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QUESTION OF THE WEEK PAGE 3
CAMGUARD DOUBLE RATIONAL PAGE 3
MARCH MADNESS DOUBLE REGIONAL PAGE 8
CAL CLUB ROAD RALLY RESULTS PAGE 14
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WANNA RACE WITH US? PAGE 9
RANDY CHASE INTERVIEW PAGE 16
BORIS SAID INTERVIEW PAGE 17
NATIONAL ROAD RACE POINTS PAGE 18
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Letters
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Thank You MBI
I wish to publicly thank Mark
(Ballengee) at MBI and Les (Phillips) at
Buttonwillow. While considering a new
class for us to race in, Mark allowed
Chris to test drive his very own car. This
was a big deal for us in our decisionmaking process. There was no contracts
or paperwork or money, just one club
member wanting to help another....something that I've noticed is often lacking
lately. And Les was useful as always in
streaming the whole process for us.
Thanks you two.
Ross Olney
Passing of Nicki Sale
Hi Craig, it's been a long time. Not
long after Nicki died last November, I
sent the attached to Roland Soucie
requesting that he forward it to the appropriate parties at Cal Club. It was posted
on the website, but I haven't seen it in the
SoPac News. I only ask because it is my
belief that many more people read the
"News" than follow the conversation
threads on the website. If you don't think
it's too late, I'd really appreciate it if the
notice could be included in a future issue.
I don't know if you ever knew Nicki but
during the time that she was active in racing, she made many friends all across the
country, many of whom I am sure would
want to know of her passing.
I also want to say thank you for keeping
me on your mailing list for the News, by
virtue of Bob's lifetime memberships in
both SCCA and Cal Club I assume.
If you think too much time has alread
passed, I'll understand. Thanks very
much for your consideration.
BUTTONWILLOW, (March 25-27, 2011)
It was good to be back at Willow
Springs International Raceway as Cal
Club and San Diego Region teamed up
to present the Camguard Double
Rational under sunny blue skies with a stout
entry list of 101 eager competitors and a
gang of voluenteers anxious to get
the show underway.
Willow Springs is a great spectator
track and it's always a thrill to see this
event on SoPac's schedule. This weekend
turned out to be another good one even
though the weather man casted Southern
California doom and gloom with threats
of heavy storm activity and freezing cold
temperatures everywhere. It was cold
and breezy Saturday but the sun was
shinning all weekend and not a single
drop of moisture fell. Sunday warmed up
and it couldn't have been a nicer day in
the high desert.
This was the first Rational for SoPac.
A Rational is designed, like it or not, to
allow National and Regional drivers to
race together in the same race but score
In Memory
of Nicki Sale
(February 25, 2011)
You're given the opportunity to drive any
road/track/circuit in the world for as long as you
want. Which would you choose and why?
I recently won a short essay contest
related to the video game, Forza
Motorsport 3. I recounted an old race
track story from a family vacation in my
teens. I thought our members might get
a kick out of a little time travel. Can
you forward this to whomever edits the
Club Paper? (See winning essay on this
page.)
It is with indescribable sadness
that I tell you of the passing of my
best friend, long time CSCC/SCCA
registrar/emergency worker, Nicki Sale,
on November 5. I first met Nicki in the
mid-1970s when we both worked
Registration at Riverside Raceway.
Although two people could not have
been more different, we forged a friendship that lasted through the years. Nicki
loved racing at all levels and we worked
many amateur and pro races together at
racing venues around the country. Nicki
also worked on the Emergency Team for
a short period. During the early days of
Buttonwillow Raceway Park she could
often be found working the gate.
She touched many lives and made
many friends throughout her life, perhaps
most especially during the racing years
and I know that those who came to know
and love her will miss her as I will. She
is survived by two brothers, Jeff and
Stanley, their wives, and a host of
extended family including aunts, uncles,
nieces, nephews and cousins.
Cheers,
Joe Zirretta
Godspeed dear friend.
Carol Swenson
Petra Gilbert
(Proud to be Tom Eddleman's daughter).
Contest Winner
Hi Ceci:
event with more smiles than not.
This race platform was not developed
for jumbo regions, but smaller regions
who have low car counts. So the jury is
still out on if it worked or not for our
jumbo region. Your opinions are
welcome as a letter to the editor if sent by
email to [email protected].
Five race groups made up the
program with Spec Miata scoring an
exclusive due to no Pro7 or Spec7
entries. The best races of the weekend go
to Saturday's SRF race when TJ Acker
continued on next page
Question of the week winner,
Joe Zirretta
Tom Eddleman’s
Final Lap Honor at
Autoclub Speedway
My goodness, I can't thank you
enough for all that was done yesterday; it
was truly lovely! Dad was right there at
start and finish with us! A Million
Thanks to you and all the Cal Club
Workers.
Thank you so much and God Bless!
points separately. Trophies and podium
celebrations were reserved for the overall
Rational race winners and that
understandably rubbed a few Regional
winners the wrong way.
It was different to see Regional only
entrants race against National drivers for
the first time. For them it was a good
measuring stick of driver and machine.
On the flip side, National drivers
racing to qualify for a Runoffs invitation
may see the Regional entrants as a
problem, hinderance or obstacle. How
ever you analyze it, it was an interesting
Forza Motorsport 3 Website
All the best,
Carol Swenson
Dear Ceci:
Gary Wittman #33 battled with Jason Isley in H Production putting on a
show for spectators.
Dennis Baer Photo
By Joe Zirretta
Summer 1981, the Ardennes Forest
on the German/Belgian border: My dad
cruises our rented yellow Volvo 240
down the main street in the quaint
Wallonian village of Francorchamps.
I'm riding shotgun and navigating
at the tender age of 14; mom is terrible
with maps!
As pop makes a slight right just after
passing a wondrous-looking toy store,
emerging from behind the remains of a
1920s-era wooden grandstand on a rise to
our left is a twisting, dark grey monster
of pavement towering directly before us:
Eau ----ing Rouge! The toy store is
caddy-corner from La Source hairpin,
just outside the racetrack, and we are
now flying down the old pit straight at
Spa, as my dad's right foot begins to
appreciate exactly where I led us.
Unfortunately, red and white striped
wooden barriers block the entry to Eau
Rouge, and the highway/original track
veers left and then steeply uphill through
the righthand "l'Ancienne Douanne"
hairpin (the route before Eau Rouge
was built).
A quick left and the old man guns it
up the Kemmel straight, pushing the
rental as fast as it would go, just over
120mph. The freshly built section from
Les Combes to the new Stavelot is also
blocked by the cursed wooden picket
fence, so we pull over and have a picnic
overlooking about 60 percent of the new
GP circuit. After some pictures, we're
back in the Volvo tracing the old track
through Malmedy, the Masta kink, all the
way to the next town of Stavelot, and
back through Blanchimont (my dad lifts).
He hits all the curbs at the Bus Stop and
calms down just long enough to take La
Source as if he were a lost tourist, then
revs it up for another go! My mom was
screaming; I was beaming.
This is among my fondest memories
from adolescence. If going back in time
is consistent with the premise of the
question, I'd pick Old Spa. The "new"
grandstand at that time looked largely the
same as it did when Dan Gurney won the
Belgian GP there in 1966. Gurney grew
up just a few miles from where I did, and
I was huge fan. So I'd say I'd need at
least a month to absorb the history and
relive the memories.
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Todd Launchbaugh in his newly built Miata is a contender in both Spec Miata
and ITA.
Dennis Baer Photo
and Paul Marino battled hard swapping
positions many times and Sunday's Spec
Miata finale when Tyler Vance started in
last then raced his way to the checkered
where he collected his first National win.
Saturday's DSR battle was fierce and
intense too when Lee Alexander
defeated national class standout from
Utah, Chris Farrell.
GROUP 1 - SM, PRO7, SRX7
SM - It was a cold and crisp morning as
Spec Miata took to the track for their
qualifying session. Sammy Valafar out of
Las Vegas clicked off fast time then set
the early race pace from the start. He led
the first five circuits as Rush Motorsport
teammates, Clement Lee and Tyler
Vance, prepared their assault. On lap 6,
Vance pushed Lee by Valafar. Lee and
Vance opened a comfortable gap on
Valafar then raced in formation for 13
laps before the checkered flew. At the
line it was Lee in first just 0.021 of a
second ahead of Vance. A few seconds
back was Valafar who filled the Spec
Miata podium. Grant Westmorland
finished fourth and Brian Ghidinelli
rounded out the top five.
Valafar, with a 0.5 of a second
advantage over the field in qualifying
Sunday morning seemed to be the man to
beat knowing that his rivals, Lee and
Vance, were separated on the grid. Vance
was starting last for not qualifying
due to his car up on jack stands for a
transmission swap.
When the green flag waved Valafar
was out front as expected with
Ghidinelli, Westmorland, Lee and
Matthews all in pursuit. Meanwhile,
Vance was on a mission from the back of
the pack. By the completion of lap 1 he
was already in sixth behind Matthews.
By lap 4 he moved by Matthews and Lee
and now sat in fourth. Four laps later he
put the move on Ghidinelli for third.
Now then zeroed in on Westmorland and
made a move to second spot two laps
later. Vance's only obstacle now was
Valafar. Lee slid into third giving Vance
the advantage he gave his teammate
yesterday when he won, a drafting
partner. It was a shootout with seven laps
to go. Vance brought his karting
experience to Spec Miata and
schooled veteran Valafar by cleverly
waiting until the last lap to make his
move. Coming to the checked he gave it
all he had and captured his first National
Spec Miata win over Valafar by 0.104 of
a second. Lee finished third with
Ghidinelli in fourth and Matthews
rounding out a very fierce top five.
GROUP 2 - DSR, FA, FB, CSR, FM, S2
DSR - Chris Farrell out of Salt Lake City
ripped off a blistering lap in qualifying
earning the pole ahead Lee Alexander.
When the green flag waved the
screaming pair of Stohr sports racers
checked out from the field in formation
and raced wheel to wheel from start to
finish. Each took turns leading as they
raced at a pace below the track record.
After 18 laps of intense competition it
was Alexander who scored the win with
a 0.870 of a second advantage over
Farrell. Alexander may have won the
trophy but Farrell was quickest and
earned the new DSR track record. Henry
Botkin was the only other DSR on the
lead lap as he pushed his #82 Stohr to the
checkered in third. Ellen Ferguson
finished fourth and James Kuhns
rounded out the field in fifth.
Alexander won DSR again on
Sunday without the dramatic race we had
yesterday. An incident occurred on lap 2
that took Farrell out of contention
allowing Alexander to rip his way to the
checkered flag where he tallied his
second win of the weekend. Botkin
finished in second, 33 seconds off the
winner's pace. Ferguson earned the final
step on the DSR podium in third. Kuhns
finished fourth ahead of Farrell who was
four laps down in fifth.
FA - Cal Club Formula Atlantic veteran
Chris Emanuel had his hands full this
weekend as the two car team of Vince
Gaddini and Renny Damon where here to
challenge the best. Emanuel stood strong
and was fastest in qualifying then took
quick command of the race pace from the
green. Gaddini got by Damon on the
second circuit then chased after
Emanuel. Emanuel was too strong as he
led every lap before he tallied another
Atlantic win ahead of Gaddini in second
and Damon in third.
Emanuel was quickest again Sunday
morning and earned fast time. He led the
first lap but was out after two circuits as
Gaddini captured the lead with teammate
Damon in tow. Gaddini and Damon
raced to the checkered where they
finished first and second uncontested.
Emanuel accepted a DNF.
FB - Rod Morley, the only Formula B
entry, from Oren, Utah, qualified and
finished sixth overall. His race was
uneventful but solid.
Morley qualified eight overall
Sunday and moved to sixth by the time
he collected his second FB victory of the
weekend.
CSR - A strong six car CSR field led
by Steve Nicklin earned fast time in
qualifying that set the stage for another
spectacular sports racer showdown. It
never panned out though as Nicklin was
too quick. He easily led every lap
finishing first with a full lap advantage
on the field. His closest challengers were
Michael Alfred in second and Joseph
Schifini in third.
Nicklin was on his game again
Sunday when he was quickest in
qualifying then took command of the
race when the green waved but was out
after two circuits. Ron Fletcher picked up
the lead and set a torrid race pace for the
next 13 laps then dropped off slowed
moving Rene Lohr to the point where he
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Ali Naimi pushed his Mazda to a podium finish both days in T3.
Dennis Baer Photo
Naji Dahi dominated ITA this weekend and collected two more fist place finishes.
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remained for the final lap before tallying
the CSR win. Finishing in second was
Fletcher trailed by Alfred who earned the
final step on the podium in third.
FM - In Formula Mazda qualifying
Saturday morning Steve Brown was fast,
fast enough to be gridded with Formula
Atlantic entries. Brown had a near 10
second advantage on Ed Lever in
qualifying that allowed him to check out
from the start. He led every lap before
he collected the class win ahead of
Lever in second.
Sunday was a repeat performance for
both Brown and Lever as both battled
from the green to the checkered finishing
first and second in class. Brown with no
qualifying time started in the back and
ended up 10th overall with Lever in 12th.
GROUP 3 - T1, STU, T3, ITA, SSB,
HP, SSC, ITC
T1 - Saturday morning Oli Thordarson
set fast time with a slim advantage over
Kyle Kelley in T1. A four car Corvette
T1 line up led by Thordarson dove into
turn one and the battle was on.
Thordarson and Kelley made a two car
break away from Robert Kahn and Chris
Ronson in third and fourth. Thordarson
was up on the wheel as Kelley filled his
mirrors lap after lap. The two wrestled
for the lead but Thordarson stood strong
and led every lap before the nailed the
win with a 0.547 of a second advantage
over Kelley at the line. Kahn and Ronson
raced clean bringing their Corvettes to
the checkered i n third and f ourth
separated by 3.8 seconds.
Sunday looked to be an exciting day
for the Kyle Kelley Fan Club positioned
up in the Bud Tower after their driver
collected fast time in qualifying.
However, it was Thordarson's desire to
maintain control of the T1 class by
winning again. Thordarson did allow the
pole winner to lead the first lap then to
the disappointment of Kelley's fan club,
Thordarson slipped by on lap 2 and set
the race pace unchallenged from there.
After 18 circuits at Willow Springs
Thordarson earned his second win of the
weekend as Kelley sucked up another
loss. Kahn ran in third from the start to the
checkered filling Sunday's T1 podium.
STU - Marc Hoover hammered out a lap
in Saturday's STU qualifying good
enough to put him on the pole. Hoover
controlled the race from the start but
Matthew Staal wanted a piece of the
action. On lap three Staal captured the
lead. He led the next 15 laps setting a
new STU track record before he tallied
the class win with a 2.5 second
advantage over Hoover in second. The
final step on the box was up for grabs as
Sammy Valafar and Bryan Lampe battled
for third. Lampe found a way to secure
third when the checkered flew as Valafar
settled for fourth. Phillip Royle rounded
out the top five ahead of Stephen Ruiz
who finished sixth.
Hoover was hooked up Sunday by
setting a blistering pace in qualifying and
took control once the green flag waved.
Hoover's closest challenger was Stall.
But Stall was off the pace after seven
laps then out after 10. Lampe moved his
BMW to second spot but couldn't catch
Hoover. Hoover ripped around Willow
quick enough to score the STU win
and crushed Staal's track record from
yesterday. Lampe put in a solid drive for
second as Royle earned a third place
finish. Staal was credited with fourth.
T3 - Three entries made up the T3
qualifying roster led by Tom
Wickersham once the session ended. His
advantage over Sage Marie was less than
one second. The field accepted the green
and Marie let it hang out enough to
capture the lead over Wickersham and
Ali Naimi. Marie and Wickersham
battled hard the entire race. Marie was
stout enough to lead every lap plus set a
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new track record before he collected the
T3 win with a photo finish over
Wickersham in second and Naimi in
third. Michael Sullivan finished fourth.
Wickersham was quickest Sunday
morning during T3 qualifying scoring
fast time. At the start Wickersham
took command of the race pace over
Marie, Naimi and Sullivan. On lap 2,
Marie upset the leader by moving to
first position. Marie successfully took
command of the race pace and led
the final 17 laps before he sealed his
second win of the weekend.
Wickersham finished in second spot
some seven seconds back. Naimi
finished third again today and
Sullivan also repeated yesterday's
result with a fourth.
ITA - Naji Dahi led a four car ITA
qualifying session with fast time
Saturday morning. When the green flag
waved Dahi wasted no time controlling
the race pace ahead of Todd
Launchbaugh, Wesley Molino and David
Allen. Launchbaugh was running second
when he encountered contact with Kyle
Kelley's T1 Corvette putting him out of
the race. This moved Molino and Allen
up one position. The trio raced in order to
the checkered where Dahi tallied another
ITA win ahead of Molino in second and
Allen in third.
Dahi had his Nissan 200SX on rails
again Sunday with another fast time in
qualifying then a solid race where he led
every lap before securing his second win
of the weekend. His rival from the start
was Allen who moved to second on lap
two but dropped to the back of the field
one lap later. Then Molino moved to
second ahead of Darren Murdock and
Launchbaugh. Molino held his advantage
and collected second at the checkered
ahead of Launchbaugh in third and
Murdock in fourth. Allen rounded out the
field in fifth.
SSB - Lee Niffenegger was the only SSB
entry but his race was filled with risky
moves by a Regional Improved Touring
driver in select corners jeopardizing his
ultimate goal of a Runoffs invite. He
backed off enough to separate himself
from the madness yet still tallied his
class win.
Sunday was a good day for
Niffenegger after a solid qualifying run
then a great race as he held contenders at
bay clicking off lap times good enough to
set a new SSB track record and another
class victory.
HP - A hot five car line up in H Prod led
by Jason Isley who nailed fast time in
qualifying set the stage for a great race.
Isley in his Toyota Yaris took command
from the start and led the first lap with
Gary Wittman applying serious pressure.
Wittman secured the lead on lap two and
held his advantage for the next 15 laps
before collecting the win with a 15
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second advantage over Isley in second.
Third place finisher Neil Verity earned
the final step on the podium as Cory
Markos and Mike Bachman finished in
fourth and fifth.
Yesterday's H Prod battle rolled over
to Sunday when Isley qualified first
again but Wittman took control of the
race on lap one. They raced nose to tail
with Isley getting by Wittman on lap
three. It was a tussle for sure as the two
ripped around Willow Springs, perhaps
one of the best races of the weekend.
Lead changes were numerous as the two
strategized how to be at the point when
the checkered flew. With three laps to
go Wittman moved back to first and
held his advantage to the checkered
where he collected his second win with
a 0.78 of a second advantage over Isley
in second. Verity had a solid run holding
down third position from the start and
filled the final step on the box. Markos
and Bachman like yesterday completed
the finishing order in fourth and fifth.
Ed Erlandson #18 leads Douglas Brenner in Formula Ford. Each driver collected
a win this weekend.
Dennis Baer Photo
ITC - Hartoyo Gandasetiawan in his
Honda Civic filled the ITC roster
Saturday morning as he raced his
way from the green to checkered
collecting his class win.
Gandasetiawan's fierce little Honda
never dies and again zipped around the
Willow Springs circuit to collect another
class victory on Sunday.
GROUP 4 - FF, SRF, F500, FV
FF - A two car field in Formula Ford
lived up to all expectations fans had as
fast time qualifier Douglas Brenner and
Ed Erlandson put on a show of extreme
competition. The battle was fierce from
the start with Brenner leading lap one
then Erlandson gaining control on lap
two. On the third circuit Brenner moved
back to first and held his advantage by
leading to the checkered earning the
win with a 5.5 second cushion over
Erlandson in second.
Sunday morning Erlandson found a
few tenths of a second in qualifying that
earned him fast time over yesterday's
winner. From the start Erlandson set the
race pace and was able to hold off
Brenner and led every lap. Their battle
brought them back through the SRF field
lapping them all before Erlandson and
Brenner finished first and second
separated by just one second at the
checkered.
SRF - Saturday morning TJ Acker set the
mark in SRF qualifying topping the chart
in the 13 car Rational field. When the
green waved Acker took charge and went
for it but Paul Marino was anxious to go
for it too. The two dove into turn one as
Marino captured the lead. The next lap
Paul Marino leads TJ Acker in a fierce lap after lap battle in SRF on Saturday.
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Charlie Turner leads Mark Edwards and Ron Wake in Formula Vee.
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Acker returned the favor. Back and forth
they battled swapping the lead countless
times. Acker struggled shifting to and
from fifth gear each lap entering Turn 1
and Marino was able to capitalize.
However, Acker managed to hang on to
Marino's pace as the pair made the final
pass down the front straight. When they
crossed the finish line Acker won with a
mere 0.2 of a second advantage over
Marino. Bill Jucha was off his game
today with a sick power plant but still
scored third ahead of Tom Miserendino
in fourth and Mark Ballengee in fifth.
Day two in SRF wasn’t as eventful
as yesterday due to Acker sorting out
his shifting problem and Lee Douglas
getting punted in turn one on lap two.
SoPac News pit reporter discovered
Acker had rebuilt his clutch master
cylinder and that seemed to solve his
problem from yesterday as Douglas
who qualified second was hooked up
challenging for the lead when he was
knocked off track deep into the dirt
ending his day. From that point Acker
cruised on with Jucha, Miserendino
and Marino wrestling for position.
Meanwhile, Ballengee was on a
mission from his ninth place
qualifying spot working his way
through the pack. By lap seven he put
the squeeze on Miserendino for fourth.
On lap 16 Ballengee moved from
fourth to second with just two laps to
go. The top five raced to the checkered
where Acker collected the win with a
13 second cushion over Ballengee in
second
and
Jucha
in
third.
Miserendino and Marino rounded out
the top five.
F500 - Geoff Gerko out of Cleveland,
Ohio showed up Sunday and raced his
way to a first in Formula 500 with a solid
10th overall finish.
FV - Ron Wake was on his marks
Saturday morning after scoring the
Formula Vee pole with a 0.8 of a second
advantage over Charlie Turner. From the
green Wake captured the lead ahead of
Mark Edwards and Turner. As Wake led
every lap, Edwards and Turner were in a
fierce dual for second position. The pair
swapped spots several times before the
checkered flew. At the line it was a
Formula Vee triple treat finish with Wake
in first 1.14 seconds ahead of Edwards in
second and Turner in third just a whisker
off the winning pace.
Edwards was quickest qualifier
Sunday morning but it was Turner who
turned up the wick by moving to the lead
on the first lap. Edwards rallied back and
reclaimed the lead three laps later. Wake
played his hand on lap seven when he
pressed Edwards and captured the lead.
Wake led the final 10 circuits then
collected his second win of the weekend
over Edwards in second and Turner
in third.
GROUP 5 - GT1, GT3, SP, GT2,
Mazda GT2, EP, AS, GTL, FP, RS
GT1 - Kyle Kelley scored the GT1 pole
Saturday morning and led through lap 10
but parked it with a broken drive train
component after a spin. Andy Porterfield
took advantage of Kelley's misfortune
and secured the lead ahead of Chip
Boatright in second. Porterfield raced to
the checkered where he finished first in
GT1. Boatright finished second two laps
down to the winner. Kelley was credited
with third even though he sat behind
pit wall.
Porterfield look good in qualifying
and clicked off fast time Sunday
morning. At the start Kelley attempted to
start at the rear with no posted qualifying
attempt wasn’t able to make it happen.
Porterfield was prepared to make
something happen as he captured the lead
at the green leading a pack of GT2 and
GT3 contenders from start to finish.
After 18 laps Porterfield collected
another GT1 win ahead Boatright
in second.
GT3 - GT3 Qualifying Saturday morning
went well for Wolfgang Maike who set
fast time. From the start though Mike
Henderson was fastest and moved to first
on lap 2 with Maike and Richard Gray in
pursuit. Henderson was hooked up and
led to the checkered where he scored the
GT3 victory over Maike in second and
Gray in third.
Henderson was fastest in GT3
qualifying Sunday but ended up in the
back of the pack on lap one as Maike
checked out and led every lap collecting
the win after 18 circuits. Henderson
raced his way up through the 26 car field
to finish second in class, 1.1 seconds
ahead of Gray in third.
SP - Richard Wall pushed his Dodge
Intrepid to fast time in qualifying on
Saturday. From the start Wall had
them covered and led every lap before
he tallied the S Production win and a
solid third overall finish. Challengers
George Captanis, Bruce Powers and
Dean Heller raced in order to the
checkered where Captanis finished
second, Powers tallied third and Heller
completed the order in fourth.
Wall started up front on Sunday but
had a first lap incident that pushed him to
the rear opening the door for Captanis to
secure the lead ahead of Heller, Powers
and Wall. Within a few laps Wall
readjusted his position on track and was
prepared to reclaim the lead pushing
Captanis to second. Wall guided the SP
field to the checkered where he tallied
another win ahead of Captanis in second
and Powers in third. Heller secured
second on lap 13 but was out one lap
later but credited with fourth.
GT2/Mazda GT2 - Brooks Potter was
the only entry in his class this weekend
but he carried the responsibilty
well by collecting the GT2 win after
dicing with Mazda GT2 victor, Jim
Wagaman. Potter held a slim 0.38 of a
second advantage over Wagaman at the
March/April - 2011
Richard Wall fights with aggressive drivers after being taken out then tagged before
Dennis Baer Photo
he scored his second S Production win of the weekend.
Wolfgang Maike #15 looks for a way to get his GT-3 Toyota by Jim Wagaman’s
Mazda GT-2 entry.
Dennis Baer Photo
checkered. They finished fifth and
sixth overall. Trailing Wagaman at the
checkered in Mazda GT2 was second
place finisher Thorpe Logeman.
GT2 hotshoe Potter and the two
Mazda GT2 entries of Logeman and
Wagaman had a close battle for the two
checkered flags up for grabs on Sunday.
Potter led the threesome from start to
finish first in GT2 as Logeman and
Wagaman battled for top honors in
Mazda GT2. At mid race the trio raced in
order but Wagaman dropped out after 16
laps making it easy for Logeman to
collect his second Mazda GT2 win of the
weekend. Wagaman was credited with second.
EP - Nor Cal driver Josh Carroll set the
E Prod mark in qualifying Saturday
morning with fast time over Roger
Karlson and Gary Gist. When the green
flag waved a fierce battle for the broke
out as Carroll took command of the race
pace ahead of Karlson and Gist. Things
started to heat up on lap 3 just as
Karlson dropped out leaving the duty to
Gist to unseat this out of division racer.
Gist reeled in the leader on lap 15 and
captured the point then held his
advantage for the final three laps
before collecting the win with a giant
nine second advantage over Carroll in
second spot.
Carroll was fastest during qualifying
on Sunday. From the start he took
command of the race as Gist charged to
second spot ahead of Karlson on the first
lap. Gist and Karlson battled for position
for several laps. On lap six Karlson
secured the runner up spot then held his
advantage as the field collected the
checkered flag where Carroll scored the
win ahead of Karlson in second and Gist
in third.
GTL - It was no surprise to see Bill
Gilcrease set GT-Lite fast time during
Saturday's qualifying session in his BMC
Mini. When the green flag flew Gilcrease
took command of the race pace ahead of
John Bower and Michael Fazzi. Fazzi
was out after three laps making it a two
car race. At the mid race point the gap
closed between Gilcrease and Bower
then disaster set in for the BMC mini.
Gilcrease was out! Bower took command
of the race pace in his #44 Nissan Sentra
and brought it home in first position.
Gilcrease was credited with second and
Fazzi took a DNF.
FP - Noel Hayward out of Fairfield,
Calif., was quickest in Saturday's
qualifying session and jumped into the
lead from the green ahead of Charles
Horton of Hayward, Calif., and Sean
Powers. Hayward had control from the
start to finish in his MG Midget but
Horton and Powers wrestled for the
second throughout the race. When the
checkered flew it was Hayward in first,
Horton in second ahead of third place
finishing Powers.
Brian Linn showed up Sunday and
took command of the F Prod show by
setting fast time out of the box. He
continued his force by setting the race
pace when the green flag waved ahead of
Hayward, Horton and Powers. The
foursome raced in order to the checkered
where Linn easily collected the win
ahead of Hayward in second. A battle
broke out for third position as the
checkered waved as Horton crossed the
line in third with a slim 0.10 of a second
advantage over Powers in fourth.
ITE - Paul Gassen showed up Sunday for
the final showdown of the weekend in his
Ford Mustang and ripped his way around
the race circuit to tally the ITE win and a
21st overall finish.
RS - David Allen out of Cupertino,
Calif., set fast time over Edward Lever in
RS qualifying Saturday then set out to
win the race once the green flag waved.
Allen was too fast this day and pushed
his #84 Miata to victory lane ahead of
Lever in second.
Allen and Lever had a good race on
Sunday running together and finishing
just five seconds apart at the checkered.
At the line it was Allen scoring his
second RS win of the weekend ahead of
Lever in second.
Cal Club News
March/April - 2011
Page 7
Race Results - Camguard Double Rational - WSIR
Sunday
February 26-27, 2011
Pos No. Class Nat/Reg Name
Saturday
Group 1
Pos No./Cls/Nat/Reg/Name
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
33
85
77
12
1
3
65
99
37
10
13
19
73
88
98
18
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
N
N
N
N
N
N
R
N
R
R
R
N
N
R
N
R
Laps/Best
Clement Lee
18
Tyler Vance
18
Sammy Valafar
18
Grant Westmorland 18
Brian Ghidinelli 18
Phil Cummings 18
18
ChadHolzer
Bill V Pharaoh Nelson 18
Darwin Felix
18
Wesley Molino
18
Todd Launchbaugh 18
18
Stephen Ruiz
Tyler Deal
18
MarkLange
17
Dale Shoemaker 17
Robert Lindsay
16
01:37.7
01:37.7
01:37.8
01:38.0
01:38.7
01:39.1
01:39.2
01:40.2
01:39.5
01:43.1
01:40.3
01:41.7
01:42.7
01:44.8
01:47.2
01:48.7
Diff
Hometown
0.021
5.279
15.866
24.668
44.116
51.202
01:02.2
01:03.5
01:13.0
01:13.7
01:34.1
01:41.6
1 Lap
1 Lap
2 Laps
San Diego Black
CSCC Mazda Miata
Ladera RanchBlack
CSCC Mazda Miata
Las Vegas Black
LVR Miata Mazda
Chula Vista Blue/Yel SD/CSCC Mazda Miata
San Rafael Gray
CSCC Mazda Miata
Colo Springs Blk/Green 108
Mazda Miata
Valencia
Blu/Green CScc Mazda Miata
Walnut
Blue
CSCC Mazda Miata
Long Beach Dk blue CSCC Mazda
Glendora
BlACK
CSCC Mazda Miata
Glendora
Silver
CSCC Mazda Miata
Redondo Bch Blue/WhiteCSCC Mazda Miata
Rosamond Red/White CSCC Mazda Miata
Calabasas
Red
CSCC Mazda Miata
Henderson Blk/blue LV
Mazda Miata
San Dimas Silver
HI
Mazda Miata
Color
Club
Make
Group 2
Pos No./Cls/Nat/Reg/Name
Laps/Best
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
18
18
18
18
18
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
16
16
15
12
5
8
58
82
36
48
3
98
32
31
47
75
72
3
77
76
43
DNF 65
DSR
DSR
DSR
FA
FA
FB
CSR
DSR
FM
FA
S2
CSR
FM
CSR
CSR
DSR
CSR
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
R
R
N
N
R
N
Lee Alexander
Chris Farrell
Henry Botkin
Chris Emanuel
Vince Gaddini
Rod Morley
SteveNicklin
Ellen Ferguson
SteveBrown
Renny Damon
David Ferguson
Michael Alfred
Ed Lever
Joseph Schifini
Rene Lohr
James Kuhns
DaveTweedie
01:12.9
01:12.7
01:17.7
01:19.2
01:20.1
01:19.9
01:18.9
01:21.6
01:22.4
01:24.0
01:28.0
01:27.4
01:30.9
01:31.6
01:26.8
01:27.8
01:22.2
Diff
Hometown
0.87
52.552
01:10.7
01:24.9
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
2 Laps
2 Laps
2 Laps
2 Laps
3 Laps
6 Laps
DNF
Las Vegas Black
CSCC Stohr WF-Zero
Salt Lake City
Utah 2008 Stohr
Jamul
Sil/Blue SD/CSCC Stohr WF1
Hunt. Beach REd/Blk CSCC 2005 Star Pro-FM
Auburn
Blue
CSCC Mazda Pro
Oren,Utah Black
Rky Mtn Firman
Hender., NV Green
CSCC Radical SR3
Paso Robles Yellow
CSCC Stohr WF1
Ontario
Yell/Blk CSCC Star Mazda
Auburn
Blue
CSCC 2009 Mazda PRO
Paso Robles Purple
CSCC Van Die RFS-03
Camarillo
Yellow
Beasley B2
La Jolla
Blue/white CSCC/SF 1998 Star Mazda
Hender. NV Blk/Red CSCC Radical
Chino Hills Blk/Ora CSCC Radical SR3
Encinitas
Blue
CSCC Zephyrus III
Riverside
White
CSCC Radical
Color
Club
Make
T1
T1
T1
T1
STU
STU
T3
T3
STU
STU
T3
ITA
SSB
HP
STU
ITA
T3
HP
SSC
ITA
STU
HP
HP
ITC
HP
ITA
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
R
N
N
N
R
N
N
N
R
N
N
N
R
N
R
Laps/Best
Oli Thordarson
18
Kyle Kelley
18
Robert Kahn
18
ChrisRonson
18
Matthew Staal
18
MarcHoover
18
18
Sage Marie
Tom Wickersham 18
Bryan Lampe
17
Sammy Valafar
17
17
Ali Naimi
Naji Dahi
17
Lee Niffenegger 17
Gary Wittman
17
Phillip Royle
17
Wesley Molino
17
Michael Sullivan 17
JasonIsley
17
BrianHusting
16
16
David Allen
16
Stephen Ruiz
Neil Verity
16
Cory Markos
16
H. Gandasetiawan 14
MikeBachman
13
Todd Launchbaugh8
01:29.8
01:29.1
01:29.4
01:31.2
01:31.7
01:32.1
01:33.3
01:33.3
01:36.0
01:36.3
01:36.8
01:38.5
01:37.5
01:37.6
01:40.2
01:40.1
01:38.8
01:37.9
01:40.8
01:41.0
01:41.6
01:41.4
01:43.3
01:58.0
02:03.8
01:40.3
Diff
Hometown
Color
Club
Make
0.547
23.602
27.406
38.165
40.762
01:09.3
01:09.5
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
2 Laps
4 Laps
5 Laps
DNF
Trabuco Can Yellow
Hunt Beach Silver
Las Vegas Black
Modesto
Yellow
Torrance
Whote/Bl
Shingle Spr Blue/Silv
Hunt Beach Black
San Ramon Blue
Lakewood White
Las Vegas Black
Morgan Hill Silver
Long Beach Black
Santa Clarita Grey
Costa Mesa Yellow
Winnetka
Red
Glendora
BlACK
Oakland
Blk/Blue
Coto deCaza White
Irvine
White
Cupertino
Silver
Redondo Be Blue/Whi
Sunnyvale Green
Riverside
Red
Garden Grove
San Jose
Blue
Glendora
Silver
CSCC
CSCC
SD
CSCC
CSCC
AZ
CSCC
SF
CSCC
LVR
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
SF
SD
CSCC
SANF
CSCC
SF
CSCC
White
Blue
CSCC
02 Chevy Corv
Chevy Corvette
1999 Chevy Corv
2002 Chevy Corv
Acura
Mazda Miata
08 Honda Civic
Honda S2000
BMW 325i
Miata Mazda
04 Mazda 3
Nissan 200SX
06 Honda Civic
Austin Healey Sp
Mazda Miata
Mazda Miata
Honda
Toyota Yaris
06 Chevy Cobalt
Mazda Miata
Mazda Miata
MGB
Honda
CSCC Honda
1960 Sprite MKI
Mazda Miata
Diff
Hometown
Club
Make
Pos No./Cls/Nat/Reg/Name
Laps/Best
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
18
18
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
16
16
FF
FF
SRF
SRF
SRF
SRF
SRF
SRF
SRF
SRF
SRF
SRF
SRF
SRF
FV
FV
FV
SRF
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
R
Douglas Brenner
Ed Erlandson
TJ Acker
Paul Marino
Bill Jucha
Tom Miserendino
Mark Ballengee
Marty Williams
Craig Zaph
Lee Douglas
Paul Raby
Jim Murray
Rick Webking
Tom Burt
Ron Wake
Mark Edwards
Charlie Turner
Ed Railton
01:27.6
01:27.6
01:33.4
01:34.4
01:34.6
01:34.5
01:34.7
01:34.4
01:35.4
01:35.2
01:35.6
01:36.8
01:36.4
01:35.9
01:38.1
01:38.8
01:38.7
01:38.0
5.514
1 Lap
1 Lap
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
Fort Bragg Yel/Oran CSCC Van Dieman
Burbank
White
CSCC 1990 Swift dB-6
Saugus
White/Red CSCC SRF
Chatsworth White/Red CSCC SRF
Tehachapi Yellow
CSCC SRF
Los Angeles White/Red CSCC SRF
Shafter
Red/yell CSCC SRF
Woodland Hi Blue/Whi CSCC SRF
Los Angeles Black/Whi CSCC SRF
Portland
CopperBlk OR/CSCC SRF
Las Vegas Blue/Whi LV
SRF
Portland,OR Blue
Oregon SRF
Pasadena
White
CSCC SRF
Bambridge Is Bl/Ylw/W Northw SRF
Lafayette
Yellow
SF/CSCC Mysterian M4
Los Angeles Yellow
CSCC Glamdring
Mission Viej Black
CSCC Protoform P3
San Ramon Blue/Silv SF
Ford SRF
Color
Group 5
Pos No./Cls/Nat/Reg/Name
Laps/Best
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
16
16
16
15
10
10
9
4
3
5
12
12
15
3
98
10
50
19
20
71
73
28
44
31
9
66
36
84
8
3
5
64
DNF 51
DNF 1
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
N
N
N
N
N
N
R
N
R
R
N
R
N
R
N
R
N
Laps/Best Tm Diff
Tyler Vance
18
Sammy Valafar
18
Clement Lee
18
Brian Ghidinelli 18
Chuck Matthews 18
Grant Westmorland 18
Darwin Felix
18
Phil Cummings 18
Wesley Molino
18
ChadHolzer
18
Stephen Ruiz
18
Todd Launchbaugh 18
Tyler Deal
18
Mark Lange
17
Dale Shoemaker 17
Robert Lindsay
17
Bill V Pharaoh Nelson 7
01:36.8
01:37.8
01:37.6
01:37.8
01:37.8
01:37.5
01:27.4
01:38.8
01:40.0
01:40.5
01:40.6
01:40.2
01:42.3
01:43.2
01:45.6
01:46.1
01:40.1
0.104
3.603
7.696
23.654
35.701
47.646
48.099
51.981
01:05.3
01:05.8
01:06.7
01:28.7
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
DNF
Hometown
Color
Club
Make
Ladera RanchBlack
CSCC Mazda Miata
Las Vegas Black
LVR Miata Mazda
San Diego Black
CSCC Mazda Miata
San Rafael Gray
CSCC Mazda Miata
Westlake Vill Red/silver CSCC Mazda Miata
Chula Vista Blue/Yell SD/CSCC Mazda Miata
Long Beach Dk blue CSCC Mazda
Colorado Sp Blk/Green 108
Mazda Miata
Glendora
BlACK
CSCC 199 Mazda Miata
Valencia
Blu/Green CScc Mazda Miata
Redondo Be Blue/WhiteCSCC Mazda Miata
Glendora
Silver
CSCC Mazda Miata
Rosamond Red/White CSCC Mazda Miata
Calabasas
Red
CSCC 88 Mazda Miata
Henderson Blk/blue LV
Mazda Miata
San Dimas Silver
HI
Mazda Miata
Walnut
Blue
CSCC Mazda Miata
Group 2
Pos No. Class Nat/Reg Name
Laps/Best Tm Diff
Hometown
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
18
18
17
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
16
16
15
15
14
4
2
2
Las Vegas Black
CSCC Stohr WF-Zero
Jamul
Silver/Blue SD/CSCC Stohr WF1
Auburn
Blue
CSCC Mazda Pro
Paso Robles Yellow
CSCC Stohr WF1
Auburn
Blue
CSCC 2009 Mazda PRO
Oren,Utah Black
Rky Mtn Firman
Paso Robles Purple
CSCC Van Die RFS-03
Irvine
Red
CSCC Swift DB2
Encinitas
Blue
CSCC Zephyrus III
Ontario
Yellow/BlkCSCC Star Mazda
Chino Hills Blk/Orang CSCC Radical SR3
La Jolla
Blue/.whiteCSCC/SF 1998 Star Mazda
San Diego Black
SDR
Radical SR3
Camarillo
Yellow
Beasley B2
Salt Lake City
Utah 2008 Stohr
Laguna Hills Yellow
CSCC Carbir CS2
Huntington B REd/Blk CSCC 2005 Star Pro-FM
Hender NV Green
CSCC Radical SR3
8
82
48
32
47
3
75
85
43
31
76
3
19
72
58
DNF 7
DNF 36
DNF 98
DSR
DSR
FA
DSR
FA
FB
S2
S2
DSR
FM
CSR
FM
CSR
CSR
DSR
S2
FA
CSR
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
R
N
N
R
N
R
N
N
N
N
Lee Alexander
Henry Botkin
Vince Gaddini
Ellen Ferguson
Renny Damon
Rod Morley
David Ferguson
Doug Ota
James Kuhns
SteveBrown
Rene Lohr
Ed Lever
Ron Fletcher
Michael Alfred
Chris Farrell
Joe Moran
Chris Emanuel
Steve Nicklin
01:13.7
01:16.3
01:19.6
01:19.7
01:21.9
01:19.3
01:24.9
01:24.7
01:24.9
01:24.4
01:26.5
01:28.6
01:23.7
01:27.6
01:13.7
01:25.4
01:21.7
01:27.0
33.597
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
2 Laps
2 Laps
2 Laps
2 Laps
3 Laps
3 Laps
4 Laps
DNF
DNF
DNF
Color
Club
Make
Laps/Best Tm Diff
1 23 T1 N Oli Thordarson
18
2 79 T1 N Kyle Kelley
18
3 35 T1 N Robert Kahn
18
4 98 STU N MarcHoover
18
5 40 T3 N Sage Marie
18
6 3 T3 N Tom Wickersham 18
7 34 STU N Bryan Lampe
17
8 37 T3 N Ali Naimi
17
9 92 SSB N Lee Niffenegger 17
10 82 ITA R Naji Dahi
17
11 33 HP N Gary Wittman
17
12 99 HP N Jason Isley
17
13 4 T3 N Michael Sullivan 17
14 10 ITA R Wesley Molino
17
15 13 ITA R Todd Launchbaugh 16
16 42 STU N Phillip Royle
16
17 65 SSC N Brian Husting
16
18 83 HP N Neil Verity
16
19 5 ITA R Darren Murdock 16
20 43 HP N Cory Markos
16
21 84 ITA R David Allen
16
22 9 ITC R H. Gandasetiawan 14
23 7 HP N MikeBachman
14
24 24 STU N Matthew Staal
10
DQ 77 STU N Sammy Valafar
17
Car #77 DQ per steward action
01:29.5
01:30.0
01:30.8
01:31.5
01:34.2
01:34.4
01:36.1
01:37.2
01:36.5
01:38.0
01:36.8
01:37.0
01:40.3
01:40.9
01:41.0
01:40.4
01:40.8
01:39.2
01:41.4
01:42.3
01:42.7
01:57.8
02:00.6
01:33.3
01:36.0
0.702
24.387
01:04.6
01:18.7
01:25.8
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
2 Laps
2 Laps
2 Laps
2 Laps
2 Laps
2 Laps
2 Laps
4 Laps
4 Laps
8 Laps
DQ
Hometown
Color
Club
Make
Trabuco Can
Huntington
Las Vegas
Shingle Spri
Huntington
San Ramon
Lakewood
Morgan Hill
Santa Clarita
Long Beach
Costa Mesa
Coto deCaza
Oakland
Glendora
Glendora
Winnetka
Irvine
Sunnyvale
Las Vegas
Riverside
Cupertino
Garden Gro
San Jose
Torrance
Las Vegas
Yellow
Silver
Black
Blue/Silv
Black
Blue
White
Silver
Grey
Black
Yellow
White
Blk/Blue
BlACK
Silver
Red
White
Green
White
Red
Silver
White
Blue
Whote/Bl
Black
CSCC
CSCC
SD
AZ
CSCC
SF
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
SD
SF
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
SF
CSCC
CSCC
SANF
CSCC
Blue
CSCC
LVR
Chevy Corvette
Chevy Corvette
1Chevy Corvette
Mazda Miata
08 Honda Civic
Honda S2000
BMW 325i
04 Mazda 3
06 Honda Civic
Nissan 200SX
Austin Healey Sp
Toyota Yaris
Honda
Mazda Miata
Mazda Miata
Mazda Miata
06 Chevy Cobalt
MGB
Honda Civic
Honda
Mazda Miata
Honda
1960 Sprite MKI
Acura
Miata Mazda
Hometown
Color
Club
Make
Group 4
Group 4
26
18
62
14
4
15
97
49
22
2
7
17
67
45
41
74
25
1
85
77
33
1
38
12
37
3
10
65
19
13
73
88
98
18
DNF 99
Pos No. Class Nat/Reg Name
Pos No./Cls/Nat/Reg/Name
23
79
35
94
24
98
40
3
34
77
37
82
92
33
42
10
4
99
65
84
19
83
43
9
7
DNF 13
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Group 3
Group 3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Group 1
GT-1 N
GT-3 N
SP R
GT-3 N
GT-2 N
MGT2 R
GT-3 N
EP N
EP N
SP R
SP R
AS N
SP R
GT-L N
FP N
GT-1 N
FP N
FP N
RS R
RS R
GT-1 N
MGT2 R
GT-L N
EP N
GT-L N
Andy Porterfield
Mike Henderson
Richard Wall
Wolfgang Maike
Brooks Potter
Jim Wagaman
Richard Gray
Gary Gist
Josh Carroll
George Captanis
Bruce Powers
ChrisQualls
DeanHeller
John Bower
Noel Hayward
Chip Boatright
Charles Horton
Sean Powers
David Allen
Edward Lever
Kyle Kelley
Thorpe Logeman
Bill Gilcrease
Roger Karlson
Michael Fazzi
01:24.8
01:25.9
01:28.0
01:26.7
01:30.0
01:30.2
01:29.1
01:33.8
01:33.2
01:34.6
01:35.2
01:35.9
01:34.5
01:35.7
01:35.3
01:35.2
01:38.4
01:39.9
01:41.0
01:43.5
01:19.4
01:36.4
01:35.8
01:32.4
01:52.1
Diff
Hometown
Color
Club
Make
18.849
51.042
52.187
01:10.5
01:10.9
01:15.2
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
2 Laps
2 Laps
2 Laps
2 Laps
2 Laps
3 Laps
8 Laps
8 Laps
9 Laps
DNF
DNF
Newport Bea Grey
CSCC Chevy Camaro
SD/CSCC Mazda RX-7
El Cajon
Black
Whittier
Blue
CSCC Dodge Interpid
Santa Barba Multi
CSCC Toyota Paseo
Boise,ID
White/BlueCSCC Porsche
Chatsworth Yellow
Yellow Mazda RX-7
Yellow
CSCC Nissan 240SX
Moorpark
Del Mar
Orange
San Die Mazda RX-7
San Ramon White
SF
Mazda RX7
Long Beach Red
CSCC Chevy Monte Car
Palmdale
Orange
CSCC Mercury Cougar
Burbank
Yellow
CSCC 1995 Cobra
Carson City REd
Reno 1990 Chevrolet
Granada Hill White/BlueCSCC Nissan Sentra
Fairfield
Yellow
SFR
MG Midget
Mundelein,IL Yellow
AZ
Chevy Corvette
Hayward
Yellow
SF
MG Midget
Peoria
Yellow
Az/CSCC1993 Mazda Miat
Cupertino
Silver
San Fra Mazda Miata
La Jolla
Red
CSCC/SF Mazda Miata
Huntington B White
CSCC 2003 Chevy Cam
Newport Coa Silver
33
Mazda RX-7
Costa Mesa Green
CSCC BMC Mini
Carpenteria Yellow
CSCC Elva Courier
Newport Bea Blue
CSCC 1964 Austin Mini
Pos No. Class Nat/Reg Name
Laps/Best Tm Diff
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
18
18
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
1
18
26
62
97
4
15
14
45
67
5
41
17
74
1
25
2
DNF 22
FF N
FF N
SRF N
SRF N
SRF N
SRF N
SRF N
SRF N
SRF N
F500 N
FV N
SRF N
FV N
SRF R
FV N
SRF N
SRF N
Ed Erlandson
Douglas Brenner
TJ Acker
MarkBallengee
Bill Jucha
Tom Miserendino
Paul Marino
Tom Burt
Rick Webking
Geoff Gerko
Ron Wake
Jim Murray
MarkEdwards
Ed Railton
Charlie Turner
Lee Douglas
CraigZaph
01:26.4
01:26.5
01:34.3
01:34.1
01:34.8
01:34.9
01:34.5
01:35.3
01:37.4
01:36.5
01:37.3
01:37.2
01:37.8
01:37.4
01:38.6
01:35.4
02:47.3
Burbank
1.007 Fort Bragg
1 Lap Saugus
1 Lap Shafter
1 Lap Tehachapi
1 Lap Los Angeles
1 Lap Chatsworth
1 Lap Bambridge
1 Lap Pasadena
1 Lap Cleveland
1 Lap Lafayette
1 Lap Portland,OR
1 Lap Los Angeles
1 Lap San Ramon
2 Laps Mission Vie
2 Laps Portland
DNF Los Angeles
White
CSCC 1990 Swift dB-6
Yellow/Or CSCC Van Dieman
White/Red CSCC SRF
Red/yellowCSCC SRF
Yellow
CSCC SRF
White/Red CSCC SRF
White/Red CSCC SRF
B/Y/White Northw SRF
White
CSCC SRF
Dk Blue Great L KBS MK V11
Yellow
SF/CSCC Mysterian M4
Blue
Oregon SRF
Yellow
CSCC Glamdring
Blue/SilverSF
Ford SRF
Black
CSCC Protoform P3
CopperBla OR/CSCC SRF
Black/Whi CSCC SRF
Group 5
Pos No. Class Nat/Reg Name
Laps/Best Tm Diff
Hometown
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
18
18
18
18
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
15
14
2
Newport
Grey
Santa Barb Multi
Boise,ID
White/Blu
Newport
Silver
El Cajon
Black
Moorpark
Yellow
Whittier
Blue
San Ramon White
Carpenteria Yellow
Long Beach Red
Redondo Be Blue
Granada HillsWhi/Blue
Del Mar
Orange
Costa Mesa Green
Chatsworth Yellow
Fairfield
Yellow
Palmdale
Orange
Mundelein,IL Yellow
Hayward
Yellow
Peoria
Yellow
Fallbrook
Black
Cupertino
Silver
La Jolla
Red
Carson City REd
Burbank
Yellow
Huntington White
5
15
3
5
12
10
12
19
51
20
11
44
50
64
98
31
71
9
66
36
49
84
8
28
DNF 73
DNF 3
GT-1 N
GT-3 N
GT-2 N
MGT2 R
GT-3 N
GT-3 N
SP R
EP N
EP N
SP R
FP N
GT-L N
EP N
GT-L N
MGT2 R
FP N
SP R
GT-1 N
FP N
FP N
ITE R
RS R
RS R
SP R
AS N
GT-1 N
Andy Porterfield
Wolfgang Maike
Brooks Potter
Thorpe Logeman
MikeHenderson
Richard Gray
Richard Wall
Josh Carroll
Roger Karlson
George Captanis
BrianLinn
John Bower
Gary Gist
Bill Gilcrease
Jim Wagaman
Noel Hayward
Bruce Powers
Chip Boatright
Charles Horton
Sean Powers
Paul Gassen
David Allen
Edward Lever
DeanHeller
Chris Qualls
Kyle Kelley
01:25.9
01:28.9
01:28.2
01:31.0
01:28.6
01:29.7
01:30.3
01:31.5
01:33.2
01:34.4
01:34.7
01:35.3
01:34.7
01:35.5
01:31.1
01:35.1
01:36.5
01:36.9
01:38.3
01:38.9
01:39.5
01:41.9
01:41.9
01:34.1
01:35.4
01:03.7
01:11.1
01:36.1
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
2 Laps
2 Laps
2 Laps
3 Laps
3 Laps
4 Laps
DNF
DNF
Color
Club
Make
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
33
Chevy Camaro
Toyota Paseo
Porsche
Mazda RX-7
Mazda RX-7
Nissan 240SX
Dodge Interpid
Mazda RX7
Elva Courier
Monte Carlo
Mazda Miata
Nissan Sentra
Mazda RX-7
BMC Mini
Mazda RX-7
MG Midget
Mercury Cougar
Chevy Corvette
MG Midget
Mazda Miata
Ford Mustang
Mazda Miata
Mazda Miata
1990 Chevrolet
1995 Cobra
2003 Camaro
SD/CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
SF
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
SDR
CSCC
CSCC
SFR
CSCC
AZ
SF
AZ/CSCC
CSCC
San Fra
CSCC/SF
Reno
CSCC
CSCC
Cal Club News
Page 8
March/April - 2011
Buttonwillow Raceway Park hosts
March Madness Double Regional
29 Super School graduates raced on Sunday
(March 25-27, 2011) Cal Club returned
home to Buttonwillow Raceway Park for
the first Double Regional of the year with
threats of foul weather forecasted, again.
Just like at Willow Springs last month,
the prediction of rain never developed
except for light showers during the final
two races on Saturday. Overall it was a
beautiful weekend at Buttonwillow.
Saturday saw partly cloudy skies and cool
temperatures but Sunday was glorious
t-shirt weather.
Our Emergency Team was busy
rescuing cars that slid off course all
weekend. The complication for many
rescues was the mud from previous
storms the week leading up to the race,
plus the Saturday afternoon moisture
didn't help either. It was a mess and even
one tow truck fell victim to the mud
during one extraction on the downside
of Phil Hill. They too needed assistance
getting out of the muck.
Saturday's Regional raced on the
West Loop with the Super School
busy on the East Loop. Sunday's
track configuration was 1CW.
29 students showed up for Cal Club's
Super School that started with a
classroom session Thursday night followed
with two days of track time Friday and
Saturday. The bonus for this graduating
class is they were offered a free entry
Sunday allowing them to take what they
learned in school directly to real race
conditions against our seasoned regulars.
This was a big challenge because they
learned how to race on the 27CW during
school then raced the full course version
1CW on Sunday. Day four for them was
the ultimate test of their ability to apply
what learned on an entirely new
circuit. School instructors were seen
coaching the graduates after each session
on Sunday. They were in high spirits
sporting ear to ear grins and wasted no
time bench racing with anyone who
wanted to listen. Cal Club Super School
instructor staff led by Jim Bishop again
did a fantastic job proving why Cal Club
stands out in all sports car circles.
GROUP 1 - SRF, FV, FF, CF, SF,
FS, FST
SRF - Mark Ballengee led a five car
battle Saturday morning when he set fast
time in qualifying ahead of Craig Zaph
and Don Palla. Once the first race of the
weekend started it was clear that
Ballengee had the field covered even
though Zaph set the fastest lap of the
race. After 23 laps on the short West
Loop course Ballengee was victorious
with a 3.3 second advantage over Zaph in
second. French raced his way from the
tail end of the pack to collect third ahead
of Palla and David Jackson in fourth and
fifth. Pascal Donzel completed the SRF
finishing order in sixth.
SRF veteran Ballengee didn't surprise
too many people Sunday morning as he
toyed with his competitors after setting
fast time in qualifying then setting the
race pace from the start. Zaph again did
all he could to hang but wasn't able to
make a move that would stick instead
finishing second ahead of Jackson in
third. Palla was fourth with Donzel
rounding out the top five.
FV - Mark Edwards was quickest of
three Formula Vee entries in qualifying
Saturday with a 1.3 seconds advantage
over Charlie Turner. From the start it was
Edwards who took control of the race
pace with Turner and Buralli in pursuit.
But Edwards was strong and led to the
checkered where he tallied the win ahead
of Turner in second and Buralli in third.
Sunday Edwards was the force to
beat again as the tallied his second win of
the weekend over Turner in second who
parked it after 11 laps with blown front
wheel bearing and broken shock tower.
GROUP 2 - SM, SRX7, PRO7
SM - 13 Spec Miata entries qualified
Saturday morning with Clement Lee on
top with a 0.4 of a second advantage over
Curtis Gong. At the start Lee wasted no
time and took command of the race as
Grant Westmorland moved to second
pushing Gong in third. The top three
raced in order to lap 10 when
Westmorland captured the point pushing
Lee to second. The top three were fast
and raced in tight formation up to the last
lap when Lee moved back to first. He
held his advantage to the checkered
claiming the win with a scant 0.13 of
a second gap over Westmorland in
second. In third just 0.457 of a second
back was Gong. A few seconds back was
Preston Lerner and Eric Richter who
finished fourth and fifth separated by just
0.7 of a second.
Hot ITB battle as Sandro Cavedoni leads Rodger Ward.
Dennis Baer Photo
SRX7 - Steve Bodeman of Scottsdale,
Ariz. came out to play but had nobody to
race with. He raced his #82 RX7 to the
checkered where he tallied the class win
and a 13th overall finish.
Sunday on the big track Bodeman
backed up his winning performance from
yesterday with another first place result
and a 19th overall finish.
PRO7 - Super School graduates filled the
Pro7 roster Sunday with Brian Cashion
was fastest in qualifying. At the green
Cashion set the pace as Allen Cosby
moved to second ahead of Lonny Sheek.
Cosby was out on lap nine with a broken
header as Cashion and Sheek raced to the
checkered to finish first and second.
Cosby was credited with third.
GROUP 3 - FC, CSR, DSR, S2000
FC - A slim five car field showed up for
the third group of the day. FC driver Les
Phillips was the fast guy who claimed the
overall fast time in qualifying. He then
took command of the race pace from the
green and held off fellow class competitor
Bill Kincaid. Phillips and Kincaid were
the first two to cross the finish line and
finished first and second in FC.
Kincaid set fast time in Sunday's FC
qualifying and held the advantage from
the green but Phillips pushed from the
rear of the field to capture the lead on the
fourth circuit. Phillips maintained control
of the pace before the tallied another win
ahead of Kincaid in second and Stephen
Stoll in third.
CSR - Michael Alfred started in last with
no qualifying time Saturday but managed
to forge his way to third overall at the
checkered where he tallied the CSR win.
Sunday Alfred continued his solid
performance starting in the rear again
and working his way to fourth overall
where he collected his second first place
CSR trophy of the weekend.
DSR - James Kuhns raced his Zephyrus
III to a pair of DSR wins, one on the West
Loop and on the full circuit on Sunday.
Saturday Kuhns scored a fourth
overall finish and Sunday he pinned
down seventh.
FM - Ed Lever, the only Formula Mazda
entry raced to collect collect the class
win and fifth overall Saturday then
backed it up Sunday with another trophy.
S2000 - Rob Thomson had problems on
the first lap when he spun in the esses
but recovered to collect the S2000 win
several laps down to the overall winner.
Allen Cosby, former Cal Club Flagging & Communications Chief, put
himself behind the wheel and graduated from Super School then raced on
Sunday in Pro7.
Dennis Baer Photo
Edward Guenther pulled out his
S2000 Swift Db5 Sunday to play with the
boys and set fast time in qualifying.
Guenther was hooked up and easily
scored the S2000 win with a big gap on
Thomson in second Andrew Hurwich
in third.
GROUP 4 - MGT2, GT1, SP, STU,
ITE, RS, EP
Mazda GT2 - Several Mazda GT-2
entries showed up and put on a show that
has long been missed in this class.
Thorpe Logeman set fast time in
qualifying but it was Jim Wagaman who
was on fire as he blistered his way to first
overall and first in class after leading the
final 11 laps with a win 15.2 seconds
ahead of Jon Van Caneghem in second
and Robert Stebbins in third.
Wagaman was quickest in qualifying
Sunday morning but Stebbins was up on
the wheel and led the first lap. Logeman
was out after two laps as was Van
Caneghem a bit later. On the fifth circuit
Wagaman moved back to first and held
his advantage to the checkered where he
collect another win. Stebbins finished
second ahead of Thor Gjerdrum in third.
GT1 - Michael Hedlund set the overall
pace in his Porsche 911 through lap eight
as the rain starting to fall. He settled in at
fourth overall at the checkered where he
tallied the GT-1 win after 12 laps of
competition.
Dry conditions suited the GT1
Porsche on Sunday as Hedlund was
hooked up and on rails. He easily scored
the overall win with a 38 second
advantage on second overall, the Mazda
GT2 winner.
GT2 - Joe Moran, S2000 superstar was
seen this weekend in a GT2 entry. When
asked what the heck he was doing he
laughed and said, "I'm checking this off
my bucket list. It's something I've always
wanted to do." Moran failed to complete
the parade lap Saturday but was able to
get his Porsche to the checkered Sunday
where he won GT2 and finished
third overall.
SP - Bruce Powers was the fastest S Prod
entry in Saturday’s qualifying then set
out to battle Joshua Pitt for the lead. Pitt
took command of the race pace on lap 3
then dropped out on the eighth circuit
moving Powers back to first with Ron
Bailey running second. Powers raced to
the checkered where he collected the win
with a four lap advantage over Bailey
in second.
Powers continued to dominate S Prod
Sunday with fast time in qualifying.
From the start he easily raced to the
checkered where he tallied his second
win of the weekend ahead of Bailey in
second spot.
STU - STU changed race groups Sunday
as Bryan Lampe maintained his force. He
was quickest in qualifying then led every
lap ahead of Calvin Liu. At the checkered
Lampe earned his second STU win over
Liu in second.
ITE - Robert Green was fastest qualifier
in ITE Saturday with a 2.4 second
advantage over Paul Gassen. Green led
every lap as Gassen chased him up to the
checkered. At the checkered Green
tallied the win ahead of Gassen in second.
Green was quickest again Sunday
morning and earned fast time in
qualifying. He took charge of the race
continued on page 13
Cal Club - SCCA
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A Brief History on Cal Club
The California Sports Car Club (Cal
Club) is 60-years-old this year and
remains the oldest racing club in
California, next to the Southern
California Timing Association (SCTA),
who run their events on dry lakebeds,
mainly El Mirage. Cal Club’s first
organized event was a hill climb in Palos
Verdes in 1947, prior to the formal
Articles of Incorporation filed with the
Secretary of State, State of California on
March 23, 1950. Credited as the original
founders were John Von Neumann,
Roger Barlow and Taylor Lucas.
The Club has a rich history producing
some of the world’s most noted race drivers and the best race volunteers the sport
has ever seen. People like Phil Hill, Max
Balchowsky, Bob Bondurant, Rick
Mears, Dan Gurney, Masten Gregory,
Carrol Shelby, E. Forbes-Robinson and
many many more filled the weekend
fields in such places as Palm Springs,
Torrey Pines, Paramount Ranch, Pomona
Fair Grounds, Santa Barbara, Riverside,
even Minter Field now Shafter Airport.
During the 1950s Cal Club was in
direct competition with the Southern
California Region of the Sports Car Club
of America, both organizations running a
full annual calendar of road racing
events. At that time there was a level of
arrogance within the SCCA that felt the
sport should only cater to the “amateur”
driver, where Cal Club virtually
welcomed drivers from any level. Those
early races at such tracks as Riverside
and Santa Barbara drew large entries and
many spectators, an example was the
1959 Memorial Day weekend at Santa
Barbara. There were 295 entries, and
25,000 spectators.
As the sport was growing it became
evident that Cal Club and the SCCA were
diluting the Southern California road
race market. Lindley Bothwell, in 1961,
took the lead and negotiated a merger.
The California Sports Car Club became a
Region of the Sports Car Club of
America and the charter of the local
Region was dissolved.
Race management and the skilled
worker base is what separated Cal Club
events from many others. Even
though racing in the era was much
more dangerous than today, Cal Club
continued to stress safety as they did in
1958 by mandating the use of rollbars,
somewhat unheard of at the time, and the
Club has influenced many positive
changes for the sport ever since.
As the decades went by more and
more of the Southern California tracks
were disappearing, mainly due to the
lack of spectator protection and overall
issues of liability. Although many
disappeared because the property was
too valuable to just support a racetrack.
Pebble Beach and Torrey Pines are good
examples of beautiful race venues that
are now beautiful golf courses and
residential developments. By the 1980s
there were only two viable road race
courses available in Southern California,
Riverside Raceway and Willow Springs.
With the demise of Riverside Raceway,
Cal Club struggled to find places to race
and only Willow Springs remained. In
the mid-90s several members started
thinking that the Club should build their
own track as the only way to guarantee a
place where future members could race.
With the help of a few real “believers”
who financed the effort, the plans for
Buttonwillow Raceway Park were
underway. The official groundbreaking
was July 15, 1995 and the Club celebrated
by entering two tow trucks towing a few
race cars in Buttonwillow’s Annual
Cotton Festival Parade. The Town of
Buttonwillow embraced the Club and
the new track. And here we are today
with a major motorsports complex
not only hosting Cal Club races, but
carting events, motorcycle events and
many manufacturers and magazines
using the track.
The Club’s history is impressive and
a rock solid roadbed on which to build its
bright future.
Post Race Party
Join us!
Every race weekend Cal Club hosts a Post Race Party social event on Saturday
following the last race of the day. This is when Cal Club volunteers return from
their worker stations and get the chance to unwind and bench race with racers and
fans alike. This is a perfect chance for YOU to rub elbows with Cal Club workers
and racers and see first hand how much fun you can have. Be part of the action.
Come out and join us any race weekend! Contact Cal Club at 661-764-5945
Free Admission
Good for entry to any Cal Club event
(at Auto Club Speedway or Buttonwillow Raceway Park.)
Come out and enjoy the races on us!
Race Fan Coupon!
For more information contact Cal Club at 661-764-5945
Why join Cal Club?
Plunking down $85 to join any organization is a fairly serious commitment,
especially in these financially difficult
times. What exactly do you get for your
85 bucks? That depends on your point of
view, your reasons for joining the Club
and what you expect to get out of it.
If you wish to drive race cars, Cal
Club is an excellent SCCA Region to
belong to for the race driver. The Club
has an outstanding driver school to
obtain a Novice license to race and
provides as much racing as you can wish
for in a season. In So Cal, events are run
at Auto Club Speedway, Buttonwillow
Raceway Park and Willow Springs
Raceway.
For those folks who do not wish to
compete against a gaggle of other cars on
the track, Solo (also known as
“autocross”) would be the answer.
Briefly, Solo is competition against the
clock on coned off courses. Just about
any type of car will fit into one of the
classes. Some competitors in the Solo
program have moved on to racing and
some compete in both.
All this racing activity could not take
place without officials and workers. The
Club is divided into volunteer worker
specialty groups including Stewards,
Starters, Timing & Scoring, Flagging,
Tech Inspection, Pit Control, Course
Control,
Emergency,
Pre-Grid,
Registration, Worker Services, and
Equipment. Working the races is a
perfect way to keep close to the sport,
even if you do not the finances or
inclination to drive a race car. All the
worker groups are always looking for
new members, as it takes hundreds of
people to put on an event at the track.
Cal Club not only provides workers for
Club races but for some of the most
important racing events in the country,
such as the Long Beach Grand Prix and
AMA motorcycle roadrace events.
Last, but not least, you receive
SoPac News as part of your Cal Club
membership. Not just a newsletter but a
newspaper covering the many happenings
within our Division. Membership in Cal
Club makes you a serious, card carrying
participant in any of the Club’s activities,
whether they be racing, working or
social. Membership also gives you the
right to vote for members of the Board of
Governors, those wonderful folks who
volunteer to run the Club.
Membership will lastly give you a
sense of belonging and pride, not just in
“the” Club, but YOUR Club.
About the SCCA
The rising sun begins to punch its way
through a heavy mist. All around you is
silence and stillness until, off in the
distance, the staccato bark of a racing
engine coming to life shatters the
tranquility. You can feel it. You’re
going racing.
Since 1944, SCCA has championed
one mission: To bring motorsports to the
masses of American men and women
who are passionate about automobiles,
speed and competition. From National
Championships to regional events,
whether professional or amateur, we
exist to organize, support and develop
auto racing at every level and provide an
outlet for you to get out of the armchair
and into the action. So, whether your
passion is autocrossing, rallying or road
racing as a professional or as a weekend
warrior, SCCA wants to help you fuel
your passion.
Browse these pages and learn more
about membership opportunities in your
area. SCCA is devoted to participation at
whichever level you choose. Driving,
marshaling, working on a crew or event
administration are just some of the
countless ways to indulge your passion
with like-minded people from all walks
of life. And with 114 regions across the
country, an SCCA event is not likely to
be far from home. So what are you
waiting for? Membership is just a click
away. You don’t need to own a racecar.
You don’t need to be mechanically
inclined. You just have to enjoy the
speed, sound and atmosphere of
motorsports.
Don’t just sit in the grandstands or
watch it on TV. Become a part of the
action with others in your local area!
Cal Club
Track Pass Coupon
Present this coupon at designated Cal Club races for a
chance to join a pace car guided tour of the race track
during the events lunch break. Get a feel for what it’s like
to drive on a road racing circuit. For more information
contact Cal Club at 661-764-5945
Value - $$ Priceless $$
Cal Club - 661-764-5945 • www.calclub.com
Crossover to and from Sports Car Racing
Solo
Dirt, Cones and the Unknown
RallyCross
Solo is the SCCA brand name for
autocross competition. Solo events are driving
skill contests that emphasize the driver's
ability and the car's handling characteristics.
This is accomplished by driving a course
that is designated by traffic cones on a low
hazard location, such as a parking lot or
inactive airstrip. While speeds are no
greater than those normally encountered in
legal highway driving, the combination of concentration and car feedback creates an
adrenaline pumping experience. It is like being in a movie chase scene, only you are
holding onto the steering wheel instead of a box of popcorn!
SCCA Solo Competition
The SCCA annually publishes the Solo Rules to classify a full range of imported and
domestic sports cars,sedans, and purpose-built race cars, as well as to layout the basic
rules behind Solo competition. The Solo Car Classifications are provided so that you
may determine what types of cars are typically competing in Solo, although there is a
class for just about any vehicle. The organizers of local events are also allowed enough
leeway to add classes to suit their particular requirements.
A Level for Your Interest
Over 1200 Regional - and Divisional-level Solo events are held across the country
at local shopping centers, airports, and stadium parking lots -- or wherever competitors
can find a large amount of pavement to safely layout their courses. The sport typically
attracts ordinary sports and sports-type cars used for daily transportation, as well as
heavily modified vehicles used for racing only. Owners of “street” cars usually inflate
the tires to higher than normal pressures, remove the hub caps, empty the interior of
loose items, buckle the seat belts, and have a go. A helmet is required for competitors
and most events have loaner helmets available. The Tire Rack SCCA Solo National
Championship, held annually in Topeka, Kansas, is the epitome of Solo competition and
camaraderie. Over 1200 drivers travel to Topeka to create the world's largest autocross
competition and party. While over 50 National Class Champions will be crowned in the
men's and women's Solo classes, the primary reasons for attending are the dynamics of
the event (organization, competition, variety of cars, etc.), and most of all, the
friendships formed and renewed at the parties and in the paddock. (See Solo schedule
on page 14)
Road Rally
Two people (a driver and a navigator) in
ordinary cars make up a rally team. A
RoadRally is traversed over public roads
within the legal speed limit. The challenge
is to drive on time, arriving at points along
the route neither early nor late (it's NOT a
race). Each team needs a simple watch
which can be synchronized to match official time, as well as something to write on and
with. Interior lighting (map lights, a flashlight, etc) is also a good idea for night rallies.
After receiving and browsing the route instructions, cars start at one minute intervals.
The first section, a short 10-15 mile route, is called the "Odometer Calibration Zone,"
and is used to calibrate the rally car's odometer to the official mileage used to measure
the course by the rallymaster. After this section, the competition really begins, as you
must follow the course using the instructions in the route book, as well as the general
instructions that govern the rally. Meanwhile, you must also stay on time, based on the
average speeds given in the instructions at various points through the routes.
A Contest of Precision
At various points, unknown to the competitors, timing controls (checkpoints) will
be encountered. Since the rallymaster knows the exact distance and speeds you should
have traveled to reach the checkpoint, the "perfect time" of arrival can be calculated.
You are timed at the moment you reach the control, and will receive penalty points for
arriving either early OR late. You are then given information about the last leg, as well
as a time to start the next leg, and a clean start to challenge the clock. This is a contest
of precision, not a race, and each leg is scored separately. If you are early or late at one
control, you cannot make up for it by being late or early at the next. At the conclusion,
scores for all legs are totaled, and the lowest score wins (just like golf). Sound easy?
Well, just as in golf, it takes practice to get very good scores.
Regardless of how well you score, rallying is a lot of fun if you like to spend time
in your car, see some scenery and spend time with congenial people. Rallies usually end
at a location where munchies and beverages are available.
Events For All Levels of Experience
ATouring rally is a time-speed-distance contest with straight-forward course following. There
is never a deliberate attempt to lead the contestant off course, and typically
redundant/confirming instructions are provided if there is an apparent opportunity to get
lost. Since there is less challenge in staying on course, the competition usually either tests
the driver with challenging roads, and/or tests the navigator with precise calculations. A
typical National Tour rally with a minimum of 24 controls is won with an average of less
than one point per control, and often with less than 10 points total (or a total error for the
day of under 6 seconds!).
A Course rally is also a time-speed-distance event, but requires logic to determine
where the course goes, as well as the skills to remain at the assigned average speed.
These contests emphasize mental agility as much as on the road skills. The ability to
think quickly is necessary, often described as "Chess on wheels." If you are a "puzzle"
person, then Course rallying is for you. Scores are generally higher as navigating the
course correctly by solving the "traps" laid by the rallymaster plays a much bigger role
in final scores than very accurate time keeping.
RallyCross is the most widespread and
readily accessible form of extreme dirt
motorsport in the Sports Car Club of
America, and the perfect place to see if you
have what it takes to powerslide your way to
victory. Imagine a scaled down version of a
rally stage laid out on a non-paved plot of
land where the course is delineated by traffic cones instead of trees or rocks. The entry
fees and equipment requirements are considerably less than those necessary to enter any
other forms of performance rally, so in most locations one need only arrive at event registration with a sound, hardtop vehicle and the entry fee. Many SCCA Regions have helmets to loan and will assist the first time competitor with entering the appropriate class,
making their way through technical inspection and finding their way around the course.
Best of all, it's great fun!
Rally, on A Budget
RallyCross is the most cost effective way to gauge a driver's interest and aptitude
for "doing it in the dirt." RallyCross classes are tailored for local entrants but usually
categorize cars according to number of driven wheels, engine capability and the style
of tires mounted. Unlike Solo, a similar competition staged on paved surfaces, where
an entrants ranking is based on the single fastest run, RallyCross competitions are usually judged on the total of multiple runs.
Be sure to find a RallyCross near you and try your hand at the most exciting entrylevel autosport on the planet!
Cal Club’s
Buttonwillow Raceway
Park
By Les Phillips
In 1989, when the famous
Riverside International Raceway
was sold to developers, the membership of Cal Club realized a bold
new step was needed if they wanted
to ensure they would have a place
to race into the future. A small
group of enthusiastic members
asked the question, “Why don’t
we build our own race track?”
That proved to be much easier
said than done.
The first step was to develop a plan for financing such an ambitious project.
Members voted to add a $50 surcharge to each race entry along with multiple programs
to solicit donations from enthusiastic members and others. Results were outstanding
and over $700,000 was generated for the sole purpose of building only the second club
owned track in the US.
Site selection was next. Real estate costs and environmental issues and concerns
made it obvious an affordable track could not be built near a major California city. Kern
County proved to be a friendly and eager project participant and after several potential,
but not workable site attempts, a great location ? mile from I-5 was selected, just 25
miles northwest of Bakersfield and 125 miles from LAX. That 334 acre location has
proven to be easily accessible for racers and enthusiasts from both ends of California as
well as our neighboring states.
Thanks to five member investors construction financing was obtained in June of
1995 and Buttonwillow Raceway Park opened in December of 1995. The track opened
with over four miles of race surface that offered over thirty different track configurations.
The track designers wanted great variety and never wanted it to become boring or
routine. Each visit by even the most experienced and proficient drivers and riders has
proven to be a new challenge with so much variety. Because the track was designed to
be raced in both directions, switching directions is like racing a whole new track. Each
change presents a new look and a different set of challenges.
Today Buttonwillow Raceway Park has proven to be a favorite track for most of the
race and track day clubs in California. Motorcycles are frequent visitors as the track is
renowned for its safety. With expansive runoff areas and few impact zones safety for
both drivers and riders is well recognized. It is often said you have to make a very big
mistake to hit something hard at Buttonwillow. The variety and safety has also made
Buttonwillow a favorite with professional race teams, media outlets for product testing
and manufacturer product introductions. When new sports cars are introduced you will
often read about them first from magazine comparison tests done at Buttonwillow
Raceway Park.
Thanks to the vision of the Cal Club racers and workers way back in 1989, Cal Club
and the general motorsports industry has a permanent and affordable place to race in
California. Being a Cal Club member provides so many advantages. The worker
members enjoy the opportunity of participating in great events like this Long Beach
Grand Prix and the AMA motorcycle races at AAA Speedway. Our racers and workers
have a permanent place to participate in this great sport at many levels at Buttonwillow
Raceway Park. The future is bright for our sport and specifically bright for our Cal Club
members that will always have a home track regardless of future development or
changes in the sport. Cal Club members are in control of their own destiny.
Cal Club - 661-764-5945 • www.calclub.com
Cal Club/SCCA
Sports Car Racing Car Classifications
Cal Club/SCCA has over 30 classes in which to race. Some of these classes are
National Classes and allow individuals to compete for National Championships (at the
Runoffs - the World Series of amateur racing) or for Regional Championships. All
National classes and Regional Only Classes are eligible at Cal Club Regional events
where they compete for their own Regional Championships.
Many of America's best racecar drivers today such as Sam Hornish Jr., Buddy
Lazier, Boris Said, Scott Sharp, Al Unser Jr. and Jimmy Vasser all participated in some
class within those listed below
Regional Only Classes
PRO7 and SRX - First generation RX7
(rotary) cars. This is a restricted class so all
cars are very much the same. There is only
slight difference between the SRX class
and the Pro7 class. Car preparation and
driver skill makes the difference in both of
these classes. These are the lowest cost
classes in which to race and a fun value for
every dollar spent is the highest of all.
944 - This class is restricted and the level of
modification is closely controlled to keep the cost down. Using the older 944 Porsche as
the basic car, the class is fast; the cars are safe and handle extremely well with little modification from the stock vehicle.
IMPROVED TOURING
While maintaining the stock look and much
of the stock interior as well as running on
street/DOT tires, the Improved Touring (IT)
category’s broken down into five separate
classes based on performance. Improved
Touring R (ITR) cars are the fastest,
followed by ITS, ITA, ITB, ITC. IT provides
an inexpensive means to get into racing.
ITE - Informally known as Improved
Touring Everything. It is the place for cars that do not fit in other classes - so it’s where
the mechanical genius working in his/her garage builds a special car that because of
turbos, superchargers, huge motors might not fit in other more restrictive classes. Safety
equipment of course is strictly enforced because of the speed potential of these vehicles.
National Classes
FORMULA S
The Formula S (FS) class allows those open wheeled cars meeting safety regulations
but not found in an existing class.
A SPORTS RACING
A Sports Racing (ASR) is a "catch-all" class that allows those with sports racer type of
cars and non classed engines compete as long as the car meets all of the safety standards
set by SCCA's GCR.
SHOWROOM STOCK CATEGORY
Late-model, mass-produced street cars like
those bought right off the showroom floor.
Aside from a bolt-in roll cage and safety
equipment, there are very few modifications
allowed to the cars. If the car is older than
10 years, it can’t compete. Classed by
performance potential into two classes:
Showroom Stock B (SSB) and Showroom
Stock C (SSC).
Each class has over 30 different cars eligible to compete within that class. SSB is
made up of entries like the Acura RSX-S, BMW Z-4, Honda Civic, Mazda MX-5 and
Pontiac Solstice. SSC is the slower, but no less exciting Showroom Stock class and
includes cars such as the Chevy Cobalt , Honda Civic Si, and Mazda3.
Many of the drivers in Showroom Stock move up to compete in the SCCA Pro
Racing Speed World Challenge® Championships.
PRODUCTION CATEGORY
Series produced cars, which are allowed a
range of performance modifications while
retaining their original design, structure and
drive layout. There is no age limit, such as
Showroom Stock, so Production includes
many cars as old as 50 years and as new as
current body styles. The four performance
potential based classes include: E Production
(EP), F Production (FP), G Production (GP)
and H Production (HP).
EP is the fastest of the Production classes
with HP running the slowest in the category. Several cars in the Production classes can be
run in more than one class, just by changing the engine between races. The ease of engine
changes allows many Production drivers to enter more than one class at the Runoffs each
year. Cars included in Production classes come from a diverse group ranging from the MG
Midget, Turner, Fiat X1/9, Alfa Romeo Spyder, Austin Healey Sprite, and Lotus Super 7
to the BMW 325, Mazda Miata, RX-7, Nissan 240, Honda Civic, Suzuki Swift GTI and
Toyota MR-2.
STU & STO CATEGORY
Eligible vehicles must be identifiable with the vehicles offered for sale to the public and
available through the manufacturer's normal distribution channels in the US. The intent
of the rules is to allow older World Challenge cars to compete in Club Racing with minimal modifications and allow new cars to be built to the same spec as well. No model
years older than 1990 will be permitted. The STO (World Challenge GT based) target
performance is 450hp. The STU (World Challenge Touring Car based) target performance is 250 hp. The competitiveness of any given car is not guaranteed.
GRAND TOURING CATEGORY
GT cars are purpose-built, highly modified
“silhouette” replicas of series-produced
sports sedans. GT cars are permitted tubeframe chassis with performance being
equalized by allowing cars with smaller
engines to compete at a lighter weight. GT1 cars are the fastest of the category, and
are the closest to the SCCA Pro Racing
Trans-Am® Series. Several of the current
front running cars in GT-1 are last year's
Trans-Am cars, and many of these GT-1 drivers compete in select Trans-Am events
throughout the season. GT-2, GT-3 and GT Lite cars get progressively lighter and less
powerful. Cars include Toyota Celicas, Mazda RX-7s, Nissan 200SX, Honda Civics
and Austin Mini Coopers, just to name a few.
FORMULA CATEGORY
The eight formula classes are all single-seat,
open wheel racecars. They are built to
detailed specifications for weight, size and
engine displacement. There are incredible
power to weight ratios in each class. The
classes in order of fastest to slowest are:
Formula Atlantic (FA), Formula 1000 (FB),
Formula SCCA (FE), Formula Continental
(FC), Formula Mazda (FM), Formula Ford
(FF), Formula 500 (F500) and Formula Vee
(FV).
Many of the winged FA and FC cars, along with several of the non-winged FF cars
are produced by some of the same companies that make Indy cars such as Lola, Van
Diemen and Reynard. FA cars have motors that generate as much as 240hp. Motorcycle
engines are the basis for the F1000 class where displacement is limited to 1000cc. The
FC runs a stock 2-liter engine with about 150hp while the FF 1600 motors make around
120hp. FM utilizes a sealed Mazda rotary engine. FV includes many home-built cars,
as well as cars built by proven manufacturers, and is one of the most competitive and
popular classes in SCCA. FV entries all run 1200cc stock VW engines. F500s run small
displacement, two-stroke engines like snowmobiles, and are one of the least expensive
classes to run in SCCA.
SPORTS RACING CATEGORY
There are four classes of purpose-built road
racing cars with full fiberglass bodies.
Underneath, these cars are pure racing
machines. The power plants in these cars
vary from home-built "pieces and parts"
engines to sealed identical motors.
The C Sports Racing (CSR) and D Sports
Racing (DSR) classes feature a variety of
chassis including home-built, innovative
designs and manufacturer produced cars.
These classes evolved from the old modified category in the 1960s. Sports 2000 (S2)
are open-cockpit, rear engine cars using a standard Ford 2000cc single overhead
camshaft engine. The Spec Racer Ford (SRF) is a one-design, single seat car utilizing a
sealed Ford engine. It is SCCA's largest class and continues to provide cost effective
racing for over 800 competitors. By limiting the modifications and preparation costs,
this class emphasizes driver ability over spending.
SEDAN CATEGORY
American Sedan (AS), comprised of Chevrolet Camaros, Pontiac Firebirds and Ford
Mustangs, are production-based chassis with modified suspensions and brakes. Engines
are carbureted 302 and 305 CID V-8s that have been balanced and blueprinted.
TOURING CATEGORY
In response to the ever increasing performance of today's street cars and to expand
participation by various manufacturers,
SCCA has developed a category for those
high performance cars which because of
their performance potential, required some
changes to their wheel/tires and suspension
components. Touring 1 (T1) features the
Dodge Viper, Chevrolet Corvette ZO6,
Porsche 911 and Ferrari 360. Front runners
in Touring 2 (T2) include the Subaru WRX STI, Nissan 350z and the Ford Mustang GT;
while Touring 3 (T3) is comprised with the likes of the Subaru WRX, Mazdaspeed
Miata, Mini Cooper S (John Cooper Works Package) and the Chevrolet Cobalt SS. The
latest addition to the Touring category is ST (ST) made up of cars such as the Chevrolet
C6 Z06, Dodge Viper SRT-10, and the Ford GT.
SPEC MIATA
Close competition in similarly-prepared
cars is the norm for the Spec Miata (SM)
class. First and second generation Mazda
Miatas have been fitted with all the usual
safety equipment and a specific suspension
package to keep the field level. Spec Miata
is the fastest growing class in both National
and Regional competition throughout the
United States.
Cal Club - 661-764-5945 • www.calclub.com
Cal Club Member Testimonials
Why We Race!
Why I Flag!
We all have different car interests and attractions. One of the great things about
SCCA is they offer racing opportunities for everybody. SCCA offers every type of car
in all segments of the sport. I like the open wheel cars as weight is the enemy of going
fast and handling well. I drive an open wheel winged car. The engine is small at only
150 HP and the car weighs 1,230 pounds with driver. It is all about efficiency. Very fast
in the corners, near 3 G’s of lateral force, good top speed, brakes are amazing and the
driver feels as connected to the road as it gets. What great fun.
Many of us race these things because we have learned how superior the
experience is compared to driving fast on the streets. Once you drive wheel to wheel
on a good road race track, driving fast in high risk environments on the street is less
than satisfying.
I speak with authority as I did so many dumb things on the streets before I was
exposed to racing. I feel very lucky that I am alive and walking without a limp.
Real racing in real race cars is so much more gratifying, safer and more exciting than
fast street driving. It forces you to stay conditioned and sharp and it sure does a lot to
keep your insurance rates down.
Combine that with all the great friends you meet at the track with SCCA and your
whole life changes. When you become an SCCA road racer you get the full use of
$200,000,000 facilities like AAA Speedway, dozens of skilled specialty race workers
and the chance to develop your driving skills. What a great opportunity.
Having been to SCCA races since I was a little kid, I used to see people stand out
on the corners and signal drivers with flags to tell them what has happened in front of
them. As I grew older I got the bug to be one of those people standing on a turn. I talked
to someone who was flagging and soon got to be on the side of a racetrack with them.
Flaggers perform a very important job at the races. They are extra eyes for drivers
and relay the information to them through a set of different colored flags. Many times
drivers cannot see what situation exists up in front of them. It might be oil on the track
or a stopped car. With us displaying a proper flag they know right away if it is a stopped
car or something that made the traction of the track change. We also tell them if there
is a faster car coming up on them and to look in their mirrors. That is just a few of the
flags we use. Also used on the turns are radios or a land line to communicate with the
folks in Race Control. Also Race Control will keep us informed on time frames or
certain events that are happening.
As a flagger you really get to feel the excitement of a full pack of cars coming at
you at the start of the race or watch some drivers putting on a terrific battle for position.
Sometimes you have a driver get out of his broken car and spend the rest of the race
with you at the flag station and listen to their tale of woe. That’s not the only way to
meet racers. At the end of the days we have a social gathering where workers, crews,
drivers, and family have a chance to get together.
Being a CSCC corner worker is a great place to make new friends and really feel
like you are part of the races. You are part of a team and CSCC has some of the best
flaggers in the nation.
Les Phillips #89
Formula Continental and Formula Atlantic
Pacific F2000
Bill Haneline
Why I Race!
Boy that is a good question. Why do I race? I was into road racing as a young man,
attending races at Riverside, Santa Barbara, Dodger Stadium, Pomona and thought “
hey I can do that.” I started in autocross (solo) and my brother and friends and I built
a race car out of my MG Midget. Soon the need to have an actual full time job, tosupport
my lovely wife and then a son came along. In 1990, a friend got me back into the sport
and I was quickly hooked.
My brother and our friends formed the crew and it became a family outing. But
why racing? Mostly, because it is hard to do well and to get the very best out of
yourself and the equipment you’re driving. It is the challenge of going into turn 9 at
Willow, or over Phil Hill at Buttonwillow and knowing that no one on the track could
have done it better than you just did, or that your effort this time was better than the
last time. The amazing sense of accomplishment that comes with finally overtaking
someone you have raced laps with, and doing it perfectly, that you have been able to
think about that pass and what it takes to set it up over the course of several laps and
then execute it – all without touching. It’s getting out of the car after a great 30 min
race and being completely exhausted and completely exhilarated by the experience.
The joy of talking with other racers with whom you have been engaged in competition
and seeing the smiles on their faces because they got by you, or you got by them. Its
just simply pure fun.
Then there are the race cars. I have raced a Datsun 510, RX 7, 2 Mustangs, Shelby,
a Vintage Mustang, Miata, A Lexus, Spec Racer Ford and now an open wheeled
Formula Ford. Loved them all for different reasons. It’s learning how to get the most
out of the car, make it more perfect than Detroit, or Tokyo built it, and then enjoying
this project with family and friends – that is what I like about the cars.
Finally, and most importantly it’s the people at the races, the fellow racers, the
workers, and their families that keeps me coming back. Cal Club has the best events
around and under the insurance, rules, and vast experience of the SCCA – the racing is
fair, safe and fun. For all of these reasons, I am going to continue racing and working
Cal Club events as long as I possibly can.
Steve Staveley
2011 Road Race Schedule
Date
Event
January
21-23
Porterfield Brake Pads Ntl./Dbl.Reg.
Track
ACS
Cal Club
February
10-12
SCCA Convention - Las Vegas
26-27
Camguard Double Rational
WSIR
March
24-26
26-27
Road Race Drivers' School
Double Regional & Time Trials
BRP
BRP
April
15-17
30-1
Grand Prix of Long Beach
BFGoodrich Super Tour Dbl.Ntl.
BRP
Cal Club
May
21-22
Double Regional
BRP
Cal Club
June
11-12
Double Regional
ACS
Cal Club
September
3-4
Double Regional & Time Trials
BRP
Cal Club
October
1-2
Double Regional & Time Trials
29-30
Inaugural Pacific Coast Championships
BRP
BRP
Cal Club
Cal Club
Cal Club
Cal Club
Why I DoThis!
I joined in 1981 but was flagging in the late 70’s before you needed to be a member
of SCCA. I’ve stuck around this long because Cal Club is like a family.
I think Cal Club is made up of the best group of people in the country. And, I think the
Flagging & Communication specialty is the greatest. When you’re out on a corner with
cars going by you at speed, the adrenaline rush is fantastic! When you through that
perfect blue flag there’s nothing like it.
Due to some skin cancer issues I no longer work out on the turns, but what I do now
is just as important. I now work in race control, taking all the calls for the corners. It
sometimes gets very hectic when things start happening all at once but that’s the
fun of it.
As the chief of F & C I think I can offer my years of experience to others in the
specialty. And I also work registration on Friday’s where I welcome everyone to Cal
Club’s race weekend.
This club has a lot to offer all that join. But the best thing I feel it offers is friendship.
Linda Haneline
Cal Club F&C Flag Chief
Why I Race!
I joined Cal Club/SCCA in 1994. It all started at the Long Beach Gran Prix. My
brother and I were spectating and I was watching the corner workers do their thing and
I said to my younger brother “I could do that” His response was “I dare you” Not ever
wanting my little brother to beat me at anything I figured out how to join SCCA and the
next month I was working with my flagging trainer Mark at Willow Springs. What a
thrill, race cars at my feet and me with the power to help them along speaking to them
with my flags. In 1995 I worked my first Long Beach Gran Prix as a corner worker,
with my younger brother watching from the stands.
Fifteen years later Mark and I have been married 11 years (yes the same Mark that
trained me at my first corner job) and I have only missed 3 races since my first day out.
Why, you may ask? It is an experience like no other. Imagine a huge party with hundreads of
your friends once a month. Everyone enjoying the same passion for a sport in different
capacities. I do not work corners anymore, my job now is to ensure that everything is
in place to go racing and once we get there I make sure that everyone is enjoying the
weekend.
The people is why most of us come out, the life long friendships, the feeling of
knowing that if I needed help with anything I could call a fellow club member and I
could find it. Knowing that I can go across the country and show up at a race track and
say that I am a SCCA member and they will welcome me in with open arms, knowing
that I have the experience and knowledge to help them at a race. You only have to come
out once to become addicted. Heck, even my dog loves to go racing!
Ceci Smith
Cal Club Race Chairman
SCCA Regional Competition
License...and Beyond.
Upon completion of two Driver
Schools and two Regional Races on your
Novice Permit, you are eligible to
receive an SCCA Regional Competition
License.
You have two years from the date
of issue to complete the Novice
requirements. Once the requirements are
met, send your completed Novice Permit,
Cal Club - 661-764-5945 • www.calclub.com
signed off by the event Chief Steward at
your second Regional race; a copy of
your Physical Exam; and $75 to the
Central Licensing Department. You will
soon be the proud owner of a Regional
Competition License.
After successfully completing four
Regional events, you may upgrade to a
National Competition License.
Cal Club News
March/April - 2011
More - March Madness
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pace and led Gassen to the checkered
where he tallied the win. Gassen finished
second.
RS - Edward Lever carried the RS banner
as the only entry as he pushed his Miata
to a first place finish in class and a eighth
overall finish Saturday.
Jim Bishop, Cal Club Chief
Instructor was busy yesterday at the
Super School but pulled his Toyota out to
give Lever a run for his money on
Sunday. The pair started off strong racing
hard then on lap 9 Bishop slid off track
and was stuck in the mud. Cal Club
Emergency plucked him out but his day
was done. Lever cruised on to earn
another RS win.
EP - Roger Sather was the lone E Prod
entry on Saturday as he raced his Mazda
to a class win and a ninth overall finish.
GROUP 5 - STU, T1, ITA, ITB, HP,
HP, ITR
STU - The final race of the day on
Saturday was greeted with light rain
showers that forced racers to limit their
race pace. Bryan Lampe was quickest in
qualifying during dry conditions but
fastest in the wet too. Lampe took quick
command and moved to the lead on lap 1
and guided the cautious field around the
West Loop for 17 laps before he scored
the honor of an overall win and the
STU victory.
T1 - Brent Hicks pushed the overall race
pace in his Corvette and missed beating
STU driver Bryan Lampe by 1.2 seconds
at the checkered. At the checkered Hicks
collected the T1 win and a solid second
overall finish.
Sunday Jim Tway easily set fast time
then proceeded to dominate the overall
pace before he earned the T1 victory
ahead of Hicks in second spot 2.1
seconds back. Tway and Hicks finished
first and second overall.
ITA - Darren Murdock out of Las Vegas
was the first ITA entry to collect the
checkered plus a noticeable third overall
finish in his Honda Civic. 28 seconds
behind Murdock was Todd Launchbaugh
who finished second ahead of Richard
Seegman three laps down in third.
Sunday the battle continued in ITA
with a strong 11 car field as
Launchbaugh set fast time in qualifying.
Murdock captured the lead on lap one but
Launchbaugh immediately applied
pressure. The two swapped positions and
wrestled for the lead through lap 10 when
Murdock over heated his tires and lost it.
Launchbaugh moved back to the lead and
held his advantage for the final two laps
to scored the ITA win. Darren
Richardson filled third spot most of the
race but moved to second with two laps
to go where he claimed the runner up
position. Lee Thomas out of Austin,
Texas, raced from deep in the field
to finish third.
ITB - Rodger Ward was set to score a
ITB win Saturday after setting fast time
in qualifying but Sandro Cavedoni had
other plans. Cavedoni captured the early
lead as Ward fought back to reclaim the
position. But Ward's day fell short when
was out after five laps that allowed
Cavedoni to move back to the point.
Cavedoni pushed his VW to the checkered where he nailed the victory as Ward
accepted a DNF.
A fierce battle broke out in ITB on
Sunday with Ward back in contention.
Cavedoni was fastest in qualifying plus
he set the race pace earning credit for
leading every lap before he scored his
Double Regional Race Results
Saturday - 27CW
Group 1
Pos/No./Class
1 97 SRF
2 22 SRF
3 51 SRF
4 37 SRF
5 5 SRF
6 12 SRF
7 74 FV
8 25 FV
9 83 FV
Name
Mark Ballengee
Craig Zaph
Jon French
Don Palla
David Jackson
Pascal Donzel
Mark Edwards
Charlie Turner
Scott Buralli
Laps/Best
23 01:17.1
23 01:17.0
23 01:17.8
23 01:18.0
23 01:18.2
23 01:19.6
22 01:20.5
22 01:21.2
17 01:40.0
Total
30:14.1
30:17.4
30:46.1
30:47.7
30:49.2
31:22.5
30:21.1
30:58.9
30:18.2
Diff
Color
Red/yel
3.382
Black/White
32.001 Orange
33.616 Orange
35.195 Red
01:08.5 White/Red
1 Lap
Yellow
1 Lap
Black
6 Laps Red/Blk
Club
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
Group 2
Pos/No./Class Name
1 33 SM Clement Lee
2 12 SM Grant Westmorland
3 71 SM Curtis Gong
4 41 SM Preston Lerner
5 29 SM Eric Richter
6 13 SM Todd Launchbaugh
7 42 SM Ethan Tufts
8 4 SM Sean Bradley
9 88 SM Mark Lange
10 8 SM Robert Coomer
11 18 SM Robert Lindsay
12 73 SM Ian Thomas
13 82 SRX-7Steve P. Bodeman
14 66 SM Louis Wang
Laps/Best
21 01:20.1
21 01:20.0
21 01:20.5
21 01:21.2
21 01:20.9
21 01:21.1
21 01:21.0
20 01:20.8
20 01:22.4
20 01:25.4
20 01:26.3
21 01:21.0
20 01:28.0
12 01:22.0
Total
31:15.3
31:15.4
31:15.9
31:19.4
31:20.1
31:21.8
31:22.3
31:23.2
31:29.4
31:34.7
31:36.9
31:22.8
31:41.8
27:50.1
Diff
Color
Black
Blue/Yellow
white
Red
White
Silver
Red
Orange
Red
Silver/R
Silver
Black
Blue
JBL
Club
CSCC
Group 3
Pos/No./Class Name
1 89 FC
Les Phillips
6 25 S2000 Rob Thomson
2 46 FC
Bill Kincaid
3 72 CSR Michael Alfred
4 43 DSR James Kuhns
5 3 FM Ed Lever
Laps/Best
20 01:06.4
14 01:16.4
20 01:07.3
19 01:09.6
19 01:10.2
19 01:12.9
Total
23:06.1
23:51.1
23:27.1
23:46.7
23:51.4
24:27.0
Diff
Color
White
White/
Red
Yellow
Blue/Black
Blue/.white
Club
CSCC
CSCC
SF
CSCC
CSCC
Laps/Best
24 01:12.2
24 01:12.4
24 01:13.4
24 01:12.6
23 01:15.6
22 01:19.8
21 01:19.4
21 01:25.2
19 01:15.6
19 01:17.4
12 01:14.3
9 01:13.5
7 01:13.8
Total
30:36.7
30:51.9
31:33.7
31:40.8
30:54.7
31:08.8
29:38.2
31:33.9
25:15.3
27:08.0
15:42.2
11:41.1
09:16.2
Diff
Color
Yellow
15.27
Blue
57.07
Silver
01:04.2 White
1 Lap
Orange
2 Laps Red
3 Laps Black
3 Laps Red
5 Laps Black
5 Laps White
12 Laps Red
DNF
Silver
DNF
Silver
DNS
White
Club
CSCC
CSCC
Laps/Best
17 01:38.8
17 01:40.3
17 01:40.9
17 01:41.1
16 01:44.3
C. Himojosa-Miranda 16 01:43.0
Richard Seegman 14 01:40.7
Rodger Ward
5 01:44.9
Leroy Shaver
3 01:48.4
David Le Cren
Total
30:16.1
30:17.4
30:34.8
31:04.0
30:23.9
30:24.7
30:47.8
10:02.2
06:49.4
Diff
Club
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
Group 4
Pos/No./Class Name
1 98 MGT-2 Jim Wagaman
2 1 MGT-2 Jon Van Caneghem
3 6 MGT-2 Robert Stebbins
4 77 GT-1 Michael Hedlund
5 71 SP
Bruce Powers
6 42 ITE Robert Green
7 49 ITE Paul Gassen
8 8 RS
Edward Lever
9 88 EP
Roger Sather
10 35 SP
Ron Bailey
11 24 MGT-2 Thor Gjerdrum
DNF 5
MGT-2 Thorpe Logeman
DNF 16 SP
Joshua Pitt
DNS 48 GT-2 Joseph Moran
Group 5
Pos/No./Class
1 34 STU
2 89 T1
3 5 ITA
4 13 ITA
5 45 ITB
6 99 HP
7 5 ITA
DNF 18 ITB
DNF 79 HP
DNS 96 ITA
Name
Bryan Lampe
Brent Hicks
DarrenMurdock
Todd Launchbaugh
SandroCavedoni
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0.13
0.587
4.118
4.835
6.463
6.991
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
7.537
1 Lap
9 Laps
6 Laps
21.048
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1.289
18.666
47.933
1 Lap
1 Lap
3 Laps
DNF
DNF
DNS
Color
White
Blue
White
Silver
Red
White
Black
'yellow
Yellow/Blue
Red
Make
SRF
SRF
SRF
SRF
SRF
SRF
FV
Protoform P3
Crusade
Make
Miata
SD/CSCC Miata
CSCC/SD Miata
CSCC Miata
CSCC Miata
CSCC Miata
CSCC Miata
CSCC Miata
CSCC Miata
CSCC Miata
HI
Miata
CSCC Mazda
AZ
RX-7
CSCC Miata
Make
Mygale SJ04
Van Diemen
Van Diemen
Beasley B2
Zephyrus III
CSCC/SF Star Mazda
Make
Mazda RX-7
Mazda
Mazda
SF
Porsche 911
CSCC Mercury Coug
CSCC Noble M400
CSCC Ford Mustang
CSCC/SF Mazda Miata
CSCC Mazda RX-7
Las Veg Olds Cutlass
CSCC Mazda/RX-7
CSCC Mazda RX-7
CSCC Chevy
CSCC 2005 Porsche
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
Make
BMW 325i
Corvette
Honda Civic
Mazda Miata
VW Rabbit
Toyota Yaris
Mazda Miata
Charger
MG Midget
Mazda RX-7
Derek Ferretti took his Honda Fit from the Super School classroom to real time
race conditions on Sunday in H Production.
Dennis Baer Photo
second win of the weekend with a 3.5
second advantage over Ward in second at
the checkered.
HP - Chris Himojosa-Miranda and Leroy
Shaver set out to dice in H Prod but it
ended up being a tin top vs. a open top.
Shaver was in the open cockpit car and
decided it wasn't worth the hassle and
parked it as the rain fell harder. The tin top
Toyota driven by Himojosa-Miranda raced
on to tally the win.
Himojosa-Miranda was back on
top of the qualifying roster Sunday
morning with fast time. He set the
pace from the green with Derek
Ferretti and Shaver giving chase.
After 12 laps Himojosa-Miranda
collected the H Prod win head of
Ferretti in second and Shaver in third.
Sunday - Configuration: 1CW
Group 1
Pos/No./Class
1 97 SRF
2 22 SRF
3 5 SRF
4 37 SRF
5 74 FV
6 12 SRF
7 25 FV
8 51 SRF
Name
Mark Ballengee
Craig Zaph
David Jackson
Don Palla
Mark Edwards
Pascal Donzel
Charlie Turner
Jon French
Laps/Best
13 02:08.0
13 02:08.2
13 02:10.6
13 02:10.9
13 02:16.1
11 02:11.1
11 02:20.2
7 02:10.9
Total
27:53.5
28:02.0
28:37.8
28:41.8
29:52.4
24:21.1
26:14.7
16:57.2
Diff
Laps/Best
13 02:09.4
13 02:09.4
13 02:10.5
13 02:10.5
13 02:11.4
13 02:10.8
13 02:11.1
13 02:13.8
13 02:12.7
13 02:15.4
13 02:15.8
13 02:16.6
13 02:17.8
13 02:16.8
13 02:17.8
13 02:17.5
13 02:17.5
12 02:22.7
12 02:23.2
12 02:22.6
12 02:21.3
12 02:22.0
11 02:17.9
9 02:24.4
Total
28:19.9
28:22.3
28:35.1
28:40.0
28:44.5
28:45.2
28:45.4
29:17.8
29:31.6
29:37.2
29:44.8
29:58.8
30:11.9
30:12.3
30:25.9
30:26.9
30:28.0
29:07.4
29:08.5
29:09.3
29:09.9
29:17.8
28:59.4
22:13.0
0.718
Diff
Group 3
Pos/No./Class Name
1 89 FC
Les Phillips
2 46 FC
Bill Kincaid
3 2 S2000 Edward Guenther
4 72 CSR Michael Alfred
5 3 FM Ed Lever
6 25 S2000 Rob Thomson
7 43 DSR James Kuhns
8 19 FC
Stephen Stoll
9 5 S2000 Andrew Hurwich
Laps/Best
10 01:52.6
10 01:53.5
10 01:55.1
10 01:58.7
10 01:58.7
10 02:03.3
9 02:04.4
9 02:05.8
9 02:16.4
Total
19:04.5
19:11.9
19:24.7
20:18.6
20:21.0
20:53.9
19:24.0
19:24.3
20:59.7
Diff
Group 4
Pos/No./Class Name
1 77 GT-1 Michael Hedlund
2 98 MGT-2 Jim Wagaman
3 48 GT-2 Joseph Moran
4 6 MGT-2 Robert Stebbins
5 24 MGT-2 Thor Gjerdrum
6 71 SP
Bruce Powers
7 34 STU Bryan Lampe
8 42 ITE Robert Green
9 27 STU Calvin Liu
10 49 ITE Paul Gassen
11 8 RS
Edward Lever
12 35 SP
Ron Bailey
13 17 RS
Jim Bishop
DNF 1
MGT-2 Jon Van Caneghem
DNF 5
MGT-2 Thorpe Logeman
Laps/Best
14 02:03.1
14 02:03.2
14 02:05.2
14 02:04.6
14 02:06.9
14 02:08.4
14 02:09.6
13 02:16.8
13 02:16.1
13 02:17.1
13 02:18.8
12 02:12.8
8 02:20.4
5 02:06.1
2 02:05.4
Total
29:03.8
29:42.7
30:01.1
30:16.8
30:36.6
30:40.0
30:50.5
30:08.5
30:40.2
30:43.4
30:56.9
27:46.7
23:43.9
10:56.3
04:23.3
Diff
Laps/Best
12 02:10.9
12 02:12.1
12 02:16.1
12 02:17.4
12 02:22.1
C. Himojosa-Miranda 12 02:22.3
Lee Thomas
12 02:23.1
Richard Seegman 12 02:20.5
Sandro Cavedoni 12 02:23.5
Rodger Ward
12 02:23.0
Derek Ferretti
12 02:23.8
Brandon Droese
12 02:23.0
Louis Lai
12 02:23.1
Kent Littlehale
12 02:27.9
Darren Murdock
12 02:15.6
Leroy Shaver
12 02:29.2
Vincent Chao
11 02:41.5
Mihai Mantea
11 02:23.8
Jahna Jordan
9 02:30.2
Balazs Ormai
3 02:21.6
Total
31:27.2
31:29.3
31:40.2
31:46.0
32:00.6
32:04.4
32:04.7
32:06.8
32:07.1
32:10.7
32:13.5
32:14.0
32:22.9
32:29.1
32:30.1
32:33.8
32:57.0
34:17.7
25:16.2
08:59.5
Diff
Group 2
Pos/No./Class Name
1 33 SM Clement Lee
2 12 SM Grant Westmorland
3 29 SM Eric Richter
4 13 SM Todd Launchbaugh
5 42RSM Ethan Tufts
6 71 SM Curtis Gong
7 41 SM Preston Lerner
8 88 SM Mark Lange
9 73 SM Ian Thomas
10 66 SM Louis Wang
11 11 SM Mihai Mantea
12 1 SM Sky Chan
13 2 SM Tsz Fung
14 98 PRO-7Brian Cashion
15 9 SM Lee Thomas
16 8 SM Robert Coomer
17 18 SM Robert Lindsay
18 87 SM George Ayoub
19 82 SRX-7Steve P. Bodeman
20 68 SM Kent Littlehale
21 47 SM Jahna Jordan
22 39 SM David Knowles
23 2 PRO-7Lonny Sheek
24 42 PRO-7Allen Cosby
DNF 4
SM Sean Bradley
Group 5
Pos/No./Class
1 46 T1
2 89 T1
3 13 ITA
4 39RITS
5 39 ITA
6 99 HP
7 9 ITA
8 5 ITA
9 45 ITB
10 18 ITB
11 15 HP
12 6 ITA
13 1 ITA
14 68 ITA
15 5 ITA
16 79 HP
17 2 ITA
18 11 ITA
19 47 ITA
DNF 207 ITR
Name
Jim Tway
Brent Hicks
Todd Launchbaugh
Jason Gress
Darren Richardson
Color
Club
Red/yellow CSCC
8.477
Black/White CSCC
44.283 Red
CSCC
48.28
Orange/White CSCC
01:58.9 Yellow
CSCC
2 Laps White/Red
2 Laps Black
CSCC
6 Laps Orange/White CSCC
2.462
15.267
20.14
24.607
25.329
25.548
57.925
01:11.7
01:17.3
01:24.9
01:38.9
01:52.0
01:52.4
02:06.0
02:07.0
02:08.1
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
2 Laps
4 Laps
DNF
7.416
20.171
01:14.1
01:16.5
01:49.4
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
38.839
57.286
01:13.0
01:32.8
01:36.2
01:46.7
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
1 Lap
2 Laps
6 Laps
DNF
DNF
Make
SRF
SRF
SRF
SRF
FV
SRF
Protoform P3
SRF
Color
Black
Blue/Yellow
White
Silver
Red
white
Red
Red
Black
JBL
Grey
Green
Red
Yellow
Silver
Silver/Red
Silver
Red
Blue
Black
Yellow
Ornge/White
White
White
Orange
Make
Mazda Miata
SD/CSCC Mazda Miata
CSCC Mazda Miata
CSCC Mazda Miata
CSCC Mazda Miata
CSCC/SDMazda Miata
CSCC Mazda Miata
CSCC Mazda Miata
CSCC 1991 Mazda
CSCC Mazda Miata
CSCC Mazda
CSCC Mazda
CSCC Mazda
2
Mazda
LNST Mazda
CSCC Mazda Miata
HI
Mazda Miata
57
Mazda
AZ
Mazda RX-7
33
Mazda
SD
Mazda
CSCC Mazda
CSCC Mazda
CSCC Mazda
CSCC Mazda Miata
Color
White
Red
Club
CSCC
SF
Red
CSCC
Yellow
Blue/.white
White/
Blue/Black
Gray
Red
Color
White
Yellow
White
Silver
Red
Orange
White
Red
Blue/White
Black
Red
White
Yellow
Blue
Silver
Club
CSCC
Make
Mygale SJ04
Van Die RF-01
Swift Db5
Beasley B2
CSCC/SF Star Mazda
CSCC Van Diemen
CSCC Zephyrus III
CSCC Van Diemen
2
Swift DB-2
Club
SF
CSCC
CSCC
Make
Porsche 911
Mazda RX-7
2005 Porsche
Mazda
CSCC Mazda/RX-7
CSCC MercCougar
CSCC BMW 325i
CSCC Noble M400
CSCC Acura
CSCC Ford Mustang
CSCC/SF Mazda Miata
Las Veg Olds Cutlass
CSCC Toyota Celica
CSCC Mazda
CSCC Mazda RX-7
Color
Club
Blue
CSCC
2.146
Blue
CSCC
13.057 Silver
CSCC
18.831 REd
CSCC
33.465 Orange/Silver CSCC
37.238 White
CSCC
37.507 Silver
CSCC
39.665 Black
CSCC
39.919 Red
CSCC
43.479 'yellow
CSCC
46.318 Blue
CSCC
46.781 Red
CSCC
55.697 Silver
CSCC
01:01.9 Black
SF
01:02.9 White
CSCC
01:06.7 Yellow/Blue CSCC
1 Lap
Dk Green
CSCC
1 Lap
Grey
CSCC
3 Laps Yellow
CSCC
DNF
Black
CSCC
Make
Corvette
Corvette
Mazda Miata
Mazda
Mazda Miata
Toyota Yaris
Mazda Miata
Mazda Miata
VW Rabbit
1984 Charger
Honda Fit
Mazda RX-7
Mazda
Mazda
Honda Civic
MG Midget
Mazda Miata
Mazda
Mazda
Porsche
Page
Cal Club News
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Cal Club Regional Points
CLS NAME
AS QUALLS, CHRIS
T1
POINTS
24
THORDARSON, OLI
HICKS, BRENT
BENEDETTI, ROY
THAY, JIM
RONSON, CHRIS
24
21
12
12
11
ITS GRESS, JASON
12
ITR ORMAI, BALAZS
0
ITA DAHI, NAJI
LAUNCHBAUGH, TODD
MURDOCK, DARREN
MOLINO, WESLEY
SEEGMAN, RICHARD
ALLEN, DAVID
RICHTER, ERIC
RICHARDSON, DARREN
LERNER, PRESTON
THOMAS, LEE
DROESE, BRANDON
LAI, LOUIS
CHAO, VINCENT
MANTEA, MIHAI
JORDAN, JAHNA
LE CREN, DAVID
48
28
20
18
15
12
9
9
7
7
5
4
1
0
0
0
ITB CAVEDONI, SANDRO
WARD, RODGER
24
9
SSB WILSON, SEAN
24
ITC GANDASETIAWAN, H.
48
ITE GREEN, ROBERT
GASSEN, PAUL
24
18
GT1 PORTERFIELD, ANDY
LEWIS, MICHAEL
36
0
GT2 MORAN, JOSEPH
12
SP
42
38
31
31
24
0
WALL, RICHARD
POWERS, BRUCE
CAPTANIS, GEORGE
BAILEY, RON
KELLEY, ROBERT
PITT, JOSHUA
RS LEVER, ED
ALLEN, DAVID
42
24
EP KARLSON, ROGER
SATHER, ROGER
12
12
24
MAZ GT2
WAGAMAN, JIM
LOGERMAN, THORPE
STEBBINS, ROBERT
GJERDRUN, THOR
VAN CANEGHEM, JON
45
35
16
12
9
ITE GREEN, ROBERT
FORTNEY, CHET
GASSEN, PAUL
24
18
14
GTL BOWER, JOHN
FST BOGHOSSIAN, ERIC
LEBLANC, LUCIEN
21
21
SRF BALLENGEE, MARK
MISERENDINO, TOM
ZAPH, CRAIG
LEE, DOUGLAS
FRENCH, JON
WEBKING, RICK
PALLA, DON
JACKSON, DAVID
DONZEL, PASCAL
STEWART, DOUGLAS
FOSDICK, DENNY
ACKER, TJ
MARINO, PAUL
PHETEPLACE, DAVID
STEIN, AARON
EGGLETON, KYLE
EDWARDS, DON
YOUNG, DICK
MISERENDINO, MIKE
138
94
94
88
66
62
44
44
38
35
34
28
28
28
27
22
14
5
0
SM LEE, CLEMENT
150
WESTERMORELAND, GRANT 98
VANCE, TYLER
78
MATTHEWS, CHUCK
72
LAUNCHBAUGH, TODD
66
LANGE, MARK
64
GONG, CURTIS
64
RICHTER, ERIC
58
FELIX, DARWIN
53
WEAVER, TIM
52
STOTT, JOHN
48
LERNER, PRESTON
48
LINDSAY, ROBERT
45
WANG, LOUIS
40
HOLZER, CHAD
38
THOMAS, IAN
38
MOLINO, WESLEY
36
TUFTS, ETHAN
36
BURKE, JAMES
32
DEAL, TYLER
32
BURGOON, ROBERT
30
WALKER, JEFF
24
HU, FRANCIS
23
COOMER, ROBERT
17
BRADLEY, SEAN
14
REYNAUD, VINCENT
13
CHAN, ANDY
11
O'DONNELL, JAMES
10
MANTEA, MIHA
10
CHAN, SKY
9
FUNG, TSZ
8
THOMAS, LEE
7
AYOUB, GEORGE
4
JORDAN, JAHNA
2
KNOWLES, DAVID
1
BONNEY, TIM
0
HP MARKOS, CORY
24
HIMOJOSA-MIRAND, CHRIS 24
FERRETTI, DEREK
9
SHAVER, LEROY
7
SSC HUSTING, BRIAN
as of March 31
DSR KUHNS, JAMES
ALEXANDER, LEE
BOTKIN, HENRY
56
48
18
CSR ALFRED, MICHAEL
NICKLIN, STEVE
SCIFINI, JOSEPH
LOHR, RENE
TWEEDLE, DAVE
58
36
20
18
0
S2
48
OTA, DOUG
THOMSON, ROB
MORAN, JOE
24
21
18
STU LAMPE, BRYAN
NIEMANN, MICHAEL
BONNEY, TIM
LIU, CALVIN
24
17
12
9
FA EMANUEL, CHRIS
GOUGHARY, DENNIS
WEST, PETER
THOMAS, PETER
11
6
6
4
FF
ERLANDSON, ED
KESSINGER, ROGER
48
16
SF
BEACH, ARTHUR
24
FM LEVER, ED
BROWN, STEVE
SCHULTZ, DUTCH
58
33
24
FS
DAMON, RENNY
12
FC PHILLIPS, LES
STOLL, STEPHEN
24
7
FV TURNER, CHARLIE
EDWARDS, MARK
BURALLI, SCOTT
66
24
16
Road Rally Results
First Friday Niter - January 7, 2011
CLUB
Place DRIVER/NAVIGATOR
CLASS A
*1 Paul McGaffey/Ron Dunlop
2 Revere Jones/Glen Hori
Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Total
COBRA
0.00
Mini
PCA/SCCA 0.00
0.00
0.00
0.01 0.00
1.58 0.03
0.01 0.00
0.00 0.00
0.02
1.61
CLASS C
*1 Jon Barrett/Robert Dunlop
2 Mike Klein/Kevin Ayers
3 Brad Ayer/Sean Ayers
4 Robert Day/Sally Kinsey
5 Dave Botwin/Michael Westmore
6 La Wanda Sweet/Noel Furniss
Mazda
Porsche SMSCC/ITN
Toyota
Mazda SCCA
Jaguar
BMW
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.13
0.01
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.04
0.26
0.84
1.21
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.21
0.01
0.42
0.02
0.04
0.07
1.47
1.55
2.84
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.23
0.46
0.67
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.52
0.23
0.44
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.12
0.00
0.10
Cal Club All Hands Board Meeting Minutes
January 22, 2011
A face to face meeting of the Cal Club board and all members was held at Auto Club
Speedway on January 22, 2011
Meeting was called to order by RE Penelope Coy at 5:17 p.m.
Present were: Les Phillips, Linda Haneline, Gayle Jardine, Oli Thordarson, John Stott,
Jon French, Penelope Coy. Unexcused – Mark Ballengee & John Norris
Minutes from December meeting were approved via e-mail.
Area Director Mike Lewis talked about the upcoming double rational at Willow
Springs. Also commended Cal Club on a job well done with our customer service.
Talked about possibility of Runoffs moving further west. Closer to happening than
before but still not close. A new contract was just signed with Road America.
Financial Report/Buttonwillow Report: Presented by Les Phillips. Club is healthy cash
wise. Will be moving some money around.
Old Business – United States Road Rally Challenge sponsorship request. Have asked
Jeannie English for a budget.
Comp. Committee – Motion made to disband the comp committee and solicit class representatives to report directly to the board. Will be set up as group reps as the comp
committee is set up now. Haneline/Jardine Passed unanimously
New Business:
Chief of Emergency John Kielb talked about the new stronger roofs on the newer cars.
Next to impossible to cut with our current tools. John will investigate upgrading our
tools and report back to the board.
Cal Club’s April Double National will be a Super Tour event. The Super Tour is sponsored by BF Goodrich. SCCA National will come in and help with PR for this event.
Should be a large turnout. Also, due to a conflict the American Heart Association will
not be returning to that event. We are looking for another Charity to support. Some ideas
were brought up and will be investigated.
Meeting adjourned at 5:43 p.m. Phillips/French
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Haneline
Secretary
Cal Club All Hands Board Meeting Minutes
February 16, 2011
Meeting was called to order by RE Penelope Coy at 6:32 p.m.
Present were: Les Phillips, Linda Haneline, John Norris, Oli Thordarson, John Stott, Jon
French, Penelope Coy Office Manager Ceci Smith. Excused – Gayle Jardine
Minutes from January meeting were approved.
Old Business –
New Emergency Tools – John Kielb looking into replacing tips - $450 - $600.
United States Road Rally Challenge sponsorship request. Still no budget. Tabled for now.
Comp. Committee – Criteria for Competition Representatives
First and foremost each representative must be a current Cal Club/SCCA member or
Associate Cal Club member and have a special interest in the group they are representing. The scope of the assignment requires the reps to stay abreast of the GCR, be a
good listener, be at the majority of our Club Racing events, spend time at these events
with the drivers and crews and provide feedback to the Board of Governors, especially
if there are issues that need to be resolved.
PCCRC – Advertising Efforts
Ceci reports that an ad has been placed in Grassroots Motorsport and looking into POC
publication. Need to get word to Pacific Northwest. John Norris will check on BMW
Club. We will also talk to ASC.
12A/13B Motors - Concern from Tom Dragoun a bout 12A parts availability. Suggest
Pro7B for 13B and others can ease into it when they run out of parts. Tom will write
rules and present to BoD.
Cal Club/Santa Monica Sports Car Club
CAR
March/April - 2011
CLASS D
*1D Andrew Folstad/Richard Folstad Porsche
0.04 0.50 0.04 0.13 3.91 5.00 9.62
2 Margaret Dibley/Richard Miller Toyota
0.65 1.45 1.07 0.80 2.18 5.00 11.15
3 Michael Germana/Jenny Germana Porsche SCCA
1.07 0.60 5.00 5.00 0.27 5.00 16.94
4 Janice Wright/Jack Wright
Toyota
1.56 3.22 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 24.78
5 Aaron Snyder/Guy Bodman
Toyota
5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 30.00
* - Trophy
C - best single leg in Class C
D - best single leg in Class D
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.
New Business:
ASC Negotiations – Discussed
Convention Report – Discussions on the event.
2011 Banquet – All agreed to return to Knotts. Need to reserve now. Ceci will take care of.
Super Tour – Double National in April. National providing lots of support. Programs,
PR, live T & S. Time Certain schedule on Sunday. Must have Victory Laps. National
loved our event that they attended last year, that’s 1 reason why we were picked to do
Super tour event. Must do a party Saturday night.
Netbook for Stewards – Need to buy Netbook for Stewards to use at events with current GCR on it. Cost about $269. Motion Haneline/Stott. Passed. Ceci will keep and
update.
Willow Springs– Discussion on obligation with San Diego Region for co-sanctioned
event at Willow.
Buttonwillow Charity Event – Les optimistic about Autistic Group.
Meeting adjourned at 7:26 p.m. Phillips/French
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Haneline
Secretary
Cal Club News
March/April - 2011
Cal Club
Board of Governors
lindales jon Regional Executive
Penelope Coy
Hm: 760-247-8077
Cell: 760-954-9415
[email protected]
Assist. RE for Administration
Penelope Coy
Assistant RE for Operations
Mark Ballengee
Hm: 661-746-4007
Cell: 661-345-8130
[email protected]
Assistant RE, Solo
Gayle Jardine
[email protected]
Treasurer
Les Phillips
Work: 661-764-5333
Cell: 661-330-4600
[email protected]
Secretary
Linda Haneline
Cell: 858-449-7456
[email protected]
John Norris
Hm: 310-575-4249
Cell: 310-962-0607
[email protected]
John Stott
951-735-9920
Cell: 310-951-3067
[email protected]
Oli Thordarson
714-658-1090
[email protected]
Jon French
[email protected]
Cal Club
Specialty Chiefs
Drivers Instructor - Jim Bishop
Cell: 559-779-1007
[email protected]
Emergency - John Kielb
562-425-9724
[email protected]
Flagging & Communication - Linda
Haneline
Hm: 760-767-4936
[email protected]
Grid - Renee Angel
909-947-0644
Cell: 909-223-3767
[email protected]
Race Chairman - Ceci Smith
661-764-5945
[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]
Sound Control - Open
Starter - Joe Sepanik
Hm: 760-200-9106
[email protected]
Tech Chief - Chuck Knox
760-835-1187
Asst. Chief of Tech
Ken Swift
[email protected]
Timing & Scoring - Ellen Lowery
Hm: 562-866-4433
[email protected]
Specialty Representatives
Announcer
Jason Chalfont
951-940-9697
Equipment
Donald Erickson
805-929-3078
[email protected]
Solo II
Mike Simanyi
[email protected]
Ombudsman/Archivist
Allan Coy
[email protected]
Log - Nelda Snow
Hm: 714-538-7147
Pace Car
Steve Lowery
[email protected]
Photographer
Dennis Baer
661-821-1282
Communications - Open
Pit Control - Open
Road Rally
Jeanne English
Hm: 310.372-7168
[email protected]
Regional Points Keeper
Linda Haneline
Cell: 858-449-7456
Fax: 760-767-5182
[email protected]
Asst. Race Chairman
Casey Geier
[email protected]
Cal Club Office
Office Manager - Ceci Smith
18202 Cal Club Road, Buttonwillow,
CA 93206 - Phone: 661-764-5945
Fax: 562-421-4598 - [email protected]
Buttonwillow Raceway
President - Les Phillips
24551 Lerdo Highway, Buttonwillow,
CA 93206 - Phone: 661-764-5333
Fax: 661-764-5334 - [email protected]
Competition Representatives
Sports Racers
Joe Moran
[email protected]
Improved Touring
John B. Norris
[email protected]
Touring/SS
Roy Benedetti
[email protected]
Pro 7 and SRX-7
Open
Spec Racer Ford
Doug Stewart
[email protected]
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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Cal Club 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.
Rush Motorsport
7's Only Racing
10147 Mission Gorge Road
18218 Cal Club Drive
Suite A3
Buttonwillow, CA 93206
Santee, CA 92071-3869
661.764.5456
619.562.1801
[email protected]
Louis Thibaut
Tom Dragoun
Regional Tech License #291447
Regional Tech License #229937
Tri-Point Engineering/ProParts
21345 Deering Court
Canoga Park, CA 91304
818.348.5385 ext. 3489
[email protected]
Mark Shuler
Regional Tech License #174467
Beta Motorsports
637 South Palm Street, Suite G
La Habra, CA 90631
714.299.4000
[email protected]
John Coffey
Regional Tech License #239932
Williams Performance
6947 Speedway Blvd.
Unit S 103
Las Vegas, NV 89115
818.522.9676
[email protected]
Mike Williams
Regional Tech License #280871
Costa Mesa R&D Automotive
123 Monte Vista Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
949.631.6376
[email protected]
John Edwards
Regional Tech License #388942
MBI Racing Inc.
17679 Jumper Street
Shafter, California 93263
661.345.8130
[email protected]
Mark Ballengee
Regional Tech License #267269
MINCOMP
1041 West 18th Steet
Suite B-101
Costa Mesa, CA92627-4583
949.650.3058
Bill Gilcrease
National Tech License #95824
Paladin Motorsports
3000 Palisades Drive
Corona, CA 92882
951.736.8989
www.PaladinMotorsports.com
Reza Honarvar
Regional Tech License #287749
First Friday Niter
Road Rally
Schedule
January 7
February 4
March 4
April 1
May 6
June 3
July 1
August 5
September 2
October 7
November 4
December 2
FFN Road Rally
Information & Contacts
First Friday Niter Road Rallys start at the
Bank of America parking lot in Mission
Hills (North San Fernando Valley), 1/2
mile east of I-405 on Devonshire.
Jeanne English - (310) 372-7168
web page: ffn.smscc.org
2011 Cal Club
Road Race Schedule
Date
Event
January
21-23
Porterfield Brake Pads Ntl./Dbl.Reg.
Track
ACS
Cal Club
February
10-12
SCCA Convention - Las Vegas
26-27
Camguard Double Rational
Club
WSIR Cal
SDR
March
24-26
26-27
Road Race Drivers' School
Double Regional, Time Trials
BRP
BRP
Cal Club
Cal Club
April
15-17
30-1
Grand Prix of Long Beach
American Heart Association Dbl.Ntl.
BRP
Cal Club
May
21-22
Double Regional
BRP
Cal Club
June
11-12
Double Regional
ACS
Cal Club
September
3-4
Double Regional/Time Trials
BRP
Cal Club
October
1-2
Double Regional/Time Trials
29-30
Inaugural Pacific Coast Championships
BRP
BRP
Cal Club
Cal Club
Grid Lines
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March/April - 2011
San Diego Region
Grid Lines
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SAN DIEGO REGION OF THE SPORTS CAR CLUB OF AMERICA, INC
Race teams around the world use
ChaseCam to collect vital data both prior
to and during the race
By Elliot Shev
SAN DIEGO, Calif., - What do F1
teams McLaren, Red Bull, Williams,
Scuderia Toro Rosso, and V8 Super
Cars, ALMS, MX-5 Cup, Pirelli Driver
Cup Series and NASA and the FBI all
have in common – they all use
ChaseCam.
Grid Lines: Tell us how you got
involved with Autocross/racing.
Randy: I grew up in Imperial Beach and
as a kid I really didn’t have a great deal
of interest in cars. But my Dad loved to
go to Qualcomm and watch the cars
race around the cones in the parking lot.
Due to his physical handy caps, he wasn’t able to participate, but loved to
watch and I would go with him. That
was my first exposure to racing and
cars. It wasn’t until I was older that I
actually was enticed by a colleague to
come down to the stadium and take a
ride. I did, and I was hooked. That was
in the early 90’s. Want to get people
involved, take them for a ride.
Grid Lines: What was next for you in
Autocross?
Randy: After that first ride I went out
and bought a Toyota MR2. I was immediately told I bought the wrong car. I
should have bought a Miata. I had to
race what I brought, so I had to learn
how to drive and drive well to make up
for any shortcomings my car had. My
goal was to win a National
Championship, and I did that. After I
achieved this goal, I sort of stepped
away, not far away, from autocross and
focused on developing my business.
Grid Lines: What was the genesis of
getting into video capture?
Randy: As an engineer, working here
in San Diego, I worked on a variety of
projects. Some of which had me
involved in video where I developed
the skills that I would need later on. It
was early in the 1990s while racing
carts and doing autocross that it
occurred to me that video would be a
big help. So, why was no one doing it?
I noticed that the ones that were, had to
use duct tape and mechanics wire to
hold a camera in place. And, the camera was a 8 mm or Super 8 mm video
camera that was big and bulky. The
angle of view and where you could
mount it was limited. So, I started out
by coming up with a better mount,
which would not only hold your camera securely, but would allow you to
mount it in more locations. This was
how three-suction-cup mount came to
be. Now I had a great camera mount
and a huge expense for tires,
transportation and fees on my road to a
National Championship. How could I
make a business out of this to write off
the expenses of journey? I decided to
go into the mount business.
Grid Lines: Ok, we have the mount,
what about the video?
Randy: Next was how do we get a
smaller camera that was lighter and
could get closer to the ground, in the
front of the car. We made a small camera with off the shelf parts, connected
with CAT 5 cable to a camcorder in the
car. It was a bit of a kludge with power
and the camera, but it was growing in
popularity. As I traveled around going
to races, people saw the product, liked
it and bought it. This was my first
product and we called it ConeCam. This
was in the mid to late 90s. Not only was
I selling product to the autocross community, I was getting folks from all
kinds of racing series calling me for
product.
Grid Lines: How were you promoting
your ConeCam?
Randy: That’s just it, I wasn’t. It was all
word of mouth. It was now 1999/2000
and I was spending half my time contract engineering and half my time dong
ConeCam. I needed to make a decision
on how to move forward. First, I needed to change the name ad it was not
being pronounced correctly, nor was it
only for driving through cones. My
friends strongly suggested using my
name and it was a great fit as it denotes
speed. Next there was ChaseCam and
my new full time job.
Grid Lines: How did you come up with
the first video/data recorder?
Randy: I was racing shifter karts and
we were out at the track making a promotional video for Moran. We had a
camera, a belt pack, a microphone, a
camcorder and had to deal with all this
while in the kart. This was all too much
and led me to develop the PDR100, our
first all in one video and data logger.
This product took off. Not only were
autocrossers’ using it, but, I was getting
calls from F1 teams, and other tier 1
teams. Next thing I know, the V8
Supercars in Australia have required all
the cars to have a ChaseCam system in
the car. These units are all integrated
with the ECU. Speed World Challenge
used them in all the cars. And, the list
goes on. Now, we have the DIVA (Data
Integrated Video Acquisition) System
with HD. This new system is the next
step in video and data acquisition.
Grid Lines commentary:
Today, there are over 8,000 racecars
around the world using ChaseCam to
capture video and telemetry. NASA
(that’s the space agency, not the race
club) is using this product in rockets to
record launches and recaptures the units
as they are returned to earth via para-
Randy Chase with the state of the art DIVA Video and Data collection System
along with the all new super small HD camera.
chute. Randy also makes a hardened
product for the military, such as the one
used by NASA. An equal amount of
product is used in ways not associated
with racing. The product has many
diverse uses in vehicles, trains, planes,
and military. You can find these products all over the over the world in a
wide array of uses.
You can have the same system used
by all these professionals in your car,
made here in San Diego, by a local
racer. How cool is that! Contact Randy
at ChaseCam, 9770 Carroll Centre Rd.
Ste. D, San Diego, CA 92126 858-3971777 www.chasecam.com.
Club Racers honored at
Convention
LAS VEGAS (February 12, 2011) –
Lunchtime at the third and final day of
the SCCA Convention and Annual
Meeting at the South Point Hotel and
Casino in Las Vegas celebrated the
achievements of Club Racers in 2010.
Tire Rack’s Woody Johnson hosted
the Club Racing Awards Luncheon gathering the more than 440 attendees at the convention together to recognize outstanding
achievement of a select group of drivers,
crew members and administrators.
For the first time, Time Trials were
recognized as part of the Club Racing
luncheon. Matt Rowe and Tony Machi,
co-chairs
of
the Time Trials
Adminstrative Council, presented awards
to the top region and participant in 2010.
Also presented during the annual
luncheon were the David Morrell
Memorial Award for Chief Stewards,
Mechanic of the Year, the Kimberly Cup
awarded to the most improved Club
Racer, the Jim Fitzgerald Rookie of the
Year Award, and the Martin W. Tanner
Award for unusual courage while
exposed to danger.
John Fergus, multi-time National
Champion, represented the Road Racing
Driver’s Club to present the prestigious Mark
Donohue Award. Peter Shawdowen, from
the Florida Region, earned the 2010 award.
Time Trial Event of the Year- Drive For
Babies PDX – Milwaukee Region
Rich Shafer Time Trial Participant of the
Year Award - Rob Bedelis – Milwaukee
Region
David Morrell Memorial Award
(Outstanding Performance by a National
Chief Steward)
Jim Rogaski – San Francisco Region
Mechanic of the Year Award
Randy Hartman – Ohio Valley Region
Kimberly Cup (Most Improved Driver)
Richard Shields – Steel City Region
Jim Fitzgerald Rookie of the Year Award
Sean Rayhall – Atlanta Region
Martin W. Tanner Award (For unusual
courage while exposed to danger)
Nelson Ledges Rescue Team; Denny
Freeman, Chief – Steel Cities Region
Mark Donohue Award
(For outstanding performance, sportsmanship and competitiveness in SCCA
Club Racing, presented by the Road
Racing Driver’s Club)
Peter Shawdowen – Florida Region
March/April - 2011
Catching up with
Grid Lines
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Boris Said
By Norm DeWitt
Sebring, FL - Boris Said is probably
the most successful product of the
SCCA’s Showroom Stock Classes, with
his early roots in SSGT. The son of an
Olympic Bobsled driver who also raced
in the 1959 USGP at Sebring, Boris went
on to establish a resume that includes
success at just about every international
closed wheel racing series of the past 20
years. Appropriately enough, we caught
up with Boris at Sebring where he was
driving a Ford GT in the 12 hours.
Grid Lines – Tell us a bit about how you
It started with
started in racing.
motocross…
Boris – I raced motocross, I’m a motorcycle dealer and still race motocross. I
raced everything growing up, 125s, 250s,
did a couple of Nationals. I was a local
Expert; the first one I did was the
Southwick Nationals in 1980 or 81 on a
Suzuki 465. Right then I knew I wasn’t
going to make it… no chance. Growing
up that was all we did, and it kept us out
of trouble. My 7 year old is totally into
off-road, and I have a 4 stroke Honda
CR250 at home in the garage.
Grid Lines – How did this translate into a
career in the cars?
Boris – I was kind of a wild kid, liked to
drive fast… but I never watched car racing on TV, I was into motorcycles. But in
1985, I got a trip to the Detroit Grand
Prix from a Ford dealer, so I went and
saw a car race and thought; I’ve got to do
that… I’ve got to buy a Formula One car.
So, at the Detroit race I saw Bob Sharp
who owned a dealership up the street
from mine, and I told him ‘I want to buy
a Formula One car, where do I get one?’
Now I know that was a stupid question, I
had no idea. I just figured it was 50
grand or something to go buy one. He sat
me down and told me what I need to do.
He talked me into going to Skip Barber,
going to driving school with the SCCA,
and buying a Showroom Stock car.
Grid Lines – Where did you get your
start in SCCA road racing?
Boris – I lived in Stamford, Connecticut,
in the Northeast division. I drove my
SSGT Mustang to the track, went to the
driver’s school and double regional at
Pocono in 1987. Then I tried to enter a
National at Lime Rock but they said you
had to enter a certain number of
Regionals before you could do Nationals.
The next race was a National at Summit
Point, so I forged my log book and BS’d
my way into racing the National. That’s
all there was, it was at the end of the
year. So I went right into the Nationals
from there.
Grid Lines – How long did you spend in
the Nationals before the first pro opportunity came along?
Boris – A few races later I had BS’d
my way into a Pro license, and raced
the 6 hour Escort Endurance race at
Road Atlanta. I did it alone too; I had
a fake name listed as a co-driver…
used the name of a really fast National
guy from our region. I didn’t even
have a spare set of wheels. I had 2
guys with a homemade fuel rig helping me with fueling.
Half way
through the race I got out of the car
and used a T handle lug wrench to
reverse the wheels left to right. About
an hour before the end of the race they
figured out that I was the only one
driving, and disqualified me. I went
to the tower and pleaded with them
that I just wanted to finish. So, they
let me go out and finish.
Grid Lines – You are pretty good at
BS’ing. I’ll remember that when I need
somebody to introduce me to Ecclestone.
All this was before you had raced the
Runoffs?
Boris – Yeah, then I went to the next 6
hour endurance race that was at Sebring,
the last race of the year. I had parts… I’d
rented a Ford Mustang from Hertz, so I
had spare wheels this time, and used the
fake name again. I raced my car, but
took the fuel pump and wheels off the
rental car. I ended up finishing the race
here… they just let me do it.
Grid Lines – Sounds like Lance Stewart
back in his late 70s autocross days. He’d
rent a car and thrash it in the showroom
stock class.
Boris – No kidding? I’d just rented mine
for spares (you can see the wheels turning)… I’d only done a few races, but I’d
decided that I wanted to do this the rest
of my life. The following year in 1988, I
bought another showroom stock car… a
Corvette that year. I started doing the
Corvette Challenge series, and did the
Runoffs. In 1989 I did the Corvette
Challenge and got a Camaro for SSGT,
which is what I drove when I got my
Runoffs wins. Had the pole, fastest lap,
and won the next 3 years in a row… in
89, 90, and 91. It was great fun, really
good fun. I stopped doing Nationals
after 1991.
Grid Lines - Early on, you were
connected with the “Life’s a Beach”
clothing guys.
Boris – Beaver Theodosakis and then
the Simo brothers… I was at Atlanta
racing the Runoffs, I met Beaver one
year and we kind of became friends.
Then the next year he said ‘My partners
are coming this year.’ Mark and Brian
Simo, the other ‘Life’s a Beach’ guys…
they were crazy, and we just hit it off.
Well, they lost their company and started
this other company, No Fear. Some people you meet… you just hit it off, so I
ended up moving out to Southern
California and now I’ve been there 22
years. It’s awesome.
Grid Lines- After all the Runoffs success,
what came next?
Boris – I got rides in World Challenge,
and I think I’ve raced in the 24 hours of
Daytona every year since 91. In 93 I got
a ride at Daytona in a production car for
Kim Baker. That led to a ride for
Calloway in Europe for 93.
Editor’s note
Correction from
last issue:
Solo Club of the Year winner was
incorrectly noted. It is SCNAX.
From your editor: If you have a story or
pictures to share, please let me know.
Elliot Shev
619-795-1550
[email protected]
Grid Lines – I recall you on the cover of
On Track magazine, driving the
Calloway through Eau Rouge at Spa.
When was the first Trans-Am ride?
Boris – In 1994, at the Miami Grand
Prix. For 1994 I got a break with the
Simos, driving a Ford for Tom Gloy
racing, and got to run 4 or 5 Trans-Am
races. Then in 95 there was a seat open
in the factory Ford, so Tom Gloy ran
about 8 drivers through a runoff, and I
won that.
Grid Lines – And you had to go up
against the steamroller that was Kendall
and Binks with the Roush Mustang.
You’ve said the most impressive track
you’ve driven on is the Nurburgring
(long course).
Boris – Absolutely, by far… although
Bathurst is pretty wild too. The
Nurburgring – 230 corners, how hard
the track is, how hard the weather is…
dealing with the traffic … definitely the
biggest challenge is that 24 hour race.
You need to know that track in your
sleep, or else you’ll wreck if you are
going fast.
Grid Lines – Another use for rental cars.
Boris – Yeah, it was pretty tough, but we
did win a race that year, which was pretty cool. Also doing a lot of showroom
stock rides, one-offs. I started driving for
BMW, and that was steady. I was doing
that and Trans-Am together.
Boris – I’ve driven a lot of laps around
there in rental cars. I raced there in 2003
with BMW and crashed in the race. In
2004 I took a second. To finally win
there, the first American driver to win
that race there, that is something I’ll
never forget, winning the 2005 24 hours
of Nurburgring.
Grid Lines – Yes, that late 90s M3
program was highly successful.
In 2011, if there is a professional race nearby, expect to find Boris Said racing there.
San Diego Region
Solo Schedule through June
Friday, April 1st
SCCA National Tour
Region
Saturday, April 2nd
SCCA National Tour
Region
Sunday, April 3rd
SCCA National Tour
Region
Sunday, April 17th
Championship, West Lot TART
Saturday, May 14th
Practice, SE
Sunday, May 15th
Championship, SE Lot
DCCSD
Saturday, June 4th
Novice School, SE Lot
Region
Saturday, June 11th
Practice, West Lot
SCAT
Sunday, June 12th
Championship, West Lot SCAT
Lot
DCCSD
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SoPac National Points
Class/Name
AS Qualls, Chris
T1
Kelley, Kyle
Thordarson, Oli
Ronson, Chris
Kahn, Robert
Benedetti, Roy
Reg/Pts/Ood
CSCC 48
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
SanD
CSCC
51
38
24
20
9
T2
T3
Marie, Sage
CSCC 24
ST
STO
STU Valafar, Sammy
Hoover, Marc
Royle, Philip
Burgoon, Rob
Staal, Matthew
Lampe, Brian
Browning, Michael
Lee, Clement
Ruiz, Stephen
LasV
Ariz
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
Ariz
CSCC
CSCC
34
33
24
22
18
16
12
9
6
SSB Niffenegger, Lee
Crites, Richard
CSCC 24
SanD 12
SSC Husting, Brian
CSCC 36
SM Valafar, Sammy
Vance, Tyler
Lee, Clement
Burgoon, Rob
Ghidinelli, Brian
Busk, Dean
Westmoreland, Grant
Walker, Jeff
Matthews, Chuck
Weaver, Tim
Pitt, Josh
Ruiz, Stephen
Halpin, Mike
McGee, Charles
Nelson,Bill
Deal, Tyler
Gong, Curtis
Burke, James
Dahn, Cole
Donick, Michael
Miles, Mark
Shoemaker, Dale
Thibault, Don
LasV
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
Ariz
SanD
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
Ariz
CSCC
Ariz
Ariz
CSCC
CSCC
Ariz
CSCC
Ariz
Ariz
Ariz
LasV
CSCC
44
40
22
16
14
11
10
9
7
6
4 *
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
GT1 Porterfield, Andy
Boatright, Chip
Thurston, Bud
Lewis, Mike
Lansing, David
Kelley, Kyle
CSCC
Ariz
Ariz
SanD
Ariz
CSCC
33
31
24
19
18
14
GT2 Potter, Brooks
Henderson, Mike
Ruthroff, Doug
CSCC 24
SanD 12
Ariz 7
GT3 Henderson, Mike
Maike, Wolfgang
Gray, Richard
Marshall, Dennis
SanD
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
57
30
14
0
GTL Bower, John
Gilcrease, Bill
Fazzi, Michael
CSCC 36
CSCC 18
CSCC 0
EP
SanD
CSCC
Ariz
CSCC
Gist, Gary
Karlson, Roger
Gellespie, Keith
Carroll, Josh
31
27
24
21
as of March 15
Class/Name
Malone, James
Nelson, Doug
FP
Powers, Sean
Linn, Brian
Reg/Pts/Ood
Ariz 16
Ariz 0
Ariz 46
CSCC 24
HP Isley, Jason
Markos, Cory
Wittman, Gary
Wood, Curtis
Bryant, Craig
Shaver, Leroy
SanD
CSCC
CSCC
Ariz
CSCC
CSCC
42
35
24
16
12
9
SRF Acker, TJ
Jucha, Bill
Marino, Paul
Miserendino, Mike
Ballengee, Mark
Miserendino, Tom
Zaph, Craig
Eggleton, Kyle
Williams, Marty
Webking, Rick
Flessa, Karl
Freireich, Elliot
Raby, Ed
Edwards, Don
Fleming, Lee
Fosdick, Denny
French, John
Pheteplace, David
Stewart, Doug
Young, Dick
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
Ariz
Ariz
LasV
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
47
39
33
33
14
14
8
5
5
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
CSR Nicklin, Steve
Simons, Don
Fletcher, Ron
Lohr, Rene
Schifini, Joe
Tweedlie, Dave
CSCC
CSCC
SanD
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
30
24
21
19
16
0
DSR Alexander, Lee
Botkin, Henry
DeAlva, Paul
Ferguson, Ellen
Kazen, Robert
CSCC
SanD
Ariz
CSCC
CSCC
60
43
14
13
7
S2
Ferguson, David
Ota, Doug
Holcomb, Gary
Moran, Joe
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
24
21
9
0
FM Brown, Steve
Anderson, Mike
Drew, Brad
Slone, Jamie
Workum, Peter
Schultz, Dutch
Eckert, Frank
Gallant, Kelly
Lever, Edward
CSCC
SanD
CSCC
Ariz
Ariz
CSCC
Ariz
Ariz
CSCC
33
21 *
17
14
11
7
6
6
6
FA
Gaddini, Vince
Damon, Renny
Emanuel, Chris
Goughary, Dennis
West, Peter
Davis, Ken
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
SanD
24
22
19
5
2
0
Eitel, Duane
Hickman, Gary
Ariz
SanD
18
12
FB
FC
FE
FF
Erlandson, Ed
Brenner, Douglas
DiGiovanni, John
Kessinger, Roger
FV Wake, Ron
Turner, Charlie
Edwards, Mark
Ruiz, Roman
F500
CSCC
CSCC
Ariz
CSCC
33
21
12
6
CSCC
CSCC
CSCC
Ariz
36
33
24
14
March/April - 2011
SoPac Calendar of Events
Date
Event
January
9
Solo
15-17 Dbl. Ntl./Dbl. Restricted Reg./Test
16
Championship Solo Event
21-23 Porterfield Brake Pads Ntl./Dbl. Reg.
23
Solo
February
10-12 SCCA National Convention - Las Vegas
13
Championship Solo Event
26-27 Camguard Double Rational
27
Solo
March
13
Solo
19-20 Double Regional/PDX-Charity Race
20
Solo Championship Event
24-26 Road Race Drivers' School
26-27 Double Regional, Time Trials
April
3
Solo
8-10
Pro Solo
30-1
American Heart Assoc. Double Natonal
May
1
Solo Championship Event
21-22 Double Regional
22
Solo Championship Event
June
11-12 Double Regional
24-26 SoPac Divisional Solo Championship
25
Hawaii Region Awards Banquet
July
24
Solo Championship Event
September
3-4
Double Regional/Time Trials
25
Solo Championship Event
October
1-2
Double Regional/Time Trials
15-16 Double Regional/PDX
23
Solo Championship Event
29-30 Inaugural Pacific Coast Championships
November
27
Solo Championship Event
December
10-11 Double Regional/Vintage Classic
11
Solo Championship Event
Track
Region
AS
PIR
ACS
ACR
AS
Hawaii
Arizona
Cal Club
Cal Club
Hawaii
ACS
WSIR
AS
Cal Club
Cal Club/SDR
Hawaii
AS
TBD
ElToro
BRP
BRP
Hawaii
Arizona
Cal Club
Cal Club
Cal Club
AS
ElToro
BRP
Hawaii
SCCA
Cal Club
ElToro
BRP
ElToro
Cal Club
Cal Club
Cal Club
ACS
ElToro
Cal Club
SoPac Div.
Hawaii
ElToro
Cal Club
BRP
ACS
Cal Club
Cal Club
BRP
IMR
ACS
BRP
Cal Club
Arizona
Cal Club
Cal Club
ACS
Cal Club
PIR
ACS
Arizona
Cal Club
Track Reference: ACS - (Auto Club Speedway), AS - (Aloha Stadium),
BRP - (Buttonwillow Raceway Park), IMR - (Inde Motorsports Ranch),
PIR - (Phoenix International Raceway), WSIR - (Willow Springs
International Raceway)
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fax: 760-291-1267
EXECUTIVE STEWARD
Barbara Knox
38-400 Bel Air Drive
Cathedral City.
CA 922342210
760-322-0820 Wk,
760 321 2276 Hm
[email protected]
DEPUTY STEWARD
CAL CLUB
John Snow
Hm: 714-538-3106
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DEPUTY EXEC
STEWARD - AZ
Mike Jennings
2208 West Baseline Ave,
Lot 88
Apache Junction,
AZ 85220-9512
480-288-9884
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DRIVER LICENSING
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Unit B-101
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
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SERVICE -DA
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2429 N. 39th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85028-2225
602-708-0081
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STARTER – DA
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78946 Nectarine Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92211
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760 200 9106 HM,
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FLAGGING &
COMMO – DA
Dan Cain
644 Cypress Circle
Redlands, Ca
909-793-0908
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826 Cantebury Drive
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
520-234-7517
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MEDICAL SAFETY - DA
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Mesa, AZ 85213-6751
480-657-7610
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Borrego, Springs,
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858-354-3871 (Hm)
858-354-3871 (Cell)
760-767-5182 (Fax)
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RACE CONTROL – DA
Heather Baker
826 Canterbury Drive
Sierra Vista, AZ 85635
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SCRUTINEERING – DA
Bill Wells
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Chula Vista, Ca 91911-3554
619-691-9325
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SCHEDULING REP
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SOPAC NEWS
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TIMING & SCORING - DA
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SCCA-SOPAC.ORG
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24 FOOT HAULMARK THRIFTY CAR
HAULER and CUSTOM RV. Less than 5K
miles on interstate hauls. This is a well sorted
race support vehicle that is ready to go—just
supply the car! Options include high output
Carrier air conditioner w/heat strip, oscillating
tower heaters, 30 amp RV service, 32 inch
Olevia color LCD flatscreen TV mounted on
omnimount with portable DirecTV antenna,
Thetford porcelain fresh water flush toilet with
portable holding tanks, rear view camera with
LCD color monitor and sound for tow vehicle,
wall mounted tire rack for spare set of tires and
wheels, Craftsman Steel workbench and toolcabinet (tools not included), tow straps, 12 V
house battery, 2 new tires, spare tire and bottle
jack, PitPal aluminum shelving and storage,
Devilbiss compressor, hoses and cords for RV
hookups, 2 sleeping cots, and EZ-UP shade.
Includes weight distributing hitch which essentially eliminates sway and keeps bumper from
dragging. Add your car and you’re ready for the
track or autocross with a first class rig at a fraction of the price. $7,500. Ernie 949-454-8850
[email protected].
MISC.
FOR SALE Buttonwillow's "Checkered Flag
Club" $5,000 Membership Benefits include: Test
days, Pit spaces with RV hook-up, Permanent
admission pass. For full benifits information contact: Greg Pene @ 909.240.8401 or email me at
[email protected]
Shop and storage space sharing. If you
would like to share shop and storage space
in the San Fernando Area, near the 5 and
118 freeways contact Gunnar Lindstrom at
[email protected] or call 805-479-2930.