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Autocross 2022
CCCR-PCA presents UTOCROSS 2023
Looking back on 2022, CCCR had a very busy and successful driving events season. We held an autocross school and six autocross events, produced by Chuck Jennings and his autocross team that included Jon Milledge, Fred Herr, Bill Deviny, Sonny Brown, Bruce Morgenthaller, and Joe Shubitowski. Three Drivers Education events were produced by Bob Bruington with help from many dedicated participants. We also had at least 26 social events organized by Gil Igleheart, with help from Carol Walker, who also is our Board secretary. We continued the excellent monthly Coastalaire produced and edited by Bob Kitamura. Joe Kuntz, with much help from Joe Shubitowski, our Webmaster and new President, organized the hugely successful 356 Registry West Coast Holliday. In addition, thanks to the stewardship of the 2022 Board, Andy Winterbottom our President, Ron Green our Vice President, Bill Chadwick treasurer, Bill Gibson the safety officer, and Sanja Brewer our Membership director, we were able to donate $5,000.00 to the Nor Clinic, $1,000.00 to MS Society in behalf of Jason and Bonnie Lin, supply the funds for the New Members Barbeque and subsidize the Holliday Party. The money to make these donations possible, come through the Track Events, advertising and PCA payments to CCCR. We are now planning another busy year in 2023. Besides the phenomenal social events Gil has planned, we will have an opportunity for nine track days. We have three Drivers Education events and six autocrosses planned. The first DE event will be May 5th at Buttonwillow Raceway in conjunction with the Golden Gate Region. We will have Friday the 5th, followed by GGR on the 6th and 7th. We have had many successful track days with GGR. If you have not stayed after our event on Friday to run with GGR, you are missing a fantastic opportunity. With three straight days of tracking your car, you will find how relaxed it is to know you do not have to run in every session. Many times, I will skip a morning session, then take advantage of the afternoon sessions when there are fewer cars on track. I have had less then twelve cars on the track with me with open track available to everyone. GGR runs a fantastic event, you should take advantage of this opportunity. If you can’t make all three days, GGR has a package for a single day too. Buttonwillow Raceway is only one and half easy hours from San Luis Obispo. Stay the night or drive to the track and back home in the same day. June 26th, we Scot Burns at our Santa Maria AutoX
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have a date set at the beautiful Laguna Seca
Raceway. This always seems to be a very popular track event. Laguna Seca is now remodeling the facilities and re-surfacing the track. This will be one of the first track days on the new and improved track surface; I can’t wait to see what improvements they’ve made. The final date will be at Buttonwillow again, but this time, on the longanticipated 2nd track. We have been waiting years for this track to be completed. The final date has not been set, but should be in late October or early November. It will be exiting to run the new track for the first time. If we can find someone who has driven the track already, we will have one session of lead-follow to learn how to drive it. If not, we will have a least one session of open
Details and Registration at MotorsportReg.com or contact Chuck Jennings, Autocross Director @ (805) 459-7416
