April 2011 Loud Pedal by Randy Unsbee

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Contents From the R.E. The Twisty Bits The Grassy Knoll Mindy's Regional Race Rallying with Chris & Kristen Solo Driver School Class of 2011 Season Event Sked April Race Schedule Board Minutes ORSCCA Directory

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with Andrew Foley Greetings Race Fans With our first regional and school race completed we are under way for our 2011 season. Despite mother nature’s best attempt to ruin the weekend, with soggy conditions to say the least, I found many cheerful faces around the paddock as many of us have been looking forward to breaking out of our winter hibernation and getting back to what we love to do best: Racing! The volunteers are the best in business – the smiles and laughter last weekend from you all can be heard everywhere around the track . The weekend was successful for almost all our school drivers with them completing the required training and earning their regional licenses. Congratulations to all of you and welcome to the club! The board has been busy working towards some challenging goals we have for the year. The first change that I would like to point out is the combination of two run

groups into one. What this creates is a run group with more cars in it and, in turn, allows us to increase the track time for everyone. Bang for your buck, you get more track time running with the Oregon Region SCCA than any other comparative racing series in the northwest! Another change for the season is the racing schedule for our regional weekends. In the past we would typically run a Saturday Practice (am), Qualify (pm) with a sprint race Sunday (am) and main race Sunday (pm). This year we will be running Saturday practice / qualify (am) and full race in the afternoon, rinse and repeat for Sunday. By making this change we will have two full races during each Regional Race weekend! More races and race time for everyone this year! Another impact of this would also allow a driver to run a single race, Saturday or Sunday only, for a discount, if they had another commitment during that weekend, like spouses birthday or Wedding. This is a terrific new schedule (thanks Jim Murray!) that gives all racers more options for attending

events and, more importantly, two full races per regional weekend! In the beginning of the year we ran an online survey through motorsportreg. com. Your feedback from that survey has a direct impact on the focus of the board and we value your time and input. We had almost 50% of our membership respond to our questions and gave some great suggestions as well in the comments section. I have two points from this survey that I would like to touch upon briefly. One major point that kept coming up was track time. As a fellow racer this was a big one for me as well. As previously stated, with the change in the regional schedule we will all be inheriting more track time. If you calculate our cost per minute of track time you will find that you get the biggest bang for your buck compared to other regional series in the Oregon SCCA! Another note from the survey was the interest in running a race at ORP this year. Using the survey as a

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baseline we had a very positive response from the membership of running a race at ORP. There are quite a few of you that have expressly stated they would run an event if we held it there, so in turn, we have scheduled a race in August at ORP. By running this race we will be eliminating the October race this year and will now have our final regional race “Oregon Region Championship Weekend” during our September event (with races on Friday, Saturday & Sunday – yep 3 races!). We will be keeping a close eye on the list of entrants for the ORP event and we look forward to a large turn out that weekend! It should be a fun event that with enough participation we hope to make annually! We had a challenging year, financially at least, in 2010 and have made some minor tweeks to reduce our expenses and keep us in the black. Although the Oregon Region SCCA is a non-profit organization we really need to look at new ways to increase our car counts and participation in events. While we have all had some trying economic times over the last few years there are many ways to keep involved in racing. (Continued on page 9)

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with Jim Murray Cabin Fever and Beyond They say spring begins March 20; around that day, anyway. This year, not so much. Our March event saw the heaviest rain I’ve seen in Oregon; since then I’ve travelled 1,500 miles into California by car and again, driven through some of the rainiest conditions I can remember in the Golden State. So much for getting out of the house and heading south for the weather. Back to the March race weekend: Our entry count was pretty light again (third straight event with entries well below “normal”, including last September and October). Eleven students earned Novice licenses via our SCCA school. It was a Miata-fest, (no open wheel cars permitted this year, and Miatas dominated the grid), organized by Brian Towey as in recent years and supported by a number of our Spec Miata drivers. Thanks to all of them for their efforts! The Spec Miata cast continues to grow and those of us who are SRFers will have to get a move on, or we’ll become

completely upstaged. The school students included many younger drivers; that’s a great development. They did a super job, handling the varying conditions well and engaging in spirited practice and race sessions, with a good deal of passing and pace. Congratulations to them all and welcome to the cast!

gional/National weekend, the Regional drivers only get one race. In the new deal, we can schedule the same run groups for the Rational as for the Regional. Hopefully, we get more entries this way. Again, we’ll look for your feedback on this one.

For April, we’ve scheduled our first double Regional two-day event. Check out the schedule printed herein or online; you’ll see that both Saturday and Sunday offer stand-alone race opportunities. By the time you read this, you’re probably already entered, unless the car’s still a work in process. Hope we’ll see you out there and we’d like your feedback on the weekend.

Ever wonder how much it costs to produce a race weekend? The short answer is about $25,000 for a two-day event, and 50% more for a three-day event. The number varies a bit as track rental (the largest single item) varies seasonally, but those numbers are close enough. These numbers are pretty well bare-bones. There’s the track rental cost, the ambulance, the tow truck, the sanction and insurance fees to SCCA, and more.

Looking toward May, the schedule is for a three-day event, our first Regional/Rational weekend. The Rational, you might remember, is the combined Regional and National race. It’s a new idea that is really getting its first test this year. The main idea is to give the Regional cars and drivers a second race on the weekend; with a “normal” Re-

It’s a long list; there are also awards and trophies, and costs for the volunteers. We looked hard at the numbers this year and there’s really nothing to cut. Your entry fees are the main source of support for the club, covering the costs of our race weekends. We want to keep things affordable, recognizing that this is an expensive sport and

On the same subject, ever wonder how many volunteers support these weekends? For March our worker counts were: Friday 44, Saturday 77 and Sunday, 70. These include the ones you see at registration, on corners, in grid, and in paddock; and the ones you don’t, such as timing and scoring, race operations, communications, sound monitoring (Hi Sherm) and more. The whole operation is tightly choreographed and coordinated by radio communications and, I say, impressive. We owe our sport to the tremendous dedication and goodwill of our volunteers, and they have a superb esprit de corps. Our race budgets also include funding for worker meals and beverages at day’s end; these are primarily, but not entirely, funded by driver donations. Oregon Region is very grateful for drivers’ support of our workers, and when you check that box on the entry form, think of the many people who make your race weekends possible. Question for the month: which prominent driver was known as “The Flyin’ Hawaiian”? Answer in a future Loud Pedal. Thanks to all; we’ll see you out there. More comments or questions? 541 788 2797 or jmmurrayjr@aol.com - aloha – SRF #17

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The Grassy Knoll with Dave Franks

Him Again? Hey folks, Dan was too busy to do the column this month so you get my ramblings two months in a row. What’s new? Last month I reviewed the changes to the Vintage Competition Rules made by National. Those changes are reflected in the Region Vintage Supplemental Regulations that are posted on the Region web site. If you know of someone interested in participating in the Vintage run group please point them there first, you can also give them my name and contact information as I enjoy helping folks prepare themselves and a vehicle for vintage participation. We update the supplemental regulations every year. We, being the self-appointed Vintage Committee of Dan Mullin and myself with emeritus member Gary Van Horn, Vintage Series Chief Steward Spencer Gorham, Road Racing Director Jim Murray and for good measure National Director Todd Butler. Once we agree to the regulations they

are reviewed by the NORPAC Executive and Deputy Executive Stewards and then submitted to the National SCCA Office. Certain items come up for discussion every year. A few years back we changed the tire rule to allow formula and sports racers to run on slicks. We do have a concern about closing and cornering speeds but there haven’t been any major issues so far. Another item is car eligibility based on age. Also a few years back, we went to a rolling twenty-five year old cut-off. For this year, cars manufactured in 1986 or earlier are welcome. Several vintage organizations have a fixed 1972 or earlier limit but we want to provide a venue that allows people to keep their cars on track. As we allow newer cars

the technology and speed differences between cars in the group are magnified. This is why we stress good driver conduct. Just think, in three more years, Miata’s will be eligible for the Vintage Run Group. If you have any thoughts or concerns about the Vintage Supplemental Regulations please let any of the folks listed above know. Also new this year is the process for receiving participation flags. To help save a little money (everything counts) and because of fewer volunteers in Driver’s Services, they are no longer handing out flags at the end of the vintage race session. You can still claim a flag for participation but you will need to go to Driver’s Services and request one.

What’s Fast? Not many vintage cars in the monsoon that blew into PIR during the March race. While the vintage group had some dry track time on Saturday the Sunday race was right at the time a nasty storm cell came through. I can’t recall ever seeing the amount of standing water I saw on the track as what the vintage group dealt with that afternoon. It definitely was a hard-core group out for our first event of the year. Shout Outs. Thanks to Tim Scott, driver of the #94 Datsun for helping out the short-handed tech crew during the March event. Tim usually parks close to the Tech trailer and helps any way he can including weighing cars and offering good advice. Plus, he grills a mean bratwurst.

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Mindy's Regional with Vintage Mindy's Memorial Weekend Season Opener with Vintage fell in the midst of the wettest month of March in recent decades. But real racers turn left, right, go uphill and downhill, and don't stop for rain. Group 3 (above) included #73 Peter Juvet who finished third in ITE while #3 Scott Brodie was first in SPM. The group was won by David Cormier in SPO. #94 John Hill (top left) was the sole FF entrant braving the harsh raceday weather. The Spec Racer Ford field (center left) was paced by fast qualifiers Chris Jackson #8 and Jim Murray #17. Jackson, Todd Butler, Murray, and Gary Manchester finished in the top four positions, while Steve Fogg, Johnny Humphreys, Paul Goudy, James Flynn, and Daniel Halloran battled for fifth and sixth. Fogg prevailed for fifth, followed by Goudy, Flynn, Halloran, David Rice, Johnny Humphreys, and Denny Wright. Nick Fluge #7 (lower left) was second fastest in SPO in qualifying but was a DNF in the rain-soaked race.

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Rallying with Chris & Kristen Wet and Muddy Wow, what a wet and muddy month it’s been! We generally expect the weather and conditions to be less than ideal for our first RallyCross of the year, but did not expect it to be as bad as it was. Our first RallyCross was on March 20; for the morning session, we had 70 entrants. That’s a great number of entrants to have, an astounding number for just one session. Our new registration system worked great. Team Hale did an amazing job creating the program, and getting all the equipment together. Registration went faster, and entrants didn’t have much writing to do as we scanned driver’s licenses and printed weekend membership forms and time card labels. Randy Hale says that the next step is linking the registration program to a worker list program, which will eliminate half my job right there. It also means the worker lists will be legible for once-- human input will still be needed as jobs need to be assigned, so I’ll still be at the

RallyCrosses working in the registration tent. I’ve heard that SCCA’s head office is interested in our little timing/scoring/registration experiment out here in Oregon. Extra helpings of kudos to the Hales for being innovators in RallyCross! The conditions, however, were less helpful. The field was, to put it lightly, a swamp. There were inland seas, complete with seagulls. There were bogs. There were mud monsters, eager to grab hold of people’s cars and not let them go. I have never seen a muddier, slicker, more treacherous field for RallyCross. The morning session, which started their runs around 9:45, did not get done until after 3:00PM. The wind was bitter and blowing from all directions. The rain was a persistent drizzle punctuated by brief sunbreaks and short periods of the just miserable. Even worse, the morning session was for the All Wheel Drive classes, Stock, Prepared and Modified. They at least had the advantage of all wheel drive, although some cars had just too much horsepower to

be effective. The afternoon session were all 2 wheel drive classes, and a smattering of AWD competitors running Time-Only because they’re gluttons for punishment. The afternoon session parade lap for front wheel drive, rear wheel drive and a few all wheel drives took 20 minutes. 20 minutes to get around a shortened course, re-worked to avoid the chewed up areas from the morning session. During competition, the times started out at the 2:30 mark or so; at least the competitors got a lot of time for their entry fees…. We were able to complete the afternoon session and close up shop before 7:00pm— and for those of you who decided to withdraw from this event and apply your entry fee to the next event, you may have been the smart ones. At least, you were the dry and warm ones. No incidents were reported, besides several cars getting stuck who had to be pulled out. Oddly enough, most of those were during the morning session.

Special thanks go to the people who pushed cars out of grid, to the start line, out on course, and from the stop line back in to grid. You guys know who you are and you are wonderful. Our next RallyCross event will be on April 17. We are having some work done to rehab the field before that event, hopefully it will be dry (or more dry, anyway) and not as muddy, and maybe warmer. I could go for a warmer event. The first Friday Nighter of the season is on April Fool’s Day. I’m working a checkpoint, so hopefully I will have talked with some of you out there. Or not, depending on if you got lost. The next one after that is May 6, just before Mother’s Day. Bring your Mom, it’ll be a hoot! (Well, it will if you’re my Mom.) And of course, the first Stage Rally of the year here in the PNW is coming up with the Olympus Rally on April 30-May 1. The ORG stage crew will be captained by the team of Gloria Hale and Rich Olmstead; these two have

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extensive knowledge of working stages. Volunteer to work, you’ll be in excellent and wellorganized hands with these two. Plus, you’ll have a great adventure! If driving all the way up to Ocean Shores isn’t your cup of tea but you still want to work a stage rally, try one closer to home: the Oregon Trail Rally on May 14-16 needs workers; the furthest you’ll drive is the Dufur area, outside of The Dalles. The closest stages are Friday night at PIR; I’ve heard some interesting plans for Friday Night in the form of entertainment in the service area, and possibly carrying that theme over to Saturday’s service area in Dufur. I’m not going to spill the beans here, at least not yet! Come be a part of one of the best-organized rallies on the national calendar, and the only one currently based in a major metropolitan area! More info can be had from either the event website, www. oregontrailrally.com or www. oregonrally.com; or, email the volunteer coordinators at volunteers@oregonrally.com for answers to your question. No prior knowledge is needed to work and no special equipment; although, it helps if you have a set of good tires on your car if you are working the forest stages and that your car isn’t too low. Some of those roads can get a bit rough.

As always, if you have any rally questions, feel free to shoot us an email; all our contact info is on the front page of the Oregon Rally Group website. (RE Continued from p. 3) Whether it is through sharing a car with a buddy, renting a ride from Pro Drive or our other member partners or bringing the race car out of hibernation and dusting off the cobwebs and getting back out on the track we really would love to have you back. A club is only as strong as its members and while we have seen a decline over the last couple of years in car counts we maintain a strong base. That being said, we need to constantly be looking at ways to bring in new members and this begins with you! If you know someone who has shown interest in racing let us know and we can work with them in developing a plan to getting them into to racing. Contact Karen or myself with prospective

members and we will reach out to them with some ideas to getting started. Once again, the season has finally started and we are under way. Thank you to all the volunteers, with whom

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we could not do this without them, and good luck to all the racers this season. Remember, keep the painted side up and have fun. See you at the track! All the best Andrew Foley

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Solo with Andrew Howe

What makes you good? I recently asked five top solo drivers (from outside Oregon Region) to give me an evaluation of their strengths – what makes them good? I was looking for qualities or skills, but I got something a bit different. I got a list of things they believe have made them good drivers. 1. Shorten the course. Andy McKee, pilot of one of the fastest cars on DOT legal tires, noted that time can be shaved by driving less distance. “Even when I think I have executed a good run, I can invariable find a few places to be tighter on the cones and take off a little time.” His point is that we should always be tight on the key cones. Done right, this tweak of the line will not sacrifice speed and will shorten the course. The result is less time spent between the start lights and finish lights.

2. Trust your car. When I quizzed Robert Carpenter, one of the masters of momentum cars, he said one of his strengths is just trusting his car. He says of his 2010 ProSolo Finale victory, “At the Pro, I put some of my best driving out there but the biggest thing I did is just trust the car.” Robert wasn’t worried about grip levels, balance, or whether or not he had the fastest car. He just trusted what he had and got everything out of it. Said differently, it was time to just drive the car and see what you’ve got. 3. Have a co-driver. Keith Brown has found that having a long term co-driver in a car is a way to improve. It doubles the amount of seat time at an event for tuning the car, sure, but that’s not his point. “Having someone to directly compare with in the same car over a period of time is invaluable.” He credits the time he

spent sharing a car with Karl Coleman with how quickly his skills improved. Keith and Karl have different driving styles and these differences can be used to help both

drivers improve by illustrating how different approaches are more or less successful in different places on the course. 4. Take a school. Reijo

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Dan Kuehn applies the loud pedal on George Wilder's EP RX3, lifting the inside front tire off the ground at Oregon SCCA Solo Event #1 at PIR North Paddock. Morris Green photo. Silvenoinen is a firm believer in the value of autocross schools. “It is surprising what someone else may pick up in your driving.” This is a different spin on one of the advantages of a codriver – an instructor will see things that you don’t and help you improve. Robert Carpenter agrees, “I take a school

almost every year.” Robert is an Evolution School instructor, but still believes he can learn from someone else.

that is behind my development as a driver is an unrelenting, obsessive desire for perfection behind the wheel.”

5. Work towards the “perfect” run. Bryan Heitkotter says his goal isn’t winning. His goal is the perfect run.

Every event, regional or national, is a race against perfection. Bryan says he’s never had a perfect run so he’s still working on getting better. This approach means that he learns something new every time he gets behind the wheel

In the pursuit of the perfect run, winning happens. “I suppose the underlying factor

and tries to apply this to the next run. There is an incredible breadth of actions we can take to improve, from the physical action of car placement to the mental approach to a run. This season is young… try one of these out. If it works for these National Champions, it might work for you!

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Driver School Class of 2011 A solid class of drivers came out for the opening weekend Driver School led by seasoned veterans like (lower right) Brian Towey, Sean Hedrick, Gary Bockman and Ken Sutherland. Participants included the Miatas of (opposite page, clockwise from top left) John Kimball #75, Kailia Walter #15, the Lotus Super 7 of Don Stern #19, Daniella Ferrara #00, Brandon Nott #17, and Nels Lewis #34. Pete Mahony #33 (above) leads Brian Summers #94 during a school session.

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The Driver School Class of 2011 lined up for a group session during a rare break in the weekend deluge of rain. Among students on the grid were experienced drivers who helped set the pace. Successful students included Danielle Ferrara, John Kimball #75, Nels Lewis #34, Pete Mahony, Brandon Nott #17, Don Stern, Brian Summers and Kailia Walter.

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9:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 11:30 AM 11:50 AM 12:50 PM 1:30 PM 2:10 PM 2:40 PM 2:55 PM 3:35 PM 4:15 PM

Track Opens SCCA Registration Open SCCA Event Tech

3:00 PM 4:00 PM

Finish

7:00 AM 7:00 AM 7:30 AM

Saturday Start

Track Opens SCCA Registration Open SCCA Event Tech

All Workers & Drivers Social

9:20 AM 9:50 AM 10:20 AM 10:50 AM 11:20 AM 11:50 AM 12:50 PM 1:20 PM 2:00 PM 2:40 PM 2:55 PM 3:25 PM 4:05 PM 4:45 PM

12:00 PM 4:00 PM

Finish

Please stay to enjoy the Social each day!

4:55 PM

9:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 11:30 AM 11:50 AM 12:50 PM 1:30 PM 2:10 PM 2:40 PM 2:55 PM 3:35 PM 4:15 PM

7:00 AM 7:30 AM 7:30 AM

Sunday Start

SCCA SANCTION: Regional--11-R-1441-S, 11-R-1442-S

VFSR VP1 VP2 VP3

ALL RACES are 25 minutes

NOTE: Schedule may be modified due to on-track incidents. Please note: Cars will LEAVE THE GRID at the START times shown.

ITA ITB ITC ITR ITS CP1 CP2 CP3

SSB SSC T3 GTL EP FP HP SPU STU STL 7

SRF T1 T2 AS STO PCA1 PCA2 PCA3 PCA4 SP911

FF F500 FV CF FST

GT1 GT2 GT3 SPO SPM ITE

SM CSM CSR DSR S2 FA FB FC FE FM FS SS2 ASR

Jeffrey Niess

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Race Groups: Regional

Chief Steward Chairman SOM

J Patrick Derouin

Course is WITH Chicane SCCA STEWARDS

Move-in after 5PM Friday via Turn 8 and Broadacre Entrance Registration and Express Tech Open from 4pm to 7 pm Friday

Regional Races with Vintage - Portland International Raceway

Honoring US Service Members and Veterans

April Showers Double Regional

The latest news from the Oregon Region Sports Car Club of America. loud pedal 21

April 2011

OREGON REGION SCCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES UNAPPROVED DATE: 1/18/11 PLACE: China Bay Restaurant PRESENT: Board Members: Andrew Foley, Dan Mullin, Dan Halloran, Chris Hale, Jim Murray, George Wilder, Kim McFarland Officials: Mary Thompson, Karen McCoy, Randy Unsbee Members: Jeff Zurschmeide, Margie Swanson, Bob Brands, Chris Brands Absent: Peggy Gaston, Carrie Sutherland CALL TO ORDER – Andrew called the meeting to order at 7:10 MEMBER/NEW BUSINESS COMMENTS – Minutes approved M/S (Dan H./Dan O) Margie reported that she is working on the menus for this year. She still needs an assistant to work with her on the food prep. The van that is currently used for storage is in poor condition. There is need of a trailer or something to store supplies. COMMITTEE & OFFICIALS REPORTS REGIONAL OFFICE REPORT – Worked 49.5 hours in December. Road Racing - Working with Jim Murray on Supplemental Regs, Class Rules, etc, to submit Sanction Request for March School & Regional and the rest of 2011

- Coordinating with our vendors (ambulance, wreckers, security) for 2011 - Set up MotorsportReg.com to accept registrations for March School & Regional - Compiling road racing survey results - Organized Annual Tech Day on February 19 at PIR, 10:003:00 National Convention Requesting expense reimbursement for the following or any portion thereof: Airfare $229 Hotel $219 Registration $275 Total $723 - Financial Gathering information for our CPA to file 2010 taxes - Coordinating with Solo & Rally for their year-end information - Balance sheets for 2010 will be sent to you by separate email TREASURER REPORT – Provided by Karen to BOD Members. LOUD PEDAL REPORT – Randy reported that the Jan issue is out and with a new format. He is working on the Feb issue now and will use new paper Bob Brands was in attendance to offer advice and talk about paper selection. He advises against going black & white. The trial paper will not increase the printing cost at this time. Andrew asked for the question on the use of the new paper based on Bob’s input. M/S (Dan H./Kimberly) M/P Andrew also asked if we might

think of cutting the # of issues. Randy replied that he felt we would lose advertising that we would not recoup later. The RE requested a summary of the LP costs by Feb and also the need to have concrete deadlines based on the events. DIRECTOR’S REPORTS SOLO II REPORT – George presented the Solo Operating Budget for 2011. The group is trying to hold costs to participants to a minimum. The Solo schedule is up on the website. George will meet with Dan H. to discuss the possibility of Solo being a part of the Rose Cup Event this year. Tech and kick off party for Solo will be 2/19 from 12-2 at Sykart. RALLY REPORT – Budget is almost complete according to Chris. The Rally group has 6 Rally X events planned for The WA. County Fairgrounds. Approval for these is pending. DIRECTOR I REPORT – Kimberly will meet with a representative from Shilo to discuss dates for the end of the year awards banquet. DIRECTOR II REPORT – Absent ROAD RACE REPORT – Jim advised that the schedule is ready for our opener. He would like to see and additional 5 or 10 new entries each event this year. There was a discussion as to which group would be the Rose

Festival Race this year and it was decided to go with Spec Miata. M/S (Dan H/Dan M) M/P PAST REGIONAL EXEC – Dan thanked Andrew for taking hold of the reins this year and said that he is sure it will be a successful venture for him and the region. Dan said that the plans are in progress for The Rose Cup where we will have participation from the following groups all of which have not been confirmed of this date: Porsche – Pirelli – OMRA – Solo & Rally – Cruise In –Marque Clubs ASST REGIONAL EXEC - No report REGIONAL EXEC – Andrew approved Karen’s request for Ntl Convention expenses. He advised that he would be attending but his financial request will be minimal as he will be in the area on business at that time. Region dues were discussed and will be visited again in Feb. Adjourn M/S (Dan H./Chris) M/P Respectfully submitted, Mary Thompson