2016 April Newsletter

VOLUME 58, Issue 4
April 2016
Under the Bonnet
Official Publication of
Southwest Idaho Sports Car Club
From the President...
Welcome April,
Inside this issue:
VP Corner
2
From the AD
2
Secretary Report
3
March Rallye
4-5
Trivia
6
Treasurer’s Rpt
7
Rally School has come and gone, we have some new people involved in the club and trying out Rallying. I would like to thank all
that came out and tried the club. If I counted right there were 14
new folks and most of them made to the graduation rallye. Thanks
to:
Jim & Dan Van Dam for setting up and instructing, staples
and all.
Jack and Ellen for setting up and running the school practice rallye.
All the club members that showed up to help.
Mike and Julie Lemna and your crew for a super March rallye.
Sunday’s Graduation Rallye was great a nice fairly easy, simple, straight forward
rallye. The participating novices did outstanding, Horton’s wining overall, unheard of
for novices on their first SWISCC rallye.
We are in need of a few people for rallye masters, some new people have shown interest in helping layout a rallye so maybe a experienced rallyist would help teach and
learn with the new interested party.
Here we are ready for a new month, things have been moving along at a fast pace.
Rose and I have been all over the place and it seems as if March was on the move,
We spent the end of Feb and the beginning of March with Dick and Marie Rockrohr.
We traveled all over Canada and Alaska doing a TSD rally and seeing the sights.
Rose and I just had a last minute trip to Seattle Thursday, so I feel as if we have driven the world. We see people all over that enjoy cars in many different ways and
forms. This hobby has a massive following and a lot of money. The reason we went
to Seattle involved a car and we met Tom Armstrong who raced vintage cars, a 1963
Corvette Z06, a 1966 Ford GT40, and a Lola.
Well I have rambled enough to fill the desired space, so I am off and back at my job.
Brent
Under the Bonnet
Board of Directors
Sure hope
there’s a potty
stop at the
ODO Check
President
Brent Rule
362-0359
[email protected]
om
Vice President
April Erickson
[email protected]
939-9315
Treasurer
Dick Rockrohr
Recording Secretary
Lynn Strong
[email protected]
898-0361
Activities Director
Dave Erickson
[email protected]
939-9315
Newsletter Editor
Dave Erickson
[email protected]
939-9315
Past President
Juanita Thiel
F r o m t h e Ac t i v i t i e s D i r e c t o r. . .
Lost your car numbers, need replacement numbers, want extras?
We have some available $1 each see Dick Rochrohr he’ll be happy
to set you right up with new ones.
Altigs are June Rallye Masters and are looking for some help. Jump right in, especially some of you who haven’t help or rallye mastered before. This is a great opportunity to learn. Helping to write a rallye will make you a better rallyeist.
Membership dues are past due. Those of you that haven’t paid run the risk of
loosing your car numbers as they became available the 21st of March. This will also
be your last newsletter.
Thanks again to Mike and Julie and their rally crew for a great Graduation Rallye.
Wow! Those Novices caught on quick winning the March Rally. 2 Novices finished the top 5 and no novice a the back of the herd. Hope you had fun and hope to see you back in April
We’ve been moving the meeting location around a bit looking at different venues. If you have any
thoughts please let us know. Banbury’s been pretty good to us but after 5+ years a change may be in
order.
The Important Stuff
The April meeting is at Banbury Golf Club
The April Rallye will be on the 17th. A flyer will follow. It will be a simple straight forward rallye (we’re obligated to say that). Registration will start at 9am driver’s meeting at 9:30am with the first car out at 10 or
10:01am. Location and end TBA.
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Under the Bonnet
From the Secretary
Southwest Idaho Sports Car Club
General Meeting - March 4, 2016
Start: 7:30 pm Attendance number: 23
Welcome: guests Wilkie & Marci Meyer
Officer Reports:
Secretary: Lynn was Absent Minutes from February were approved.
Treasurer (Dick still not here)
Vice President: April noted that no changes to the Rallye Code had be submitted so the 2016 code will look like the 2015
code.
Activities/Newsletter: Dave - Newsletter articles due March 25.
Need Rallye Masters: for April, May, June, July, August. No rallyemaster means no events.
Old Business:
Thank you Brent and Tom for the fun event last month.
Sun Valley will be the 7th - 9th of October. Thank you Christine for getting the information for us.
New Business:
Gary introduced Wilkie & Marci Meyer. Both were past SWISCC members’ way back in the beginning. Wilkie had contacted the board to ask permission to use the SWISCC Logo for the 50th Anniversary of the Freeze Out Hill Climb.
When SWISCC was originally formed in Emmett in 1958 the club ran TSD Rallies, Hill Climbs and Auto Crosses.
For various reason the club split into 3 groups: The Rallye group kept the SWISCC name the hill climb became the
Bogus Basin Hill Climb Assoc and the auto crossers became Snake River SCCA. The Bogus Basin Hill Climb Assoc
would like to use the SWISCC logo on trophies etc as a link to the past. When board didn’t have an issue with this.
The membership approved the use of the logo for the 50th anniversary of the Freeze out hill climb. The club was also invited to participate the car show on the 25th of June from 6-9 and the Hill Climb on the 25 – 26 of June. All the
events will be in Emmett.
We have been contacted by SWEP to put on an event in July. The board will discuss this and bring it back to the club.
Don’t forget rallye school the 19th and the Graduation Rallye on the 20th. Jim has J.Thadeous Toad, Emeritus ready to
go. Mike and Julie have put a lot of time and effort to put on what will be a fun and memorable Graduation rally.
The April General Meeting will be held at Banbury Golf Club in Eagle
4.
Adjourn 8pm
Rallye School Cheer Leaders
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Under the Bonnet
Graduation Rallye
Car
Number
Driver
Navigator
19 March 2016
Check Check Check Check Check Check
Point Point Point Point Point Point Math Total
Class
1
2
3
4
5
6
Errors Points
Rank
Rallye
Points
77
Mike Horton
Mark Horton
NOV
1
4
15
16
22
12
0
70
1st Over101.000
all
11
Dave Erickson
April Erickson
SOP+
3
22
2
15
17
3
13
75
1st SOP+ 100.000
12
Bruce Altig
Stacey Altig
SOP
16
31
16
2
8
2
0
75
1st SOP
99.711
82
Mike Kneller
Lois Kneller
NOV
10
30
18
17
3
2
0
80
1st NOV
99.422
97.913
97.110
62
Ross Dando
Debbie Gould
SOP+
31
39
14
15
0
4
8
111
2nd
SOP+
84
Brent Rule
Rose Rule
SOP
6
20
5
6
16
17
50
120
2nd SOP
25
Keith Hatcher
Valerie Hatcher
SOP+
20
19
10
53
18
1
0
121
97.333
15
Larry Leach
Linda Leach
SOP+
11
11
33
61
29
14
0
159
95.130
113
Tom Williams
Toni Williams
NOV
21
66
61
43
3
0
0
194
3
Lee
Bernasconi
Margaret
Harmon
SOP
79
9
16
53
41
21
0
219
29
Robb Spencer
Keith Spencer
NOV
17
26
93
64
6
58
0
264
8
Jack Keifer
Ellen Keifer
SOP+
21
166
62
7
22
39
0
317
85.971
28
Bill Donnell
Christine Donnell
SOP+
14
6
0
22
237
25
79
383
82.145
31
Dan Clark
Rebecca Clark
NOV
18
3
7
2
300
61
0
391
81.445
55
John Strong
Lynn Strong
SOP+
39
61
45
2
300
6
0
453
78.087
17
Frank Gill
Rebecca Gill
NOV
27
46
300
13
41
77
199
703
44
Rod Heller
Sally Heller
SOP
86
101
1
300
300
300
0
1088
Min CK
1
3
0
2
0
0
Rallye
Masters
Rallye
Crew
Rallye
Crew
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Best CP
92.832
91.387
2nd NOV
88.786
63.410
DLBF
41.156
Mike Lemna
Julie Lemna
100.000
Gary Allen
Barb Schuler
90.000
Connie
Andersen
90.000
Under the Bonnet
March Graduation Rallye Results
The 1st four places were separated
by only 5 points. There were 3 zero
Check Points.
Thank you Mike & Julie for a great rally; A lot of fun and a nice ride in the
country side. This was a great start of
the year rallye.
Thanks to the Rallye Crew, Gary Allen
and Barb Schuler for pre-running and
check points and Connie Andersen for
check points
Mike & Mark Horton
1st Overall
April & Dave Erickson
1st SOP+
Stacy & Bruce Altig
1st SOP
Lois & Mike Kneller
1st Novice
Brent & Rose Rule
2nd SOP
Debbie & Ross Dando
2nd SOP+
Robb & Keith Spencer
2nd Novice
Rod & Sally Heller
DLBF
Tom & Toni Williams
Best Check Point
Julie & Mike Lemna
Rallye Masters
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Under the Bonnet
This Month’s Trivia:Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz traces its origins to Karl Benz's creation of the first petrol-powered
car, the Benz Patent Motorwagen, financed by Bertha Benz and patented in January 1886, and Gottlieb Daimler and engineer Wilhelm Maybach's conversion of a
stagecoach by the addition of a petrol engine later that year. The Mercedes automobile was first marketed in 1901. The first Mercedes-Benz brand name vehicles
were produced in 1926, following the merger of Karl Benz's and Gottlieb Daimler's
companies into the Daimler-Benz company. Mercedes-Benz has introduced many
technological and safety innovations that later became common in other vehicles.
Mercedes-Benz is one of the best-known and established automotive brands in the
world, and is also one of the world's oldest automotive brand still in existence today
in 2016, having produced the first petrol-powered car.[
Benz Patent Motorwagen
The famous three-pointed star. While working Daimler sent his wife Emma Kunz a
postcard, marking his residence with a three-pointed star and writing: "one day this
star will shine over our triumphant factories". Since then, this line has inspired both
Daimler and Maybach when developing light and powerful engines for "land, water,
and air". The three-pointed star debuted in 1910. In 1916, it was surrounded by a
circle with four additional stars, with either the name Mercedes or of the respective
factory. In 1937, the familiar three-dimensional three-pointed star, contained in a
circle. was registered by Daimler-Benz.
A single Benz competed in the world's first motor race, the 1894 Paris–Rouen,
where Émile Roger finished 14th in 10 hours 1 minute. Throughout its long history,
the company has been involved in a range of motorsport activities, including sports
car racing and rallying. Stirling Moss and co-driver Denis Jenkinson made history
by winning the 1955 Mille Miglia road race in Italy during a record-breaking drive
with an average speed of almost 98 mph in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR.[
1902 Mercedes-Simplex racing car
Cylinders: 4
Displacement: 6558 cc/400 cI
Output: 40 hp at 1050 rpm
Top speed: approx. 75 km/h/45mph
Mercedes-Benz is currently active in three forms of motorsport, Formula Three,
DTM and Formula One.
*Information from Wikipedia, Classic Mercedes-Benz and Car and Driver
1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K
5.4L Supercharged straight 8
180 hp
110 mph
1954-1957 Mercedes-Benz 300SL
3.0L straight 6
215 or 240 hp
0-60 8.8 seconds 155 mph
1400 built 29 with aluminum bodies
2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT
Twin-turbo 4L/243cu V8
530 hp
0-60 3.0 Sec 193mph
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Under the Bonnet
Tr e a s u r e r ’ s R e p o r t . . .
BALANCE AS OF:
1/31/2016
$1,708.63
INCOME:
RALLY INCOME NET
$41.00
MEMBER DUES
$670.00
NUMBERS
$20.00
TOTAL INCOME:
$731.00
EXPENSES:
CHECK #
P.O. BOX RENTAL 1
YEAR
NAME TAGS
PRINTING RALLY
GUIDE
RALLY FOOD
RALLY PRIZES
1439
1440
$102.00
$29.04
1441
1442
1444
$41.98
$28.62
$48.12
TOTAL EXPENSES:
ENDING BALANCE:
$249.76
3/27/2016
NET GAIN / LOSS
$2,189.87
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Club Calendar
April
1
17
20
General meeting—Banbury Golf Club—6:30 Social Hour 7:30 Business Meeting
Around the Valley Rally—Erickson’s
Board meeting— Restoration Rods 6:30
6
8
8
22
25
General meeting Mickey’s Rays 6:30 Social Hour 7:30 Business Meeting
Mother’s Day
Victory in Europe May 8th 1945
May Rallye Strong’s & Rockrohr’s
Board meeting— Restoration Rods 6:30
3
11-12
19
22
General meeting—Location TBA—6:30 Social Hour 7:30 Business Meeting
Idaho Rallye—Placerville—Volunteers needed!!
June Rallye Altig’s—Help Wanted!!
Board meeting— Restoration Rods 6:30
4
8
16
17
20
4th of July—Happy 240th Birthday to the U.S. of A
General meeting—Location TBA—6:30 Social Hour 7:30 Business Meeting
Ronald McDonald car show and Fund Raiser
July Rallye
Board meeting— Restoration Rods 6:30
May
June
July
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