyi (OS Giken/ABL
Original Parts BMW M3) to
square off with Motonishi in the
championship round.
While Motonishi was landing
the Gumout Super Challenge
title, Simanyi bested Trotter for
third place.
Christine Grice drove her top
qualifying
Berry
Family
Racing/Hoosier/OS
Giken
Mitsubishi Evo to the Ladies
Challenge title over Nicole
Nagler. Nagler was the top
qualifier in Ladies Class 3, driving the Toyo Tires/ProParts
USA Honda Civic past Kim
Whitener to make the finals.
Grice topped Round 1 Ladies
Challenge
winner
Shelly
Monfort in the semi-finals.
More information on the
TireRack SCCA ProSolo Series
is available at www.scca.com.
February 5
March 4
March 18
March 15 (run-off)
June 16 Awards Banquet
New Season
July 15
July 29
August 12
August 26
Sept. 30
2012 Maui
Solo Calendar
Test and Tune # 1: January 22
Race/Event # 1: February 26
Race/Event # 2: March 25
Test and Tune # 2: April 22
Race/Event # 3: May 20
Race/Event # 4: June 24
Race/Event # 5: July 22
Test and Tune # 3: August 26
Race/Event # 6: September 23
Race/Event # 7: October 28
Hawaii (Oahu)
Solo Calendar
July 15
July 29
August 12
August 26
September 30
October 21
November 4
November 18
December 16
January 6
January 19-21 (EVO School)
February 10
March 31
April 14 (run-off)
Page 30
SoPac News
So Pac Division Contacts
SCCA DIRECTOR - AREA 11
Michael Lewis
[email protected]
ph: 760-291-1262 X12
fax: 760-291-1267
EXECUTIVE STEWARD
Barbara Knox
38-400 Bel Air Drive
Cathedral City.
CA 92234
760-322-0820 Wk,
760 321 2276 Hm
[email protected]
DEPUTY STEWARD
CAL CLUB
John Snow
Hm: 714-538-3106
[email protected]
DEPUTY STEWARD
ARIZONA
Leo Baker
826 Canterbury Dr
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
520-236-2795
[email protected]
DRIVER LICENSING
Bill Gilcrease
1041 W 18th Street Unit B-101
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
949 650 3058 Wk,
949 650 0816 Fax
[email protected]
EMERGENCEY
SERVICE -DA
Daryl "Crash" Gardner
2429 N. 39th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85028-2225
602-708-0081
[email protected]
FLAGGING & COMMO – DA
Dan Cain
644 Cypress Circle
Redlands, Ca
909-793-0908
[email protected]
MEDICAL SAFETY - DA
Jim Malone
2263 East Riverdale Street
Mesa, AZ 85213-6751
480-657-7610
[email protected]
POINTSKEEPER
NATIONAL
Bill Haneline
P.O. BOX 846
Borrego Springs,
CA 92004-846
760-791-0962
760-767-5182 (Fax)
[email protected]
RACE CONTROL – DA
Heather Baker
826 Canterbury Drive
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
[email protected]
SCRUTINEERING – DA
Chuck Knox
38-400 Bel Air Drive
Cathedral City. CA 92234
760-321-2276
[email protected]
STARTER – DA
Joe Sepanik
78946 Nectarine Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92211
[email protected]
760.200.9106 HM,
760.200.9126 FAX
REGISTRATION DA
Heather Baker
826 Cantebury Drive
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
520-234-7517
[email protected]
SCHEDULING REP
Allan Coy
[email protected]
SOPAC NEWS ONLINE
Craig Young
Green Dot Communications
858 Third Ave., #258
Chula Vista, CA 91911
[email protected]
SOUND CONTROL - DA
TIMING & SCORING - DA
Ellen Lowery
562-866-4433
[email protected]
WEBMASTER SCCASOPAC.ORG
Mary Anne Shults
Shults Dot Com
23864 Sycamore Dr
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
949 768 2609
[email protected]
June - 2012
SoPac Tracks
ACS - Autoclub Speedway
(909) 429-5000
BRP - Buttonwillow
Raceway Park
(661) 764-5333
FIR - Firebird Int’l Raceway
(602) 268-0200
HRP - Hawaii Raceway Park
(808) 841-6288
IMR - Inde Motorsports Ranch
(520) 384-0796
LVMS - Las Vegas Motor
Speedway
(702) 644-4444
PIR - Phoenix Int’l Raceway
(602) 252-3833
WIR - Willow Springs Int’l
Raceway
(661) 256-2471
SoPac Event
Registration
AZ - Arizona Region
(480) 832-1327
AZ - Arizona Border Region
TBA
Cal Club - Los Angeles Region
661.304.9382
HI - Hawaii Region
(808) 524-0330
LV - Las Vegas Region
(702) 368-6926
SD - San Diego Region
(858) 748-8693
Guam - Guam Region
(671) 734-2971 ext. 309
Around the West
San Francisco Region
(530) 934-4455
Oregon Region
(503) 224-9469
SCCA
Sports Car Club of America
SCCA National Office
(800) 770-2055
Fax - 785 357 7222
SCCA Enterprises
(303) 693-2111
fax: (303) 680-5633
[email protected]
June - 2012
SoPac News
2012 SoPac Event Calendar
Date Event
January
7-8
Hawaii Solo
20-22 Porterfield Brakes National
& Double Reg. Road Races
21
RallyCross
21-22 Solo
22
Hawaii Solo
Track
Region
AS
HAWAII
ACS
MHC
ACS
AS
CAL CLUB
February
5
Hawaii Solo
25-26 Solo
25-26 Double Rational Road Race
AS
ACS
WSIR
HAWAII
CAL CLUB
CAL CLUB
March
4
10-11
17-18
18
22-24
24-25
AS
GH
OCGP
AS
BRP
BRP
HAWAII
CAL CLUB
CAL CLUB
HAWAII
CAL CLUB
CAL CLUB
April
13-15
14-15
15
27-29
28-29
May
4-6
18-20
19-20
Solo/Autocross
RallyCross
Solo/Autocross
Solo/Autocross
Road Race Super School
Double Regional/Time Trials
Grand Prix of Long Beach
Solo/Autocross
Solo/Autocross
(Solo) SoPac National Tour
BFG Super Tour
Double National Road Race
OCGP
AS
SS
BRP
AZ BORDER
CAL CLUB
HAWAII
CAL CLUB
HAWAII
CAL CLUB
El Toro ProSolo
OCGP
Rally Cross (National Challenge) GH
Double Regional Road Race
& Time Trials
BRP
CAL CLUB
CAL CLUB
June
9-10
15-17
16
30-1
Double Rational Road Race ACS
Solo (SoPac Divisional)
OCGP
Hawaii Solo Awards Banquet
Solo/Autocross
OCGP
CAL CLUB
CAL CLUB
HAWAII
CAL CLUB
July
21-22
Solo/Autocross
OCGP
CAL CLUB
August
4-5
Solo/Autocross
OCGP
CAL CLUB
September
1-2
Double Rational/Time Trials
15-16 Rally Cross
22-23 Solo/Autocross
BRP
GH
ACS
CAL CLUB
CAL CLUB
CAL CLUB
BRP
ACS
IMR
CAL CLUB
CAL CLUB
ARIZONA
BRP
CAL CLUB
ACS
FIREBIRD
ACS
CAL CLUB
ARIZONA
CAL CLUB
October
6-7
Double Regional Road Race
& Time Trials
13-14 Solo/Autocross
13-14 Quad Regional
27-28 Pacific Coast Road
Racing Championships
November
3-4
Solo/Autocross
17-18 TBA
23-25 Solo/Autocross
CAL CLUB
Track Reference: ACS - (Auto Club Speedway), AS - (Aloha
Stadium), GH - (Glen Helen), BRP - (Buttonwillow Raceway
Park), IMR - (Inde Motorsports Ranch), MHC - (Musselman
Honda Circuit) OCGP - (Orange County Great Park), PIR (Phoenix International Raceway), SS - (Snapdragon
Stadium), WSIR - (Willow Springs International Raceway)
Page 31
SoPac
Hotel Guide
Buttonwillow Raceway
Econolodge Inn & Suites
661-764-5207
20688 Tracy Ave.
Red Roof Inn - 661-764-5121
20645 Tracy Ave.
Super 8 Motel - 661- 764-5117
20681 Tracy Ave.
Motel 6 - 661-764-5153
20638 Tracy Ave.
Willow Springs Rcwy.
Lancaster
Inn of Lancaster (661) 945-8771
Mojave
Motel 6 (661) 824-4571
Autoclub Speedway
Official Speedway Hotel
Hilton Garden Inn (909) 822-7300
10543 E. Sierra Ave. Fontana
Firebird Raceway
Chandler
Fairfield Inn - 1-800-228-2800
Wyndham Inn -1-800-WYNDHAM
Hampton Inn -1-800-HAMPTON
Inde Motorsports Ranch
Willcox
Motel 6 - 520-384-2201
Super 8 - 520-384-0888
Days Inn - 520-384-4222
Riteway Motel - 520-384-4655
Baer Images
Photography
• Race Photos
• Team Shots
• Media Kits
• Special Events
Dennis Baer
661.821.1282
SoPac News
Page 32
June - 2012
2012 SoPac National Road Race
Points Standings
as of May 15
Name
AS
Qualls, Chris
T1
Mathews, Chuck
Thordarson, Oli
Benedetti, Roy
Kelley, Kyle
Tway, Jim
Fung, Carl
Kahn, Robert
Davis, Ken
T2
Brecht, Tom
T3
Staal, Matthew
Reg.
Pts/Ood
Name
Lange, Mark
Launchbaugh, Todd
Gong, Curtis
Halpin, Mike
CSCC 62 * Molno, Wesley
CSCC 42 * Bradley, Sean
CSCC 24
LaFrance, Tim
Mixon, Lee
CSCC 19
CSCC 19
Bonney, Tim
Irey, James
CSCC 18
SanD 18
Lerner, Preston
SanD 4
Leukhardt, Alan
Niebla, Ramon
O'Donnell, James
Thomas, Ian
SanD 12
CSCC 36
CSCC 39
ST
STO
Davis, Brandon
CSCC 12
STU
Hoover, Marc
Royle, Philip
Green, Robert
Larsson, Toby
Shoemaker, Dale
Ariz
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
LasV
STL
Burgoon, Tom
Skeer, Elliot
Westmorland, Grant
Mixon, Lee
Shoemaker, Dale
Molno, Wesley
Bottom, Steve
Lange, Mark
Nelson,Bill
Thomas, Ian
Niebla, Ramon
Lee, Clement
Lindsay, Robert
CSCC
SanD
SanD
CSCC
LasV
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
LasV
SSB
Niffenegger, Lee
Crites, Richard
CSCC 36
SanD 19
CSCC
CSCC
SanD
CSCC
39
36
14
9
SM
Thibault, Don
Lee, Clement
Burgoon, Tom
Bauer, Alex
Skeer, Elliot
Vance, Tyler
Westmorland, Grant
Busk, Dean
Nelson,Bill
Bradley, Sean
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
SanD
CSCC
SanD
Ariz
CSCC
CSCC
36
32
23
22
21
21
20
13
7
5
CSCC
CSCC
Ariz
Ariz
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
4
4
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
GT1
Kelley, Kyle
Lewis, Mike
Porterfield, Andy
CSCC 36
SanD 31
CSCC 9
GT2
Joiner, Erich
Graham, Waye
Parker, Rick
CSCC 60
CSCC 34
Ariz
16
84 *
27
GT3
11
Maike, Wolfgang
11
Henderson, Mike
Graham, Scott
9
Gray, Richard
Weimer, Mark
34
Droese, Brandon
21
21
GTL
18
Bower, John
14
Fazzi, Michael
12
Gilcrease, Bill
7
7
EP
6
Gist, Gary
5
Karlson, Roger
2
0
FP
0
Linn, Brian
Murph, Gary
SSC
Husting, Brian
Marie, Sage
Ludeke, Rudy
Niffenegger, Lee
Reg. Pts/Ood
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
51
51
23
23
14
10
Name
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
CSR
Schifini, Joe
Lohr, Rene
Alfred, Michael
Simons, Don
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
54
44
21
13
DSR
Alexander, Lee
Botkin, Henry
Tweedlie, Dave
Nicklin, Steve
Ferguson, Ellen
CSCC
SanD
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
57
28
23
18
14 *
S2
Moran, Joe
Ferguson, David
Kestler, John
Guenther, Ed
Holcomb, Gary
Hanssen, Stu
Ellsworth, Sterling
Anderson, Jeff
Smith, Wayne
Rich, Robert
Lovenson, Bob
Owens, Laird
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
Ariz
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
54
26
18
17
16
10
8
6
6
4
3
0
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
57
39
14
11
11
0
FM
Brown, Steve
Hope, Tom
Drew, Brad
Lever, Edward
SanD 30 * Wesselink, PJ
CSCC 30
Schultz, Dutch
FA
Emanuel, Chris
CSCC 54
FB
Smith, Corey
CSCC 14 *
FC
Johnston, Dion
CSCC 9
HP
Isley, Jason
Bestwick, Jamie
Wittman, Gary
Shaver, Leroy
SanD
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
SRF
Miserendino, Mike
Acker, TJ
Marino, Paul
Zaph, Craig
Ballengee, Mark
Miserendino, Tom
Willes, Jack
Eggleton, Kyle
Flemming, Lee
Stewart, Doug
Williams, Marty
French, John
Reeder, Craig
FF
CSCC 57 * Erlandson, Ed
Shippert, Ethan
CSCC 43
CSCC 24 * Barron, John
CSCC 19 * Brenner, Douglas
Bannatyne, Bryce
CSCC 17
Kessinger, Roger
CSCC 13
FV
Wake, Ron
CSCC 10
Edwards, Mark
CSCC 7
Turner, Charlie
CSCC 6
Manthe, Don
CSCC 3
CSCC 3
F500
CSCC 2
Rolfe, Gene
Ariz
2
45
41
24
13
Pts/Ood
Pheteplace, David
Acker, Tordy
Donzel, Pascal
Fosdick, Denny
McCarthy, Mike
Mikkelsen, John
Webking, Rick
CSCC 36
CSCC 31
CSCC 18
CSCC 55
CSCC 0
Reg.
CSCC
CSCC
Ariz
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
57
36 *
16
16
9
5
57 *
30
23
8
LasV
18
June - 2012
SoPac News
Page 33
SCCA Competition License Waiver Request Checklist
The following checklist will help you 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
o v e r v i e w, i n c h r o n o l o g i c a l o r d e r, o f y o u r ra c i n g
b a c k g r o u n d . P l e a s e i n c l u d e d a t e s , t ra c k , c l a s s ,
t y p e o f e v e n t a n d f i n i s h i n g p o s i t i o n s . A l s o, l i s t
a n y ra c i n g r e f e r e n c e s b y n a m e w i t h p h o n e n u m ber (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
SoPac News
Page 34
June - 2012
SoPac News Classifieds
CLOSED WHEEL
1986 Volkswagen Scirocco
16V - Turn Key ITA Race Car,
Built by Eurosport in Anaheim ,
California. Compete in SCCA
Improved Touring class A (ITA).
Current SCCA log book. Can be
raced at NASA events. 81.5mm
Bore x 86.4mm Stroke. Quaife
limited slip differential. Custom
roll cage (1.5” diameter, .095”
thickness). Custom ceramic
headers. Corbeau racing seat.
Corbeau 5 point safety harness.
BBS wheels with Toyo Proxy
tires. Many podium finishes. No
DNFs. Original clean California
car with no rust. Original paint
still in good shape. Has a few
dents and scratches, but the
body is in great shape overall.
Asking $7,500. I also have a dual
axel 17’utility trailer that I use to
haul the car to the track. It has
new tires and it fits in a standard
garage with room to spare.
$1,500.00 if interested. Please
call Vic at 818-667-2025 or
email: [email protected].
Toyota Tercel SCCA GT Lite
road race car in excellent condition for sale. Full tube frame
chassis with no damage. Fresh
tires and 1800cc dry sump
engine with fuel injection and
full engine management system. Custom fiberglass air box.
Adjustable shocks with remote
reservoirs, trans and diff
pumps/coolers.
Fiberglass
body in excellent condition. G
Force dog ring 5 spd. transmission
and
Speedway
Engineering “Super Max” quick
change differential with extra
gear sets. Two sets Duralite
wheels, Wilwood disc brakes,
Tilton adjustable pedal assembly, Autometer gauges. Comes
complete with spares, set up
information , wheel scales,
alignment tools and complete
pit support package. Does not
include trailer. $18,500.00 obo
Multiple wins, track records
and fast laps at Buttonwillow
and Willow Springs raceways.
Last win at Pacific Coast Road
Racing
Championships
on
October
29-30
2011.
Competitive
and
reliable.
Fully sorted and ready to race.
www.flickr.com/photos/68teamtercel/
Contact: [email protected]
FOR SALE – 1983 PORSCHE
944 RACECAR. SCCA & POC
legal and competitive. Multi race
winner in POC (R9S) and SCCA
(S944). Suitable for SCCA (ITA
or S944), POC (R9S and GSR),
NASA (944 Spec) NEW: Sachs
clutch, fuel pump, ignition coil,
Braille battery (weighs only 7
lbs), G Force 5 point safety harness with “Camlock” release,
rear anti-roll bar. Quick disconnect MOMO steering wheel.
Mallory tachometer with shift
light and rev limiter. K & N air filter. 944 Turbo oil cooler. Koni
Sport
adjustable
shock
absorbers. 30 mm rear torsion
bars. 400 lbs/in. Eibach front
springs. Front strut brace. 944 S
fifth gear (shorter than stock).
Kirk racing seat. Complete 6
point roll cage –welded to A pillar, reinforced floor mountings,
with door bars. Drilled brake
rotors, s.s. brake hoses, Hawk
race brake pads (like new).
Engine and transaxle dry as a
bone, no leaks. Corner balanced
and aligned, ready to race. Extra
parts include: set of wheels,
complete long block, 2 complete
cylinder heads, camshaft, Bursch
header. Very clean car, $8500.
Call Frank @ 714.545.2755 or e-mail
[email protected]
2002 SPEC MIATA
Built Spec Miata with the highest
quality parts. This car was purchased for developing our RLC
Racing systems. The car comes
with one of our Micro Pod Lites in
the car, along with : 4 EGT sensors, brake sensor, and throttle
position sensor. This is a great
car that is race ready. It has two
seats mounted; one can be
removed for racing. Brand new
race engine built by Rush
Motorsports with only 1 weekend
on it (NOT rebuilt). Brand new
transmission and brand new
clutch with only 1 weekend (NOT
rebuilt). We are also including 2
fully working spare engines that
are not blown. Plus 1 spare
rebuilt transmission is ready to
go. Total package $15,000 OBO
See more: http://rlcracing.com/classified-ads/spec_miata.html
Contact : [email protected]
512-970-5163
1999 T1 CORVETTE FOR SALE
Upgraded by Doug Rippie of RPM
Motorsports to SCCA T-1 rules.
Raced SCCA in 1999 thru 2001.
7000 miles, 400 hp. Full Cage,
Sparco racing seat, Crow 5-point
competition
harness,
T-1
Suspension kit, 10 lb. fire system, Accusump and oil cooler on
engine, diff cooler and pump.
Brakes have stainless steel pistons and calipers, braided brake
lines. Custom wheels and Run
Flat tires. Two sets of race
wheels. Titled and registered in
Arizona. Original chassis dyno
was 280HP. Raced in Arizona and
California for 2 seasons. T-1
track records at Buttonwillow
and Willow Springs. Located in
Indio and available anytime.
$25,900.00
760-250-8956
[email protected]
FREE Classified Ads
SoPac News readers please send
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Package Deal
Motorhome - 2005 Mandalay
40’, 4 slides, 38,970 miles, 350
hp Cat power.
Racecar
1994 Victory Circle
Olds Cutlass body, 358cci
Chevy, 500 hp Ford 9 inch.
Podium finishes 13 consecutive
years in SoPac Division
Enclosed Trailer
20’ Pace American
Package deal $115,000
Will consider separate sales.
Contact Ron Bailey
[email protected]
Trans Am/GT-1 Road Race
Camaro - Real kevlar + glass
Wide Body Trans Am. Tube chassis, QC, SB Chev., 3-spd., dry
sump, etc. Former Mid-Western
Council GT-1 Champion. Sorted,
track ready - not just a roller.
Great car, exceptional price! $8900 (805) 466-1015 or
[email protected]
How FREE classified ads work:
email your ad to: [email protected]
June - 2012
SoPac News
Page 35
SoPac News Classifieds
PARTS
CLOSED WHEEL
1990 Nissan NX2000 - Multiple
race winner in NASA's SE-R Cup.
Now runs in PTD. Light weight
2105lbs w/ half tank, lexan windows, real carbon fiber hood with
heat extractor, Wilwood front
brakes, excellent cage.
Toyo
RA1's. I'm in the car more than
12K. Need to sell $4,500 OBO.
Jason
(951)
315-3710
or
[email protected]
om
‘99 Spec Miata for sale
Originally built by RDR (Robert
Davis Racing) for Mazda. This car
was never a street car: Mazda
provided the new chassis to
RDR, it started as a showroom
Stock and was converted by RDR
to a SM. It was the “showcar” for
mazda, owned by Nick Esayian
(world challenge acura/BMW
racer), who ran it 1 year in SSB.
I bought it from Nick. Serviced
improved
by
Rush
and
Motorsport. No expense spared.
I don’t abuse the car, I am a
short shifter!, being just a mid
pack racer I never needed to
push the car beyond normal
since the driver was the slower
part of the combination…!! Over
the years I have done maybe 23 races a year on averageCar
comes with 3 sets of matching
wheels, all tires in good shape,
some with only 1 week end, I
always rotate my sets through
heat cycles. Car set up for 6'4”
driver. Cool suit set up in trunk
with hoses to front and switch on
dash. Asking $18,000 with all
wheels. OBO Make me a reasonable offer.
OPEN WHEEL
2004 Pro Formula Mazda
The car was only used for testing
our RLC Racing products.
A
total of 10 race weekends in the
log book. The last couple years
we have used it just for trade
shows. It has a custom beautiful
paint job on it that has never
seen the track. The car was completely prepped for the track.
The car includes a full RLC
Racing Micro Pod Sport with 822
DACX with every type of sensor
available. Brand new sealed
engine straight from Star Mazda
with the fuel rails in a case. 3
sets of rims, 1 set of rain tires,
and 4 new sets of slicks. The car
still has all of its original body
that has never been in an accident. $15K+ in spare parts.
Total package $75,000 OBO
See more: http://rlcracing.com/classified-ads/pro_mazda.html
Contact : [email protected]
512-970-5163
1973 TUI BH-3 Formula
Super Vee Manufactured
in
England,
assembled in Germany, #6 of 12
produced. Built for the BOSCH
Formula Super Vee Series. Fresh
2387cc,
SCAT
case,
new
heads/intakes, Weber carbs.
Moncoque construction tub.
Inboard rear brakes. Adjustable
rear wing from cockpit. Open
Trailer included. Currently used
in SCCA BMod AUTOX. $16,450
obo.
Rick 619-440-2689, San Diego.
Van Dieman RF92 Formula
Ford – Quicksilver Engine with
LD202 Transmission. Willians
Harness certified thru 2012. Oz
Wheels, Rain Tires, Penske
Shocks, and assorted spares.
Includes log book, set up info
and
charts
plus
receipts.
$11,999 OBO San Diego email:
[email protected]
Tow Vehicles
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Tilton Triple Disk Clutch Flywheel
153 tooth flywheel, 7.25 inch 3disk clutch, 18.5 lbs., Clutch and
flywheel are a unit.
Pictures
available. As new, used for 5
runs. Cost $1300, for sale for
$650. Rick 619-440-2689, San
Diego.
3 Radios Setup - RaceTec
Racing Communications Comes with 3 (three) Motorola
radios; 1 (one) in-car in-helmet
mic and ear set up; 2 (two) crew
radios complete with padded
headphones and mics; batteries,
2 (two) battery chargers; and a
custom-fitted, padded, metal
carrying case. Like new. Used
maybe a half dozen times.
$900 obo. Chris (858) 4424446 or e-mail [email protected]
Motorhomes
Trailers
2006 Racecar ToyHauler Funrunner Titan 24'. 10,000#
axles. dove tail for low profile
vehicles, Sleeps 6. Full options:
Awning, Stabilysers, 500 w outsie lamps, electric jack, TV shelf,
Full kitchen, Shower, toilet,
AC/Heater, Outboard Generator,
Custom
Carpet,
Aluminum
Diamond plates, Graphite inside
and out. $13,500
562-673-4331
Cal Club
RallyX
Championship #4
Sept. 15 -16, 2012
Glen Helen
Raceway
Win trophies, medals, gift cards, apparel, cash
prizes, plus have tons of fun.
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