Top End - March 2010 by Finger Lakes Region, SCCA

March 2010

Volume 55, No. 3

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The OfďŹ cial Publication of the Finger Lakes Region, Sports Car Club of America.

Solo and Membership meetings - Tuesday, March 2 Burgundy Basin Inn, 1361 Marsh Road, Pittsford, NY

Finger Lakes Region - SCCA www.ﬂr-scca.com

2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

REGIONAL EXECUTIVE Michael Toombs ...................... (585) 328-2617 152 Gillette St. Rochester, NY 14619-2227 re@flr-scca.com ASSISTANT REGIONAL EXECUTIVE John Walsh .............................. (585) 546-5670 244 Mendon Center Rd Honeoye Falls, NY 14472-9335 assist-re@flr-scca.com TREASURER Elizabeth Thiel ........................ (585) 671-9995 fax (585) 266-0942 753 Klem Rd. Webster, NY 14580 treasurer@flr-scca.com SECRETARY Carl F. Dresie ......................... (585) 544-6482 119 Brookview Dr. Rochester, NY 14617-3903 secretary@flr-scca.com ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR Barb Lissow ............................ (585) 338-7249 250 Carter St. Rochester, NY 14621-5142 activitiesdirector@flr-scca.com DIRECTORS John Morris ............................. (585) 872-7789 12 Summit Knolls Dr. Webster, NY 14580-2816 director1@flr-scca.com Scott Moller ............................. (585) 230-5464 1301 Whalen Rd Penfield, NY 14526-1917 director2@flr-scca.com Dave Ciufo .............................. (585) 346-5002 6488 Coe Rd. Livonia, NY 14887-9306 director3@flr-scca.com Gene Dinkel ............................ (585) 383-0363 8 Musket Ln Pittsford, NY 14534-3608

RACE

COMPETITION BOARD Rich Smith, Chair .................... (585) 703-0631 clubracing@flr-scca.com Dave Ciufo .............................. (585) 346-5002 Fran McAllister .........................(585) 254-5920 Peter Kummer ...........................(585) 624-2853 Russell Jaslow ......................... (585) 724-5890 Mary Hartman ......................... (585) 426-3288 Erik Shepard............................. (585) 269-7097 “WESTWARD HO” RACE CHAIRMEN Scott Moller ..............................(585) 230-5464 westward@flr-scca.com Meridith Croucher.....................(315) 331-5354 “FUN ONE” RACE CHAIRMEN John Walsh ................................(585) 546-5670 funone@flr-scca.com Elizabeth Thiel ........................ (585) 671-9995 CHIEF REGISTRAR Judy Dennis ..............................(585) 872-1503 registrar@flr-scca.com CHIEF, TIMING & SCORING Carl F. Dresie ............................(585) 544-6482 ts@flr-scca.com

CHIEF, FLAGGING & COMM. Barbara Lissow .........................(585) 338-7249 fc@flr-scca.com CHIEF, STARTER John Flowers ...................................................... CHIEF, GRID Rosemary Goodnight ...............(585) 637-5882 CHIEF, PITS &PADDOCK ....................................................................TBA CHIEF, SCRUTINEERING Bruce Perry ...............................(585) 382-9234 tech@flr-scca.com CHIEF, SOUND CONTROL Jim Craven ................................(585) 889-5363 sound@flr-scca.com NYSRRC REPRESENTATIVE Mary Hartman ...........................(585) 426-3288

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RALLY CHAIR(S) Tom & Deb Langdon ................(315) 524-2260 rally@ﬂr-scca.com PRESIDENT COCR Gail McGuire ............................(585) 226-2958 RALLYCROSS REPRESENTATIVE and COORDINATOR Jim Perrin ..................................(716) 510-5871 rallycross@ﬂr-scca.com MEMBER AT LARGE Amy Smith ....................... anthroamy@aol.com

SOLO

SOLO BOARD Brian Buchman ........................ (585) 747-3808 bb54climb@aol.com Dave Avery ...............................(585) 425-9610 david.avery@kodak.com Brian Buchman ..........................(585)747-3808 bbuchman@johnholtz.com George Modlin ..........................(585) 265-9599 gandemo@gmail.com Alan Smith ................................(585) 359-4688 asmith2357@aol.com Marnie Soom.............................(585) 233-2760 marniesoom@gmail.com Mike Stutzman ..........................(585) 889-2564 stutz@eartling.net CHIEF, REGISTRAR Dana and Cory Kuhns ...............(585) 223-3753 solo2registrar@ﬂr-scca.com CHIEF, SAFETY STEWARD Dave Avery ...............................(585) 425-9610 david.avery@kodak.com CHIEF, TECHNICAL INSPECTION Jim Hoelscher............................(585) 247-9596 jhoelsch@rochester.rr.com CHIEFS, NOVICE PROGRAM George Modlin ..........................(585) 265-9599 gandemo@gmail.com Brad Johnson.............................(585) 672-5271 baj212@yahoo.com TIMING/SCORING & RESULTS Jake Massey ..............................(585) 697-4139 eselred@yahoo.com CHIEF, SOUND CONTROL Edwin Jeffries ...........................(585) 730-2778 edwinjeffries@gmail.com CHIEF, TROPHIES Marnie Soom.............................(585) 233-2760 marniesoom@gmail.com

CHIEF, WORKERS Edwin Jeffries ...........................(585) 730-2778 edwinjeffries@gmail.com CHIEF, WAIVERS Nick Babin ................................(717) 468-7047 babin.nick@gmail.com

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

MEMBERSHIP Mike Brunner ............................(585) 752-7233 membership@flr-scca.com TOP END EDITOR Carl Dresie ................................(585) 544-6482 topend@flr-scca.com MERCHANDISE Chris McAllister..............(585) 872-2530(days) merchandise@flr-scca.com EQUIPMENT CHAIRMAN Alan Blood ................................(585) 242-9039 equipment@flr-scca.com REGIONAL HISTORIAN Lynn Randall.............................(585) 451-5298 historian@flr-scca.com WEBMASTER MaryAnne Shults ......................(949) 768-2609 webmaster@flr-scca.com

STPR Motorsports, LLC

Managers Meridith Croucher.....................(315) 331-5354 meridith1c@msn.com. Lewis Giesy ..............................(315) 597-9637 Alan Smith ................................(585) 359-4688 rallymaster@stpr.org Treasurer Joyce Bucknam .........................(315) 597-5668

NEDIV ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS

AREA 10 DIRECTOR John Sheridan ............................(518) 861-8389 PO Box 739 Altamont, NY 12009 john12009@aol.com NEDIV EXECUTIVE STEWARD, RACE Tom Hoffman............................(443) 507-0957 andso4th@verizon.net NEDIV ROADRALLY STEWARD Ted Goddard ............................(802) 263-5678 tedgcb@tds.ner NEDIV RALLYCROSS STEWARD Scott Beliveau ...........................(603) 524-4305 beliveau@aavid.com NEDIV SOLO EVENTS BOARD Tina Reeves.................tmrscca@frontiernet.net NEDIV SOLO STEWARD David Newman ....................... (610) 4335690 dn59@verizon.net NEDIV SOLO SAFETY STEWARD Bruce Bellom ............................(914) 739-6815 Not all 2010 appointments have been made. 2009 information is shown where the new have not been named. Updates will be made as they become available. Ed.

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Finger Lakes REGION

SPORTS CAR CLUB OF AMERICA

Staff TOP END is the official publication of the Finger Lakes Region (FLR), SCCA, and is mailed to all members in good standing and to advertisers. Opinions expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the contributor and do not necessarily reflect the views of FLR. Permission to reprint articles is granted to all SCCA regional publications and its national magazine, SportsCar. Full credit must be given to FLR, TOP END and the author. Non-membership subscription rate: $15.00 per year. Submit subscription orders and address changes to the Circulation Editors. Bulk rate mail is not forwarded by the Post Office when you change your address, even if you file a forwarding request with your Postmaster. Submit materials for publication to the Editor or any of the Editorial Staff. Contact Editor for information regarding submission of classified advertising. Contact the Advertising Editor for commercial advertising. Deadline for submissions to TOP END is the 12th of each month. Typed, printed and electronic files are acceptable. Contact Editor regarding electronic file formats and fonts. All submissions are subject to revisions that may be necessary to meet the requirements for publication.

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EDITOR/ADVERTISING Carl F. Dresie 119 Brookview Dr. Rochester, NY 14617-3903 (585) 544-6482 e-mail: cfdresie@cs.com CO-EDITOR/COPY EDITOR Lynn Randall 15 Diana Dr. Scottsville, NY 14546 (585) 889-1289 e-mail: lynnscca@rochester.rr.com COPY EDITOR MaryAnne Shults 23864 Sycamore Dr Mission Viejo, CA 92691-3038 (949) 768-2609 e-mail: webmaster@flr-scca.com TOP END CIRCULATION Change of Address Notify the SCCA National Office in Topeka and the Membership Chair: Mike Brunner 228 Robert Quigley Dr. Apt-1 Scottsville, NY 14546 (585) 752-7233 e-mail: membership@flr-scca.com And/Or: The EDITOR (see above)

Contents RE’s Report............................................. 4 - 5 February Meeting Minutes..................... 5 - 6 January BOD Meeting .................. Cancelled FLR News .............................................. 7 - 8 Membership News .................................. 7 Mailing List ............................................ 7 Checkered Flag ...................................... 7 Editor’s Bench ....................................... 8 5 Minutes ............................................... 8 NEDiv Roundtable ...................................... 8 Convention Awards .............................. 8 - 9 From Topeka ....................................... 9 - 10 Solo News ................................................. 11 Rally ................................................. 12 - 16 Ithaca Winter Rally ...................... 12 - 13 RallyCross Results ............................... 13 Snowball 10 Results ............................. 14 Rally News ................................... 14 - 15 Quick and Dirty Flyer .......................... 16 Formula First Dates ................................... 17 Classiﬁed Ads .............................................17 Membership Application ............................18 Calendar ..............................inside back cover Last Pit ...................................... Back Cover Photo Credits: Cover, pp 3, 12 .......................... Mike Kamm Back Cover ..........................Rich Hutchinson

Cover Photo: Rick Barnes, with Jason Kostyshak navigating, placed 2nd in Limited driving his Mazda 323GTX in the Ithaca Winter Rally held January 23, 2010 Mike Kamm photo

Dana Kuhns “feeding” Subie during SNOWBALL 10 3

REPort Mike Toombs Regional Executive The National Convention was almost a success—I came home without the million dollars I had hoped to win. The convention itself was very interesting with several of the meetings I attended being very informative. The first meeting was called "RE Orientation." This meeting is to help people who have volunteered to be regional executives and find themselves asking “now what?” Even though this is not my first year (fifth counting 1989 & 1990) there were a lot of tips picked up in this meeting. The one thing I already know and have been practicing is “ask for help.” This meeting was also where I first heard about the change in memberships. As of April 1 there is no longer a Spouse membership. Either you are a Regular member or a Family member. The net effect is that the family membership will be three dollars cheaper than regular plus spouse. The membership dates will be brought together and both people will have the same renewal date and they will retain their current membership numbers.

also continue to increase the number of newsletters they put out. These letters are for specific areas of interest within the club. The discount programs are being continued. The amount credited toward your membership dues for working 12 race days a year has increased to $45.00. You can also get $10.00 for each new member you recommend to the club. During 2009, 72 percent of the members renewed; while this is a good number we all would like it to be better. The National office plans on sending the REs a list of people who have not renewed their membership in the past six months. I hope to figure out some way to communicate with these people to determine why they didn’t renew and what we can do better in the future. At the National level every area of the Club turned a profit or had a surplus during 2009. Please check out SportsCar magazine for the complete and accurate numbers. I know that this will not be an issue in New York State, but 15-year-old drivers will only be able to race on a Novice permit. Of course depending on how

they drive they could turn 16 and get their National license. The Solo Events Board (SEB) has instituted sound control at all national events. This applies to National Tours and the National Championship. We instituted a sound limit at our events more than 10 years ago, but enforcement has been lax lately. I think that we should do our members' a favor and look at the National regulations and start using them for all of our events. The one meeting I would have liked to attend was the Risk Management session put on by Pete Lyons. Unfortunately this was scheduled for the same time as the closed RE and BOD meeting. The requirements for competing in the Club Racing's national championship Runoffs® were discussed at this meeting. The Board of Directors implemented this rule for 2010 and it will be reviewed at the end of the year. There was some concern on what this rule change would do to entries at national race events. There is a new discount program that SCCA has arranged with FedEx Ofﬁce. Members can submit orders in person or online at https://docstore.

The National ofﬁce promised that they would continue to look at making changes to the Web site (scca.com). The request has been made several times to have two Web sites, one for prospective members and the other for current members. Every form that is required will eventually be found at http://ams. scca.com/forms. You will not need to login to get to this page. They will 4

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fedex.com/scca. The prices offered (3.8 cents for single sided black and white copy) are very reasonable and anyone doing copying for the Club should use this program. The NEDiv Round Table is the weekend of March 13. Northern New Jersey Region, the hosts, will be celebrating their 60th Anniversary that weekend as well. Then right around the corner is the race/Solo season. But wait, we are rallying right now and we RallyCross year round, you know sometimes we have way too much fun. We just need to let people know about it. Spread the word! Until next month… Mike

Meeting Minutes Finger Lakes Region, SCCA General Membership Meeting Minutes February 2, 2010 Location: Burgundy Basin Inn, 1361 Marsh Road, Pittsford, New York 14534 Regional Executive Michael Toombs called the meeting to order at 8:06 p.m. The following are arranged by topic and may not be in chronological order. The December 2009 General Membership Meeting minutes as, printed in the January 2010 issue of Top End, were approved on a motion by Gene Dinkel, seconded by John Walsh. Membership Report Mike Brunner is “under the weather” and reported via e-mail that our current membership number stands at 462, unchanged for the last month. 32 members were present for the Solo and

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General Membership meetings. Spouse membership will be converted to family membership starting April 1. Differences between the membership dates for regular membership and the spouse membership will be justified to one date. A new membership application form is needed for the April Top End. The national office will be sending out e-mails listing members who did not renew between six months and a year ago. Mike Toombs will review the list and determine the reason for not renewing. The national membership retention rate is 72%. The worker membership discount for working race events has increased to a maximum $45. Bringing in a new SCCA member will get you a $10 discount on merchandise. Convention Report – Michael Toombs There is discussion on separating the SCCA national Web site at www. scca.com into two parts, one for current members and one for prospects. SCCA had a surplus of $450,000 last year. All areas of activity were positive. FedEx office has an arrangement for making SCCA copies. Treasurer’s Report – Elizabeth Thiel Elizabeth reported the current balance in the checking account. All the bills presented to date have been paid. Top End printing and mailing bills were received and paid. The year-end membership awards bill came to $1900. The end-of-the-year bills such as storage unit, bulk mailing account, etc. were paid. We have been double invoiced for merchandise from the national office. Mike Toombs reported that a list of invoices and their status is available to the Treasurer and Regional Executive. Financial details are available from Elizabeth for review. Rally Report – Tom Langdon The first rally of the Winter Rally

Series, “Long Way Home ‘10”, on January 2 had 19 teams entered. Results and a report by Alan Smith are in the February issue of Top End and on the region Web site. http://www.flr-scca.com/rally/2010/ WRS1_LongWayHome_Results.html and http://www.flr-scca.com/phpBB3/ viewtopic.php?f=5&t=771. The second rally of the series, the “Ithaca Winter Rally,” had 25 teams entered. There was a lot of good feedback on this rally with Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber as rallymasters. The results and a report can be found at http://www.flr-scca.com/ rally/2010/WRS2_IthacaRally_Results. html and http://www.flr-scca.com/ phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=783. They will be printed in the March issue of Top End. The RallyCross season kicked off this past weekend with only 13 entries. There would have been more if some of the “RallyCross Cars” had started. The course was in good shape. The next Winter Rally Series event, “Snowball 10”, will start at the Yard of Ale House in Piffard on Saturday, February 6. This event will be relatively short at about 110 miles. Karl Haltiner is rallymaster for the following event, “Route of All EVO IV,’ starting at Charlie Riedel’s in Canandaigua on February 20. The second RallyCross is scheduled for February 28. Workers and competitors are welcome at these events. STPR®Report – Meridith Croucher and Alan Smith Planning for the Waste Management Susquehannock Trail Performance Rally� Presented by Citizen’s and Northern Bank is heating up. STPR and the Sherwood Forest and Finger Lakes Regional Rallys are organized by the Finger Lakes STPR� Motorsports, LLC an independent subsidiary of the Finger Lakes Region. Both Rochester and Wellsboro committee meetings for STPR� 2010 are being held. In January, Meridith attended the Rally America organizers meeting in Minneapolis. 5

Economic conditions have impacted the level of sponsorship; at this time, Waste Management, Citizens and Northern Bank and Subaru are on board. WM will maintain the title sponsorship. A Parc Expose’ will be held in Wellsboro on both Friday and Saturday. The event will be the same as last year with a few tweaks. A RallyCross at the Fairgrounds is being investigated. We do not have a rallymaster for the Charity Rally. Meridith is looking for an assistant to take over if family duties require that she be away from the event. She would like the person to be a member of the region. The merchandise chair is also looking for an assistant. A savings account has been opened to cover the cost of the forestry bond. Sanction and budget are underway. The entry fees for the regional events run with STPR may be reduced. Sno*Drift, the first event in the Rally America National Series had 53 entries, up from last year. This increase may carry over to STPR. Solo Report –Brian Buchman The schedule for the 2010 Finger Lakes Region Solo Series was published in the February issue of Top End and is on the Web site (http://www.flr-scca. com/solo/schedule.html). Note that the event on April 24 will be a Novice School. The first competitive event will be at RIT on April 25. There are two proposals for class changes that will be printed in the March issue of Top End. One is to combine all Street Touring classes into a single “S” class using the 2010 PAX values for scoring. The second is for a “Pro” class. A decision on these proposals will be made at the April meeting. Contact Brian for more information and/or comments. George Modlin is stepping down as Novice Chief. A replacement has not been named. There will be sound control at all Solo National events. 6

Dave Avery reported that the paperwork is in process for the Street Survival School to be held Saturday May 29 at the Seneca Army Depot. Instructors are needed; one instructor per student is needed. A volunteer was found for Chief of Waivers at the Street Survival School. Race Report Sunoco is working out a deal with the regions to be the official fuel of the race. Those purchasing Sunoco fuel at one of these races will be entered into a drawing for a $100 Sunoco fuel gift card. The Fun One will be a part of the Sunoco series. We are looking at how to do this for Westward ‘Ho. National racing in the NorthEast schedule was discussed at a meeting during the National Convention. The changes made to the qualification rules for the Runoffs� is expected to impact the national race events in the division. A decision on changes has yet to be made. Activities Report – Barbara Lissow The Rochester Auto Show will be the first week of March running from Thursday March 4 through Sunday March 7. Cars and workers are needed. Contact Barb Lissow. Old Business Thanks to Brad Johnson for the great job he did on the year-end banquet. The Finger Lakes Region will host the 2010 Mini-Con on November 1113. It will be at the Woodcliff Hotel and Spa in Fairport. Elizabeth has “Save the Date” cards. Sponsors are being sought. She will be going to the Roundtable to determine what will be expected at the Mini-Con. The meeting was adjourned at 8:53 p.m. on a motion by John Walsh, seconded by Scott Moller. Respectfully submitted, Carl F. Dresie, Secretary

Bench Racing It was noted that the secretary reports on the delay in the start of the meeting. A Tom Langdon look-a-like was observed in Las Vegas with a “Need Money for Beer” sign. A comment was made on his honesty. Minneapolis in January may be snowy, but even Las Vegas had enough snow that a trip to the Grand Canyon was not possible. Ben Gilmore and Pam Peterson attended the Travis Pastrana jump at Long Beach. Travis won the recent Sno*Drift event in Atlanta Michigan. Ken Block is now driving a Ford in the Rally America National Series. Low-cost sound control measurement devices can be impacted by reﬂections from the person holding the instrument. A spot on the Lincoln, NE Solo site failed to dry. A video of the resulting loss of car control includes scenes of running workers. Gene Dinkel reported that the price of the cars listed in the “For Sale” ads in Top End have been reduced. Both the Buick and Triumph are now $3k. The blue car is not for sale; other plans for its use have been made. The Imperial Palace has a car “Museum” in which many of the cars are for sale. A 1994 ex-Walkinshaw Jaguar 220 with 735 miles was listed at $275,000. A 20-year-old Firebird, complete with cellophane wrapping only had 75 original miles on the odometer.

Finger Lakes Region, SCCA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes The January Finger Lakes Region Board of Directors meeting was cancelled.

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FLR News Membership News and Information Welcome to the Finger Lakes Region, SCCA Anthony Lippert Family Greg Sterman Family Club and Pro Racing, Rally, Solo

Welcome Back Lisa Lippert Club and Pro Racing

Address Changes Kevin Finke Wendy Robbins Edwin Ross Jeffries III Eric J Guenther

Don't forget to renew Margaret McClure John Edward Werner Full address information is available from the Membership Chair, the Regional Executive or the Top End Editor.

Mailing List

And Member Information The Top End mailing list has been rebuilt for 2010 using the Finger Lakes Region member mailing list as downloaded from Topeka. This download was done the second week of January and updated for the March Top End mailing using national data available the second week of February. Family memberships having the same mailing address receive one copy of Top End. Regular and spousal members with the same address also only receive one copy. If different addresses are given, a copy is sent to each of them. Regular and First Gear members sharing an address each get a copy. The updating process consists of comparing the two most recent mailing ﬁles and making changes to the master list based on differences in member information. The rebuild should correct any errors in updating that have occurred over the past year. If you want Top End delivered to an address different than that used for the March issue, send e-mail to me at cfdresie@cs.com giving the one you want used. If you or anyone you know fails to have Top End delivered to them, please notify me. (I know this sounds stupid – the person who did not get their issue isn’t reading this, unless it is read online at http://www.ﬂr-scca. com/topend/.) Also, each member should check his or her information in the Topeka database. Go to http://www.scca.com and log in starting at the “Log In” “button” on the right side of the screen. Review and correct any information that needs to be updated. During the rebuild process it was evident that the telephone area code information given for a number of Rochester residents needs to be changed from 716 to 585.

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Check the e-mail address that Topeka has listed for you. It should be one that you check frequently. E-mail has been used to send out notices of immediate interest and a number have bounced due to “full mailbox” or “unknown.” – Ed.

Checkered Flag Finger Lakes Region has lost two of our good friends from Ohio recently. Both John McGill and Paul Prill were instrumental in helping our region establish our regional race, “Westward Ho” at Nelson Ledges. John passed away on January 26, 2010. After being discharged from the Navy at the end of World War II, John became interested in sports car racing. Along with a man named Marvin Drucker, they formed Steel Cities Raceway, later to be called Nelson Ledges Race Course. John held the title of General Manager from 1962 to 2004. John was responsible for the innovation of the tire wall, which became used at racetracks around the world. SCCA awards the prestigious “John McGill “trophy each year at the National Convention to a member who has made a signiﬁcant contribution to Club Racing. Paul Prill died on January 7,2010 from complications of Multiple Sclerosis. Paul was a Steward at our region’s ﬁrst race at Nelson. Paul was a member of SCCA since 1968, and competed in several cars, most notably a 1962 Lotus Super Seven, which he drove from 19721994. Paul also has been R.E. of both the Cincinnati and Detroit Regions. Paul’s biggest race was the battle with MS, for which he was diagnosed in 1993.

From the Editor’s Bench A reminder that the desired date for submission of material for Top End is the 12th of the month. In order to get Top End to the members before the general membership meeting, it needs to be delivered to the printers ﬁfteen days before that meeting. Adding the time needed to assemble the issue moves that date to eighteen days or the third Friday before the meeting. The big “BUT” here is that not all submissions can wait until Friday. The time needed to edit and proofread the material and plan the issue adds several days to the process. That time spent will keep Top End “Tops.” Your pictures and articles about SCCA and related activities will also help keep Top End “Tops.” Another thing to keep in mind is the font used in documents and pdf submissions. If you use a font that is not on my computer, a substitution will be made that may impact the impression you are striving for. If in doubt contact me at cfdresie@cs.com. If I don’t have it and you can provide the font ﬁle, send it to me. Top End is evolving, with a tweak here and a program change there, an idea here and a content change there. If you have something to suggest, send your questions and ideas along. Let’s keep Top End “Tops.” – Ed.

“5 Minutes” Items of immediate interest.

February 28 The last RallyCross of the Finger Lakes Region’s Winter Series will run at Perry’s Park. See pages 29 and 21 of the February issue of Top End for the supplemental regulations. 8

March 2 The proposed class changes in Solo will be discussed at the 7:00 p.m. meeting. See page 11. Join us at the 8:00 p.m. general membership meeting to catch up on all the latest happenings. March 3 - 7 The Rochester Auto Show is running from Wednesday evening through Sunday afternoon. Volunteers are needed to man the Finger Lakes Region information booth. Contact Barb Lissow at (585) 338-7249 or blcatscars@aol. com with the times you can help out. March 9 Join Ben Gilmore and crew for the last event in the Finger Lakes Region’s 2010 Winter Rally Series. Both workers and rally teams are needed. See the ﬂyer on page 16 for further information. March 10 Registration and payment are due for NEDiv Roundtable. (See information following for contacts and reservations.) March 12 – 14 NEDiv Roundtable, Hamilton Park Hotel & Convention Center, Florham Park, NJ (NNJR) (See information following for schedule and location.)

NEDiv Roundtable March 12-14

Conducted by the Northern New Jersey Region, SCCA (www.SCCANNJR.org). NEDiv Round Table and NNJR 60th Anniversary Party at The Hamilton Park Hotel and Conference Center in Florham Park, NJ. The center is located 18 miles from Newark Liberty Airport and 30 minutes from New York City by bus or train. NEDiv Spring Convention, Worker Specialty Training Sessions, NEDiv &

NESCCA Meetings, Special Guests, Solo Awards, Rally Awards and Race Worker Awards. Roundtable registration: http:// www.nescca.com/nescca_main/ rdtbregistration.pdf Mail Registration and Payment to: Terry Roberts, NEDIV SCCA 326 Old Mountain Road Farmington, CT 06032 Registration info: (860) 678-8356 or terryroberts@comcast.net Checks made out to SCCA NNJR Event Info and Questions: Linda Santangelo-Mosley at (973) 697-2041 Registration and payment must be received by March 10. Please contact Hamilton Park Hotel and Conference Center directly if you wish to reserve a room. 800-321-6000 or 973-377-2424 - www.hamiltonparkhotel. com – PROMO CODE NNJR60 Roundtable schedule: http://www.nescca. com/nescca_main/rdtbschedule.pdf Northern New Jersey Region 60 th Anniversary Party registration - http://www.nescca.com/ nescca_main/nnjrpartyreg.pdf

Awards at the 2010 SCCA Convention Among those recognized during the 2010 SCCA Convention, Marnie Soom placed first in the RallyCross Photo contest. Five members were inducted into the SCCA Hall of Fame, including former president Nick Craw, road racing legend Briggs Cunningham, longtime leader R. David Jones, former staff member and FIA steward Burdette “Berdie” Martin and rally pioneer Wayne Zitkus. Additionally, the top awards for 2009 were presented, including: Woolf Barnato Award (longtime

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organization contributions): Andy Porterﬁeld Member of Excellence (Club-wide contributions for 2009): Dave Deborde Presidents Cup (Top Club Racing Runoffs Performance): Sam Halkias John McGill Award (Top Club Racing Contribution): Fred Cummings Solo Cup (Top Solo Contribution): Sandi Brown Robert Ridges Award (Top RoadRally Contribution): Ron Ferris

Club Racing Awards Jim Fitzgerald Award (Top National Racing Rookie): Kevin Ruck, OVR Kimberly Cup (Most Improved): Tom Ellis, Florida Road Racing Drivers Club Mark Donohue Award: Michael Varacins, Chicago Dave Morrell (Excellence in Stewarding): Tom Hoffman, DC Region Martin Tanner Award (Courageous or Heroic action): Robert Anthony, Central Florida

Region Communication Awards (Web and Newsletter Excellence) First Place: Atlanta Region Second Place: Kansas City Region Third Place: South Jersey Region Honorable Mention: Dixie Region, Northeast Oklahoma Region and Pan American Region Region Achievement (Overall program excellence including growth, retention and variety of program and events) Small Regions: Salina Region Medium Regions: Blackhawk Valley Region Large Regions: Northern New Jersey Region Jumbo Regions: Colorado Region

Solo and Rally Awards

RoadRally Arthur Gervais Award: Steve Gaddy’s Lobster Traps Rally, DC Region Manufacturer of the Year: Subaru Divisional Achievement Award: Northeast Division Regional Achievement Award: Indianapolis Region RoadRally Photo Contest 1st Place: Dave Head RoadRally Photo Contest 2nd Place: Betsy Edwards RoadRally Photo Contest 3rd Place: Dave Head RallyCross Divisional Achievement Award: Rocky Mountain Division Regional Achievement Award: New England Region RallyCross Photo Contest 1st Place: Marnie Soom, Finger Lakes Region RallyCross Photo Contest 2nd Place: Candy Gerber RallyCross Photo Contest 3rd Place: Mark Walker Solo Driver of Eminence: Tom Berry, Cal Club Johnson Spirit of the Sport: Mike McClintock, Detroit Region Driver of the Year: Clemens Berger, Indianapolis Region Rookie of the Year: Katie Nicholls, San Diego Region Divisional of the Year: Central Division

Regional achievement

Tom Burke Award for Regional Growth Small Regions – Guam Region Medium Regions – South Jersey Region Large Regions – Philadelphia Region Jumbo Regions – Milwaukee Region

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From Topeka SafeRacer Named Sponsor of First Gear Membership, SCCA Preferred Provider TOPEKA, Kan. (Feb. 10, 2010) – Sports Car Club of America announced today that SafeRacer has become the title sponsor 9

of its First Gear youth membership program in addition to the previously-mentioned National Racing Series (see February Top End page 8. Ed.). The multi-faceted partnership also names SafeRacer the Preferred Driver Safety Equipment Provider of SCCA, joining a cadre of quality official SCCA sponsors. SafeRacer First Gear is SCCA’s discounted membership program for individuals under the age of 25. Each SafeRacer First Gear member enjoys all the benefits of membership, but at an annual dues price of $45—which constitutes a $20 to $45 savings over a full membership, depending on local Region dues. "My first competition event was with the SCCA as a teenager in the Arkansas region," SafeRacer CEO Charlie James said. "While that might have been over 30 years ago, we appreciate the challenges facing First Gear members and the great energy and enthusiasm that they bring to the SCCA. We are excited to be involved with this vital growing segment of the SCCA membership. As part of the program, SafeRacer will award a $200 gift certificate to one First Gear member each month. Additionally, SafeRacer will provide unique marketing opportunities to its customers. To become a SafeRacer SCCA First Gear member, go to: http://ams.scca.com/netforum/eweb/firstgear.htm.

Solo Contingency Programs and Online Registration Now Available

TOPEKA, Kan. (Jan. 25, 2010) – While the ﬁrst event of the 2010 Tire Rack SCCA National Solo program is still a month and a half away, participants can register to be eligible for thousands of dollars in contingency payouts today, with SCCA’s new online contingency registration program Tire Rack SCCA ProSolo National Series As part of its across-the-board Platinum SCCA contingency program, Volkswagen offers both event and year-end prizes for drivers ﬁnishing in the top three in either class or Super Challenge competition. Drivers taking a class win in one of 16 eligible classes earn $200. Should they take the Super Challenge, they win $500. Honda also pays $500 for a Super, Ladies or Honda Tuner Challenge win in each event, and $150 for a class win.

Win a season-long class or Super Challenge title, and take home another $1,000. Toyo Tires matches Bridgestone’s posting for Tire Rack ProSolo Street Touring® participants with its Silver level Contingency program. iRacing.com Motorsports Simulations continues to pay the top three finishers in every class of ProSolo and National Tour competition a $15 iRacing credit. Longtime SCCA supporter Hawk Performance offers up $100 in product credit to any class or Super Challenge winner using Hawk brake pads. Hoosier, Mazdaspeed and TRD each post Bronze level programs, meaning registration and redemption are handled through those companies directly. Hoosier offers two tires for a class win and one for a second-place finish. Event Super Challenge, year-end point Champions and Finale class winners each take four tires with a win. Mazdaspeed will again pay out class, Challenge and yearend awards ranging from $200 for a class event win to $800 for a point championship. Likewise, TRD will pay class and year-end awards ranging from $200 to $1,000 for competitors in Toyota vehicles. Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Tour In Tire Rack Solo National Tour competition, Volkswagen will pay $200 for a class win and $100 for second place for VW drivers in any of 34 eligible classes. Bridgestone, Toyo and Yokohama will each pay out top three finishes in the ST classes, with $300 going to the winner. AST Suspension is a new contingency sponsor, offering first and fifth-place finishers in eligible classes product certificates, with a $750 award going to class winners. Like AST, Hoosier and Mazdaspeed also offer Bronze packages. Winners on Hoosier tires win a pair of tires, with a single tire going to second-place finishers. Mazda will pay a Tour class winner $200 for a win and $100 for a second place finish. In addition to the National program contingencies, Bridgestone and Toyo Tires have also posted programs for the Tire Rack SCCA Divisional Solo Championships. For complete details on all of these contingency programs, visit www.scca.com/solo and click the “contingencies” link. A link for online registration is available there as well.

In eight classes, Bridgestone will post $500 to the winner of the Super Challenge, as well as a top three ﬁnish in class. 10

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Solo Brian Buchman Solo Chair

Solo Class Proposals

The following proposed change to the 2010 Finger Lakes Region Solo Supplemental Regulations is submitted for member comment. All classes in the Street Touring category (ST, STS, STX, STU, STR) shall compete together in a single indexed "S" class similar to the "R" - Road Tire and "L" - Ladies classes. The 2010 PAX/RTP values will used for scoring. All other regulations from the 2010 SCCA Solo National Rules shall apply regarding vehicle classing, tire/wheel speciﬁcations, vehicle preparation, and vehicle modiﬁcations. The change would be a mandatory regional class, not an optional supplemental class such as Ladies or Road Tire. An Open indexed class will be created and will be available to drivers from any class. This optional supplemental class will operate in the same manner as Road Tire, Ladies and Novice using the 2010 PAX/RTP for scoring. A discussion topic for these proposals has been created on the FLR Facebook Page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/ Finger-Lakes-Region-SCCA/143648208904 and on the FLR Web site at http://www.flr-scca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic. php?f=3&t=796.

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Decisions will be made at the April 6 general membership meeting held at the Burgundy Basin Inn. The Solo meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. Please send feedback to Brian Buchman at marinadodge01@yahoo.com.

Online Solo Registration

We have purged all of the vehicle data from last year so everyone will need to login to the Solo Registration website, http://soloreg.ﬂr-scca.com/solo2/login.php, to register your car(s), class, and car number for the 2010 season. We do this each year because once someone registers a car number, it will not be available for anyone else to use unless they update/delete the entry. This means that someone who may not attend any 2010 events could have a car number reserved from a single event they registered for in 2009, whether they actually attended or not. Please take a moment as soon as you have a chance to register your car number for 2010. The 2010 schedule has also been loaded on the Solo Registration website so please feel free to begin pre-registering for events. http://soloreg.ﬂr-scca.com Thanks, Cory Kuhns, 97 STS www.codaracing.net

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Rally

checkpoint was right around the corner from when we were discussing taking a 0.5 TA or try to make up the time. Driver said, “I can make up the time!” Drat, there’s the checkpoint! Note to self, in the future listen to Frank.

Ithaca Winter Rally 2010

The second section maintained the same pace as the ﬁrst section and was the same mix of driving challenging roads with checkpoints right after a tight corner or tough uphill section. One control was located on an icy downhill section that made it fun to try to stop from 45 MPH at the control car. While having my scorecard marked I saw why the control crew was in the back seat! This is one event that I would like to see used as a summer event with multiple average speeds. It would be a fun and challenging event.

Tom and Deb Langdon Road Rally Chairs

By Mike Mazoway The Ithaca Winter Rally was held on Saturday, January 23rd and was lacking in just a little bit of snow. A recent spell of warm weather followed by a couple of cold nights turned the roads from snow and ice covered to bare with patches of tricky ice. The gravel roads were extremely fast in places and treacherous in others. The frozen ruts demanded the full concentration of the drivers. Twenty-five cars braved the event, rallymastered by Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber. The first section started out from Manos Diner on Rt 13 in Ithaca and took us south and west of Ithaca. The first section started rather quietly and allowed the teams to get into the pace of the event. As usual, the checkpoint locations were right after some tricky corners and gave no warning as to their locations. As we started down Michigan Hollow road Frank Beyer commented to me that this was the only gravel road that he has ever been on that you easily traverse at 100 MPH and it was wide enough to land a B-52 on it. Now there is no doubt in my mind about that comment. I had to use cruise control to keep from getting too far ahead. The 6th leg, Tallow Hill, was one tough road to maintain the ‘A’ speeds on. The Equipped class was pretty much decided by this one leg. It was all I could do to stay 15 behind. Of course, the 12

The pace of the event was very good and we were able to make it to the halfway break in Nichols without any major problems.

The results for the top 10 are: 1 overall and 1st in E: Alan Smith and Eric Hobron in a Subaru Outback with 26 points nd 2 overall and 2nd in E: Mike Friedman and Marc Goldfarb in a Subaru 2.5RS with 34 points 2nd overall and 1st in L: Karl Haltiner and Mac McCann in a Subaru WRX with 34 points 4th overall and 3rd in E: Mike Mazoway and Frank Beyer in a Subaru Forester with 46 points 5th overall and 1st in S: Jacob Peters and Matt Rhoads in a Subaru WRX with 76 points st

6th overall and 2nd in S: Jaime Hayslip and Scott Grinnell in a VW Jetta with 77 points 7th overall and 1st in N: Jeffery Coppola and Stephen Coppola in a Mazda RX7 with 161 points 8th overall and 3rd in S: Tom Langdon and Deb Langdon in a Subaru WRX with 167.5 points th 9 overall and 4th in S: Dennis Gorlick and Tom Kubis in a Ford Focus with 256.25 points 10th overall and 2nd in N: Shaun Hallam and John Stephens in a Subaru Legacy with 258 points The mix of vehicles favored Subaru, as there were 12 Subies, 3 Mazdas, and 10 brands with only one each. The next winter event will be on February 6 th starting at the Yard of Ale in Piffard. Tom Langdon is the rallymaster.

Thank you workers The Ithaca Winter Rally would not have been possible without the workers who registered the competitors and volunteers, inspected the cars, manned the check points and scored the results. Thanks to Barbara Abrams, Alan Blood, Peter Blood, Carl Dresie, Roy Hopkins, Adrienne Hughes, Steve Kittelberger, Barbara Lissow, Craig McMaster, Johanna Primmer, Wells Turner, Bob VanSice, Greg VanSice, Ryan VanSice, John Walsh and Larry Wells. Gary Thomas and John Kastenhuber, Rallymasters The Ithaca Winter Rally 2010

Gary Thomas brieﬁng the drivers before the Ithaca Winter Rally

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Ithaca Winter Rally Results - January 23, 2010 Car No. 3 2 1 6 5 7 18 9 13 19 8 11 16 4 14 25 17 21 15 22 12 24 10 23 20

Class Speed Equipped A Equipped A Limited A Stock A Stock A Equipped A Novice B Stock B Stock B Novice C Limited B Stock B Stock B Limited A Limited B Stock B Equipped B Novice C Stock B Novice C Limited B Novice C Stock B Novice C Novice C

Driver Navigator Alan Smith Eric Hobron Mike Friedman Marc Goldfarb Karl Haltiner Mac McCann Jacob Peters Matt Rhoads Jaime Haylsip Scott Ginnell Mike Mazoway Frank Beyer Jeffrey Coppola Stephen Coppola Tom Langdon Deb Langdon Dennis Gorlick Tom Kubis Shaun Hallam John Stephens Rick Barnes Jason Kostyshak William Buck Alvin Fong Karl Hughes Mark Laitenberger Michael Kamm Don DeRose Marnie Soom Cassandra Rife Greg Gonya Mark Gonya Ben Gilmore Pam Peterson Jon Laughlin Glenn Heyer Rich Smith Tony Zanne Hidetsugu Iwasaki Kyle Stevens Tony Esposito Philip E. Barnes Clint Weigl Matt Magkoddam Michael Ortega Wes Morril Julian Merritt Tenzin C. Zurkhang Andrew Aristizabal Chad Murkres

Car Make Model Subaru Outback Subaru 2.5 RS Subaru WRX Subaru WRX VW Jetta Subaru Forester Mazda RX7 Subaru WRX Ford Focus Subaru Legacy Mazda 323GTX Mazda Miata Jeep Cherokee Nissan Sentra Honda CRX Ford Explorer Plymouth Neon BMW 328 XiT Toyota Celica Subaru Impreza Subaru Impreza Subaru WRX Mitsubishi Evo Subaru Impreza Subaru WRX

Place O.A./Cls

Factored Score

Raw score by leg, "-" is early 6 7 8 10

1/1

-1

2/2

-3

-1

-2

3/1

-3

4/1

-9

-7

-6

-4

5/2

-5

6/3

-4

-2

7/1

161

-6

8/3

167.5

-14

9/4

256.25

10/2

-5

-2

-3

-1

-6

-4

-2

-1

-4

-1

-14

-2

-3

-7

-1

-7

-2

-10

-3

-2

-4

-2

-7

-4

-11

-56

-3

-4

-12

-6

-20

-17

-13

-9

-6

-7

-19

-6

-11

-45

-8

-22

-24

-1

-2

-8

258

-31

-39

11/2

285

-5

-43

-3

-34

-2

-3

-13

-4

12/5

367.5

-2

-8

-55

-128

-2

-4

-15

-33

13/6

375

-88

-47

-2

-14

-6

-26

-8

14/3

447

-7

-2

-61

-24

-9

-32

-43

-9

-181

-2

-13

15/4

567.5

-11

-7

-36

-107

-13

192

-19

-7

-10

16/7

576.25

-45

-30

-14

-6

-52

-21

-86

-17

17/4

757.5

-161

-66

-41

-29

-32

-16

-15

-21

-41

-16

18/3

833

-200

-41

-29

-95

-180

-99

-19

-5

-53

-26

19/8

1111.25

-24

119

-200

200

-81

20/4

1226

111

-169

154

-82

149

200

21/5

1253.75

-4

-200

-89

-49

-181

-200

-80

-20

-66

-23

22/5

1370

168

125

131

122

200

-60

-200

200

-6

-106

23/9

1386.25

200

-56

-16

-31

-30

-9

-200

-75

-66

-21

-200

24/6

1412

200

-17

200

-43

-200

200

-4

200

-42

-11

25/7

1455

-126

-200

-121

-101

-200

-133

-200

-36

-143

-67

-101

Finger Lakes Region, RallyCross Results January 31, 2010 Car Class No. All RallyX 82 2WD 28 2WD 825 2WD 501 O4 50 O4 43 OPEN 29 OPEN 48 U4 99 U4 36 U4 20 U4 24 U4

Name Rick Leto Jeff Coppola Mark Curley Adam Yasin Brandon Wojdan Jim Perrin Pat Smith Nick Meyer Michelle Quinn Angelo Filippone Jeremy Washburn Saurabh Kohli

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Place Make / Model O.A. Cls Chevy / Cavalier 5 1 Mazda / RX7 6 2 Chevy / Cavalier 7 3 Subaru / Impreza 2.5 10 1 Subaru / Impreza 2.5 11 2 Subaru / Impreza WRX 2 1 Subaru / Impreza WRX 4 2 Subaru / Impreza 2.2 1 1 Subaru / Impreza 2.2 3 2 Subaru / Impreza 1.8 8 3 Subaru / Impreza 1.8 9 4 Subaru / Impreza 2.2 12 5

Run, Time plus cones Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 15.99 2.01 1.98 1.96 1.97 2.05 2.02 2.00 2.00 16.14 2.09 2.03 1.89 2.28 1.98 1.92 2.11 1.84 16.20 2.06 2.04 1.98 2.14 2.01 2.01 2.00 1.96 20.07 2.56 2.54 2.75 2.60 2.30 2.38 2.33 2.61 20.23 2.75 3.00 2.47 2.46 2.42 2.24 2.38 2.51 15.18 2.19+2 1.73 1.82 1.99+2 1.66 2.03+2 2.03+3 1.73 15.93 1.90 2.23 2.08+1 1.88 1.90 1.86 2.26+1 1.82 14.80 1.99+1 1.79 1.91 1.80 1.88+1 1.74 1.90 1.79 15.56 2.06 1.84 2.31+3 1.82 1.85 1.81 2.01 1.86 16.97 2.13 2.37 2.09 2.13+1 1.97 2.26 2.00 2.02 17.79 2.03 2.11+1 2.54 2.15 2.04 2.27 2.32 2.35+1 20.68 3.00 3.00 2.08+3 2.31+3 3.00+2 2.80 2.33 2.16

SNOWBALL 10 Rally Results, February 6, 2010 Car #

Class Speed

Driver Navigator

Equipped A

Alan Smith Eric Hobron

9 3 2 8 7 5 11 10 12 4 14 13 15 6 17 16 18 20 19

Mike Mazoway Equipped B Frank T. Beyer Curtis Braun Equipped A Ben Gilmore Gary Thomas Equipped A John Kastenhuber Rick Barnes Limited B Jason Kostyshak Limited Karl Haltiner B Mac McCann Dana Kuhns Limited A Cory Kuhns Limited Tony Esposito B Phil Barnes Karl Hughes Limited B Mark Laitenberger George Modlin Limited B Brad Johnson Michael Kamm Limited A Don DeRose Stock Rich Smith B Tony Zanne Stock Jamie Hayslip B Scott Grinnell Stock Andrew Walker B Dan Kaufman Stock Jim Perrin A Lee McElhinny Novice Peter Miller C Jamie Miller Novice Jeffery Coppola B Gabe Clune Novice Shaun Hallam C Justin Fay Novice John Walsh C Wells Turner Novice James Vanderhoef C Katherine Dugan

Place Score Class Factored Marque O.A. Raw Subaru Dodge Subaru Eagle Mazda Chevy Subaru Subaru BMW Suzuki Nissan Toyota VW Acura Subaru Subaru Mazda Toyota Volvo BMW

1 1

10 10

2 2 3 3 4 5 1 4 2 6 3 9 4 10 5 13 6 14 7 20 1 11 2 12 3 15 4 16 1 7 2 8 3 17 4 18 5 19

30 20 35 35 52 52 45 36 60 48 190 190 258.75 207 375 300 388.75 311 821 821 260 208 332.5 266 415 332 449 449 141 141 168 168 505 505 682 682 794 794

SNOWBALL 10 Rally Report The report for Snowball 10 was not available at the time Top End was prepared for printing.

Shortline Rally Series

Announcing the 2010 extension of the NY Shortline Rally series. I know we just started the winter series, but I'm thinking ahead to 10 months of the year 14

1 -1

Leg Scores Minus (-) is early, TA is Time Allowance, Balk is Balked at scoring line 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -2 0 -2 0 -1 0 0 -2 1 TA 0.5 TA 0.5 TA 0.5 Balk 0.01

-1

-2 -1 TA 0.5

-1

-2

-1

-3

-7

-1

-3

-1

-2

-7

-2

-6

-1

-21

-3

-2

-3

-1

-5

-3

-4

-3

-2

-1

-28

-9

7 TA 0.5

3 TA 1.5

-8

-20

-43

-24

-14

-31

-4

-15 -13 4 -5 TA 1.5 TA 1.5 TA 3.5 -15

-25

-14

-96

-7

-10

-43

-3

-6

-93

29 TA 2.5

-32

-37

-70

180

29 -4 TA 0.5

200

58 TA 2.5

-3

22 TA 0.5

-181

-5

-41

-39

-18

-9

-23

-8

-16

-2

-29

-5

-70 TA 5.5

-11

-3

-14

-5

-157 TA 2.5

-200 TA 3.5

-36

-15

-45

-9

-74

-7

-48

20 TA 2.5

-13

-2

-30

-18

16 5 -3 TA 1.5

117

139

143

-12

46 -200 TA 2.5 TA 7.5

-58

-10 -7 TA 9.5

-2

-8 -13

-3

-23

-11

167

2 TA 1.5

200

-5

-22

152 TA 0.5

-75

-25

-59

that we don't have winter events. So that we don't get bored, I'm planning on three social rallies throughout the off-season - 1 spring, 1 summer, 1 fall. As social events, all will have a route of about 60 miles. And of course, in keeping with last year's events, they're all inspired by short line railroads from western NY. In brief, here's what we've got: Sunday, May 16th - Rochester & Southern RallyRoad An afternoon rally with trivia-based scoring. Planned to start/ﬁnish in East Rochester, making a loop around the area.

Saturday, July 17th - Geneva & Southwestern Rallyway This event is a winter-series style evening TSD, starting/ﬁnishing in Geneva. FCO will be around 8PM, so even though it’s relatively short, it'll still be after dark. This route will use extensive seasonal and dirt roads. I will avoid car-breaker roads, however folks with lowered Solo cars should be wary. Sunday, October 17th - Avon, Geneseo & Mt. Morris RallyRoad A fall foliage tour, hopefully as successful as Genesee & Wyoming was last year. This wills start/ﬁnish in

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Avon (probably Tom Wahl’s). This will be a photo rally. Anyway, watch this site (http://wbx. me/l/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flrscca.com%2FphpBB3%2Findex.php) and Top End for ofﬁcial information and updates. Rick Barnes

Rally Meeting Notes February 9, 2010 96 Church Street, Victor, NY

Eight RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present. The following is grouped by subject, chronological order is not possible if continuity of subject is desired.

Winter Rally Series Event #2, Ithaca Winter Rally A good event with 25 teams competing. Results and a report are on the Web site (http://www.ﬂr-scca.com/ rally/2010/WRS2_IthacaRally_Results. html) and will be published in the March issue of Top End. Event #3, Snowball 10 John Walsh and Wells Turner ran tail end Charlie, the 20th team running, in Novice class as sweep rather than work check points. Results are on the Web site (http://www.flr-scca.com/rally/2010/ WRS3_Snowball10_Results.html) and will be published in the March issue of Top End. The number of new faces and the cars being driven was noted. Also, that several of the usual suspects were missing. Event # 4, The Route of All EVO IV The rally was pre-checked on Monday, February 8. Event #5, Quick and Dirty 2010 Ben Gilmore will be the rallymaster; Curtis Braun will do the pre-check and serve as Safety Steward. The rally will

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start and end at the newly remodeled Pastaria Pub Restaurant in Lima. We have been requested to be out of the restaurant for the start of the event by 4:30. They will provide a cook and waitress for our use after 9:30 p.m. The location information is to be e-mailed to Tom Langdon for the insurance application. A ﬂyer is ready to send out for the Web site and for Top End. Alan Smith will work on the standings for the series and seeding for starts. Curtis Braun will train John Werner to be a Rally Safety Steward.

Competitor Classification It was noted that if either person on a team has competed in more than five rallies the team does not qualify for the Novice class at their first event in the series. If they start a season in Novice they can run that class for the remainder of the season. (Winter Rally Series General Instructions are on the Finger Lakes Region’s Web site, http:// www.flr-scca.com/rally/2010/GIs.pdf.) Novices are limited to C speeds, unless approved by members of the Rally Board.

Spring, Summer and Fall Rallies

Rick Barnes has three rallies scheduled in his Shortline Rally Series. Anyone wanting to do another non-winter rally should contact Tom Langdon.

STPR® Support

A rallymaster for the Charity Rally run in conjunction with STPR has yet to be named. A RallyCross event is being investigated as part of the weekend. People that could staff these events are already tied up with other duties. Meridith Croucher is looking for an understudy.

Miscellaneous Discussions

ﬁnishing rallies in the Winter Series. Several locations meet our requirements for everything but size. We can guarantee a minimum food bill in exchange for use of a facility. An overall Winter Rally Series champion based on place in class for each event was discussed. It was noted that use of a GPS unit automatically puts the competitor in the Limited class. A number of “really fun” roads are known, but are not used in the Winter Rally Series because they are “Seasonal Use Only” and may not be open to trafﬁc due to snow. Contacting the residents along a rally route may reduce problems. Some have commented that they were expecting us. The ability to be successful in a TSD rally using different navigating techniques was discussed. The various sources of aftermarket exhaust systems. Sound is an important factor. A question was raised on the availability of lights in the end of an exhaust pipe. The procedure for correcting an erroneous in time at a check point was discussed. There is a need for a standard procedure available to check point crews. A radio operators test will be given March 14. Anyone interested should contact Curtis Braun. The ins and outs of vehicle registration and inspection were discussed. Some feel that we should continue to “name” corners, including “straight at ‘T’”. Visions of Homer Simpson. Do calories run out of broken cookies and schemes to discourage “moochers.”? Several possibilities were mentioned. Good discussions at the meeting.

Suitable locations for starting and 15

Finger Lakes Region, SCCA Presents

Q uic k a nd D irt y 2 0 1 0 March 6, 2010

Event #5 of the 2010 Winter Rally Series

A TSD Rally of approximately 160 miles using paved and unpaved roads in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions of New York. Tulip instructions are used, and distances are given to each instruction.

Schedule : Registration 2:00 to 3:00 PM Novice school 3:10 PM Driver’s Meeting 3:40 PM First car starts 4:01 PM First car finishes about 10:30 PM

The Rally starts and ends at the newly renovated “Pastaria Pub” Restaurant (www.pastariapub.com), (585-624-2080) located at 7281 West Main Street, Lima, NY 14485. Snow tires are recommended (all season tires will limit your speed group eligibility), Tow rope/strap, and 90 minutes of flares or one DOT triangle are REQUIRED to compete.

$35/car for SCCA members, $45/car for guests. There is a 35 car limit. Pre-registration is recommended. Vehicle classes will range from Equipped, Limited, Stock, and Novice classes. Speed groups will be A (45mph), B (40mph), C (36mph) (see the 2010 General Instructions at http://flr-scca.com/rally/2010/GIs.pdf for more details) A valid driver’s license, vehicle registration, insurance and inspection information will be required at time of registration.

If you have any questions or to pre-register please contact the Rally Master Ben Gilmore E-mail: bgilmor1@rochester.rr.com Phone: (315-521-4538) 16

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The 2010 US Formula First Championship January 15, 2010

The U.S. Formula First Championship is a series of Cross Regional races contested in the Central, Great Lakes, and Northeast divisions of the Sports Car Club of America. It consists of 10 regional races contested on 5 weekends at 5 different tracks. An informal championship race is held at Road Atlanta in the fall of the year. The series is now in its ﬁfth year and has a large following amongst Formula First competitors in the central states. Formula Firsts are aircooled VW powered formula cars. They feature four wheel disk brakes, spec Hoosier tires, dry sump lubrication and feature very tight racing, much drafting and typical wheel to wheel action. For those who do not want to own and prepare their own car there are a limited number of state of the art rentals available for a race weekend of for the whole season. The races are organized by the Formula First Driver’s Association and currently the Association is in the process of lining up Sponsorship for the series and each individual weekend events. More information can be obtained by emailing the Association at fst@rochester.

rr.com The 2010 race schedule Rounds 1-2 May 15th and 16th Blackhawk Farms Cen Div, South Beloit Illinois Rounds 3-4 June 26-27 Nelson Double NE Warren, Ohio (Finger Lakes Region’s Westward HO) Rounds 5-6 July 24th and 25th Road America Double CenDiv Elkart Lake WI Rounds 7-8 August 14th and 15th Grattan Double GL Belding MI Rounds 9-10 Sept 4th and 5th Mid Ohio Double GL Mansﬁeld, OH November 5-6 Road Atlanta ARRC Bonus Championship Race

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Classiﬁed Ads For Sale: 4 Kumho V700 Victoracer tires 185/60HR14 mounted on series 1 Miata alloy wheels. They have one good season of autocross or track days left in them. $450. Also have some 1992 Miata accessories - tonneau cover, top boot, rear window protector, etc. Contact Dennis (585) 388-5794 or mdgorlick@rochester.rr.com (1/10)

For Sale: Mazda RX7: '81 GS, good body, posi rear, 81K $1850; 3 ﬁrst gen chassis: 2-12A, 1-13B, 12A wreck make offer; Datsun 240Z: 2+2 transaxle $200. Porsche 914: '73 2L - engine $550, transaxle (side shifter) $450, original 15 x 5.5 Fuchs alloys $300. 315-986-3481 or jdeseyn@rochester. rr.com (7/09)

For Sale: Buick Gran Sport, 1986, only 1029 made. V6 with Bosch fuel injection. Body restored, plus many new mechanical parts, interior excellent. Not a “winter beater.” Reduced to $3000. Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (12/09)

For Sale: 4 polished Aluminum Wheels, very good condition, 13” x 5.5”, previously used for FF, 4-hole pattern, 0” offset, Pilot hole 2.75”, hub thickness .78”, Stud hole Diameter 11/16”, 1 pair w/ 3.75” Stud circle Diameter, 1 pair w/ 4” Stud circle Diameter, there is plenty of material in the hub to allow re-drilling, Make offer, call Mac at 585-225-7992 or e-mail at macbt21@hotmail.com (6/09)

For Sale: Triumph Spitﬁre, 1974. Stored winters, no rust, under 52,000 miles, 4 cylinder. Recent clutch cylinder, fuel pump, carb rebuild. New tonneau cover, NYS inspected in June. $3000. Contact Gene Dinkel (585) 383-0363 (12/09) For Sale: Twin Hitachi SU carbs with manifold for early Datsun 510's, includes new choke cable. $175 Contact gary. george.thomas@gmail.com (10/09)

Wanted: Finger Lakes Region SCCA member looking for scrap metal, batteries, wire, etc. Will help clean out yards, cellars, attics, garages, etc. Call Brian Barlow at (585) 289-8007 or e-mail playfreeguitar12@yahoo.com (5/09)

Free Classified Ads for FLR Members To place a Classified Ad: Contact the editor at cfdresie@cs.com. Ads will run for three issues, or longer if space allows. Be sure to notify the editor if your item has been sold or is otherwise no longer available. Your ad will also be published on the Finger Lakes Region's Web site in the Forum section ("Classified Ads") at http://www.flr-scca.com/phpBB3/ viewforum.php?f=13. Classified Ads are free to members, $5.00 per issue for non-members.

Commercial Ad Rates # of Issues Full Page ½ Page ¼ Page Business Card

12 $500 275 150 75

6 $275 150 80 40

3 $150 80 45 20

1 $100 40 25 10

Contact the editor at cfdresie@cs.com for more info. 17

Membership Application REGION #62

Dear Prospective SCCA Member: To apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America, the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest member participation automotive organization, please complete the form below and return, with payment, to SCCA Membership Department, P. O. Box 299, Topeka, KS 66601-0299. PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE Name ___________________________________ Birth date _______________ E-mail _____________________________________ / / Address _________________________________ Telephone ___________________________________________________________ City ______________________________________ State _______ Zip _________________County _________________________ Have you been an SCCA member before? Single

Married

Yes

Year _____________Previous Member # ___________________________

Spouse's Name ________________________________________________ Birth date __________________ / /

Spouse's Member Number (if current member)_________________________________________________________________________

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list names and ages of children under age 21: Name________________________________________________________Birth date ______/ ______ / ______ Name________________________________________________________Birth date ______/ ______ / ______ Name________________________________________________________Birth date ______/ ______ / ______ Name________________________________________________________Birth date ______/ ______ / ______

PRIMARY INTEREST IN SCCA:

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

Pro Racing

Rally

Solo

Annual National Dues

Annual Regional Dues

TOTAL DUE

REGULAR MEMBER ........................... $65 SPOUSE MEMBER ............................... $23 FAMILY MEMBERSHIP .....................$101 FEAR GEAR (21 & Under)................. $30

+ + + +

REGULAR MEMBER ................. $15 SPOUSE MEMBER ..................... $10 FAMILY MEMBERSHIP ............. $20 FIRST GEAR ............................... $15

= = = =

$80 $33 $121 $45

Enclosed is my check or Money Order for $ ___________________ U.S. VISA

Please send me a Crew License

M/C

DO NOT SEND CASH.

No. ___________________________________Exp. Date _________________________

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America, Inc., and its Finger Lakes Region (#62) and agree to abide by the bylaws. Applicant's Signature __________________________________________ Date _________________________ Dues include payment for subscription to SportsCar ($24 value). Dues are not deductible as charitable contribution.

March 2010

Jan. 11, 2009

CALENDAR OF EVENTS for the Finger Lakes REGION February 2010 26

Finger Lakes Region Board of Directors meeting - 7:30 p.m., Thiel’s, 753 Klem Rd., Webster, NY (Contact re@ﬂr-scca.com for further information)

Finger Lakes Region Solo Meeting - 7:00 p.m. – Burgundy Basin Inn, 1361 Marsh Road, Pittsford, NY 14534 (Contact re@ﬂr-scca. com for further information)

Finger Lakes Region General Membership Meeting - 8:00 p.m. – Burgundy Basin Inn, 1361 Marsh Road, Pittsford, NY 14534 (Contact re@ﬂr-scca.com for further information)

3–7

Rochester Auto Show, Wednesday through Sunday

Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series, Quick and Dirty 2010, Ben Gilmore (bgilmor1@rochester.rr.com / (315) 521-4538)

Finger Lakes Region Rally Meeting, -7:30 p.m., 96 Church St., Victor, Rick Barnes (rbarnes@torsen.com / (585) 967-3762)

12-14 NEDiv Roundtable, Hamilton Park Hotel & Convention Center, Florham Park, NJ (NNJR) 20-21 NEDiv Driver’s School, Summit, WDC 24

STPR Committee Meeting – Rochester, 7:30 p.m. (Contact meridith1c@msn.com for further information.)

STPR Committee Meeting – Wellsboro, 1:00 p.m. (Contact meridith1c@msn.com for further information.)

27-28 NEDiv Driver’s School and PDX, NJMP, JRB 30

Finger Lakes Region Board of Directors meeting - 7:30 p.m., Thiel’s, 753 Klem Rd., Webster, NY (Contact re@ﬂr-scca.com for further information)

April 2010 6

Finger Lakes Region Solo Meeting - 7:00 p.m. – Burgundy Basin Inn, 1361 Marsh Road, Pittsford, NY 14534 (Contact re@ﬂr-scca. com for further information) Finger Lakes Region General Membership Meeting - 8:00 p.m. – Burgundy Basin Inn, 1361 Marsh Road, Pittsford, NY 14534 (Contact re@ﬂr-scca.com for further information)

10-11 NEDiv National Race, NHMS, NER 13

Finger Lakes Region Rally Meeting, -7:30 p.m., 96 Church St., Victor, Rick Barnes (rbarnes@torsen.com / (585) 967-3762)

17-18 Double National, VIR, NCR

Finger Lakes Region Solo #1, RIT See: http://www.ﬂr-scca. com/solo/schedule.html

24-25 NEDiv Regional Race (MARRS), Summit, WDC 27

Finger Lakes Region RALLYCROSS, Perry’s Park, (rallycross@ﬂr-scca.com) (Alternate date 2/27)

March 2010 2

Finger Lakes Region Board of Directors meeting - 7:30 p.m., Thiel’s, 753 Klem Rd., Webster, NY (Contact re@ﬂr-scca.com for further information)

30-5/1 NEDiv Driver’s School, NHMS, NER

May 2010

4/30-1 NEDiv Driver’s School, NHMS, NER 1-2 NEDiv Regional Race (NERRC), NHMS, NER 4 Finger Lakes Region Solo Meeting - 7:00 p.m. – Burgundy Basin Inn, 1361 Marsh Road, Pittsford, NY 14534 (Contact re@flr-scca. com for further information) 4 Finger Lakes Region General Membership Meeting - 8:00 p.m. – Burgundy Basin Inn, 1361 Marsh Road, Pittsford, NY 14534 (Contact re@flr-scca.com for further information) 8-9 Driver’s School, Great Lakes, Nelson 8-9 Regional Race, (MARRS), VIR, NCR 11 Finger Lakes Region Rally Meeting, -7:30 p.m., 96 Church St., Victor, Rick Barnes (rbarnes@torsen.com / (585) 967-3762) 15 STPR Committee Meeting – Wellsboro, Radio Check (Tent.), (Contact meridith1c@msn.com for further information.) 15-16 NEDiv Regional Race (Kryder), Nelson Ledges, MVR 16 Finger Lakes Region Social Rally, Rochester & Southern RallyRoad, Rick Barnes (rbarnes@torsen.com / (585) 967-3762) 19 STPR Committee Meeting – Rochester, 7:30 p.m. (Contact meridith1c@msn.com for further information.) 22-23 National and Restricted Regional Race, Mid-Ohio, OVR 25 Finger Lakes Region Board of Directors meeting - 7:30 p.m., Thiel’s, 753 Klem Rd., Webster, NY (Contact re@flr-scca.com for further information) 29 Street Survival School hosted by Finger Lakes Region, SEAD See: http://www.flr-scca.com/solo/schedule.html 29-31 NEDiv National Race, Nelson, MVR 30 Finger Lakes Region Solo #2, SEAD See: http://www.flr-scca. com/solo/schedule.html

June 2010 1

Finger Lakes Region Solo Meeting - 7:00 p.m. – Burgundy Basin Inn, 1361 Marsh Road, Pittsford, NY 14534 (Contact re@ﬂr-scca. com for further information)

Finger Lakes Region General Membership Meeting - 8:00 p.m. – Burgundy Basin Inn, 1361 Marsh Road, Pittsford, NY 14534 (Contact re@ﬂr-scca.com for further information)

4-6

STPR, Wellsboro, PA

5-6

Grand Am, Glen

STPR Committee Meeting – Rochester, 7:30 p.m. (Contact meridith1c@msn.com for further information.)

5-6

NEDiv National Race AND Pro IT, NJMP, SJR

STPR Committee Meeting – Wellsboro, 1:00 p.m. (Contact meridith1c@msn.com for further information.)

5-6

NEDiv Regional Race (MARRS), Summit, WDC

5-6

NEDiv Regional Race, (NERRC), NHMS, NER

Finger Lakes Region Solo Novice School, RIT See: http://www. ﬂr-scca.com/solo/schedule.html

Finger Lakes Region Rally Meeting, -7:30 p.m., 96 Church St., Victor, Rick Barnes (rbarnes@torsen.com / (585) 967-3762)

Finger Lakes REGION WEBSITE AND BULLETIN BOARD www.ﬂr-scca.com 2010 March

The LAST PIT Treasurer 753 Klem Rd. Webster, NY 14580 TOP END Editorial Staff 119 Brookview Dr., Rochester, NY 14617-3903

Finger Lakes REGION, SCCA INC.

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Action at the January 31 RallyCross at Perry’s Park - Rich Hutchinson photos