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2&217(176Loud PedalThe Membership Magazine of Oregon Region Sports Car Club of America

Editor:

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

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3 Oregon Region SCCA People You May Want to Call

Oregon Region Office4800 SW Macadam Ave, Suite 110

Portland, OR 97239

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503-224-9469 Fax 503-224-9542

Mon. - Thurs. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

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SCCA National Toll Free Number1-800-770-2055

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

Region Officials Membership/Merchandise Karen McCoy 503-224-9469 Region Office Admin Karen McCoy 503-224-9469 Secretary to BOD Mary Thompson memamare3@aol.com Treasurer Carrie Sutherland carrie_sutherland@yahoo.comPublicity/Marketing Randy Unsbee info@sponsorpr.comLoud Pedal Publisher/Editor Randy Unsbee info@sponsorpr.com

Rally Officials RoadRally Manager Kevin PoirierRallyCross Manager Rebecca Ruston

Road Racing Officials Road Racing Director Jim Murray jmmurrayjr@aol.comRace Ops Manager Bob Smethers 971-207-5147Regl 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.

SCCA Area 13 Director Todd Butler todd.butler@intel.com

Road Racing Chiefs Course Marshal Mike GunnipEmergency Ben Hockman 503-645-4755 Flagging & Comm Ken Killam 503-970-5644Medical TBD Paddock/HotPits Del Bockman 503-515-5977Pre-Grid Julie Winslow 360-513-6728Sound Judge Sherm Egge egge5@hotmail.comRadio Tech Ric Farrar 503-245-2506Registration (pre-race) Karen McCoy 503-224-9469Registration (at track) Win Casey 503-297-4049Chief Starter Dwain Panian 503-285-0989Asst. Chief Starter Tim Stanley 503-693-8139 Tech Inspection Rick BahrTiming and Scoring Randi Graffy Driver Services/Trophies Kari L. Macfarlane karimac@qwestoffice.net

StewardsGary 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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Many of you know, but some may not, Oregon Region encourages volunteers to work at our Road Race events by subsi-dizing their SCCA dues. For instance, in 2010 if you work 12 days out of the total 23 days available at Oregon Region rac-es, the region will pay all your individual SCCA dues.

There are only two things you have to do: (1) Show up and work in the specialty of your choice, and (2) at the end of your

PHPEHUVKLS\HDUOORXWWKH&OXE5DFLQJVolunteer Incentive Program form. Mail that form and your membership invoice to WKH2UHJRQ5HJLRQ RIFH DQG \RXU GXHVwill be paid.

Please plan ahead and renew early. If you are unable to participate in 12 days during the year, but you do attend other SCCA events, National SCCA provides a discount on your dues. The amount of the discount depends on how many days you work during your membership year.

Of course, subsidizing your dues is only

one way the region demonstrates our ap-preciation for your dedication.

There are drawings for gift cards and other prizes, and dinner or snacks and adult bev-erages are provided at the end of each on-track day, too!

We encourage all participants to join the social at the end of the day so workers, drivers and crews can bench race and get to know each other better.

Thanks for all you dowe appreciate you!

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The Group1 Spec Miata Nation-al and Regional races had simi-lar results. Bruce Wilson took UVWRYHU*DU\%RFNPDQDQGRobert Linse, with Thomas Fer-rara and Jason Rawlins round-LQJRXWWKHWRSYH,QWKH5Hgional round Wilson bested Ken Sutherland, Linse, Bockman and Ferrara in that order.

National Group 2 for C and DSR, S2, as well as Formulas A, B, C, E and M saw James Blackwells FA Reynard take the overall win ahead of the FA Star Mazda driven by Phil Fogg, the FBs of Lucian Pancea and Kyle Oberndorf, and the CSR Swift of James Schnell. The regional race was won by the Formula Mazda of David Gaylord over Matt Kurdocks Star Mazda, who was followed by DSR win-ner John Vernon, and the For-mula Mazdas of Rodney Jessen and Doug Evans.

0DWW&UDQGDOOWRRNKRPHUVWin GT1 over Rob Holdens Corvette in the hotly contested Group 3 National race in a mini-preview of the Rose Cup Race. Nick Fluge was fastest and led early on in both the Regional and National races before trans-mission problems sidelined his new Shelby. Crandall also won UVWRYHUDOOLQWKH5HJLRQDORYHUthe SPOs of class winner David Cormier and Jeff Smith, the GT1 of Tim Butson, and GTS winner Greg Pierson.

Formula cars comprised Na-tional Group 4 with Neil Shel-tons Formula Ford leading

the way over the FFs of Mark Keller, Larry Bangert, Arnie Loyning, and F500 winner Lance Spiering. Spiering was UVWRYHUDOOLQWKH5HJLRQDOround, ahead of Formula Vee class winner Mike Thomas and the FVs of Laura Andrade and Brian McCarthy.

Spec Racer Ford provided the action in National Group 5 with Chris Jackson holding and keeping the lead over Gary Manchester, Daniel Halloran, Steve Fogg, and John Draneas.The Regional race was also won by Jackson, over Halloran, Manchester, David Rice, and David Oliver.

The Group 17 Regional race was won by Kenneth Shreve in his EP Mazda ahead of Stephen Epperlys Datsun 240Z, Frank McKinnons class winning CP1 0XVWDQJ%ULDQ5LFKDUGVUVWplace ITS, Robert Linse win-ning ITA Mazda, with Gordon Jones taking sixth overall and UVWLQ+3URGXFWLRQZLWKKLVBMW. The National Race Group 7 was led by the STO

Viper of Roger Stark over EP class winner Epperly, Shreve, T2 winner Gary Ryan, A Sedan winner Tim Jorgensen, with Rob Macfarlane taking GT2, Eddie Nakato SSB, Jones H Produc-tion, and Bill Seifert in SSC.

*UHJ%DOGZLQZDVUVWRYHUDOOin the Vintage Regional race group in his Lola Formula Ford which runs in the VFSR class, with Tom Hendricksons VFSR Crossle second overall, followed by the VP1 winning Mini Coo-per of Ward Barbour, VP3 win-ner Michael Smith in a Mustang, VP2 winner Bill Duncan, the sec-ond place Alfa of Mark Carpen-ter in VP1, and the second place VP2 Alfa of Philip Weaver.

Complete race results are avail-able on www.MyLaps.com.

SCCA National race drivers will get another shot at Portland International Raceway when the Oregon Region hosts a rare Dou-ble National over the July 4th weekend, while Regional drivers tune-up for the 50th Anniversary Rose Cup Races this month.

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Where were you in 1961? It was a banner \HDU WKHUVW \HDU RI WKH5RVH&XS UDFHZKLFKPHDQVWKLV\HDUVHGLWLRQLVWKHIWLeth running, and makes for a grand celebra-tion. No doubt reams will be written else-where, so well not add much to that, save WRVD\WKDW-HUU\*UDQWZKRZRQWKHUVWRose Cup race (and the second) is here, with George Follmer, winner in 1977. We welcome them and thank them for visiting with us this weekend.

Much has changed in racing since those days. Jerry and George will have stories; they were among the stars of their day, and racing, road and oval, was a glamour sport, perhaps like no other. In many ways, rac-ing still is the pinnacle of risk and excite-ment, and fortunately, its a lot safer than it was in 1961.

Were thankful that Jerry and George are still with us, and remember their many comrades who fell back in the day. And were thankful that the safety improve-ments since that time are part of the SCCA code, helping to ensure that our sport can continue with reduced risk to life and limb.

Thinking about 1961, lets remember the workers who have made this all possible, then and now. How many workers from 1961 are here today? Stand up and be counted, for we drivers know that without you, this whole program would be at risk. One of the privileges of my brief time as Road Racing Director has been getting to know the men and women who give their weekends, in great spirit and good humor, to run our on-track events and, not inciden-tally, to help keep everyone safe out there.

Drivers! A challenge to you: If there comes a weekend when you are not running, come out an hour before start time, and volunteer to work the day. Usually there are oppor-tunities to work corners, and spend the day observing events from that perspective.

You will have a new appreciation for the coordination, the effort, the sense of re-sponsibility and attention to your safety that drives our worker crew. Do it!

Many workers serve not only SCCA, but Cascade and Team Continental. If you at-tend those events, you will see many famil-iar faces around the track. Last weekend (as this is written) was Team Continentals UVWUDFHHYHQWDW2UHJRQ5DFHZD\3DUNLQGrass Valley, which is about half an hour south of Biggs Junction on Highway 97, about two and a half hours from Portland.

The event was very well-organized and well-attended, with a good entry count and decent weather, at least on the Sat-urday your writer visited. As you might imagine, ORP lacks the amenities we en-joy at PIR, but adds the challenge of el-evation changes and blind corners. As youre probably aware, were planning to KROGWKHUVW6&&$UDFHZHHNHQGDW253in October, so keep watching this space for details. Until then, well be observing

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50 and Countingand planning the logistics for a successful event; in the meantime, we wish ORP and TC continued success this summer.

For now, its time for Rose Cup. Pro Drive is offering a test day Thursday, June 10; we expect a move-in opportunity Wednes-day evening and early Thursday morning. Come out and enjoy our biggest event of the year!

PS: Where was everybody? Our May event went off well, but entries were down DERXWIURPODVW\HDU(QWU\IRU9LQtage was notably light; SRF and SM were close to normal. Were wondering what happened? Was it a schedule issue, with Laguna Seca the previous week and a vin-tage event in Seattle the subsequent week? Was it an issue with the change in National Runoffs qualifying procedure? Straight through vs. Chicane? Overall, the week-end was an anomaly as March and April were pretty much like last year. Let me know if you know?

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Rose Cup Races Celebrate 50 Years

From the R.E.

Fifty years ago some adventurous and passionate racers partnered with the Rose Festival Association to create the First Rose Cup Race. Doubtless they didnt realize they were creating one of the big three sports car races in the US that is now WKHVHFRQGROGHVWDVZHOO,QWKDWUVW\HDUJerry Grant and Dick Hahn (above) won the race.

This year we will celebrate the 50th Anni-versary of that original event and we have expanded the event to include more of Portlands car culture. The feature race is an invitation race for GT1, GT2, and GT3 cars. Invitations have been sent to drivers throughout the West.

The PCA will be bringing their Porsche &XS HYHQW $QG IRU WKH UVW WLPH WKHPirelli Drivers Cup series will be here rac-ing for the Festival Trophy. At the recent PDC event at Laguna there were over 20 entries who will likely show up in Portland as well.

This is all backed up by one of the best racing programs in the country so the rest of us will have three days of racing plus a test day to play at our favorite activities - sport cars, racing and friendship at one of the great American road racing events.

Dont miss it!

Date: Friday, June 11 - Sunday, June 13, 2010 Location: Portland International RacewayTime: Racing Friday, Saturday & Sunday 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.The Rose Cup Race is Sunday afternoonDrags Friday and Saturday Night until 11:00 p.m.

Full Race Schedule: http://www.oregonscca.com/media-library/docu-ments/rosecup/2010rosecupschedule.pdf and here on page 5.

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Tigard City Council member resignsAfter serving two-plusyears, the Tigard nativeis moving to New York tojoin her husband Kevin

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November 2004, and her four-year term expires Dec. 31, 2008.

Harding was a strong advo-cate for youth in the city. Shechampioned drug- and alcohol-awareness programs in theschools and participated in thecitys Youth Symposium andTigardYouthAdvisory Councilduring her tenure.

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Pat BiggsnamedTigardsFirstCitizenThe former school boardmember is active inmany different issues

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

Oregon Trail Rally Makes for Wild Month

A lot has happened since my last article, so Ill just get right to it.

Everyone in the Oregon Rally Group has been focusing all our energy and talents on the Oregon Trail Rally. We had to do a lot of footwork and prep work prior to the event as a condition of the permits, plus WKHXVXDOSUHSSLQJ WKH URDGVZLWKSHQGing road closure signs, surveying the ser-vice area and laying out what teams will EHZKHUHQDOL]LQJGHWDLOVZLWKWKHWRZQVof Dufur and The Dalles and signing con-tracts.

We decided to offer recce this year on Wednesday and Thursday prior to the event. Recce is essentially a slow-speed (25mph) drive through the stages to check the organizer-supplied course notes. The organizers placed several observers with radar guns at sensitive areas and moni-tored the speeds.

We warned all participants of the quiet zones and extra-slow speed limits through those areas; however some people, appar-ently, either cannot read or chose to ignore the warnings.

/HWVMXVWVD\RXUQHWFDXJKWDORWRIVKThe penalties included monetary and time penalties, which meant some competitors FDPHWRWKHRIFLDOVWDUWVRPHZKDWOLJKWRIcash or with time penalties to try to make up.

Unfortunately, observation controls at the same locations during the event managed to snag some of the same people, and the penalties were much heavier. Its a shame that some people lost the event due to penalties, but the organizers harped on the speed limits on the transits often and theres only so much you can do.

Thursday before the event some of us had to get up extra early to go down to Pioneer

Courthouse Square and be on TV. Mom and I had a great time with Drew and Joe V and their camera crews, and enjoyed hanging out with Dave Mirra.

Later that day, ORG put on their annual Oregon Trail Rally Fan Fest, a rally car show with about 20 or so rally cars parked in Pioneer Courthouse Square. We had a ORWRIIRRW WUDIFDQGDORWRISHRSOHJRWKen Blocks autographMom and I even signed a few autographs, including a valve cover belonging to a group of Honda en-thusiasts! I think that was the most unique thing Ive ever signed.

)ULGD\ZHZHUHDOORXWDW3,5IRUWKHRIcial start of the event, and the Friday night Spectator Spectacular. We used a com-bination of the track, the infrastructure roads, and the Motocross track.

,FDQGHQLWHO\VD\WKDW,GRQRWNQRZKRZto drive the track very well and almost didnt make the Left at the end of the back straight. Oops. I did get up to 100mph, though.

Saturday saw us out in the forest stages above The Dalles, on the now-familiar Fir Mountain and Catch-um stages. The Fir Mountain spectator area used shuttle buses WKLV\HDUZKLFKPDGHWUDIFPXFKEHWWHUgoing up to the stage.

As usual, the spectator corner was a Left 5 to Right 2 Upin rally talk, that means its a fast sweeping left to a tight right up-hill, with spectators on both sides of the road.

I know I took the corner quite quickly, and from what Ive seen, most of our local hot shoes made it through nice and tidyex-cept for a couple who were showboating.

Saturday night we ended in the small town of Dufur, where the townsfolk put on a

huge bbq, beer garden, and party for us with live music. That town knows how to party! We all had a great time.

Sunday morning we started in Dufur with a parc expose (car show) on the main street. It was crazy awesome, with a lot of people checking out the cars and talking to the drivers. The Sunday spectator areas were close to Dufur with easy access, and the Dufur-area stage roads were awesome and crazy-fast.

I have never been able to get into 5th gear on stage before, and this time, we did. My courage topped out at 115mph, Im sure the front-runners were going much faster!

Our weekend ended with a great banquet and awards ceremony in the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center just outside of The Dalles. What a great place!

So, how did our local competitors do? Well, legend Paul Eklund was going along TXLWHQLFHO\DQGRQO\KDGWRQLVKWKHGD\on Sunday to wrap up a winning weekend XQWLO KH VWXIIHG WKH PXIHU DQG H[KDXVWsystem with silt, which caused his turbo to let go. Luckily, it happened right after the spectator area, so he was able to watch the rest of us go by.

My favorite driver and little brother Mark Tabor put in an inspired performance, not without some dramahe hit the wa-ter crossing on the Summit stage a little too hard, which popped his front bumper VRPHZKDW RII DQG WXUQHG RQ KLV FKHFNengine light.

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director) turned in some very nice stage times but played it safe to bring the car home in one piece. I didnt do too badly, HLWKHU QLVKLQJ UVW RI WKUHH HQWUDQWV LQthe Production class all three days.

I dont think I could have pushed it too PXFKKDUGHUDOWKRXJK,GHQLWHO\VHHDUHDfor improvement! Now that were all done with that big spectacle, we shift our focus

to our next RallyCross event on May 30. All 2WD classes run in the morning, with all AWD classes in the afternoon. Regis-tration and tech go from 8am to 9am for the morning session and from 12pm to 1pm for the afternoon session.

Our next rally event after that will be our National RallyCross on the weekend of June 26-27two days of RallyCross

action at the Washington County Fair-grounds!

Thats all Ive got for now rally-ameri-ca.com has the scores for the Oregon Trail Rally and oregonrally.com has all the in-formation on our upcoming events. Watch out for dust, and enjoy the roads!

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Tire Rack ProSolo National SeriesWENDOVER, Utah (May 26, 2010) The Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series returned to action at the Wendover (Utah) Airport, May 22-23. Though 178 entries began the weekend hoping for the prize, it was Gary Thomason, of Oceanside , Calif. , who claimed the overall Gumout Super Challenge after also earning the Super Stock class crown.

Kevin Youngers, of Greeley , Colo. , made his way to the semis by winning Bump Class 1 in an F Stock 2007 Ford Mustang Shelby over Abe Potter, of Renton , Wash.

:LO.DOPDQQLVKHGDFORVHVHFRQGKLV10-car class to Heyward Wagner, of Oakland , Calif. , in a borrowed 1994 Berry Family Racing BMW 325i that KHGURYHIRUWKHUVWWLPHDW:HQGRYHU,QDGGLWLRQWRKLVUXQQHUXSQLVKLQWKHSuper Challenge, Andy Hollis took the top spot in the Honda Tuner Challenge and broke out to win the Honda Tuner Shootout against STX class winner Wagner. Christine Berry, of Alta Loma, Calif. , won the Ladies Class 2 before winning the Ladies Challenge at the second-straight ProSolo Tour event. For full results from the Wendover ProSolo and more information on the Blytheville ProSolo, visit www.scca.com/solo.

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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 Parkinsons

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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Volunteers Needed onRace Weekends by Kimberly McFarland

Race season is underway at Portland In-ternational Raceway and volunteers are needed to help put on the race events throughout the 2010 season.

Oregon Region Sports Car Club of Amer-ica is a group of amateur race car drivers and enthusiasts who volunteer in various positions to organize and produce weekend championship races and driving schools.

This calls for a lot of volunteers! You dont have to be a race car driver to help out; in fact, many of our volunteers have never driven on a track.

If you love watching fast cars at full speed, or talking about cars, or wanting to try something different and spending a week-end with great people, you can do all those things as race volunteer. We offer our vol-unteers coffee in the morning, a barbecue on Saturday nights (race weekends only), and all the good company a person could wish for.

There is no better place to get close to the racing action than at a trackside turn VWDWLRQDVDDJJHUFRPPXQLFDWRURUUH-sponse person. As a turn worker, the driv-ers depend on you to give them informa-tion that they need quickly, to warn them of something that has happened on the track. As turn workers you are the race FDUGULYHUVUVWOLQHRIGHIHQVH

Interested or experienced in emergency response? Our Safety/ECrew is one of the best in the northwest and can always use more people. In this position you are now the race car drivers second line of defense.

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Andy Howe, Solo II DirectorEmail: solo.howe@comcast.net

Tales from Wendover

Solo II Report

Several Oregon Region drivers made the trip to Wendover, Utah for the recent Na-tional Tour and ProSolo events. The Na-tional Tour event also doubled as the West-ern States Championship.

I am pleased to report that Oregon Region has several Western States Champions. Jerry and Kyra Jenkins cleaned up E Stock and E Stock Ladies. Robert Ocker, from Eugene, Oregon, won B Street Prepared. Tami Daniels won D Prepared Ladies. 7RP.RW]LDQZRQ 6WUHHW0RGLHG )URQWWheel Drive in the Zachardas Mini while Becky Zacharda won Super Street Modi-HG/DGLHVLQWKHVDPHFDU

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$GDP 5XII QLVKHG VHFRQG LQ % 6WRFNdriving Dennis Healys Solstice GXP. This was in spite of a failing ABS sensor that caused havoc every time they thought about using the brakes. The problem

reared its head on Saturday and an over-QLJKW [ JRW WKH FDU EDFN WR IRUSunday. Adam and Dennis would like to thank Jim Daniels and Tim Steck for the wiring supplies and tools.

Britain Smith seemed to have a good time in Wendover. Britain suffered through a PLVUH RQ 6DWXUGD\ ZKLFK ZDV UHSDLUHGover night. With one run to go, Britain was leading X Prepared over some very serious competition.

Bob Tunnell, many time National Cham-pion in various classes, came from behind to win but Britain held on for second place. I think Britain was more excited about the prospect of winning a free Hoosier tire than the second place trophy.

In addition to the above, this event is my only trip to Wendover that has enjoyed de-cent weather. Id say May is the time to hold events in Wendover exceptThe weather wasnt quite so nice for the

ProSolo weekend. A never-ending wind chilled the competitors (and their tires) to the bone. Still, the competition was good and Oregon Region did rather well.

Adam Ruff won B Stock with Dennis +HDO\QLVKLQJ D YHU\ FORVH WKLUG %RWKdrivers made the Super Challenge. Jerry Jenkins killed E Stock (myself included). 7RP.RW]LDQZRQ 6WUHHW0RGLHG )URQWWheel Drive in the Zachardas Mini.

Unfortunately, the Super Challenge was not as good to Oregon Region as class competition had been.

Tom Kotzian skipped the Challenge due to car troubles.

Dennis Healy was rewarded for his third SODFHQLVKLQ%6WRFNZLWKDUVWURXQGmatchup against Andy Hollis. Andy is a veteran at Pros and Dennis knew he would work hard to win the round. Dennis led E\ D GHFHQWPDUJLQ DIWHU WKHUVW KDOI RIthe round. Dennis was a little too excit-ed, however, and jumped the start on the second side handing the automatic win to +ROOLVZKRZHQWRQWRQLVKVHFRQGLQWKHChallenge).

$GDP5XIIDGYDQFHGRXWRIWKHUVWURXQGE\HOLPLQDWLQJ+6WRFNVWKLUGSODFHQLVKer. He moved out of the second round by eliminating the C Stock winner. But in the third round, he squared off against Super Stock winner Gary Thomason. Thomason eliminated Adam and went on to claim the Super Challenge title.

Jerry Jenkins met Northwest Regions Karl Coleman. Karl was driving George Hude-W]V0D]GD5;-HUU\KDGEHHQJKWLQJbraking problems in the cold conditions and the Super Challenge requires you to be fast with a cold car. Jerrys brakes were an issue and Karl eliminated Jerry on the basis of cones. (Yes, Jerry Jenkins hit cones.)

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Race Control personnel work via radios and talk to the turns about situations on the track and are ready to dispatch any safety equipment that is needed at a moments notice.

If you know cars, you might want to help at the Tech area, where cars are inspected and weighed.

Registration for all drivers, crew and vol-unteers is a very busy place, as everyone that is involved with the race weekend has to start their weekend there. If you are an organized person, like problem solving and talking to everyone.......do we have the spot for you.

Computer savvy people would be a real compliment to our Timing and Scoring staff. These are the people that get the re-sults that the race car drivers depend on in their chase for a championship.

Our pre-grid area, a very busy place, gets the cars ready to go on track.

Our Starters give the go to start racing, VKRZ SHQDOW\ DJV DQG FKHFNHU WKHZLQ-ner. You get a birds eye view from the Starters Stand.

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