November 2014
Volume 59, No. 11
The Official Publication of the Finger Lakes Region, Sports Car Club of America.
Solo and Membership Meeting - Tuesday, November 4 The Fireside Grill and Sports Bar, 3939 East Henrietta Road, Henrietta, NY 14467
Finger Lakes Region - SCCA Elected Positions
2014 Board of Directors
Regional Executive Charles Tanck .............. (585) 467-4993 175 Eastgate Drive Rochester, NY 14617-4104 re@flr-scca.com Assistant Regional Executive Dave Ciufo .................. (585) 346-5002 6488 Coe Rd. Livonia, NY 14887-9306 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 Marcus Kroll................. (585)563-6206 502 Thornell Rd Pittsford, NY 14534 secretary@flr-scca.com Activities Director Mary Hartman ............. (585) 426-3288 2840 Chili Ave. Rochester, NY 14624-4807 activitiesdirector@flr-scca.com Directors Chris Ciufo................... (585) 322-5713 6488 Coe Rd. Livonia, NY 14887-9306 director3@flr-scca.com Ben Gilmore ................ (315) 521-4538 1996 Stevenson Road Seneca Falls, NY 13148 director1@flr-scca.com Brian Reeves ............... (585) 429-7613 17 Chi Mar Dr Rochester, NY 14624-4055 director2@flr-scca.com Fran McAllister ........... (585) 750-4674 54 Gateway Rd. Rochester, NY 14624-4438 director4@flr-scca.com Past Regional Executive Michael Toombs ............ (585) 328-2617 152 Gillette St. Rochester, NY 14619-2227 mltoombs@netacc.net
Appointed Positions Race
Competition Board Chris De Minco............ (585) 330-5456 clubracing@flr-scca.com Fran McAllister............ (585) 750-4674 Dave Ciufo................... (585) 346-5002 Peter Kummer.............. (585) 624-2853 Mary Hartman ............ (585) 426-3288 Charlie Tanck ............ (585) 467-4993 “Westward HO!” Race Chairman Lew Giesy.................... (315) 597-9637 westward@flr-scca.com
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“FUN ONE” Race Chairman Chris DeMinco................ (585) 330-5456 funone@flr-scca.com Chief Registrar Marsha Toombs ........... (585) 328-2617 registrar@flr-scca.com Chief, Timing & Scoring Carl F. Dresie ............... (585) 544-6482 ts@flr-scca.com Chief, Flagging and Communication Barbara Lissow............. (585) 773-9712 fc@flr-scca.com Chief, Starter John Flowers................ (607) 546-2369 starter@flr-scca.com Chief, Grid ........................................................TBA Chief, Pitts and Paddock ........................................................TBA Chief, Scrutineering Bruce Perry................... (585) 382-9234 tech@flr-scca.com Chief, Sound Control Jim Craven ................... (585) 889-5363 jcraven@rochester.rr.com NYSRRC Representative Mary Hartman.............. (585) 426-3288 flrrep@nysrrc.org
Rally
Rally Chair ........................................................TBA Interim RoadRally Chair Tom Langdon............... (315) 524-2260 rally@flr-scca.com RallyCross Chair Tony Zanni.................. (585) 281-2510 rallycross@flr-scca.com
Solo
Solo Board Marcus Kroll.................... (585)563-6206
Shaun Hallam ................ (585) 455-9607
solo_chair@flr-scca.com Jim Hoelscher ...................... (585)576-3357 jhoelsch@rochester.rr.com Mike Stutzman .................... (585)503-8679 stutz@earthling.net Michael Toombs................... (585) 328-2617 mltoombs@netacc.net
Aretta Stillman ...................... (585) 261-0572 amstillman@gmail.com George Modlin ...................... (585) 265-9599 gandemo@gmail.com
Colin Kingsley ................... (914) 980-9326 ckingsley@gmail.com Chief Registrar Shaun Hallam ................ (585) 455-9607 shallam@rochester.rr.com Chief, Safety Steward Brian Reeves .................. (585) 429-7613 bjreeves@rochester.rr.com Chief, Technical Inspection Jim Hoelscher.............. (585) 247-9596 jhoelsch@rochester.rr.com Chief, Novice Program Greg Turner ............. (585) 637-7045 gregturner@frontiernet.net
Chief, Junior Driver Program Brad Fish ............. ....(585) 392-5283 bfish117@yahoo.com Chief, Timing & Scoring and Results Colin Kingsley ......... (914) 980-9326 ckingsley@gmail.com
Chief, Sound Control TBA....................................................... Chief, Workers George Modlin ........... (585) 265-9599 gandemo@gmail.com Chief, Waivers Tina Reeves ................ (585)429-7613 solobear@gmail.com
Administrative Positions
Membership Mike Brunner.............. (585) 752-7233 membership@flr-scca.com TOP END Editor Carl Dresie .................. (585) 544-6482 editor@flr-scca.com Merchandise Chris McAllister (585) 872-2530(days) merchandise@flr-scca.com Equipment Chairman Michael Toombs ............ (585) 328-2617 mltoombs@netacc.net Regional Historian Lynn Randall............... (585) 451-5298 historian@flr-scca.com Webmaster TBA. webmaster@flr-scca.com Social Media MaryAnne Shults ........ (949) 768-2609 webmaster@flr-scca.com
STPR® Motorsports, LLC
Managers Meridith Croucher........ (315) 331-5354 chairman@stpr.org Lewis Giesy.................. (315) 597-9637 lgiesy@localnet.com Alan Smith ................... (585) 359-4688 rallymaster@stpr.org Treasurer Joyce Bucknam............ (315) 597-5668 treasurer@stpr.org
NEDiv Administrative Positions
Area 10 Director John Walsh .................. (585) 624-9289 jwalsh@scca.com NEDiv Council Chair Mike Toombs ........... (585) 328-2617 re@flr-scca.com NEDiv Executive Steward, Race Earl Hurlbut ..................(585) 219-4891 ehurlbut@rochester.rr.com NEDiv RoadRally Steward Steve McKelvie.............(508) 520-7135 shanna12@comcast.net NEDiv RallyCross Steward Scott Beliveau...............(603) 524-4305 beliveau@aavid.com NEDiv Solo Steward David Newman ........... (610) 433-5690 dn59@verizon.net Additional positions: see http://www.nediv.com/
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Contents
EDITOR/ADVERTISING Carl F. Dresie 119 Brookview Dr. Rochester, NY 14617-3903 (585) 544-6482 e-mail: cfdresie@cs.com FEATURE EDITOR Lynn Randall 15 Diana Dr. Scottsville, NY 14546 (585) 889-1289 e-mail: lynnscca@rochester.rr.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)
RE’s Report..................................................4 October Membership Meeting ............... 4 - 5 September Board Meeting ......................... 5 FLR News ............................................. 5 - 8 Candidates ........................................ 5 - 7 Anniversary Pins .............................. 7 - 8 Information Update ............................... 8 Membership News ................................ 8 Solo ............................................................ 9 Report .................................................... 9 Year End Standings ............................... 9 Race .......................................................... 10 FLR at Last Chance ............................ 10 RallyCross ................................................ 10 Sept. 27 Results ................................... 10 Rally................................................... 11 - 14 Meeting Notes...................................... 11 Warmup Flyer ..................................... 12 Winter Series Intro ....................... 13 - 14 Classified Ads .......................................... 14 Membership Application .......................... 15 Calendar ......................... Inside Back Cover Last Pit ...................................... Back Cover
Cover Photo:. Shaun Hallam, first in Street Touring FLR Championship Series at the WNY Champagne Run. Mike Brunner photo. See more at: https://www.dropbox. com/sh/3qtj5ca716vsr5g/AACo_ fRMfoukvkUKr5spRJ0xa?dl=0
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John Walsh and Mike Toombs drove John’s Corvette at the Western New York’s Champagne Run held on the Ralph Wilson Stadium. Mike Brunner photo. 3
REPort Charlie Tanck Regional Executive
2014 is winding down. Mary Hartman has done a great job in organizing and promoting events. The boat trip she set up took place Oct.12, was fun, the weather cooperated and we all learned more about the Erie Canal. Her next event is our annual banquet in January at the River’s Edge Party House. They did a great job last year and I encourage you to attend. We owe thanks to Mary for her efforts throughout the year. The winter rally series is getting underway shortly. By the time this goes to print, Lynn Randall’s “It’s A Dice Rally” will be complete. I am sure it was a success. Our other programs have completed their seasons. Rally Cross is having a successful year. Improvements were made to “Perry Park” and attendance grew. The group will have some work to do before the 2015 season as the town came to the Sept. 27 event with questions. I hope everything gets worked out for next year. Solo seems to have found a formula for success and growth. They have used social media, 4
partnered with other regions and car clubs, got sponsors for events and have had a very good year. RIT was lost as a site but the group actually sees this as a positive as it was their most expensive site. They are currently trying to secure more venues. If anyone has suggestions or contacts that would help them contact Marcus Kroll or Shaun Hallam. Club Racing has had its’ challenge this year. Lew and Wilma Giesy really came through to overcome all the obstacles at Nelsons Ledges and put on a successful event. They really went all out to get things done when it seemed like our best option was to cancel. Persistence paid off. Next year we hope to go back and are looking at partnering with Mahoning Valley Region to put on an event. I believe that inter-region cooperation will be needed in the future to keep Club Racing viable. Chris DeMinco did an outstanding job as chairman on the Club Racing competition board and race chair of the "Fun One”. He worked tirelessly to get extra cars into the event. Without his efforts we would have roughly 40 less participants. The event was a financial success because of him. Our Board of Director elections are coming up. Fran McCallister has gotten together a strong list of candidates for you to choose from. (See “Meet the Candidates” in this issue of Top End. Ed.) I hope in future elections that more people will come forward to help keep our region strong. Our region is what you make it. The last thing to mention is our membership meetings. Attendance has been very low. We would like to bring in speakers but fear they will be talking to an empty room. It is dis- heartening when board members and group chairs outnumber other participants. If you have ideas to improve content and participation let us know. Until next month Charlie
Meeting Minutes Finger Lakes Region, SCCA General Membership Meeting Minutes October Meeting October 7, 2014 Location: Fireside Grill & Sports Bar, 3939 E Henrietta Rd Henrietta, NY 14467 Charlie Tanck, Regional Executive, called the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m. TREASURER – Elizabeth Thiel • All bills are paid • Four hours of overtime at the Glen • We made surplus at the Fun One but got nailed on the overtime ACTIVITIES • Boat ride October 12 BOARD UPDATE • Guidelines regarding meetings, signatory authority, and duties of • competition board chairs have been set • Bylaws have been reviewed and will be updated SOLO • Picnic will be October 26 at Scottsville Fire Hall. Food will be provided. Bring $10 (kids are free). Awards will be handed out. • Trophies have been purchased • Marcus is reaching out to alternative sites • Solo still needs someone to handle novices, safety, waivers and sound. Aretta is recruiting people for registration. • We will explore using the online weekend membership • Free entry for first time SCCA members • We need new timing equipment • We're going to run a Street Survival school in the spring
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• Marcus is going to try to set up a winter Karting league with Pole Position RALLY • Dice Rally coming up • Rick Barnes social rally on November 9 for training/testing RACE • We did well at the Fun One and had a lot of positive responses • Spec Racer Fords were upset at run group placement • Glen Region race had weak turnout due to three races on the same weekend • Track paving may disrupt our 2015 season RALLYCROSS • Event date ambiguity NEW BUSINESS • Autoshow February 26 to March 1 • We need to publish this on Facebook • We could use Google AdWords to promote our programs MEMBERSHIP • Nine new members brings us up to 460 Meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m. followed by a short video of a 1020’s winter race through the woods. Respectfully submitted, Marcus Kroll, Secretary
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Finger Lakes Region, SCCA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes September 30, 2014 Location: Fireside Grill & Sports Bar, 3939 E Henrietta Rd Henrietta, NY 14467 Officers and directors present: Charlie Tanck, Regional Executive; Dave Ciufo, Assistant Regional Executive; Elizabeth Thiel, Treasurer; Marcus Kroll, Secretary; Mary Hartman, Activities Director; Chris Ciufo, Fran McAllister and Brian Reeves, Directors Others Present: Chris DeMinco, Competition Board Chair and Fun One Race Chair; Carl Dresie, Top End Editor and Lew Giesy, Westward Ho! Race Chair Charlie called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. TREASURER'S REPORT – Elizabeth Thiel • Money in, money out • Money will soon leave checking and head to investments • The Solo sponsors have not paid yet • Overall, good surplus this year ACTIVITIES – Mary Hartman • Boat ride scheduled for October 12 • 2015 is the FLR 60th anniversary RALLY • Training rally on November 9 • STPR® signed a two year noncompete with Rally America SOLO – Marcus Kroll • RIT has been lost as a site due to disagreements regarding securing the venue • MCC and Delphi are still friendly • We are working other sites • We need timing equipment RACE – Chris DeMinco • Fun One had 257 entries due to 33 extra vintage Fords • Chris motivated people to show up • 2015 events are up in the air due to possible paving at Watkins Glen
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• The Glen is making it too expensive to run there • Attendance in racing is down nationally - no novices • Ferrari Club wants to run with us during the Fun One • Our Majors might conflict with a Divisional race in 2015 • The Nelson Ledges bill came in less than we thought DEVELOPMENT • Marcus went through the bylaws and will revise them Meeting adjourned 8:53 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Marcus Kroll, Secretary
FLR News Meet the candidates
Regional Executive Charles Tanck, incumbent Interest – Club racing Join date – 8-2007 Licenses held – Full Competition, Crew, Divisional Scrutineer Offices held - Director 2011 through 2013, Regional Executive - Current Region recognition - Outstanding worker award – 2012 Assistant Regional Executive Chris DeMinco (Excerpted from the January 2012 issue of Top End. - Ed.) De Minco is concerned about the future; one of his goals is to solidify the tenacity of the region. He feels with new motorsports clubs springing up today, especially those which cater to a specific interest, it can be difficult for our region to extend a personal hand to each and every member. He also understands the importance of avoiding volunteer burn-out. “Maybe bigger isn’t better but we need to be the best at what we decide to do and the main place where motorsports 5
enthusiasts go to have a safe, fun place to play. I think we need to focus on fewer things. Be the best we can with the personnel and finances we have to keep up Finger Lakes reputation for putting on first-rate events,” De Minco said. “We’ve got a very small core group that we seem to tax over and over again to support the main elements of the club and performance events—that’s bad. They get old, they burn out or they just get tired of constantly being asked to support the club. If everyone contributed a little it would prevent the few people from doing too much.” Moving aside the classification of being a “racer,” “soloist,” or “rallyist,” De Minco said the cohesiveness is developed at fun, social events, using the recent “old-timers’ picnic” as an example. This opens the doors of communication. “The basic membership meeting used to be a place to do that, but now with monthly sub meetings for every specialty and minimal free time we’ve lost the close family of members that should cross pollinate within the whole organization,” he said. Chris sends a challenge to each member. “Let’s make it a personal priority for each of us to go to a few membership meetings and maybe even volunteer to support a new club venue this year,” De Minco said. “We have enough of them so you should be able to work it into your busy schedules. As they say, ‘just do it!’ You may meet some really interesting people.” Interest – Club and pro racing Join date – rejoined in 1-2002 Licenses held – Full competition Offices held – Comp Board – 19841987, Fun One race chair – 1986, 2012, 2014 National race chair – 2011, 2013, Board of directors – 2012, 2013 Region recognition – Best new driver – 1978, Top End award – 2011, Mechanic of the year – 2012, Outstanding contribution - 2012 6
Treasurer Elizabeth Thiel, incumbent Interest – Club racing and rally Join date – 5-1995 Licenses held – Regional registrar Offices held – Treasurer 1998 – 2000, 2006 to current, Director 2004, Race Chair (Fun One) – 2007, 2014, (National) 2009 and 2013, Activities 2005 Region recognition - Outstanding contribution – 1999, 2010, Outstanding worker award – 2011 Secretary Marcus Kroll, incumbent Interest – Solo and racing Join date – 4-2010 Licenses held – Solo safety steward Offices held – Secretary – 2013, current, Solo board - current Activities Director Mary Hartman, incumbent Interest - Club racing and rally Join date – 5-1985 Licenses held – Full competition Offices held – Secretary 1990, NYSRRC Representative 2005 – present, Activities director – 2012 to current Region recognition - Top End Award 1993, 1999, High Points (1st) 1997
Directors Brian Reeves, incumbent I joined FLR SCCA in 1980 and have been a member ever since. My main interest has been in Solo including participating in 20 Solo National Championship events. I have been a licensed Solo Safety Steward Instructor for over fifteen years. I believe the Finger Lakes Region’s strength is its members. The members are consistently willing to volunteer and do whatever needs to be done. The most important issue that the club currently faces is being able to continue to host quality events at affordable prices. The cost of everything we do is increasing every year. With this reality, it keeps getting harder to not lose money on our events. I am a CPA and I believe that I can help ensure that the club continues to operate in a fiscally responsible manner. Interest – Solo Join date – 5-1980 Licenses held – Solo safety steward instructor Offices held – Board 0 current Region recognition – Mechanic of the year - 2001 Kurt Thiel I have been a member of Finger
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Lakes SCCA since 1986 and am the owner of Thiel’s Import Auto Service in Canandaigua, with an understanding wife Sarah, and twin daughters, Hannah and Holly. I have participated in all of the region’s motorsports areas: Solo, RoadRally, at both the local and pro rally levels, including STPR and Ontario performance rally. I have been a rally master and stage captain, so know the worker’s point of view. Other activities include ice cross (weather permitting), club racing (with a few trophies in ITA). The region needs to grow grass roots motorsports activities, so the average car owner can know the fun of playing with a car. Autocross/Solo is the best venue to begin to learn car control. It is a great stepping stone to other venues if the driver want to do that, or he can stay there, and have many weekends of enjoyment, or move on to Rally Cross and club racing. We need more interaction between the areas of our club’s motorsports activities. When I first joined, we saw a lot of what someone called at the time, “cross breeding,” where the various groups helped out at one another’s activities, to result in the best of participation and fun for the club’s well-being. Interest – Club racing, pro racing, rally and Solo Join date – 6-1986 Licenses held – Full Competition Region recognition – Outstanding rally driver – 1995, Mechanic of the year – 1998, Most improved race driver – 1999 and 2003, Sportsmanship – 2000 and 2011, Rally worker of the year - 2012 Tony Zanni For those that don’t know me, I’ve been an SCCA member for a bunch of years, probably not enough years to hold a position on the board but that might be my biggest advantage. I took over the RallyCross program my second year as an SCCA member, that was in 2008 or 9? Since then I grew the RallyCross program from an average of
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six cars to last year’s average of 19 cars per event. I also won the RallyCross Championship last year in a $200 Honda CRX. I’ve also participated in several Performance Rallies as a co-driver for Charli Tameris and Rich Smith. Most recently I destroyed a transmission in my RallyCross Honda CRX and bought a prepped VW GTI Pro Rally car. I see three big challenges over the next couple years. Location, Communication, and being Stuck in a Ditch. Location, all three of our biggest forms racing, Club Racing Solo and RallyCross are finding affordable locations harder to come by. Communication, keeps evolving, we as a club need to adapt and communicate with our members better and more efficiently. We also have to get the word out to the community that there is a fun, safe and affordable way to experience auto racing in our community. What I mean by being stuck in a ditch is the mindset of “that’s how it’s always been done.” I’m an advertiser so I’ll put it to you this way, a good brand never stays still, they are continually evolving. As a club we need to continue to evolve as well, get out of the old way of doing things and get some new ideas tossed into the mix. Three things we can be proud of; Community, History and Tradition. The fact that so many of our members own or work at garages that offer help and insight to new racers whatever discipline. From my understanding Bruce Perry and his buddies started what has become RallyCross nationally in his backyard. Our location, we have several tracks nearby (within a days drive), some of the best rally roads in the country just to our south. We’re the only group still allowed to bring our own caterers to the Glen! Long live the Fun One. Thanks for your time Interest - Rally Join date – 6-2010 Licenses held – RallyCross Safety Steward Region recognition – Rally worker
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of the year – 2011, Top End award – 2012, RallyCross driver of the year - 2013 Chris Ciufo and Ben Gilmore will be serving the second year of their two year terms. Fran McAllister is completing his two year term. Brian Reeves is completing the second year of the term originally held by Dave Avery. More information on officers and the election of officers can be found at: http://www.flr-scca.com/bylaws/
Membership Anniversary Recognition
Pins were mailed out to those who did not receive their anniversary pins at the June 3rd membership recognition picnic. Several of those mailed were returned for bad addresses. If your name is on the following list and you did not receive your pin, call Fran McAllister at 585-889-5125. (If your address is not correct in the SCCA National database, you will not get Top End, ballots and other mailings to the general membership. Ed.) Anniversary list 55 Years Howard "Gene" Dinkel 50 Years Sylvan C Barlow, Paul T Miller 45 Years John De Seyn, John M Flowers, Michael Lilley 40 Years Timothy S Barge 35 Years Meridith L Croucher, James H Martin, Marilyn S Randall, Joseph A Vaccarella, Marianne Way, J Daniel Way 30 Years Carl F Dresie, John C Gorsline, Craig I Henry, Christopher Liedtke, Carl A Prouty, William D Spedding, Michael L Toombs 25 Years Chris Chiu, Toby Cook, Mary Ann 7
Dresie, Gary R Lippert, Christine McAllister, Bob Pozniakas, John R Walsh, Jeffrey Wayland 20 Years Richard Boehly, Gary Moore, Christopher J Pluta, James R Pluta, Alan D Smith 15 Years Keith M Crossley, Maccarrick Drake, James R Hoelscher, Christopher Morton, Anna Thiel 10 Years Russell Cappa, Michael Lavan , James P Lill, William R Mapstone, Jennifer D Pluta, Dinah G Weisberg 5 Years Louis Betstadt, Andy Cocilova, H William Connors, Shaun D Hallam, Richard E Leto, Debra Lisena-Tyo, Carol Mancini, Daniela Mancini, Marissa Mancini, Steve Mancini, Clair Meyers, David P Prior, Andrew Quaranto, Christopher Steele
New Address? Email? Phone Number?
If you have recently changed any personal information you are encouraged to update your information at the SCCA National website. Keeping your personal information updated is especially important now because our regional directory is produced using the national data base.
Here are the steps...
1. Log on to: www.SCCA.com 2. CLICK the red LOG ON button near the top right of the page. 3. On the next page that opens, you will be prompted to enter your log-in information <membership number & password>. If you have never done this before, follow the on-screen instructions to register. 4. Once you are logged in, the next page offers you the opportunity to upload a digital photo of yourself that can be placed on your SCCA credential. 8
5. Next review your information. If corrections are needed, CLICK "Edit Contact Information." On the next page make the necessary changes. Remember to check the "Primary Contact Information" and "Area of interest" sections at the bottom of this page. 6. When you're all done CLICK save. 7. In order to edit your phone number in the SCCA National Data Base you must call in your change to the membership department. Call 1-800-770-2055 then either ask for membership -or- PRESS -1 for membership. It is important you verify not only your phone number but that all of your information is correct as a new FLR Membership Directory is being planned. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s it, and THANKS!!
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Membership News and Information Welcome to the Finger Lakes Region, SCCA
Patricia Marshall & Charlie Kirkpatrick Family Conversions Ken D'Arcy Pro racing Web Site Robert Michael FitzGerald Club racing Web Site Ryan Lynch Club racing Web Site
Michael Casserino Written Inquiry
Address change Douglas Richard Krasucki
Don't forget to renew
Kevin Allison Kyle Barbauld Chad Crombach Kevin Dennis Kurt & Lynn Haderlein Dana Hunt Kamyar Rashidi Steven Raymond Floyd Saunders James (Jay) Strole Wil VanScoter Donald Adams John Cornell Walker Coughlin Tobias Dallas John E Richardson Aidan Sawyer Jeff Smith Todd & Wyatt Smith Colin Staub John Tranello Jill, Caris & Conner Trippe Timothy Young Ken, Christian, Robert, Madeline, Amelia and Merdith Barlow Kent A., Jodi, Allison and Allison Lewis David P. Prior Jaclyn Pytlarz Nicholas Ryan William J Bowman Sam Dragos Sharon S Hogan David Krieger Barbara Lissow Margaret McEwen-Craven Darren Ohara RichardE Pearson Tom Weaver Desmond Wentling Stephen Wheeler
Mark Alan & Wendy Green Club and Pro racing Web Site
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Finger Lakes Region Year End Championship Points
Solo
Pos. Driver
Marcus Kroll and Shaun Hallam Solo Co-Chairs
# 1 2 3 4 5
Event Number and Name
Name FLR #1, Delphi WNY, FLR OOR #1 FLR #2 MCC FLR #3, RIT CNY, FLR OOR #2
# 6 7 8 9 10
SOLO REPORT
Name WNY, FLR OOR #3 FLR #4, MCC FLR #5, RIT FLR #6, RIT WNY Champagne Run, FLR OOR #4
Marcus Kroll The Solo season is over and the final results are in. Be sure to check out our end of year standings on the website and come to our picnic to cheer on your fellow competitors as they receive their awards. There will be food - bring $10 to eat and whatever you want to drink. I'll have my flask on hand and my designated driver with me. We'll be working hard in the off-season to secure new sites and recruit new volunteers to help out. The key to the smooth operation of the Solo program is our volunteers, and without them, we wouldn't be able to run the events. Consider joining us in creating fun, well run events. It's a rewarding experience and you get to hang out with us, and we're great. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. If there's enough interest, I plan to approach Pole Position about creating an SCCA league for us to compete over the winter. If you've never run the electric karts, they're fast and fun. The Bon Ton in Marketplace Mall has been gutted and a new 1/4 mile track has been created. They open October 28th.
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Pro Indexed 1 Chris Morton 2 Bret Wallace 3 Dale Kunze 4 George Modlin 5 David Potocki 6 Mark Seelbinder Street Indexed 1 Marcus Kroll 2 John Cass 3 Anthony Cuzzacrea 4 Jeff Guerdat 5 Tim Lombardi 6 Gillian Pielow 7 William Crowe 8 Aretta Stillman 9 Tyler Porter 9 Robert Reid 11 Michael Smith 13 Bob Pozniakas 13 Joshua Taylor 16 Duane Myers 19 Doug Krasucki Street Touring Indexed 1 Shaun Hallam 2 Robert Day 3 Eric Kutil 4 Mark Seelbinder 5 Colin Kingsley 6 Chad Rioux 7 David Prior 8 Geoffrey Bastian 9 Sean Havens 10 Cary Holdsworth Street Prepared Indexed 1T Melvin Dillon 2 Evan McCool 3 Steve Dobson Street Modified Indexed 1 Tim Moriarty 2 Ben Urbanski 3 George Little 3 Corey Shepardson Prepared Indexed 1 Mike Stutzman 2 James Hoelscher 3 Tina Reeves 4 Brian Reeves Modified/FSAE Indexed 1 Steve Hayward 2 Paul Shaver 3 Michael Lilley 4 Ron Fish Novice Indexed 1 DC Cantwell 2 David Griffin 3 Gregg Vandivert 4 Kyle Lambert 5 Lynn LaForte 6 Peter Bajorski 7 Joe LaVallee 8 Phil Marino Junior Kart B 1 Evan Fish Junior Kart C 1 Ryan Fish 2 Mads Kroll Classic American Muscle 1 Steven Marshall 2 Donald Chaffin
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Points With 1 drops
Total
Event # 2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10
122 95 89 75 46 34
122 95 89 75 46 34
10 6 20 20 2 8
20 12 20 20 20 15 20 4 15 10 15 20 15 20 6 10 10 10 12 3 8 12 12 6 4 15 3 10
124 108 97 62 53 34 32 24 12 12 11 7 7 5 4
112 104 97 62 53 33 32 24 12 12 11 7 7 5 4
15 10 20 20 8 8 15 12 12 3 6 1 1 2 1 1 1 10 1 1 1 1 6 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
103 85 70 67 63 48 23 15 13 6
99 85 70 67 63 48 23 15 13 6
12 10 4 10 10 10 20 20 15 20 15 20 12 20 15 8 2 4 8 3 1 8 3 1 2 1 1 1 1
160 99 25
145 95 25
20 20 15 20 15 20 20 15 15 15 10 15 4 6 12 15 12 10 3 8 10 4
85 70 63 63
85 70 63 63
130 93 59 49
130 93 59 49
15 20 20 20 15 15 12 10
107 94 71 49
107 94 71 49
20 10 15 20 12 15 10 12 8 20 8 15 12
70 51 50 34 9 8 7 4
70 51 50 34 9 8 7 4
120
15 15 4 15 12 12 15 6 15 20 12 20 20 10 12 10 6 8 4 10 1 3 6 1 8 1 8 1 6 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1
20 15 20 8 8 4 15 12
15
20 8 12 15
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Class AS ITA ITA ITA ITS ITS SM2 SPU STL
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Name Douglas Cross Chris De Minco Charles Tanck John Morris Robert Fitzgerald Jeffrey Ilacqua Charles Tanck Michael Casserino Eric Guenther
Race Qualifying PIC Best Tm PIC Best Tm 1/1 2:27.351 1/1 3:36.578 3/10 2:24.918 3/10 2:52.354 9/10 2:38.014 10/10 3:10.787 10/10 2:25.681 4/10 2:53.289 6/6 3:16.702 4/6 2:59.545 3/6 3:14.130 8/8 2:44.713 8/8 3:16.467 1/1 2:22.087 1/1 3:00.434 9/10 2:31.487 9/10 3:02.107
Pro IT Results
Race Qualifying Class Name PIC Best Tm PIC Best Tm SM David Ciufo 13/13 2:21.307 3/13 2:21.600
Enduro Results Class ITA ITS SM SM STL STL
Name John Swapceinski/ Henry Kuter Paul Omichinski/ Chris De Minco Gary Lippert/ Keith Guthrie Daniel Thiel/Daniel Thiel II/Kurt Thiel Robert Fitzgerald/Eric Guenther/Marcos DeLeon/Inness Eisele Robert Beede/Stephen Wheeler/Chad Gilsinger
Race Qualifying PIC Best Tm PIC Best Tm 1/1 2:20.109 1/1 2:23.892 1/4 2:19.557 2/4 2:22.103 11/12 2:20.388 9/12 2:22.699 8/12 2:21.081 10/12 2:25.028 2/2 2:19.844 2/2 2:22.248 1/2 2:12.441 1/2 2:12.678
RallyCross Toni Zanni RallyCross Chair
Finger Lakes Region RallyCross, Perryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Park, September 27, 2014 Car No. 30 13 45 11 47 42 10 96 56 12 17 33 41 75
RallyX Class O4 O4 O4 O4 O4 2WD 2WD U4 Open O4 U4 O4 O4 Open
Driver Kyle Lambert Troy Miller Rob Susz Tony Zanni Darren Ohara Rixh Klepaxz James Parasxandola Xhris Xhilson Sean Havens Rob Brautigam Brandon Xhilson Dave Morris 1 Dave Morris 2 Ryan Kolupa
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Marque Subaur RS .25 Rally Wagon Forweseter of doom Rally Wagon Subaru RS 2.5 BMW 325 IS Honda Integra Suparu Impreza Subaru WRX Audi 90 Quattro Suparu Impreza Audi 90 Quattro Audi 90 Quattro Subaru WRX
Place O.A. Cls 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 1 6 7 2 1 8 1 9 10 6 11 2 12 7 13 8 14 2
Total Run number plus number of cones in run. Times include all penalties. 3.00 Max (No run) Score Cones #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 17.01 2 1.46 1.45 1.37 1.36 1.40 1.40+1 1.47 1.45 1.45 1.44 1.37 1.37 17.24 0 1.60 1.63 1.55 1.42 1.42 1.39 1.40 1.40 1.37 1.34 1.35 1.37 17.64 0 1.49 1.48 1.44 1.43 1.44 1.42 1.55 1.50 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.45 17.69 7 1.56 1.71 1.49 1.44+1 1.39 1.33 1.45 1.47 1.40 1.53+3 1.42+1 1.50+2 17.80 0 1.55 1.52 1.49 1.45 1.40 1.39 1.60 1.52 1.48 1.48 1.48 1.44 18.37 2 1.68 1.53+1 1.46 1.46 1.45 1.43 1.64 1.67 1.54 1.58+1 1.44 1.49 18.39 1 1.55 1.55 1.52 1.55+1 1.47 1.45 1.62 1.64 1.55 1.53 1.50 1.47 18.41 3 1.70 1.90+2 1.63 1.61 1.56 1.56 1.55+1 1.40 1.39 1.39 1.35 1.37 19.06 8 1.82+2 1.73+1 1.69 1.61 1.63 1.62+1 1.50 1.50+1 1.48+1 1.53+1 1.45 1.50+1 19.18 0 1.92 1.75 1.72 1.59 1.65 1.59 1.57 1.52 1.47 1.48 1.46 1.46 19.32 3 2.13+1 1.73 1.69 1.78+2 1.65 1.61 1.47 1.45 1.48 1.45 1.46 1.42 20.68 0 1.57 1.69 1.55 1.55 1.54 1.50 3.00 1.64 1.85 1.63 1.57 1.59 21.63 0 1.80 2.08 1.67 1.62 1.64 1.76 3.00 1.61 1.56 1.56 1.65 1.68 32.20 0 2.00 1.54 1.66 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
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Rally Tom Langdon Interim Rally Chair
Rally Meeting Notes October 14, 2014 96 Church Street, Victor, NY These notes are grouped by subject and are not in chronological order. The following seven RoadRally and RallyCross enthusiasts were present; Rick Barnes, Carl Dresie, Ben Gilmore, Jerry Kerwin, Tom Langdon, Alan Smith and Tony Zanni. General Rally The Rally Party is scheduled for Dec. 13 at Cheap Charlie’s in Bloomfield. Cocktails at 6, dinner at 7, details to be finalized. The region’s board is looking to pass some responsibility on to boards of the various activities. The national RoadRally board is looking for a member to represent the north east area. RallyCross Bruce Perry has been notified that he is violation of an ordinance regarding land use code. It is currently zoned as recreational, but there are details that make the use as a RallyCross course different. A variance needs to be applied for and reviewed by the town board. The review includes: what is done, how it is done, safety plan, safety protocols, etc. These points are all covered in the SCCA sanctioning process. Dust may be the biggest concern but there may be others that have surfaced. Dust should not be a problem for the November and remaining series events. The variance application is $150 plus $15 per year. Can we still run if we file the paperwork? Tony is assisting Bruce in this process. The region will cover any costs that arise. Jerry and Rob Susz are other people that can support our effort. A second concern is the providing, as part of the entry fee, or sale of food. There are a few possibilities for other RallyCross sites other than Perry’s Park. There is a site near the Seneca Falls airport and Ben has a field that could be brought up to condition for use. If anyone has a lead or thoughts on other possible RallyCross sites, contact Tony. Charli Tameris has a lead on a possible site off of Rt. 15 in Pennsylvania. That area is part of the Glen Region. A blurb will be written for the November issue of Top End. The October RallyCross date was moved from Oct. 25 to Oct. 26 due to a conflict with an event being run by Central New York Region. Summer and Fall Social Rallies Lynn Randall’s, “It’s a Dice Rally” scheduled for Oct. 19, has been checked by Jerry. November 9 is the “Autumn Warm Up” fall social and training rally being written by Rick. A flyer for this rally is in the October and November issues of Top End. The sanction application has been sent for this event.
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Waste Management Winter Rally The rally will happen on Feb. 21. Details are in the works. Committee meetings have been scheduled. Winter Rally Series Sanction applications have been sent for Alan Smith’s Jan. 10 rally and for the Jan. 24 rally with John Kastenhuber as rallymaster. Jeff Coppola is well on the way to writing “Lost in a Wintry Wood.” Kurt Thiel and others have been identified as rallymasters for the rest of the series. Tony has updated the trophy artwork for the series. “An Introduction to the Winter Rally Series” is being serialized in Top End, with the first part in the October edition. Miscellaneous Discussions The air conditioner still works on the Subaru loaner RallyCross car. It was noted that the phrase “permanent interim Rally chair” has been used. Tony is on the ballot for one of the two region board positions. The region’s board has started to at updating the region’s by-laws. Tony asked who is responsible for communications. A communications position or committee needs to be considered. Kurt Thiel is leading the Ontario Championship Performance Rally series with one win and four seconds. Tall Pines is the remaining event. He may finish second in the series as another team has more wins. Tony’s performance rally car is nearing completion. Google Street View is a valuable tool in writing rallies. Warning: Never let your wiener dog get ahold of your bag of drugs.
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An Introduction to the Winter Rally Series - Pt. 2 (Continued from the October Top End, p. 12. Edited from an article by John Simonson)
Getting Ready – Part II
So now you’re at the start of the rally. Find the registration table; fill out your entry/registration forms. The driver should get the car tech inspected (ask the registrar to find out who is doing that) while the navigator is filling out the forms. Both driver and navigator need to sign waiver forms. Once the forms are filled out, you can pay the entry fee, and get your route instructions, if both driver and navigator need copies because of your workload division, you may need to ask for a second copy of the instructions. A second copy is not always available. Now find a nice place to sit down, get out your calculator or laptop, a pencil, and your highlighters. If you have two copies of the instructions, the driver should read through them to see if he or she (OK, I’ll just use “he” from now on, it’s easier. No offense to the many great female rally drivers) has any questions about the instructions (or notices anything that is wrong). First, read through the generals and the addendum for the rally. Then start working on the route instructions. Make sure you have all
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the pages, and then go through with your highlighters. I use green and blue, and sometimes violet – yellow or pink highlighters do not show up well in a dimly lit car, especially one that is using red gel filters over the lights. You want to first highlight all pauses and CAS indications. A CAS is an instruction to Change your Average Speed. A pause tells you to add a certain amount of time (usually to account for the delay you incur by stopping at a stop sign, or to slow you down as you pass by a farm). I usually also draw a vertical line in the instructions at the beginning of a CAS through to the instruction where my average speed returns to normal. I do the same thing for transits ( i.e., a series of instructions in which you have no stated average speed, but instead are told to follow instructions to get from point A to point B within a certain amount of time). You may also want to highlight certain warnings (e.g., very tight turns, blind turns over crests of hills, etc.). Also note any transits or free zones (more about them later). Finally, look for instructions that are close together. I usually highlight any instruction pair that has less than about 0.15 miles between them. This is especially critical if one instruction is at the bottom of the page and the other at the top of the next page. By the time you’ve flipped the page, you may be well past the second of these two instructions. The next step can be rather tedious, but has to be done, if you are trying to stay on time and are in stock or limited class (or as a novice competing with stock or limited-class equipment). You need to take each incremental distance for each instruction (except for the odometer check and any transits) and calculate the time it takes to cover that distance at the speed you are supposed to be maintaining at that instruction (don’t worry, we will show examples later). You do not need to calculate incremental times for the section of instructions that guide you to the end of the odometer check; you have a fixed amount of time – usually about 30 minutes – for the odometer check. It is a type of transit. Shortly before the start of the event, there will be a “driver’s meeting”. Both driver and navigator should pay attention. You will find out about changes, cautions, alerts, etc.., and you may need to revise some of your calculations. You will also be assigned a car number for the event. That number is important! Write it down on your scorecard and on the route instruction sheet. The car number determines your official starting time for both the start and for the “re-start” after the break. If you are not sure where the event starts – where you zero you odometer for the start - then ask someone before you’re due to leave. Any experienced competitor or the rally master will be happy to point out the start to you.
The Odometer Check
If the rally start is 5:30 plus your car number, and your are in car number 14, then the official timing for your car starts at 5:44 – whether you’re ready or not. In practice, you do not have to leave the start on time; you are given a reasonable amount of time to complete the odometer check, but it can be smart to leave early. It is very embarrassing to be late because you got lost on the odometer check (it’s even more embarrassing to be late because you got lost on the odometer check and then crashed trying to make up your lost time). Why do an odometer check? Your route following is based on the official distances in the route instructions. Those distances were measured very accurately with an adjustable odometer that can display distance to 1/1000 of a mile. Even though they are very accurate,
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you're feeling confident, try to keep track of how close you are to being on time. Remember, early is as bad as late. The philosophy of these winter rallies is “on time, all the time”. If you are “down” (late) then you need to speed up a bit until you are back on time. But don't drive over your head. The person I rally with and I have a few simple rules for rallying, in descending order of importance: 1. Have fun. 2. Shiny side up, greasy side down. 3. Stay on course 4. Stay on time. Simply, if you're upside down in a water-filled gully, you're not having fun and you’re not on course or on time. Any “heroic” efforts to make that turn onto a side road that came up quickly won't do you any good if you invert the car. If you're on time, but off course – then you're not really on time. So rushing to make up lost time can lead to an off course (getting lost) or worse, an accident, either of which puts you even farther behind (and ruins your fun). Be sure you are courteous towards other drivers. It is not courteous to pass non-rally cars at high (but legal – you wouldn’t be traveling faster than the speed limit – it’s not safe, and you can be disqualified) rates of speed. Be courteous to local residents; shining your driving lights or high beams into their houses is not courteous. Neither is passing by their homes at high rpms, especially with a loud exhaust. They have been known to impede or stop following competitors. (more on checkpoints, calcs., etc. in future issues of Top End)
they can vary, as road surface, tire and road temperatures and other factors can influence the accuracy. It is unlikely that even the car that made the official measurements will get readings that match exactly the official distances on a different day. There is little hope that a stock odometer will match the distances in the instructions. So the odometer check lets you evaluate the discrepancy between the official distances and your odometer’s measurements. If you are competing using a “B-Box” (the adjustable odometer and clock allowed in the “limited” class) or an “A-Box” (an adjustable odometer, clock and TSD computer allowed in the “equipped” class), you need to read the instruction that came with your A or B box, and adjust its factor so it will agree with the official distances in the rally route instructions. If you are in stock class (you have only the odometer that came with your car), you may want to compute a correction factor. You do this so you can mentally (or on paper) adjust the odometer reading so it is converted to “official” distance, or so you can convert all official distances into values that are consistent with your odometer (examples will follow). At the end of the odometer check, you’ve reached the OMP, or Official Mileage Point. Stop at the side of the road, record your measured distance, and zero your odometer, and then move a ways down the road and stop (other competitors need access to that spot). Calculate your correction factor, set up your A/B box, and wait for your out time. For example, if you are car number 14, and your official departure time from the start was 5:44, and you were given 30 minutes to complete the odometer check – then you should be leaving the OMP to start the first leg (section) of the rally at 6:14.
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First Leg
Since it takes a while for your car to get up to speed, it is probably wise if you leave a few seconds (6-18 seconds, or 10 to 30 “cents”) early. If you are using a stopwatch to keep on time, start the stopwatch at the correct out time, and NOT when you actually leave. Note – when I was competing in limited class (B-Box) I still used a stopwatch as a backup, and always started it at our out time, and stopped it as we crossed the checkpoint line. This was cheap insurance against the B-Box failing in the middle of a leg. Now that I'm running in equipped class, I will still use a stopwatch as a backup. Now you have a simple task – just follow the route instructions (more on that later). If
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Calendar of events for the Finger Lakes Region
October 2014
26 RallyCross, (FLR) Cancelled 26 FINGER LAKES REGION SOLO PICNIC, Scottsville Firehall, 385 Scottsville – Mumford Rd. 28 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 7:30 p.m., The Fireside Grill and Sports Bar, 3939 East Henrietta Road, Henrietta, NY 14467 (Contact re@flr-scca.com for further information)
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FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 7:00 p.m. – The Fireside Grill and Sports Bar, 3939 East Henrietta Road, Henrietta, NY 14467 (Contact re@ flr-scca.com for further information) 4 FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 8:00 p.m. – The Fireside Grill and Sports Bar, 3939 East Henrietta Road, Henrietta, NY 14467 (Contact re@flr-scca.com for further information) 9 Finger Lakes Region Social & Training Rally, Rick Barnes (rbarnes@torsen.com / (585) 967-3762) 11 FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting, -7:30 p.m., 96 Church St., Victor, Rick Barnes (rbarnes@torsen. com / (585) 967-3762) 14-16 NEDiv Mini-Con, Royal Plaza Hotel and Trade Center, Marlborough, MA, Hosted by New England Region 22 RallyCross, (FLR) Tentative 25 FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 7:30 p.m., The Fireside Grill and Sports Bar, 3939 East Henrietta Road, Henrietta, NY 14467 (Contact re@flr-scca.com for further information)
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FINGER LAKES Region SOLO Meeting - 7:00 p.m. – The Fireside Grill and Sports Bar, 3939 East Henrietta Road, Henrietta, NY 14467 (Contact re@ flr-scca.com for further information) FINGER LAKES Region General Membership Meeting - 8:00 p.m. – The Fireside Grill and Sports Bar, 3939 East Henrietta Road, Henrietta, NY 14467 (Contact re@flr-scca.com for further information) FINGER LAKES Region Rally Meeting, -7:30 p.m., 96 Church St., Victor, Rick Barnes (rbarnes@torsen. com / (585) 967-3762) RallyCross, (FLR) (Pending land use code variance)
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Rally Party and Awards, Cheap Charlie’s, Bloomfield, NY, Alan Smith, (asmith2357@aol.com / (585) 3594688) FINGER LAKES REGION Board of Directors meeting - 7:30 p.m., The Fireside Grill and Sports Bar, 3939 East Henrietta Road, Henrietta, NY 14467 (Contact re@flr-scca.com for further information)
January 2015
10 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series 17 RallyCross, (FLR) (Pending land use code variance) 24 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series 31 Finger Lakes Region Awards Banquet, River’s Edge
February 2015
7 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series 14 RallyCross, (FLR) (Pending land use code variance) 21 Wellsboro Winter Rally 28 Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series
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Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series Finger Lakes Region Winter Rally Series (Tent.)
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Mark Seelbinder at the Champagne Run Mike Brunner photo.
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