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T h e Official Publication Of Th e Ne w En g l a n d Re g i o n , SCCA, In c .
V o l u m e 64, Nu m b e r 3 MAY 2008
IN THIS ISSUE:
Spring Seasonal Start
First Events—Solo and Road Racing
Frost Heaves Rally &
A Dusty Rochester RallyX
PIT TALK May 2008 1

2008 New England Region Directory
BOARD OF DIRECTORS SPECIALTIES
CLUB RACING SOLO II BOARD
Regional Executive
Chris Franson
71 Loveland Hill Rd. Apt 15
Vernon, CT 06066
860.875.6033
chris.franson@ner.org
ASSSISTANT REGIONAL
EXECUTIVE
Rob Laverty
262 Brooklyn Turnpike
Hampton, CT 06247
401.368.1964
F1000_07@yahoo.com
Secretary
Kathy Barnes
653 Shenipsit Lake Rd.
Tolland, CT 06084
860.875.2220
kathy.barnes@ner.org
Treasurer
Jeremy Billiel
114 Jerry Daniels Rd
Marlborough, CT 06447
860.989.0686
jeremyBilliel@comcast.net
bod members
Marianne Lyons
88 Harbor Street
Pepperell, MA 01463
978.433.5087
nediv.points@charter.net
Brian Megliola
33 Winneconnett Rd.
Worcester, MA 01605
413.575.3932
bmegliola@gmail.com
Karen Paul
37 Paul St.
Bristol, CT 06010
860.583.8615
kjmpaul@comcast.net
Peter Perrault
3 Hatch Street
Nashua, NH 03060
603.888.9283
miatapeter@aol.com
Doug Fisher
59 Old Post Road
Wakefield, RI 02879
(401) 789.8647
ouglas.o.fisher@pfizer.com
Tim Chevalier
22 Greany Drive
North Grafton, MA 01536
508.783.0600
tim.chevalier@ner.org
Jerry Rigoli
8 Westway Road
Wayland, MA 01778
508.358.8137
Jerry@Rigoli.com
Membership Chair
Paul Krysiak
653 Shenipsit Lake Rd.
Tolland, CT 06084
860.875.2220
pkrys0kb@snet.net
Chief Registrar
Peg Dowd
30 Summer Street
Foxboro, MA 02035
508.543.6620
nerregpeg@comcast.net
PIT TALK Editor
Bob Beaulieu
PO Box 703
Scituate, MA 02060
bob@beaulieudesign.com
Web Master
Mike Shields
webmaster@ner.org
Interim
Merchandise Chair
Donna Stevens
PO Box 1122
Merrimack, NH 03054
603.566.2774
dost2@verizon.net
New England Sports
Car Club Chapter
Stacey Strout
14 Old Ashburnham Road
Rindge, NH 03461
(603.899.5045
New Track
Committee Chair
Mark Megliola
121 Linseed Road
W. Hatfield, MA 01522
41.247.9432
mmegliola@hotmail.com
Archivist
Ed Valpey
44 Ridgewood Ave
Guilford, NH 03246
603.528.5027 (H)
603.524.7972(W)
AREA ONE DIRECTOR
Robert E. Introne Jr.
8 Everts Street
Londonderry, NH 03053
603.432.0345
Fax: 603.434.6266
reintrone@aol.com
NER Web Site: www.ner.org
ROAD RACING INFO LINE
508.954.8110
COMPETITION BOARD
CHAIRMAN
Serge Lentz
40 Susan Lane
Circleville, NY 10919
845.551.0648
slentz@hvc.rr.com
ASSISTANT CHAIRMAN
David White
14 Katahdin Street
Worcester, MA 01606
508.450.0372 (cell)
theflaggerdave@aol.com
ASST. RR CHAIRMAN/
DRIVERS REP OPEN
WHEEL
Paul Faford
185 Phillip Street
Manchester, NH 01302
603.622.8215
pfaf11@yahoo.com
COMPTROLLER
Elizabeth Ames
81 Candlewood Hill Road
Francestown, NH 03043
603.547.8604
CHIEF SCRUTINEER
Scott Dowd
30 Summer Street
Foxboro, MA 02035
508.543.6620
Nerscrutineer@comcast.net
STEWARD LIAISON
Kathy Barnes
653 Shenipsit Lake Road
Tolland, CT 06084
860.875.0254
kjbarnes22@snet.net
CHIEF INSTRUCTOR
Alan Dunklee
P.O. Box 1141
Quechee, VT 05059
802.436.2414
NARRC/NERRC
RESERVED NUMBERS
TBD
EMERGENCY SERVICES
Peter Villaume
PO Box 637
Intervale, NH 03845
603.374.0908
pav@thermalseminars.com
CHIEF STARTER
tbd
COVER : Maurizio Cerasoli uses the snow banks to mark his apex Just watch out for
melting snow. Photo: Doug@the16V.com
Inset: PJ Corrales lights em up exiting the last turn to the finish at the Solo Seasonal
Opener. Photo: Dan Oliver
Inside page. Jonathan Einhorn taking advantage of what a big Healey is supposed to
do... race! Photo: Doug@the16V.com
CHIEF REGISTRARS
Peg Dowd
30 Summer St.
Foxboro, MA 02035
508.543.6620
NERregpeg@comcast.net
Marilyn Freeman
60 Jarr Brook Road
Holliston, MA 01746
508.561.2188
nerregmsf@aol.com
CHIEF TIMING & SCORING
Denise Patten
199 Stark Hwy,
S. Dunbarton, NH 03046
603.774.6963
nertimes@lycos.coms
GRID CHIEF
Karen Petersen
18 Grove Street
West Hartford, CT 06110
860.523.9252
grid48@yahoo.com
POINTSKEEPER
Marianne Lyons
88 Harbor Street
Pepperall, MA 01463
978.433.5087
nediv.points@charter.net
CHIEF SOUND CONTROL
Peter Perrault
3 Hatch Street
Nashua, NH 03060
603.888.9283
miatapeter@aol.com
CHIEFS, FLAGS &
COMMUNICATIONS
Mack McCormack
PO Box 77
Crayville, NY 12521
nerflagchief@taconic.net
CHIEF of PITS
Dick Babcock
23 Pinecrest Drive
Woonsocket, RI 02895
401.762.6354
CHIEF RADIO TECH
Douglas White
15 First Ave. (Bayview)
Milford, CT 0640
idwb@hotmail.com
NEW DRIVER LICENSING
Pat Travers
67 Mapleton Street
Cranston, RI 02910
401.461-9219
Solo Chairman
Bob Lang
58 Maple St.
Stoneham, MA 02180
781.438.2568
lang@isis.mit.edu
Asst. Solo Chairman/
Publicity
Chief Safety Steward
Russ Siggelkoe
10 Dadant Dr.
Wilmington, MA 01887
781.704.5483
rsiggelkoe@comcast.net
Chief of Karts/
Youth Steward
Paul Bowin
47 Richardson Ave.
Norton, MA
508.222.7513
pbowin@comcast.net
Waiver Chief
Keith Scala
18 Wicklow Lane
Shelton, CT 06484
203.929.0706
soloseven@mags.net
Novice Chief
PJ Corrales
125 Vista Ter.
New Haven, CT 06515
203.397.2927
pj.corrales@gmail.com
Novice Instructor
Chang Ho Kim
9 Elm St.
Maynard MA 01754
978.897.6649
funhondas@aol.com
Chief of Registration
Jesse Quagliaroli
92 Hopyard Road
Stafford, CT 06076
860.930.0720
quagabow@gmail.com
Chief of Tech
John Hanson
4 Merrill Ave.
Kingston, NH 03848
603.642.4385
jjh914@aol.com
Trophies
Neil Schelly
neil@jenandneil.com
Course
Coordinator
Paul Zahornasky
5 Twelve Rod Way
Haverhill MA 01830
978.897.6649
paul@treasuresthrutime.
com
Equipment Chief
Wiley Cox
78 Sunrise Dr.
N. Weymouth MA 02191
wiley.cox@gmail.com
Chief of Workers
Scott Thursby
Lymerock@cox.net
Chiefs of Grid
Brian Levesque
Jeff Martynuska
Timing & Scoring
Chief
Mike Shields
99 Glen Farm Road
Temple NH 03084
603.878.4220
Timing & Scoring
Assistant
Mike Shields
mshields@mac.com
Comptroller/
Chief of Protest
Kathy Barnes
653 Shenipsit Lake Road
Tolland, CT 06084
860.875.0254 (H) (Fax)
kjbarnes22@snet.net
Chief
Safety Steward
Russ Siggelkoe
10 Dadant Drive
Wilmington, MA 01897
781.704.5483
Safety Steward
Instructor
Stacey Strout
14 Old Ashburnham Rd.
Rindge, NH 03461
603.899.5045
Publicity &
Communications
Ed Savage
8 Chase Rd. 2B
North Brookfield, MA
01535
508.867.5189
furballracing@mac.com
RALLY BOARD
Rally Chairman
Tim Chevalier
22 Greany Dr
North Grafton, MA 01536
508.783,0600
timchevalier@NER.org
RallyX Chairman
Chris Regan
717 Old Colchester Road
Salem, CT 06420
203.979.3196
chregan@aol.com
RALLY ASSIT. CHAIRMAN
Kathy Moody
40 Dylan Court
Whtefield, NH 03598
6-3/873.2075
alkatmoody@yahoo.com
NEDIV ROAD RALLY
STEWARD/Program
Publicity
Ted Goddard
PO Box 267
Perkinsville, VT 05151
802.263.5678
802.263.9540 (F)
tedgcb@tds.net
Comptroller/Road
Rally/Points Keeper
Jon Lamkins
71 Hazelwood Drive
Southington, CT 06489
860.621.5964
860.620.4839 (cell)
jon.lamkins@cox.net
NEDIV RallyCross
STEWARD
Scott Beliveau
38 Cedar St
Laconia, NH 03246
603.527.2342 (d)
603.524.4305 (e)
Beliveau@aavid.com
Road Rally equipment
Fred Mapplebeck
67 Chappy Lane
Salem, NH 03079
603.898.4778
derfrally@aol.com
Members at Large
Kathy Moody
PO Box 157
Franconia, NH 03580
603.823.4026
alkatmoody@yahoo.com
Chris Brenton
2 Blackberry Way #309
Mancheser, NH 03103
603.661.9107
cbrenton@chrisbrenton.org
Hal Denham
60 Jarr Brook Road
Holliston, MA 01746
617.519.3309
hrdenham@aol.com
James Ray
3 South Street
Upton, MA 01568
508.529.9157 (d)
508.529.9150 (N)
Jbr.scca@rayfamily.com
Wow. If it had been scheduled a week earlier, our first Road
Racing Event of the year would have been utilizing Class SSP...
Stock Snow Plow. Two competitors barrel down towards Turn
Three in between the snow banks. Photo: Wizard Racing
After the chilly starts of the solo and racing season, this,
the last week of April finally has the blood flowing to
really start enjoying motorsports. If your favorite weekend
vehicle is still under the tarpaulin... shame on you! lets
get that motor revving, say the heck with this $4.00 a
gallon (you’re not going to be able to do anything about it
anyhow!) and start enjoying the many motorsports activities
on schedule with the NER SCCA in the upcoming months.
After, the few double issues we had in the later part of 07, PIT talk is once again
up to speed and trying to get back on schedule (we try to close the 25th of every
month). During the Annual Meeting, the green light was given for a go-ahead,
with PIT TALK, business as usual. I couldn’t help but feel, that PIT TALK needs to
economize somewhat also, just like many other aspects of the New England Region.
How do we do that without loosing quality content?
Well, you’re already looking at it.. the point size of the publication has dropped
down a bit on all copy, allowing more verbiage per page, therefore, a few less pages
needed to print. Results have been reduced as well.
When I first started my tenure with PIT TALK, I had a number of recommendations
form our plus 45-year olds, that the type size was too hard to read, therefore the
type size was increased. As the years
progressed, even with my graded IN THIS ISSUE
bifocals, I noticed, that if anything, Here to Speak My Mind...............................4
some of the articles seemed to
Open Wheel Racing....................................5
typeset as large as a first graders
Scruitneer Report.........................................5
Dick, and Jane reader.
Rochester Fairgrounds
So we’re back to a smaller size. Rally X Report and Results.........................6
Sorry if its a little tougher on the Solo Event #One Report and Results...............8
greying of SCCA, but just consider Frost Heaves Rally Report and Results.........10
it part of a PIT TALK and NER
Tech Talk...................................................11
saving... and being greener!
NERRC #One Results.................................12
You’ll also notice new contributors SCCA Membership Form............................15
Greg Amy, Mike Rand and Scott NER/SCCA Merchandise Order Form..........16
Dowd appearing regularly. Please Calendar..................................................17
extend a hearty Classifieds................................................18
welcome to
them and their work. Remember, being part of Pit Talk is not an
exclusive invitation. All submissions are welcome. Photographs,
articles, stories, tid bits, and even Press releases are welcome (a
bottle of Dewars usually guarantees publication). For that lighter
story on racing, I suggest you run it by Stephanie Funk (Sfunk59@
hotmail.com) whom has been doing an outstanding job of
collating (and editing) material for the publication.
So don’t afraid to send in your news or anecdote.. just because
we are trying to trim, does not be any means, mean that we are
omitting. Looking forward to hearing from you. —R—
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Here
To
Speak
My
Mind
By Jon Lamkins
More on Safety Track:
The two Granatelli/Chapman Indy turbines. Joe Leonards’
68, and Parnelli Jones ‘67 in the rear. Back when innovation
was the challenge at Indy... not cookie cutter racers.
By now, we’ve all seen Michael McDowell’s incredible crash at
Texas. (If not, where have you been? He was even on the Ellen
DeGenere’s show). This was an example of safety working as it
was designed. The soft wall absorbed the impact. Although the
car flipped multiple times, the internal safety cage held as the car
dissipated energy during the rolls. The HANS device and seat kept
him in place.
Unfortunately, on the same weekend, a driver Shane Hammond was
killed during a Midget race at Thompson Speedway in Connecticut.
From the April 7th issue of the Hartford Courant: “Hammond’s
car launched after touching wheels with Chris Leonard’s, became
airborne and sailed over the 4-foot high concrete wall that rings the
track. After clearing the wall Hammond’s car hit a billboard that
stands above the wall in the turn, partially knocking down the red
Budweiser Racing sign. Leonard’s car ended up flipped in turn 4. It
was unclear if Hammond’s car impacted directly with the stanchion
holding the billboard upright. Hammond’s car was entirely over the
wall and caught in the billboard when rescue personnel arrived.”
This might be a case of a racing series racing at the wrong track.
Thompson’s designed for NASCAR Modifieds and other big
racecars. These vehicles are heavy enough to smash through the
billboards, whereas a Midget car doesn’t have the mass. As I’ve
said before, it’s up to us as competitors to decide if the situation
we’re in is safe or not. Don’t let our desire to compete cloud our
common sense.
On the Road: Here in Connecticut, there have been a number
of fatalities amongst teenage drivers (and their passengers) over
the past year. The M.O. is the same. Young inexperienced driver +
fast car + driving over their limits = disaster. A familiar formula that
has played itself out generation after generation. What can we do?
It seems to me that one of the ingredients is a fast (cool) car that
the young driver feels necessary to drive fast on
the road. Maybe we can reach out to our local
schools to publicize our events and get these
young drivers (and their parents) to join us at the
track, a SOLO event, a Rallycross, or a Rally. Not
only would we be giving the young driver a safe
outlet to express their ‘need for speed’ but we
could also help train them to drive their cars and
encourage them to drive safely on the road.
Significant RaceCars:
The Indy Turbines
In 1967, Andy Granatelli and Parnelli Jones
showed up at the Indy 500 with a revolutionary
side-engined, 4-wheel drive, turbine power
car. Dubbed ‘Silent Sam’, the car skimmed
silently around the track with the 4-wheel drive
keeping it anchored in the turns. We all know
the story, after qualifying 6th, Jones and the
car dominated most of the race only to suffer
a gearbox failure due to a $6 part with less
than 10 miles to go. The car coasted into the
pits, as A.J. Foyt avoided a huge accident in the fourth turn to win
the race for the third time.
—continued on page 18
The Joys
of Open
Wheel
Racing
When we left
off last time we
had struggled
through SCCA’s
beginnings and
the club’s first
open wheel BY MIKE RAND
classes in the
1950’s and early 1960’s. Yes, yes,
ancient history, agreed, but relevant
nonetheless.
While the world center of open
wheel racing is, was, has been and
arguably will continue to be Great
Britain there was a growing need to
accommodate cars and drivers here.
The SCCA took a look at the Brits
and European classes and seemed
to think, well, that looks ok but we
need to tweak it a bit. Remember,
“over there” they had F1, F2 and
F3 by 1963 while we still were
recognizing the 500cc F3, Formula
Libre and F. Junior. So the SCCA
instituted FA, FB and FC. But they
were not exactly the equivalents of
their counterparts across the Atlantic.
For instance, F1 had no provision
for a 5,000cc stock block pushrod
AmuricanV8 motor, but FA did.
Another for instance, while F2 and FB
were both capped at 1600cc, they
were in fact very different animals as
“they” used a pure racing developed
engine while “we” demanded a
production based lump. And their
F3, at 1,000cc, as a restricted intake
engine but over here we allowed
displacements up to 1,100cc, a
whole additional 100cc. What ?
Why ? Well, remember the previous
class F Junior ? It was 1,100cc. And
there were plenty of those cars in
Brabham BT18 Formula B
the US needing a place to
race, so to accommodate
them the displacement
was raised to 1,100cc
making any current F3
car uncompetitive with it’s
intake restricted formula
versus our 1,100cc
anything but turbo or supercharging
goes. They had literally a one choke
Weber, actually a Weber 2 throat
downdraft with one side blanked off !
These motors became the much loved
Screamers of the mid-late 1960’s F3
era. Great gangs of 10,000rpm nonwinged
tube frame spindly formula cars
slipstreamed their way around Europe’s
and England’s tracks amusing both their
drivers and spectators.
So we had FA, big booming domestic
V8’s, FB was reasonably sophisticated
production based 1,600cc engines
from Lotus [the ubiquitous Twin Cam],
Alfa and a few others, and our FC took
the ex-1,000cc and new 1,100cc pure
race motors from their previous F2 cars.
Confused ? Yeah, me to, and I lived it!
The FC of the time utilized Cosworth
SCA [Single overhead cam A series,
carbureted 1,000cc] and SCA [Single
overhead cam C series 1,100cc fuel
injected] motors to good affect.
Now while all this foolishness was
going on a quiet revolution had
happened, and that revolution
continues essentially unchanged to this
day.
The appearance of Formula Vee, or
FV, changed many things in North
American open wheel racing. 1963
saw the first appearances of the
1,200cc VW powered and suspended
and gearboxed cars
with the first FV National
Championship being
awarded to Lewis Kerr
in 1964. In the next few
years names like Ray
Caldwell, Bill Scott,
—continued on page 16
Who Said It Has
to Snow in Winter?
Scruitneering with Scott Dowd!
Ok, so you know already! The snow has caused so
many problems this year; it almost seems that people
are surprised that is actually does snow in New
England in the winter.
With the real early start of the New Hampshire Motor
Speedway, all you drivers with their cars under banks
of …snow…it is no wonder that New England Regions
first and only official Pre-season tech session was less
that successful.
We did though, still have a good time. There is
nothing better than greeting and shaking hands of
competitors and other Scrutineers. The E-mail thing
gets static after a while. On that note, I want to thank
all of the tech team that made it to Walpole and I want
to thank Dick Shine Racing again for the use of the lot.
By the time you are reading this, you the driver,
probably have contacted someone on how to get
your car inspected. Your probably also wondering
why there was only one pre-season tech inspection.
Trust me I have heard form a lot of unhappy folks.
The #1 reason is staffing. Yes…like Flagging
& Communications, Like Timing & Scoring, Like
Registration…Tech is low on help. I know that you
all have heard me beat this drum…well now its time
to deal with the
outcome.
A bright, yet chilly Saturday in March
meant the racing season was officially
on with the ‘08 addition of the Pre-
Season tech. Photo: Scott Dowd
Don’t get me
wrong, I enjoy
doing this for the
club, but as you
can see…and
have heard…the
club needs you!
Since this lack of
availability, tech
has heard from a
couple individuals
who may be available. This is a good start. It does
take time to cultivate a competent Scrutineer, or
Flagger so, while these people are welcome, more
is needed.Remember…It’s your club! Become the
solution, be apart of it!
Ok, enough of my speech…I will do the best that I can
to make every fun and fulfilling. I hope that we get
some nice warm and sunny weather so the …snow…
goes away.
So let’s be safe, let’s prepare to be safe.
4 PIT TALK PIT TALK May 2008 5

NER Rally-X Championship
Event #Four
Rochester Fairgrounds RallyCross
April 19, 2008
Orchestrating a tail pipe concerto for the
neighbors, the Subaru of Kathy Moody charges
through the dusty conditions.
RallyCross
Revs Up After
an Unplanned
Break
by Scott Beliveau
The Corolla of Tim Thomas displays the rooster tail of dust that
accompanied each participant. All Photos by: Alex Merkuryev
On March 1 st , conditions for the March 9 th Slip-n-
Slide RallyCross were perfect. Two and a half feet
of packed snow awaited at the Lodge at Belmont
for the fifty plus RallyCrossers to come and play.
Just before the weekend, temperatures warmed
and several inches of rain fell on Saturday turning
the site into the world’s largest snow cone. The
consistency of the snow became small ice balls that
would not support the weight of the race cars. The
all wheel drive tractor had bogged several times
but was able to dig itself out, an advantage the
rallyx cars would not have. At
10 PM on the eve of the event,
organizers began calling all
those that had pre-registered
and spread the bad news….
event postponed! The
following 3 weeks were no
better and any hopes for a
March RX were gone.
April’s event was
scheduled for the Rochester
Fairgrounds in NH. A
week and a half before
the event, half of the horse
track and infield were
covered with snow and several days of rain were
forecast. Two years ago at Rochester, the event
was called at noon because the spring thaw and
rains made the track impassible for the majority
of the cars. Bad memories began to come to the
surface of my brain. Fortunately, Mother Nature
realized she owed us one after her March tantrum.
Instead of the rain, we got ten straight days of 50-
70 degree sunny weather and the track thawed
and dried; and dried too much. At times during
the event, cars could not be seen through the thick
cloud of dust kicked up.
The Rochester RX was a good event, filled with
unorthodox goings on. 2008 is a growing year
for NER RX with new names filling key positions.
With any changing of the guard comes training
and growing periods. The morning went off pretty
much as expected. The course was set, running
60% on the infield and 40% on the horse track.
The infield is notorious for building berms due to
the sandy consistency. The finish approach was
a trip across the infield and then a few turns on
the clay/ash horse track. A coin flip decided
that the all wheel classes would run first. They
completed three runs with some minor course
changes. The two wheel drives took the track as
the wind changed and all hell broke loose in the
scoring trailer. Not only did the dust cause false
finish signals, but then blew through the starting
lights causing false starts too. It was just too much
for the new timing crews to catch finish and start
falses at the same time. After multiple reruns and
false signals, the lunch whistle was blown after
two runs.
—continued next page
The dust and wind direction caused a lunchtime course
change which reversed the finish to move from the
horsetrack to the infield to avoid the ash dust. That worked
well to eliminate the dust errors with the lasers. The tighter
corners of the afternoon relay led to course degradation
issues requiring moves between each run. That’s part of
the training process, learning to read how the radius of
the corner works with the ground texture to be enduring or
easily displaced.
The final runs of the day utilized much of the horse track
with a slalom that was nearly a
quarter of a mile long, raising
heart rates and wearing out
the arms of the drivers. As the
dust settled and the scoring
team finalized times, the rest of
the bunch stacked and hauled
cones.
Andrew Pascarella won
Front Stock convincingly over
teammate Brad Desantis in
the Mitsu Mirage. Second
generation RXer Jamie Beliveau
made his racing debut, placing
5 th in his Saab in Stock Front.
Prepped Front saw Steve
Richardson beat teammate
Elaine Kristant in their VW
Corrado. In Modified 2wd,
some familiar names littered
the top of the largest class. Hal
Denham first, Chang Ho Kim
second, and Lodwyk William
was third, a VW, Honda, and
an Acura. What a spread of
vehicles in the 2wd classes.
The Toyota RallyTruck of Scott
Beliveau made its final start and
after trailing Roger Borlase’s
Subaru by 1.4 seconds at
lunchbreak, got down and dusty
and pulled out the class win over
the Subes. In Prepped 4wd,
Don Grant had the measure
of the class, besting Barry
Zimmerman and others in the
all Sube class. In Modified
4wd, Warren Elliott complained
all afternoon about the long
technical slalom being too
slow, but he managed to use
that to put distance between
himself and most of the rest of
the class on his way to the class
win. Warren’s teammate Justin
Baltrucki was second in the Audi
vs Sube class.
Event # Four: Rochester Fairgrounds Rally X—April 19, 2008
Pos. # Driver Car Model otal Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5
SF
1 84 Pascarella, Andrew Mitsubishi Mirage 357.061 78.976 75.049 64.833 64.312 71.891+1
2 184 DeSantis, Brad Mitsubishi Mirage 370.871 81.036 76.633+2 67.504 63.651+1 76.047
3 850 Reitsma, Ryan VW GTI 371.342 76.249+1 75.027+3 64.669+2 66.646+1 74.751
4 805 Belperron, Pascal Saab 900 S 380.756 79.460+1 79.677+3 68.016 68.611 76.992
5 1 Beliveau, Jamie Saab 900S 386.200 80.131+1 84.876 69.445+1 66.487+2 77.261
6 311 Williams, Page Nissan Sentra 388.605 85.614 82.579 68.397 67.894 78.121+3
7 563 Longe, Andy Toyota Tercel 389.435 83.850 80.878 71.158 70.629 80.920+1
8 240 Grady, James Nissan Sentra 414.774 91.082 91.810+1 74.197 70.980+1 82.705
9 54 Wilkins, Robin VW Jetta Wagon DNF 84.457 83.815 DNS DNS DNS
SA
1 91 Beliveau, Scott Toyota Tacoma 395.869 80.981+2 79.933+1 76.685 77.204 75.066
2 74 Borlase, Roger Subaru Impreza OBS 398.042 79.919+2 78.628 79.483 78.301 77.711
3 810 Merkuryev, Alexander Subaru WRX 401.459 80.427+1 78.022 81.193+1 74.741+1 75.076+3
4 849 Przybyla, Michael Subaru WRX Wagon 409.595 82.922 79.901+1 81.267+1 81.752 79.753
PF
1 811 Richardson, Stephen VW Corrado 86.257 82.383 80.908+2 69.270 67.055 74.641+4
2 826 Kristant, Elaine VW Corrado 392.726 83.077+3 84.375+1 69.435 68.001+1 77.838
3 845 Baker, David VW Golf 393.582 80.012 73.837 64.126+OC 61.964+3 73.643+2
4 846 Baker, Robert VW Golf 405.377 80.178+1 79.449+1 66.510+2 66.162 75.078+OC
5 818 Teixeira, Luis Dodge SRT4 437.908 83.404+1 81.930 81.650+OC 75.426 83.498
PA
1 6 Grant, Don Impreza 381.370 76.022 77.466 75.628+1 74.136+1 74.118
2 820 Zimmerman, Barret Impreza RS 393.769 78.335+1 76.134 78.381+3 76.477+1 74.442
3 666 Davis, Joseph Subaru Impreza 400.157 80.108 78.454 77.596+2 78.779 81.220
4 833 Procktor, Sean Subaru WRX 409.390 82.610 81.740+2 80.756+2 79.370+1 74.914
5 852 Sad, Collin Subaru 2.5 RS 412.665 89.444 80.583+1 80.807 81.179 78.652
M2
1 32 Denham, Harold VW GTI 342.194 71.510 72.676+1 62.734 60.703+1 70.571
2 2 Kim, Chang Ho Honda Civic 348.042 74.140+1 74.935+1 61.364 61.435 72.168
3 843 William, Lodwyk Acura Integra 356.750 76.852 73.735+2 62.363+2 62.760 73.040
4 86 McCusker, Andrew VW GTI 359.267 79.881 76.630 64.569+1 63.203 72.984
5 21 Chiang, Eric Honda Civic 363.455 77.188+2 75.330 63.143+2 63.985 73.809+1
6 45 Thomas, Tim Toyota Corolla 367.561 79.071+2 76.037 65.090+1 65.476 71.887+2
7 786 Whitsell, Jesse VW Golf 367.569 72.345+3 73.604+3 61.286+2 66.680+2 73.654
8 847 Metcalfe, Tristram Mark III Golf 369.749 76.905+1 75.105 62.298+1 72.159+1 73.282+2
9 68 Turner, Kevin Subaru Impreza 371.354 75.611 71.019 61.539+OC 61.376 69.809+1
10 89 Turner, James Subaru Impreza 374.354 80.014 79.516+1 65.550+1 63.682+1 73.592+3
11 122 Brooks, Thomas K VW Rabbit GTI 386.543 83.429 81.982 69.304+1 71.206 78.622
12 822 Thomas, Paul Saab 900S 394.856 83.434 90.261+1 71.240 68.495 79.426
13 653 Sherwood, Chuck VW Golf 429.610 81.760 78.133 68.213 66.426+OC 75.078+OC
14 253 Sherwood, Chip VW Golf DNF 83.775 89.383+2 DNS DNS DNS
M4
1 17 Elliott, Warren Audi A4 Quattro 363.284 73.502 72.353+2 72.346 70.666 70.417
2 171 Baltrucki, Justin Audi A4 Quattro 373.559 74.892 75.119 75.186 73.311 75.051
3 51 Chabot, Art Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 379.014 91.971+1 71.025 72.894 69.727 69.397+1
4 148 Chute, Kristin Impreza 381.423 78.608 75.962 76.126 75.019+1 73.708
5 95 Semple, Tyler Audi 80 Quattro 389.197 75.561+2 75.353+3 75.076+2 69.422+2 71.785+2
6 158 Moody, Kathy Subaru RS 390.093 80.537+1 80.288 72.631 76.374+1 76.263
7 11 Cirillo, Jan Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 390.966 77.656+1 75.062+1 73.823+2 76.439+1 71.986+3
8 828 Distasio, Michelle Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 415.111 80.481+1 78.903+3 77.947+3 80.168+2 79.612
9 848 Littman, Jacob Subaru WRX Wagon 426.938 89.123 85.751 83.408 78.347+3 74.309+5
10 851 O’Brien, James Audi Quattro 497.521 81.068 79.560+1 78.815 173.205 82.873
11 844 Heiser, Cutler Audi 80 Quattro 539.650 106.839 110.364 111.859 118.038 90.550+1
6 PIT TALK PIT TALK May 2008 7

NER Solo
Championship
Event #ONE. Opening Day, Ft. Devens. April 13, 2008
April Showers
bring... oh
yeah, the First
Solo Event!
By Ed Savage
Ed Hodzinski finished third in the popular DS
class. Photo: Anthony Burden.
Below: Allison Krueger’s FJB has the same color
Scheme as her Dad’s National championship
winner MGB. Photo: Bob Barone
Saturday April 12 saw mostly sunny skies with
temps in the mid 60’s here in Central Mass, but
Solo had the first event of 2008 on THE following
day, Sunday the 13 th , under far less stellar skies,
rain, wind, temperatures, grip, and a few other
things that go bump in the sump.
143 drivers made the Sunday trek to Devens to
get the cobwebs out of both mind and vehicle. The
retained course started with a small left kink to up
and back one secondary runway, then feeding
into to a right sweeper to the main runway, and
then back to the finish. It was a good test for
looking ahead, honing slalom skills (5 different
ones to navigate), crossovers, and 2 turnarounds.
Overcast skies during a.m. registration held
temps to somewhere in the low to mid 40’s,
and it looked like it would be a “primer
grey” day, but perhaps dry. Computer and
timing issues resulted in first kart off much
later than expected, but the skies also
darkened and rain started just as first drivers
started off the heat. The light rain persisted
throughout that group, adding considerable
time to run the first half of the course, as
no dry line could be created. After maybe
half of the first heat had made first runs with
more than a few DNF’s and sod-farming
excursions, the decision was made to shorten the
first section of runway by some 15-20 seconds in
the interest of both time and sanity. With Murphy’s
Law in play, we all knew that by the end of first
heat it was going to be just a 3-run day.
The rain stopped right at the end of first heat (woe
was us), with the sky remaining overcast, but the
temp and humidity also started slowing dropping
over the hours. Between third and fourth heat,
the skies had cleared nicely, the sun was out,
but noticeable gusts was constant (note your
wind-burn face on Monday), and my guess is
temps were not much above
36 degrees, giving a wind
chill of perhaps a low
20. Even with layers of
clothing, it was “crisp”
to say the least…Wiley, do you own any long pants?
Bud and Lynn Collins from the far away Mid-west
attended, driving their black Pontiac Solstice to a
second and third respectively in the CS class, with Matt
Poynter spoiling their day and took top CS by .299,
which also netted Matt Top in Pax. Further down in CS,
Rob Mills will have some splainin’ to do as he whooped
dad Chris by over 4 seconds in their MR2 to take a
fourth, just out of the trophies.
DS saw a close finish, with Scott Thursby in a Mazda
Speed3 edging David Gott’s BMW by .013. In ES,
Jim Woodburn stayed clean on all his wet runs to take
ES, while both Joe Funke and Bill Brundige wound up
second and third by succumbing on all wet runs to
spins or otherwise DNF’s. First heat also had GS with
a well-subscribed 12 entries. Josh Parker taking the wet
ride with Hoosiers to first. Robert Lipton, visiting New
England from the San Francisco Region, took third with
his second generation Neon ACR. GS also saw Stanley
Gorham debut his new Mini, after retiring his old IT car,
and took eight despite a pylon penalty. I guess Club
Racers can be taught new tricks!
Hard luck of the day went to Mike Condict in BSP, who
saw his Evo engine give up and had to be trailer’d out,
yet he managed to keep top spot with just 2 runs, and
G Stock’s David Fitzwater, who had 2 spins in one run
and was the recipient of “limp-home” mode computer
issues with his Civic Si. Honorable detention goes to a
few corner radios’ that seemed to toggle into “receive
only” mode during heat 4.
FSP saw a close battle, with Wiley Cox edging Neil
Schelly by a little over a tenth of a second. Jason
Towne in FP, sporting new EFI, Hoosier 05’s and stiffer
suspension on his vintage 260Z, figures he needs to
dial it in better, letting Bob Lang take that class by over
7 seconds. The WPI FSAE crew was there,
with Cody Wojcik driving the Techmobile
to a full 8 second gap over his
fellow techmate, Scott Duncan.
The closest “almost had ya’ ” was STS,
where Bob Guenther in his Protégé
stayed ahead of Jonah Erickson and
his Civic by a mere .008 to take
second, with Igor Romashko breezing 3.7
seconds quicker for the Gold. STX saw Josh
Pesch in first by .246 over Charlie Thompson
in the JCW Mini, who finally relaxed enough
to take second by .092 including a 1 pylon
penalty, over Aaron Lee in a WRX, on his final
run.
SM had 11 drivers, with Chris Travis in his
“Honduh Cibic” powering over the star of
the festive “Cooking with Corrales” Show, PJ
Corrales, by 1.860 seconds. All Junior Karts
had a wet course in the morning, and Sarah
Bowin managed top kart time in her FJA
Elite/Sprint at 65.9 seconds on her third run.
Just behind her was Megan Woodruff by only
3 tenths.
Mike Leruhuh, attending the event at the request
of friend and last years Novice Stock runner-up
Champion Zack Wolkoff, took first in Novice
with his AS Honda S2000 by just .096 over
Dave Kickerly in his SM BMW 323i. Interesting
of note, is that most of the Novices managed
their best PAX time on their third run. Honorable
mention to Aaron Telage in the Novice STX
Mini S, who after taking in the advice and
suggestions from someone nameless, nailed his
third run to improve overall by 8 seconds, but
fell victim to a late cone call that moved him
from a trophy fifth to eight spot. Well done to
ALL our new Novice drivers!
Top raw time was Stacey Strout in her CM at
57.944, and rounding out top 5 Pax after Matt
Poynter were Bud Collins, Scott Thursby, David
Gott and Best Darn Grid Chief Ever, Brian
Levesque in EP.
Our next event is a 2-day affair at NHMS. The
Solo School is on Saturday May 3 rd , and is
followed the next day, Sunday May 4 th , with
Round 2 of the Solo Points Battle. Remember:
pre-reg, pre-pay, and let’s play!
EVENT #1. FT DEVENS, APRIL 13, 2008
Super Stock
1T 57 Grant Reeve Corvette 60.629
2 42 Russ Siggelkoe Elise 60.495+1 1.866
A Stock
1T 90 Chris Carris STI 58.961+1
2T 7 Michael Canny STI 61.261 0.300
3T 66 Glenn Peterson S2000 61.570 0.309
4 45 Jeff Martynuska Corvette 61.885 0.315
5 190 Diana Carris STI 62.769 0.884
6 1 Barbara Seeger Corvette 64.732 1.963
7 771 Sash Dias Evo X 65.125+1 2.393
8 80 Justin Lau STi 67.424 0.299
9 8 Matthew Colburn STI 64.469+4 5.045
B Stock
1T 189 Keith Scala RX8 61.681
2 89 Diane Remetta RX-8 62.709+1 3.028
3 269 Jeff Halsey MR2 T 68.313 3.604
C Stock
1T 47 Matthew Poynter Miata 59.456
2T 63 Bud Collins Solstice 59.755 0.299
3T 163 Lynn Collins Solstice 62.474 2.719
4 17 Rob Mills MR2 65.082 2.608
5 7 Chris Mills MR2 65.131+2 4.049
6 22 Joseph Barbato MR2 70.281 1.150
7 29 Zack Wolkoff Miata 72.021 1.740
8 8 Michael Simmons Miata 68.762+2 0.741
9 117 Oleg Pudeyev Miata 73.134 0.372
D Stock
1T 87 Scott Thursby Mazda 61.855
2T 39 David Gott BMW 61.868 0.013
3 88 Ed Hondzinski Subaru 62.530 0.662
4 3 Robert Barone Mazda 67.735 5.205
5 1 Alex Merkuryer Subaru 68.777+1 3.042
6 69 A BalasubramanianSubaru 79.553 8.776
E Stock
1T James Woodburn Miata 71.024
2 22 Bill Brundige Miata DNF
3 16 Joe Funke MR2 DNF
F Stock
1T 341 Marc LoGindice Mustang 70.586
2 6 Jeff Seeger Mustang 71.296 0.710
G Stock
1T 13 Josh Parker CRX Si 66.701
2T 120 Louis Waddell Civic Si 67.805 1.104
3T 17 Robert Lipton Neon 69.708 1.903
4T 157 Jesse Quagliaroli Celica 69.852 0.144
5 48 Allen Parker CRX Si 69.906+1 2.054
6 20 Ellen Savell Civic Si 73.222 1.316
7 91 Edward Savage Neon 72.289+2 3.067
8 111 Stanley Gorham Cooper 74.492+1 0.203
9 57 Paul Klein Celica 71.451+3 0.959
10 81 Johnson Wong Civic 84.640 7.189
11 177 Yvon Richard Honda SI DNF
12 77 David Fitzwater Civic Si DNF
H Stock
1T 29 Paul Zahornasky Mazda 3 67.631
2T 13 David Morin Mazda 3 72.022 4.391
3 25 Michael Fairbank Civic 75.603 3.581
4 125 Isaac Fairbank Civic 79.322 3.719
5 54 Robin Wilkins Jetta 79.839 0.517
A Street Prepared
1T 62 Kevin Kirchoff RX7 66.856
2 95 Dan Cernese RX-7 R2 71.572 4.716
B Street Prepared
1T 79 Michael Condict Evo8 67.780
2 175 Joshua Noble WRX 70.271 2.491
C Street Prepared
1T 611 Patrick McParland BMW 61.577
2 24 Joe Kraetsch Porsche 62.322 0.745
3 617 Peter McPorland BMW 65.472 3.150
D Street Prepared
1T 188 Cliff Strout Honda 60.218
2 88 Nathan Whipple Integra 58.543+2 2.325
3 1 Michael Davis Subaru 76.480+1 15.937
F Street Prepared
1T 04 Wiley Cox Lancer 63.540
2T 128 Neil Schelly Subaru 63.653 0.113
3 442 Adam Randazzo Lancer 64.489 0.836
4 51 Anthony Burden Subaru 69.910 5.421
5 28 Christopher Vance Subaru 73.98 4.071
X Prepared
1T 56 Bill Stone RX-7 60.587+1
E Prepared
1T 1 Brian Levesque CRX 58.587
2 14 Paul Krysiak CRX 63.232 4.645
F Prepared
1T 40 Robert Lang Triumph 58.949
2 13 Jason Towne 260Z 66.877 7.928
C Modified
1T 46 Stacey Strout Reynard 57.944
E Modified
1T 65 Robert Totten Spitfire 67.861
F Modified
1T 6 Tony Jagodnik KBS 59.251
2 5 Bob Jordan Zink 66.043 6.792
Formula SAE
1T 111 Cody Wojcik FSAE 66.539
2T 11 Scott Duncan WPI 74.694 8.155
3 117 Dan Cullen WPI 78.584 3.890
4 1 Christopher Aho FSAE DNF
Street Touring S
1T 21 Igor Romashko Toyota 66.849
2T 314 Bob Guenthner Mazda 70.554 3.705
3T 18 Jonah Erikson Honda 70.562 0.008
4 471 Kyle Gauthier Saturn 70.804 0.242
5 125 Evan Cox VW GT 70.951+1 2.147
6 25 Jennifer Cox VW GTI 71.800+1 0.849
7 11 Matt Davis Nissan Sentra DNF
Street Touring S2
1T 62 Robert Lapierre Miata 67.637
Street Touring X
1T 587 Josh Pesch Subaru 65.751
2T 1 Charles Thompson Mini 63.997+1 .246
3 56 Aaron Lee Subaru 66.089 0.092
4 11 Nikolay Nemchek Subaru 66.741 0.652
Street Touring U
1T 1 80 Jeffrey Anderson Subaru 62.936
2 84 Andrew Pascarella Subaru 63.382 0.446
3 80 John Rappa Subaru 67.663 4.281
Street Modified
1T 181 Chris Travis 60.055
2T 122 PJ Corrales 240sx 59.915+1 1.860
3T 22 David White 240 SX 59.804+2 1.889
4T 12 Charlie Currier 66.077 2.273
5 11 David Baccer Honda 68.086 2.009
6 43 Samson Creasey Honda 68.211 0.125
7 81 Kevin McIlvain 67.674+2 3.463
8 110 Kevin Davis 240sx 71.996 0.322
9 10 Roy Cardoso 240sx 72.575 0.579
10 621 Mark Bird Lancer 73.873 1.298
11 1 Jesse Jaramillo 240SX DNF
Street Modified 2
1T 11 Michael ElBaxel Honda 63.550
2 51 David Collins RX7 69.997 6.447
3 77 Shawn Collens Mazda 74.886+1 6.889
Adult Kart (non-shifter)
1T 64 Robert Woodruff Allkart 59.546
2T 59 Paul Bowin Elite 61.186+1 3.640
3 15 David Maldari GP Sprint 63.904 0.718
4 9 Nancy Bowin Elite 73.811 9.907
5 5 Eric Krueger GoKart DNF
Formula Jr A
1T 95 Sarah Bowin Elite 65.925
2T 1 Megan Woodruff Allkart 66.266 0.341
3 05 Ian Krueger Eclipse 17.434
4 11 Steven Woodruff Margay 101.608 17.908
Formula Jr B
1T 111 Melissa Woodruff Kart 77.558
2 50 Allison Krueger Eclipse 115.107 37.549
Novice (on pax)
1T AS 111 Mike Leruhuh S2000 55.321
2T SM 262 David Kickery 323is 55.417
3T DSP 241 Corey Kononchuk Subaru 57.613
4T DS 314 Dan Oliver Mazda 57.741
5T DSP 24 John Campbell Subaru 58.720
6T BSP 220 Brian Kickery M3 59.610
7 GS 111 Mike Pettengill VW GTI 59.764
8 STX 99 Aaron Telage Mini 60.505
9 STS 11 Kenneth Johnson Subaru 62.526
10 STS 17 Cory Cronin Scion TC 62.589
11 SM210 Andrew Karkos MR2 62.893
12 STS 37 Emmanuel Alexis Civic 62.936
13 AS 413 Hooran Vassef S2000 63.189
14 SM 122 Jenna D’Amico 240sx 64.506
15 GS 17 Will Friese Impala 64.750
16 SS 805 Apoli.Sinkevicius Cayman 65.322
17 STS 16 Athena DeGangi Acura 66.339
18 GS 23 Fyodor Wolf Audi A4 68.262
19 HS 18 Jonathan Palazzo Subaru 71.612
20 STS 77 Steinberg DumoulinCivic 74.876
21 GS 11 John Stiteler Saab DNF
22 BSP 67 Charles Larson M3 DNF
23 AS 129 Peter Cheney Subaru DNF
24 BS 99 Thomas Houghton RX-8 DNF
Top Times of the Day:
Raw time 57.944 CM 46 Stacey Strout
Pax 49.407 CS 47 Matthew Poynter
8 PIT TALK PIT TALK May 2008 9

Frost Heave Rally
True to Its Name
By: Scott Beliveau
The 2007 running of the Frost Heaves Rally was run on paved and dirt roads
due to an early spring. To avoid a repeat in 2008, the event was moved two
weeks earlier to March 8 th in hopes of capitalizing on the record snow fall.
The plan worked partially. On the Thursday before the rally, temperatures rose
to the 40’s and stayed there through the weekend. The paved roads melted
off to pavement, but the dirt roads, nearly half the rally, were snow, slush and
ice covered. This became further complicated when the afternoon weather
was precipitation including mist, rain, sleet, and snow.
Fifteen teams gathered in Laconia, NH for the start of the rally. The morning
section ran east to Alton and almost into Wolfeboro on the scenic leg of the
rally which featured overlooks of Lake Winnipesaukee and the surrounding
mountains. The breakdown of entries was pretty typical for an NER rally.
Three teams ran in the equipped class utilizing sophisticated equipment, five
teams in the stock class, and seven teams in the novice class. I’m happy to
report that all that started the rally found their way to the finish.
Jessica Mapplebeck and Paul Gosselin won the Equipped Class as well as
being the overall winners with a total score of 68. That represents that over
15 checkpoints, they were off the perfect time by a cumulative 68/100s of a
minute. When considering their score, keep in mind the visibility was limited
by fog, rain, and snow banks as well as having to dodge tremendous patches
of frost heaves. Dave Siesicki and Steve McKelvie were second, only .20 of a
minute behind.
Experiencing the winter warming trend that the Rally receives its name, Bret Wilber and
Matt Kennedy took a fourth in Class S. (insert) Nadine Villani and Rob Urwin, take a
momentary break on their way to first in Class D. Photos: Scott Belliveau
Frost Heaves Rally,
Results March 8, 2008
Pos, Driver/Navigator Make Score
Class A
1 Jessica Mapplebeck/Paul Gosselin Toyota 68
2 Dave Siesicki/Steve McKelive Merkur 88
3 Micheal Beliveau/James Beliveau Toyota 547
Class S
1 Scott Carlson/Phil LaMoreaux VW 220
2 Jeremy A. Madore/Hal Denham Subaru 312
3 Stephanie Gosselin/Fred Mapplebeck Audi 321
4 Bret Wilbur/Matt Kennedy Subaru 369
5 Louis Piscitelle/Kathryn Piscillete Ford 759
Class D
1 Nadine Villani/Rob Urwin Subaru 380
2 Sid Ordog/Jonathan Ordog Honda 504
3 Vittorio Bares/Richard Pfeiff Subaru 646
4 Oliver Young/Denis Bodak Subaru 1224
5 Brad DeSantis/Andrew Pascarella Mits. 1785
6 David Girgociewicz/Gary Young Toyota 1874
7 Zack Gerryi/Eden Hill Subaru 2255
The afternoon section of the rally left the lunch break in Laconia and ran
north into Meredith before heading west to Sanbornton and finally Tilton.
This section ran up and down the mountain roads, only a lane and a half
wide during the summer, but reduced to single lane in many places by
the gargantuan snow banks from this year’s storms. This was the fun part
for the drivers as they had to get up on the wheel and push a little bit to
stay on time on the slick, narrow and twisty roads. The afternoon section
boasted snow and ice covered dirt roads as the majority.
The Stock Class trophy was awarded to 2007 Class S champions, Scott
Carlson and Phil Lamoreaux. While limited in equipment, they may have
had a slight advantage in that they both reside in central NH and were
undaunted by the weather and road conditions as they scored 220 for the
day. Jeremy Madore and Hal Denham were second.
The rally gets its name from the orange signs that begin blooming in early
March throughout northern New England; “Frost Heaves”. The signs
warn motorists of upheavals in the road caused by spring freeze thaw
cycles. By all accounts, this was one of the best, or worst, years for frost
heaves. There were some sections that were so bad the week before the
rally that the rallymaster was forced to makes detours of the rally course to
better roads. Consider that the rallymaster drives a four wheel drive truck
like a madman and understand how bad the roads were if he decided
the detours were needed. Both Northern Lites vehicles finished the day of
rallying with dangling exhaust.
The Novice class was won by Nadine Villani and Rob Urwin. While they
meet the requirements for novice ranking, they have shown good results
over the past two or three years attending rallies occasionally. Their score
was 380. Second went to Sid and Jonathan Ordog. It was 17 year old
Jonathon’s first rally.
TechTalk
Tidbits of Technical Info, Thoughts & Surprises.
by Greg Amy
How to Get a Regulation Changed
Whew! You sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get to this Capitol Building here in
Washington. But I wonder who that sad little scrap of paper is?
I just a bill...Yes, I’m only a bill...And I’m sittin’ here on Capitol Hill…
It may have been a long time for some of us, but do you remember those old
“Schoolhouse Rock” segments on Saturday mornings? The one above describes
the process by which a bill becomes a law in the United States, all the way
from proposal, to committee, to debate, to Congressional vote, to Presidential
signing (or veto!) Well, you may not have been a fan of Schoolhouse Rock but
SCCA rule changes work the same way!
So let’s say you have a new idea, and you’d like to see some safety rule
changed or added, or maybe get a car classified or weight-adjusted. How
exactly do you go about making that happen? How does the rules and regs
process work in SCCA? Well, let’s follow your lonely “Bill” working its way
from the genesis of an idea in your brain all the way up to “Presidential”
signing (or veto)!
Gee, Bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage.
Well, I got this far. When I started I wasn’t even a bill, I was just an idea.
Some folks back home decided they wanted a law passed, so they called
their local Congressman, and said, “You’re right, there oughta be a law.”
Without the workers, the rally could not happen. Thanks to Ted Goddard
for being the official checker and working checkpoints, Gil Greenlaw,
James and Rochelle Ray, Tim Thomas, Brett Beliveau for working
checkpoints, and Chris Regan for running sweep.
The first thing to remember is that not a whole lot happens in SCCA without
membership input. It’s a rare occurrence where a car is classified without being
proposed by a member; this means you. Don’t count on it happening by itself;
it’s your responsibility to make that request.
On a sad note, Frost Heaves was Louis Piscitelle’s last TSD rally. Louis and
daughter Kathryn burst onto the rally scene in the spring of last year and
attended every event since, including TSD, gimmick, and fund raisers. As
a team, they earned NER Rookie of the Year in 2007. On April 7 th , Louis
passed away. God speed Louis.
The second thing you should recognize is that generalizations are usually
ignored; open requests like “qualify this car” or “make that car go slower” or
“this action was unsafe” are read but typically get a curt response of “thank
you for your input.” So, to make a difference you need to be specific and you
need to provide as much factual detail as possible
—continued on page 14
Gary S. Sagar
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NERRC # One,
NHMS, April 13, 2008, Season (brrr) Opener
Grp 1 - FA, FB, FC, FE, FF, FM, FS, CFC, CSR, DSR, S2000
Pos PIC No. Class Name Laps Car Best Tm In Lap
1 1 26 FE Shawn Morrison 17 FE 1:05.931 13
2 2 87 FE Bruce Allen 17 VanDiemen 1:06.425 14
3 1 19 S2000 Giovanni Sorbello 17 Lola 1:09.285 14
4 1 01 FC Donald Veith 16 VanDiemen 1:12.968 7
5 1 89 FF Todd McAfee 16 Swift DB1 1:13.404 14
6 2 79 FC Robert Zatz 15 VectorMG 1:14.235 2
7 3 81 FE Jerrold Streckert 12 VanDiemen1:13.863 11
DNF DNF 18 FC Davy D'Addario 7 Mygale1:04.937 5
DNF DNF 83 FF William Valet 3 Swift DB 61:04.222 3
Grp 2 - SM, ITC
1 1 44 SM Steven Gorriarian 17 Miata 1:16.508 6
2 2 31 SM Nick Leverone 17 Miata 1:16.607 7
3 3 40 SM Darrel LaPoint 17 Miata 1:17.652 14
4 4 8 SM Brett Bogart 17 Miata 1:17.909 4
5 5 70 SM Jimmy Locke 17 Miata 1:17.961 6
6 6 96 SM Andrzej Brzezinski 17 Miata 1:17.785 15
7 7 63 SM Hugh McHaffie 17 Miata 1:17.881 7
8 8 58 SM Doug Fambrough 17 Miata 1:17.998 17
9 9 67 SM Craig McHaffie 17 Miata 1:20.380 4
10 10 4 SM Ryan Morrison 17 Miata 1:20.454 16
11 11 9 SM Brandon Bogart 17 Miata 1:16.344 7
12 12 19 SM Brenton Piekarski 17 Miata 1:17.794 6
13 13 2 SM Richard Bennett 17 Miata 1:18.515 8
14 14 55 SM Kelly Arrison 17 Miata 1:18.438 16
15 15 12 SM Sean Siff 17 Miata 1:18.483 7
16 16 78 SM Peter Faill 17 Miata 1:19.396 7
17 17 93 SM Sandy Stevens 17 Mazda 1:18.509 7
18 18 99 SM Peter Punderson 17 Miata 1:18.144 6
19 19 59 SM Scott James 17 Miata 1:19.882 13
20 20 04 SM John Mason 16 Miata 1:21.430 13
21 21 26 SM John Wechsler 16 Miata 1:21.643 9
22 22 45 SM Mustafa Ugurlu 16 Miata 1:21.584 8
23 23 48 SM Diane Bundas 16 Miata 1:21.837 6
24 24 79 SM Michael Letson 16 Miata 1:21.455 10
25 25 68 SM Kevin Miles 16 Miata 1:21.961 16
26 26 00 SM Timothy Estella 16 Miata 1:23.183 8
27 27 7 SM Whitfield Gregg 16 Miata 1:23.141 15
28 1 39 ITC Fred White 16 Honda CRX 1:22.596 6
29 28 91 SM Attilio Albani Jr 16 Miata 1:25.148 16
30 29 32 SM Matt Smith 15 Miata 1:26.283 9
31 30 88 SM Jerry Rigoli 12 Miata 1:18.694 6
32 31 90 SM Kyle Disque 10 Miata 1:18.428 4
New Track Record (1:16.344) for SM
Grp 3 - GT1, GT2, GT3, T1, T2, AS, SPO, BP, ITE, ST
1 1 38 SPO John Branscombe 17 Corvette C5 1:05.950 4
2 1 88 T2 Brian Kleeman 16 350Z 1:14.618 8
3 1 66 T1 Hal Kahn 16 Corvette 1:15.789 2
4 1 80 ITE Maurizio Cerasoli 16 Porsche 1:16.260 3
5 1 92 AS Joshua Rikosky 16 Camaro 1:16.029 15
6 2 14 AS William Hopwood 16 Camaro 1:16.769 5
7 2 44 T1 James Barrett 15 Corvette 1:13.731 3
8 2 08 ITE Hugh McHaffie 15 Mazda MX5 1:17.386 5
9 3 05 ITE Robert Holahan 15 Mustang 1:18.389 8
10 4 60 ITE Frank Capobianco 15 BMW 325is 1:17.910 13
11 1 24 GT3 Elizabeth Ames 15 Porsche 924 1:21.316 7
12 1 51 GT1 Glenn Seward 9 Corvette 1:06.889 5
13 2 54 GT3 Kenneth Hull 8 Porsche 914 1:20.515 2
DNF DNF 50 GT1 Joe Foglia 1 Corvette -.--- 1
Grp 4 - ITR, ITS, ITB
1 1 18 ITR David Maynard 17 BMW 325i 1:15.228 4
2 1 25 ITS Rob Driscoll 17 BMW 323i 1:15.551 2
3 2 16 ITS Matt Rooke 17 Mazda RX-7 1:16.470 2
4 3 82 ITS Robert Blake 17 Mazda RX 7 1:16.810 5
5 4 98 ITS Greg Amy 17 Acura 1:16.913 17
6 5 33 ITS Joseph Stadelmann 17 Porsche 1:17.531 3
7 6 14 ITS Glenn Lawton 17 Mazda RX-7 1:16.372 17
8 7 42 ITS Matt Miskoe 17 Nissan 1:18.058 11
9 2 92 ITR Robert Thiele 17 BMW 325is 1:17.739 17
10 3 29 ITR Domenic Crugnale 17 BMW 325is 1:18.953 9
11 1 65 ITB Erik Langelius 16 Honda Civic 1:19.085 8
12 8 19 ITS Todd Bubar 16 Mazda RX-7 1:20.136 9
13 2 86 ITB Tim Mullen 16 VW Golf 1:20.455 9
14 9 05 ITS Steve Ulfelder 16 Mazda RX-7 1986 1:19.952
12
15 3 62 ITB Paul Curran 16 Volvo 142E 1:20.723 5
16 4 79 ITB Richard Ford 15 Capri 1:25.059 13
17 10 70 ITS Brian Bagnall 15 Mazda RX-7 1:26.440 11
18 5 55 ITB Daniel Scully 15 Volvo 142 1:29.350 14
DNF DNF 52 ITS Jeff Henderson 6 BMW 323i 1:16.363 5
DNF DNF 0 ITB Beran Peter 0 VW Golf -.--- 0
DNS DNS 00 ITR Gregory Deems 0 Nissan -.--- 0
DQ DQ 9 ITR Richard Hunter 17 Honda Civic 1:13.960 2
Car #91 ITR DQ for violation of GCR 9.1.3.D.8.a per Asst Chief Steward
G5 - SRF, SPU, Legends
1 1 44 SRF Randy Youngsma 17 SRF 1:14.601 9
2 2 26 SRF Shawn Morrison 17 SRF 1:14.685 10
3 3 71 SRF David Auer 17 SRF 1:14.699 5
4 4 11 SRF Thomas Riley 17 SRF 1:15.106 10
5 5 36 SRF Kevin Treffeisen 17 SRF 1:15.151 5
6 6 34 SRF Herb Sweeney IV 17 SRF 1:15.111 9
7 7 2 SRF Oliver Naumouski 17 SRF 1:16.145 10
8 8 20 SRF Steve Owens 17 SRF 1:17.230 10
9 9 73 SRF Bob Devol 17 SRF 1:17.328 17
10 10 03 SRF Patrick Stringer 17 SRF 1:16.920 14
11 11 39 SRF Mark Rubino 16 SRF 1:18.691 9
12 1 31 SPU Jerrold Streckert 16 Baby Grand 1:16.715 15
DNS DNS 7 SPU Chris Tymel 0 PRO Truck -.--- 0
Grp 6 - SSM, DP, EP, FP, GP, HP, GTL
1 1 18 DP David Maynard 17 BMW 325 1:15.516 6
2 1 94 SSM Charles Tanck 17 Miata 1:17.451 3
3 2 44 SSM Steve Gorriaran 17 Miata -.--- 0
4 3 40 SSM Darrell LaPoint 17 Miata 1:17.419 11
5 4 70 SSM Jimmy Locke 17 Miata 1:17.624 13
6 5 8 SSM Brett Bogart 17 Miata 1:17.826 7
7 6 99 SSM Peter Punderson 17 Miata 1:17.770 13
8 7 12 SSM Sean Siff 17 Miata 1:18.678 2
9 8 71 SSM Joseph Traut 17 Miata 1:18.918 9
10 9 51 SSM Bill Whitney 17 Miata 1:18.936 12
11 10 96 SSM Andrzej Brzezinski 17 Miata 1:19.066 12
12 2 36 DP Robert Breault 17 BMW Z3 1:19.005 8
13 11 88 SSM Phil Kogan 17 Miata 1:20.027 13
14 12 78 SSM Peter Faill 17 Miata 1:19.484 8
15 13 50 SSM Christ. Milton-Hall 16 Miata 1:19.903 14
16 14 63 SSM Douglas McCormack16 Miata 1:19.964 14
17 15 9 SSM Clifford Collins 16 Miata 1:19.637 14
18 16 13 SSM Jeffrey Collins 16 Miata 1:19.791 14
19 17 67 SSM Craig McHaffie 16 Miata 1:20.390 3
20 18 59 SSM Mustafa Ugurlu 16 Miata 1:20.596 10
21 19 48 SSM Jason Bundas 16 Miata 1:21.140 10
22 20 4 SSM Wayne Dyer 16 Miata 1:22.008 13
23 21 28 SSM Bart Lipinsky 16 Miata 1:23.317 13
24 22 7 SSM Amy Mills 15 Miata 1:24.480 7
25 1 26 EP Jonathan Einhorn 15 Austin Healy 1:26.899 5
26 1 57 HP Scott Cypher 14 Spitfire 1:33.888 11
27 23 06 SSM Abhijeet Gehatak 14 Miata 1:20.308 5
DNF DNF 86 SSM Mark Wheatley 3 Miata 1990 1:28.826 2
New Track Record (1:15.516) for DP
New Track Record (1:17.419) for SSM
Grp 7 - FV, F500, CF, NCF, FST
1 1 29 NCF Don Costa 17 Zink Z10C 1:13.905 12
2 2 13 NCF Frank DelVecchio 17 Van Diemen 1:16.816 9
3 3 01 NCF Donald Denomme 16 VanDiemen 1:14.071 7
4 1 43 FV Richard Stewart 16 Protoform P2 1:18.887 4
5 2 55 FV Bruce Rodman 16 Caracal D 1:20.132 3
6 3 05 FV Nicholas Galuardi 16 Caldwell 1:19.665 10
7 4 4 FV Thomas Pape 16 Protoform P2 1:21.881 13
8 5 03 FV Craig Swinehart 15 Protoform P2 1:23.408 10
9 6 10 FV Kevin Ohearn 15 Caldwell 1:26.188 9
DNF DNF 99 FV Paul Faford 0 Caracal D -.--- 0
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Grp 8 - ITA, IT7, SSB, SSC, T3
1 1 01 ITA Joseph DiMinno 17 Nissan 1:16.488 10
2 2 91 ITA Andy Bettencourt 17 Miata 1:16.414 13
3 3 69 ITA Shane Hawthorne 17 Honda CRXsi 1:16.679 5
4 4 99 ITA Geoff Branscombe 17 Acura 1:16.761 7
5 5 44 ITA Steve Gorriaran 17 Miata 1:16.525 11
6 6 33 ITA Timothy Rogers 17 Nissan 1:16.611 7
7 7 36 ITA Robert Breault 17 BMW Z3 1:17.791 9
8 8 03 ITA Victor Gangi 17 Integra 1:18.331 8
9 9 32 ITA Brandon Bogart 17 Miata 1:18.802 14
10 10 84 ITA John Branscombe 17 Integra 1:19.744 2
11 11 2 ITA Richard Bennett 17 Miata 1:19.346 16
12 12 88 ITA Linda Kogan 17 Miata 1:19.927 14
13 13 18 ITA Noam Levine 17 BMW Z3 1:19.518 14
14 14 13 ITA Brad Bray 17 Miata 1:19.857 14
15 1 31 IT7 Grant McStay 17 RX-7 1979 1:20.512 7
16 2 29 IT7 Michael Buccella 17 RX-7 1982 1:20.940 5
17 3 15 IT7 Richard Patullo 16 RX-7 1979 1:21.217 11
18 15 78 ITA Landis Rogers 16 Miata 1:21.387 7
19 16 58 ITA Buddy Wenners 16 Escort GT 1:21.981 14
20 4 79 IT7 Louis Iannaccone 16 RX-7 1:23.965 14
21 17 4 ITA Peter A. Morrison 16 Miata 1:23.240 7
22 18 76 ITA Robert Zatz 16 Toyota Mr2 1:24.223 14
23 19 46 ITA John Sheridan 16 Miata 1:24.637 15
24 20 94 ITA Daniel Deyo 15 Ford Escort 1:25.892 15
25 21 9 ITA Paul Terry 15 Miata 1:26.688 13
DNS DNS 34 ITA Jeff Lawton 0 Saturn SC -.--- 0
Car #44 penalized 3 positions in class for violation of GCR 6.2.2.J.1 & 2
12 PIT TALK PIT TALK May 2008 13

Tech Talk —continued from page 11
Let’s say you’re looking to get your Forguar Borgward classified in Improved
Touring. In the case of vehicle classification requests or adjustments (or
submission of errors in printed technical specifications), go to SCCA’s main web
site and search for “Vehicle Technical Specifications”; you can download a
VTS sheet with instructions. Fill out that VTS in detail with everything you know
about the Borgward, provide the requested photocopies of the shop manual,
and submit it along with your request.
OK, so now that’s you’ve got the VTS all filled out, what do you do with it?
SCCA makes this real easy for you; all regulation change requests should be
emailed to the Club Racing Board at crb@scca.com. You will immediately
receive an automated notification of receipt of your email. Then, you wait for
the process to work its magic…
Well, now I’m stuck in committee and I’ll sit here and wait
While a few key Congressmen discuss and debate
Whether they should let me be a law.
How I hope and pray that they will, But today I am still just a bill.
Your request will be forwarded to the appropriate Advisory Committee.
Each category of competition vehicles (e.g., IT, SM, Prod, GT, SS, etc) has
a committee of peers who meet on a regular basis via telephone conference
call to discuss and debate change requests and outstanding items. Each
also has a private message forum; your request will be posted to that forum
where the committee members can review, debate, and form opinions on your
matter in advance of the next conference call. Your thoroughness of submitted
information is important, for the more info you provide, the less “in the dark”
the committee members may be on the details of your Borgward.
During the con-call they will discuss the final details of your request. Once
thoroughly discussed, it will be dispatched in one of three ways: tabled
for further review/investigation (i.e., they have not rejected it but want to
learn more), or forwarded to the Club Racing Board as either rejected (i.e.,
the committee disagrees with your request) or as a recommendation for
implementation (possibly with some adjustment to your original request; for
example, they agree to classify the Borgward but in ITS at a heavier weight
versus your request in ITA). Note that the advisory committee only recommends
changes based on their experience with the particular category.
Listen to those Congressmen arguing! Is all that discussion and debate about
you?
The CRB now takes the recommendation from the committee and discusses how
this fits into the overall picture of in general. Committee recommendations carry
significant weight with the CRB, but if there are conflicts with other categories
it’s the CRB’s responsibility to address them.
There are distinct differences between a true rule change (e.g., you want the
Borgward classified and technical corrections (e.g., the printed valve size of the
Nissan Sentra is incorrect). In the case of the latter – an incorrectly-printed spec
- the CRB will accept that as an error and publish the change of the GCR in the
next Fastrack, effective immediately.
In the case of your Borgward rule change request, the CRB will meet and
discuss the issue, using the information/recommendations provided by the
advisory committee, and either table, reject/or recommend the action.
However, because it is a rule change, the CRB must then forward your
Borgward request to the Board of Directors for further review.
And if they vote for me on Capitol Hill/Well, then I’m off to the White
HouseWhere I’ll wait in a line/With a lot of other bills/For the president to
signYou mean even if the Whole Congress says you should be a law, the
president can still say no?
Yes, that’s called a veto. If the president vetoes me, I have to go back to
Congress and they vote on me again, and by that time you’re so old…\The
Board of Directors are the final “say” in rules change requests. Just as in the
prior steps, the BoD will meet to discuss the rule change request and - again as
before - it will be dispatched in one of three ways: “referred or tabled” (where it
will likely be sent back to the CRB/advisory committee for further information),
“Not Recommended”, or accepted and published in Fastrack as “Proposed”.
All “proposed” rules changes are then published in the next Fastrack for
membership review and input, along with a proposed effective date (we’ll
discuss how to read a Fastrack in another column). This comment period gives all
SCCA members the opportunity to be notified of a proposed change in the GCR
and gives them the opportunity - some say, the responsibility - to respond. During
this comment period the BoD will review and consider all membership input.
Once the period has expired the BoD will take a final vote on whether to
implement the proposed change or not, and those results will be posted in a
subsequent Fastrack. If approved, your change will be published in Fastrack with
its effective date. And that means you, the SCCA member, have helped move an
idea all the way up to being “law”.
He signed you, Bill! Now you’re a law! Oh yes!!!
(Next Month: “How to Read a Fastrack…”)
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Joys of Open Wheel Racing — continued from page 5
Dave Weitzenhof, Rollin Butler, and many more earned their piece of VW
history and the class continues in a form very recognizable to those men
today. Through good support, good rules, good racing and peer pressure
the FV community is still one of the closest in our paddocks. Parking
together, loaning parts, assistance, beer even, the FV gang always has a
great time, win or lose. Any class that can survive essentially unchanged
for 45 years must be doing something right. Or lots right maybe. As the
SCCA’s most entered National Class among all the current open wheel
classes, FV sits third [3rd!] overall in the list behind only SRF and Spec
Miata in 2007. That’s truly a success story.
In fact, open wheel classes made up 50% of the top 10, out of 30
classes, in participation in 2007.
The next revolution to happen in open wheel racing started “over there”
with the 1967 introduction of a class calling itself Formula Ford. And this
particular revolution crossed not just the English Channel to Continental
Europe, but the Atlantic to North and South America, the Pacific to
Australia and New Zealand, and became a true world classification
identifiable virtually everywhere open wheel cars raced.
A short sidebar here, with the introduction of Formula Ford in 1969
the SCCA now embraced five open wheel classes, FA, FB, FC, FF and
FV. So in 25 years the club had gone from no open wheelers to 5
well supported healthy classes. That is not to say the SCCA welcomed
Formula Ford with open arms. Hardly. They allowed early FF cars to run
as totally outclassed and uncompetitive FB cars. Made sense to someone,
they were both 1600cc, right ? Apples and mushrooms, not even
oranges. Through the efforts of a small group of US race car importers,
people like Lotus East’s Fred Stevenson, New Jersey’s Fred Opert, Summit
Point owner and Royale importer Bill Scott, Texas’s Lotus connection Gus
Hutchinson, domestic constructor Ray Caldwell, the Northwest’s Pierre
Phillips and substantial lobbying efforts from the membership the club
brought FF into the fold but not without a fight.
If FV was the template for a successful open wheel racing class certainly
FF can be accused of copying a good thing. Relatively inexpensive cars,
relatively low tech, relatively inexpensive engines, gearboxes and tires all
combined to create one of road racings greatest learning classes.
It can’t really be argued with that FF has produced more F1, Indy Car
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drivers and engineers, than any other class ever. A bold statement ?
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experienced by Jeremy Billiel. Photo: doug@the16V.com
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08 HONDA S2000 CR: New Lightweight Club Racer. Six-speed, A/C, H.T. Call
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08 HONDA CIVIC MUGEN SI: New in stock at discounted price. George,
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ACURA RSX-S GRAND AM ST WINNER: DC5R-K20A-30 over LTD-Slip,
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4th at Daytona in 08 $26,900, Bill Fenton,
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Pro Tour Truck: 2500 lbs NRP tube
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Have new dry tires, rains, 12 wheels, spares,
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1999 SM Miata:15 foot open trailer , tire rack, 20 foot Coachmen motorhome.
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2002 Lefthander: Chassis- Former
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2002 Neon ACR SSC: $9,500.00 Campaigned 03 & 04. Nationals in 04. Two
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Open trailer available. david.parrish@fmglobal.com or 508-699-6434
Speak My Mind —continued from page four
For 1968, USAC instituted rules that reduced the size of the turbine
allowed. Nonetheless, Granatelli teamed up with Colin Chapman and
Lotus to build the wedge shaped, 4-wheel drive Lotus 56. The STP showed
up with 3 cars, which would be driven by Joe Leonard, Art Pollard, and
Graham Hill. Also of note, Carroll Shelby showed up with two turbine
cars that looked similar to the 1967 side-engined car. These were to be
driven by Denis Hulme and Bruce McLaren. The cars practiced but were
withdrawn for ‘safety’ reasons.
Much to the chagrin of USAC, the restrictions did little to deter Chapman’s
ingenuity and the car’s qualified at the front of the field. As with 1967,
Leonard spent much of the race at or near the lead and looked poised for
victory when a part within the fuel pump failed and the car coasted to a
stop a handful of laps from the finish as Bobby Unser took his first of three
Indy victories.
For 1969, USAC further restricted the turbine engines. Only one turbine
powered car showed up. The Jack Adams Special conformed to the newest
rules and looked more like a jet on wheels than a racecar. USAC was
successful in driving the turbine concept to extinction as the car, driven
by Al Miller, barely qualified for the field on it’s qualifying attempt and
was bumped on the final day of qualifying. USAC then dealt the final
deathblow by banning turbines (and 4-wheel drive) after the event.
I remember reading of the turbine cars as a boy and being glad that they
failed because in my young mind, they had cheated. Only now do I realize
that I thought that way because the writer of the history I read slanted their
article to lead me in this direction. Being older, wiser, and having a greater
appreciation of great engineering, I now think differently.
Just to come up with the concept in 1967 took brilliant leaps in logic and
a comprehensive knowledge of the USAC rulebook. (Helped to a degree
by Pratt & Whitney’s Turbo Power and Marine division that had begun
selling jet turbine engines as generators and boat motors.) 1968 combined
the concept with the brilliant mind of Colin Chapman and the challenge of
restrictions from USAC to further improve the car.
Imagine if the powers that be at USAC did not work to exterminate the
turbine but instead moved to nurture and improve the safety of the concept.
Open wheel racing would be drastically different than it is today. Finally, I
wonder if there’s a place in racing for turbine powered cars today?
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