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Vol. 2003, Issue 3 April 2003

Is Your Heart Racing?Is Your Heart Racing?Is Your Heart Racing?

“Road Dog” Rally (Page 5)

Arctic Solo Event Report (Page 6) and Solo Results (Page 8)

Ark Valley Race Group ... First Race of the Year

12/13 April, Hallett Motor Racing Circuit

2 The Witches Wail April 2003

Inside this issue RE Report 2 Solo Scene 2 OKLA Region Update 4 Road Dog Rally 5 BoD Minutes, 12 Mar 03 6 9 March Solo Report 6 9 March Solo Results 8 CFR School Review 13 BoD Minutes, 12 Feb 03 14 For Sale 15 Upcoming Events 16 Regional Contacts 17 Membership Application 18 Volunteer Opportunities 19 Last Word 19

RE Report By Dave Geis March 9th. Remember that date to never have anything on the schedule for that day. Last year on our anniversary, Lu and I went to a Crash/Fire/Rescue school at Heartland Park. It was cold enough that everyone was looking forward to putting out the practice fires just to get some heat. This year’s anniversary was our frozen Solo at Boeing. While half of the people there were waddling around like the Michelin Man with layers and layers of clothes on, Richard Prestage was inside the trailer, holding his pen near the heater to thaw it out enough to write with. But everybody had a blast. 45 drivers (proving that there are a lot of us idiots out there) braved the cold to fi-nally get their first speed fix of the year. I would especially like to thank every-body that braved the cold and made the event possible. Being the “official” Safety Steward of the day, I was very worried about corner workers staying out

on the course for long periods and risk-ing frostbite (with wind chills at or be-low zero, a real possibility). We short-ened heats to only five cars - which made for a massive worker shortage. With only a few announcements on the PA systems, people were crawling out of the woodwork to volunteer to keep the event running. I can’t thank everyone enough. Check out our new Membership Appli-cation (page 18). If you remember, Speed Freakz is no more after June 1, 2003. We now have First Gear, with a new age limit of 21. I f you are a Speed Freakz member, and over 21, you’ll have to renew as a regular member. See or call Charlene Bettinger for more details. Woo Hoo! A Rally!!! Check out page 5 for the First Annual Road Dog Rally coming up on May 10th. Not only has Greg Laws promised some great roads to drive on, any profit will be donated to a great charity - the Kansas Humane Soci-ety. I guarantee that we’ll be havin’ fun on this one! Are we havin’ fun yet?

Solo Scene By Paul Sherman We finally got our Solo season started a few weeks ago, and by the time you read this we should have our second Solo in the books. If you missed the first event, you missed a seriously fun course. It was awfully cold out, but that didn’t stop a bunch of folks from coming out. I think the temperature was 16 degrees and the wind chill was 5 de-grees. I think by the time we finished the temp was up to 24 degrees. Boy Howdy! We had 45 entries, which I think is fantastic considering the weather. Thanks to Dave Geis (or whoever had the idea) for running 5 car heats. It meant the workers didn’t have to stay out in the cold and wind very long. I think everybody appreciated that! Thanks to Rob and Mike for chairing the event and coming up with a really fun course. It looks like we might use that one again. I heard a lot of folks say they want to run that one again when the weather warms up.

I really want to thank everybody that was there helping out with the extra heats. Because of the weather and 5 car heats, it required a LOT of extra workers, and everyone did extra duty. It’s nice to see everybody pitching in. It was great to see John Dolecek and Joe Silva with their KSU crew come down from Manhattan. I saw quite a few new faces at our last event, and I think it’s great. Invite your friends and co-workers to one of our Solos and spread the word. I’d like to see our participation numbers go up significantly from last year. But it takes more than just a few people to make that happen. As it is, I STILL don’t have all the event chair and co-chair spots filled. This is what the list looks like: Mar 30 @ Boeing: Sargeant/Regen Apr 27 @ Strother: ? / ? Jun 1 @ WGP : Harrison/Green Jun 15 @ Strother: Thome/ ? Jul 27 @ Boeing: ? / ?

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Credits:

Editor: Tom Regen Writers: Dave Geis Paul Sherman Greg Laws Chuck McCoy Mike Herrick Rob Roytas Tom Regen Photographers: Chuck McCoy Tom Regen

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Aug 24 @ WGP: Hesston/Janssen Sep 21 @ Boeing: ? / ? Oct 5 @ Strother: ? / ? Oct 19 @ WGP: Cummings/Blume Nov 2 @ Boeing: ? / ? Chairing an event is easy. The hardest thing is coming up with a course, and that’s not too difficult. If you don’t have a truck to get the trailer on site, just let me know and I’ll get it there. Just pick an event date then call or e-mail me and I’ll send you an infor-mation packet with everything you need to know. If you’re unsure, just let me know and I’ll send the info to you so you can see what’s involved. Please don’t depend on the same peo-ple over and over, because they may not be there next time. It’s YOUR Solo program – get involved and be a part of it. Thanks, and see you on course! Paul


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OKLA Region Is Coming On Strong! by Greg Laws The Solo2 program of the OKLAHOMA REGION could soon be a real powerhouse in the Midwest Divi-sion. Solo Chairman John Ederer and his “Happy Team” of enthusiastic supporters have completely re-vamped their heat system, their registration system, their Solo Safety program and – this is the best part – they’ve locked down access to the vast REMING-TON PARK parking lot for 2003! How vast is it? The actual racing surface measures 1000’ by 340’! The paddock, grid and spectator areas are all nearby but separate from the racing surface, and the entire Solo2 section is actually just a small outlying spare lot for the horse track complex. The remaining lots are 4 or 5 times larger! Remington Park is a major horseracing track located towards the north end of Oklahoma City, across the

street from the OKC Zoo and near the Cowboy Hall of Fame. The main Remington Park stadium building is near the Solo site and provides restaurants, rest-rooms and off-track betting. The lot surface is excel-lent asphalt and there are no light poles or drainage grates to avoid. The site has only mild elevation changes and there is a curb on one side only. It would be an ideal Solo2 Divisional site, something that the club intends to bid on for 2004, and the loca-tion is a scant 2.5 hours from Wichita! The OKLA Solo team is putting the past behind them and concentrating on what amounts to a complete re-birth of their Solo program. They invited Robert Foster and me down for a Saturday noon meeting where we swapped ideas and scarfed down terrific Bar-B-Q (Thanks, John!) before driving out to inspect the Remington Park surface. The team’s excitement was contagious. Everyone left pumped up & eager for the 2003 season to begin! The OKLA Region 2003 Solo2 schedule is available at http://www.okscca.org


Welcome to the 1st Annual

“Road Dog Rally” Charity Road Rally for

the Kansas Humane Society

WHEN: Saturday, May 10th Registration starts at 12:00 noon, 1st car off at 1:00 PM. WHERE: In Derby, KS, behind the Auto Masters used car lot on the west side of K-15, just south of McDonalds. Please keep a lane open for the customers of the detail shop in the rear building.

WHO: This event is sanctioned under the rules & regulations of the Sports Car Club of America. Sponsoring clubs are: Wichita Region SCCA Wichita Region Porsche Club of America Air Capital Miata Club COST: $10 per car. There MUST be at least two people in each car (Driver & Navigator) but there is no limit on adult riders. WHAT: This is a casual Time & Distance Rally intended to be easy to navigate. Expect scenic paved roads and an overall route time of 3 hours or so. Eat & gas up before you arrive. A break will be provided at the mid-point. The event will terminate at a restaurant. Trophies will be awarded soon after the last car arrives. The event is open to anyone 18 & over but the driver must present a valid driver’s license and all must sign the standard liability waiver to participate. There will be a safety inspection of all entered vehicles prior to the start. Any & all street legal vehicles are welcome. Come have a fun afternoon with us and help support the Kansas Humane Society!


Wichita Region SCCA BOD Minutes March 12, 2003 (Unapproved) Present: Dave Geis, Lu Geis, Frank Diringer, Robert Foster, Andy Timmons, Scott Bettinger, Kellie Barker, Bruce Bettinger, Charlene Bettinger, John Houston, Paul Sherman, Bruce Sargent, Tom Regen, Greg Laws, and Carolyn Laws. Visitors: Charlotte Sargent and Mark Akin. Dave Geis called the meeting to order. Carolyn Laws presented the February BOD minutes. Robert Foster moved to accept the February minutes, second by Frank Diringer. Motion passed. Charlene Bettinger presented the Membership Report: 240 members, 213 voting members. Tom Regen presented the Wail Report. Robert Foster presented the Web Report. Dave Geis presented the AVRG report. A Crash/Fire/Rescue school will be available on March 22nd at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit. Kellie Barker presented the Activities Report: March 26 is the March membership meeting. March 30 is a Solo 2 event @ Boeing. April 9 is the April BOD meeting.

Regional/National races @ Hallet on April 12-13. Paul Sherman presented the Solo 2 Report. Dave Geis stated the Salina Region moved and accepted The Wichita Region Divisional to have the financial ratio of the division of profit (or loss) 70% Wichita and 30% Salina Region. Bruce Sargent presented the Rally Report. A Rally will occur on May 10. John Houston presented the Treasurer’s report. Old Business: Dave Geis initiated discussion regarding Member vs. Customer ideas. New Business: Dave Geis discussed his visit to SCCA National headquarters in Topeka. He presented various points for improving membership and will be having indi-vidual discussion with each board member. Dave Geis asked for reimbursement for the trip. Robert Foster moved to approve the reimbursement of the trip and second by Greg Laws. Motion passed. Greg Laws mentioned that Oklahoma Region is interested in presenting a Divisional in 2004 with the Wichita Region. Motion to adjourn by Paul Sherman, second by Frank Diringer. Motion passed.

ARCTIC SOLO EVENT REPORT By Mike Herrick and Rob Roytas A long time ago at a parking lot far, far, far, far, far away. There were two crazy guys who apparently loved to freeze their ears off. March 9th started out extremely cold. Dave Geis and the rest of the SOLO diehards were there and ready to go when Mike and I arrived on site, along with Chuck McCoy and Brian Meyer the master course designer. These three early arrivals only produced 1 person who actually drove, Chuck McCoy was the only person who actually went out on course, Dave was our safety steward for the day and his wife Lu was the registrar (see photo - right). Brian Meyer is basically the man who is the Boeing liaison, and one of our best course designers. He was very helpful in doing some minor revamp to the course due to snow. Snow, what was this a Scandinavian rally? There was actually snow on the site when we arrived (see photo next page).

Lu Geis “braves the elements” in the Little Red Registrar’s Wagon I just wanted to thank these four early in the article to show that members are truly our best asset in the club and no one is more dedicated than these folks. Others deserv-ing much appreciation from Mike and myself are Tom Re-gen, Brian Jones, Dave “FTD” Gird, and Paula Sherman,


(Continued from page 6) and anyone who we may not have listed (we’ve slept since then) many, many thanks.

Safety stewards Dave Geis and Rob Foster test a snow bank’s incline. The course was designed with the intent to use as much space as possible without feeling slow or like a zig-zag. To accomplish this, we created a design that re-quired drivers to drive much of the course twice. There was a horsepower-friendly section of the course that was driven twice per run to satisfy those interested in sheer speed, along with several sections that required a good deal of skill to maneuver quickly. The freezing conditions made tires very difficult to warm, but that didn’t stop peo-ple from giving it their all. We can usually use the excuse of colder weather in the early heats to explain our sub-par times, but it seems Dave Gird decided to put the smack down in the third heat with his FTD run of 60.721. Appar-ently his R-compound tires were warm enough to work fairly well. Street tires were working pretty well, too, as John Dolecek brought in a 61.467 second run in his STS Celica.

Not a bad lineup, given the cold weather.

The turnout for the event was a pleasant surprise with 46 entries. Since we were dealing with extremely cold condi-tions, we had only 5 cars in each heat so that workers would only have to be on course for about 20-30 minutes. Ask anyone who worked out there; that was plenty of time!

Paul Sherman (+Pax) waits at the start line. The day lasted a bit longer than we would have liked con-sidering the cold weather, but it was good to have so many entrants and short 5-car heats. And speaking of entrants, we were impressed at the number of newbies who showed up at our event. We want to encourage all of you to attend our next event. If nothing else, it promises to be warmer weather. Once again, we have to thank those who made this event possible. Special thanks again goes out to Dave and Lu Geis and Brian Meyer, who were the first on site to help and did not even compete. Without people like these, our events would not happen. And to everyone else who got out of their warm beds to help with the day (we know who you are), thank you.

Second to last heat on the starting grid.


Wichita Region SCCA - Official Solo Results Winter Warm-up 3/9/2003 at Boeing Pos Car # Driver Vehicle Best Run-1 Run-2 Run-3 Run-4 Sponsor Tires Run-5 Run-6 Run-7 Run-8 SS: Super Stock Open 1 15 Richard Prestage 1999 Chevrolet Corvette 62.511 66.336 (0) DNF 63.643 (0) 62.511 (0) 2 2 Brian Cozine 1999 Chevrolet Corvette 68.922 69.702 (0) 70.290 (1) 68.922 (1) 72.792 (0)

AS: A Stock Open 1 14 Dave Gird 1991 Chevrolet Corvette 60.721 64.841 (0) 61.801 (0) 60.898 (0) 60.721 (0) BS: B Stock Open 1 4 Othal Vrana 2003 Nissan 350Z 73.976 79.960 (0) 77.610 (0) 75.836 (0) 73.976 (0) CS: C Stock Open 1 28 Richard Sparks 2002 Mazda Miata 68.373 75.216 (1) 70.992 (0) 68.507 (0) 68.373 (0) ES: E Stock Open 1 20 Chuck McCoy 1983 Porsche 944 62.665 66.222 (0) 66.964 (1) 63.645 (0) 62.665 (0) 2 37 Jim Hudson 1991 Mazda Miata 66.301 68.392 (0) 66.301 (0) 72.599 (3) 68.589 (1)

3 41 Rich Sirokman 1990 Mazda Miata 66.581 68.202 (0) 66.581 (0) 75.726 (1) DNF

FS: F Stock Open 1 46 Derrick White 1986 Chevrolet Camaro 65.376 DNF 66.961 (0) 66.169 (0) 65.376 (0) HS: H Stock Open 1 23 Joe Silva 1992 Mazda MX-3 61.997 70.136 (2) 66.113 (1) 64.264 (1) 61.997 (0) 2 40 Russell Blume 1992 Mazda MX-3 64.451 67.758 (2) 64.451 (1) 72.749 (1) 65.689 (2)

CSP: C Street Prepared Open 1 34 Paul Sherman 2000 Mazda Miata 64.410 68.515 (2) 67.089 (2) 64.822 (1) 64.410 (1) 2 11 Gary Sr Blessing 1996 Volkswagen Passat 69.371 70.719 (0) 69.431 (0) 70.589 (0) 69.371 (0) 3 9 Gary Jr Blessing 1996 Volkswagen Passat 75.611 76.904 (0) 75.611 (0) 75.701 (0) 78.448 (1)

4 3 Steve Blessing 1996 Volkswagen Passat 81.025 87.936 (0) 84.660 (0) 83.487 (0) 81.025 (0)

ESP: E Street Prepared Open 1 22 Paul Foster 1997 Chevrolet Camaro SS 67.415 DNF 67.415 (1) 69.440 (2) 70.227 (3) CP: C Prepared Open 1 12 David Estes 1987 Ford Mustang 69.580 70.760 (0) 71.014 (0) 69.580 (0) 70.276 (0) EP: E Prepared Open 1 29 Mike Herrick 1985 Honda CRX 65.421 65.421 (0) 73.026 (2) 65.777 (0) 69.408 (2) 2 47 Mark Braun 1985 Porsche 944 70.469 76.886 (1) 72.944 (0) 70.469 (0) 71.232 (1)


Pos Car # Driver Vehicle Best Run-1 Run-2 Run-3 Run-4 Sponsor Tires Run-5 Run-6 Run-7 Run-8

STS: Street Touring S Open 1 24 John Dolecek 1994 Toyota Celica ST 61.467 67.274 (1) 64.180 (1) 67.870 (2) 61.467 (0) 2 5 Gary Gaither 1998 Subaru Impreza 2.5 63.088 66.629 (1) 63.088 (0) DNS DNS 3 25 Dallas Hinman 2001 Ford Focus 64.986 70.509 (0) 68.968 (1) 65.279 (0) 64.986 (0) 4 17 Frank Do 2000 Toyota Celica GTS 66.174 68.482 (0) DNF 66.516 (0) 66.174 (0) 5 45 Kaare Erickson 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5 66.720 71.425 (0) 86.378 (4) 66.720 (0) 66.782 (0)

6 27 Kelly Banks 1997 Saturn SC1 68.341 72.945 (1) 72.146 (1) 70.093 (0) 68.341 (0)

7 13 Sam Pho 2000 Toyota Celica GTS 68.873 70.351 (0) 70.061 (0) DNF 68.873 (0)

8 26 Greg Utermoehlen 2001 Honda Civic 68.892 75.059 (1) DNF 69.420 (0) 68.892 (0)

9 39 Vance Shoopman 2002 Kia Optima 69.139 70.176 (0) 72.362 (0) 69.139 (0) 69.800 (0)

10 6 Marc Akin 1996 Acura Integra 70.895 72.019 (0) 73.363 (0) 72.513 (0) 70.895 (0)

STX: Street Touring X Open 1 30 Bryan Jones 1986 Chevrolet Camaro 65.709 68.400 (0) 66.675 (0) 77.781 (2) 65.709 (0) 2 16 Guy Roberts 1991 Ford Mustang 68.119 68.903 (0) 68.649 (0) 68.119 (0) 68.264 (0)

SO: Street Open Open 1 33 Martin Eby 1999 Mazda Miata 67.100 74.334 (0) 70.581 (0) 68.148 (0) 67.100 (0) 2 7 Bill Lento 2001 Ford Mustang Cobra 67.760 70.810 (0) 71.827 (1) 67.760 (0) 68.994 (1) 3 19 David Wasser 1994 Ford Mustang GT 67.911 71.354 (1) DNF 67.911 (0) 69.139 (1) 4 21 Mark Wasser 1994 Ford Mustang GT 67.920 72.323 (0) 70.979 (0) 67.920 (0) 5 10 Joe Schermuly 1975 Porsche 911 S 68.429 71.785 (0) 70.222 (0) 70.742 (0) 68.429 (0)

6 38 Hal Larcher 1999 Chevrolet S-10 70.188 DNF 73.966 (0) 71.835 (0) 70.188 (0)

7 32 Chris Neuport 1977 Chevrolet Corvette 70.292 76.737 (0) 72.802 (0) 70.292 (0) 70.703 (0) 8 8 Matthew Rensel 2002 Pontiac Firebird 72.161 77.775 (0) 72.161 (0) 83.660 (0) 72.388 (2)

9 35 Luke Records 1999 Chevrolet Corvette 72.607 DNF 75.700 (0) 73.786 (0) 72.607 (0)

10 44 Jacob Records 2002 Chevrolet Camaro 76.671 93.056 (0) 76.671 (0) DNF 86.027 (0) DNF SM: Street Modified Open 1 31 Bob Cummings 1991 Toyota Celica Turbo 62.361 75.334 (1) 62.391 (0) 62.361 (0) 62.411 (0) 2 43 Tom Regen 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse 63.950 79.223 (0) 66.613 (0) 64.849 (0) 63.950 (0)

SM2: Street Modified 2 Open 1 18 Rob Roytas 2000 Mazda Miata 62.465 65.280 (1) 66.647 (2) 63.319 (1) 62.465 (0) 2 36 Darrin Teeter 1995 Toyota MR-2 Turbo 63.730 63.730 (1) 64.050 (1) 64.549 (1) DNF


9 March Solo Results (by Time) Pos Best Car #/Class Driver Vehicle 1 60.721 14 AS Dave Gird 1991 Chevrolet Corvette 2 61.467 24 STS John Dolecek 1994 Toyota Celica ST 3 61.997 23 HS Joe Silva 1992 Mazda MX-3 4 62.361 31 SM Bob Cummings 1991 Toyota Celica Turbo All-Trac 5 62.465 18 SM2 Rob Roytas 2000 Mazda Miata 6 62.511 15 SS Richard Prestage 1999 Chevrolet Corvette 7 62.665 20 ES Chuck McCoy 1983 Porsche 944 8 63.088 5 STS Gary Gaither 1998 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS 9 63.730 36 SM2 Darrin Teeter 1995 Toyota MR-2 Turbo 10 63.950 43 SM Tom Regen 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse Turbo 11 64.410 34 CSP Paul Sherman 2000 Mazda Miata 12 64.451 40 HS Russell Blume 1992 Mazda MX-3 13 64.986 25 STS Dallas Hinman 2001 Ford Focus 14 65.376 46 FS Derrick White 1986 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 15 65.421 29 EP Mike Herrick 1985 Honda CRX 16 65.709 30 STX Bryan Jones 1986 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 17 66.174 17 STS Frank Do 2000 Toyota Celica GTS 18 66.301 37 ES Jim Hudson 1991 Mazda Miata 19 66.581 41 ES Rich Sirokman 1990 Mazda Miata 20 66.720 45 STS Kaare Erickson 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS 21 67.100 33 SO Martin Eby 1999 Mazda Miata 22 67.415 22 ESP Paul Foster 1997 Chevrolet Camaro SS 23 67.760 7 SO Bill Lento 2001 Ford Mustang Cobra 24 67.911 19 SO David Wasser 1994 Ford Mustang GT 25 67.920 21 SO Mark Wasser 1994 Ford Mustang GT 26 68.119 16 STX Guy Roberts 1991 Ford Mustang 27 68.341 27 STS Kelly Banks 1997 Saturn SC1 28 68.373 28 CS Richard Sparks 2002 Mazda Miata 29 68.429 10 SO Joe Schermuly 1975 Porsche 911 S 30 68.873 13 STS Sam Pho 2000 Toyota Celica GTS 31 68.892 26 STS Greg Utermoehlen 2001 Honda Civic 32 68.922 2 SS Brian Cozine 1999 Chevrolet Corvette 33 69.139 39 STS Vance Shoopman 2002 Kia Optima 34 69.371 11 CSP Gary Sr Blessing 1996 Volkswagen Passat 35 69.580 12 CP David Estes 1987 Ford Mustang 36 70.188 38 SO Hal Larcher 1999 Chevrolet S-10 37 70.292 32 SO Chris Neuport 1977 Chevrolet Corvette 38 70.469 47 EP Mark Braun 1985 Porsche 944 39 70.895 6 STS Marc Akin 1996 Acura Integra 40 72.161 8 SO Matthew Rensel 2002 Pontiac Firebird 41 72.607 35 SO Luke Records 1999 Chevrolet Corvette 42 73.976 4 BS Othal Vrana 2003 Nissan 350Z 43 75.611 9 CSP Gary Jr Blessing 1996 Volkswagen Passat 44 76.671 44 SO Jacob Records 2002 Chevrolet Camaro 45 81.025 3 CSP Steve Blessing 1996 Volkswagen Passat


9 March Solo Results (by PAX-Adjusted Time)

Pos Pax Best Car #/Class Driver Vehicle Index 1 48.190 61.467 24 STS John Dolecek 1994 Toyota Celica ST 0.784 2 48.234 61.997 23 HS Joe Silva 1992 Mazda MX-3 0.778 3 49.461 63.088 5 STS Gary Gaither 1998 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS 0.784 4 50.143 64.451 40 HS Russell Blume 1992 Mazda MX-3 0.778 5 50.277 60.721 14 AS Dave Gird 1991 Chevrolet Corvette 0.828 6 50.383 62.665 20 ES Chuck McCoy 1983 Porsche 944 0.804 7 50.949 64.986 25 STS Dallas Hinman 2001 Ford Focus 0.784 8 51.880 66.174 17 STS Frank Do 2000 Toyota Celica GTS 0.784 9 52.009 62.361 31 SM Bob Cummings 1991 Toyota Celica Turbo All-Tra 0.834 10 52.308 66.720 45 STS Kaare Erickson 2000 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS 0.784 11 52.322 62.511 15 SS Richard Prestage 1999 Chevrolet Corvette 0.837 12 52.436 65.709 30 STX Bryan Jones 1986 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 0.798 13 52.693 65.376 46 FS Derrick White 1986 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 0.806 14 53.158 62.465 18 SM2 Rob Roytas 2000 Mazda Miata 0.851 15 53.306 66.301 37 ES Jim Hudson 1991 Mazda Miata 0.804 16 53.334 63.950 43 SM Tom Regen 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse Turbo 0.834 17 53.531 66.581 41 ES Rich Sirokman 1990 Mazda Miata 0.804 18 53.579 68.341 27 STS Kelly Banks 1997 Saturn SC1 0.784 19 53.996 68.873 13 STS Sam Pho 2000 Toyota Celica GTS 0.784 20 54.011 68.892 26 STS Greg Utermoehlen 2001 Honda Civic 0.784 21 54.016 67.100 33 SO Martin Eby 1999 Mazda Miata 0.805 22 54.040 64.410 34 CSP Paul Sherman 2000 Mazda Miata 0.839 23 54.205 69.139 39 STS Vance Shoopman 2002 Kia Optima 0.784 24 54.234 63.730 36 SM2 Darrin Teeter 1995 Toyota MR-2 Turbo 0.851 25 54.359 68.119 16 STX Guy Roberts 1991 Ford Mustang 0.798 26 54.547 67.760 7 SO Bill Lento 2001 Ford Mustang Cobra 0.805 27 54.668 67.911 19 SO David Wasser 1994 Ford Mustang GT 0.805 28 54.676 67.920 21 SO Mark Wasser 1994 Ford Mustang GT 0.805 29 55.085 68.429 10 SO Joe Schermuly 1975 Porsche 911 S 0.805 30 55.582 70.895 6 STS Marc Akin 1996 Acura Integra 0.784 31 55.656 68.373 28 CS Richard Sparks 2002 Mazda Miata 0.814 32 55.685 67.415 22 ESP Paul Foster 1997 Chevrolet Camaro SS 0.826 33 56.458 65.421 29 EP Mike Herrick 1985 Honda CRX 0.863 34 56.501 70.188 38 SO Hal Larcher 1999 Chevrolet S-10 0.805 35 56.585 70.292 32 SO Chris Neuport 1977 Chevrolet Corvette 0.805 36 57.688 68.922 2 SS Brian Cozine 1999 Chevrolet Corvette 0.837 37 58.090 72.161 8 SO Matthew Rensel 2002 Pontiac Firebird 0.805 38 58.202 69.371 11 CSP Gary Sr Blessing 1996 Volkswagen Passat 0.839 39 58.449 72.607 35 SO Luke Records 1999 Chevrolet Corvette 0.805 40 59.352 69.580 12 CP David Estes 1987 Ford Mustang 0.853 41 60.815 70.469 47 EP Mark Braun 1985 Porsche 944 0.863 42 61.030 73.976 4 BS Othal Vrana 2003 Nissan 350Z 0.825 43 61.720 76.671 44 SO Jacob Records 2002 Chevrolet Camaro 0.805 44 63.438 75.611 9 CSP Gary Jr Blessing 1996 Volkswagen Passat 0.839 45 67.980 81.025 3 CSP Steve Blessing 1996 Volkswagen Passat 0.839

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CRASH / FIRE / RESCUE SCHOOL REVIEW By Chuck McCoy (and Dave Geis)

On Saturday, March 22nd I attended the Crash, Fire, and Rescue school at Hallett. The weather was perfect. I had a lot of fun and learned a lot. We started out the day by learning the proper way to put out vehicle fires. Everyone got a chance to use the fire extinguisher and actually put out a vehicle on fire. After that we had a class on how to hook up a tow strap on different types of vehicles and the safest way to get them off the track. After we were all fed lunch we had a very informative class on basic first aid that not only will be useful at the track but in everyday life as well. We had sessions on radio communications, hand signals, and flagging. A lot of great information packed into one day. After it was over the SCCA guys were invited to do a lap on the 1.8 mile road course. What a great day! (And from Dave Geis) 46 people attended the Crash/Fire/Rescue school; 30 SCCA people and 16 from Hallett itself. Wichita Region people included Dave & Lu Geis, Bruce Sargent, Bruce Bettinger, Scott Bettinger, Chuck McCoy, Gary Bryant, Marc Akin, George Morrison, Will Huxtable and Andy Timmons. I'd just about bet that all drivers will thank you for your effort to go to the school to help save their butts!

Marc Akin gets his ears, chin, nose and helmet removed!


Wichita Region SCCA BOD Minutes February 12, 2003 (Approved) Present: Dave Geis, Lu Geis, Greg Laws, Carolyn Laws, Frank Diringer, Robert Foster, Andy Timmons, Scott Bettinger, Kellie Barker, Bruce Bettinger, Charlene Bettinger, John Houston, and Paul Sherman. Dave Geis called the meeting to order. Carolyn Laws presented the January BOD minutes. Lu Geis moved to accept the January minutes, second by Greg Laws. Motion passed. Membership Report given by Bruce Bettinger: 240 members, 213 voting members. Wail Report given by Dave Geis. The Wail has a new look and Tom Regen wants feedback. Robert Foster stated the Web site has a new look and will con-tinue to be revised. Dave Geis and Scott Bettinger gave the AVRG Report. A Crash and Rescue course will be available on March 22 and 23 at Forbes Field. Kellie Barker gave the Activities Report: Feb 26 is the next membership meeting @ the Red Mesa Grill. First Solo event is March 9 @ the Boeing site. March 12 is the next board meeting. The Regional Crash and Rescue course @ Forbes Field in Topeka is the weekend of March 22 & 23. March 26 is the March membership meeting. March 30 is a Solo event at Boe-ing. Dave Geis reported that the Wichita Region Divisional will be May 3 & 4 @ East Crawford in Salina. The Salina Region wishes to share responsibility and profits for that Divisional

event. Scott Bettinger moved to have the financial ratio of the division of profit (or loss) of the Divisional be 70% Wichita and 30% Salina Region. Second by Charlene Bettinger. During discussion, Scott Bettinger amended the motion to allow Dave Geis, RE authority to negotiate to a limit of 60/40 ratio if neces-sary. Second by Greg Laws. The amendment passed, then the original motion passed as amended. Paul Sherman presented a revised Solo2 budget. Greg Laws moved to accept the revised Solo 2 budget. Second by Frank Diringer. Motion passed. Paul Sherman stated there will be three Solo 2 events @ Grayhound Park in 2003. There are 11 Solo2 events scheduled. The first Solo 2 event, March 9 will not be a points event; however, the following 10 events will be for points. A Solo2 flyer with the dates and sites of the Solo 2 events will be distributed. Greg Laws stated May 10 will be the date of a social road rally among the SCCA, PORSCHE, & MIATA clubs with final de-tails yet to be decided. John Houston presented the Treasurer’s Report. Scott Bettinger moved to accept the Treasurer’s Report. Second by Greg Laws. Motion passed. National Convention Report was given by Dave Geis and will be presented in the Wail. Dave Geis stated a required audit of the Region’s books will be scheduled in March, since the report is due by April 1. Dave Geis requested board members provide ideas for additional projects to support our status as a non-profit organization. Dave Geis stated there will be new insurance wavers from SCCA National that will replace older ones. Motion to adjourn by Paul Sherman, second by Lu Geis. Motion passed.

Darrin Teeter burns up the course in his blazing red 1995 Toyota MR-2 Turbo at the 9 March Solo.


$$$ For Sale $$$

For Sale: Make Offer 1995 Miata under carriage tray (below motor) brand new Four 4x100 14" steel wheels. These were stock wheels for the Miata. I need to make room in the garage. Make Offer. Contact Ron Birmingham 755-2106 (evenings) (1 of 2)

********** For Sale: Leftovers from various projects. All used, very good condition unless otherwise noted. All items OBO. 1990 Miata alloy wheels (4) $125

Grant GT leather steering wheel w/VW early A2 hub $45 Momo steering wheel hub, early VW A2 $45 Autotech front lightweight swaybar, VW A2 'new' $130 Autotech stainless steel braided brake lines VW A2/A3? 'new' $80 Armor door plates VW A1/A2 'new' $45 Koni adjustable yellow struts/Neuspeed 'Race' springs VW A1 'good' $250 Robert Foster evenings 684-9351 or [email protected] (1 of 2)

********** For Sale: Four 14x6 rims. 4x100 bolt pattern. 40mm offset. Around 11 lbs. These are the hollow spoke rims that came equipped with the 1996 Miata R package. Asking $275 obo. 788-8916. (2 of 2)

** (Area code for phone numbers is 316, unless otherwise specified.)

********** The For Sale section is for Wichita Region Members and may be used for items other than automobiles or automobile-related parts. If you have anything for sale, please submit your ad to the Editor (via email). All ads will be run for two issues, then must be revalidated in order to remain in print. See Witches’ Wail Policy on Page 3, for guidelines on placing ads. Thanks! The Editor

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If you have any articles, letters, photos or ideas for submission contact the editor: Tom Regen Email: [email protected] (new email address) Phone: (316) 685-5631 Address: 2305 S. Cooper Wichita, KS 67207

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March

Mar 30, Sunday Solo II - Wichita - Boeing N-Lot MacArthur and K-15

April Apr 9, Wednesday Board Meeting - 6:30 pm, Sedgwick Co. Zoo, Education Center

Apr 12/13, Saturday/Sunday Race - AVRG Reg/Nat/IT @ Hallett Motor Racing Circuit

Apr 23, Wednesday Membership Meeting - 7:30 pm, Red Mesa, 756 N Tyler

Apr 27, Sunday Solo II - Wichita - Strother Field, Winfield, KS

May

May 3/4, Saturday/Sunday Solotime MiDiv Championship Event # 1 - Salina

May 10, Saturday Rally - TBA

May 14, Wednesday Board Meeting - 6:30 pm, Sedgwick Co. Zoo, Education Center

May 17/18, Saturday/Sunday Race/Drivers School/HPCCC - AVRG Reg @ Hallett MRC

May 24/25, Saturday/Sunday Solotime MiDiv Championship Event # 2 - Gateway Int’l Raceway

May 28, Wednesday Membership Meeting - 7:30 pm, Red Mesa, 756 N Tyler

Upcoming Events

2003 Annual Tech Contacts

Racers, start your engines! But first, make sure you get you annual tech done the day before the race. Here’s the list of people who can take care of that for you. Please give them a call as soon as you can.

Carrie Barker 554-1142 Frank Diringer 283-1247 Ray Barker 554-1142 Rick Estes 788-6915 Dave Geis 832-0496 George Morrison 722-2872

Hal Larcher keeps on truckin’ in his 1999 Chevrolet S-10 at the 9 March Solo.


Hotline: If you need further information on any event listed in this calendar, call the Club phone (788-6023) and leave a detailed message. Someone will return your call and attempt to answer your questions. Membership Meetings: Membership meetings are held on the fourth (not necessarily the last) Wednesday of every month at 7:30 pm. Our meeting location is the Red Mesa Grill at 756 N. Tyler - just North of Central on Tyler. Board of Directors Meetings: BoD meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30. The meeting location is at the Sedgwick County Zoo Education Center. Enter the Zoo at the entrance near the Administration Building. Anyone interested may attend any of these meetings. Solo II Events: Setup begins at 7:00 AM (please come help). Typically, registration is open between 8:30 AM and 1:00 PM, the drivers meeting is held at 9:30 AM and the first car is on the course by 10:00 AM. All drivers AND guests must sign the insurance waiver(s). To pre-register your entry online, see our web site at: http://www.wichitascca.org/PreRegister.html You may also pre-register by phone by calling the Solo Chair.

Jr. Karts: The Wichita region has a great Junior Solo Karts program. Pre-registration is required for al Junior drivers. Contact Rick Knapp (722-2809) for more information. Interested in SCCA Road Racing? Call George Morrison at 722-2872 or attend a Membership Meeting and ask questions! Race workers are always needed and you can’t get any closer to the action. Address Change? So you moved, changed your phone number, changed your e-mail address, whatever. Let us know!! Please notify the National office (in Topeka, KS), Charlene Bettinger (788-3942, [email protected]), and Dave Geis (832-0496, [email protected]). Email list: If you would like to participate in some electronic bench racing, subscribe to the Wichita Region SCCA email list. Send an email to [email protected] with the words “subscribe wichita-scca” in the body of the message. You will get an automatic reply with instructions to complete the process.

Club Phone (316) 788-6023 Regional Web Page http://www.wichitascca.org

Regional Executive 3933 Somerset (316) 832-0496 Dave Geis Wichita, KS 67204 [email protected]

Past Regional Exec. 2704 Morningveiw Ave. (316) 221-0122 Greg Laws Winfield, KS 67156 [email protected]

Assistant Regional Exc 1519 Virginia (316) 788-3942 Charlene Bettinger Derby, KS 67037 [email protected]

Secretary 2704 Morningveiw Ave. (316) 221-0122 Caroline Laws Winfield, KS 67156 [email protected]

Race Comp. Chairman 207 N. Parkridge (316) 722-2872 George Morrison Wichita, KS 67212 [email protected]

Treasurer 2801 N. Rock Rd. #2404 (316) 643-2966 John Houston Wichita, KS 67226 [email protected]

Rally Chairman 2850 N. Meridian (316) 838-1126 Bruce Sargent Wichita, KS 67204 [email protected]

Youth Steward

Solo II 615 W. 2nd St. Andover, KS (316) 733-2720 Paul Sherman 67002 [email protected]

Activities 305 S. Dodge (316) 871-7113 Kellie Barker Wichita, KS 67213 [email protected]

Solo Registrar 3933 Somerset (316) 832-0496 Lu Geis Wichita, KS 67204 [email protected]

Asst. Activities 803 N. Sheridan (316) 945-4514 Sherry Novak Wichita, KS 67203

Merchandise 2309 S. Westgate St. (316) 773-2425 Mike Herrick Wichita, KS 67209 [email protected]

Membership 1519 Virginia (316) 788-3942 Charlene Bettinger Derby, KS 67037 [email protected]

Wail Editor 2305 S. Cooper (316) 685-5631 Tom Regen Wichita, KS 67207 [email protected]

Webmaster 3423 E. Clark (316) 684-9351 Robert Foster Wichita, KS 67218 [email protected]

Board of Directors Scott Bettinger 334 Hungerford (316) 554-7461 Haysville, KS 67060 [email protected]

Andy Timmons 1924 N. Cheryl Pl. (316) 721-6374 Wichita, KS 67212 [email protected]

Robert Foster 3423 E. Clark (316) 684-9351 Wichita, KS 67218 [email protected]

Frank Diringer 13 Circle Dr. (316) 283-1247 Newton, KS 67114

Lu Geis 3933 Somerset (316) 832-0496 Wichita, KS 67204 [email protected]

Paul Sherman 615 W. 2nd St. (316) 733-2720 Andover, KS 67002

[email protected]

Regional Officers and Contacts


SCCA Sports Car Club of America MEMBERSHIP APPL ICATION

Dear Prospective SCCA Member: To apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America, the world’s largest member participation auto-motive organization, please complete the form below in full and return, with payment, to Charlene Bettinger, Membership Chairman, 1519 Virginia, Derby, KS 67037, or to the SCCA Membership Department at P.O. Box 19400, Topeka, KS 66619-0400. PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY OR TYPE Name___________________________________________________________________ Birthdate________/_________/________

Address___________________________________________ City_________________________ State________ Zip____________

Phone (H) (______)__________________ (W) (______)___________________E-Mail____________________________________

o Married o Single Spouse’s Name_____________________________________________/_____________________________ Member # If Current Member

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP (husband/wife & children), list names and ages of children under age 21:

Name__________________________________________________________________ Birthdate________/_________/_________

Name__________________________________________________________________ Birthdate________/_________/_________

Name_______________________________________________________ ___________ Birthdate________/_________/_________

Name__________________________________________________________________ Birthda te________/_________/_________

Have you been an SCCA Member before? o No o Yes Year __________ Previous Member #, If Known __________________

PRIMARY INTEREST(S) IN SCCA: Please indicate the area(s) of SCCA in which you plan to participate, or which interest you most. Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate. Thank you.

o Club Racing o Pro Racing o Pro Rally o Road Rally o Solo o Please Send Crew License Annual Dues National Regional Total o Regular Member $55.00 Regular Member $10.00 $ 65.00

o Spouse Member* $15.00 Spouse Member $ 5.00 $ 20.00

o Family Membership** $85.00 Family Membership $15.00 $100.00

o Military Member# $25.00 Regular Member $10.00 $ 35.00 o First Gear*** $35.00 Regular Member $10.00 $ 45.00 *Spouse must be regular member’s legal spouse. **To change from Regular Membership to Family Membership mid term must pay an additional $45.00. #Military must be on active duty and provide a letter from commanding officer stating such. ***First Gear must be under 21. First Gear Member cannot have competition license; must change to Regular Membership to hold competition license. oEnclosed is my check or money order for $_________________ U.S. Do not send cash. oVisa oMC #__________________________________ Expiration Date___________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America, Inc, and Wichita Region #90 and agree to abide by the bylaws. Applicant’s Signature________________________________________ ___________________ Date________/________/________

Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar magazine ($24 Value) (Dues are not deductible as charitable contributions.) Form Revised 3/16/03


Still Playing On a T-Shirt Near You...

Contact Mike Herrick

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Catch him at an upcoming event.

So the experiment with my new Yokohama A032R tires didn’t turn out so well … apparently size DOES matter! Going from 225 to 235 width tires made a difference as I sliced open one of my brand new $192 tires. It appears that I was making contact with the lower rear portion of my fender well, which just so happens to have a fairly sharp edge. Got another tire and a set of wheel spacers, though. Now I just have to hope I have enough threads left to sufficiently bolt the wheel on. Man, nobody told that this stuff was so technical … GEEZ! Our first Solo of the year went quite very well, despite the weather. I was able to take quite a few pictures also. My goal throughout the season is to take many photos, and incorporate them as much as possible in the Wail

(space permitting, of course). If you have pictures you’d like to share, send ‘em my way, but please include appli-cable captions … cuz if I wasn’t there, I have no idea what I’d be looking at. For the “regulars”, you might notice the results section is quite lengthy. Since I had some space to fill, and since there weren’t too many cars, I decided to include all the “time” results. However, in the future, I’ll more likely list only the top 10-15 finishers in Time/PAX Time. Short and sweet. PEACE!! Tom “I can’t drive 55.”

The Last Word (literally)… By Tom Regen, Editor

Volunteer Opportunities - Member Versus Customer By Lu Geis

Do you want to become more involved in your club? Do you have any special skills or talents you feel might benefit the club? Do you have an extra two hours to spare either before or an hour after the Solo events? We always need help in set-up and teardown. If you could come help with set-up you could get that little extra edge over your competition and be great help to the club at the same time. It’s also a great way to learn how to set up a course if you think you might be interested in chair-ing an event some day. And it gives you more time to spend with other people who have an interest in the same things you do. Do you have PR skills?

We need someone who would like to be a contact for places like Wichita On Wheels and the Kansas Auto Enthusiasts Maga-zine (Channel 51) to keep them informed about our upcoming events and inviting them out to our events to keep our name in the media. Do you have time to go places like Automobila, the NASCAR shop, or the car deal-ers and see if we could leave info about the club on display with them? Could you find the time to go to the colleges and see if they have a place we could leave brochures? Would you like to show your car and represent your club at the same time? You could show your car and pass out informa-tion about the club at the same time. What could be better? One of the biggest opportunities our club faces is getting the members to realize that their help is needed. Are you “A Customer Or A Member”?

If you feel there is any way you can help please contact Lu Geis at [email protected] or 942-2212, ext. 234 Tues-Sat 7:30 to 4:30 or 832-0496 evening between 5:00 and 8:00.

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