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CONTENTSApril 18 Regional Races Page 4Rose Cup Race Schedule Page 6The Twisty Bits Page 7What a Ride! Page 112010 Upcoming Events Page 12Rallying with Chris & Kristen Page 13Classifi ed Ads Page 14Board Minutes Page 14

Loud PedalThe Membership Magazine of Oregon Region Sports Car Club of America

Editor:

Randy Unsbee, ABCSponsor PR & Marketing1260 NE 20thGresham, OR 97030 info@sponsorpr.com

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Photographers: Doug Berger, George Dwinell, Wayne Flynn, Ron Coelho

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On the Front Cover:Greg Pierson was fi rst in GT2 in the Sprint Race at the April 18 Thank You Race Offi -cials Weekend at Portland International Raceway, Round #2 of the Oregon Region SCCA Road Racing Championship. Randy Unsbee Photo.

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2010 Board of Directors Regional Executive Dan Halloran dan.halloran@yahoo.com Asst. R. E. Dan Mullin danm356@yahoo.comPast R. E. Jeffrey Zurschmeide J.zursch@verizon.netRoad Racing Director Jim Murray jmmurrayjr@aol.comSolo II Director Andy Howe andy.howe@verizon.netRally Director Chris Hale chris@cubedisorder.comDirector at Large 1 Peggy Gaston peggygaston@hotmail.comDirector at Large 2 Kimberly McFarland kuzmc@hotmail.com

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Road Racing Officials Road Racing Director Jim Murray jmmurrayjr@aol.comRace Ops Manager Position AvailableRegl Points Keeper* Kari L.Macfarlane karimac@qwestoffice.netVintage Racing Chair Dan Mullin 541-683-1091 Vintage Points* Dave Franks 503-968-8134

*Please contact Dave Franks for Vintage Series Points. Contact Kari Macfarlane for all other Oregon Region points matters.

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Stewards Gary Meeker - NorPac Executive Steward gmeeker@earthlink.netJeffrey Niess - OR Deputy Executive Steward niess@comcast.netBen Bradley - Norpac RallyCross Steward bradley@reed.eduHoward Allen howduck@qwest.netSteve Archer mikah@comcast.netBill Bachofner wgbach@comcast.netTodd Butler todd.sherry@verizon.netBill Carr bcarr@varicast.comWin Casey msiltd@integraonline.comErin Ebelmesser lylaskye@msn.comGail Fetterman gailfetterman@comcast.netDave Franks franks97@verizon.netSpencer Gorham sgorstew@aol.comDon Holland hollanddl@verizon.netBob Mead ramead@q.comDan Mullin danm356@yahoo.comAlan Robinson robinsah@engr.orst.eduLewis Scott 503-646-3840Don Smethers don@smethers.comDave Shively mos33c20@centurytel.netGary Van Horn gvanhorn@minetfiber.comSkip Yocom rampant53@gmail.com

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Larry Bergman #83, Tom Hendrickson #2 and Lance Spiering

Frank McKinnon #33 and Ron Tanner #2

Wade Carter

Bill Thew #0

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Round Two of the Oregon Region SCCA Road Racing ChampionshipPhotos by George “Ken” Dwinell

by Randy Unsbee, ABC

Round #2 of the Oregon Region SCCA Road Racing Championship was held April 18 at Portland International Race-way, with several drivers and teams so-lidifying their positions in class champi-onships early on in the nine-race season.

Gary Bockman won the Spec Miata nine-lap sprint race but Ken Sutherland reigned supreme in the feature over Bruce Wilson and Bockman in the 14-car fi eld. Ken led the fi nal six laps. Wilson leads the class standings over Sutherland, Bockman, Thomas Ferrara, Jason Rawlins and 16 other drivers.

Chris Jackson tuned up for his upcoming trip to Laguna Seca with victories in both the Spec Racer Ford Group 5 sprint and feature. John Tipton leads the champion-ship standings over Steve Fogg, Jackson, Dan Halloran, Johnny Humphreys and

15 other competitors. Wade Carter was fi rst overall in Group 2 with his Formula Atlantic in both the sprint and feature races, while S2 saw Ernest Spada Jr. lead Larry Bergman and Tom Hendrickson across the fi nish line. They also hold the top three points positions in that order. Thomas Hamilton led Kenn Atkinson to the checkered in DSR.

David Cormier was fi rst overall in the Group 3 sprint and feature races over Monte Shelton and Greg Pierson. Cormier again dominated the Group 6 races while John Davies was fi rst in A Sedan and Barrett Smith won the SP911 feature. Doug Russell leads the SP911 title race ahead of Jim Bushnell, Smith, and Steve Gilmore. Cromier leads in the PCA1 standings and is second to Shelton in the SPO point standings.

Ron Tanner edged Frank McKinnon for the sprint race overall win in Group 7, while they swapped overall fi nishing positions in the feature, as Sean Hedrick claimed the ITA win over Jim Graffy in the feature. Mike Adams leads the ITS standings, followed by Tanner, August Macbeth, Matt Chambers and four other drivers.

The Vintage sprint race saw David Rugh win overall and take the VFSR class victory, while VP3 was won by Norman Daniels, Ward Barbour claimed VP1 with his Mini, and Paul Sundermier claimed VP2. The Vintage feature race was a mirror image of the sprint round for the victors.

Complete results and lap charts are avail-able online at www.mylaps.com.

James Schnell #01

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Rose Cup Invitational Race ● Pirelli Drivers Cup Series ● Oregon Region SCCA Regionals w/ Vintage ● Porsche Club of America - Porsche Cup RacesSCCA SANCTION: 10-R-1047-S, 10-R-1048-S

FRIDAY, JUNE 11TH(7:00 AM - 3:00 PM Registration Open)(7:30 AM - 4:00 PM Tech Inspection Open)(6:00 PM - Drag Tech Opens)

Begin End Session 8:30 AM 8:50 AM Practice Group 6 9:00 AM 9:20 AM Practice Group 7 + 1 9:30 AM 9:50 AM Porsche Cup Practice10:00 AM 10:20 AM Practice Group 510:30 AM 10:50 AM PDC Festival Trophy Practice11:00 AM 11:20 AM Practice Group 2 + 411:30 AM 11:50 AM Practice Group 812:00 AM 12:20 PM Rose Cup Practice12:20 PM 1:20 PM Lunch 1:20 PM 1:40 PM Porsche Cup Practice 1:50 PM 2:10 PM Qualify Group 5 2:20 PM 2:40 PM Qualify Group 7 2:50 PM 3:10 PM Qualify Group 6 3:10 PM 3:30 PM Track Crossing 3:30 PM 3:50 PM Qualify Group 2 + 4 4:00 PM 4:20 PM PDC Festival Trophy Qualify 4:30 PM 4:50 PM Qualify Group 1 5:00 PM 5:20 PM Porsche Cup Qualify 5:30 PM 5:50 PM Qualify Group 8 7:00 PM Friday Night Drags

SATURDAY, JUNE 12th(7:30 AM - 3:00 PM Registration Open)(7:30 AM - 4:00 PM Event & Annual Tech Inspection)(6:00 PM - Drag Tech Opens)

Begin End Session 8:30 AM 8:55 AM Race Group 5 9:05 AM 9:20 AM Porsche Cup Practice Start 9:30 AM 9:55 AM Race Group 2 + 410:05 AM 10:30 AM Race Group 710:40 AM 11:05 AM Porsche Cup Race11:15 AM 11:40 AM Race Group 811:50 AM 12:15 PM Race Group 612:15 PM 1:15 PM Lunch Programs** 1:15 PM 1:40 PM Race Group 1 1:50 PM 2:10 PM Rose Cup Qualify 2:20 PM 2:40 PM Qualify Group 5 2:50 PM 3:10 PM Qualify Group 2 + 4 3:20 PM 3:40 PM Qualify Group 8 3:50 PM 4:20 PM PDC Festival Trophy Qualify 4:30 PM 4:50 PM Qualify Group 7 5:00 PM 5:20 PM Qualify Group 1 5:30 PM 5:50 PM Qualify Group 6 6:00 PM 6:20 PM Rose Cup Qualify 7:00 PM Saturday Night Drags

** Marque Club Laps 12:15 to 12:45 Portland Karting 12:45 to 1:15

SUNDAY, JUNE 13th(7:30 AM - 12:00 PM Registration Open)(7:30 AM - 2:00 PM Event & Annual Tech Inspection)(10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Cruise In Activities)

Begin End Session 8:30 AM 9:00 AM Race Group 6 9:10 AM 9:40 AM Race Group 7 9:50 AM 10:00 AM Porsche Cup Warm-up10:10 AM 10:25 AM Rose Cup Warm-up10:35 AM 10:45 AM PDC Festival Trophy Warm-up10:55 AM 11:25 AM Race Group 511:35 AM 12:05 AM Race Group 1 12:05 PM 12:20 PM Festival Trophy Pre-Race12:20 PM 12:55 PM PDC Festival Trophy Race12:55 PM 1:10 PM Festival Trophy Winners Activities 1:10 PM 1:50 PM Lunch / Marque Club Laps 1:50 PM 2:20 PM Porsche Cup Race 2:30 PM 2:45 PM Portland Karting Demonstrations 2:45 PM 3:00 PM Rose Cup Pre-Race 3:00 PM 4:00 PM Rose Cup Race (45 Minutes) 4:00 PM 4:20 PM Rose Cup Winners Activities 4:20 PM 4:50 PM Race Group 2 + 4 5:00 PM 5:30 PM Race Group 8

Race Groups: Regional1 SM CSM2 CSR DSR S2 SS2 ASR FA FC FM FS FE FB3 GT1 GT2 GT3 SPO SPM ST ITE4 FF F500 FV CF FST 5 SRF6 PCA1 PCA2 PCA3 PCA4 SP911 T1 T2 AS STO7 CP1 CP2 CP3 ITR ITS ITA ITB ITC SSB SSC T3 GTL EP FP HP SPU STU8 VF/SR VP1 VP2 VP3

Race Groups : OtherRose Cup: Group 3 (a non-ORRRC-points race)Festival Trophy Race: Pirelli Drivers Cup (PDC)Porsche Cup: (PCA)

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IMPORTANT NOTES:Schedule may be modified due to on-track incidents.

Course is with Chicane

For races, cars are scheduled to leave the grid at the BEGIN times listed.

Photo ID’s are Required for all members. Photo ID’s MUST be worn in Hot Pits and Pregrid.

2010 SCHEDULE

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Friday, June 11th - Sunday, June 13thPortland International Raceway Portland, Oregon

Schedule Last Revised: March 17, 2010, 2009

201050TH ANNIVERSARY

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If you own and use Impact Racing prod-ucts, you need to know that some items produced before 2009 have been decerti-fi ed, and do not conform to the GCR for SCCA racing.

More information on specifi c products af-fected is available at www.sfi foundation.com. Use of these products may result in failure of your technical inspection; expect to see notices at Registration on the race weekends. Sorry for the inconvenience but it’s your head and body that’s at risk…

Sunoco sponsorship $$$. On the April race weekend we awarded the fi rst checks to drivers from the Sunoco sponsorship fund; as a random drawing it made for some happy drivers.

This will continue each race weekend; to qualify you buy the fuel, save the receipt, put the patch on your suit and decal on the car, and cross your fi ngers for the win. The random drawing means every purchaser has an equal chance.

Workers rule and ride! Elsewhere in the Loud Pedal is a big “thank you” to the drivers who offered rides to workers on the April weekend; there were 17 riders in 6 cars in 30 minutes. The Spec Miata drivers led the way, joined by one loud Civic.

We plan to offer this again when possible and hope we’ll get different cars to offer rides; obviously, two seats are required. Watch this space for further details.

One-day licensing school’s fi rst run. Two students earned Novice licenses on the Fri-day test day prior to the April weekend; Bret Thurman and Richard Gordon, both of whom had prior experience which en-abled us to waive one drivers’ school, com-pleted in-class and on-track work to earn licenses.

Bret had prior experience in Vintage, and Richard had extensive sedan racing experi-

ence in years past. Bret ran the race week-end in SRF and went well. Please welcome both drivers into the fold; we look forward to seeing both Bret and Richard soon!

Racing for Dummies, Chapter Two: Last time we invited you to tell us any racing experiences you’d like to share; for pub-lication in this space. We know there are many stories out there and one reader pointed out that the workers also can con-

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WHAT A GREAT RIDE!by Karen McCoy

The drivers of Oregon Region did something es-pecially nice for the workers during our April race weekend! They outfitted their cars with passenger seats & took any willing and brave workers who dared for three laps around PIR during the lunch hour. Now mind you, these laps were supposed to be at 8/10 speed, but I swear it felt like we were on the ragged edge of flying off to the golf course—and I was ready to yell “fore!” any time!

I rode with Ken Sutherland, #94 SM. He instructed me to give a “thumbs up” for OK and a “thumbs down” to go slower. I really tried not to give a thumbs down, I really did. But, Todd had asked me not to throw up in his helmet, and I was pretty sure Ken didn’t want me to wet his seat, so I had no other choice but to give him the “slower” signal on the second lap.

When we arrived back in the hot pits, Ken asked if I had checked every flag station to see if they were displaying any flags for us. I couldn’t say either way because my eyes were closed for most of the ride. Oh well, I hope whatever flags they may have displayed weren’t too important!

Thank you to the drivers who took the time and made the effort to provide the thrills—installing a passenger seat in a Miata that already has a roll cage is not an easy task, by the way. Not to men-tion, these guys would probably have spent the time prepping their cars for qualifying or eating lunch themselves. A couple of driv-ers even came out just to give rides when they weren’t even planning to race this weekend!

A huge thank-you to the drivers: Geoff Cochran, Jon Davies, Mark de Regt, Eddie Nakato, Will Schrader, and Ken Sutherland. And to the drivers who vol-unteered to staff the corner stations (sor-ry I don’t know who you were because my eyes were closed), and the ones who helped the workers get their helmets on and orchestrated the switching of passen-gers in the hot pits. And, to Pro Drive for providing the helmets. And, of course, to the team of drivers who set this whole thing up: Jon Davies, Jim Weidenbaum, Todd Butler, and Jim Murray.

All the workers had big grins on their fac-es when they disembarked. It was great fun! Thank you all!

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2010 Upcoming Events

May 7-9 -- Columbia Roofing & Sheet Metal Regional and National Races @ PIRMay 7 -- CSCC Friday Nighter, Portland/Vancouver Area

May 14-16 - Vintage CSRG @ Thunderhill

May 14-16 -- Oregon Trail Rally, Hood River, OR and PIR

May 29-31 -- NWR Double National w/NORPAC Vintage @ Pacific Raceways

May 30 -- ORG RallyCross #3, Hillsboro, OR

June 4 -- CSCC Friday Nighter, Portland/Vancouver Area

June 11-13 -- ORSCCA Rose Cup Double Regional w/NORPAC Vintage, with Chicane @ PIR

June 12-13 -- Intermediate School and Solo Event #3 @ Packwood, WA

June 26-27 -- ORG National RallyCross 2010, Hillsboro, OR

June 27 -- ORG RallyCross #4, Hillsboro, OR

July 2-4 -- ORSCCA Double National, with Chicane @ PIR

July 2 -- CSCC Friday Nighter, Portland/Vancouver Area

July 10-11 -- Solo Events # 4 & #5 @ Packwood, WA

July 31 -- CSCC Mountains to the Sea Rally, Portland to Coast

August 7-8 -- ORSCCA Single Regional, no Chicane @ PIR

August 8 -- ORG RallyCross #5, Location TBA

August 13 -- CSCC Friday Nighter, Portland/Vancouver Area

August 21-22 -- Solo Events #6 and #7 @ Packwood, WA

August 28-29 -- NWR Double Regional w/NORPAC Vintage @ Bremerton

September 11 -- Rally Against Parkinson’s

September 12 -- ORG RallyCross #6, Hillsboro, OR

September 10-12 -- SFR/NORPAC Vintage Weekend @ Thunderhill Park

September 11-12 -- ORSCCA Single Regional, no Chicane @ PIR

September 17 -- CSCC Friday Nighter, Portland/Vancouver Area

September 18-19 -- Solo Events #8 and #9 @ PIR South Paddock

October 1 -- CSCC Friday Nighter, Portland/Vancouver Area

October 8-10 -- ORSCCA Double Regional, with Chicane @ PIR

October 10 -- ORG RallyCross #7, Hillsboro, OR

October 16 -- CSCC Autumn GTA Rally, Portland/Vancouver Area

October 23 - Mt. Hood Rally

October 23-24 --ORSCCA Regional w/NORPAC Vintage @ Oregon Raceway Park,

Grass Valley OR, co-sanctioned with NW Region

Oct. 30-31 Vintage CSRG @ Thunderhill

ORSCCA Board Meetings are held the First Wednesday of Each Month at China Bay Restaurant,13281 SW Canyon Rd., Beaverton, OR

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Rallying with Chris & Kristen

Chris Hale, Rally Manager and Kristen E. TaborEmail: chale@nwscan.net

It’s Rally Time!!!

Rallying with Chris & Kristen

Chris Hale, Rally Manager and Kristen E. TaborEmail: chale@nwscan.net

It’s Rally Time!!!

But fi rst, let’s recap last month’s events before looking forward to this month’s fun and games.

We had a RallyCross on the 18th of April. The weather was perfect—slight high overcast, sun, not too warm and not too cold. The All Wheel Drive classes were running in the morning and we had a good turn-out, with 4 runs completed and a min-imum of fuss and watering of the course.

We set up the big screen TV hooked up to a computer and showed the constantly-updated scores. The live scoring is a big hit, and we had a near-constant audience of competitors and spectators alternately watching the action and checking the scores.

The afternoon session consisted of the 2-Wheel Drive classes and was as well at-tended, somewhat unusually, as the morn-ing session. It seems like we have more 2WD competitors this year than we have had in the past, which is always wonderful to see! We had to water more frequently in the afternoon than in the morning, but our watering crew timed things perfectly and there didn’t seem to be many complaints.

That’s not to say the day went off without a hitch—so I would like to take this op-portunity to remind everyone of a couple of things.

1—We rent the fi eld from the Washington County Fairgrounds. We pay them money to be able to run our events on their land. If you are screwing around doing cookies in their gravel lot, they think you are with us and then we get the heat for it. That means that you are endangering our program. NOT COOL, people. The same thing goes for those of you who come back after we shut down and clean up for the day. The Fairgrounds put up that fence and the ‘No Trespassing’ signs for a reason, and you are going to make it so we can’t come back to play. SEVERELY NOT COOL.

2—34th Street, which runs between our fi eld and the rest of the Fairgrounds, is a public street with a speed limit of 25 MPH.

It is not your personal drag strip. You will get ticketed, we let the county sheriff’s of-fi ce and local police know when we are out there doing our events. Grow up, do your competing around the cone course and obey all traffi c laws when you leave.

3—We utilize the ‘run-work’ concept: we split each session into two run groups and when the fi rst group is competing, the sec-ond group is working and then we switch.

Everyone is assigned to a worker position, and if you don’t show up to that worker position, it can delay or even completely stop competition while the organizers scramble to fi ll your position.

If enough people follow your lead, then no one gets to compete. You know who you are—we have a list, and you will not be allowed to compete at the next event you show up for. We are considering re-writing that section of our supplemental regulations to disqualify you for the day and zero out your points. YOU DON’T WORK, YOU DON’T COMPETE. The End.

Hopefully we won’t have further problems and we plan on expanding on the driver’s meeting as well as taking roll of the work-er positions before starting the runs.

Our next RallyCross event is on May 30 out at the Washington County Fair-grounds. I believe the 2WD classes run in the morning and AWD classes run in the afternoon—you can compete practically all day, though, as we do reverse the course for the afternoon session. Remember to bring plenty of water, food, sunscreen, and appropriate clothes! Morning registration is at 8am per usual.

In other news, ORG’s big stage rally, Or-egon Trail Rally, is coming up on May 14-16. Friday night will be out at PIR, and Saturday and Sunday will headquarter in The Dalles with stages running outside of Hood River and Dufur. Saturday night there will be a street party and BBQ and everyone is invited to come and hang out with the rally competitors. Check out the Oregon Trail Rally website at www.or-egontrailrally.com or keep an eye on the Rally-America website for live updates during the event, www.rally-america.com.

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OREGON REGION SCCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES DATE: 4-7-10 PLACE: China Bay Restaurant

PRESENT: Board Members: Dan Halloran, Dan Mullin, Jeff Zurschmeide, Chris Hale, Andy Howe, Peggy Gaston, Kim McFarland. Members: Karen Mc-Coy, Mary Thompson, Randy Unsbee, Carrie Sutherland, Gary Manchester, Win Casey, Margie Swanson. Absent: Jim Murray

CALL TO ORDER – RE Dan called the meeting to order at 6:55REGIONAL EXECUTIVE INTRO – Dan welcomed those members not on the BOD to the meeting.MEMBER/NEW BUSINESS COM-MENTS – None

COMMITTEE & OFFICIALS REPORTS

REGIONAL OFFICE REPORT – Karen reported 108 hours worked last month.She felt that the April event was shaping up well and should have good entries.

TREASURER REPORT – Carrie advised that she has searched several banking institutions for a favorable rate of return on the monies being held in the properties acct. Finding none, at this time she felt that we should keep it where it is until we appropriate it for use.

She also reported that the signers on our accounts should be reviewed and updated if necessary. Karen will check on this and secure any needed signatures.

LOUD PEDAL REPORT – Randy has the latest issue off to the printer. This issue is 24 pages and will be on a heavier stock paper. We will see if this survives the mail better than that previously used.

On the issue of the web site Randy feels that the need is to better organize the content and put them into separate links. He also felt that we should not offer, “banner lines” without cost to the owner. Randy will work with any present banner line owners on the whys of their removal. After much discussion the BOD feels that this will be more equitable to all advertis-ers. M/S (Jeff/Chris) M/P

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Karen asked for a volunteer to take over the responsibility of the web site as her involvement was only meant until a new web master could be located. Chris Hale,Our current Rally Director volunteered to use his IT background to post and keep it organized. He will not be responsible for securing content, his role will be to organize and post content, once provided to him. BIG THANKS TO CHRIS!

DIRECTOR’S REPORTS SOLO II REPORT – Andy reported that the weather was not the best for their first event but taking that into consideration he was pleased with the turnout.

He used this weekend to test out sound levels and had several variances that he felt may have been comprised by the inclement weather.

Their next outing will be April 24/25. Saturday will be the annual novice school with Sunday hosting the points portion of the weekend.

RALLY REPORT – Chris talked about the first Rally X of the year that had 120 competitors slipping and sliding about. This included several newbies, which is encouraging.

A new scoring system made its debut this weekend and allowed competitors to check their scores on their compatible phones and others track buddies on the web at home.

The Road Not Taken has been canceled but Oregon Trail is moving ahead for the May 14/16 weekend. Start at PIR and move up into the gorge with an after race party in Dufur. DIRECTOR I REPORT – No report DIRECTOR II REPORT – Kim advised that The Shilo Inn on Airport Way has been reserved for the annual, end of the year awards banquet.

Special pricing will accommodate all workers with more info on this at a later date. Watch the LP for info on this.Kim talked about The Kenton Street Fair, which will be held on May 22nd from10 – 6. This will celebrate the No. Port-land neighborhood with bands, car show

etc. Booths are available for $25 and she feels that we might benefit from partici-pating. She suggested that we might join with FOPIR or another club on this. Kim will try to find responsible parties if we are interested.

ROAD RACING REPORT – Ab-sent report via e-mail: The March race weekend enjoyed excellent weather. We had a successful school (many thanks to Brian Towey and Bruce Wilson) with 20 students completing novice license requirements. Drivers were vocal in their appreciation of the school. There was a large Miata contingent. Notably, experienced instructors ran in tandem and randomly with the students, which contributed greatly to the students’ learn-ing. The open wheel group was small due to late fallout of at least one SRF and a formula car, leaving only a single SRF and FV vintage car. The Vee experienced problems and ultimately was withdrawn; the remaining cars had more than enough track time to complete their school re-quirements.

For next year it might be preferable to eliminate an open wheel group as there have been few takers, and SRFs can run with closed-wheel cars. Don Smethers has made recommendations along this line and we will need to evaluate before next year’s school.

Entry count was 89 for the weekend; we had budgeted 90. Beginner’s luck. Race revenue was $25,540; budget was $24,300. We also had $1,063 in worker fund donations against a budget of $1,500. Last year’s numbers (which were for a comparable weekend) were: $23,415 race revenue plus $450 late entry for $23,865 total; worker fund donations $840. There were other miscellaneous revenue items but in general, we were a little better than budget, and a little better than last year. I have not seen the expense column yet, but have no knowl-edge of anything other than normal costs per budget.

We have everything in place (including a sanction) for the FasTEST licensing pro-gram which is set to run in April on the Pro Drive test day; but at this point have no potential students, as this is written on

April 2. Karen may have more informa-tion. Also on the April weekend we plan to make awards to drivers using Sunoco fuel according to the Sunoco sponsorship; this has been written into the upcoming Loud Pedal. We are working on details as to the specifics of making the awards on the Sunday, by a random drawing of those entered; so everyone who enters and uses the Sunoco fuel can win. Schedules are complete for May and sanction (I believe) received; entries are open. Rose Cup schedule has been completed as well with much input from all concerned. Per PRFF’s wishes, Rose Cup race is an invitational of essentially the Group 3 cars; an extensive mailing list was derived to solicit entries. The objective is to get a large field of big-bore cars for fan interest. The race is set for 45 minutes.

PAST REGIONAL EXEC – Proud father announced that new driver Katy, (his daughter) has found Rally X…..it pleases him to note that this is 3rd generation for his family’s involvement in SCCA.

ASST REGIONAL EXEC - Dan was saddened to report the loss of Bruce Goronsky of San Francisco Region. Dan was both a friend and a fellow competitor.

The first NorPac Vintage event will be Memorial Day weekend at Pacific Race-ways with the next one being Rose Cup on June 11/13.

Dan mentioned that he and Kim have been using Facebook, Twitter etc. to try to recruit new members to bolster our ranks. These are targeted at those interested in working and driving.

REGIONAL EXEC – Dan has not heard back from Mark on the final decision for us to move forward with building a coop BBQ on site at PIR. He will see if Mark would attend one of our BOD meetings as a guest and bring us up to date on the master plan for PIR and what it will mean to racing and perhaps then advise on the BBQ.

Adjourn M/S (Andy/Jeff) M/PRespectfully submitted,Mary Thompson

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