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T H E O F F I C I A L P U B L I C AT I O N O F T H E N E W E N G L A N D R E G I O N , S C C A , I N C . 

V O L U M E 6 8 , N U M B E R 3 J U N E / J U LY / A U G U S T 2 0 1 2 

Rochester Rally X Results 

Solo Events Three & National Tour 

Triple Play & Schools Out Regionals 

PIT TALK June/July 2012 1

2012 NEW ENGLAND REGION DIRECTORY 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS SPECIALTIES 

RALLY BOARD 

SOLO II BOARD 

REGIONAL EXECUTIVE: 

Douglas Fisher 

59 Old Post Rd. 

Wakefi eld, RI 02879 

401.789.8647 

fi sherdo1@cox.net 

ASSISTANT 

REGIONAL EXECUTIVE: 

Bill Gendron 

77 Stafford Hollow Rd 

Monson, MA 01057 

413-267-0904 

bill@smallfotuneracing.com 

SECRETARY 

Trevor Hermance 

234 Whiting St. 

New Britain, CT 06051 

860-986-9613 

racerguyii@yahoo.com 

DIRECTORS 

Hal Denham 

60 Jarr Brook Rd. 

Holliston, MA 01746 

617.519.3309 

halrallyx32@gmail.com 

Chris Regan 

717 Old Colchester Rd. 

Salem, CT 06420 

203.979.3196 

chregan@aol.com 

Jerry Rigoli 

PO Box 371 

Weston, MA 02493 

508-561-6001 

jerry@rigoli.com 

Peter Morrison 

37 Burnt Meadow Rd 

Groton, MA 01450 

978-448-2561 

peter.morrison@baesystems.com 

Gerald Shields 

86 Wilton Center Rd 

Wilton, NH. 06086 

603-879-0550 

shields@mac.com 

Elizabeth Winiarz 

11 Beverly Street 

North Dartmouth, MA 

02747 

508.999.8696 

ewiniarz@umass.edu 

Paul Zahornasky 

5 Twelve Rod Way 

Haverhill, MA 01830 

978.495.2583 

pzahornasky@gmail.com 

TREASURER: 

Louis Gingerella 

636 Pendleton Hill Rd 

North Stonington, CT 

06359-1130 

860-599-2647 

lwgrh@yahoo.com 

AREA ONE DIRECTOR 

Dick Patullo 

370 Chapin Road 

Hampden Ma. 01036 

413.530.1393 

patullo@verizon.net 

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MEMBERSHIP CHAIR 

Paul Krysiak 

653 Shenipsit Lake Rd. 

Tolland, CT 06084 

860.875.2220 

pkrys0kb@snet.net 

CHIEF REGISTRAR 

Peg Dowd 

30 Summer St. 

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 

Neil Schelly 

webmaster@ner.org 

MERCHANDISE CHAIR 

Donna Stevens 

PO Box 1122 

Merrimack, NH 03054 

603.566.2774 

dost2@myfairpoint.net 

PUBLICITY/ 

COMMUNICATIONS 

CHAIR 

Paul Zahornasky 

5 Twelve Rod Way 

Haverhill, MA 01830 

978.495.2583 

pzahornasky@gmail.com 

paul@treasuresthrutime.com 

ROAD RACING BOARD 

CLUB RACING BOARD 

CHAIRMAN 

Jerry Rigoli 

Jerry@Rigoli.com 

508.561.6001 

ASST CHAIRMAN 

Kathy Barnes 

kjbarnes22@gmail.com 

860.875.2220 

ASST CHAIRMAN 

Marilyn Freeman 

msf.ner@gmail.com 

508.561.2188 

DRIVERS REP 

OPEN WHEEL 

Paul Faford 

Pfaf11@yahoo.com 

603.622.8215 

DRIVERS REP 

CLOSED WHEEL 

Brian Mushnick 

bg43wex@rcn.com 

617.733.8568 

RALLY CHAIRMAN 

Tim Chevalier 

22 Greany Dr. 

North Grafton, MA 01536 

508.783.0600 

tim.chevalier@ner.org 

RALLYX CHAIRMAN 

Chris Regan 

717 Old Colchester Rd. 

Salem, CT 06420 

203.979.3196 

chregan@aol.com 

RALLYX ASST. CHAIR. 

RALLYX REGISTRAR 

Kathy Moody 

40 Dylan Court 

Whtefi eld, NH 03598 

603.616.1195 (cell) 

rallykat158@yahoo.com 

COMPTROLLER/ROAD 

RALLY/POINTS KEEPER 

Jon Lamkins 

71 Hazelwood Dr. 

Southington, CT 06489 

860.621.5964 (h) 

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 

NEW DRIVER LICENSING 

Pat Travers 

401.461.9219 

CHIEF RADIO TECH 

Douglas White 

ddwb@hotmail.com 

203.878.5141 

INSTRUCTORS LIAISON 

Alan Dunklee 

802.436.2414 

STEWARDS LIAISON 

Kathy Barnes 

kjbarnes22@gmail.com 

860.875.2220 

SCRUTINEERING 

REGIONAL 

ADMINISTRATOR 

Scott Dowd 

Nerscrutineer@comcast.net 

508.543.6620 

MEMBERS AT LARGE 

Scott Carlson 

17 White Plains Road 

Webster, NH 03303 

603.648.6020 (home) 

treemonkey1105@juno.com 

Philip Lamoreaux 

plamoreaux@tds.net 

Harold Denham 

60 Jarr Brook Road 

Holliston, MA 01746 

617.519.3309 (cell) 

halrallyx32@gmail.com 

Ted Goddard 

P.O. Box 267 

Perkinsville, VT 05151 

802.263.5678 (home) 

tedgcb@tds.net 

Steve McKelvie 

12 Hunters Run 

Frankiln, MA 02038 

508.520.7135 (home) 

shanna12@comcast.net 

Adam Brodeur 

408 Parker Street 

Gardner, MA 01440 

978.632.1368 (home) 

978.430.1397 (cell) 

apbrodeur@yahoo.com 

Scott Beliveau 

38 Cedar St. 

Laconia, NH 03246 

603.524.4305 (home) 

603.527.2342 

beliveau@aavid.com 

MEMBER AT LARGE & 

RALLYX POINTS KEEPER 

Tim Chevalier 

22 Greany Drive 

North Grafton, MA 01536 

508.783.0600 (cell) 

tim.chevalier@ner.org 

REGISTRATION 

REGIONAL 

CO-ADMINISTRATORS 

Peg Dowd 

NERregPeg@comcast.net 

508.543.6620 

Marilyn Freeman 

NERregMSF@aol.com 

508.561.2188 

GRID REGIONAL 

ADMINISTRATOR 

Karen Petersen 

Petersen.425@gmail.com 

860.523.9252 

STARTERS CONTACT 

Donna Stevens 

dost2@fairpoint.net 

603.566.2774 

SOUND CONTROL 

REGIONAL 

ADMINISTRATOR 

Peter Perrault 

miatapeter@aol.com 

603.888.9283 

CHAIRMAN 

Bob Davis 

rr_davis@comcast.net 

COMPTROLLER 

Kathy Barnes 

653 Shenispit Lake Road 

Tolland CT 06084 

860.875.0254 

kjbarnes22@snet.net 

COURSE 

COORDINATOR 

Nate Whipple 

OPERATING STEWARD 

Brian Levesque 

crxracerb@aol.com 

CHIEF OF REGISTRATION 

Barbara Seeger 

CHIEF OF TIMING & 

SCORING 

Jenna D’Amico 

jenna.damico@gmail. 

com 

CHIEF OF WORKERS 

Wiley Cox 

78 Sunrise Dr 

N Weymouth MA 02191 

wiley.cox@gmail.com 

EQUIPMENT 

MANAGER 

Dave Hyman 

davidh@alum.wpi.edu 

CHIEFS OF TECH 

Allan Parker 

Josh Parker 

FLAGGING & 


REGIONAL 

CO-ADMINISTRATORS 

Daniel Hoffman 

danielhoffman@concast.net 

603.401.2206 

Mike Ostrander 

ostramr@aol.com 

860.859.2705 

TIMING & SCORING 

Linda Louie 

blackcatracing@aol.com 

PITS REGIONAL 

ADMINISTRATOR 

TBD 

EMERGENCY SERVICES 

REGIONAL 

ADMINISTRATOR 

Peter Villaume 

NEDIV_ES@roadrunner.com 

603.785.7383 

CHIEF OF RADIO 

Doug White 

203-878-5141 

CHIEF SAFETY STEWARDS 

Russ Siggelkoe 

rsiggelkoe@comcast.net 

SAFETY STEWARD 

INSTRUCTOR 

Stacey Strout 

14 Old Ashburnham Rd. 

Rindge NH 03461 

603.899.5045 h 

stacey@j3.org 

CHIEFS OF GRID 

Shawn Collins 

David Collins 

CHIEFS OF KARTS/ 

YOUTH STEWARD 

Paul Bowin 

47 Richardson Ave 

Norton MA 

508.222.7513 

pbowin@comcast.net 

Eric Krueger 

PUBLICITY & 


Ed Savage 

8 Chase Rd 

North Brookfi eld MA 01535 

508.867.5189 

CHIEF OF PROTEST 

Kathy Barnes 

653 Shenispit Lake Road 

Tolland CT 06084 

860.875.0254 

kjbarnes22@snet.net 

NER Web Site: 

WWW.NER.ORG 

COVER: 

Long-time competitor, Colin 

Lawrence scores a win at 

the Triple Play Regionals 

held at NHMS. 

Photo by: Yusuf abudi, 

abudiphoography.com

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FROM THE RE: 

Summer is in full swing and we have had a full agenda of events in May 

and June. It is that time of the year where schedules are hectic and there is 

often too many things to do and you fi nd yourself searching for a few hours 

to put your feet up and chill out. In May and June there is always much to 

do about graduations: grade school, high school, college, and even SCCA 

Driver’s School. Our Road Racing and Solo programs conducted driver’s 

schools in May and June and I feel it is timely to acknowledge the efforts 

of our instructors and staff. These individuals, led by chief instructor Alan 

Dunklee, take a sincere interest in teaching new drivers skills and attitudes to 

help them better enjoy SCCA and the sport of motor-racing. I would like to 

congratulate the following graduates from our two road racing schools this 

year: Reid Allen, Anthony Autiello, John Baroody, Joseph Boruch, Wayne 

Dixon, John Dolnier Kim Estep, David Primus, Aaron Sawitsky, Sandy Stevens 

and Guil Twiss. I would also like to congratulate the 54 driver drivers who completed our Solo 

Novice School and all the staff who made this event a huge success! 

In my previous column I made a strong “pitch” 

about membership growth and involvement. 

The Board of Directors set a goal to bring 

in 100 new members to the New England 

Region. Our Membership Chairman, Paul 

Krysiak, has reported that we are making 

good progress toward this goal, but we 

are not there yet and need to keep working 

on this during our “peak” season. This is a 

shared goal in which all NER members play 

Over 50 new to Solo Students took 

advantage of the Solo school held at Ft. 

an important role and who can earn benefi ts 

Devens on June 3. Photo: Eddie Savage 

from SCCA’s New Member Referral Program. 

I have been reminded by some of the other Directors that it is not just membership numbers, 

it’s about involvement and this is a good point. Member involvement is certainly measure of 

our club’s “vital signs”. Instead of temperature, heart rate, blood pressure and respiration rate, 

you could say that Road Racing, Solo, Rally-X and Rally as our “vital signs”. For most of us, 

our involvement is predominantly aligned with one of these programs and this involvement is 

understandably subject to fl uctuations. Nevertheless, twice a year our club gets a “physical” 

where we measure of club’s “vital signs”. One of these examinations occurs at RAL (Racing 

Against Leukemia) Weekend (Aug 4-6, this year) at New 

IN THIS ISSUE: 

Hampshire Motorspeedway where all our programs (RR, Solo, 

Speak My Mind ...............................................4 Rally and Rally-X) compete in unison and raise money for the 

RAL Weekend ..................................................5 

fi ght against cancer. The other examination where we can 

assess our club’s “vital signs” occurs in January at our Annual 

.A.H. DAH ......................................................6 

Meeting where join together to elect our offi cers, voice our 

TIn Memoriam .................................................7 

opinions and recognize awardees. It is these two occasions, 

2013 BOD Nomination entry .............................7 

especially, where I encourage everyone to SHOW UP, to 

NER @ NED Rally Cross results ...........................9 

demonstrate that NER is ALIVE and WELL. 

Triple Play Regional Results ...............................12 

Off Camber ..................................................13 

So,what else is going on in the region that you might want 

to know about and what issue do we need your feedback on 

Schools Out Regional Results ............................14 

(fi sherdo1@cox.net)? PIT TALK is a large portion of the BOD 

Solo NER National Tour ...................................18 

budget and we wonder about what our membership wants to 

Rochester Rally X ............................................20 

read in PIT TALK. This year we trimmed our budget for PIT 

Solo Event Three report and results .....................22 

TALK to about $25,000 and fi ve issues. Personally, I feel that 

BOD Meeting Minutes, March ..........................24 PIT TALK is another sign of our club’s vitality. I also greatly 

BOD Meeting Minutes, April ............................25 appreciate the support of our loyal advertisers who help fund 

BOD Meeting Minutes, May ............................25 this publication, but this income is not near what it used to 

2012 Calendar .............................................29 be. The NER Board of Directors is interested in feedback from 

Merchandise Order Form .................................29 readers on what they want to see in PIT TALK. I have heard 

Solo School ...................................................30 from some that most event results are available on the internet 

—continued on page 7 


HERE 

TO 

SPEAK 

MY 

MIND 

Hey, this isn’t Kansas...David Mallhot and Richard Wiel race pass 

the few remaining trees at NHMS. photo by: Yusuf abudi, abudiphotography. 

4 PIT TALK 

By Jon Lamkins 

Big Racing Weekends 

Starting with NASCAR All Star weekend in May 

and ending with Le Mans in June, we’ve seen 

some big racing events in a span of a month. 

Here are my thoughts 

NASCAR All Star Race 

I’ve stated it before and I’ll state it again: Why 

do they call it an All Star race? These teams 

race against each other every weekend. The 

only difference is the format and the lack of 

back markers. 

That being said, many fans seem disappointed 

with the format (and lack of wrecks that were 

promoted from the start of the season in 

February). Personally, I liked it. The short 20 

lap segments kept the pack relatively intact and 

led to some good racing. 

Which is bigger: 

Monaco, Indy, or Charlotte? 

In between the All Star race and Memorial Day 

weekend, I was reading through the NASCAR 

message forum on espn.com and one topic was 

which was going to be bigger/better/greater 

the following weekend: the Coke 600 or Indy. 

My response: While the Coke 600 may be 

more relevant and watched in today’s 2012 

world, if you consider history into the formula, 

I would rank the weekend’s events as: Indy, 

Monaco GP, World 600 from highest to lowest 

importance. The fi rst response to my comments 

was (paraphrased): If it weren’t for history 

Indy and Monaco wouldn’t even be running. 

While I wanted to respond: I’ll bet your car 

has a bumper sticker reading “If you ain’t a 

NASCAR fan, you ain’t s@#t”, I refrained and 

merely thought it to myself along with: “You are 

ignorant seek culture” 

IRL at Belle Isle: Let’s just put this event in 

the past and learn from it. 

Le Mans: Pretty much 

what everyone expected. 

Audi dominates with 

Toyota trying to make it 

a show with a car that’s 

never raced before. 

And once again, we 

have a horrifi c accident 

involving a gentleman 

racer in a Ferrari turning 

into an overtaking LMP1 

(one of the Toyota’s this 

year. The question was 

raised about why let these 

gentlemen who have less 

experience/talent race with the professional 

drivers? And the answer was: Money. These 

guys have a passion for racing and the funds to 

form a team. If it weren’t them the fi elds would 

be embarrassingly small. My only advice: 

Maybe they should be in a Porsche because 

the Ferrari’s seem to have a huge blind spot in 

the right rear. 

IRL at Milwaukee: Always great to see 

Indy cars at the historic Milwaukee Mile. It’s 

always interesting to see these fast, sleek cars 

doing their version of short track racing. Now 

if only the IRL offi cials could learn how to 

interpret their own rule book. 

NASCAR at Michigan: Who could have 

predicted such fast speeds which led to another 

tire-gate. The race itself featured more cautions 

than usual (which I’m sure the fans loved) and 

it wasn’t a fuel mileage race. Oh yeah, Dale 

Jr broke his losing streak with a dominating 

performance, so all is right with Junior nation. 

I’m you’re biggest fan. 

Speaking of Junior, after the Pocono race 

someone on the message board asked 

(questioned?) why Junior was so important. 

It quickly degraded into mudslinging, name 

calling, and questioning of persons manhood, 

political allegiance, and USA citizenship status. 

Growing up in New England and Connecticut, 

where people’s lives and mood revolved 

around how goodly or poorly the Red Sox or 

Yankees were doing, it seems simple to me. 

Every fan has a favorite team. In racing, the 

driver represents that team. If our team wins, 

we feel good. If our team loses, we feel bad. 

A psychologist might say that we are living our 

sports fantasies out through our favorite teams. 

As to why Dale Jr has so many more fans than 

other drivers, I’ll go back to the Red Sox and 

Yankees then throw in the Dallas Cowboys. 

Even non fans of baseball and football know 

who these teams are. They are high profi le 

teams. The same goes for Dale Jr. Like it or not, 

everyone knows who he is. 

This reminds me of when I was young. My 

mother knew I was a motorsports fan. I still 

don’t think she understands racing as more 

than guys in cars making noise, but even so 

she knew two drivers: Richard Petty and Mario 

Andretti. So when I was watching or listening 

to racing, she asked two questions: “Is Richard 

or Mario in it?” and “How are they doing?”

RAL/NER Charities — 

2012 Weekend 

This year the New England Region Board of Directors formed the NER Charity 

Committee with the goal to contribute as much money as possible to 

worthwhile charities. The committee is comprised of: 

Jody Fisher and Linda Kogan as joint Co-Chairs. 

Other members include: Wiley Cox (Solo), Dave Maynard (Road Racing), 

Kathy Moody (Rally), Peter Perrault (Sound Control) and Danielle Moehring 

(the young woman for whom RAL was founded). 

The NER BOD and the Charity Committee have agreed to change the name 

Racing Against Leukemia or RAL to RAL / NER Charities and to support 

multiple charities. Our one fund raising weekend this year, will be Aug. 

4-5 th at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. 

Along with the name change we are happy to announce that this year we 

have added a second worthwhile charity to the weekend. 

Far too many of us have experienced the life altering effects of breast cancer 

fi rsthand or through a loved one. 

In 2007, shortly after my friend Laura was diagnosed with metastasized 

breast cancer, I was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. In 

Aug. that year, my step-sister Jeri was diagnosed with infl ammatory breast 

cancer. Since then four good friends (2 of them local members of SCCA, 

Jean & Heidi) were also diagnosed with the disease. Laura lost her fi ght in 

Jan. 2010, but the rest of us are still fi ghting. So in the hope of “fi nding a 

cure in our lifetime” the money raised from this year’s Raffl e Ticket sales will 

be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), which uses 

90% of all donations for research 

and awareness. We will also be 

selling breast cancer stickers and 

beer cozy’s at $5 each for this 

cause. 

To help save a child’s life from 

Leukemia please donate directly 

to UMass Memorial Foundation. 

More information is available at 

www.fi rstgiving.com/ummf/nerrace including a video of Jody and Danielle 

in the UMass research lab. 

We will be repeating the much in demand thrill of Hot Laps at $20 for 2 fast 

laps during Sat. lunch break and possibly Sun. as well. This money 

will go to Leukemia Research. 

There will also be track rides (if time is available) at the end of racing 

on Sat. for $5. Money will go to Leukemia. 

During the weekend, in the spirit of friendly competition, we will be 

having a contest to see which group (Rally, Road Racing or Solo) can 

collect the most money selling RAL decals for Leukemia. Bragging 

rights to the winner, or maybe a special trophy! 

Thank you and hope to see you at the Track in August! 

Linda Kogan 

Racing Against 

Leukemia 2012 

The Race Against Leukemia and Breast 

Cancer Research are both important 

causes but we need your help! Anyone 

who can help with a donation of gifts 

or services for the Raffl e please contact 

Linda Kogan at lkogan at charter.net 

or Nick Leverone at FlatOut Motorsports. 

Hi ! My name is Danielle Moehring and I welcome 

you to a fantastic weekend of Racing against 

Leukemia. 

I was diagnosed with Leukemia in 1989 at 3 years 

of age and was treated at UMass Medical Center 

in Worcester Massachusetts and Boston’s Children’s 

Hospital. 

Members of Yankee Sports Car Club along with 

COM, SCCA and Indoor Model Racing as well as 

Polar Racing raised money in my time of need. It 

was decided by my family that this money be used 

for Leukemia research and bone marrow donor 

recruiting. RAL (Racing Against Leukemia) was 

formed in the winter of 1990 by the dedicated efforts 

of SCCA New England Region drivers Ed Funk, 

Ed Warkulewicz, Eric Strobe and AMA motorcycle 

racer John Crowley along with my father Manfred 

Moehring to benefi t childhood Leukemia research at 

UMass Medical Center. 

I am now cured of Leukemia and graduated from 

college in 2009 with a biology degree and currently 

working for Seven Hills Foundation of Worcester, MA 

supporting mentally disabled adults. 

RAL is geared toward raising funds for UMass 

Medical Center in hope of fi nding a cure for 

childhood cancer. 

Thank you to all who are 

attending and special thanks 

for all who have worked over 

the years for the continued 

success of RAL weekends. 

Good luck and may the drivers 

be protected. May you all be 

blessed this weekend and days 

to come. Please feel free during 

the weekend to talk to me or ask me questions, or if 

you would like, you may contact me through email 

dkmoehring@gmail.com. 

Danille Moehring with her Dad’s Porsche. 


First, let us at Pit Talk apologize for 

any instances of induced déjà vu. 

Though, what with Dario Franchitti 

again winning the Indianapolis 

500, a total of fi ve “real” Trans-Am 

cars again racing at Lime Rock, and 

Maurizio Cerasoli’s Porsche again 

spontaneously combusting at New 

Hampshire Motor Speedway, our 

mistakenly attaching most of the fi rst 

“T.A.H.-Dah” to the end of 

last issue’s article certainly fi t 

a theme. We hope you will 

appreciate a piece that is 

shorter than a short story this 

time around. 

Those who want to get out on 

track to start corner working or 

have just recently started may 

have a lot to learn from quite a 

different operation at the track. 

I’m writing from experience, 

which I would not have had 

in the fi rst place if not for the 

inconvenient rule keeping me 

off the corners at Lime Rock 

as a minor or away from NHMS as someone 

without a car. Fortunately, it wasn’t hard to 

decide to work from an air-conditioned room 

with a great view of the Start/Finish line while 

being a part of the backbone of any racing 

program – the staff tracking the data about 

who’s on what lap in what position. 

Writing off timing “tapes”, despite being the 

fi rst thing attempted by the fi rst-day volunteer, 

was probably the activity that most bolstered 

and developed your author’s blue-fl agging 

skills. It’s surprising how much can be learned 

about an ongoing race of any endurance from 

darty (yet focused) eyes, a quick hand, and a 

pen on paper. Taping causes one to strive for 

earlier and earlier identifi cation of smaller- and 

smaller-appearing cars lap after lap after lap. 

6 PIT TALK 

T.a.H.-dah! 

By Trevor Alexander Hermance 

A way to train 

for one of 

the most 

techically 

challenging 

parts of 

flagginG... 

a field of 

SpeMiatas or 

Spec Racers 

The identifi cation of these cars 

entails recognition of their 

numbers, “thinking them to 

yourself”, and writing them. As 

our experienced corner workers 

now nodding their heads know, 

these are the same things any 

volunteer wielding a blue fl ag 

should hope to be doing. 

The repetition familiarizes 

the brain with the order of 

cars running in a group 

or spaced far apart, and 

“foreign” numbers that 

have appeared from 

elsewhere in the running 

order tell a tale (made 

complete by a scanner on 

the fl aggers’ net, if you 

really want the juicy details 

on a spin, drive-off, or 

car-to-car contact) that a 

quick glance at a computer 

monitor wouldn’t be able 

to show. 

This process works especially well in actual 

races, but is also a fantastic template to follow 

when trying to work a practice or qualifying 

session. In a period where drivers may be 

running their hot lap or cooling off to fi nd a 

gap in the fi eld, the attentive onlooker can still 

rely on a mental image of the last few and top 

couple of cars just based on how many times 

they’ve driven past, starting with their lap out 

of pit lane. It’s not counting with numbers, it’s 

recognizing patterns. 

This foundation seems much better to build 

upon rather than trying to blue fl ag for the 

fi rst time on station, and additionally makes it 

easier to follow races over time as a spectator, 

even without trying. If dedicated to Timing, 

writing tapes will lead to writing lap charts, 

which is an old-school “master running order” 

way to track the race with the same skills (also 

useful as a Starter). Eventually a worker can 

make it to the computer to monitor software, 

correct entry errors and print copies, but that 

frankly may not be as intense. 

Working T&S for only that fi rst year of events 

continues to pay off when I’m at a race, and 

provides a feeling of involvement with the 

contest that a scrolling ticker or scoreboard 

can’t provide. The small, dedicated scoring 

staff would love you to give it a try; you’ll be 

out of the rain for once, and you just might 

become a better fl agger. 

LOOKIN’ BACK: In reference to the above statement, in the 70’s and 80’s, Formula Ford was the 

fl aggers challenge.... here, its the NARRC runoffs in 1999, I count 18 fords, and the camera only 

could capture part of the fi eld...Yummy! Photo: Fred Mahler

RE Report 

— continued from page 3 

and we should not spend money printing 

multiple pages of results. This view may not 

be shared by all and we welcome input from 

the readers. We also encourage members to 

provide content in the form of interesting articles 

or even “car”toons, if you like. Kudos go out to 

Fred Mahler on very nice coverage of our Road 

Racing “Rational” event at NHMS in April. We 

have struggled to get write-ups on Racing Racing 

so his contribution is nice to have. 

The Palmer Motorsports Park project is still a 

possibility. Fred Ferguson has informed the 

BOD that the environmental impact documents 

(MEPA) were accepted and there is progress 

on his feasibility assessments. The club assured 

him that he has our full support and we are 

hopeful that things will keep moving forward. 

Our treasurer, Lou Gingerella recently provided 

us with a mid-year accounting analysis which 

indicates that we in a “break-even” situation, 

which is pretty good for this time of year. 

We had to some large up-front facility (track) 

expenditures, and these were off-set with 

income from some well-attended events. This 

year we asked program comptrollers to provide 

Lou with monthly reports on expenses, so we 

can follow our fi nances throughout the year 

and expedite year-end reporting. 

In August our efforts toward 2013 program 

planning will ramp up. Road Racing is 

looking at ways to enhance its program of 

events. Our Solo program relies heavily on 

the airport at Devens, MA and continues to 

look for other facilities. Like-wise, our Rally-X 

program is constantly searching for exciting 

terrain. The club is still open to supporting PDX 

(performance driving experience) events and 

welcomes a “nucleus” of members who are 

interested in running an event in 2013. 

On the leadership front, I would like to 

encourage members with ideas and energy to 

consider serving the Board of Directors. We 

will be posting nomination forms in the near 

future. Also, there are rewarding opportunities 

within our Specialty Programs to get involved 

and help make things work better. As much as 

I harp about volunteering; when I attend events 

is see more and more new faces pitching it to 

help. If we can continue to look for ways to 

effectively spread out the work it will increase 

the fun factor and keep the “burn-outs” on the 

track and not in our ranks. 

See you’all at RAL!!! 

Sincerely, Doug Fisher, RE 

Nomination for the Position of 

Director of the New England 

Region, SCCA 

We, the undersigned ten members of New England Region, Sports Car Club of America, Inc. in 

good standing, nominate for the position of Director, for the 2013-2014 term: 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

Candidate Signed Name Printed Name Membership # 

Member Signed Name Printed Name Membership # 

The written nomination (this form or other document meeting the bylaw requirements) must be 

submitted to the Secretary or mailed to the Secretary and postmarked no later than Monday 

November 5, 2012 Send to: Trevor Hermance, 234 Whiting St.,New Britain, CT 06051 

In Memoriam 

LEACH, Kevin William 

Kevin William Leach, lifelong resident of Glastonbury, beloved husband of Mary 

Carneiro, passed away peacefully Thursday (May 3, 2012) at Hartford Hospital. Born 

in Hartford, he was the son of William R. Leach, and the late Joanne (Terry) Leach. He 

was a graduate of Glastonbury High School. He was a 35 year employee of Pratt & 

Whitney. Kevin was an avid fan of the Boston Red Sox, the Connecticut Whale and 

New York Rangers hockey teams. He loved cars and racing, spending many weekends 

at Lime Rock Park and travelling with Mary to races, not only as a course marshal, but 

also as a race starter, where he felt very comfortable on the perch. He was a longtime 

member of the Sports Car Club of America. Along with his wife Mary and his father, 

Bill, Kevin will be fondly remembered by his loving family, two sisters and their spouses, 

Shelley J. and Salvatore Guerrera of East Hartford, Beth M. and Andrew LeDuc of 

Manchester; several nieces and nephews; many close and dear friends and their 

children whom Kevin happily referred to as “rental kids”. 


NER RALLY-X 

Championship 

Event # Three— 

8 PIT TALK 

By Chris Allen 

for 

the RXers. 

The February 2012 edition of the NER at NED Rallycross was a mild one. Racers could 

keep the studded tires in the trailer. This year, New England residents experienced a 

serious lack of the white stuff, which hurt ski areas but saved the backs of many folks 

who would have been doomed to shovel themselves out. It is pretty unusual to have 

bare ground in February in New Hampshire, especially for several days straight. This 

was the perfect storm to turn the thin layer of frost and grass into a softer playground 

A 

few course changes throughout the morning gave some drivers a better chance of 

NER @ NED 

getting through the course quickly, as wet mud formed shortly after the modifi ed allwheel 

drive cars passed through. At the opposite end of the spectrum, the stock front 

wheel drive class was taught the art of understeer by Matt Henry in his VW Fox. The 

February 4, 2012 

car 

sported a special exhaust system modifi ed by his co-driver Kathleen Most. Matt placed 

fi rst, with a 15 second lead over Marcel Belperron in his Saab 900 turbo. Your humble 

reporter managed third place in the crusty-but-trusty green GTI. 

Podium fi nishers in stock all-wheel drive were a tightly knit group. Cliff Kangas managed to grab some grip and pull a win over Jacob Perkins in an 

Impreza vs. Impreza battle. The ZR2 Chevy of James Caswell fell into third, despite some neck-snapping afternoon runs. Kudos to Perkins for giving 

Caswell and Kangas a run for their money thus far this season! 

Prepared rear wheel drive was Miata-rized, with Ben Wagstaff, Carolyn Green, and Bryan Mancuso taking fi rst, second, and third respectively 

in a shared Mazda Miata. Prepared front wheel drive was owned by Volkswagen. The shared jacked-up Jetta of Marcello Aldorasi taking fi rst, 

followed by Massimo Aldorasi. Tim Meunier represented the oil burning VW’s with his TDI Jetta in third. Impressively, Marcello’s total time for the 

day was less than two tenths of a second slower than the fastest prepared all-wheel drive time set by Chris Regan in his BMW 325iX. Regan took 

fi rst over the father and son duo Nikita and Nikolay Nemchuk, who fi nished second and third respectively. 

The modifi ed moniker has had some minor changes this season. One notable difference is the addition of a modifi ed rear wheel drive class. 

Nate Cantrell has often been the lone soldier in the group this season, but it’s only a matter of time before someone gets jealous of all the fun he’s 

having. Modifi ed Front wheel drive was led by class regular Hal Denham in his yellow GTI, followed very closely by Chang Ho Kim in his Honda 

Civic, and Neal Blair, also in a Civic. 

In a Fuji Heavy Industries-laden showdown, the all-wheel drive modifi ed class was extremely close by the end of the day. First place was held by 

Ryan Wilcox in the ECS Performance Subaru Impreza, but only by less than one tenth of a second ahead of Steve Coppola in his Impreza 2.5rs. 

Josh Muise pulled into third behind Coppola by about a half a second overall. Great driving was showcased by all three of them and it really 

could’ve been anybody’s race. 

Much appreciation to New England Drag way for the use of the facility, and allowing some minor excavation in the premature muddy season. 

Be sure to catch the infectious rally cross action when it gets REALLY sloppy at Slip and Slide, also being held at New England Drag way in 

March. And fi nally, a great amount of praise goes out to all the volunteers that make this event 

possible and keep it running without any glitches! 

A grey February day greeted the NER Rallycrossers at the New England Dragway. Photo by: daggerslademedia.com

NER SCCA Final Results, #3 - ner @ NED Rally X -New England Dragway, February 4. 2012 

Pos. Class # Driver Car Model Run#1 Run#2 Run#3 Run#4 Run#5 Run#6 Run#7 Total 

Fwd Stock 

1 SF 10 Henry, Matthew Volkswagen 61.167 72.489+4 68.032+2 63.020 53.169+1 52.930 54.415 425.222 

2 SF 805 Belperron, Marcel Saab 900 61.744 60.955 82.526+8 67.564+1 56.320 55.306 55.960+1 440.375 

3 SF 37 Allen, Chris Volkswagen gti 70.379 70.793+5 70.861+2 67.170+1 55.522 55.721 56.756 447.202 

4 SF 829 Most, Kathleen Volkswagen 64.064 70.591+2 68.219 72.798+1 56.736 84.688+10 60.315+1 477.411 

5 SF 85 Hermance, Trevor Hyundai Elantra 65.042 73.868+2 72.767 81.723+2 61.714 67.664 56.754 479.532 

Awd Stock 

1 SA 69 Kangas, Clifton Subaru Impressa 55.057 55.780 57.428 54.990 50.594+1 52.294+1 54.096 380.239 

2 SA 79 Perkins, Jacob Subaru Impreza 7.261 57.441 58.889 57.984 50.916 51.601 54.300 388.392 

3 SA 808 Caswell, James Chevrolet s10 zr2 61.175 61.038 68.631 59.514 47.352 48.399 47.643 393.752 

4 SA 66 Pacheco, Kristina Subaru impreza 64.534 61.820 62.583 58.098 55.391 52.042 56.567 411.035 

5 SA 842 Mordoff, Michael Subaru Impreza 2.5RS 60.161 61.923 63.191+1 61.020+1 52.602 52.727 61.229 412.853 

6 SA 802 Wiswesser, Ryan Subaru Impreza 65.079 62.888 61.427 58.233 57.844+1 54.018 55.413 414.902 

7 SA 827 Petrillo, Daniel Subaru WRX STi 62.675 66.139+1 62.350 59.411 58.342+1 55.758 51.151 415.826 

8 SA 74 Borlase, Roger Subaru impreza OBS 60.004 61.974+1 62.471+1 65.299+1 53.312 56.288+2 58.869+2 418.217 

9 SA 812 White, Derek Subaru Legacy GT 66.888+1 64.183+1 62.298 59.430 57.805+1 54.016 59.406 424.026 

10 SA 91 Beliveau, Scott Toyota Rally Truck 60.993 70.372+3 60.933 63.367+2 62.898+4 53.333+1 55.874+1 427.770 

11 SA 840 Smith, Daniel Subaru Impreza WRX 62.480 64.330 62.988 61.535 59.443 59.124 58.839+1 428.739 

12 SA 833 Harris, Emily Subaru Impreza 66.362 67.162 66.973 65.934 57.545 58.303 61.900 444.179 

13 SA 826 Mirkhani, Paul Subaru Impreza 2.5RS 75.366 79.555 71.483 60.161 54.170 54.187 54.159 449.081 

14 SA 27 Dionne, Robert subaru 63.060 72.251+2 65.935 71.928+3 57.689 66.077+2 64.215 461.155 

15 SA 824 Pan, Shawn Subaru WRX STI 68.473 66.773 64.709 66.066 61.985 61.486+1 73.598+3 463.090 

16 SA 825 Gaviria, Rafael Subaru Impreza WRX 72.453 80.144+3 75.376 72.223+1 66.565+2 58.933 59.812 485.506 

Rwd Prepared 

1 PR 823 Wagstaff, Ben Mazda miata 65.123 65.105 66.095 79.770+2 65.356+1 58.681 66.847+1 466.977 

2 PR 831 Green, Carolyn Mazda Miata 76.056+2 73.286+4 77.811 68.571 59.855+1 66.737+1 61.221 483.537 

3 PR 803 Mancuso, Bryan Mazda Miata 81.287+6 69.609+1 69.788+2 84.837+9 60.913+1 75.538+5 61.230 503.202 

4 PR 815 Twombly, Alex volvo 240 91.066 67.517 96.366 87.654 66.680+1 80.866+3 69.807+3 559.956 

5 PR 43 Cianci, Daniel BMW 325is 85.097+2 83.365 80.897 81.283 67.073 90.175+9 76.690 564.580 

6 PR 814 Lombardi, Alex bmw 84.253 83.849+1 87.194 95.520 74.832 79.321+1 74.348 579.317 

Fwd Prepared 

1 PF 830 Aldorasi, Marcello Volkswagen Jetta 62.527 62.237 60.589 60.560 55.004+1 53.870 56.679 411.466 

2 PF 838 Aldorasi, Massimo Volkswagen Jetta 63.968 63.370 61.624 63.728+1 53.556 53.436 55.469 415.151 

3 PF 262 Meunier, Timothy Volkswagen Jetta 68.158 63.649 62.442 60.078 56.963+1 55.666 55.316 422.272 

4 PF 832 Kenowski, William Honda Civic EX 131.304+32 71.097 69.754 68.498 68.188 64.955 62.127 535.923 

Awd Prepared 

1 PA 9 Regan, Chris BMW 325ix 56.077 63.778+2 60.629 64.500 54.133+1 55.572 56.596+1 411.285 

2 PA 851 Nemchuk, Nikita Subaru WRX wagon 61.235 60.237+1 63.697 63.602 54.192 57.956+1 56.950 417.869 

3 PA 199 Nemchuk, Nikolay Subaru WRX wagon 59.395 65.129+1 65.441 64.406 54.365+1 53.909 56.274+1 418.919 

4 PA 11 Moody, Kathy Subaru Impreza STi 58.437 62.234 62.676 64.993 53.600 57.511 62.437+1 421.888 

5 PA 64 Merkuryev, Alexander Subaru WRX Wagon 67.098 64.471+2 72.466+5 64.105 51.867 57.921+2 54.838 432.766 

6 PA 828 Bunting, Colin subaru 60.172 64.079+1 71.569 69.290 58.292 59.233 55.128+0 437.763 

7 PA 956 Beliveau, Michael Subaru WRX 63.552 66.839+1 66.536 71.233+1 56.072 57.856 61.546+1 443.634 

8 PA 6 Beliveau, James Subaru Impreza 2.5RS 61.602 71.008 71.481 77.312+3 53.952 58.249 67.339+1 460.943 

9 PA 822 Caporello, Michael Subaru Impreza WRX 69.823 64.875 68.313 72.024 58.077 63.460 67.597 464.169 

10 PA 29 Oseychik, Scott Audi Quattro 71.712 69.481 76.464 80.398 58.629 72.171+1 62.912+1 491.767 

11 PA 5 Murdough, Kate Subaru WRX 72.100+1 76.313+3 105.441+1674.014+2 57.817+1 58.885+1 57.629 502.199 

2wd Modifi ed 

1 MF 32 Denham, Harold Volkswagen GTI 55.875 56.531 59.861 58.615 47.942 49.278 51.785 379.887 

2 MF 24 Kim, Chang Ho Honda Civic GSR 57.165 56.861 56.908 58.193 47.860 54.594+2 49.338 380.919 

3 MF 356 Blair, Neal Honda civic 57.075 57.662 58.460 59.380 47.794 52.447 53.566 386.384 

4 MF 888 Carlson, Scott Volkswagen Golf 55.335 56.983 58.605 62.172 48.427 53.260+1 51.900 386.682 

5 MF 124 Hapgood, Kim Honda Civic GSR 58.040 57.466 60.219 59.068 49.857 51.287 54.333+1 390.270 

6 MF 88 LaMoreaux, Philip Volkswagen Golf 59.236 65.812+3 68.888+3 66.485+2 52.426 53.026 51.751 417.624 

7 MF 241 Baker, Rachel Honda Chang’s Car 64.293+2 60.066 84.495+10 67.818+2 54.893+2 56.622+1 53.197 441.384 

8 MF 77 Teixeira, Luis Eagle TSI 64.603 66.015 64.708 66.651 52.332 52.511 78.530+8 445.350 

9 MF 849 Belperron, Pascal Saab 900 73.363 79.642 74.035 66.847 52.426(DNF) 60.295+1 66.232+4 502.840 

Rear Modifi ed 

1 MR 818 Cantrell, Nathan Toyota Truck 71.627+1 91.575+1 107.597+1080.374+1 64.628 69.326 62.634+1 547.761 

Awd Modifi ed 

1 MA 165 Wilcox, Ryan Subaru OBSTi 71.105+8 56.953 57.268 57.260 48.873+1 48.308 50.519+1 390.286 

2 MA 48 Coppola, Steve Subaru 2.5rs 58.634 60.770+1 57.930 60.249+1 50.762+1 49.865+1 52.103+1 390.313 

3 MA 428 Muise, Josh Subaru Impreza 58.527 59.547 59.439 58.269 55.033+3 49.396 50.589 390.800 

4 MA 628 Muise, Chris Subaru Impreza 62.040 60.752 63.447 58.802 52.758 51.750 56.515 406.064 

5 MA 228 Muise, Jim Subaru Impreza 59.828 61.358+1 75.811+3 59.760 51.132+1 53.966+1 52.003 413.858 

6 MA 310 Meyer, Mike saab 60.696 60.066 70.578+3 61.830+1 51.989 51.173 69.681+9 426.013 

7 MA 810 Carr, Jesse Subaru Impreza 2.5RS 67.236 66.195 65.248 64.453 56.541 55.963 57.841+1 433.477 

8 MA 850 Bastarache, Sean subaru 63.693+1 69.358+4 61.416 75.176 53.224+1 56.561+1 54.409 433.837 

9 MA 841 Urbon, Brett subaru 77.637+2 67.475 63.847+1 59.881 56.104+1 56.454+1 63.677+3 445.075 

10 MA 110 Walsh, Justin Subaru Impreza Wagon 95.384+16 60.619 65.189 60.655 59.199 51.601 54.369 447.016 

11 MA 843 Tanner, Chris Subaru Impreza L sedan 66.304 71.528+2 66.503 71.105+1 56.385+1 59.803+2 56.958+1 448.586 

12 MA 834 Tuttle, Brendan Subaru WRX STI 70.235 63.748 69.425+1 65.353 62.049 62.223 61.566+1 454.599 


New Hampshire 

Motor Speedway 

Triple Play 

Regional Races 

Race One 

Saturday May 26, 2012 

Pos PIC No. Name Class Laps Gap Best Tm 

Results of Gp 1 Qual race. SM, SM5 - Gp 1 Qual Race 

1 1 24 Ken Quartuccio SM 15 1:17.072 

2 2 70 Jimmy Locke SM 15 1.929 1:17.004 

3 3 ‘01 Tom Capizzi SM 15 5.744 1:17.258 

4 4 50 Ralle Rookey SM 15 7.862 1:17.099 

5 5 88 Yiannis Tsiounis SM 15 8.449 1:17.173 

6 6 7 Cy Peake SM 15 14.850 1:18.192 

7 7 ‘05 Dwayne Bennett SM 15 0.861 1:17.809 

8 8 63 Hugh McHaffi e SM 15 0.289 1:18.580 

9 9 14 Amy Mills SM 15 1.366 1:18.324 

10 10 22 Kevin Anderson SM 15 1.166 1:18.256 

11 11 ‘07 Kenneth Burtt SM 15 0.257 1:17.958 

12 12 85 Keith Hammitte SM 15 1.453 1:17.998 

13 13 ‘00 Russell Gee SM 15 4.288 1:18.462 

14 14 ‘09 Quinn Kizis SM 15 0.502 1:18.812 

15 15 33 Steven Berry SM 15 7.607 1:18.819 

16 16 9 Clinton Chichester SM 15 0.303 1:18.694 

17 17 71 Eric Erps SM 15 0.255 1:18.569 

18 18 55 Jeff Campbell SM 15 4.155 1:19.321 

19 19 18 Marc Ulan SM 15 18.582 1:20.541 

20 20 83 Tom Minuto SM 15 6.017 1:21.060 

21 21 61 Wes Gronek SM 15 2.567 1:21.111 

22 22 49 Paul Broomhead SM 14 

1:23.607 

Results of Gp 2. qual race 

GT1, GT2, GT3, AS, ITE, T1, T2, SPO, ST, STO 

1 1 80 Maurizio Cerasoli ITE 15 1:13.595 

2 2 76 Fred Ferguson ITE 15 7.017 1:13.551 

3 3 60 Ephraim Dobbins ITE 15 5.729 1:14.587 

4 1 87 Chris Outzen T2 15 5.596 1:14.589 

5 1 17 Mark Wheaton AS 15 20.417 1:16.398 

6 4 74 Joel Arel ITE 15 1.364 1:16.133 

7 5 72 Tom Hansen ITE 15 7.293 1:16.495 

8 2 5 Anthony Cesaro AS 15 8.429 1:15.867 

9 1 23 Wayne Whitcomb GT2 15 19.818 1:18.368 

10 6 59 Michael Goulde ITE 8 7 Laps 1:16.955 

10 PIT TALK 

DNF 36 Derrick Reade T2 2 1:28.652 

Results of Gp 3 Qual race. ITB, ITR, ITS - Gp 3 Qual Race 

1 1 18 Dave Maynard ITR 15 1:15.317 

2 2 36 Robert Breault ITR 15 0.458 1:15.503 

3 3 3 Tyler Munroe ITR 15 14.335 1:16.055 

4 4 99 Jay Baier ITR 15 0.153 1:16.249 

5 1 14 Glenn Lawton ITS 15 7.478 1:16.674 

6 2 66 Tim Estes ITS 15 11.397 1:17.172 

7 5 50 Stephen Blethen ITR 15 7.927 1:16.485 

8 6 13 A-Lamport Hammitte ITR 15 0.155 1:16.983 

9 3 33 Joe Stadelmann ITS 15 7.900 1:17.736 

10 7 29 Domenic Crugnale ITR 15 0.357 1:17.207 

11 4 ‘01 Tom Capizzi ITS 15 3.455 1:18.029 

12 5 77 Mark Gregory ITS 15 1.217 1:17.730 

13 6 10 Matt Miskoe ITS 15 0.296 1:18.419 

14 7 70 Brian Bagnall ITS 15 0.448 1:17.970 

15 8 63 Craig McHaffi e ITS 15 1.369 1:18.253 

16 1 30 Travis Washay ITB 15 22.009 1:20.336 

17 2 1 Edward Funk ITB 15 0.503 1:20.041 

18 9 57 Tim Dugan ITS 14 1 Lap 1:20.153 

19 3 2 Nat Wentworth ITB 14 1 Lap 1:18.604 

20 10 61 Wes Gronek ITS 14 1 Lap 1:22.296 

21 4 17 Jason Benagh ITB 14 1 Lap 1:23.820 

22 8 20 Suzy Hiniker ITR 14 1 Lap 1:21.754 

23 5 ‘00 Dean Kretschmar ITB 11 4 Laps 1:22.410 

Results of Gp 4 Quql rac. FV, F5 - Gp 4 Qual Race 

1 1 2 Richard Johnson Jr F5 15 1:14.998 

2 1 12 Anthony Parker FV 15 5.463 1:16.733 

3 2 59 John Petillo FV 15 2.735 1:16.781 

4 3 88 Colin Lawrence FV 15 0.792 1:16.201 

5 4 ‘03 Craig Swinehart FV 15 11.262 1:17.019 

6 5 ‘05 Nicholas Galuardi FV 15 0.644 1:16.904 

7 6 46 Mark Fosberry FV 15 0.289 1:16.556 

8 7 31 Mike Sampson FV 15 10.576 1:16.911 

9 8 ‘06 Peter Cheney FV 15 0.256 1:17.913 

10 9 33 Tyler Reynolds FV 15 1.044 1:17.996 

11 10 55 Bruce Rodman FV 15 1.184 1:18.151 

For some reason we’ve seen this before. Maurice Cerasoli’s ITE Porsche 

does a fi ne impression of the Hot Rod Grill.. Peter”Thumper” Valliume 

keeps damage to a minimum. 

12 11 ‘02 Jon Van de Car FV 15 8.107 1:16.582 

13 12 27 Mark Filip FV 15 8.887 1:19.258 

14 13 99 Paul Faford FV 15 3.775 1:19.204 

15 14 11 Thomas Pape FV 15 1.585 1:19.448 

16 15 15 John Ferreira FV 15 19.808 1:19.298 

Results of Gp 5 Qual Race. ITA, IT7, ITC, SSB, SSC, T3 - Gp 5 

Qual Race 

1 1 ‘09 Andrew Bettencourt ITA 15 1:16.703 

2 2 12 Demetrius Mossaidis ITA 15 14.035 1:17.257 

3 1 1 Robert Demers SSB 15 2.220 1:17.384 

4 3 88 Yiannis Tsiounis ITA 15 0.500 1:17.252 

5 4 37 Abhijeet Ghatak ITA 15 9.595 1:17.769 

6 5 43 James Alley ITA 15 4.033 1:18.550 

7 6 33 Steven Berry ITA 15 9.187 1:19.007 

8 7 6 Jeff Longo ITA 15 3.497 1:19.258 

9 8 4 Peter Morrison ITA 15 3.579 1:19.416 

10 9 16 Rob Sturgis ITA 15 11.336 1:19.894 

11 10 61 Jeff Lawton ITA 15 4.304 1:18.423 

12 11 83 Denise VanBuren ITA 15 1.285 1:20.121 

13 12 50 Christr Milton-Hall ITA 15 9.499 1:21.305 

14 1 81 JB Swan IT7 15 5.488 1:20.994 

15 2 15 Richard Patullo IT7 15 3.476 1:21.467 

16 13 ‘08 Paul Rigoli ITA 1 Lap 1:21.420 

17 14 75 Wayne Dyer ITA 1 Lap 1:22.765 

18 15 24 Chris Raffaelli ITA 14 1 Lap 1:22.432 

19 16 29 Katie Day ITA 14 1 Lap 1:23.910 

DNF 79 Daniel Sheppard IT7 1 1:57.126 

Results of Gp 6 qual race. 

FA-B-C-E-F-M, CFC, CSR, DSR, NCF, S2, ASR, FS, FST 

1 1 37 Shawn McClure FB 15 1:04.774 

2 1 22 Jim Farley FE 15 24.076 1:06.592 

3 2 87 Bruce Allen FE 15 3.318 1:06.912 

4 1 27 Charles Foster FF 15 28.526 1:08.612 

5 2 93 Geoff Rainville FF 14 1 Lap 1:09.880 

6 1 ‘01 Robert Muzeroll CFC 14 1 Lap 1:12.148 

7 3 78 James Quaile FF 4 Laps 1:15.315 

8 2 54 Anthony Autiello CFC 8 Laps 1:10.570 

Results of Gp 7Qual race. SSM,SM2, EP, FP, HP, GTL, STU, STL 

1 1 3 Tyler Munroe STU 15 1:16.184 

2 1 24 Ken Quartuccio STL 15 6.773 1:17.081 

3 2 82 Robert Blake STL 15 1.386 1:17.452 

4 2 ‘07 Kenneth Burtt STU 15 14.405 1:17.861 

5 1 70 Jimmy Locke SM2 15 0.725 1:17.712 

6 2 95 Kenneth Payson SM2 15 0.302 1:17.983 

7 3 7 Cy Peake STU 15 0.467 1:17.595 

8 3 88 Yiannis Tsiounis SM2 15 0.529 1:17.754 

9 3 10 Matt Miskoe STL 15 1.474 1:18.450 

10 4 0 Ralle Rookey SM2 15 0.568 1:18.263 

11 4 ‘05 Dwayne Bennett STU 15 4.790 1:17.894 

12 5 19 Shelby Churchill SM2 15 1.415 1:19.092 

13 6 6 Jeff Longo SM2 15 1.149 1:18.897 

14 5 74 Joel Arel STU 15 2.035 1:16.476 

Jason Benagh debuts his ITB Golf. 

All NHMS photos by: Yusuf abudi, abudiphotography.com 

15 1 ‘09 Quinn Kizis SSM 15 5.402 1:19.460 

16 2 ‘02 Jody Fisher SSM 15 0.147 1:19.274 

17 7 ‘00 Russell Gee SM2 15 4.311 1:19.465 

18 8 ‘08 Daniel Meade SM2 15 1.259 1:19.299 

19 9 17 Mark Gregory SM2 15 10.743 1:20.360 

20 1 2 Robert Dardano EP 15 0.314 1:17.873 

21 4 71 Eric Erps STL 15 3.291 1:19.052 

22 1 5 Robert Thompson FP 15 5.338 1:19.128 

23 5 9 Clinton Chichester STL 15 8.750 1:20.957 

24 6 79 Daniel Sheppard STU 15 2.719 1:20.169 

25 6 55 Jeff Campbell STL 15 1.921 1:20.411 

26 3 18 Marc Ulan SSM 15 0.121 1:20.950 

27 4 50 CH. Milton-Hall SSM 15 0.802 1:21.113 

28 5 27 Dave Gran SSM 15 0.267 1:20.873 

29 10 16 Rob Sturgis SM2 15 9.948 1:19.360 

30 11 25 Skip Day SM2 14 1 Lap 1:22.044 

31 7 4 Donald Barron STL 14 1 Lap 1:22.889

32 6 77 Paul Perry SSM 14 25.982 1:24.129 

33 2 73 Nuno Ferreira FP 11 3 Laps 1:24.942 

34 12 14 Whitfi eld Gregg SM2 9 2 Laps 1:20.045 

DNF 22 Kevin Anderson STL 5 1:22.430 

Results of Gp 8 Qual race. SRF, SPU, LC - Gp 8 Qual Race 

1 1 0 James Regan SRF 15 1:15.545 

2 2 20 Steve Owens SRF 15 14.730 1:16.164 

3 3 35 Richard Wiehl SRF 15 1.442 1:16.221 

4 4 42 Miguel Fidalgo SRF 15 0.147 1:16.169 

5 5 55 David Mailhot SRF 15 0.767 1:16.462 

6 6 10 Doug Garrison SRF 15 0.630 1:16.621 

7 7 5 Robert Zatz SRF 15 21.179 1:18.741 

8 8 62 Thomas Kirchman SRF 15 0.833 1:18.093 

9 9 18 Mark Saviet SRF 15 12.049 1:19.093 

10 10 31 Leslie Kurz SRF 15 18.195 1:19.178 

DNF 3 Lauren Demers SRF 5 1:22.392 



Triple Play 


Race Two 

Sunday May 27, 2012 

Results of Gp 1. SM, SM5 - Gp 1 Race 1 

1 1 89 Brenton Piekarski SM 16 1:17.896 

2 2 70 Jimmy Locke SM 16 7.200 1:17.819 

3 3 24 Ken Quartuccio SM 16 7.190 1:18.596 

Many may not have formerly met her, but Linda Louie is your behind-thescenes 

head of Timing and Scoring. 

4 4 ‘01 Tom Capizzi SM 16 1.834 1:18.526 


6 6 14 Amy Mills SM 16 12.641 1:19.006 


8 8 7 Cy Peake SM 16 0.660 1:19.082 



11 11 ‘00 Russell Gee SM 16 0.403 1:18.801 

12 12 85 Keith Hammitte SM 16 1.758 1:19.017 

13 13 ‘05 Dwayne Bennett SM 16 0.112 1:19.136 

14 14 ‘09 Quinn Kizis SM 16 1.698 1:19.042 



17 17 71 Eric Erps SM 16 22.244 1:21.490 

18 18 18 Marc Ulan SM 15 1 Lap 1:23.250 

19 19 83 Tom Minuto SM 15 1 Lap 1:23.708 

20 20 61 Wes Gronek SM 15 1 Lap 1:24.567 

21 21 49 Paul Broomhead SM 15 1 Lap 1:27.905 

22 22 9 Clinton Chichester SM 13 3 Laps 1:19.945 

23 23 63 Hugh McHaffi e SM 10 3 Laps 1:18.963 

Results of Gp 2. GT1, GT2, GT3, AS, ITE, T1, T2, SPO, ST, STO 

- Race 1 

1 1 76 Fred Ferguson ITE 16 1:13.490 

2 2 80 Maurizio Cerasoli ITE 16 16.587 1:14.312 


4 1 5 David Flynn AS 16 7.841 1:15.715 

5 1 87 Chris Outzen T2 16 5.863 1:15.107 


7 4 59 Michael Goulde ITE 16 0.775 1:16.296 

8 5 74 Joel Arel ITE 16 12.247 1:17.663 

9 1 ‘06 Kevin Oliver GT2 15 1 Lap 1:21.478 

10 6 72 Tom Hansen ITE 14 1 Lap 1:17.892 

11 1 51 Doug Kelley T1 14 2 Laps 1:26.341 

Results of Gp 3. ITB, ITR, ITS - Gp 3 Race 1 




4 4 99 Jay Baier ITR 16 2.020 1:16.813 


6 2 89 Brenton Piekarski ITS 16 0.951 1:17.361 


8 6 13 A Lamport Hammitte ITR 16 0.237 1:17.858 


10 4 63 Craig McHaffi e ITS 16 5.962 1:18.038 

11 5 77 Mark Gregory ITS 16 4.768 1:17.686 

12 1 2 Nat Wentworth ITB 16 1.832 1:18.802 

713 2 62 Paul Curran ITB 15 1 Lap 1:19.149 

14 6 70 Brian Bagnall ITS 15 1 Lap 1:19.137 

15 7 10 Matt Miskoe ITS 15 1 Lap 1:18.372 

16 7 50 Stephen Blethen ITR 15 1 Lap 1:18.491 

17 8 ‘01 Tom Capizzi ITS 15 1 Lap 1:18.639 

18 3 30 Travis Washay ITB 15 1 Lap 1:20.400 



21 4 ‘00 Dean Kretschmar ITB 15 1 Lap 1:22.922 



DNF 66 Tim Estes ITS 6 1:18.299 

DNF ‘08 Ryan Hall ITB 3 1:28.592 

DNS 1 Edward Funk ITB DNS 

Results of Gp 4. FV, F5 - Gp 4 Race 1 


2 1 12 Anthony Parker FV 16 11.609 1:16.825 


4 3 ‘05 Nicholas Galuardi FV 16 5.685 1:17.452 





9 8 33 Tyler Reynolds FV 16 4.276 1:18.530 


11 10 8 Harry White FV 16 2.003 1:19.563 

12 11 55 Bruce Rodman FV 16 2.023 1:18.970 

13 12 27 Mark Filip FV 16 3.702 1:19.454 

14 13 11 Thomas Pape FV 16 0.505 1:19.718 

15 14 99 Paul Faford FV 15 1 Lap 1:19.760 

16 15 15 John Ferreira FV 15 1 Lap 1:22.326 

17 16 ‘02 Jon Van de Car FV 12 3 Laps 1:16.720 

DNS 20 Thomas Galuardi FV 

Results of Gp 5. ITA, IT7, ITC, SSB, SSC, T3 - Gp 5 Race 1 

1 1 ‘09 Andrew Bettencourt ITA 15 1:16.790 





76 5 12 Demetrius Mossaidis ITA 15 0.348 1:18.134 



9 8 4 Peter Morrison ITA 15 2.123 1:20.375 

10 1 79 Daniel Sheppard IT7 15 5.636 1:20.566 

11 9 6 Jeff Longo ITA 15 0.755 1:20.522 

12 2 15 Richard Patullo IT7 15 4.767 1:20.963 

13 10 ‘08 Paul Rigoli ITA 15 9.033 1:21.494 

14 11 83 Denise VanBuren ITA 15 0.410 1:21.382 

15 12 16 Rob Sturgis ITA 15 2.528 1:22.036 

16 13 50 Christher Milton-Hall ITA 15 6.180 1:22.571 

17 3 81 JB Swan IT7 15 1.505 1:21.524 

18 14 75 Wayne Dyer ITA 14 1 Lap 1:23.281 

19 15 29 Katie Day ITA 14 1Lap 1:22.844 

20 16 24 Chris Raffaelli ITA 9 5 Laps 1:22.791 

DNF 94 Dan Deyo ITA 2 1:20.884 

Results of Gp 6 Race 1 


2 1 87 Bruce Allen FE 16 20.146 1:06.580 

3 2 22 Jim Farley FE 16 0.253 1:06.439 

4 1 27 Charles Foster FF 16 34.375 1:08.763 


The prior weekend, Dan Shepards’ Mazda had an argument with a tree at 

the Mt. Ascutney hill climb. Within a week a donor car was found , all the 

goodies transferred and two wins in IT7 were his hard working reward. 

6 1 54 Anthony Autiello CFC 15 1 Lap 

7 3 78 James Quaile FF 13 1 Lap 1:15.523 

Results of Gp 7. SSM,SM2, EP, FP, HP, GTL, STU, STL - Gp 7 Race 1 

1 1 3 Tyler Munroe STU 16 1:16.558 

2 1 82 Robert Blake STL 16 10.559 1:16.883 

3 2 74 Joel Arel STU 16 1.487 1:17.597 


5 1 70 Jimmy Locke SM2 16 3.115 1:18.436 




9 3 ‘05 Dwayne Bennett STU 16 3.334 1:19.110 



12 4 7 Cy Peake STU 16 0.890 1:19.405 


13 5 19 Shelby Churchill SM2 16 3.636 1:19.673 

14 1 ‘09 Quinn Kizis SSM 16 1.050 1:19.664 


16 6 14 Whitfi eld Gregg SM2 16 6.335 1:20.275 

17 7 ‘00 Russell Gee SM2 16 0.518 1:20.029 

18 8 6 Jeff Longo SM2 16 2.980 1:19.613 

19 2 ‘06 Kevin Oliver EP 16 2.800 1:19.829 

20 9 16 Rob Sturgis SM2 16 1.226 1:20.140 

21 4 55 Jeff Campbell STL 16 0.627 1:20.135 


23 1 5 Robert Thompson FP 16 3.559 1:19.163 



26 3 27 Dave Gran SSM 16 3.105 1:20.787 

27 5 9 Clinton Chichester STL 16 8.218 1:20.650 

28 4 18 Marc Ulan SSM 15 1 Lap 1:22.058 

29 12 25 Skip Day SM2 15 1 Lap 1:21.931 

30 6 71 Eric Erps STL 15 1 Lap 1:21.776 

31 7 4 Donald Barron STL 15 1 Lap 1:23.266 

32 5 77 Paul Perry SSM 15 1 Lap 1:24.060 

33 2 73 Nuno Ferreira FP 15 2.246 1:23.880 

34 3 91 John Tartaglia FP 9 6 Laps 1:36.509 

35 6 ‘07 Kenneth Burtt STU 8 1 Lap 1:18.302 

DNF 22 Kevin Anderson STL 1 43.208 

DNS 50 Christ Milton-Hall SSM\ 

Results of Gp 8. SRF, SPU, LC - Gp 8 Race 1 




4 4 35 Richard Wiehl SRF 16 1.984 1:16.719 




8 8 18 Mark Saviet SRF 16 1.508 1:18.290 


10 10 31 Leslie Kurz SRF 15 1 Lap 1:19.332 

11 11 3 Lauren Demers SRF 15 1 Lap 1:22.635 

69.704 7 b4bd2b6b NER Dover NH 



Triple Play 


Race Three 

Sunday May 27, 2012 

Results of Gp 1. SM, SM5 - Gp 1 Race 3 

1 1 24 Ken Quartuccio SM 15 1:17.700 


3 3 ‘01 Tom Capizzi SM 15 0.318 1:18.369 


5 5 70 Jimmy Locke SM 15 1.802 1:18.277 

6 6 7 Cy Peake SM 15 2.174 1:18.728 


8 8 ‘05 Dwayne Bennett SM 15 8.288 1:18.585 

9 9 14 Amy Mills SM 15 1.839 1:19.224 



12 12 63 Hugh McHaffi e SM 15 11.969 1:19.626 

13 13 9 Clinton Chichester SM 15 0.184 1:20.038 

14 14 71 Eric Erps SM 15 1.326 1:20.058 

15 15 ‘00 Russell Gee SM 15 0.575 1:19.928 


17 17 18 Marc Ulan SM 15 10.638 1:21.403 

18 18 85 Keith Hammitte SM 15 8.974 1:18.627 

12 PIT TALK 

19 19 61 Wes Gronek SM 14 1 Lap 1:23.241 

20 20 49 Paul Broomhead SM 14 1 Lap 1:26.018 

21 21 ‘09 Quinn Kizis SM 12 3 Laps 1:20.017 

DNF 83 Tom Minuto SM 5 19:10.119 

Results of Gp 2. GT1, GT2, GT3, AS, ITE, T1, T2, 

SPO, ST, STO - Gp 2 Race 3 

1 1 76 Fred Ferguson ITE 10 1:13.967 

2 1 87 Chris Outzen T2 10 19.941 1:15.820 


4 1 5 Anthony Cesaro AS 10 2.007 1:16.744 


6 3 59 Michael Goulde ITE 10 17.024 1:17.117 

7 1 23 Wayne Whitcomb GT2 10 1.033 1:17.508 

8 4 72 Tom Hansen ITE 10 6.008 1:18.733 

9 5 74 Joel Arel ITE 10 1.516 1:18.659 

10 2 36 Derrick Reade T2 9 1 Lap 1:24.054 

11 6 80 Maurizio Cerasoli ITE 8 1 Lap 1:14.636 

Results of Gp 3. ITB, ITR, ITS - Gp 3 Race 3 




4 4 99 Jay Baier ITR 15 0.484 1:16.450 

5 1 66 Tim Estes ITS 15 12.290 1:17.330 


7 3 ‘01 Tom Capizzi ITS 15 1.245 1:17.668 



10 5 70 Brian Bagnall ITS 15 6.726 1:18.871 

11 6 10 Matt Miskoe ITS 15 0.718 1:19.183 

12 7 77 Mark Gregory ITS 15 0.116 1:19.303 

13 1 2 Nat Wentworth ITB 15 2.642 1:19.370 

14 2 62 Paul Curran ITB 15 0.431 1:19.191 

15 3 30 Travis Washay ITB 15 9.844 1:20.488 

16 4 1 Edward Funk ITB 15 0.541 1:20.640 





21 10 63 Craig McHaffi e ITS 13 2 Laps 1:19.172 

22 7 13 Lamport HammitteITR 11 4 Laps 1:19.116 

DNF ‘00 Dean Kretschmar ITB 1 1:26.219 

DNF 50 Stephen Blethen ITR 

Results of Gp 4. FV, F5 - Gp 4 Race 3 






6 5 ‘05 Nicholas GaluardiFV 15 0.832 1:16.934 

7 6 33 Tyler Reynolds FV 15 2.112 1:17.161 


9 8 55 Bruce Rodman FV 15 2.723 1:18.671 


11 10 15 John Ferreira FV 15 14.380 1:19.503 

12 11 99 Paul Faford FV 15 15.069 1:19.770 

13 12 27 Mark Filip FV 13 2 Lap 1:19.230 

14 13 11 Thomas Pape FV 12 3 Laps 1:20.028 

15 14 12 Anthony Parker FV 7 5 Laps 1:17.116 

DNS ‘02 Jon Van de Car FV DNS 

Results of Gp 5. ITA, IT7, ITC, SSB, SSC, T3 - Gp 5 

Race 3 

1 ‘09 Andrew Bettencourt ITA 15 1:17.537 






7 6 12 Demetr Mossaidis ITA 15 5.040 1:18.784 

8 1 79 Daniel Sheppard IT7 15 14.830 1:19.560 

9 7 6 Jeff Longo ITA 15 0.693 1:20.234 

10 8 4 Peter Morrison ITA 15 5.418 1:20.531 

11 9 83 Denise VanBuren ITA 15 0.318 1:19.951 

12 10 16 Rob Sturgis ITA 15 0.576 1:20.242 


14 12 ‘08 Paul Rigoli ITA 15 4.350 1:21.354 

15 2 81 JB Swan IT7 15 1.244 1:21.203 

16 3 15 Richard Patullo IT7 15 0.217 1:21.569 

17 13 50 Christ Milton-Hall ITA 15 9.260 1:21.798 

18 14 24 Chris Raffaelli ITA 14 1 Lap 1:23.897 

19 15 75 Wayne Dyer ITA 14 1 Lap 1:23.814 

20 16 29 Katie Day ITA 14 1 Lap 1:23.394 

Results of Gp 6. FA-B-C-E-F-M, CFC, CSR, DSR, NCF, 

S2, ASR, FS, FST - Gp 6 Race 3 


2 1 22 Jim Farley FE 15 20.010 1:07.027 

3 2 87 Bruce Allen FE 15 36.034 1:07.300 

4 1 27 Charles Foster FF 15 4.475 1:09.709 


6 1 ‘01 Robert Muzeroll CFC 14 1 Lap 1:13.253 

DNS 54 Anthony Autiello CFC 

DNS 78 James Quaile FF 

Results of Gp 7. SSM,SM2, EP, FP, HP, GTL, STU, 

STL - Gp 7 Race 3 

1 1 82 Robert Blake STL 15 1:17.215 



4 2 70 Jimmy Locke SM2 15 1.129 1:17.802 

5 1 74 Joel Arel STU 15 2.775 1:17.247 




9 4 22 Kevin Anderson STL 15 0.211 1:18.500 

10 5 19 Shelby Churchill SM2 15 4.406 1:18.651 

11 2 ‘07 Kenneth Burtt STU 15 10.672 1:18.110 

12 3 ‘05 Dwayne Bennett STU 15 1.594 1:18.208 

13 6 ‘00 Russell Gee SM2 15 1.233 1:19.338 

14 4 7 Cy Peake STU 15 0.335 1:18.212 

15 7 6 Jeff Longo SM2 15 2.322 1:19.620 




19 5 71 Eric Erps STL 15 2.932 1:20.112 



22 2 18 Marc Ulan SSM 15 0.882 1:20.521 

23 10 14 Whitfi eld Gregg SM2 15 0.127 1:20.520 

24 3 27 Dave Gran SSM 15 2.186 1:20.206 

25 11 16 Rob Sturgis SM2 15 0.855 1:20.680 

26 1 5 Robert Thompson FP 15 7.863 1:19.835 

27 4 77 Paul Perry SSM 14 1 Lap 1:23.906 

28 6 4 Donald Barron STL 14 1 Lap 1:23.947 

29 2 91 John Tartaglia FP 14 1 Lap 1:23.414 

30 3 73 Nuno Ferreira FP 14 5.592 1:25.455 

31 5 50 Chrisr Milton-Hall SSM 12 3 Laps 1:21.749 

32 7 9 Clinton Chichester STL 8 7 Laps 1:21.882 

DNS 25 Skip Day SM2 DNS 

DNS ‘09 Quinn Kizis SSM DNS 

DNS 55 Jeff Campbell STL DNS 

DNS 3 Tyler Munroe STU DNS 

Results of Gp 8. SRF, SPU, LC - Gp 8 Race 3 








8 8 18 Mark Saviet SRF 15 16.264 1:18.948 

9 9 31 Leslie Kurz SRF 15 19.364 1:20.006 

10 10 3 Lauren Demers SRF 14 1 Lap 1:21.444 

11 11 35 Richard Wiehl SRF 12 3 Laps 1:16.656

Steve Frederick was telling us how about a 

child he had spotted walking through the 

paddock carrying a bright pink toilet seat, a 

seat that he apparently now coveted. I tried 

to follow his logic as we unloaded boxes of 

trophies from the trailer. 

“What in the world do you need a pink toilet 

seat for?” No matter how I approached it, I 

failed to wrap my brain around that concept. 

I heaved another box through the door of the 

trailer. 

“For the special Miata bathroom.” Steve drove 

one himself. I wondered briefl y if his toilet 

training was in remission. 

“For the...wha? Where is that?” 

He pointed at the handicap accessible porta 

potty located at the head of the paddock row. 

“It’s the one with the fl owers stenciled on the 

door! I see that kid again, I’m going to offer 

him money for it!” 

“Oh sweet Jesus in a tuxedo shirt. Leave the 

kids alone. You’re going to get arrested.” 

I thumped another box down on the ground, 

convinced that I had landed in an alternate 

universe. Around me, the sky was a brilliant 

blue bowl over B paddock, the PA buzzing 

as they called students to the tower for the 

race school. For a place I had pretty much 

grown up in, I hadn’t spent any appreciable 

time there in over 5 years. I looked around, 

wondering why I had allowed so much 

time to go by. Bittersweet memories of past 

experiences and events ran through my mind. 

I pushed them away: the last thing you need at 

Lime Rock is distractions. Like pink toilet seats. 

I looked at the boxes of trophies with 

satisfaction. This year, the club had added 

a hurdle to any driver who placed high 

enough to get a trophy: they had to run one 

more gauntlet......me. I was fi nding the task 

of trophy wench to be surprisingly fulfi lling. I 

got to personally greet everyone who won a 

trophy. 

I chuckled a bit as I recalled some of 

my encounters the fi rst couple of events. 

“Hungry?” Ed appeared at my elbow, 

interrupting my reverie. “Yeah, starved 

actually. Let’s head over to the food stand.” 

Sound 

Bites From 

Reality 

By: Stephanie Funk 

My friend’s daughter had taken a summer 

job in the paddock concession stand, a fact 

that perhaps was playing into my somewhat 

introspective mood at the moment. Her mother 

and I had worked together in the track offi ce 

one memorable summer some 21 years ago 

now. Seeing her now 18 year old daughter 

working at the track made me feel, well old. 

And evil. The way I usually felt these days. 

She ran around the counter to greet me, 

throwing her arms around me and giving me 

a bear hug. I felt an unexpected prickling in 

my eyelids at her enthusiasm. After the usual 

pleasantries, I asked her what was good at the 

stand this season. 

“The chicken Caesar salad is like, my 

favorite.” 

“Ok, I like salads, that works.” She slid the 

container across the counter at me. “Oh…. 

she put a fi nger on her lips. “The grill is off, so 

we don’t have any chicken.” I shrugged. “A 

plain Caesar is fi ne too.” The last thing anyone 

needed at Lime Rock was anything in your 

belly that could create an offensive burp as 

you crested the uphill. 

She rang me up with a big smile and we took 

our food to the tables. I popped open the lid. 

Chunks of romaine lettuce, seven croutons, 35 

sprinkles of parmesan cheese, no dressing. I 

went back up to the register. “Hey, can I get 

some dressing?” 

“Oh sure! Here…” she grabbed a box. “Um, 

we’re all out of Caesar dressing, but you can 

have whatever you like.” 

Ed pushed my hand away as I snagged more 

turkey out of his sandwich. “Get your own!” 

“Hey, I tried, but all I have is a container 

of romaine lettuce. Come on, I need some 

protein.” 

He muttered something, but I wasn’t listening to 

him. I hadn’t been at Lime Rock Park in several 

years, a fact that surprised and depressed me 

some. A lousy work schedule and the years 

buzzing by faster and faster had contributed 

to that oversight. I silently vowed not to let it 

happen again as I ate my non-Caesar salad 

with balsamic dressing and bits of turkey 

crumbled on it. 

My eyes drifted slowly across the paddock, 

memories rife at every spot. The night we 

burned down, er, took down the old start fi nish 

tower. The day I met, or should say, re-met 

Jutso the gate guard. Looking at the point of A 

paddock, I fl ashed on a memorable encounter 

with Joe Stimola, one that still makes me 

chuckle twenty years or more later…. 

It was a warm, cloudless day like this one 

when I steered my old Chevy S10 down the 

dusty dirt paddock road. It was Tuesday, 

and we had an open practice scheduled for 

that afternoon. I saw Joe Stimola standing 

by the edge of his paddock spot, fi ddling 

with some sort of box in his hand. For those 

who never met him, you missed out on a real 

character, one with a heart of gold, and a 

wizard at formula cars. He was also funny and 

irreverent, all the qualities I like in a person. 

Slowing, I smiled a greeting at him. He looked 

up from his device, which resembled an early 

laptop with a radio antennae on the side of it. 

“Hey Joe. What’s up?” 

He showed me his device. “Check it out! 

I just got this weather station so I can jet 

the carburetors more accurately! It tells me 

temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, 

everything I need! It cost fi ve grand, but it’s 

going to be worth every penny!” 

I eyed his new toy. “You paid fi ve grand for 

that?” I snickered. “I can tell you all that for 

free.” 

“Oh really?” He placed a fi st on his hip. “Go 

ahead, Miss Smarty Pants!” 

I tilted my head back so the sun washed over 

my face. “The temperature right now is 68 

degrees.” Sticking my fi nger in my mouth, I 

wetted it and held it up in the air. “Winds are 

coming from the southeast at 5 to 10 mph. 



Summer 

School’s Out 

Regional 

Lime Rock Park, June 9, 2012 

By Fred Mahler 

After spending the fi rst two events of the 2012 at the New Hampshire 

Motor Speedway, NER traveled south for its only race at Lime Rock Park 

this year. This was a Friday/Saturday event with the school and regional 

qualifying on Friday and NERRC/NARRC point’s races on Saturday. 

The school had 13 students including 6 that were signed off and 5 that 

raced on Saturday. The drivers were on the track for 6 sessions which 

they alternated with regional qualifying. They had dry weather for most of 

the day. During the course of the day the stewards simulated all sorts of 

things that could happen to them on track. The one thing that they could 

not artifi cially create was rain, so Mother Nature helped them with that 

and provided a wet track for their last session. 

168 drivers posted qualifying times on the regional group side and the 

weather was forecast to be very nice for Saturday. If you’ve ever read any 

of my past race reports you know that I take what weather folks say in 

advance with a grain of salt, so I was not surprised when light rain began 

to fall at the morning fl ag meeting. 

The rain remained on the very light side as group 1 came out for their 

15 lap qualifying race. The track was predominantly dry as the 26 car 

SRF/EP/HP race took the green fl ag. SRF drivers Kevin Treffeisen, John 

Steinmetz, and James Regan were having a great battle for the overall 

lead with each taking turns in the top spot and never more than cars 

length apart. The rain began to fall again around lap 10 and when the 

leaders came around to complete lap 12, things changed dramatically at 

the front. It could have been the damp track or lapped traffi c (or both) I am 

not sure, I just looked up to see Treffeisen starting to spin in a big crowd 

and cars making contact all around at the exit of the fi nal turn. When it 

was over all three of lead cars were in the pits with varies body and or 

mechanical damage. Other cars were also involved and the race was 

checkered one lap early to help speed up clean up. Lee McNeish who 

hadn’t even posted a qualifying time came out on top. 

The offi cial points race for group 1 was very different from the mornings 

14 PIT TALK 

Photo: Fred Mahler 

qualifying race. All three of the cars that were involved in the earlier 

incident were patched up and ready to go although they would start at 

the rear of the SRF pack for the split start (EP and HP would start behind). 

This time with a dry track and starting from pole McNeish had no problem 

winning, even surviving contact in big bend with 5 laps remaining. In EP 

Joe Boruch and Jonathan Leitner had a very tight battle going that was 

ultimately decided in Boruch’s favor. Bouch driving his Honda S2000 was 

one of the drivers signed off at Friday’s school. 

By the time group 2 came out for their qualifying race, the track was 

again dry in time for the 31 Spec Miatas. For most of the 15 lap session 

Ralle Rookey and Tom Capizzi were locked at the bumper. Exiting big 

bend on the fi nal lap the two had a situation which resulted in both 

of them spinning off course. Capizzi would go no further and Rookey 

continued to fi nish 7 th . This handed the win to Dylan Murcott. 

A red fl ag on Lap 2 during the point’s race defi ned the SM’s group 

afternoon session. There were 4 broken cars blocking the track between 

big bend and the left hander necessitating the stoppage. Once the 

remaining cars were allowed back to the pits and put back into their 

original starting positions the race was changed to a timed 15 minute 

A little Spec Ford action closely monitored by Ms. Funk’s HP Civic, 

apparently, they needed ...

session. When the race resumed it was all Dylan Murcott with no other 

dramas to the checker. 

Group 3 was big bore and the 14 car fi eld stayed pretty static for all three 

of their sessions with qualifying being mirrored by the qualifying race and 

that mirrored by the fi nal race. There were no real incidents to speak of 

as John Branscombe piloted his corvette to an easy victory overall and 1 st 

in SPO. Second overall and 1 st in GT-1 was Alan Friedman who was one 

second slower per lap. The only real excitement to be had was watching 

ITE driver Walter Mavkes peddle his BMW from last on the grid (having 

skipped both qualifying and race 1) to 2 nd in class just behind Chuck 

Fernandez in his mustang. 

Race group number 4 was little a more lively with great battles for both the 

overall as well as class wins. When the ITB, ITR, ITS cars took the green 

for their qualifying race, pole sitter Robert Breault fell back to fourth on 

the damp but drying track. From there he had a good seat to watch an 

excellent battle for the overall as well as fi rst in ITS between Tim Dugan, 

Matt Fassnacht, and Glenn Lawton who where never more than a few car 

lengths apart. Once Breault got himself and his BMW together, he picked 

off the three leaders one by one and was soon in the lead where he would 

stay to the end. There was just as good of a race for ITB honors as Travis 

Washay and Enrik Benazic waged a battle for the class win that lasted 

right to the checkered with Travis taking fi rst. The afternoon race for this 

group was on a totally dry track and there was more of the same with 

Lawton and Breault fi ghting for the overall win. Washay and Benazic also 

picked up where they left off in the morning and staged the race of the 

day with multiple lead changes per lap with Travis again sqeeking out the 

victory in ITB. Meanwhile Breault did manage to take the overall and ITR 

win with Lawton grabbing second and the ITS victory. 

Race group 5 was for FV, F5, and NCF where 15 cars took the green 

with sprinkles in the air for their morning race. There’s not a whole lot to 

say about the race. Mike Rand in his Crossle 30f who qualifi ed 2 seconds 

faster than anyone else just ran away and hid (not the last time he would 

do so today). Colin Lawrence led the FV class home and neither of the 

two F5’s made it to the end. The afternoon point’s race for this group was 

much livelier. Mike Rand did his vanishing act to claim NCF and overall 

honors but behind him there was a fun race for second between Alan 

Walker, Christian Penderson, and Jim MacNicholl. The trio swapped the 

position back and forth slingshoting down the front straight every lap with 

the runner up spot fi nally going to Walker. On the FV side there was just 

as good of a battle happening between Lawrence, Dan Grace, and John 

Petillo with Colin executing a nice pass going onto big bend on the fi nal 

lap to back up his morning win. 

—continued on the next page 

...Offi cer Judy to point them the way. 

Photos: Joel Cook Motorspors photography 

Results of Gp 1. SRF, LC - Race Grp 1 

Pos No. Class PIC Name Laps Best Tm Gap Make-Model 

1 #22 SRF 1 Lee McNeish 15 1:00.976 Spec Racer 

2 #86 SRF 2 John Steinmetz 15 1:00.650 6.507 SRF 

3 #79 SRF 3 Robert Kullas 15 1:01.307 3.353 SRF 

4 #66 SRF 4 Bill Watts 15 1:01.533 5.958 SRF 

5 #55 SRF 5 David Mailhot 15 1:02.172 0.123 SRF 

6 #35 SRF 6 Richard Wiehl 15 1:01.733 3.885 SRF 

7 #10 SRF 7 Doug Garrison 15 1:01.745 0.155 SRF 

8 #4 SRF 8 Joseph Wolf 15 1:02.513 5.805 SRF 

9 #20 SRF 9 Steve Owens 15 1:03.889 15.291 SRF 

10 #36 SRF 10 Kevin Treffeisen 15 1:02.829 0.805 SRF 

11 #0 SRF 11 James Regan 15 1:03.083 0.203 SRF 

12 #26 SRF 12 Tom Brown 15 1:03.789 0.599 SRF 

13 #17 EP 1 Joseph Boruch 15 1:01.275 1.428 Honda S2000 

14 #3 EP 2 Jonathan Leitner 15 1:01.808 5.850 BMW 325i 

15 #04 SRF 13 Mark Peyser 14 1:03.975 1 Lap SRF 

16 #07 EP 3 Nicholas Sealey 14 1:04.253 13.803 Mazda RX7 

17 #08 EP 4 Attilio Albani 14 1:04.303 0.211 Mazda MX 5 

18 #88 SRF 14 J. Scott Baroody 14 1:06.120 0.598 SRF 

19 #00 SRF 15 Wayne Dixon 14 1:06.502 SRF 

20 #47 EP 5 A. Sterling Cole 14 1:05.195 4.983 Mazda RX3 

21 #43 SRF 16 Richard Cipriani 14 1:05.430 0.587 SRF 

22 #37 SRF 17 Leslie Kurz 14 1:07.530 8.938 SRF 

23 #06 EP 6 Kevin Oliver 14 1:05.391 0.207 Alfa Romeo 

24 #31 EP 7 Brian Hanaburgh 14 1:06.152 7.990 Caterham 7 

25 #46 EP 8 Ray Castillo 13 1:08.183 1 Lap Acura Integra 

26 #60 HP 1 John Tures 13 1:08.317 0.095 Datsun 1200 

27 #15 HP 2 Stephanie Funk 13 1:08.277 1:13.725 Honda Civic 

28 #18 SRF 18 Mark Saviet 7 1:03.764 6 Laps SRF 

DNS #2 EP DNS Rober Dardano Triumph tr6 

Results of Gp 2. SM, SM5 - Race Grp 2 

1 #17 SM 1 Dylan Murcott 15 1:02.448 Miata 

2 #70 SM 2 Jimmy Locke 15 1:03.032 4.088 Miata 

3 #24 SM 3 Ken Quartuccio 15 1:02.876 1.035 Miata 

4 #50 SM 4 Ralle Rookey 15 1:02.517 0.507 Miata 

5 #72 SM 5 Mustafa Ugurlu 15 1:02.904 3.142 Miata 

6 #08 SM 6 Robert Karl Jr. 15 1:02.823 1.296 Miata 

7 #01 SM 7 Tom Capizzi 15 1:02.665 1.089 Miata 

8 #14 SM 8 Amy Mills 15 1:03.129 1.682 Miata 

9 #31 SM 9 Jon Farbman 15 1:03.001 0.466 Miata 

10 #53 SM 10 Matt Fassnacht 15 1:03.026 0.641 Miata 

11 #90 SM 11 Steve Ulfelder 15 1:03.496 4.183 Miata 

12 #12 SM 12 Vicktor Volpe 15 1:03.793 4.318 Miata 

13 #42 SM 13 Abner Narvaez 15 1:03.282 0.247 Miata 

14 #22 SM 14 Kevin Anderson 15 1:03.853 9.152 miata 

15 #18 SM 15 Marc Ulan 15 1:03.904 0.093 Miata 

16 #27 SM 16 Michael Lo 15 1:04.232 0.115 Miata 

17 #02 SM 17 Doug Fisher 15 1:04.109 1.471 Miata 

8 #60 SM 18 Robert Corso 15 1:04.788 0.540 Miata 

19 #55 SM 19 Jeff Campbell 15 1:04.628 0.480 Miata 

20 #88 SM 20 Jerry Rigoli 15 1:04.558 0.630 miata 

21 #25 SM 21 Nels Wangensteen 14 1:07.372 1 Lap Miata 

22 #89 SM 22 Aaron Sawitsky 14 1:07.826 6.223 Miata 

23 #00 SM 23 Stephen Butcher 14 1:09.978 28.199 Miata 

24 #34 SM 24 Anthony Geraci 11 1:04.608 3 Laps Miata 

25 #28 SM 25 Jeff Miller 10 1:04.686 1 Lap Miata 

DNF #36 SM DNF Douglas Hirsch 1 1:05.690 9 Laps Miata 

DNF #73 SM DNF Daniel Moen 1 1:06.995 1.770 Miata 

DNF #33 SM DNF Steven Berry 1 1:08.002 1.404 Miata 

DNF #29 SM DNF Richard Bennett 1 1:08.642 0.381 Miata 

DNS #38 SM DNS John Frank Miata 

DNS #71 SM DNS Eric Erps Miata 

Results of Gp 3. GT1, GT2, GT3, AS, ITE, T1, T2, SPO, ST, STO - Race Grp 3 

1 #38 SPO 1 John Branscombe 15 56.230 Corvette 

2 #09 GT1 1 Alan Friedman 15 57.136 17.112 camaro 

3 #22 ITE 1 Chuck Fernandez 15 59.504 32.567 Mustang 

4 #13 ITE 2 Walter Mavkes 15 59.900 3.133 BMW M3 

5 #55 GT3 1 Rod Folia 14 1:00.771 1 Lap Mazda RX3 

6 #50 AS 1 John Masters 14 1:01.281 1.908 Mustang 

7 #12 GT3 2 James Ashe 14 1:00.968 0.798 Mazda RX-7 

8 #35 ITE 3 Anthony Kalkandis 14 1:01.587 11.623 Porsche 944 

9 #5 AS 2 David Flynn 14 1:01.928 8.705 Mustang 

10 #63 ITE 4 Scott Chimileski 14 1:03.518 20.708 Merkur Xr4ti 

11 #17 AS 3 Mark Wheaton 14 1:03.307 0.269 Mustang 



Lime Rock Schools Out Regional. —continued from the previous page 

Just as a side note it was very cool to see Colin take the FV win. After 

fourteen years of racing he got his fi rst win at the last event at NHMS, so 

to see him get number two at Lime Rock was awesome. Colin is a local 

guy from Winsted, CT (he also went to school with Hummish) and his dad 

Barry has fl agged with us in the past. Now living and working in China 

Colin does not get to the track as much as he would like, so I am sure that 

every win is special. 

Race group 6 ITA, IT7, and SSB was the next ones to take to the track. 

Their fi rst attempt at a start was waved off for jumpers, however once 

under way there were four drivers looking for the top spot overall and in 

ITA. Pole man Steven Fredrick, Steve Berry, Brian Blizzard, and from out 

of nowhere Gary Hutchinson. Meanwhile in SSB Robert Demers had a 

terrible start and dropped like a rock only to fi ght his way back to take 

the class lead at halfway (one he would not relinquish). In IT7 Norman 

Latulippe jumped out to few car length lead and held that advantage 

through out the race just staying ahead of the great second place fi ght 

between Lou Iannaccone and Grant McStay (who ended up with the 

position in the end). Back at the front it was Frederick who crossed the line 

fi rst. The afternoon race saw Latulippe repeat in IT7, but the two guys that 

seemed to be having the most fun were Dick Patullo and JB Swan battling 

for fourth in class with JB taking the position when Dick’s RX-7 jumped out 

of fourth gear on the uphill. Back at the pointy end of the race there was 

a very tight fi ght for overall honors between morning’s protagonists steven 

Frederick, Brian Blizzard, and Chris Raffaelli who was having a better 

run then the AM race. In the end it was Blizzard taking the victory with 

Raffaelli second and Frederick third. 

Group 7 was for Formula Fast which featured a small fi eld of 8 cars. The 

slowest cars in this race group are FF but someone forgot to tell Mike 

Rand. Aided by light rain at the start and cautious quicker cars, he jumped 

out to a quick lead. On Lap 3 the track went full course caution for an 

oil fi re on a car that stopped at station 7. Once we went back to green 

Joseph Rodomista in his CSR Ligier JS49 enjoying the now drying track 

took over the top spot only to spin off at the left hander when it began to 

rain again and gave the lead back to Rand who held it to the fi nish. For 

the afternoon race only 5 cars took the green as the lone DSR did not 

make it off the grid. With the track dry the higher horsepower cars were 

able to come to the fore with Rodomista keeping his car on the pavement 

and taking the overall win. Second place on the road and fi rst in FC was 

the Jagermeister VanDiemen of Dennis McCarthy. Mike Rand fi nished third 

overall and fi rst in FF to cap off a 4 for 4 record for the day. Not bad for 

an old guy in an old car (sorry Mike, just saying is all)! 

The last race group was also the largest with 33 SSM, SM2, STU, and 

STL cars taking the green fl ag on a very wet track for their morning 

qualifying race. With all the cars there were battles all over however Jim 

Locke took his SM2 Miata to an easy win. Pole sitter Anthony Kalkandis 

slid off course in big bend but came back to fi nish fi rst in STU. Group 8 

had a dry track for their afternoon point’s race but that did not stop them 

from having issues. Right at the start there was a multiple car incident on 

the front straight which necessitated a black fl ag all to cleanup. After a 

complete restart the qualifying race STU winner Kalkandis drove his 944 

turbo to a commanding lead only to slow and hit the pit lane with two 

laps remaining. This gave the lead to Chris Jurkiewicz in his STU BMW 

325i which he took to the checker closely followed by the STL winner Alan 

Daley in his Honda CRX. Ralle Roookey made up for his disappointment in 

SM and took the win in SM2. 

16 PIT TALK 

12 #08 ITE 5 Attilio Albani 14 1:03.109 0.535 Mazda MX 5 

3 #28 AS 4 Shaun Griffi n 13 1:04.278 1 Lap Pontiac GTO 

14 #15 T1 1 Doug Kelley 13 1:07.049 30.543 Corvett 

15 #3 GT2 1 William Leitner 13 1:09.705 38.171 BMW 

DNS #06 GT2 DNS Kevin Oliver Alfa Romeo 

DNS #7 ITE DNS Phil Marshall Mercury XR4Ti 

DNS #24 ITE DNS Raymond Zisa CORVETTE 

Results of Gp 4. ITB, ITR, ITS - Race Grp 4 

1 #36 ITR 1 Robert Breault 15 1:01.521 BMW 325is 

2 #14 ITS 1 Glenn Lawton 15 1:02.189 8.463 Mazda RX-7 

3 #96 ITR 2 Jay Baier 15 1:02.468 6.873 BMW 325 

4 #57 ITS 2 Tim Dugan 15 1:02.692 2.437 Volkswagen 

5 #66 ITS 3 Tim Estes 15 1:02.539 0.857 Mazda RX-7 

6 #27 ITR 3 Larry Maloney 15 1:02.637 BMW 

7 #01 ITS 4 Tom Capizzi 15 1:01.934 0.437 Miata 

8 #30 ITB 1 Travis Washay 15 1:03.803 Volkswagen 

9 #06 ITB 2 Enrik Benazic 15 1:03.789 0.315 Honda Civic 

10 #53 ITS 5 Matt Fassnacht 15 1:02.317 8.698 Miata 

1 #5 ITB 3 John VanDenburgh 15 1:04.395 6.659 Audi Coupe 

12 #62 ITB 4 Paul Curran 14 1:05.956 1 Lap Volvo 

13 #70 ITS 6 Brian Bagnall 14 1:06.231 5.565 Mazda RX-7 

14 #03 ITB 5 Eric Pedersen 14 1:06.589 2.688 BMW 318 

15 #13 ITB 6 Ryan Hall 14 1:06.693 11.018 Volkswagen 

16 #76 ITB 7 Mark Wagner 14 1:08.192 25.264 Volkswagen 

17 #08 ITB 8 Matthew Mullen 14 1:07.633 7.471 Audi Coupe GT 

18 #33 ITB 9 Dean Kretschmar 14 1:06.698 5.42 Volkswagen 

19 #02 ITB 10 Leonard Clickman 13 1:09.157 1 Lap Volkswagen 

20 #65 ITB 11 Greg D. Subtelny 7 1:05.761 6 Laps Volvo 142 

DNF #15 ITB DNF Edward Funk 7 Lap Honda Civic 

DNS #2 ITB DNS Nat Wentworth Volvo 142 

DNS #3 ITS DNS Joe Stadelmann Porsche 944S 

DNS #22 ITS DNS Kevin Anderson Miata/orange 

Results of Gp 5. FV, F5, NCF - Race Grp 5 

1 #37 NCF 1 Michael Rand 15 56.574 Crossle 30F 

2 #69 NCF 2 Alan Walker 15 58.496 28.747 Citation Z16 

3 #71 NCF 3 Christian Pedersen 15 58.414 0.390 PRS FF 

4 #17 NCF 4 Jim MacNicholl 15 58.668 5.168 Van Diemen 

5 #30 NCF 5 William Velkoff Jr. 14 59.957 1 Lap Crossle 30 

6 #88 FV 1 Colin Lawrence 14 1:02.190 31.544 BRD AF 

7 #33 FV 2 Dan Grace 14 1:02.323 0.310 VDF-2 

8 #59 FV 3 John Petillo 14 1:01.885 0.462 Speedsport V 

9 #03 FV 4 Craig Swinehart 13 1:03.229 1 Lap Protoform P2 

10 #06 FV 5 Peter Cheney 13 1:03.677 8.460 Protoform P-3 

11 #15 FV 6 John Ferreira 13 1:05.698 4.340 SpeedSport 

DNF #32 FV DNF Dan Grace Jr. 2 1:06.485 11 Laps Citatrion 93V 

DNS #42 F5 DNS John Annunziata KBS MK7 

DNS #65 F5 DNS Edward M Capullo Red Devil RD02 

DNS #8 FV DNS Harry White Lynx /B 

DNS #21 FV DNS Mike Maitem problemchild 

Defi nitely an Oops moment, as Chris Raffaelli loops in front of Abhjett 

Ghatak. Both would continue on to fi nish second and fourth in ITA. 

Photos: Joel Cook Motorsports Photography

Results of Gp 6. ITA, IT7, ITC, SSB, SSC, T3, SPU - Race Grp 6 

1 #0 ITA 1 Brian Blizzard 15 1:03.588 Volkswagen 

2 #24 ITA 2 Chris Raffaelli 15 1:03.578 0.865 Honda CRX Si 

3 #2 ITA 3 Steven Frederick 15 1:03.572 0.207 Miata 

4 #37 ITA 4 Abhijeet Ghatak 15 1:03.863 16.523 Miata 

5 #61 ITA 5 Jeff Lawton 15 1:04.143 0.229 Miata 

6 #6 ITA 6 Jeff Longo 15 1:04.498 0.388 Miata 

7 #00 ITA 7 Ray Lee Chee 15 1:03.552 2.137 Acura Integra 

8 #12 ITA 8 Demetrius Mossaidis 15 1:03.290 0.488 Honda Civic Si 

9 #43 ITA 9 James Alley 15 1:04.175 5.261 Miata 

10 #47 IT7 1 Norman Latulippe 15 1:05.204 3.488 Mazda RX 7 

1 #1 SSB 1 Robert Demers 1 1:04.646 1.421 Solstice 

12 #17 SPU 1 Joseh A. Boruch III 15 1:04.485 5.319 Honda S2000 

13 #83 ITA 10 Denise VanBuren 15 1:04.510 3.133 Acura Integra 

14 #46 ITA 11 Rob Sturgis 15 1:05.503 5.932 Miata 

15 #29 ITA 12 Katie Day 15 1:05.446 0.517 Miata 

16 #3 ITA 13 Gary Hutchinson 15 1:05.974 3.548 BMW Z3 

17 #31 IT7 2 Grant McStay 15 1:06.502 2.017 Mazda RX 7 

18 #79 IT7 3 Lou Iannaccone 15 1:06.697 0.275 Mazda RX 7 

19 #8 SSB 2 Jim Remy 15 1:06.039 0.491 Solstice 

20 #81 IT7 4 JB Swan 14 1:09.471 1 Lap Mazda RX-7 

21 #15 IT7 5 Richard Patullo 14 1:09.776 4.333 Mazda RX7 

DNS #33 ITA DNS Steven Berry Miata 

Results of Gp 7. FA-B-C-E-M CFC C-DSR S2 ASR FS FST FF - Race Grp 7 

1 #42 CSR 1 Joseph Rodomista 15 55.204 Ligier JS4 

2 #4 FC 1 Dennis McCarthy 15 55.739 7.142 VanDiemen 

3 #37 FF 1 Michael Rand 15 56.022 3.395 Crossle 30F 

#44 FF 2 Edward Callo 15 57.337 37.488 Bowman BC-5 

5 #01 FF 3 Dana Veith 14 58.841 1 Lap Swift DB- 

DNS #81 DSR DNS William Crowley West WR1000 

DNS #07 FB DNS Robert Laverty Citation 

DNS #30 FF DNS William Velkoff Jr. Crossle 30F 

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Results of Gp 8. SSM,SM2, EP, FP, HP, GTL, STU, STL - Race Grp 8 

1 #74 STU 1 Chris Jurkiewicz 15 1:01.587 BMW 325 

2 #11 STL 1 Alan Daley 15 1:01.687 0.701 Honda CRX 

3 #50 SM2 1 Ralle Rookey 15 1:02.560 11.063 Miata 

4 #70 SM2 2 Jimmy Locke 15 1:03.054 3.367 Miata 

5 #72 STL 2 Mustafa Ugurlu 15 1:03.036 11.492 Miata 

6 #95 SM2 3 Kenneth Payson 15 1:04.121 6.440 miata 

7 #12 SM2 4 Vicktor Volpe 15 1:03.882 1.200 Miata 

#26 SSM 1 Stuart Hawkins 15 1:03.738 2.936 miata 

9 #18 SSM 2 Marc Ulan 15 1:04.124 3.134 Miata 

10 #20 SM2 5 Robert Karl 15 1:04.642 6.161 Miata 

|11 #46 SM2 6 Rob Sturgis 15 1:04.254 1.221 Miata 

12 #23 SM2 7 Skip Day 15 1:03.885 0.549 Miata 

13 #16 SSM 3 M Mineo-Nardacci 15 1:05.055 2.340 Miata 

14 #19 SM2 8 Shelby Churchill 15 1:04.256 0.242 Miata 

15 #84 SSM 4 Darren Berger 15 1:04.200 3.311 Miata 

16 #54 SSM 5 Justin Baltrucki 15 1:04.637 0.415 Miata 

17 #88 SM2 9 Daniel Meade 15 1:04.636 0.756 Miata 

18 #6 SM2 10 Jeff Longo 15 1:03.964 5.515 Miata 

19 #14 SM2 11 Whitfi eld Gregg 15 1:05.182 1.259 Miata 

20 #55 STL 3 Jeff Campbell 15 1:04.578 0.166 Miata 

21 #68 SM2 12 Kevin Miles 14 1:06.692 1 Lap miata 

22 #4 STL 4 Ray Castillo 14 1:05.917 1.258 Acura 

23 #1 SSM 6 Kurt Dolnier 14 1:07.409 3.841 Miiata 

24 #35 STU 2 Anthony Kalkandis 13 1:01.876 1 Lap Porsche 944 

25 #78 SSM 7 Taimour Afshar 13 1:09.453 1:45.357 Miata 

26 #24 STL 5 Ken Quartuccio 11 1:04.090 2 Laps Miata 

DNF #25 STL DNF Nels Wangensteen 4 1:08.579 7 Laps Miata 

DNF #08 SM2 DNF Robert Karl Jr. Miata 

DNF #7 SSM DNF Kim Estep Miata 

DNS #86 GTL DNS David J. Saul Austin 

DNS #42 SM2 DNS Abner Narvaez miata 

DNS #27 SSM DNS Michael Lo Miata 

DNS #28 SSM DNS Jeff Miller Miata 

DNS #29 STL DNS Richard Bennett Miata 

DNS #34 STL DNS Anthony Geraci Miata 

DNS #36 STL DNS Douglas Hirsch Miata 

DNS #71 STL DNS Eric Erps Miata 

DNS #73 STL DNS Daniel Moen Miata 

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Ayer, MA – I like Solo National Tours. It’s 

been a while since I turned a steering 

wheel on an autocross course, 

and when I drove into Devens that 

Saturday morning and parked the 

car down the end of the pits, I knew 

deep down what having fun was all 

about. The weather was going to be 

superlative for the 2 days, the fi eld 

at 210 drivers strong, friends old and 

new and from near and far to be greeted and 

welcomed with a smile and a handshake, but 

here’s a tip: just don’t make acquaintances 

with anything named “Tick” that lives out or 

around the infi eld. 

18 PIT TALK 

“So this is what it 

feels like to be potato 

salad.” 

National style events work on a 3 day window, 

and Devens sadly has restrictions on Friday 

access as well as on overnight activity. Gear 

and cars can be left on-site, but we humans 

must vacate prior to sundown. Driver check-in 

and tech is thus very compressed and hectic 

that late Friday afternoon, as well as Saturday 

morning, and it can lead to moments of frustration for some when 

schedules get backlogged, even if by minutes. We try hard with what 

we’re allowed, so please understand a lot goes on in those hours between 

5 and 7, and we appreciate your patience and understanding when 

coming to Devens for these type of events. 

The NER group tapped the 2-day event to also comprise our Points Event 

#4 (Saturday) and Points Event #5 (Sunday). This will have our Timing 

& Scoring Chief, Jenna Corrales, knee deep in collating and tabulating 

data out from the National sheets for a week or more to convert to points 

ranking for the NER drivers, so the “double offi cial offi cial” NER local 

event points won’t be broken-out until later. So PJ, please don’t bother her 

until she’s fi nished... 

NER SOLO EVENTS # 4 & 5 

BY: EDDIE SAVAGE 

For our Novices and those just 

“graduated” within a year or so and 

this being their fi rst National level 

event, Congratulations. You just lived 

through several valuable aspects of Solo. 

First, more seat time. Second, competing 

with top-level talent not only within NER, 

but from outside our Region. Third, how a Tour (or 

Divisionals or Nationals) are run; see it wasn’t all 

that bad now, was it? Fourth, the VALUE of clear 

and proper car numbering and lettering. And fi fth, 

one or two days of additional points over those 

who opted not to enter. Hopefully you will now 

poder on thoughts of traveling to a Divisional or 

other Tour next year, and think of sharing the trip 

with a co-driver you may know, or maybe taking 

a son or daughter to help out too. You can cut 

your travel costs somewhat and have twice the fun. 

Think about it. 

So a round of applause for Joanne Ago, Tom 

Soja, Jack Nguyen, Chris Brooks, Jojo Corrales, 

Dave Fried and Candy Sutherland. Re-read my quote on the masthead; I 

hope it gives you a chuckle. If I missed anyone, let me know and I’ll make 

amends. 

Nate Whipple designed the fl owing layout, and with the site-entry off of 

Bishop Road (rather than the usual Main gate), the design was geared to 

having the runs going clockwise both days. This allowed a large pit area, 

the required A-B grid area, and ample run-off from the fi nish. The course 

changes from Saturday to Sunday were enough to add signifi cant “fun 

factor” to the runs, and more than a few drivers left with a “I was properly 

tested Saturday, and Sunday I got to play...” sentiment. I heard many 

high marks given to the layouts. Well done, Nate. 

Stories within stories abound at a 2-day event. One can lead handily on 

Saturday, and yet a mere 24 hours later, fi nd themselves hitting the most 

Mark Seelbinder in the Engineering B-Mod.

out-of-the-way cone, or be “in the dumper” 

Saturday, and the god of rubber and grip 

embraces on you Sunday. The proof is in 

the numbers, and spending time looking 

over the fi nal results is often a lesson in 

persistence and perseverance, resulting in 

victory or not. The Solo scene is not without 

it’s human side, and Paul “Fleet of Foot and 

Spotter Eye” Zahornasky did a very nice 

write-up of the event for the ner.org website. 

I won’t steal any of his thunder, so please 

check it out; it’s well-worth the read. There 

are more than enough YouTube video’s of 

the event, so anyone can live vicariously 

through our NER SCCA Youtube site here: 

http://www.youtube.com/nerscca 

Tours don’t run themselves, and comprise 

workers from the Region proper. Read: 

volunteers. This includes admin (I vision the 

phone going off on Bob Davis’ nightstand 

twice nightly between 11pm and 3am 

during that week...can’t you just picture 

that ‘look in his eye’), concession, setup, 

clean-up, gate, the normal worker jobs at an 

event, and specialty tasks for the national 

side to name a few. Thoughts of “...so thaaat’s what ‘scanner’ duty is” as 

an example. 

To those that volunteered for extra duty, did a bit more somewhere, or took 

an extra task or bit longer of a shift than they needed to, Thank You. And 

to our shift announcers, PZ, Matt Murray, PJ, and whomever the others 

were, Thank You, too. 

Anyway, lets go to some of the contenders: (note: times are 2-day 

combined unless otherwise noted) 

One my surprsises was the kart klasses being thinly subscribed. Kimsoo 

Gopnik took the lone FJB on a 162.105, while in FJA, Kevin Vincent ran 

a 132.488 to win the 5 driver class. Evan Woodsom was second, Adam 

Woodsom third, followed by Jessica Arsenault and Jacob Arsenault. 

Modifi ed Kart was but 3, with Virginian James Newman taking a 

113.806 over Greg Vincent, and to son Timothy Vincent. 

The newly offered “RT” classes were nicely subscribed. RTF was taken 

by Marshall Cone from Sterling, Virginia in the H-Stock MINI Cooper 

112.267. Darn-good Tour announcer and Regional blog-master Paul 

Zahornasky took second (HS Mazda 3), with Thomas Soja, Dave Fried 

and Christopher Brooks (all just out of Novice school) rounding the class. 

JoJo Corrales took the ROTFL class (pun intended). Hauppauge, NY’s 

Henry Hoeh used a CS Porsche Boxster in RTR to take the 14 entry fi eld 

with a 110.403. Co-driver Rich Wayne was second. 

In A-Mod, Bill Goodale and the Dragon took the class from co-driver 

Stacey Strout on a 108.714. Bill also took Overall Fastest Time on his 

last Sunday run, a 52,249, nipping that 

credit from B-Mod’s Will Schamback, who 

ran a Sunday best 53.448. C-Mod went 

to Josh Parker on a 116.993, but he had 

the inglorious distinction of reliving the 

olden days when he was driving an old 

beater VW with its oft-case of oil-leakage. 

Car owner Stacey Strout’s Reynard let go 

an oil seal during Josh’s last run, and he 

parked in at the Tower section while the 

sweet perfume of heated and atomized 

10W-40 wafted lazily over the serene 

Moore Airfi eld, sending dozens of men 

and women mindlessly shuffl ing along 

the course in whirling dervish of clayscrubbing 

delight. No swimming pool time 

for you next weekend Mr. Parker, get thee 

to work on repairs! 

The aforementioned Will Scamback 

took his Cheetah to the win in B-Mod (6 

drivers), on an overall 109.732. Over in 

Dan Cernese in the ASP Maxda RX-7 (above). Mark Street Mod (9 drivers), Dave White drove 

VanDeCarr in the D-Mod Spitfi re.(below) Photos: Eddie Savage 

the Nissan 240SX Panda to a win on a 

120.698. The SSM crowd had 10 drivers, 

led by Jake Namer in the RX-7 coming in 

from the New York region. Jake scored a 120.869, descimating the class. 

Brian Kuehl was second with Jenna Corrales, third. EP had 6 drivers, but 

it was between Allen Kugler from Springtown, PA and NER’s own Brian 

Levesque. Allen took that class by an twitch of only 0.077 on a 122.969. 

CP was a 5 car bump-mix of CP and F-Stockers, led by Mark Daddio in 

the Ford Mustang GT, on a 125.854. Russell Burkhard, using a Sunoco 

dark blue and yellow accented Mustang, came within a tenth of the top 

spot on a last run gallop. Neil Schelly took FSP, but he wasn’t sure of that 

at all on Saturday, seeming to break after 1 run. A bit of head-scratching, 

check this and that, and what seemed terminal was just an old Subaru’s 

way of saying “Fuel starvation will catch ‘ya when you least expect it”. 

Neil came back on Sunday and tallied a 133.600 over Greg Cullen and 

Canadian Shawn Gayton. 

CSP went to Charles Koulik from Wilkes Barre, PA on a 120.916, with 7 

others fi ghting him, among whom where second place fi nisher Bob Davis 

and son, Billy, third. BSP was fun to watch from out way by the corner 

4 and 5 sections. 8 drivers fi elded the site and the class was taken by 

Hank Wallace in the newly fl ared BMW M3 on a 124.555. John Rappa 

was second, and Marc Monnar, third, both in the RE-Zelse Mazda RX-8. 

Marc kept David Corsaro and his BMW M3 at bay in 4th by only 0.058. 

Honorable mention to Liam Dwyer and brother Matt Dwyer in the “My 

Garage/Wounded Warrior” Nissan 350z. I’ll let PZ tell the story behind 

them in his article, but those guys give one pause to think what makes us 

human beings, and a persons endless capacity for going forward when its 

all too often easy to give up. 



NER RALLY-X 

Championship 

Event # Five— 

Rochester 

Fairgrounds 

April 21, 2012 

20 PIT TALK 

By Chris Regan 

Fifty intrepid souls made their way to the dusty fairgrounds in Rochester VT for a day of dirtslinging 

competition. Warm weather and sunshine put aside any concerns the drivers had 

about mud. Instead, clouds of dust were soon drifting across the grounds. Many a corner 

worker was seen sporting a bandana as a makeshift dust mask. During lunch, a water truck 

was conscripted into service which helped somewhat but the tires soon cut through to dry 

ground. The course varied throughout the day, crossing between the grass infi eld and the stone 

dust horse track. The mixed surfaces made for challenging transitions and features like fast 

slaloms into 90 degree corners. The six runs totaled 7-8 minutes of seat time for each driver. 

The Flying Fox of Matthew Henry once again proved unstoppable. Trevor Hermance fought 

him valiantly but in the end his three extra cones decided the race. Marcel Belperron piloted 

a Saab 900 to third, unable to match the other Stock Front drivers’ pace. In Stock All-wheel 

drive, the high ground clearance of James Caswell’s S10 was a formidable sight. The chunky 

mud tires made short work of the loose ground and left fi ve Subaru drivers watching with envy. 

Cliff Kangas coned himself to second and Jacob Perkins placed third in his wagon. A second 

pickup belonging to Scott Beliveau snatched up fourth place, surviving 24 seconds of orange 

carnage. 

A BMW and Volvo wagon scrapped in Prepared Rear. Hanging the rear ends out in the 

Looking like Rommel charging thru North Africa, 

corners made for large grins on all three drivers especially after four months of snow, ice and 

the 2012 edition of the Rochester Rally Cross 

produced some mighty dust clouds as displayed mud making for traction-challenged events. Alex Lombardi fi nished third in the 325i while 

by Trevor Hermance (above) and Scott Carlson Alex Twombly’s Volvo fell short by just over 1 second. Daniel Cianci took home some hard 

(below) Photos: Jon Beck 

earned glory and the biggest trophy. German engineering threw up a challenge against 

American muscle in Prepared Front. Marcello Aldorasi’s Jetta and Tim Thomas’ Scirocco came 

oh so close and yet oh so far from Michael Lodsin’s Neon. Michael was just a bit faster through the corners and took the victory 

by half a second at the end of the day. 

If stickers make you faster then it was certainly working for Jamie Beliveau. His well-decaled and well-driven 2.5RS was 

untouchable all day long. Chris Regan’s plain white 325iX could not match his pace and fell further behind every run. Nikolay 

Nemchuk’s WRX suffered a similar lack of bling and had to settle for third. Jamie’s brother Michael rounded out the top four. 

Modifi ed Front Wheel drive was a VW 1-2-3. Despite some uncharacteristic cone killing, Hal “Mr. Smooth” Denham put down 

some fast times and never looked back. From the looks of it though, he may want to start looking over his shoulder. Scott 

Carlson and Phil Lamoreaux’s shared Golf is really coming together. Scott just edged his co-driver out by 6 tenths for second. 

The Modifi ed All-wheel Audi A4 left the pack of Subarus panting by the end of the day. Ryan Wilcox’s mean sounding Outback

NER SCCA Final Results, #5 Rally X Rochester Fairgrounds, April 26. 2012 

Pos. # Driver Car Model Run#1 Run#2 Run#3 Run#4 Run#5 Run#6 Total 

Fwd Stock 

1 10 Henry, Matthew Volkswagen Fox 72.619+3 82.407 78.569 68.614 71.920 67.990+1 450.119 

2 85 Hermance, Trevor Hyundai Elantra 73.154+1 75.792+1 78.638+3 69.064+1 73.096+1 70.356 454.100 

3 806 Belperron, Marcel Saab 900 79.873+1 78.700+3 85.929+6 71.300+1 78.182+1 71.146+2 493.130 

4 828 Most, Kathleen Fox GL 1.8 84.631 93.002+5 86.775+1 78.296+1 86.685 81.256+2 528.645 

Awd Stock 

1 808 Caswell, James chevy s10 74.641 73.579 77.544+1 73.155 69.393 68.999 439.311 

2 69 Kangas, Clifton Subaru 2.5 RS 72.888 74.983+1 75.936+2 70.837 71.298+1 67.818+1 443.760 

3 79 Perkins, Jacob Subaru Impreza 3.955 76.736 78.066+1 74.949 74.675 76.446 456.827 

4 91 Beliveau, Scott Toyota Rally Truck 72.095+6 78.143+2 74.264+1 69.670+1 72.581+1 71.633+1 462.386 

5 805 Smith, Daniel Subaru WRX 82.752 80.523 82.678 75.848 75.125 75.611+1 474.537 

6 66 Pacheco, Kristina Subaru impreza 84.955 83.581 85.008+1 79.607 77.449+1 77.579+5 502.179 

7 36 Piscitello, Laura Subaru Outback 87.405+1 84.642 86.830+1 87.233 84.456 82.657 517.223 

Rwd Prepared 

1 43 Cianci, Daniel BMW 325is 78.492+1 82.920 86.315+1 74.868+1 78.800 79.061+1 488.456 

2 823 Twombly, Alexander Volvo 240 78.032 81.512 82.824 75.593+3 84.275 80.944 489.180 

3 810 Lombardi, Alex Porsche 944 88.887 90.981 102.683 81.689+2 88.646+8 84.482+4 565.368 

Fwd Prepared 

1 120 Lodsin, Michael Dodge Neon R/T 76.084+1 78.021 79.072+1 70.192 75.320 70.365 453.054 

2 42 Thomas, Tim vw scirraco 75.994 78.346 81.296+1 70.081 73.997 69.862+1 453.576 

3 842 Aldorasi, Marcello Volkswagen Jetta 79.019+1 82.568 82.197 75.721+1 78.512+1 72.986+1 479.003 

4 812 Aldorasi, Massimo Volkswagen Jetta 79.845 78.968+2 82.910 75.889+3 81.041+1 75.344 485.997 

5 262 Meunier, Timothy Volkswagen Jetta 82.019+2 83.887+1 86.030 77.046 76.427+10 76.358 507.767 

Awd Prepared 

1 6 Beliveau, James Subaru Impreza 64.055+3 65.047+1 65.662 68.622 68.715 67.660+1 409.761 

2 9 Regan, Chris BMW 325ix 67.092 69.235 66.936 70.265+2 73.625+1 71.867 425.020 

3 199 Nemchuk, Nikolay Subaru WRX 66.970 68.551+2 67.304+1 72.778 71.445 70.799+1 425.847 

4 956 Beliveau, Michael Subaru WRX 69.328+2 69.507+1 66.504 77.978 73.686+1 73.972+2 442.975 

5 64 Merkuryev, Alexander Subaru WRX 69.933+1 68.245 68.181+3 73.275 74.790+4 79.330+1 451.754 

6 58 Moody, Kathy Subaru Impreza STi 74.112 74.267 72.022+2 78.436 77.717+1 77.130+1 461.684 

7 1 Beck, Jonathan Subaru Impreza 2.5i 74.669+1 72.351+2 69.690+1 80.540 76.629+4 74.582+1 466.461 

8 5 Murdough, Kate Subaru WRX 79.073+2 76.341+1 70.701+2 78.985 75.690+2 74.808+2 473.598 

9 840 Wells III, Harland Suzuki SX4 82.148 77.202 80.679+1 81.455+1 79.098 78.293 482.875 

10 991 Nemchuk, Nikita subaru 74.639+3 72.735+3 68.930+5 79.529 79.521+4 74.302+2 483.656 

11 11 Mallard, Tim Subaru impreza 79.934+2 76.250+3 73.010+1 80.600 75.752+5 76.346+2 487.892 

Fwd Modifi ed 

1 32 Denham, Hal Volkswagen GTI 72.394 72.756 73.894 64.385+1 71.391+1 66.989+1 427.809 

2 8 Carlson, Scott Volkswagen Golf 70.775+2 74.578+2 76.678 72.162 72.123 66.895 441.211 

3 88 LaMoreaux, Philip Volkswagen Golf 76.177+1 74.933 79.039+1 70.240 68.360+1 70.192 444.941 

4 77 Teixeira, Luis Eagle TSI 76.449 75.167 78.639+2 69.364 69.855+2 68.477 445.951 

5 356 B, Neal Honda Civic 77.967 77.664 82.051 72.302 72.494 72.034+4 462.512 

6 53 Allen, Chris Volkswagen gti 79.356+1 76.333+2 80.695+1 72.029 73.238+1 69.831+1 463.482 

Awd Modifi ed 

1 17 Elliott, Warren Audi A4 69.341+1 67.197 67.163 72.972 72.155+1 70.581 423.409 

2 171 Baltrucki, Justin Audi A4Q 68.627 68.238 66.167 72.094+1 73.282 73.371 423.779 

3 165 Wilcox, Ryan Subaru OBSTi 66.682+4 67.907+3 66.789+2 74.471 71.890 72.294 438.033 

4 833 Sockalexis, Nate subaru 72.203+3 71.194+1 68.839 74.065+1 71.675 69.497+2 441.473 

5 357 Carr, Jesse Subaru Impreza 73.919 72.354 71.940 78.682 76.352 77.250 450.497 

6 849 Urbon, Brett Subaru impreza 69.873+1 68.395+1 69.442+1 79.968+2 75.446+1 73.674+1 450.798 

7 179 Sockalexis, Robert subaru 74.175 73.265+1 73.086 76.598 76.626+3 75.029+3 462.779 

8 825 Bastarache, Sean Impreza 70.560+1 74.250+1 69.657+5 77.046 76.346+2 73.244+2 463.103 

9 7 Santa Maria, James Audi A4 74.558 72.600+1 72.549+1 79.313 78.604 75.912+3 463.536 

10 818 Fouquette, Dan Subaru Impreza 89.606+2 78.291 74.727 82.954 80.087+2 74.959 488.624 

11 110 Walsh, Justin Subaru Impreza 76.113+9 81.560 75.947+1 86.280+1 81.976 79.260+9 521.136 

12 35 Carr, Stephanie Subaru Impreza 86.710 83.566+2 79.406+4 87.174 82.783+1 87.796 521.435 

13 851 Martin, Chris Subaru GL 81.533 79.221+1 77.719+1 81.912+8 85.576+10 83.521+1 531.482 

14 310 Meyer, Michael saab 75.552+4 74.827+1 DNF DNS DNS DNS DNF 

had the power but lost time due to penalties. Ryan was comfortably in third with Nate Sockalexis trailing by 3 seconds. 

Nate and his brother Rob’s car cracked its air fi lter, resulting in gobs of dirt getting sucked into the motor. After an oil 

change and some cleaning, the Subie made it back to Maine. The top two spots were a tight battle right down to the end. 

Justin Baltrucki led right up until the last run when Warren Elliott put down a blistering time to grap the win by three tenths. 

When the dust had settled Rochester Fairgrounds had once again shown why it is one of the perennial favorite events for 

the NER diehards. It was a welcome change from a wet winter and a strong start to the spring and summer of RallyX. 

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26 Novices had a joy of day, led by Thomas Soja in his HS MINI Cooper, who needed 

Points Event #3. 

Springtime Coneage 

May 8, 2012 

22 PIT TALK 

“There’s nothing wrong with coming 

in last place, just don’t let it happen 

two years in a row.” -- Lee Iacocca 

By Eddie Savage 

Ayer, MA – Driving to the 3 rd point’s event of the NER Solo season brings us back to Devens 

for an event that often causes calculators to use factorials in overall cone-count. Points event 

3, Springtime Coneage, did not disappoint, but at least it wasn’t the most “intensive” cone kill 

course we’ve seen so far (yet). 148 drivers entered the fray, and when all was timed and done, 

6 runs were had, giving over 900 runs in total with 488 cones tallied. A number of classes 

were lone or two entries, so the fi eld was spread out excepting Pro, Novice and a few other 

classes which had a good slate of cone combatants to watch. 

The day was cool, and started off very overcast. Shortly into fi rst runs the clouds started 

breaking up, with the weather turning breezy and mostly sunny for the rest of the day. During 

the morning, most people were glad they may have packed a light jacket for comfortability. 

Sun block would have been prudent too, as the cool temps gave one cause to forget the 

periods of direct sun over the day. No matter; better than rain. 

that last pass of his on a 67.428 (Paxed to 53.875) to squeak just 0.118 ahead of Tristan 

deBarros in his DS Subaru WRX. Tristan also ran his best on run #6 at 65.766/53.993 

and get a “thumbs up” for having nice set of self-made numbers and class letters. Eighteen 

of the Rookies ran their best on their fi fth or fi nal run; among them Mike Caporello 

3 rd at 66.480/54.580, Derek White 4 th at 67.135/55.117, Drew Corcoran 8 th at 

71.334/56.995, and back 0.038 was Jeff Webber staking 9 th at 69.132/57.033. Aleksy 

Klavsyuk took 10 th at 69.141/57.248 and Steve Bottsford drove well to 11 th spot in a 1972 

Tim Kong and the Honda S2000 between runs. 

Photos: Eddie Savage

Chevy Nova with a 66.218/57.344. 

Honorable mentions to Jason Reischultz who ran a good fi nal pass in the Altima, but still 

fell 0.019 off of 13 th place, and others down in the pack such as Tom Small, Kulin Seth. Eli 

Ahrensdorf, Susan Dansereau and Michael Sciotto for going all out on the fi nal run of the day. 

The rookies traded minimal cone counts for more DNF’s, probably as a result of being ultraconservative 

in the tight and swift slalom on the back taxi-way and an always fun (to some of us 

veterans) “Chicago box” just prior to the fi nish. Think of the seconds you threw away… 

In RTA, Ken Johnson reversed the ranking from his earlier Devens outing with the WRX, taking 

fi rst today from co-driver Andrew Barrette by standing on a third run 58.883 (pax 48.342), just 

0.042 quicker. Of note, Andrew’s best time was also staked on his third run, as both drivers 

coned away better runs in the p.m. session. Dennis Kois took the “Mid Life Crisis” Mitsubishi Evo 

to 3 rd . RTF saw Michael Smith take his Ford Focus to a strong win on a 64.390/51.447 in that 

3-car fi eld. 

10 drivers drove in RTR, and Barbara Seeger took the win in her ’88 Corvette on a last run 

58.729/49.508. Bryan Mancuso took second in the Toyota MR2 on a 60.173/49.823. Darius 

Trinka was third in his Nissan 350z. 

Pro had 19 entries, and saw fi rst in Pro and Top in all Pax go to Nick Barbato in the Honda 

S2000CR. Nick scored a fi nal run of 54.177/45.671, a full seven-tenths quicker than any prior 

run. The Barbato-batmobile held the spot by 0.073 from second place driver Eric Chiang and 

the G-fab Mazda Miata. Eric posting a fi fth pass best of 55.247/45.744. Heading down the list 

in Pro: Billy Davis, PJ Corrales, Grant Reeve, Scott Thursby and Josh “1 cone short of a 6-pack, 

but still fewer than my co-driver Ken Hurd” Parker. Josh took Top Raw on his best run, too. Dave 

White: 13 cones; Special Trophy for You. 

The Kart Krowd was light with only Eric Krueger and son Ian in F125. Eric went to a 52.182 to 

Ian’s 54.027. Allison Krueger was a lone entry in JKA with a 63.595, and Kimsoo Gopnik took 

the 3 driver JKB fi eld on a 68.507. Hannah Cox was second at 112.806 and May Kimber third 

on a 118.005, but plus 1. 

SSM saw Don Kuehl stay straight and proper with the Honda CRX-HP and win the 10-driver class 

on a 56.051, a solid half-second on second place driver William Salie in the Z06 Corvette. Ben 

Albert took SM in his Mitsubishi Evo with a last run 61.608, but honorable mention in that class 

to second spot and Jon Funk in his Rally-X Subaru, who had the Subaru engine let go on him 2 

weeks later at a Vermont rally-cross. Hope you can get the “Bad Idea” machine back on track 

soon. 

Chang Ho Kim took STC on a fi fth run 58.320, while carrying 3 cones on a faster fi nal run. 

Chang was featured for a snippet or two in the June 14 


th WCVB Boston “Chronicle” show about 

hyper-miling and mpg effi ciency. Ask Chang about his trophy and world record in an event that 

seems a polar opposite to Solo. Chang and FunHonda’s Rock, no matter the event! F-Mod saw 

Sarah Bowin a full 5 seconds ahead of Bob Jordan with a 54.110, both going 4 runs each 

before a mechanical siesta befell the Raptor. Stacey Strout used ye’ ol’ Reynard to take A-Mod on 

a 54.883. 

Emmanuel Cecchet and his 1969 Corvette Sting Ray. him. Photo: Eddie Savage 

NER SCCA “Springtime 

Coneage” Final Results - 

Points Event #3 - Saturday, 


Driver Car Best Off 

BS 

1 Fedja Jeleskovic Mitsubishi 59.706 

2 Christopher Perry Subaru WRX 61.744 2.038 

3 

CS 

Gerald W Shields Subaru WRX STI 62.995 1.251 

1 Jon Zombeck Mazda RX-8 64.080 

2 Andre.Archambault Mazda RX-8 66.707 2.627 

3 

DS 

Emmanuel Cecchet Corvette Stingray 70.588 3.881 

1 Wiley Cox Infi niti G35 59.016 

2 Kathleen Barnes Acura ITR 62.455 3.439 

3 

ES 

Jenna Corrales Infi niti G35 63.327 0.872 

1 Joseph Barbato Mazda Miata 56.632 

2 John W England Mazda Miata 56.811 0.179 

3 John E England Mazda Miata 59.369 2.558 

4 

GS 

Yavuz Kiremit Mazda Miata 61.238 1.869 

1 Sam Creasey Honda CRX Si 60.248 

2 Matthew Doherty Honda CRX Si 63.505 3.257 

3 

HS 

Jack Nguyen Volvo C304 70.331 6.826 

1 Paul Zahornasky Mazda 3 61.377 

2 PJ Aspesi Ford Focus SVT 62.580 1.203 

3 David Fried Honda CR-Z 66.251 3.671 

SSP 

1 Tamaz Shiloshvili Corvette 64.613 

ASP 

1 Joshua Noble Subaru WRX STI 55.761 

2 Matthew Mickle Subaru WRX STI 56.092 0.331 

3 Sandi Moreno Subaru WRX STI 66.825 10.733 

BSP 

1 John Rappa Mazda RX-8 55.036 

2 Marc Monnar Mazda RX-8 55.435 0.399 

3 Jeff Seeger Corvette ZR1 58.630 3.195 

CSP 

1 Rob MacAlpine Mazda Miata 56.584 

2 Paul Krysiak Honda CRX 62.264 5.680 

DSP 

1 Krzysztof Hryszko Mazdaspeed 3 

FSP 

66.131 

1 Neil Schelly Subaru 58.231 

2 Alexander Twombly Volvo 64.921 6.690 

XP 

1 Dan martin Subaru 62.961 

2 Wayne Ringenbach Corvette 66.475 3.514 

CP 

1 Phil Mackaronis Camaro 58.200 

EP 

1 Daryl Beck Volkswagen 56.137 

2 Robert Lang Volkswagen 57.859 1.722 

3 Myron Steere Volkswagen58.437 0.578 

4 Jason Fair Rabbit 59.616 1.179 

AM 

1 Stacey Strout Reynard FF 54.833 

FM 

1 Sarah Bowin Raptor F500 54.110 

2 Robert A. Jordan Raptor F500 59.234 5.124 

STF 

1 Joanne Ago Honda Fit 72.914 



Springtime coneage Report continued from page 22 

C-Prepared (CP) was rather popular years ago, and lean of late, but Phil Mackaronis has 

a 1994 Chevy Camaro that entered the class. Phil ran a “need more grip” last pass of 

58.200. Over in the stocker ranks, Fedja “Am I considered a Novice?” Jeleskovic ran 

to the top in BS in a Mitsubishi Lancer SE on a fourth run 59.706 (what, not on the last 

run, Fedja?), dispatching the Subaru WRX STi of Christopher Perry and Jerry Shields. 

Jon Zombeck took CS in the Mazda RX-8 with a 64.080, but the star of that class was 

Emmanuel Cecchet and the 1969 Corvette Sting Ray in bright yellow, with side pipes. 

Wiley “3 GoPro’s are not enough” Cox took his Infi niti G35 to a DS win with a late 

morning 59.016, while Kathy Barnes took 2 nd in the Acura ITR, and Jenna “where the 

#%&$ did all those cones come from” Corrales, third. (ask Dave White, he may know,…) 

Joe Barbato used Mazda Miata power to a win in ES (56.632), and Sam Creasey took 

GS (60.248). Paul “PZ” Zahornasky took HS in his Mazda 3, but not without some work, 

having coned 4 separate runs in a rare case of too much slip angle somewhere along the 

racing line. Paul ran a stellar fi nal run of 61.377 to cement the class win, while PJ Aspesi 

was but two-tenths back until Paul’s fi nal blast. Dave Fried carried third for the class. 

Josh Noble took ASP, John Rappa a win in BSP, and Rob McAlpine tops in CSP. 

Next up is our Solo School for Rookie Drivers, so look for a short run-down on that in this 

issue. A tip to our novices, plan ahead and take the school. If you can’t this year, plan for 

next year. In fact, plan to take it 2 years in a row. You WILL learn more in a dedicated 

day of instruction that you will always carry forward with you. And just 2 weeks following 

the school, I hope you can come out to Devens in mid-June (June 16-17) for the 2 day 

SCCA Tire-Rack Solo National Tour, New England Edition. Watch the best of the eastern 

region drivers go at it and you’ll know why instruction is so valuable to You, your fellow 

competitors, and to the sport. 

And a shameless shout-out to 

the Moncton Motor Sport Club 

attendees and friends from 

Canada coming down for the Tour! 

I hope we give you a good event. 

Be seeing you! 

F-Mod’s Bob Jordan and co-driver Sarah Bowin. Photo: Eddie Savage 

24 PIT TALK 

The SSM Datsun 240Z of Cameron Bosnic. 

Photo: Lui Rivera 

STC 

1 Chang Ho Kim Honda Civic Si 58.320 

2 Rachel Baker Honda Civic Si 58.734 0.414 

3 Roger Whipple Honda Civic 59.248 0.514 

4 Dan Kimber Honda Civic Si 60.754 1.506 

5 Stephanie Zadrozny Honda Civic 61.091 0.337 

STS 

1 William Brundige Mazda Miata 60.261 

2 James Murdocco Mazda Miata 62.714 2.453 

3 Carolyn Green Mazda Miata 62.902 0.188 

STR 

1 Matt Thompson Mazda Miata 58.041 

2 Jonathan Leith Mazda Miata 60.127 2.086 

STX 

1 Jeff Anderson Mazda RX-8 57.068 

2 David Gott BMW 330ci 57.786 0.718 

3 Derek Sivret BMW 330ci 57.806 0.020 

4 David Thomas Mazda RX-8 57.925 0.119 

5 Charlie Thompson Mini Cooper S 58.462 0.537 

6 Jeff Lavery Honda Civic Si 61.631 3.169 

7 Sean Goudreau Volkswagen Golf 65.725 4.094 

STU 

1 Jay Shin BMW M3 58.453 

2 Lana Tsurikova BMW 135i 58.731 

3 Michael Odikadze Mitsubishi Evo X 62.830 4.099 

4 Jack Washington Subaru WRX STI 63.679 0.849 

5 Jeffrey Dansereau BMW M3 63.862 0.183 

SM 

1 Ben Albert Mitsubishi 61.608 

2 Jon Funk Subaru Impreza 61.982 0.374 

3 Timothy Cahill Mitsubishi Eclipse 65.733 3.751 

4 Emmanuel Alexis Honda Civic 67.028 1.295 

5 Leon Seng Acura Integra 76.030 9.002 

SMF 

1 Dan Durusky Volkswagen GTI 62.413 

2 Aaron Telage Mini Cooper S 64.114 1.701 

SSM 

1 Don Kuehl Honda CRX 56.051 

2 William Salie Corvette Z06 56.583 0.532 

3 Patrick Heck Lotus Elise 56.643 0.060 

4 Mathew Nieman Mazda Miata 57.092 0.449 

5 David Oliveira Lotus Elise 57.133 0.041 

6 Justin Baltrucki Mazda Miata 57.404 0.271 

7 Allen parker Honda CRX 59.479 2.075 

8 Erica Bonomi Mazda Miata 60.749 1.270 

9 Brian Cunningham Corvette 62.509 1.760 

10 Cameron Bosnic Datsun 240zx 66.067 3.558 

FK 

1 Eric Krueger Coyote Kart 52.182 

2 Ian Krueger Coyote Kart 54.027 1.845 

FJA 

1 Allison Krueger Coyote Kart 63.595 

FJB 

1 Kimsoo Gopnik CRG Kart 68.507 

2 Hannah Cox FJB Kart 112.806 44.299 

3 May Kimber Wiley’s Grace FJB 120.005 7.199 

Steven Bottsford brought the 1972 Chevy Nova 

out. Photo: Eddie Savage

PAX 

Pro 

Driver Car Best Pax Off 

1 Nick Barbato Honda S2000 54.177 45.671 

2 Eric Chiang Mazda Miata 55.247 45.744 0.073 

3 Billy Davis Mazda Miata 53.805 46.110 0.366 

4 PJ Corrales Nissan 240SX 53.336 46.189 0.079 

5 Grant Reeve Corvette Z06 54.273 46.566 0.377 

6 Scott Thursby Mazda Miata 56.376 46.679 0.113 

7 Joshua Parker Reynard 51.639 46.784 0.105 

8 Ben Wagstaff Mazda Miata 56.580 46.791 0.007 

9 Nath Whipple Acura Integra 57.143 46.914 0.123 

10 Tim Kong Honda S2000 55.713 46.966 0.052 

11 Todd Kean Infi niti G35 57.285 47.031 0.065 

12 Brian Levesque Honda CRX 54.201 47.154 0.123 

13 Justin Lau Honda S2000 56.038 47.240 0.086 

14 Michael Lodsin Honda S2000 56.064 47.262 0.022 

15 Bob Davis Mazda Miata 55.542 47.599 0.337 

16 David White Nissan 240SX 52.990+147.621 0.022 

17 Russ Siggelkoe Lotus Elise 55.514 47.631 0.010 

18 Hank Wallace BMW 135i 57.970 48.752 1.121 

19 Ken Hurd Reynard 54.194 49.099 0.347 

RTA 

1 Kenneth JohnsonSubaru WRX 58.883 48.342 

2 Andrew BarretteSubaru WRX 58.933 48.384 0.042 

3 Dennis Kois Mitsubishi 64.429 54.313 5.929 

RTF 

1 Michael Smith Ford Focus 64.390 51.447 

2 Jojo Corrales Mini Cooper S 65.730 53.964 2.517 

3 Scott Monti Hyundai Veloster 68.442 54.685 0.721 

RTR 

1 arbara Seeger Corvette 58.729 49.508 

2 Bryan Mancuso Toyota MR2 60.173 49.823 0.315 

3 Darius Trinka Nissan 350z 59.918 49.911 0.088 

4 Jeff Martynuska Corvette 61.196 51.588 1.677 

5 Thom Powderly Shelby GT 63.311 52.231 0.643 

6 Robert Lapierre Mustang GT 63.490 52.379 0.148 

7 Andy Checheta Nissan 370Z 61.842+153.165 0.786 

8 Philip G Gott Challenger 64.959 53.591 0.426 

9 Teddy Wu Honda S2000 64.209 53.976 0.385 

10 Can.Sutherland Mustang GT 69.911 57.429 3.453 

Novice 

1 Thomas Soja Mini Cooper 67.428 53.875 

2 Tristan deBarrosSubaru Impreza 65.766 53.993 0.118 

3 Michael CaporelloSubaru 6.480 54.580 0.58 

4 Derek White Subaru Legacy 67.135 55.117 0.537 

5 Anthony Chan Nissan GTR 64.764 56.020 0.903 

6 Ben Yeskey Subaru Legacy 70.458 56.295 0.275 

7 Robert Dionne Subaru Impreza 67.388 56.673 0.378 

8 Drew Corcoran Subaru Legacy 71.334 56.995 0.322 

9 Jeff Weber Ford Mustang 69.132 57.033 0.038 

10 Aleks Klavsyuk Miata 69.141 57.248 0.215 

11 Steven Bottsford Chevy Nova 66.218 57.344 0.096 

12 Dragan cosic Subaru WRX 70.661 58.012 0.668 

13`Robert Clark Mazda Miata 70.071 58.369 0.357 

14 Jason reischutz Nissan Altima S 73.077 58.388 0.019 

15 Stan Amromin Mazda Miata 70.913 58.716 0.328 

16 Jeff Leger Subaru Impreza 72.363 59.410 0.694 

17 Paul StephensonPorsche 944 71.469 59.533 0.123 

18 Mark Sarcevicz Camaro 69.677 60.340 0.807 

19 Thomas Small Corvette 67.399 60.524 0.184 

20 Christo Brooks Mazda 2 76.775 61.343 0.819 

21 Kulin Seth Mazdaspeed3 75.084 61.644 0.301 

22 Eli Ahrensdorf BMW 325e 71.217 61.958 0.314 

23 Sus Dansereau BMW M3 74.034 62.262 0.304 

24 Michael Sciotto Camaro 72.457 62.747 0.485 

25 John Clayton Porsche 944 76.479 63.707 0.960 

26 Jay Ringenbach Corvette 72.971 65.528 1.821 

PCM 

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New England Region, Sports Car Club of America, Inc., 

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes — 

March 14, 2012 

The Board of Directors met at the Hampton Inn 

Auburn, 736 Southbridge Street, Auburn, MA. 

Present were Regional Executive Doug Fisher, 

Asst. RE Bill Gendron, Directors Hal Denham, 

Trevor Hermance, Pete Morrison, Jerry Rigoli, 

Jerry Shields, Chris Regan, Elizabeth Winiarz 

and Paul Zahornasky. Also in attendance were 

Treasurer Lou Gingerella, Kathy Barnes, Area 

One Director Dick Patullo and Jody Fisher. 

These minutes may not be in chronological 

order. 

The meeting was called to order by Doug 

Fisher at 7:30 PM. 

Motion: to enter Executive Session for 

discussion of New Track negotiations, then 

return to open session (Denham/Zahornasky) 

PASSED 

Motion: to accept the minutes of the 

February 8th, 2012 BOD meeting. (Regan/ 

Morrison) PASSED 

The NeDiv Roundtable on the following 

weekend was mentioned. At least a dozen 

NER chief personnel will be in attendance. 

Dick Patullo announced a proposed Divisional 

RallyCross entry “tax” which our program 

leaders should research and have a stance on 

for the NeDiv Meeting. 

Club Racing Report: Jerry Rigoli assured 

the Board that there are personnel in place 

to facilitate website postings and event tech 

inspections. With Scott Dowd becoming 

mostly unavailable, technical questions would 

best be referred to those working as chiefs 

through the year (Brian Mushnick, Anthony 

Parker, Dick Patullo). Tracks are taking 

their time with the contracts but our 

obligations have been met. 

Rally and RallyCross Report: 

Chris Regan reported on two successful 

events despite unseasonably warm 

weather thawing the appealing 

winter conditions usually encountered. 

Jacob Perkins has volunteered to help 

publicize the region’s Rally activities at 

different events such as the upcoming 

26 PIT TALK 

NHMS FANtasy Drive. 

Merchandising Report: Donna Stevens 

is in the process of stocking apparel, decals 

and rule books for the coming season. She 

attended “Frost Heaves” rally 3/10 and will 

be attending Pre-season Tech 3/31 and the 

NHMS “open house” on 4/7. 

Solo Report: Solo’s Devens contract has 

been signed and paid. The next Solo meeting 

for season preparation is March 21. 

Membership Report: Kathy Barnes 

reported for February 2285 members, a net 

increase of 29 over January. 

Jody Fisher presented suggestions and receive 

ideas on increasing membership participation 

and growth. The importance of social 

networking invitations and personal interaction 

at events, specifi cally for newcomers, was 

stressed. On-location liaisons, “concierge”, 

and e-mail/phone follow-ups from dedicated 

Program liasons may make a huge impact. 

The Club Racing program might benefi t from 

a modern version of the old “Guest Pass”: 

a printable crew “Invite” Page 1 of 2 that a 

driver could e-mail to prospective guests. Jody 

offered to draft one. This is also a potential 

avenue for sponsorship. 

NER Marketing Report: Paul Zahornasky 

reported that PIT TALK magazine has 

distributed its fi rst issue of 2012, and will 

continue to be included in Region efforts to 

strengthen communication. 

Motion: to order 50 copies of the March 

“Get Started” issue of SportsCar magazine, 

Spec Miata negotiate the down hill turn to Sound control. 

Photo by: Yusuf abudi, abudiphotography.com 

as well as a display board for show/event use 

and 5000 of the new-edition “Wanna Race?” 

bumper stickers. (Zahornasky/Morrison) 

PASSED. Approval was given for “petty 

cash” scale expenditures for NER trade-show 

materials. Paul Zahornasky is also planning to 

open a Fed-Ex printing account. 

BOD Goals: 

The “Barriers to Entry” topic was discussed 

with written input available from Rally/Rally-X 

and Club Racing. For Solo verbal input was 

provided by Kathy Barnes. The main issue 

concerned the ability of respective programs 

to accommodate “walk-up entries”. For 

Club Racing this is not relevant considering 

licensing requirements, etc. Rally and Rally-X 

rely heavily on pre-registration but have 

fl exibility to take “walk-ups”. On the otherhand 

Solo requires advanced registration in 

order optimize the conduct of their program. 

Walk-ups are not allowed for the most part. 

The BOD acknowledged the situation, but 

requested Solo review their registration policy 

for fl exibility, that does not compromise their 

event conduct. 

The NER Annual Meeting was reviewed. 

It was reiterated that The Solo Program 

is responsible for the event in 2013 and 

is encouraged to break traditional event 

format to reinvigorate the worker awards 

presentations and discussions. 

The Treasurer will be able to provide the BOD 

reasonably accurate fi nancial information on 

a quarterly basis if from program comptrollers 

provide the Treasurer with monthly updates on 

income and expenses. 

Motion: to adjourn to the meeting 

at 10:06 PM (Morrison/Zahornasky) 

PASSED 

Respectfully submitted, 

Trevor Hermance, Secretary 

Next meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 at 

Raceway Golf Club and Thompson 

International Speedway, Thompson, CT 

at 7:30 PM

April 11, 2012 

he Board of Directors met at the Raceway Golf 

Club and Thompson International Speedway, 

205 East Thompson Road, Thompson, CT. 

Present were Regional Executive Doug Fisher 

and Directors Hal Denham, Trevor Hermance, 

Pete Morrison, Jerry Rigoli, Jerry Shields, 

Chris Regan, and Paul Zahornasky. Also in 

attendance were Treasurer Lou Gingerella, 

Kathy Barnes, Paul Krysiak, Area One Director 

Dick Patullo, Marilyn Freeman and John 

Hoenig. 


order. 



Mr. Hoenig presented a summary of the 

plans for the Thompson facility which could 

bring club racing back to the track with a 

publicly available (rented) road course being 

researched. 

Motion: was made to accept the minutes 

of the March 14th, 2012 BOD meeting. 

(Zahornasky/Regan) PASSED 

Motion: After review by Directors, to accept 

the executive session minutes of the March 

14th, 2012 meeting. (Rigoli/Shields) PASSED 

The NeDiv Roundtable meeting was reviewed. 

NER was well represented and helped 

execute some informative training sessions. 

The proposed Divisional RallyCross entry 

assessment for a Divisional Championship was 

approved. 

Lou Gingerella explained that he is happy 

with the progress made in the accuracy of 

the club’s fi nancial tracking, with the help 

of the programs’ reporting. The region’s fi rst 

quarter report will be presented to the board 

at the May meeting (giving one month’s extra 

time to account for the many season start-up 

transactions which can pile up and need 

organizing). 

Secretary Trevor Hermance will be receiving 

copies of the Region’s contracts with facilities 

rented, signed by the R.E., for archiving. 

Club Racing Report: Jerry Rigoli reported 

that about 20 cars were processed at the 

preseason tech inspections held March 

31, and feels a single location or ad-hoc 

inspections should be considered for next 

year. Pre-registration has been open for the 

Rational race weekend, and had 142 entries 

as of the meeting. 

Rally and RallyCross Report : Chris 

Regan reported that there is a possible 

RallyCross to be scheduled for May in 

Bradford, Vermont. March’s Cape Cod Old 

Timers’ Rally was well attended in spite of 

some dreary weather. 

Solo Report: Bob Davis provided in an 

e-mail report to the RE that there was a huge 

entry for Saturday’s season opener (April 7) 

with an additional karting school held during 

the morning. Some timing and scoring glitched 

were experienced, but could be excused for 

the fi rst event with such participation. Five runs 

were still able to be made. Paul Zahornasky 

has started a Solo e-mail newsletter for 

interested members, “Looking Ahead.” 

Some discussion arose of the need for 

program leaders to recognize opportunities 

to expand Solo (or like activites) beyond the 

strong events and longtime regulars that are 

found in Ayer and Loudon. 

Merchandising Report: Donna Stevens 

has received the 50 copies of the March “Get 

Started” SportsCar magazine issue. 

Membership Report: Paul Krysiak reported 

for March 2293 members, a net increase of 

51 over January and eight over February. 

Jody Fisher’s mock-up of a printable club 

racing “crew invite” was presented, and 

technicalities that must be observed in any 

distribution of such an item were discussed. 

The idea remains feasible and will be refi ned. 

Motion: was made to accept the program 

and specialty reports as presented (Regan/ 

Zahornasky) PASSED 

A letter drafted by attorney James McEwan 

with regard to obtaining NER Investments’ 

deposit on the Purchase and Sale agreement 

for the Palmer, Massachusetts track site was 

reviewed by the directors. 

Motion: made to send the letter as presented 

(Denham/Regan) PASSED 

The FANTasy Drive “open house” at New 

Hampshire Motor Speedway was a nice event 

with strong NER representation. It provided 

a good chance to interact with potential 

members and participants. 

Linda Kogan and Jody Fisher will be co-chairs 

on the charity committee overseeing RAL 

this year, along with any other philanthropic 

interests of the region. 

Concerning budget policy, Lou Gingerella 

is looking for guidance as to where funds 

for the board’s “administrative budget” and 

Pit Talk production must now come from. 

Lou explained that the board must develop 

an administrative budget for review and 

implementation and volunteered to make a 

proposal for one. 

A 2012 PIT TALK budget has not yet been 

received. 

Motion: was made to prohibit production of 

the magazine as of May 1 until year-to-date 

itemized transactions and a remainder-2012 

budget are presented to and reviewed by the 

Board (Denham/Shields) PASSED 

Motion: was made to adjourn to the meeting 

at 9:50 PM (Zahornasky/Shields) PASSED 

Respectfully submitted, Trevor Hermance, 

Secretary 

Next meeting will be held on Wednesday, 

May 9th, 2012 at the Raceway Golf Club and 

Thompson International Speedway, Thompson, 

CT at 7:30 PM 

New England Region, Sports Car Club of 

America, Inc. 

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes 


The Board of Directors met at the Raceway 

Golf Club and Thompson International 

Speedway, 205 East Thompson Road, 

Thompson, CT. 

Present were Regional Executive Doug Fisher 

and Directors Hal Denham, Trevor Hermance, 

Pete Morrison, Bill Gendron, Elizabeth 

Winiarz, Chris Regan, and Paul Zahornasky. 

Also in attendance were Treasurer Lou 

Gingerella, Kathy Barnes, Paul Krysiak, and 


National Tour —continued from page 27 

Martin Kriz made the journey from Virginia worth it as he took ASP in his 

Subaru WRX Sti on a 122.988. Mazda led the way in the 12 driver STX 

class, as Jeff “Go Gators” Anderson drove his RX-8 to a 128,784. Second 

went to Eric Simmons from Macungie, PA. Jeff Hurst took a trophy for 3rd 

spot on a 130.653, only 0.202 off from Eric. Honorable mention in STX 

to Rob Lapierre for beating the car-owner he got a co-drove from (owners 

name witheld for discretion. Oh why not - Charlie Thompson), Charles Kelly 

from New Brunswick, and Joanna Ellis. 

Two NER-ite drivers are Jim and Christine Murdocco from Green, RI. 

Christine took the win in STSL, while spouse Jim fell caboose-side in STS. 

Both are always with a smile, a helping hand, and have fun no matter were 

they fi nish. For that, you earned your own paragraph. 

Speaking of STS, localite Ben Wagstaff took that 5 driver, all-Miata class 

with a 127.327. Bill Brundige was second. STC had Pennsylvanian 

Adam Koback dispatch the 6 other drivers on a 130.269. In the stocker 

categories, Sturbridge’s Grant Reeve pulled a last run win (only clean 

one of Sunday) and unoffi cial Top Pax in SS with the Corvette Z06 on a 

120.707. 6 other drivers fi elded SS, with Pat Salerno second, followed by 

Sam Strano. SSL went to Stephanie Zadrozny on a 127,854 in the 4 driver 

class, with senod place driver Shelly Monfort from Saratoga, CA suffering 

a bout of cone-itis on Sunday. 

C-Stock gets a group nod as all 3 drivers, winner Bud Collins, Chris 

Carmenini and Keith Scala were clean all weekend and no DNF’s. On the 

opposite side, SSM ordered on the cheap and racked-up 39 cone counts 

for the weekend. Paul Klein was master-of-the-punt with 11 in SSM, while 

sharing that “honour” was Dracut’s Anthony DeFiore over in EP. 

9 drivers fought in B-Stock. Nick Barbato took the win in the Honda S2000 

on a 124.019. Co-driver Justin Lau was second. A BS “Hello” to driver Ray 

Bastille from Moncton, who should write a short story on his “week of h-edouble-tootpicks” 

leading into very early Saturday morning he rolled into 

the hotel in nearby Leominster. DS went to Todd Kean in the 8 driver fi eld. 

Running the G-Fab Infi nity G35, Todd scored a 128.481. Of note in the 

class, Ken Johnson’s Subaru would lift its tail along the cones so high, you’d 

think there was a hinge in the middle of the chassis somewhere, but not 

high enough to clear the 6 cones he tagged. Robert and Cheryl Woodsom 

akso of DS, were running their fi rst Tour since back in the early 1890’s....or 

was it 1990’s, when held at Bayside Expo in Boston. OK, OK, they’re not 

that old! 

E-Stock went to Eric Chiang, on a solid 125.858 over 7 other drivers. 

G-Stock went to the State of Maryland and Andy Thomas, using a Toyota 

Celica with a 135.180. Mike Wilson in a Honda Civic Si was second. 

Hello to Moncton’s Ming-Duc “Need New Tires” Wong, another of our 

Canadian friends who came down across the border to run the Tour. 

Breakage was to play havoc several times, although not severe coursewise, 

but as one mentioned, a “jet-dryer would have helped clear out the 

line after the speedi-dri incident.” Bob Jordan offered a co-drive to a fellow 

F-Modder James Fisher from Pennsylvania after “parts expiration” with the 

Invader, and the STC Honda wheeled by Chris Haydu was caught doing 

the “Don Kuehl axle dance” on Saturday just one section from the fi nish on 

his second run. Being deft with tools, the Penn TeleData Internet Team had 

the Honda back in shape for Sunday. 

Former NER autocrosser Sandy Orenstein with “We Know Jack 

Productions” in Cambridge was out shooting video clips on Saturday for an 

autocross documentary project he is working on, and I must say, some of 

28 PIT TALK 

you people need to clean your cars better. I’m not saying concourse level, 

but we’re not out in a mudbog either. Race cars do not have allergies to 

a bit of water and soap, and a moderately clean car can look absolutely 

delicious in post-production. Just a thought for your kids to do for you to 

get them away from a computer screen. 

Shameless plug to Steve Seguis (5th in STR:Honda S200) who produced 

a short video on the Tour. You can catch it on Vimeo: https://vimeo. 

com/44356003 For full results, see the SCCA National Tour webpage 

at: http://www.scca.com/events/results.cfm?eid=3599 Click on the pdf 

link at the bottom. 

There you have it in a nutshell. 2012 Northeast Tour, done and in the 

books. 

Be seeing you! 

Unoffi cial Final Pax Results Top 20. 

(Mega-thanks to Rick Ruth) 

SCCA NER Northeast National Tour 

Devens, MA. June 16-17, 2012 

Rank Cl Driver Car Total Raw Pax Time Off 

1 SS Grant Reeve Corvette Z06 120.707 103.567 

2 CSP Charles Koulik Mazda Miata 120.916 103.625 0.058 

3 SS Pat Salerno Lotus Elise 121.159 103.954 0.388 

4 SS Sam Strano Corvette 121.220 104.007 0.440 

5 ES Eric Chiang Mazda Miata 125.858 104.210 0.644 

6 CSP Bob Davis Mazda Miata 121.758 104.347 0.780 

7 DSP Alex Shchipkov BMW 330Ci 122.825 104.524 0.957 

8 SM David White Nissan 240SX 120.698 104.524 0.958 

9 CSP Billy Davis Mazda Miata 121.972 104.530 0.963 

10 BS Nick Barbato Honda S2000 124.019 104.548 0.981 

11 CS Bud Collins Pontiac Solstice 125.578 104.606 1.040 

12 DSP Nath Whipple BMW 325iS 123.329 104.953 1.386 

13 SS Jason Burns Corvette 122.581 105.174 1.606 

14 SM PJ Corrales Nissan 240SX 121.486 105.207 1.640 

15 SS Brian Conners Lotus Elise 122.676 105.256 1.689 

16 STS Ben Wagstaff Mazda Miata 127.327 105.299 1.733 

17 BM Will SchambachCheetah 109.743 105.343 1.776 

18 BS Justin Lau Honda S2000 125.036 105.405 1.839 

19 ES Joseph Barbato Mazda Miata 127.306 105.409 1.843 

20 DS Todd Kean Infi niti G35 128.481 105.483 1.916 

Top 

Raw AM Bill Goodale AMod Dragon 108.714 

B-Stock Honda S2000 and driver Michael Lodsin. 

Photo by: Eddie Savage

2012 Calendar 

RACE 

August 3 Test & Tune Day NHMS 

August 4 & 5 Regional, NERRC triple NHMS 

September 7 Test & Tune Day NHMS 

September 8 & 9 Regional, NERRC triple NERRC triple 

*possible NER test and tune 

** restricted school/closed wheel cars only 

RALLY-X 

Oct 5-7 RX National Championships Tulsa, OK 

Nov 4 Covered Bridge, TBA VT 

Dec 2 Wolf Chase Ludlow, VT 

RALLY 

uly Mass Challenge MA 

Aug 4: Rally Against Leukemia Loudon, NH 

Aug. 11 Hurdle 2012 Southington, CT 

Oct. 27: Graveyard Shift NH 

Nov. 3 Covered Bridge VT 

TBD Car Store Rally 

Visit http://www.ner.org/rally/rdral/events for more information 

SOLO 

July 8, Sunday Points Event # 6 Ft. Devens 

July 22, Sunday Test and Tune Ft. Devens 

August 4, Saturday Jeff Gordon Challenge NHMS 

August 5, Sunday RAL Points Even t#7 NHMS 

August 18, Sunday Points Event # 8 Ft. Devens 

September 23, Sunday Points Event # 9 Ft. Devens 

October 7, Sunday Strirling Moss Runoff Ft. Devens 

October 21, Sunday Team Challenge Ft. Devens 

Schedules may change, Check the website for changes, updates or additions 

(and registrations) to the NER calendar: www.ner.org 

Robert Breault took the ITR win at the Schools Out Regionals held at 

Lime Rock. Photo by: Yusuf abudi, abudiphotography.com 

NER/SCCA Merchandise Order 

NER/SCCA merchandise is available through mail-order. Please send 

your request with a check made out to NER/SCCA. Orders will be mailed 

to you, priority next day. No credit cards are accepted. 

DESCRIPTION 

DECALS-PRESSURE SENSITIVE 

PRICE QTY, PRICE 

Windshield decals $9.00 ___ ______ 

SCCA wire wheel 2” circle $1.00 ___ ______ 

SCCA wire wheel (inside) 2” $2.00 ___ ______ 

SCCA wire wheel 4 1/2” circle $2.00 ___ ______ 

Master Switch Off $1.00 ___ ______ 

Fire Extinguisher (red E) $1.00 ___ ______ 

SCCA Club Racing (STD) $2.00 ___ ______ 

SCCA RoadRally (checkpoint) $2.00 ___ ______ 

SCCA RallyCross decal $2.00 ___ ______ 

SCCA wire wheel generic $2.00 ___ ______ 

SCCA Solo decal (black) $2.00 ___ ______ 

NER decal 3” $1.00 ___ ______ 

NER decal 4” $1.00 ___ ______ 

NER decal 7” $1.00 ___ ______ 

Tow arrow (indicate red, yellow, white black) 

set of two 

CLOTH PATCHES 

$1.00 ___ ______ 

SCCA wire wheel (round) $3.00 ___ ______ 

SCCA Letter patch $3.00 ___ ______ 

SCCA Drivers (red,white,blue) $3.50 ___ ______ 

NER patch 

APPAREL 

$3.00 ___ ______ 

NER Black T-Shirt (s-m-L-XL-XXL) $11.00 ___ ______ 

NER hat 

LAPEL PINS 

$8.00 ___ ______ 

SCCA wire wheel pin $4.50 ___ ______ 

SCCA pin rectangular $3.50 ___ ______ 

NER triangle pin 

PUBLICATIONS 

$2.00 ___ ______ 

2011 GCRs $25.00 ___ _______ 

2011 Solo Rulebook $25.00 ___ _______ 

Shipping charge of $5.00 for Books $5.00 ________ 

TOTAL 

Make check payable to NER, SCCA 

________ 

Name: ___________________________________________________ 

Street Address: ____________________________________________ 

City: ___________________________ State: ____ Zip: ____________ 

Telephone #: ______________________________________________ 

Email address: ____________________________________________ 

Mail order form w/check payable to: 

NER, SCCA _ 

Donna Stevens, NER Merchandise Program 

PO Box 1122, Merrimack NH 03054 

603-566-2774 (cell) email: donstev311@gmail.com 

NO CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED 


NER Solo �� 

Novice School 

Ft Devens, June 3, 2012 

By Eddie Savage 

Ayer, MA – For a number of years the 

NER Solo group has arranged a novice 

school for those who want to spend a 

day dedicated to learning some of the 

fi ner arts and parts of Solo driving. The 

entry list is often capped at 50 (this 

year 54 drivers enrolled) allowing for 

4 groups to be rotated through the 4 

traditional mini-layouts of solo basics. These include the kidney 

bean course with its decreasing and increasing radius turns, wide 

as well as tight paced slaloms, offsets, and 180 turnarounds. 

Attending the school will often get you several seconds quicker as 

you start "putting it all together". 

A big thanks to Nate Whipple who arranged the layouts, and 

Jenna Corrales who helped put together a rewarding day. 

Instructors included Jeff Anderson, Kathy Barnes, Nate, PZ, Dave 

White, Stephanie, Brian, Cliff, Josh 

Parker, Stacey, Ben, and at least 

three times more of names that gave 

their Sunday to the students. 

Obviously we can't learn 

everything in a day, nor can we 

teach everything in a day. Solo 

rewards quickness, split second 

timing, smoothness, focus but also 

experience. The skill develops over 

time, time that we call "seat time". 

But giving the rookie autocross 

driver a few hours to repeat 

each layout, with an instructor 

at their side, builds confi dence, 

understanding of basic car-control 

concepts, and hopefully generates 

the critical need of eye, hand, and foot control, along with 

developing mental concentration on the course. 

Hands follow the eyes. Look ahead. Meaningful things like that; 

we all remember those fi rst few lessons, whenever and wherever 

they where. My oft repeated mantra: We learn by doing. 

The 2012 school had a cool and drizzle start between 9 and 10 

a.m., enough to use a wiper pass or two, but the moisture never 

30 PIT TALK 

“A soldier will fi ght 

long and hard for a 

bit of colored ribbon.” 

-- Napoleon Bonaparte` 

accumulated on the Devens tarmac to 

really get the students adrenalin fl owing. 

It warmed up quickly, and after the pizza 

lunch break, blue skies and white clouds 

awaited the afternoon mini-solo. A set of 

instructor runs were offered to show the 

students an idea of what they can do, if 

they put their minds to it. A thank you to 

the students that helped corner work for 

the instructors, and hopefully Mike Steere didn't get his Scirocco too 

adverse for you on some test runs. 

The cars used today covered a wide scope: a Z06 Corvette, Honda 

Civics, Miata's, stock WRX's to prepared cars like Street Mod 

Camaro's, MINI's, a VW Jetta, a Lotus Elise and even a Fiat X 1/9. 

Most anything can play, and a school often brings out a wide range 

of driver preferences and color combinations. 

For the afternoon 3-run student shoot out, Keith Jurgensen took his 

DS Subaru WRX to 

Top Raw and Top Pax, 

running a last pass 

raw 47.709/39.169. 

Dave Estey ran 

second in Pax on an 

STS Miata powered 

48.987/40.512. Third 

went to Dan Philip in 

the STF Honda Civic Si, 

fourth to C-Stock's Andy 

Checheta in the Nissan 

370Z , and rounding 

out fi fth was Robert 

Pellerin in the DSP 

Subaru Impreza RS. Pax 

differentials going down 

from there were very 

close for the novices, some being off their nearest competitor by as 

little as 0.004 to a few tenths on average. Excellent driving to you all. 

So NER students, keep your mind clear, your eyes focused, your car 

in tip-top shape, a roll of contrasting tape in the glovebox and come 

on out to compete with us for the rest of the year, and next year too! 

Keep that trophy in your sights, and soon it can be yours. 

Be seeing you!

BOD Minutes 


Area One Director Dick Patullo. 


order. 



Motion: After review by Directors to accept 

the minutes of the April 11th, 2012 meeting. 

(Gendron/Regan) PASSED. 

Future meeting location was discussed; the 

board will return to the Auburn, MA Hampton 

Inn for June and until further notice. 

The Region’s tax return is ready to fi le once the 

IRS e-fi le process is again online (inoperative 

since March 15). Lou Gingerella will confi rm 

with Doug Fisher that this has been completed 

by May 15. Meanwhile, Lou continues to 

develop a proposal for a 2013 Board 

Administrative Budget to be presented in 

June. 

Sound Bites From Reality 


Motion: to approve a $180 payment to 

update the region’s accounting software 

(Zahornasky/Morrison) PASSED 

Motion: was made to approve $25000 

(Amendment from $22000 proposed by 

Regan/Morrison PASSED) for total 2012 

Pit Talk production of fi ve issues (Morrison/ 

Winiarz) PASSED 

Club Racing, Rally/RallyCross, Solo, 

Merchandise and Membership Reports were 

submitted, providing status of the programs. 

The Solo National Tour (Moore Airfi eld) and 

Bradford (VT) RallyCross contracts have been 

fi nalized and signed. Paul Krysiak reported 

that Region membership as of the meeting 

was 2307, an increase of 80 from January 1 

and 14 over March. Pete Morrison will “beta 

test” the experimental crew invite at the Triple 

Play Regional in Loudon and report on his 

experience in June. 

Motion: was made to accept the program 

and specialty reports as presented (Morrison/ 

Zahornasky) PASSED 

The charitable events sub-committee has 

proposed a “RAL & NER Charities” branding 

that should allow a broader range of 

opportunities to give and gain exposure. 

Motion: to have Dick Patullo engage attorney 

Albano to defend the region’s position in the 

matter of the Palmer deposit (with amendment 

by Morrison/Regan to allow negotiation of a 

contingency no greater than 33% on behalf 

of the fi rm PASSED) (Gendron/Zahornasky) 

PASSED 

Motion: was made to adjourn the meeting at 

9:57 PM (Morrison/Zahornasky) PASSED 

Respectfully submitted, 

Trevor Hermance, Secretary 

Next meeting will be held on Wednesday, 

June 13th, 2012 at the 

Hampton Inn Auburn, 

Auburn, MA at 7:30 PM 

Barometric pressure is 30 and rising..” 

An hour later, Ken Payson 

Joe slapped the lid shut on his device and 

stalked into our paddock 

stalked away. I yelled after him. “Hey! Rod Folia in his very potent classic Mazda RX-3. Photo by: Joel Cook 

spot. “I’m here for my 

Don’t you wanna know what size jets I 

trophy!” he announced. 

think you should use?” 

Without looking up, 

I was laughing hysterically as I drove out of 

the paddock, on my way to station 10. My car 

“Good afternoon! How can I help you guys 

today?” 

group?” 

I asked, “What race 

radio was still set to the station that had been They swung off the cart. “We’re here to pick up “Race group 8.” 

broadcasting the latest forecast when I had 

driven down to where Joe was…. 

trophies for our drivers!” Pride was evident in 

the postures. 

Looking up at the side of the trailer, I spied an 

empty spot where Group 8 results would go. 

Saturday dawned bright and cloudless…..well, My smile got wider. ‘Excellent! This year, 

“Shoot. I don’t have them yet. Where did you 

it did someplace in the world, just not at Lime trophies are $25 for each fi rst place, $20 for fi nish?” 

Rock Park. Clouds scudded across the sky, rain 

spritzed off and on, just enough to make the 

decision on tires maddening. We had gotten 

through the fi rst set of races with the usual 

ups and downs. I had been racing back and 

forth to the tower to get results for the trophy 

each second place and $15 for third. How 

many of each do you need?” 

Two of the young men laughed. The third one 

laughed, but his smile faded. “Uh…are you 

serious?” 

“Third.” 

“Damn, I don’t have results from that one yet…” 

I sighed, then muttered, “Oh hell, no one’s 

going to BS me over a third place fi nish. Just 

take one.” 

presentation, results I taped to the side of our My own smile widened. “If you’re that gullible, His jaw dropped, eyes bugging in his sockets. 

trailer. 

why then yes I am that serious! I need new Then he started to laugh. 

Three black shirted young crew men wheeled 

tires, man!” 

Sometimes I forget to engage my fi lter when I 

their golf cart to a stop beside our car. 

Beside me, Ed rolled his eyes and grabbed the engage my mouth. Other times I simply don’t 

Matching crew shirts, trendy sunglasses, big pen. “Ignore her. Initial by your driver and take bother engaging it. That was the latter. 

grins. I smiled at them and mentally cracked my 

knuckles. 

what you need.” Party pooper. 

You know, this trophy gig is kinda fun. 


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