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Official Publication of the Central Florida Region
Sports Car Club of AmericaVolume 58, Issue 4
May 2016
Daytona ClassicFeatures 2 Enduros
Daytona ClassicFeatures 2 Enduros
John Davison Earns First PoleOn Mother’s Day Weekend
John Davison Earns First PoleOn Mother’s Day Weekend
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Club Admin. & Advisory
Club Racing Board
Recording Secretary - Charlaine [email protected]
Co-Competition Coord. - [email protected]
Co-Competition Coord. - Leland Miller Checker Editor - Kevin Crain2775 Old Dixie Hwy. Unit C, Kissimmee, FL 34744
Financial Advisor - James Magero941-492-3332 • Toll-free: 855-878-4360
Social Director/Beverage Coordinator - Pamella MacGregor 1252 Clays Trail, Oldsmar FL 34677
Membership Chair - Darren Gunn 300 Timbercove Circle, Longwood, FL 32779
Race Worker Recog. - David [email protected]
Webmaster - Lee [email protected] • www.CFRSCCA.org
St. Pete GP Coordinator - Gary Steffen •
Board Chair - Dana Deshong2937 Chelsea Wood Dr. Valrico, FL 33596813-689-7662
Vice-Chair - Hollye Laplante
Chaplain - Steve Kearney
Course Marshal - Kevin Crain407-970-9540 • [email protected]
Daytona Event Chair - Bill Cannons386-322-3663
Chief Driver Instructor - Andy Fox
Driver’s Rep - Beau [email protected]
Driver’s Rep SARRC -Robin Langlotz
Driver’s Rep Vintage - Bill Newman239-229-5766 • mnewman
Grid Chief- Sammi Ronshausen •
Novice Permits - Robin Ragaglia
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386-717-1868 •
Dennis Joyce
407-933-1820 •
813-765-3061 •
407-252-1384 • Fax 407-244-0022
Merchandise - Fran Martin (see Secretary)
813-781-0100 •
727-480-2118 [email protected]
727-344-0354 • [email protected]
863-425-5684 [email protected]
407-416-5411 • [email protected]
407-365-7219 •
407-851-2232• [email protected]
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Equipment/Flagging - Jim Hooker
727-821-4407 [email protected]
5984 Ed Harris Ct., Saint Cloud, 34771407-310-4299 • [email protected]
Pace Car - Ed RonshausenPaddock Marshal - Charlie Leonard941-729-1537 [email protected]
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Board of Governors
Club Officers & Administration
BOG Chair - [email protected]
Vice-Chair – Paul Troup •
District 1 - Sammi Marlis Ronshausen1317 11th Ave N • St. Petersburg, FL 33705 -1125
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District 1 - Lt. Gov. John Switzer727-224-3480
District 2- Jerry Hicks 12821 Birmingham St. • Tampa, FL 33625813-361-2728 •
District 2 - Lt. Gov. John SchimentiDistrict 3 - Robin Ragaglia5984 Ed Harris Ct., Saint Cloud, 34771407-310-4299 •
District 3 - Lt. Gov. Dave Langston
District 4 - Dave Welsh13550 SW 73rd St., Ocala, FL 34481352-286-7756 •
District 5 - Angela CarlascioCell: 813-787-7838 •
District 5 - Lt. Gov. Jerry [email protected]
District 6 - Terry Taylor863-381-0721 •
District 7 - Larry Joseph [email protected]
District 7 - Lt. Gov.
District 8 - Lt. Gov. Mary Newman
PO Box 865, Palmetto, FL [email protected]
District 9 - Lt. Gov. Stephen Mullen941-739-9983 •
Regional Executive - Chuck Dawson5505 US 27 S. Sebring, FL 33870863-314-9200 (Bus) •
Assistant R.E. - 941-928-3521 •
Secretary - Fran Martin2504 Overlake Ave, Orlando, FL 32806
Treasurer - Walt Williams5903 Soaring Ave, Temple Terrace, FL 33617-1399
Michael Wingo386-748-4149
404-229-8435 [email protected]
727-821-4407 [email protected]
321-437-6733
District 6 - Lt. Gov. Jim [email protected]
386-334-8966 •
Byron Kauffman386-677-5854 • [email protected]
District 8 - Mike Schiffer239-549-3909 •
District 9 - Charlie Leonard
941-729-1537 •
Leland [email protected]
407-851-7157 •
813-857-2593 •
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PDX Chief - Tim Reardon1550 Silk Oaks Ave., Titusville 32796321-268-2940 • [email protected]
PDX Chief Driver Instructor - Chris [email protected]
Photo ID - Patti Socher321-223-8652 • [email protected]
Pits Chief - Scott Lucas813-528-0850 • [email protected]
Region Points Keeper - Lyn Hodges Watts352-286-7756 • [email protected]
Registrar - Robin Ragaglia (see Dist 3 Gov)
Starter - David MacGregor (see Race Worker Rec.)
Steward Rep. - Leland Miller 941-928-3521 • [email protected]
Sound Control - Hollye Laplante727-344-0354 • [email protected]
Tech - Rick Henschel407-671-6017 Home • 407-314-8230 Cell [email protected]
Timing & Scoring - Janet Harhay [email protected]
Trophies - Tucker and Amy Alford 941-473-0708 • [email protected]
Board Chair - Terry Tabor407-920-9950 • [email protected]
Registrar - Chuck LutzSafety Steward - Art Trier 386-562-0004 • [email protected]
Trophy - Peter [email protected] • 386-316-8023
Timing and Scoring - Chuck LutzWest Coast Coordinator - Dave Welsh [email protected]
West Coast Registrar - vacantWest Cost Event Chair - vacant Tire Rack Street Survival (TRSS) Coordinator - Art Trier3010 Butler Ridge Rd., Deltona, FL 32738Home: 407-324-1874 • Cell: [email protected]
Liaison - Paul Troup404-229-8435 • [email protected]
Area 3 Director - Lee Hill4607 Ridgecliff Dr., Brandon, FL 33511813-245-9332 • [email protected]
Driver Licensing Admin. - Pete Magnuson561-309-3916 • [email protected]
See the SEDIV website for other SEDIV contact information.
SOLO Board
RallyCross Board
Area 3/SEDiv Officials
Contact Information
When & WhereDistrict Meeting
Times and Places
New to the club? For general information on the membership or meetings please call your district governor. Or, if you want to know about a specific “specialty” call the “chief” listed on the inside cover. Use this list and map to find your District: District 1:District 2: Hillsborough and Pasco County except Port Richey. District 3: Lake, Orange, Osceola, and Seminole Counties. District 4: Alacuha, Bradford, Citrus, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hernando, Jefferson, Lafayette, Levy, Madison, Marion, Sumter, Suwanee, Taylor and Union Counties. District 5: Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, and St. Lucie Counties. District 6: Glades, Highlands, and Polk Counties.District 7: Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns, and Volusia Counties. District 8: Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, and Lee Counties. District 9: Manatee and Sarasota Counties.
Pinellas and Pasco County to Port Richey. District 1
Perkins Restaurant
District 2Beef O’Brady’s
District 3Logan’s Roadhouse
District 4 District 5
Charlie & Jakes Brewery & Grill District 6
Palm Diner (behind Kenilworth Lodge)
District 7Louie’s Pizza
HouseDistrict 8
Jerseys Sports Café -
District 9
– 2nd Tuesday of each month except December – 7:00 pm at 2626 Gulf to Bay Blvd., Clearwater- NE corner of US 19
– 4th Wednesday of each month except December – 7:00 pm at , 9311 N. 56th St., Temple Terrace
– 2nd Tuesday of each month except December – 7:30 pm at 3060 W Sandlake Rd Orlando, FL 32819
– Contact Governor for details. - 2nd Monday of each month except December –
dinner at 6:30 pm and meeting at 7:30 pm at 6300 Wickham Rd in Melbourne, FL
- 3rd Tuesday of each month except December, dinner at 7:00pm and meeting at 7:45pm at 2710 Kenilworth Blvd., Sebring .
- 2nd Tuesday of each month except December – dinner at 6:30 pm and meeting at 7:30 pm at
– 1347 Beville Rd - Daytona Beach FL 32119 - 2nd Wednesday of each month except December
at 6pm at 13971 North Cleveland Avenue, N. Fort Myers, FL 33903.
– Call Governor for details
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Cover Photos: Kevin CrainCameron Maugeri
4 May 2016
CFR’s Trophy WinnersDarren Seltzer
Greg Shumaker
Patsy Zymowski
Solo National Champion, F-Modified
4th Place - FM
3rd Place Road Tire RWD Ladies (RTRL)
by Darren Gunn
BONANNOFIRST IN P2BONANNOFIRST IN P2
HICKS TROPHIES IN FCHICKS TROPHIES IN FC
WALD SWEEPS WINGSWALD SWEEPS WINGS
by: Larry Vanscoy
YOU MIGHT BE A TECH PERSON.
WHAT WE DO…
• We inspect every car at least once a year.
• At a race impound, we weigh the cars and check items for compliance.
• We get called when someone is building a new car to check it and make sure there won't be a problem when it arrives at the track.
• Drivers buying an existing race car usually call us to look at the car, make sure it's safe and visually right (we don't normally take things apart).
• We answer questions like…..Is this or that compliant? When does my helmet expire? Can I do whatever?
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW…OR NOT…
• You don't need to be a mechanical wizard. None of us are.
• You don't need to memorize the GCR. None of us has. We just know where to look or who to ask.
• We stay current with any new SCCA rule changes by checking the “Fastrack”. It's published around
ththe 20 of every month.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN…
• Our weekend starts the evening before the event.
• After the drivers go to registration they come to us.
Want A Close Up View of Race Cars& A Chance To Meet The Drivers?
• issue a tech sticker.
• If the car needs an Annual Inspection (a more in-depth inspection once every year), we're available all weekend to do it.
*When the scales are set up, they're available at some time every weekend whether there is impound or not – (it's nice if we have a few moments for lunch).
• We'll gladly do courtesy weighs but we don't push cars.
• We field questions and check out and write up any race cars damaged during the event.
• We provide results for practice, qualifying and race sessions at Tech.
COME JOIN US!
We have a good time together and get some up close and personal time with the race cars, crew and drivers. We're always happy to show someone with an interest in Tech what we do. We're good at on-the-job-training and you'll have plenty of support.
Oh – and there's always time for some serious bench racing.
INTERESTED?? Contact Rick Henschel, Chief of Tech – [email protected]; or 407-671-6017 (H); 407-314-8230 (C)
We check their vehicle logbook and gear and
Workers WantedDrivers
Club Members
Contact Dana Deshong for more information:
- Fill that down time by assisting those who work to maintain a fun, safe racing environment! - Get involved today! Your help is needed to keep CFR
the Premier Club Racing Program in the US.
813-689-7662 • [email protected]
First Ever PDX on Daytona’s High Banks
WORKER SCHOOL
New Club MembersDistrict 1
District 2
Rene Meyer St Petersburg James Davison Saint Petersburg Harry Grossman Saint Petersburg Aaron Fitzsimmons Saint Petersburg Lisa Pineda Keblinskas Saint Petersburg Bryan Blackford St Pete Beach Gerald Walter Blum South Pasadena Sam King Madeira Beach Dave Day Saint Petersburg Chris Biedal Saint Petersburg Monica Neill St Petersburg Elliott Warren Graham St Petersburg Carrera Ariel Blum Saint Petersburg Brad Fisk Clearwater Robert Adler Clearwater Chiery Adler Clearwater Angelina Cha Clearwater Nathaniel Popera Clearwater Austin Stephens Pinellas Park April Hanley New Port Richey Kevin Hanley New Port Richey Scott Brown New Port Richey Dave Bissonnette New Port RicheyNathan Holmberg Port Richey Ron Horwitz Palm Harbor Michele Horwitz Palm Harbor Evan Schlifstein Palm Harbor Ian Schlifstein Palm Harbor Harry Leonard Tarpon Springs David M WilsonT arpon Springs Jeremy Lee Ogle Safety Harbor
Roger A Stein Brandon Victor Couture Wesley Chapel Jeff Martin Wesley Chapel Tyrell Meadows Wesley Chapel Larry Alderman Lutz Chris Speichinger Riverview Carlton Randolph Clime Riverview Sharon K Sauls Riverview Donnie McGovern Riverview Daniel Hooey Apollo Beach Patrick Agan Riverview Mac Stapleton Seffner Shandelle Leonard Thonotosassa Beth Gutierrez Tampa
George McCormick GulfportCheryl Simpson-McCormick Gulfport
Kieran Greene Tampa Robert J Kovalsky Temple Terrace Evan Nadav Temple Terrace Nathaniel McCasland Tampa Sarah Curk Tampa Tony Ditto Tampa Stephanie Nieto Tampa Sean Nieto Tampa Carlos Perez Brooksville Richard C Ernst Brooksville Robert Rey Brooksville Mike Koger Brooksville Lucas Rodriguez Thonotosassa
Scott Pilato Winter Springs Jason Fults Winter Springs Chris Alan Curtis Winter Springs Steve Piermont Winter Park Brian Paul Moye Casselberry Colten Hartman Casselberry Tammie Hartman Casselberry Gabriel Moye Casselberry Jakob Moye Casselberry Kaytlyn Moye Casselberry Carmen Serrano Casselberry Justin William Nordine Geneva Daniel Monette Lake Mary Bethann Doyle Maitland Mary Margaret Doyle Maitland Sarah Suzanne Doyle Maitland Jon Hall Maitland Rene Raymon Oviedo Ashton Sheen Herchko Oviedo Luke Croteau Sanford Melanie Hannan Sanford Sean Hannan Sanford Thomas Paul Creen Sanford John Wesley Frizzell Longwood Reid Austin Curran Longwood Adam Warga Winter Park Omar Sanchez Winter Park Jeremiah Hemphill Winter Park Abbey Callaway Orlando James Donald Callaway OrlandoJermaine Anthony Walters Orlando Chip Shane Orlando Evan Shane Orlando Matthew Shane Orlando
District 3Cole Pilato Winter Springs
Kelli Maloney Orlando Patrick Maloney Orlando Michael Craig Coderre OrlandoChristopher Michael Comins Orlando Michael Shaun Penuliar Orlando Amy Goodman Orlando Brecken Kanz Orlando Jose Cruz Orlando Jonathan Ramos Orlando Jatzen Abdiel Vazquez Orlando Christopher Jose OlivaresOrlando Roberto Antonio Arango Orlando Ken Balch Clermont Alicia Waggoner Clermont Rich Stone Kissimmee Jonathan Aaron Kennen Leesburg Michael N Kennedy Kissimmee Marcos D Lopez Saint Cloud George McNeilly Windermere Christopher Irvine Windermere Jeffrey Kevin Yeakel Yalaha Lucie Desrosiers Yalaha Luis Omar Esteves OrlandoDavid R Laubenstein Saint Cloud Casey Allen Fitzgerald OrlandoBrett L'Heureux EustisJonathan Nelson Rodriguez OviedoTristan L'Heureux Eustis Eddie Garrison Orlando
Dylan Edmiston Gainesville Arthur T Hursey Alachua Thomas Jaeger Gainesville Scott Patrick Mitcheltree Floral City April Mitcheltree Floral City Autumn Mitcheltree Floral City Evan Mitcheltree Floral City Jonathan Tyler Palumbo Beverly Hills Andrew D.S. Flockhart Beverly Hills Carl Boyd Ocala Walter Miller Ocala Michael Donohue Spring Hill Dave Calianno Spring Hill Joshua Sandel Spring Hill Elizabeth Crogan Fruitland Park
District 4Sarah Johnson Gainesville
Lost & FoundFound:
a key ring containing three keys and a small light. One key has a Miami Dolphins logo.
, November 2014Pro HANS Device; a watch.
Sebring Majors
Sebring Turkey Trot
Lost and not recovered:
Sebring Turkey Trot, November 2013:
A black in color therapeutic magnetic bracelet.
Contact Paddock Marshall, Charlie Leonard to reclaim/return.
2015 CFR Regional PointsClass Name TotalASAS MICHAEL ALBANO 39AS ALEXANDER HARRISON 35AS SCOTT SEIFREIT 21
ASR JACK DUNN 100ASR LEROY BUELL 46
B-SPEC DARREN SELTZER 100B-SPEC JASON HUEPENBECKER 36
CF MARK SMITH 100CF JOSEPH RILEY 50
EP NICOLE HECKER 138EP JEFFREY CRIPE 50EP DAVID HUSSEY 50EP JIM IRVIN 36EP PAUL KOSTOPOULOS 33EP JOHN CARSON 31EP DARRYL PRITCHETT 26EP RODNEY DYKES 18EP DAVE KARABLY 18EP EDDIE MEADOWS 14
F5 MICHAEL MOENCH 46F5 JAMES LYLE 25
FA DONALD BOUGHAN 121
FB WILLIAM FALATICK 131FB BILL WALD 50
FC STAN HALLOCK 107FC CHRIS SCHARNOW 92FC LYN POLLOCK 71FC JOHN HERSCHER 63FC TIM MONTPELIER JR. 39FC PAUL SMITH 39FC JERRY HICKS 34
FE DENNIS FERRARA 59FE THOMAS GREEN 50FE TILDEN KINLAW 17
FF JOHN SCHIMENTI 213FF ANNA SCHIMENTI 135FF ROELOF BLOK 64FF ALAN OPPEL 37FF STEPHEN KRUPA 33FF JEREMY GRENIER 31FF DAVID POPE 29
FM CARSON WEEDER 125FM RYAN EVANSON 42
FP GLENN CAMERON 50FP JOHN LETTIERI 46FP PAUL KULLMAN 42FP W JEFFRY STEIN 36FP LARRY BOYLAN 33FP LOU ANN KAPCIN 30FP TIMOTHY SMITH 17
COLLINS BARBER 178Class Name TotalFST ANDRES MAMONTOFF 25FST ALLAN ADDERLY 21
FV PETER CHEAMITRU 112FV GARY DASSINGER 92FV HARRY SCHNEIDER 78FV MIKE SCHIFFER 73FV CARL DASSINGER 50FV ALLAN ADDERLEY 46FV JOHN MATTOX 35
GT1 MICHAEL SEAY 96GT1 ROLAND BAUER 42GT1 GARY JENSEN 33GT1 TOM KELEHER 13
GT2 TERRY TAYLOR 69GT2 RYAN GIDDINGS 31GT2 DILLON MACHAVERN 21GT2 PHIL LASCO 17GT2 MARK ROBERTS 16GT2 MIKE RUDOLPH 16
GT3 DOUG LAWHORN 100GT3 BILL MCGAVIC 100GT3 WILLIAM CARSON 36GT3 PHILIP PIERCE 17
GTA LARRY CORWIN 88GTA CHAD JORGENSEN 61GTA VERN SMITH 25GTA LARRY BEEBE 18
GTL WAYNE BUTLER 175GTL CHARLES LEONARD 89GTL MICKEY THOMPSON 42GTL JEROLD LARSON 36GTL PAUL MEVOL I21GTL GM (JIM) HIGGS 18
HP BOB HESS 137HP KERRY FOOTE 85HP LOUIS BOUSTANI 50HP MIKE DECESARE 42HP TIM SLATER 39HP DON ROBINSON 38HP W GRIFFIN 25HP DON LOFTIS 25HP KEN FRANCKE 18HP MIKE OGREN 18HP TERRY BOYLAN 17HP JAMES ZIRKEL 13
IT7 BOB EATON 104IT7 KENNETH O WALTERS 100IT7 MATTHEW SIMMONS 97IT7 RICHARD WATTS 79IT7 DAVID MCCAULEY 71IT7 LON CAREY 50IT7 DAVID MOYE 50IT7 ERIC MOYE 43IT7 JERMAINE WALTERS 38
Class Name TotalITA BARRY BURGOON 180ITA ROBERT(ROBIN) LANGLOTZ 145ITA STEVE ELICATI 115ITA JAMES KNEELAND 94ITA GARY FRIERSON 93ITA PETER BURRIS-MEYER 78ITA DAVID ROSCKOWFF 77ITA JAMES HOPKINS 74ITA TODD BURAS 67ITA THOMAS FREE 61ITAITA FRANK SHANABERGER 57ITA CALLUM HAY 55ITA JAMES MAGERO 50ITA KENNETH TAYLOR 42ITA PATSY ZYMOWSKI 34ITA SERGIO REYES 33ITA GARRETT RICHARDSON 33ITA MARC KINLEY 30ITA BOB BURRIS 29ITA PHILIP ADAMS 26ITA JAMES CROUSE 25ITA JOE EVANS 21ITA MIKE VANSTEENBURG 21ITA SHAUN GRASER 20ITA BRIAN MCGREEVY 20ITA PAUL MCNAMARA 20ITA RUSSELL MCMULLAN 16ITA DOUG KING 14ITA STEVE KNOB 14ITA JASON LAY 11ITA KYLE FREE 7ITA LUIS PEQUITO 2
ITB DAVID BOLES 200ITB MICHAEL HORN 175ITB GERALD WILCOX 138ITB DAVID ELLIS-BROWN 103ITB MANNY FORTEZA 75ITB EDWIN PRADO 73ITB MICHAEL ULBRIK 72ITB CHARLES O'TOOLE 59ITB TAD BOWLING 53ITB MIKE MCCORMICK 52ITB WILLIAM YATES 44ITB STEVEN ULBRIK 38ITB PAUL MCCORMICK 37ITB DAVID TILL 33ITB JIM BALDWIN 31ITB STEVE GRANT 30ITB JOSH BALDWIN 21ITB PEDRO PRADO 12ITB CHRIS YATES 12ITB DAVE RAYMON 11
ITC MIKI MOERWALD 230ITC JIM WAECHTER 75ITC SCOTT LARSON 74ITC BILL MCCOIN 18
ITO KIMBERLEE HENDRICKS 228ITO PAUL TROUP 148
ERNEST TAYLOR 61
Daytona Double SARRC
In Memoriam
While hanging out at Club Flamingo, the discussion turned to teaching drivers the dos and don'ts of being towed. While some seemed common sense others, while having actually happened, prompted this discussion.
We all make mistakes. Yes, we screw up too. We strive to make the tow as safe as possible and ask that you would help us to achieve this as well.
We ask the following for your safety and ours:
W Please evaluate your tow points.
W Are they properly marked?
W Do they meet GCR standards for your car?
Are you willing to accept the risk of being trapped in your car in a tire wall with tires all around you and a fire breaks out and we cannot pull the car out to get to you? Are you willing to bet your life on a cheap tow point?
When was the last time you checked the condition of
the nylon strapping used as a tow point? Is it sun damaged? Weather rotted? Dog chain is really not a good idea either.
Are you using thick zip ties that require cutting to get it free? Use ones we can break by pulling the strap and they release. We want to limit the time on a hot track; the longer time having to cut ties places you and us in a bad position.
Is the tow point under the car and not visible? Laying on a hot track to find it is extremely dangerous.
We want to get you off track as fast and safely as possible with minimal time spent unprotected. Both your safety and ours depends on it. While on a hot track expect to exit at the nearest safe opening going race direction.
If on a cold track we will try to take you off to avoid pulling you through rough and dirty terrain, but we are controlled by the tower - they control our movement.
While in tow, ride the brakes a little and keep the
From The Flamingo's BeakSubmitted by Dave Langston
To the EditorTo the Central Florida Region of the SCCA
After much consideration, I’ve decided to pursue the seat of Lieutenant Governor of District 3. Why? I’m glad you asked!
Having been involved with the club over the past 13 years or so, I’ve served a variety of roles. I’m currently the Medical Director, Emergency Services Chief for region, Chief Course Marshal for region and serve as Southeast region D.A. for Emergency Services. I humbly received the Administrative Worker of the Year in 2013 by CFR. Most of you probably know me as the “godfather” of the Flat Tow Mafia.
In my professional life, I worked both in law enforcement and emergency services, retiring from the Osceola County Fire Department as a Lieutenant. My experiences and professional training have prepared me for the roles I have within the club to make the fun we have at the race tracks as safe as possible.
In that regard, the Flat Tow Mafia has grown from a guy with a truck to a trained and organized group of men and women who are prepared to respond to any incident at our club events. In my absence, I’m confident that the FTM would perform with the same professionalism and efficiency, as we’ve been
, training for just that scenario.
As safety is always of utmost concern, I asked the CFR BOG for protective gear for the FTM to which the club positively responded and we now have full Fire Suits and protective head gear because you just never know when or if an undetected fuel leak may cause a flash fire or when a race car might break causing the driver to lose control. Our people should be as protected as possible. It is less painful to be prepared than to recover. I thank the BOG for their recognition of this and their support.
It is within my nature to look for and pursue opportunities for improvement. Just because we’ve always done something in a particular manner doesn’t mean it cannot be improved upon. I’m willing to put my time and efforts toward this mission and not just talk about it. That’s why I am pursuing this leadership position.
While only the members of District 3 can vote for me, I felt that letting my reasoning known to the whole of CFR is appropriate as my concerns and ideas are for the benefit of all and I hope to better serve the club in the role of the next Lieutenant Governor of District 3.
I sincerely ask for your support,
Dave Langston
Remember When...Submitted by Louis GalanosPictures
CFR
CFR Championship WeekendBill Martin Celebrated
at Turkey TrotBill Martin Celebrated
at Turkey Trot
Beginning of Part 3...
Phil Hill was in his pit getting wiped down with cold towels his face beet-red from the heat of the day and the lack of ventilation in his Ferrari. When asked about it he said, “It is a furnace in that thing!” When asked why, he responded, “Don't make me go into the gory detail, please.” Later he would disclose that the large wraparound Plexiglas windscreen trapped the heat in the cockpit and for some unknown reason the Ferrari engineers took away two ventilating tubes.
Also suffering in the heat was driver David Cunningham who pushed his disabled #69 red Osca S1000 over 2 miles to his pit. It was wasted effort and the car was withdrawn because of gearbox problems. Later the FIA would outlaw pushing on the course for obvious safety reasons. However, that didn't prevent Dan Gurney, at Sebring in 1966, from pushing his leading but disabled GT40 Mk II over the finish line and to his pit. For his efforts he was disqualified by the stewards. If he had left the car where it had stopped he would have finished second.
On the course Don Yenko's Corvette had thrown a wheel in Turn 7. At the same time Masten Gregory came down pit road at a very high rate of speed despite some grid marshals signaling him to slow down. After he stopped in front of his pit a steward had a talk with him and the car was assessed a one minute penalty.
At 1:20PM, while still in the lead, von Trips was going into a very fast LH turn & felt something break in the steering. This caused loss of control & he began to do several 360's going off the racing surface & thru a great expanse of concrete that used to be a parking area for the big B-17 bombers that were flown out of the old Hendrick's Field training base during WW II.
The only damage caused by the spin was several rubber pylons being mowed down. Examination of the car would later show that the lower RH wishbone was bent & the tie rod was broken clean off at the end.
Von Trips toyed w/idea of walking back to his pit but that was miles away & he decided to drive the car back despite not having any control of the RF wheel. After being examined by the team mechanics the car was retired thus handing over the lead to the Rodriguez brothers Ferrari.
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We have a volunteer incentive Program!
Do your friends a favor by inviting them along to participate as a volunteer at any CFR club meeting for FREE and, if they enjoy themselves which of course they will, they can become full members for just $30 for the first year. Even better news - by being their referring member they will get an additional $15 off! So their first year is just $15.
SCCA Volunteer Incentive Program reduced membership rates are renewable for second and third years by working at least four (4) days each prior year.
Wait! There is more! from national on your renewal for every member you introduce. When inviting a guest it is always a good idea to use the Guest Passes issued in The Checker as this will ease the registration process; please make sure your guest hooks up with the specialty chief at the event or with Darren Gunn, CFR-SCCA Membership, beforehand so we can make their first time as pain free and enjoyable as possible.
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September 2016
October 2016
2 Test Day SIRSebring Long Course, Conducted by SIR
3-4 Regional/TES&ECR Enduro/Vintage/PDX SIRSebring Long Course, 12 Hour Paddock
16 CFR Test Day/PDX DISDaytona Road Course
17 Tire Rack Street Survival DIS17-18 Regional/TES&ECR Enduro DIS
Daytona Road Course18 SOLO
Daytona
2 SOLOBrooksville
14 Test Day SIRSebring Short Course, Conducted by SIR
15-16 CFR Championship Weekend SIRRegional Races/VintageSebring Short Course, Green Park Paddock
15-16 SOLOSebring
21-23 Porsche Club DISDaytona Full Course, Conducted by DIS
30 SOLOBrooksville
Event ScheduleFor CFR and Surrounding Regions
May 2016
June 2016
July 2016
August 2016
22 SOLOBrooksville
5 SOLOBrooksville
10 Test Day SIRSebring Short Course, Conducted by SIR
11-12 Florida Cup/Double SARRC/Vintage/PDX SIRSebring Short Course, Green Park Paddock
18 BOG Meeting18 RallyCross
St. Lucie Fairgrounds25 SOLO
Valkaria
23-24 Bracket Enduro SIRSebring Short Course, Green Park Paddock
5 Test Day/PDX DISCFR Test Day, Daytona Road Course
6-7 Florida Cup/Double SARRC DISDaytona Road Course
21 SOLODeland
27 RallyCrossSt. Lucie Fairgrounds
27-28 SOLOOrange County Convention Center, Orlando
2016 Publication DeadlinesIn an effort to keep the content in as fresh and relevant as possible, a floating deadline will be used typically following Club Racing events. With a set deadline of the 15th of the month(the former system), an event which occurs on the 17th of the month would not be included in the following month’s issue, but two months following said event, which would make the coverage a bit dated; hence the reason for a “floating deadline.”
The Checker The deadlines for submission to The Checker for 2016 are as follows:
• June 20, 2016• July 26, 2016
May 2016
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District MeetingsDistrict 3
District 3's May meeting at Logan's Roadhouse was led by Gov. Robin Ragaglia. We welcomed John Tremblay (long time member) and had a good turnout of regulars. CFR was very busy the past weekend at Daytona (Race, Solo, PDX) and at St. Lucie (RallyX) so it was nice to see many of the same folks attending our district meeting.
Reporting on the Daytona event - there were 27 PDX and 76 test day entries for Friday; 292 entries for the Regional/ Enduro and for the Solo held on the back lot, 80 for Sat. and 135 for Sunday. Something for just about everyone. Except for a Corvette vs wall on Friday (PDX) and Miata vs wall (race) on Saturday, track time was free of major incidents. Again, weather was just about perfect. Do we dare wish for it to continue in June?
RallyX came to play at St Lucie and had 35 cars doing agricultural runs...including a 2016 Mustang GT. It's great to see that program growing.
Solo continues to have good turnouts for Brooksville - 60-65 at the April event. Remember, you are required to pre-register for this venue as its held on an active military base.
The BOG meeting will be held June 18 in Bradenton at the Courtyard by Marriott, site of this year's Annual
Meeting in December. During the mid-year meeting, the RE, Ass't. RE, Secretary and Treasurer are elected and next year's budget is presented and approved. Contact your governor if you have questions or have items you'd like addressed by the board.
The Sebring July Drivers School is being advertised as an alternative driving school with a Bracket Enduro as part of the program (3.5 hours each day). A competition license is not required to participate in the bracket enduro.
Upcoming Events:
June 5 Solo Brooksville
June 11-12 Double SARRC/Vintage/PDX Sebring (short course)
June 18 BOG Bradenton
June 18 RallyX St. Lucie
As always - check the web, DLB or with your Chiefs for the most up to date information.
See you at the races!
Fran
May 2016
The CFR By-Laws provide for elections of the Regional Executive, Assistant Regional Executive, club secretary and treasurer at the mid-year meeting of the CFR Board of Governors. The mid year meeting of the BOG will be held on June 18 at Courtyard by Marriott, 100 Riverfront, Bradenton. CFR members in good standing wishing to hold such positions should submit their resumes to the BOG Chair, Michael Wingo by email at [email protected].
The resumes should include the member's past CFR and/or SCCA experience, business background and reason for wanting the position.
Resumes shall be submitted no later than May 27, 2016.
From BOG Chair
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Daytona Classic by Kevin Crain
May 2016
Daytona Classic 2016, - Our first club racing event, not including the Driver School in April, at the newly remodeled Daytona International Speedway was probably about as good as you could ask for.. The weather was ideal, if you like overnight lows in the upper 50s and daytime highs in the mid 80s, low humidity, no chance of rain…. Truly ideal.
We arrived late Thursday afternoon, quickly got through Registration and found a nice corner in the concrete Geico Camping area next to Lake Lloyd and prepared for the 3-day weekend of racing. On a personal note, camping overnight in Daytona's infield is really pretty cool when you think about the history and prestige Daytona International Speedway has - right up till about 3 a.m. when an evacuation alarm begins blaring telling us to not use the elevators while we quickly, and in an organized fashion, evacuate the building…for about 10 minutes. Kudos to the PA system because sounded like they were in my trailer with me. REALLY wanted to find the snooze button to that alarm.
So, Friday was a Test Day, conducted by CFR, which mixed in a PDX (Performance Driving eXperience) day run on the full course. A moderate turnout for testing gave everyone including the PDX group plenty of track time and space to run. About the only negative for the day was in the PDX group when a very beautiful Corvette met a wall in Infield Turn 1 before lunch… Reminder that #%*@ happens even in the most controlled of situations.
Saturday brought not only the usual qualifying sessions and the first of the 20 minute Sprint races, but also the first of two Tropical Endurance Series Enduros, a 75 minute race run at the end of the day. SOLO was on property as well, but unlike last year when they ran the course in the east end of the infield, they were provided the use of the paved surface now available due to the removal of the old Superstretch Grandstands which provided the SOLO group a much larger than normal space to set up their courses, Saturday was a practice course and Sunday's course was sized comparably to a National Championship course. CFR had a whole lot of racing happening in Daytona…
The first group to qualify on Saturday was the Improved Touring class which brought 42 cars in 4 sub classes on the track at 8 o'clock sharp for qualifying.. Aaron Nash would take the group pole in the #87 ITR BMW 325is running a pair of 2:12 laps taking the overall pole by 3.783 seconds. Unfortunately for Nash, these qualifying times would not
be matched in either of the races he'd start with a best time run in the afternoon's Sprint race six seconds slower, completing just three laps; Sunday's Feature would be no better.
Group 2 qualifying brought what I call “alphabet soup” group with 23 cars in 8 classes. Bobby Kennedy drove the #52 Ford Mustang to the T3 class and overall pole running a pair of 2:17 laps. David Smith in the #01 Mazda RX7 also earned a spot on the front row taking the EP pole with a best lap of 2:19.576.
Group 3 featured mostly Spec Miatas with 50 cars covering three classes, SM, SMSE and ITS. As is usually the case with these guys, the lap times were close, very close. John Davison, driving the #10 Spec Miata would earn his first pole with a time of 2:19.034, making mama (our very own Robin Ragaglia, District 3 Governor, Registrar and so many other hats…) very proud on what was coincidentally enough, Mother's Day Weekend. Starting next to Davison was John Carter in the #67 Spec Miata who ran an identical best time, but was .036 seconds slower than Davison on their second best laps. The top four would qualify inside of 4/10ths of a second of each other.
Bobby Kennedy, Group 2 Pole Sitter in T3 Mustang
Spec Miata front row. John Davison, pole sitter, on the outside in the #10 and John Carter in the #67 on the intside.
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Photo by Christian Shipp
May 2016
The “open wheelers” filled a group of 33 cars in 12 classes with CFR's Don Boughan taking the overall Group 4 and FA pole running a very consistent pair of 1:55 laps in the #57 Van Diemen RF00. Sherman Chao earned a spot on the front row in the P2 class #3 Stohr WF-1 running a best lap of 1:56.943. Because this group of cars is formed due to the nature of their exposed wheels vs. anticipated speeds, there is a large spread in lap times; in this weekend's case, a difference of nearly four minutes between the overall pole sitter and the slowest qualifier.
Group 5 saw 25 cars in six classes comprised of the Super Touring and Spec Racer Ford vehicles. Thomas Anspach posted a best lap time of 2:10.796 earning the overall pole in the #14 SRF3-D edging out SRF3 pole winner Todd Vanacore in the #19 SRF3 by less than a quarter second.
The “big bores” filled the final group, bringing 20 cars in 8 classes to qualify. Cameron Maugeri driving the #06 Ford Mustang took the group and T1 pole running a best lap of 1:57.577. Larry Hoopaugh from Chester, South Carolina
would drive the #1 SPO-W Pontiac Gran Prix to a best time of 1:58.084 to earn a spot on the front row.
Saturday morning was going so smoothly the final qualifying group, for Saturday's TES Enduro, started 40 minutes EARLY! 63 cars in 11 classes ran and Deuce Keane in the #145 STL Honda Civic Si paced them all with a best time of 2:12.177 to earn the overall pole with the entire field qualifying within 20 seconds of Keane.
The racing began after the lunch break with Group 1 returning to the track for their 20 minute Sprint Race. Jacksonville's John Maddox, driving the #73 ITR Porsche 911 RSC would take the overall win from the third position at the start edging out Keith Goldin, ITS winner in the #29 Mazda RX7, by less than 2 seconds. Winter Haven's Barry Burgoon took the ITA win and sixth overall in the #71 Miata. Eric Moye took the IT7 win in the #8 Miata a half-second ahead of IT7-W winner Mical Fountain driving the #16 Mazda RX7.
The second race of Saturday afternoon saw Ormond Beach's Bobby Kennedy run green flag to checkered for the overall and T3 win in the #52 Mustang with a very comfortable 44 second margin over David Smith, EP winner. Ed Barr notched the T4 victory and fourth overall in the #57 Subaru BRZ. Lake Wales' Matt Newcomer drove the #116 Baby Grand to the SPU win and was sixth overall.
Seventh and eighth overall were W. Griffin, HP winner, in the #1 Honda CRX and Mickey Thompson, GTL winner, in the #7 Miata. Mike McCormick, drove the #23 VW Jetta to the ITB win edging out David Ellis-Brown for the win by .027 seconds. Miki Moerwald drove the #47 VW Rabbit to an ITC win knocking six seconds off her qualifying times.
Group 4 Pole Sitter, Don Boughan.
Group 5 Pole Sitter, Thomas Anspach.
Group 6 Pole Sitter, Cameron Maugeri
John Maddox, Group 1 overall and ITR winner.
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Sprint Race Group 3 saw 53 cars, 52 Miatas and an MX5 take the green flag. This group likes bumper to bumper action and this race was no exception. Cape Coral's Cory Collum would take the checkered flag in the #23 Miata for the SM and overall win from the sixth starting position edging out John Carter in the #67 Miata by .081 seconds. Selin M. Rollan in the #87 Miata finished nearly a second ahead of Preston Pardus in the #42 Miata for third overall. Pole sitter John Davison got shuffled back and finished fifth overall.
John Wilding took the Southeast SM win in the #126 Miata thand 10 overall while Miami's Rene Badia Jr. took the SM-
stW win in 21 overall position.
The final race on Saturday, before the Enduro, brought Group 4 out for their 20 minute Sprint race. Pole Sitter Don Boughan made the start but mechanical issues ended his weekend before completing a lap. This opened the door for Sherman Chao who completed 10 laps in the allotted time taking the P2 and overall win finishing ahead of FE winner, Paul Schneider, by almost 10 seconds.
William Falatick in the #67 Astra Summerhawk took the FB th
win and finished 4 overall by .071 seconds ahead of Carson Weeder in the #28 Formula Mazda who took the FM-W win.
Sixth overall was Eric McCoy who took the P1 win in the th
#26 Norma M20F and 9 overall was FE-D winner, Theodore Thorp in the #09 Van Diemen.
Mike Burkhardt paced a group of seven Formula Fords in the #39 Van Diemen RF98. Linda Stewart, driving the #97 Van Diemen RF95 took the FC win. Other class winners were Bob Urso in the P2-W #19 Decker Mk, Robert Frassetti in the FV #122 Lynx B, Andres Mamontoff in the FST #12 Evolution MK1 who set a new track record for FST, and Charles Thomson in the F500 #21 Sidewinder A-12.
The first Enduro of the weekend capped off a beautiful Saturday. 59 cars took the green flag and the team of John Teece and James Cox would complete 29 laps for the overall win in the #51 SRF3 with a nearly 32 second margin of victory.
Cory Collum, starting from the sixth position, heads to the green flag and eventually would be the first to see the checkered.
Sherman Chao in the P2 #3 Stohr WF-1 leads Carson Weeder through the east horseshoe, turn 3.
P1 winner, Eric McCoy leads Thomas Green in the FE #88 who took third overall and a second in FE.
FC winner, Linda Stewart leads FF driver Roelof Blok through T3.
John Teece and James Cox team up for the overall Enduro win.
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Rob Bailey driving the #174 Miata took third overall and the ITS win over Selin Rollan in the #14 Miata by over 7 seconds. John Maddox completed 28 laps and notched the ITR win in the #73 Porsche 911 RSC finishing eighth overall. The team of Mick Robinson and Rodney Thompson drove the #45 SRF to tenth overall and the SRF win.
The battle for the ITA Enduro win saw the team of Barry Burgoon and Drake Burgoon in the #71 Miata edge out Todd Burris in the #156 Miata by .285 seconds after nearly 100 miles of racing. Only .321 seconds behind Burris was STL winner James Innes in the #101 Mazda MX5. The father/son team of Dana and Christopher Deshong combined for the STU win in the #111 Honda Prelude.
Beautiful end to a good day of racing…? Could only be the social hosted by CFR! Great time to get to see some of the voices we hear in our heads throughout the day with some good eats put together by the Dawson crew and the much appreciated ice cold beverages to talk over while sharing perspectives from the driver’s to the crew’s to the worker’s and to even the Steward’s (insert smiley face here) views! It's what racin' family looks like at the end of the day...
Sunday morning was Mother’s Day and was just as perfect as the previous two days. The schedule had nine races, two Sprint Races followed by six Feature Races and the second TES Enduro, with a qualifying session for the Enduro mixed in.
Group 5 took the green flag shortly after 8 a.m. for their Sprint and the Gen 3 Spec Racer Fords led the way. These drivers like to work together like the Spec Miata guys and get tucked up nice and tight, bumper to bumper I suppose if they had any; a few so much so that I’m pretty sure I could smell the odor of fiberglass meeting tires once or twice from my vantage point at the entrance to pit road as the cars came through the east banking towards the start/finish line.
Todd Vanacore, from just up the coast a bit, took the group 5 and SRF3 win in the #19 SRF3 by a whopping .032 seconds over Chad Galloway, from just down the coast a bit, in the #05 SRF3 who took second overall. Melbourne’s Mark Eaton took the SRF3-W win and third overall trailing Galloway by .201 seconds in the #92. Pole Sitter Thomas Anspach notched the SRF3-D win, finishing fifth overall just .384 seconds behind Lee Hill in the #72 SRF3.
Charlie Lowrance drove the #50 Miata to seventh overall and the STU win and Casey McKibben improved 4 positions to take ninth overall and the SRF win in the #88.
James Innes paced a field of five STL competitors in the #101 Honda Civic Si for the win and Cocoa Beach’s Peter Keane took home the trophy for STU-D in the #28 Honda Civic.
Barry and Drake Burgoon win ITA Enduro in a field of 18 teams.
James Innes, STL Enduro winner, leading the STU Enduro winningcar driven by team Deshong heading to the start/finish line.
Casey McKibben, SRF winner, likes his draft tight, pushing Byron Mead toward the finish line.
Todd Vanacore entering the chicane heading towards a Group 5 win for mama on Mother’s Day.
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So if you weren’t awake already, the second group out Sunday morning featured the ground pounders in Group 6; 19 cars in 10 classes, so everyone gets a trophy... Biggest mover of the group was Michael Seay in the #10 GT1 Camaro who shaved 14 seconds off his qualifying time posting a best lap of 155.710 or 110.76 MPH winning overall from the ninth starting position by over 8.5 seconds ahead of SPO-W winner, Larry Hoopaugh in the #1 Pontiac Gran Prix.
Pole Sitter, Cameron Maugeri took third overall in the #06 T1 Mustang. GT1-W winner Raymond Webb took fourth overall in the #121 Dodge Intrepid edging out GTA winner Roger Reuse, in the #88 Camaro by .32 seconds.
Sid Collins in the #74 Porsche 911 took the GT2 win ahead of two other GT2 drivers taking 8th overall. Collins Barber in the #5 Camaro took home the win in the American Sedan
class, finishing 12th overall ahead of SPO winner Carl Boyd in the #126 Panoz Esperante, ASR winner Austin Armellini in the #26 Shelby Can-Am, and GT3 winner Doug Lawhorn in the #58 Porsche 911.
Thus ended the 20 minute Sprint races and onto the 30 minute Feature races. Group 1 returned to the track and 34 IT class competitors took the green flag. All of the class winners repeated from the Sprint race on Saturday and even the top six overall, who all shaved some time from their best laps the day prior, finished in the same positions except for Barry Burgoon who improved to finish fifth overall swapping spots with Charlie Lowrance.
Group 2 followed and would mirror Group 1, right? Well not so much. Bobby Kennedy who essentially ran away with the overall Sprint victory on Saturday retired after seven laps, but did take home the T3 win. Mitchell Maulfair improved two positions to take the overall win and his second EP win. Ed Barr notched his second T4 win of the weekend and took second overall while also knocking off over 1.5 seconds from his best lap from the prior day’s race.
Michael Seay made mama real proud with two GT1 and group 6wins for Mother’s Day
Larry Hoopaugh wins SPO-W and second overall in both group 6 races.
Sid Collins notches a pair of GT2 victories in a Porsche 911.
Carl Boyd, SPO winner, passing outside of ASR victor, Austin Armellini in the #26 Shelby Can-Am.
Mitchell Maulfair entering the east horseshoe heading to a group 2win and his second EP victory of the weekend in a Porsche 944S.
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Matthew Newcomer took also took a second win in SPU while improving three positions to third overall less than a second ahead of fourth overall driver, Nicole Hecker who improved from Saturday’s third place performance to take a second place finish in the EP class in the #96 Mazda RX7. Mickey Thompson and W. Griffin both recorded their second wins in GTL and HP respectively with Thompson improving two positions to finish ahead of Griffin for sixth overall.
David Ellis-Brown improved six spots overall and took home the win in ITB in the #31 VW A3 Jetta edging out Patsy Zymowski in the #122 Mazda MX5 for eight overall by just .154 seconds. Miki Moerwald took home her second win of the weekend in ITC.
Group 3 - Miata Time! The Feature Race had a dozen fewer drivers take the green flag than Saturdays’ Sprint race, but that meant only 41 cars left the grid... Cory Collum is the model of consistency - best lap time within .002 seconds of the prior day and finished with his second overall and SM win, this time edging out Selin M. Rollan by .214 seconds at the checkered flag. Preston Pardus improved one position to take third overall. Nick Malatesta in the #56 finished fourth .052 seconds ahead of Andrew Carbonell in the #8.
David Johnson in the #33 SMSE Miata improved six positions to finish seventh overall just .070 seconds behind Adren Hance III and take his first win of the weekend in the SMSE class.
Matthew Newcomer needed only three tires through turn 3 as heheads for his second SPU victory.
David Ellis-Brown in the #31 VW Jetta entering turn 3
Miki Moerwald in the #47 VW Rabbit looking for the inside pass onRobert Duffy in the #04 Honda Civic.
Turn 3 flagging and communications crew.
Preston Pardus in the #42 Miata looking to stay in front of Selin M.Rollan as they maneuver turn 3.
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Photo by Dave Green
May 2016
This took us to lunch, except for about half of the last group and the lone non-Miata team of Miki Moerwald and Tom Sterret as they were preparing for the qualifying session for the second TES Enduro of the weekend, which began right after lunch. Talk about the consistency in the SM class. Selin M. Rollan won the pole by edging out Preston Pardus in their second best lap times by .135 seconds as they ran identical 2:19.643s on their fastest times. Group 3 pole sitter, John Davison, qualified third ahead of Nick Malatesta by .156 seconds.
After that, we’re back to Group 4 and their Feature Race. 25 of the 28 who ran the Sprint were back on track. Sheman Chao repeated his efforts and took both the P2 and overall win by a comfortable 27 seconds over Carson Weeder who improved 3 positions overall to take his second FM-W edging out FE winner Paul Schneider by .105 seconds for second overall. The FE class took overall positions third through eighth.
Mike Burkhardt moved up three spots to finish ninth overall with his second FF win by 1.276 seconds over John Schimenti in the #69 FF Swift DB6. Linda Stewart shaved 2.7 seconds off her best lap time enroute to a second FC win. John Fuchs who didn’t run in Saturday’s Sprint Race
took the FV win in the #144 Caracal D. Repeat winners included Eric McCoy in P1 and William Falatick in FB.
Group 5’s feature was one of the more exciting of the day garnering a round of applause from the tower... With the SRF cars, drafting plays a big role in and working well with others is mandatory to compete at the front - right up to the checkered flag. A four car pack led the way from the start trading leads along the way to the finish when they were three wide at the stripe. Jean-Luc Liverato in the #8 SRF3 improved five positions from the morning’s first Sprint Race to win by .004 seconds over SRF3-W winner, Mark Eaton, in the #92. The morning’s winner, Todd Vanacore finished third overall, just .071 seconds back of Eaton. Fourth overall was SRF3-D winner, Thomas Anspach in the #14 just 1.207 seconds from winning it all.
Selin M. Rollan takes the pole for the Sunday Enduro.
Paul Schneider in the #73 FE took home a pair of FE wins. Hot onhis heels is FE second place finisher, Thomas Green who also finished with a group third and fourth finish.
Race of the day. Jean-Luc Liverato leading the morning’s Sprint Race winner, Todd Vanacore, through Turn 3 who is followed by Thomas Anspach in the orange and white #14, who took a pair of SRF3-D wins.
William Falatick approaching Turn 3. Left with a pair of FB wins.
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Charlie Lowrance, Casey McKibben, and James Innes repeated their efforts from the morning with class wins in STU, SRF and STL respectively finishing 9th, 10th and 11th overall.
The final Feature Race brought Group 6 out for the second time on Mother’s Day and 19 cars took the green flag. What could be more exciting than the last finish? For Raymond Webb it might’ve been blowing a right front tire on lap 1 bringing out a full course caution. It didn’t cost him the GT1-W win, as the only car in class, but I imagine it is an unnerving bit of excitement in a race car with that much speed and power... So the safety car gathers the field and we get to line up for a second green flag to be dropped.
Michael Seay again drove through the field to take his second GT1 and overall win of the day again beating Larry Hoopaugh to the checkered this time by 8.5 seconds. All the class winners repeated from the morning’s Sprint Race with the exception of Bobby Reuse taking the seat in the
GTA Camaro that Roger Reuse drove to victory in the Sprint to third overall and Travis Floyd in the #124 AS Ford Mustang who fixed whatever gremlins impacted him in the morning to finish 10th overall and a victory in American Sedan.
So after a long weekend, we’re down to the final race, the second 75 minute TES Enduro of the weekend. Primarily Spec Miatas, the green flag dropped and the top four teamed up and checked out. The leads changed a few times over the first hour. The Enduros had a mandatory five minute pit stop and the top four entered the pits at the same time. When they exited the pits for the sprint to the finish with about ten minutes left in the race, it was John Davison in the #10 Miata leading the way. This too would be a photo finish and after 106 miles and 75 minutes of racing, the four who had been leading the way all crossed the stripe within .282 seconds of each other.
Selin M. Rollan in the #87 Miata would get the win finishing ahead of Preston Pardus in the #42 by .079 seconds. Nick Malatesta in the #56 finished third edging out Davison in the #10 by .026 seconds.
Nicholas Soriano in the #30 Miata finished eighth overall with the SMSE win. Miki Moerwald, the only non-Miata driver, would shear a pulley after 5 laps in the #47 VW Rabbit which meant her co-driver, Tom Sterrett didn’t get to contribute in their ITC Enduro victory.
All in all, a great weekend of racing at the World’s First Motorsports Stadium.
May 2016
James Innes driving the Honda Civic Si to his third STL win of the weekend, including Saturday’s Enduro.
Charlie Lowrance in the #50 Miata racks up two STU wins.
Travis Floyd earns an American Sedan victory in the #124 Mustang.
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What It’s Like To Race At A New Siteby Angela Carlascio
May 2016
Daytona International Speedway May 7 – 8: Words. I have so many of them but I'll refrain from all of the ones running through my head right now and stick to the ones that you may be interested in. First of all, if you hadn't heard, CFR Solo found a new site! That site is at Daytona International Speedway in the South Parking Lot, Gate 70. And it's just so … big! How big you ask? Well I don't mind telling you that it fits all three of our event sites into one space. That's just Bonkers!
That's large enough to have a Nationals style course people! And we did thanks to course designer and SCCA member, Ian Stewart. Many of the aspects were taken from a Wilmington Pro and modified to fit the event space. It was a course that was generally ran by most members in the 70 second range. Yes, 70 seconds. The average time of a course walk nearly 15 minutes and for times, 75.355. Of course the faster guys were down in the mid-60's but ya know … showoffs! According to 98 FS Steve Marcum it also had a higher number of DNF's and those weren't by Novices! I was one of them and I'd just like to admit right now that the excitement of running a course that big, right here in CFR, may have been the leading cause to my right foot staying down when it shouldn't have. These things happen.
Terry Tabor and so many others put a “lot” of time and effort into this event. During the Drivers Meeting he said, “…this should give you a taste of Lincoln {Nationals]. We hope you like the taste.”
And while some like 15 ASP driver Kyle Robertson who posted that he was skeptical at first said that he “Loved the straights to really stretch the cars legs … [and] have some pretty technical sections to really test us.”
Then there was the story of success from 51 NS driver John Wolski who said at first his wife wasn't excited about the event site not being the kart track. But after working with her she left the site with a smile on her face and a day that ended with dropping 7 seconds off her time.
Running at a new site isn't without its hiccups and a parking lot is a parking lot and
it had its spots. I can tell you that my driver's seat let me know that I was not on a smooth surface and some of it on Saturday was straight up rough. Then there were the elevation changes and in pavement, the white painted lines for parking nor the dirt/rocks didn't give the best area for chalking a cone, drainage areas that were practically ditches and other items. The pavement we had for paddock and grid on was beautiful but not an area that we could use very much of to run on. So if you wanted a small taste of rallycross, you're welcome.
All in all we had a practice event on Saturday with 85 drivers and a competition event on Sunday with 131 drivers. Did it run smoothly? Nope. Any new event site has its issues with different aspects. It's expected and they can be worked on and improved. The workers had get to acclimated to a faster course with three cars running at one time. Things change at this level.
Will we go back? Well Terry Tabor posted on the CFR Solo Facebook page that a survey will go out to find out if the interest is there. From what I've been reading on Facebook, hearing from friends, etc. there may very well be an interest.
Still the rough surface may not be suitable for some drivers and their cars. But with time and course design we may come to better terms.
So who did what? Well it was 151 EM Scott Minehart who took FTD with a smoking fast time of 63.663 and course designer 1 STX Ian Stewart with the top PAX time of the day on Sunday with a run of 66.909.
With the bigger site we had the bigger numbers and we saw increases in the number of entries into the classes to
All three of our sites fit the Daytona International Speedway South Parking Lot, Gate 70. Impressive!
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include our Novices who had graduated out of Novice. XP had a beautiful 1972 Datsun 510 wheeled by #6 Russel McMullen and a terrific 1986 Toyota Corolla Levin S/C N2 Ae86 driven by #86 Ian Aguila.
Sunday welcomed 18 Novices with 11 Ross Trumble taking the win with a 75.777 in a Honda S2000 and not far behind him was Richard Bryan in a MR2 by only .041 and then John Wolski in a WRX behind him by .111. What a battle for our Novices.
No surprise in having the STX crew show up with 11 entries. PAX winner 1 STX Ian Stewart took first with 180 STX Mike King running right behind him by .028. ES was next up with 8 entries and the return of FastPhil Currin in his MR2 Spyder taking the win with a time of 70.463.
FS and HS were next up with the entry numbers of 7 each. It was 85 FS Brian Myers who took the win with his time of 71.314. Then is was 7 HS Robert Palmblad in the Fiesta ST that his dad purchased from him taking the win with a time of 72.748 and 57 HS Martin Wilson right behind him for second place.
Check out YouTube with some key search words like SCCA Autocross Daytona 2016 or just type in my name Angela Carlascio to see some (slower) video.
Again a very strong and warm Thank You from so many of us for making this event happen. I'm autocross hungover with feelings of a Nationals event behind me. That says a lot and sums up so many of the words that are going through my head.
For event schedule and resul ts check out www.cfrsolo2.com.
Course Map: # 1 STX Ian Stewart
#75 STX Terry Tabor. Photo Credit: Sarah Maddox
18 May 2016
The Central Florida Region RallyCross program got off to a great start April 9 at Port St Lucie Fairgrounds. A record number of drivers (35) drove two challenging courses during the day.
We welcomed familiar faces and new enthusiasts with a variety of cars both old and new.
On the new side, James Brown and Olin Hershberger dropped by a rental car facility and ran some hot laps in a 2016 Mercedes CLA45 AMG rental car.
They decided to skip the afternoon session due to some strange “wear” on the tires.
David Kincaid, last year's CFR Champion in Prepared Rear Wheel Drive was back running some quick times in his BMW 325i. David also helped with the new timing equipment and computer system.
Grant Wall also brought a BMW to the event-a 318i that competed in the Modified Rear Wheel drive class
Two pick up trucks joined the festivities, both Ford Rangers. Kevin Guevara was in “stealth” mode with his ride while Andy Surprenant let everyone know #42 was ready to bite…
RallyCross #1 Attracts Record Fieldby Paul Troup Photos by Abbey Callaway, RallyGirl Photography
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On the subject of “bite,” knocking over a cone will “bite” your time-it adds 2 seconds to the total time. Alan Rodriguez had a few cone kills in the early going and for his last run put the hammer down hard. Note his right front wheel…
Carlos Filipe was last years CFR Modified Front Wheel Drive Champion and returned with his 2003 Peugeot to begin his title defense. His car runs near the rev limiter for the entire course.
As the dust got more pronounced the all wheel drive cars stirred up some significant clouds. Mitsubishi driver Donald Vaughn was all but invisible during his run.
Thanks to a new timing system we were able to reward class winners at day's end:
Stock Front Wheel Drive Travis OuelletteStock Rear Wheel Drive Cody Maitland
(beat his Dad)Stock All Wheel Drive Logan Binnix
Prepared Front Wheel Drive Dan StumpfhauserPrepared Rear Wheel Drive David KincaidPrepared All Wheel Drive Ken Little
Modified Front Wheel Drive Carlos FilipeModified Rear Wheel Drive John LambertModified All Wheel Drive Richard Lawrence
The fastest time of the day was Richard Lawrence.
Thanks to Jimmy Callaway recording times, Abbey Callaway taking great photos, Patti Socher managing registration and Chas Dawson handling Tech we can declare this event a success!
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Talented CFR members Abbey Callaway and Benny Gomez collaborated to endow the RallyCross trailer with outstanding graphics. Abbey is a graphic designer – when she wasn't on the RX course winning the stock all wheel drive class last year she was creating a RallyCross t-shirt for the Central Florida Region.
Benny Gomez owns SBC Signworks in Tampa. His team took Abbey's design and created a wrap for the RallyCross Trailer. We followed the installation on a beautiful Florida day…
Presto! The passenger side of the trailer is finished. To complete the look Benny did the driver side as well…
RallyCross Trailer Gets a New Look
Benny has already prepared the surface and positioned the piece. Here he is removing the protective cover.
The construction of the trailer does not make the installation easy. All the air bubbles need to be removed, and those big rivets don't help. Benny uses a “rivet brush” to ensure a good fit around each one.
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Some New Winners at RallyCross 2Port St Lucie was the site for the second CFR RallyCross event of the season. Two entirely different courses presented challenges for the drivers, and fun was had by all.
Phillip Barone had a good day in his Toyota MR2 winning the Prepared Rear Wheel Drive class.
Proving that "age and treachery will overcome youth and enthusiasm" John Maitland out drove son Cody at this event and placed second in Stock Rear wheel Drive.
On the subject of age, perhaps the oldest car at the event belonged to John Layzell. His bug may not have been the fastest but he finished all the runs and took a second place in Modified Rear Wheel Drive Class.
After winning Stock All Wheel Drive in 2015, our photographer Abbey Callaway switched cars and classes to a Miata. A leaking tire forced some creative rim selection which impacted Abbey's times.
Off the showroom floor and out to the course came Tony Brizzolara in a 2016 BMW 328. Not only did Tony win Stock Rear Wheel Drive he demonstrated that the roof , trunk lid and hood were good for bringing cones back to the trailer when the event was over…
The winners for the day gathered in front of the RallyCross trailer for a group photo after the awards ceremony.
Thanks to Larry Morgan and Ash Rovecamp for their help in Tech, Registration, and Timing.
by Paul Troup Photos by Abbey Callaway, RallyGirl Photography
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