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CONTENTSNORPAC Invitation Page 4From the R.E. Page 5Flat Out/Speed Sports/Fluge Natls. Page 6Tire Rack Street Survival Pate 15Board Minutes Page 16The Twisty Bits Page 17Baxter Portland Historics Page 18OMP Seat Notice Page 19Rallying with Chris & Kristen Page 21Solo II Report Page 22Upcoming Events Page 23Classifi eds Page 23

Loud PedalThe Membership Magazine of Oregon Region Sports Car Club of America

Editor:

Randy Unsbee, ABCSponsor PR & Marketing1260 NE 20thGresham, OR 97030 info@sponsorpr.com

Please send address changes to:Oregon Region SCCA4800 SW Macadam Ave., Ste. 110Portland, OR, 97239

Photographers: Doug Berger, George Dwinell, Wayne Flynn, Ron Coelho

The Loud Pedal is published monthly by the Oregon Region of the Sports Car Club of America. All contents copyright © 2010 by Oregon Region SCCA Inc.

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These additional uses include, but are not limited to: membership communications, membership recruitment, and publicity.

Opinions expressed in this publication are those of the credited author only, and not necessarily those of Oregon Region, its officers, members, or the Loud Pedal staff. Publication of ads, articles, photos, etc. are subject to available space.

On the Front Cover: Dave Franks #82 was among the many Oregon Region SCCA workers, offi cials and drivers who participated in the recent Baxter Auto Parts Portland Historic Races and Portland International Raceway. Doug Berger photo.

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2010 Board of Directors Regional Executive Dan Halloran dan.halloran@yahoo.com Asst. R. E. Dan Mullin danm356@yahoo.comPast R. E. Jeffrey Zurschmeide J.zursch@verizon.netRoad Racing Director Jim Murray jmmurrayjr@aol.comSolo II Director Andy Howe andy.howe@verizon.netRally Director Chris Hale chris@cubedisorder.comDirector at Large 1 Peggy Gaston peggygaston@hotmail.comDirector at Large 2 Kimberly McFarland kuzmc@hotmail.com

Region Officials Membership/Merchandise Karen McCoy 503-224-9469 Region Office Admin Karen McCoy 503-224-9469 Secretary to BOD Mary Thompson memamare3@aol.com Treasurer Carrie Sutherland carrie_sutherland@yahoo.comPublicity/Marketing Randy Unsbee info@sponsorpr.comLoud Pedal Publisher/Editor Randy Unsbee info@sponsorpr.com

Rally Officials RoadRally Manager Kevin PoirierRallyCross Manager Rebecca Ruston

Road Racing Officials Road Racing Director Jim Murray jmmurrayjr@aol.comRace Ops Manager Bob Smethers 971-207-5147Regl Points Keeper* Kari L.Macfarlane karimac@qwestoffice.netVintage Racing Chair Dan Mullin 541-683-1091 Vintage Points* Dave Franks 503-968-8134

*Please contact Dave Franks for Vintage Series Points. Contact Kari Macfarlane for all other Oregon Region points matters.

SCCA Area 13 Director Todd Butler todd.butler@intel.com

Road Racing Chiefs Course Marshal Mike GunnipEmergency Ben Hockman 503-645-4755 Flagging & Comm Ken Killam 503-970-5644Medical TBD Paddock/HotPits Del Bockman 503-515-5977Pre-Grid Julie Winslow 360-513-6728Sound Judge Sherm Egge egge5@hotmail.comRadio Tech Ric Farrar 503-245-2506Registration (pre-race) Karen McCoy 503-224-9469Registration (at track) Win Casey 503-297-4049Chief Starter Dwain Panian 503-285-0989Asst. Chief Starter Tim Stanley 503-693-8139 Tech Inspection Rick BahrTiming and Scoring Randi Graffy Driver Services/Trophies Kari L. Macfarlane karimac@qwestoffice.net

Stewards Gary Meeker - NorPac Executive Steward gmeeker@earthlink.netJeffrey Niess - OR Deputy Executive Steward niess@comcast.netBen Bradley - Norpac RallyCross Steward bradley@reed.eduHoward Allen howduck@qwest.netSteve Archer mikah@comcast.netBill Bachofner wgbach@comcast.netTodd Butler todd.sherry@verizon.netBill Carr bcarr@varicast.comWin Casey msiltd@integraonline.comErin Ebelmesser lylaskye@msn.comGail Fetterman gailfetterman@comcast.netDave Franks franks97@verizon.netSpencer Gorham sgorstew@aol.comDon Holland hollanddl@verizon.netBob Mead ramead@q.comDan Mullin danm356@yahoo.comAlan Robinson robinsah@engr.orst.eduLewis Scott 503-646-3840Don Smethers don@smethers.comDave Shively mos33c20@centurytel.netGary Van Horn gvanhorn@minetfiber.comSkip Yocom rampant53@gmail.com

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It’s Time to Serve and Volunteer

From the R.E.

In last month’s column I announced I would be stepping down as Regional Ex-ecutive.

My original decision to run for the offi ce was motivated by a sense of obligation to our sport. If we want to continue to in-dulge in our passion for cars and competi-tion we must all accept the responsibility from time to time to serve and volunteer.

Many of us only “pay to play” by being competitors and paying the entry fees to compete, others actually volunteer to work the events.

So if you haven’t thought about fulfi lling your obligation to insure the success of our Club now is the time to think about it.

Nominations for various Board positions will be solicited in the next several months and I would like to urge all of you to think about serving. But what does that mean and how much time will be involved?

As the RE, I probably spend 3 to 5 hours a week on Club activities. There is a month-ly Board meeting that takes 2 or 3 hours.

We actually have a dinner before hand and get to share racing stories and experiences with our fellow Board and Club members who attend.

Preparation for the meeting usually in-volves reading the reports of the other Directors and reviewing the monthly fi nancials.

In addition I have worked as the main li-aison with the Rose Cup Committee of the Portland Rose Festival Foundation. Most of the year this involves a quarterly meet-ing although in the months running up to the event and immediately after the meet-ings increase. This is never more than an hour every other week or so.

Finally I spend time talking with Club members about ways to improve our ser-vice and events and helping negotiate vari-ous contracts and services the club needs.

We are fortunate to have a very capable and knowledgeable Offi ce Manager, Kar-en McCoy, who takes care of the daily run-ning of the offi ce and the Club.

She can be relied on to take care of all the details, be a source of information about

the SCCA, and to gently nudge the RE in the right direction.

In short, being RE puts you in contact with a wide assortment of Club members, other people in the local racing/car community, and a chance to make sure we all have a place to pursue our passion.

Time to step forward and take the chal-lenge.

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Spencer Gorham #2 scored a second and third place fi nishes in T2. Doug Berger photo.

Brian McCarthy #05 scored back-back-to-back wins in FV, while Quinn Posner #9 was second and third in class. Doug Berger photo.

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By Randy UnsbeeLoud Pedal Publisher-Editor,ORSCCA Marketing/PR

One of the year’s most competitive race weekends took place over the Indepen-dence Day holiday weekend at Portland International Raceway. National SCCA race drivers assembled at PIR to stockpile valuable points in hopes of reaching the National Runoffs this fall.

The venue was the Flat Out Racing Dou-ble Nationals, presented by Speed Sports and Fluge Global Adventures. Once again live coverage was available on Twitter and Facebook, while a new feature - High Defi nition video - was available as part of the region’s pioneering Web 2.0 marketing communications.

The region’s efforts must be paying off, as ORSCCA leads the Sports Car Club of America in membership growth. (Continued on page 11)

David Rugh #89 was fi rst in GT3 on Saturday, and second to Gary Bockman on Sunday.

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#42 Lee Douglas and #66 Jim Murray. Doug Berger Photo.

#71 Johnny Humphreys scored two 10th place fi nishes in Spec Racer Ford, while Howard Allen #0 had a DNF and a 13th. Doug Berger photo.

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Eddie Nakato #28 took home SSB fi rst and second place fi nishes (top left) while Gordon Jones #25 won twice in HP (top right). Rose Cup Champion Matt Crandall #3 scored two wins, with team-mate Nick Fluge #7 taking home second on Saturday. Ken Dwinell photos.

James Blackwell #71 took fi rst and third in the FA Double Nationals class, while #86 David House claimed a third and a fourth in FA. Ron Coelho photo.

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Spec Racer Ford provided more than it’s share of excite-ment as Vancouver, Wash.’s Chris Jackson dueled with Bainbridge Island, Wash.’s Tom Burt on Saturday but prevailed for the win over Burt and the hard charging mounts of Todd Butler and Daniel Halloran. On Sun-day, Olympic Valley, Calif.’s John Black bested Jackson, Gary Manchester, Burt and Halloran.

Rose Cup champion Matt Crandall continued his win-ning ways with first overall in Group 3 in his GT1 Mus-tang. The Milwaukie, Ore. owner of Speed Sports beat his teammate Nick Fluge on Saturday, while mechanical problems dropped Fluge af-ter 8 laps on Sunday. That left Andy Pearson of New Westminster, B.C., Canada and Woodinville, Wash.’s Rob Holden to take the battle to Crandall, but to no avail. They finished second third overall and in the GT1 class, respectively.

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12Gary Manchester #7 was third in SRF on Sunday and is pursued here by #45 Tom Burt who took fourth. Doug Berger photo.

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#14 Tom Jorgenson was fi rst and second on Saturday and Sunday in A Sedan (from top left). Mark Keller #66 was fi rst and second in Formula Ford. #88 Keith Novak took a mud bath in Spec Miata, while race leader #94 found the turn 12 tire wall on the last lap, but still managed third. Thomas Hamilton #9 won both days in DSR, while #78 Brad Drew took home third in Formula Mazda on Saturday. Doug Berger photos.

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OREGON REGION SCCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTESDATE: 7/7/10PLACE: China Bay Restaurant

PRESENT: Board Members: Dan Halloran, Dan Mullin, Chris Hale, Andy Howe Kim McFarland, Jeff Zurschmeide, Peggy Gaston. Members: Margie Swanson, Todd Butler, Heather Howe, Gary Manchester, Carrie Sutherland, Win Casey. Absent: Mary Thompson, Karen McCoy, Jim Mur-ray, Randy Unsbee

CALL TO ORDER – RE Dan called the meeting to order at 7pm.

REGIONAL EXECUTIVE INTRO – Dan introduced guest Heather Howe MEMBER/NEW BUSINESS COM-MENTS – Gary Manchester asked about the reconciliation from Rose Cups. Dan advised that Rose Festival has not com-pleted the final report yet but he knows that we were down this year and took in less money.

Margie reported that she has manages to keep food expenses down by watching sales and still preparing decent food.

Todd noted that national event numbers are up but regional events are down. He advised that there is a planning committee that will look at ideas for changes, driv-ers schools etc. Todd will be in Topeka in August for meetings. He reported that run-off points would be printed in the Au-gust issue of Fast Track.

COMMITTEE & OFFICIALS REPORTS

REGIONAL OFFICE REPORT – Absent report via e-mail. Office Staff & HoursKaren worked 99 hours in May.

Rose Cup Entries99 Double Regional Combo 2 Single Regionals 7 2nd Entries/Same Cars 18 Rose Cup Race Total: 225 Entries (Double Regional counts as 2 entries)

FinancialWill try our online statements this month for the first time.

Kim is now a signer on all Oregon Region accounts

TREASURER REPORT – Carrie advised that the financial bank statements are now available on-line. This will eliminate hav-ing to share printed matter with those that review these documents.

LOUD PEDAL REPORT – Absent report via e-mail from Randy Unsbee: Advertis-ing is up slightly. I sold sponsorship for the Facebook/Twitter updates during Rose Cup, and weekend sponsorship for the en-tire Double Nationals event for July. I’ve added High Definition video to real time social media race weekends. Should pro-vide additional advertising opportunities.

DIRECTOR’S REPORTS SOLO II REPORT – Andy reported a suc-cessful event in Packwood with above av-erage attendance. They are having another event there this weekend.

RALLY REPORT – Chris reported that they got thru their National Rally Cross on the weekend of June 26/27.

Chris advised that he needs access codes for web master to do some maintenance on FTP/Database. He and Todd discussed how to remedy the problem. DIRECTOR I REPORT – Peggy has re-cruited Win Casey to assist in the pursuit for a replacement for RE Dan’s RE posi-tion. Dan has requested that there be a se-lection within the next couple of weeks.

DIRECTOR II REPORT – Kim reported that the banquet cost would be $20.00 per person including gratuity.

ROAD RACING REPORT – AbsentTodd has been in communication with Jim and reported that the August event has been changed from straight thru to chi-cane. Drivers like the chicane in prepara-tion for the Runoffs.

The SCCA Board of Directors agreed with a recommendation by Road Race Director Jim Murray that the race be rescheduled, due primarily to the late October date. The judgment was that the potential for harsh weather, and its impact on the work-er base, added to worker fatigue due to

other scheduled race weekends, was a critical factor in the decision. Concern was also expressed that such a late date might reduce the entry potential; although SCCA drivers look forward to racing at ORP, the late date meant race cars may have already been put away for the winter. Originally, Oregon Region SCCA had sought a date in July 2010, attempting to co-sponsor the initial ORP event with Northwest Region SCCA, to boost interest in the event. The July date was selected as it would not interfere with other events in the region. However, the July date was unavailable at ORP at that time, and the Regions selected the late October date.

On later review, that date began to look impractical. They will see if our deposit can be used toward an event there next year. Kim mentioned that October is not a good time as far as lodging goes due to hunting season.

PAST REGIONAL EXEC – Jeff advised that he would be going to the Runoffs and is willing to hand out tow fund checks.

ASST REGIONAL EXEC - Dan is work-ing on Street Survival, which is scheduled for Oct. 3rd. Andy is having a meeting next week on how to run it. Dan H. asked Dan M. to check on capital expenditures ie: T & S equipment, radios etc. The radios are upgradeable and do we want to work with Cascade on the radio issue. Another question raised was if our trucks would make the trip to ORP. Todd advised that we may not need all of the trucks there, He referenced how TC handled their race there.

REGIONAL EXEC – Discussion ensued on the sharing of equipment with Cas-cade.

Dan mentioned that Karen would like a lap top computer for use at registration since the one that she presently is using does not belong to SCCA. Dan will proceed with the purchase of one.

Adjourn 8:40 M/S (Dan/Andy) M/PMinutes taken by Peggy Gaston

Respectfully submitted,Mary Thompson

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Last month’s controversy was the change from the “no chicane” course for August and September, to the “chicane”. This month, it’s our call to re-schedule our ini-tial SCCA race at Oregon Raceway Park to next summer. Remember, faithful readers, this is why we get paid the big bucks. The ORP decision came after much hard thinking and practical consideration, and the recommendation to postpone was sup-ported by the Board. The most pressing problem was the date, or in a few more words, “weather, workers and entries”.

Late October (23/24) in Grass Valley makes for cold, windy and short days; and our worker crew has fi ve race weekends that month; we felt that was untenable. Entry counts for that late date were ques-tionable, despite driver enthusiasm for the new venue. In retrospect, we probably shouldn’t have put the October ORP date on the schedule. Originally, we had sought a July date, but were unsuccessful; the challenge is to get an available date that doesn’t confl ict with PIR dates, or other scheduled events. We’re working with ORP to get early con-sideration on a date next summer, probably July, for the fi rst SCCA foray out there. Team Continental events this summer have gone off well, and the track continues to improve its facilities for operations. SCCA has been a supporter of the ORP effort all along and that support will continue.

We apologize to those who had built their 2010 schedule around the ORP date. The good news of all this is it’s gener-ated more comment from all sides; I have welcomed the perspectives of drivers and others who care about our sport, and have opinions on either side of the decisions made. Keep those cards and letters (emails in today’s world) coming!

Moving on; the September schedule is posted and available for entry; by the time you read this August race weekend will be done. The September schedule will be similar to August; a single Regional weekend with sprint races, on two days. For October’s fi nale, we have scheduled a Double Regional on a three-day weekend.

As mentioned last month, we’re looking at creative ways to adjust the schedule for more sessions, track time, and fun, hope-fully. We may adjust race groups, times of practice or qualifying, and other measures to improve the days. Your opinions will be welcome on these topics and ideas. Scheduling has its challenges due to limi-tations in run groups. For example, Vin-tage (Group 8) must run by itself. For-mula cars and sports racers (Groups 2 and 4) can’t run with any others (closed wheel cars) except SRFs (Group 5).

Double entries are possible for Groups 1 and 7 (Miatas), for groups 3 and 6 (pri-marily Porsches) and groups 6 and 7 (usu-ally Porsche 944s). Groups 1 and 5 (Spec Miata and SRF) have traditionally high entry counts and, therefore, their own run groups. Got that straight? Creating a schedule which allows for dou-ble entries, separation of run groups, and enough time for everyone creates a pretty full day (and headaches for the schedul-er, no sympathy sought). Given all this, we’re also trying to fi gure out how to have a Double Regional in a two-day event; it can be done (San Francisco Region just did at Thunderhill in July) by adjusting the run groups.

One corollary to that idea is a single Re-gional on Saturday, and single on Sunday; that way a driver who had obligations on Sunday could still have a race on Saturday, practice/qualify/race.

The Twisty Bits

We’ve also seen a three-day weekend with a National and two Regionals, so there’s lots of room for movement; it all depends on the run groups. As we develop sched-ules for next year, we’ll be looking at ideas to make changes, if the changes are improvements. Your thoughts, again, are welcome… Thinking more broadly about our sport, we are tempted to compare it to other com-petitive pursuits. Whether it’s gymnastics or golf, tennis or the marathon, every sport has an element of intensity that in effect, is the sport. Racing’s intensity adds to the physical and mental challenges of any sport, the elements of noise, speed and some danger, in the context of an extreme machine controlled by the driver.

We all know that non-drivers doubt that racing is an athletic event; we invite them to try 20 minutes at speed in a racing car, looking for its limits. Remember your fi rst outing on the track? Racing can provoke both an adrenaline rush and an eerie peace; yet it retains an intensity that is transforming. Visit the impound area after any race, when drivers excitedly relive the race just run. We’ve all experienced the highs and lows of race weekends: the win, or the pass for 11th; the breakdown, or the collision caused by another car. And, of course, the errors we make, whether they impact others or only ourselves. Whatever the result, there’s nothing bland about our racing. We live our successes and failures, we take that on-track inten-sity and, eventually, return to everyday life. We remember that, above all, this is a sport, we’re amateurs…in it for the joy of the sport. Then we look at the calendar: “How soon can I race again?”

Jim Murray, Road Racing DirectorEmail: jmmurrayjr@aol.com

More Chicanery

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Baxter Portland HistoricsDoug Berger Photos

#11 David Rugh in his Ralt RT5 #57 Robert Ames and his Lola T592

#127 Jim Stirling and his MG Midget #8 John Zupan and his Porsche 914-6 and #66 Mark Cane

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Rallying with Chris & Kristen

Chris Hale, Rally Manager and Kristen E. TaborEmail: chale@nwscan.net

Join the Rally Against Parkinson’s Sept. 11

Chris Hale, Rally Manager and Kristen E. TaborEmail: chale@nwscan.net

Join the Rally Against Parkinson’s Sept. 11

One of the great things about motorsports is that sometimes, you get to participate in your chosen fi eld and help a larger group of people. This month I’d like to touch a little bit on charity rally events.

Here in the rally department, we typically have one charity event every year. This year, we’re lucky in that we’ll be doing two—one in RallyCross and one in Road Rally.

Our RallyCross charity event will took place August 7 in Chehalis, WA, in as-sociation with Off Camber Events. They wanted to put on a RallyCross to benefi t the Children’s Hospital, and asked us to help them out. Being the nice people we

are, we said sure! We had this event in conjunction with our regular points-pay-ing RallyCross event on Sunday, August 8. Our premier charity event this year is, as always, the Rally Against Parkinson’s. RAP this year takes place on September 11, and will include the every-popular regularity runs around PIR. RallyMaster John Elkin is laying out a fun and scenic route for the participants, and it looks like we’ll be ending in Estacada this year. Our Rally Against Parkinson’s benefi ts the Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon and SW Washington.

PRO focuses on peer support and em-powerment through education for those stricken with Parkinson’s, caregivers, and

family members. They offer a wide va-riety of support groups, wellness classes, advocacy efforts for treatment and cure research, and educational programs for people living with Parkinson’s. It is a de-generative disorder of the central nervous systems—and it can strike anyone at prac-tically any age. At the Rally Against Par-kinson’s, you’ll have the chance to donate to PRO, as well as bid on the car number you’d like to have. This Road Rally takes place on public roads, and you don’t need any special equipment to participate—just a car, a navigator with a stop watch, and a sense of humor and fun!

So put September 11 on your calendar, and come out to have fun and help people!

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Andy Howe, Solo II DirectorEmail: solo.howe@comcast.net

Region Solo Class Battles Still Wide Open

Solo II Report

With fi ve of the nine Oregon Region Solo events in the books, a couple classes are still wide open.

Street Modifi ed Front Wheel Drive is a tight three-way battle. Perry Keller leads the class and has the most event wins, but Becky and Allan Zacharda have both scored victories and are close behind.

Just eight points cover the three of them and they all need strong fi nishes the rest of the way to wrap up the championship.

In the indexed Street Tire class, both Rick Moore and Scott Turner took advantage of the Rainforth’s absence at Events 4 and 5. Moore and Turner are now fi rst and second respectively with a slim lead over Russ Rainforth. Russ is perfect in the events he has attended and is in the driver’s seat for the championship as long as he remains consistently strong.

In Street Modifi ed, Dallas Cutler and Dan Hall have traded fi rst and second. At this point in the season, the tally is Culter 3, Hall 2. That equates to a four-point lead that is in no way secure. Everyone can do the math for the last four events.

Street Touring R is a similar story. Car owner Brian Clemons carries the 3-2 ad-vantage over co-driver Morris Green. In this battle, Morris may have the momen-tum as he took the last two events. This one will go down to the wire, I’m sure.

In other recent doings, I’m writing this fresh off of the Packwood ProSolo event. Oregon Region did very well at the event scoring three class wins. In addition to the class wins, seven Oregon Region drivers qualifi ed for the Super Challenge while three Oregon Region drivers qualifi ed for the Ladies Challenge. The class winners are names familiar to the top of the leader board. Tom Kotzian won Street Modifi ed Front Wheel Drive.

Jerry Jenkins took the top spot in E Stock. Ryan Otis had the top right course time in Super Stock by 0.011 seconds over James Paulson, but James was 0.064 sec-onds quicker on the left course… meaning James took Super Stock in a virtual (but not real) tie with Ryan.

In the Ladies Challenge, Oregon Region drivers fi nished second, third and fourth. Kyra Jenkins topped Bonnie Mueller in the third place runoff. Tami Daniels got the most mileage out of the Ladies Chal-lenge, however, fi nishing in the runner-up position.

In the Super Challenge, Oregon Region wasn’t quite as successful. Oregon Re-gion drivers were forced to battle each oth-er. Duke Langley eliminated Tom Kotzian in the fi rst round. Adam Ruff eliminated Jerry Jenkins in the second round. Jim Daniels fell to third place fi nisher Andy Hollis while both Langley and Ruff were eliminated by runner-up Scott McHugh. Eventual champion Jonathan Clements eliminated James Paulson.

Next month… a wrap-up of the Packwood National Tour event and a check-in on our tight points battles!

Contingency Programs for 2010 Solo Nationals Released

With the Tire Rack® SCCA Solo National Championships at the Lincoln (Neb.) Air-park, just around the corner, Sports Car Club of America has released a full line-up of contingency sponsors to support par-ticipants.

More than $780,360 in cash and prizes is up for grabs at the Championship event, held Sept. 7-10. Four automobile manu-facturers have put together programs that reward top fi nishers in the National Cham-pionship event. All offer cash prizes for competitors who run their cars, led by

Volkswagen, who pays $1,000 for each National Champion in a VW, and $500 and $250, respectively, for the other po-dium positions. Mazda ($800/$400/$200) and Honda ($500/$300/$100) each pay out prizes for podium fi nishers, while Toyota matches VW’s payout to a National Cham-pion.

Six tire manufacturers are participating in the Nationals program. Bridgestone, Toyo and Yokohama are each supporting the Street Touring® Category with cash prizes for the top three fi nishers in class. The Bridgestone program offers $2,000 for a National Championship, with a $1,000 prize to runners-up and $500 for third place. Toyo and Yokohama offer identical $1,000 prizes to winners, with $750 going to second place and $500 to third place fi nishers.

Hoosier, Kumho and Hankook each offer product prizes for the classes they sup-port. Hoosier and Kuhmo offer four tires to those who win on their products, two for a second-place fi nish, and one free tire to third place. Hankook offers a similar program to A Stock competitors, offering $450 in product credit for a win, progress-ing to $300 and $225 for the other podium positions.

Grassroots Motorsports Magazine offers a $100 prize to current subscribers who win and compete with the magazine’s decals on the car. SCCA’s Offi cial Racing Simu-lation, iRacing.com offers a free year’s subscription for a win, and either a credit or a free one-month subscription for a po-dium fi nish.

For more information on these contingen-cy programs and how to register to partici-pate, click here. Drivers must register for contingency programs prior to competing. Program descriptions should be read care-fully to ensure all requirements are met. Failure to meet any listed requirements will result in forfeiting of awards.

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2010 Upcoming EventsAugust 13 -- CSCC Friday Nighter, Portland/Vancouver Area

August 21-22 -- Solo Events #6 and #7 @ Packwood, WAAugust 28-29 -- NWR Double Regional w/NORPAC Vintage @

BremertonSeptember 11 -- Rally Against Parkinson’s

September 12 -- ORG RallyCross #6, Hillsboro, ORSeptember 10-12 -- SFR/NORPAC Vintage Weekend @ Thunderhill September 11-12 -- ORSCCA Single Regional, with Chicane @ PIR

September 17 -- CSCC Friday Nighter, Portland/Vancouver AreaSeptember 18-19 -- Solo Events #8 and #9 @ PIR South Paddock

October 1 -- CSCC Friday Nighter, Portland/Vancouver AreaOct. 3 -- Tire Race Street Survival @PIR

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October 16 -- CSCC Autumn GTA Rally, Portland/Vancouver AreaOctober 23 - Mt. Hood Rally

Oct. 30-31 Vintage CSRG @ ThunderhillNovember 6 - NORPAC Convention - Atlantis Hotel - Reno, NV

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