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OREGON<strong>SCCA</strong>.COM<br />

<strong>Loud</strong> <strong>Pedal</strong><br />

Rose Cup Preview<br />

June 2007 The Offi cial Magazine of <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Region</strong> <strong>SCCA</strong><br />

Champ Car Preview<br />

Free Copy


Columns<br />

Editor’s Desk Page 4<br />

Contact Information Page 5<br />

From the R.E. Page 6<br />

Duck Stops Here Page 20<br />

Road Race Directions Page 21<br />

Rallying with Chris & Kristen Page 22<br />

Director Duck Page 26<br />

Solo II Report Page 29<br />

CONTENTS<br />

Features<br />

Membership Application Page 7<br />

Champ Car Preview Page 10<br />

Rose Cup Preview Page 16<br />

<strong>Oregon</strong> Trail Rally Page 22<br />

Frankie Muniz Goes Racing Page 25<br />

Classifi ed Ads Page 28<br />

Board Minutes Page 30<br />

On the cover: Pro Drive’s Todd Harris gets ready in the Fluge Global Adventure GT1 Corvette. Photo by Randy<br />

Unsbee. Contents Page Photo: Champ Car’s Sebastien Bourdais celebrates in Victory Lane. Champ Car photo.<br />

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<strong>Loud</strong> <strong>Pedal</strong><br />

The Membership Magazine of <strong>Oregon</strong><br />

<strong>Region</strong><br />

Sports Car Club of America<br />

Editor:<br />

Randy Unsbee, ABC<br />

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Please send address changes to:<br />

<strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Region</strong> <strong>SCCA</strong><br />

4800 SW Macadam Ave., Ste. 110<br />

Portland, OR, 97239<br />

Photographers: TheDigitalperspective.<br />

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The <strong>Loud</strong> <strong>Pedal</strong> is published<br />

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the Sports Car Club of America.<br />

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<strong>Region</strong> <strong>SCCA</strong> Inc. All material herein may<br />

not be reproduced, in whole or in part by<br />

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without the express written permission of<br />

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Editor’s Desk<br />

Randy Unsbee, ABC<br />

Email: info@sponsorpr.com<br />

You Can Do It!<br />

There aren’t many big time sports events where you can sit on the bench<br />

next to the athletes, warm up in the bull pen, or even be one of the offi<br />

cials. In fact, most of the time when you attend a major sporting event<br />

they almost act like they don’t want you there, tell you where to walk,<br />

where to sit and when to leave.<br />

In the Sports Car Club of America, we do things a little bit different.<br />

Not only do we want you to be part of the action, you are the action.<br />

Come to the paddock area and visit the race teams, ogle the cars, talk to<br />

the drivers. Sign up to be a corner worker and get out there right to the<br />

edge of the track. Be part of the technical crew and inspect the cars before<br />

each event, or help line cars up before the races. In fact, why not be<br />

a driver? You can compete in road racing events, drive in a road rally,<br />

challenge yourself and your car against the clock in a Solo event, or go<br />

off road with RallyCross.<br />

We don’t want you sitting on the side lines, we want you to be part of<br />

the action. So, why not take a moment and drop by our <strong>SCCA</strong> trailer/<br />

tent in the paddock area and fi nd out more about membership in the<br />

most exciting club you’ll fi nd, anywhere? Or, fi ll out the membership<br />

application on page 7 and mail it in. Not only will you have a great<br />

time, you’ll make some lifelong friends. You can do it! See you at pregrid!


<strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Region</strong> <strong>SCCA</strong> People You May Want to Call<br />

2006 Board of Directors<br />

<strong>Region</strong>al Executive Dan Halloran dan.halloran@yahoo.com<br />

Asst. R. E. Dan Mullin 541-683-1091<br />

Past R. E. Win Casey 503-297-4049<br />

Road Racing Director Todd Butler 503-712-6063<br />

Solo II Director Andy Howe solo.howe@comcast.net<br />

Director at Large 1 Judy Elliott-Cox 503-467-8999<br />

Director at Large 2, PR Committee Nick Fluge nfluge@comcast.net<br />

<strong>Region</strong> Officials<br />

<strong>Loud</strong> <strong>Pedal</strong> Editor Randy Unsbee info@sponsorpr.com<br />

Membership/Merchandise Karen McCoy 503-224-9469<br />

<strong>Region</strong> Office Admin Karen McCoy 503-224-9469<br />

Secretary to BOD Mary Thompson 503-645-3844<br />

Treasurer Paul Eklund pauleklund@aol.com<br />

Publicity/Marketing Randy Unsbee info@sponsorpr.com<br />

Rally Officials<br />

RoadRally Manager Kevin Poirier 503-556-0908<br />

RallyCross Manager April Smith asrmotorsports<br />

@yahoo.com<br />

Road Racing Officials<br />

Road Racing Director Todd Butler w503-712-6063<br />

h503-662-4599<br />

Race Ops Manager Bud Mansur 360-885-7883<br />

Race Ops Manager Bob Smethers 971-207-5147<br />

Regl Points Keeper* Kari L. Macfarlane 503-816-0855<br />

First Gear TBD<br />

Vintage Racing Chair Dan Mullin 541-683-1091<br />

Vintage Points* Dave Franks 503-968-8134<br />

*Please contact Dave Franks for Vintage Series Points.<br />

Contact Kari Macfarlane for all other <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Region</strong> points matters.<br />

Road Racing Chiefs<br />

Course Marshal Hugh Figuero, Doug James<br />

Emergency Ben Hockman 503-645-4755<br />

Flagging & Comm Ken Killam 503-970-5644<br />

Medical Mark Anderson 503-646-5144<br />

Pace Car Russell Nyberg 503-309-4220<br />

Paddock/HotPits Del Bockman 503-515-5977<br />

Pre-Grid Julie Winslow 360-513-6728<br />

Radio Tech Ric Farrar 503-245-2506<br />

Registration (pre-race) Karen McCoy 503-224-9469<br />

Registration (at track) Win Casey 503-297-4049<br />

Sound Judge Neil Swanson 503-585-9650<br />

Starter Tim Stanley 503-693-8139<br />

Tech Inspection Michael Tobin<br />

Gary Harkins<br />

Jerry Kelso 503-682-2410<br />

Timing and Scoring Kurt Weimer 360-573-5307<br />

Driver Services/Trophies Kari L. Macfarlane 503-816-0855<br />

Stewards<br />

Gary Meeker -- NorPac Executive Steward gmeeker@earthlink.net<br />

Don Smethers -- OR Deputy Executive Steward 503-656-2237<br />

Pat Derouin -- Spec Miata CS justsell5@comcast.net<br />

Scott Kovalic -- NorPac RallyCross Steward dkov@pacifier.com<br />

Howard Allen howduck@qwest.net<br />

Steve Archer mikah@comcast.net<br />

John Bachofner johnsb321@msn.com<br />

William Bachofner wgbach@comcast.net<br />

Todd Butler todd.sherry@verizon.net<br />

Winston Casey msiltd@integraonline.com<br />

Kris Ebelmesser krisebel@msn.com<br />

Sam Egli 503-246-7811<br />

Gail Fetterman gailfetterman@comcast.net<br />

Dave Franks franks97@verison.net<br />

Spencer Gorham sgorstew@aol.com<br />

Don Holland - Safety Steward DHoll45497@aol.com<br />

Robert Mead unclebob@oregonfast.net<br />

Stephen C. Middendorff smidden@qwest.net<br />

Dan Mullin danm356@yahoo.com<br />

Jeff Niess niess@comcast.net<br />

Alan Robinson robinsah@engr.orst.edu<br />

Mark Schue mark@schueracing.com<br />

Lewis Scott 503-646-3840<br />

Dave Shively mos33c20@centurytel.net<br />

Gary Van Horn gvanhorn@navicom.com<br />

Skip Yocom rampant53@gmail.com<br />

<strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Region</strong> Office<br />

4800 SW Macadam Ave, Suite 110<br />

Portland, OR 97239<br />

Voice and Message Line<br />

503-224-9469<br />

Fax 503-224-9542<br />

Office Hours<br />

Monday through Thursday<br />

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM<br />

office@oregonscca.com<br />

http://www.oregonscca.com<br />

<strong>SCCA</strong> National Toll Free Number<br />

1-800-770-2055<br />

Want to advertise in <strong>Loud</strong> <strong>Pedal</strong>? Please contact the<br />

editor to receive an advertising packet with current rate<br />

card. Rates are as low as $5 per column inch and expose<br />

you to over 1,800 <strong>SCCA</strong> members in the <strong>Oregon</strong><br />

<strong>Region</strong>.<br />

• 80% of <strong>SCCA</strong> members own their own home or condo.<br />

• 50% own three or more vehicles (4.6 average).<br />

• Over 60% of <strong>SCCA</strong> members hold professional and/or<br />

managerial occupations.<br />

• 65% hold college degrees.<br />

• 89% have annual household incomes over $50,000,<br />

Median HH income is $98,500, Average HH income is<br />

$105,800.<br />

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From the R.E.<br />

When I started racing several years ago<br />

I was fulfi lling a lifelong fantasy. Like<br />

most of you, I had dreamed for a long time<br />

of getting involved in racing and being<br />

around exotic cars. I attended the several<br />

<strong>SCCA</strong> races, followed many types of racing<br />

on TV, occasionally traveled to an F1<br />

or Indy car race, and of course was a regular<br />

at Portland’s own Champ Car event.<br />

It was fun but it was all vicarious. Strolling<br />

through the pits at an event, whether a local<br />

club race or a big time Champ Car event,<br />

participating seemed out of the question.<br />

The cars were exotic and of course expensive.<br />

The trailers and teams were large.<br />

Who knew how deep one’s pockets had<br />

to be to compete. But I never asked and<br />

just assumed it was out of reach. Also, no<br />

one asked me if I had any questions or if I<br />

would like to talk about the cars and what<br />

it took to participate.<br />

So for years I only dreamed of participating<br />

not believing it would ever happen.<br />

One evening I was playing tennis with<br />

Gary Manchester and we got into a discus-<br />

Dan Halloran, <strong>Region</strong>al Executive<br />

Email: dan.halloran@yahoo.com<br />

Participation isn’t Only a Dream<br />

sion of racing. Over time he invited me<br />

out, let me sit in his car, talked about what<br />

it would take to participate and of course I<br />

was hooked. I had found a friend who explained<br />

what our sport was all about. Suddenly<br />

what seemed only a fantasy became<br />

a reality.<br />

After participating for several years I discovered<br />

that there are lots of people in our<br />

club who are participating in ways that allow<br />

them to get up close and personal with<br />

a sport they love. People don’t have to just<br />

watch they can be the show and take an active<br />

role.<br />

The real secret, that Gary didn’t explain,<br />

was that I would make lots of new friends.<br />

More important was the discovery that<br />

those friendships and the camaraderie was<br />

an important aspect of my joy in participating.<br />

It was a great discovery that I try<br />

to share with everyone with whom I talk<br />

about the sport. It isn’t just the racing but<br />

the friendships that make out club special.<br />

Our sport, whether its club racing, SOLO,<br />

or Rally, needs volunteers. Of course the<br />

racers arrive but behind the scenes we have<br />

registration, corner workers, e crew, timing<br />

and scoring, pit and paddock, and the<br />

stewards. In Club Racing it takes about<br />

80 people to put on an event and they are<br />

all volunteers. SOLO and Rally get their<br />

participants to do double duty but they still<br />

need volunteers.<br />

As a club we need to insure that we are<br />

actively recruiting new members and welcoming<br />

them to our events. Each one of us<br />

should make a point of bringing one new<br />

person each season to an event. There<br />

are lots of ways for people to participate.<br />

If you have any questions ask one of the<br />

members of the BOD and we would be<br />

pleased to fi nd an appropriate way for<br />

someone to participate.<br />

During the Rose Cup and Champ Car<br />

weekends we will have lots of new people<br />

with dreams and fantasies of participating.<br />

When you see someone stop and look at<br />

your car ask if they have any questions or<br />

would like to get closer to the car. Show<br />

people that this is a place to have fun. Answer<br />

their questions and engage them in<br />

a conversation. There are brochures available<br />

at registration that talk about how<br />

people can get involved. Grab a couple to<br />

have on hand and make a point of handing<br />

a few out.<br />

We all know what a great sport we have<br />

and how wonderful the people we play<br />

with are. Lets make that opportunity available<br />

to lots of new friends.<br />

Saturday, September 15, the City of Fairview<br />

is holding its annual Chili on the<br />

Green and Afterburner Classic Car Cruise-<br />

In. They have also asked is there are any<br />

<strong>SCCA</strong> members who would like to display<br />

their race cars at the event. If you are interested<br />

please contact Larry Cooper at 503-<br />

674-6256 or chilionthegreen@ci.fairview.<br />

or.us. Further information is available at<br />

www.ci.fi arview.or.us. The sponsors are<br />

long time <strong>SCCA</strong> members and there is a rumor<br />

that volunteers will get a shot at some<br />

wonderful chili.


Membership Application<br />

Dear Prospective <strong>SCCA</strong> Member:<br />

To apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America, the world’s largest member participation<br />

automotive organization, please complete the form below and return, with payment to<br />

<strong>SCCA</strong> Membership Department, P.O. Box 299, Topeka, KS 66601-0299.<br />

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE<br />

Name ________________________________________________________________________ Birthdate _________________<br />

/ /<br />

Address______________________________________________________ Telephone ( ________________________________<br />

)<br />

City___________________________________________________________________ State______________________________<br />

Zip ___________________________________________________________________________ County ___________________<br />

E-mail ____________________________________________________________________________________________________<br />

Have you been an <strong>SCCA</strong> member before? ���No ���Yes: Year_____Previous Member #_________<br />

�����Single �����Married Spouse’s Name ___________________________ Birthdate _______________________<br />

/ /<br />

Spouse Member Number If Current Member_______________________<br />

IF APPLYING FOR FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Please list names and ages of children under age 21:<br />

/ /<br />

Name _______________________________________________________________________ Birthdate _________________<br />

Name _______________________________________________________________________ Birthdate _________________<br />

/ /<br />

Name _______________________________________________________________________ Birthdate _________________<br />

/ /<br />

Name _______________________________________________________________________ Birthdate _________________<br />

/ /<br />

PRIMARY INTEREST(S) IN <strong>SCCA</strong>:<br />

Please indicate the area(s) of <strong>SCCA</strong> in which you plan to participate, or which interest you most.<br />

Your response will be used to allocate your national dues to the areas you indicate. Thank you.<br />

�����Club Racing ��� Pro Racing �����Rally �����Solo<br />

To find your region dues, visit http://www.scca.com/Join/Index.asp?reference=dues<br />

Annual National Dues Annual <strong>Region</strong>al Dues Total<br />

�����Individual Member $ 60.00 + Individual Member $ 20.00 = $ 80.00<br />

�����Spouse Member $ 20.00 + Spouse Member $ 5.00 = $ 25.00<br />

�����Family Member $ 95.00 + Family Member $ 30.00 = $ 125.00<br />

�����First Gear (you must be age 21 and under) $ 45.00<br />

�����Enclosed is my check or money order for $__________________ U.S. DO NOT SEND CASH.<br />

Visa/Master Credit Card No. ________________________________________ Expiration Date ________________<br />

I hereby apply for membership in the Sports Car Club of America, Inc.and _____________________________________<br />

and agree to abide by the bylaws. (<strong>Region</strong> Name / Number)<br />

Applicant’s Signature _____________________________________________ Date__________________________<br />

Dues include payment for subscription To SportsCar ($24 value)<br />

(Dues are not deductible as charitable contributions)<br />

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Mazda Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland<br />

Presented by Joe’s Sports and Outdoor<br />

The largest auto racing<br />

event in the Pacifi c<br />

Northwest since 1984<br />

returns for the 24th<br />

year at Portland International<br />

Raceway.<br />

On-track competition<br />

will be intense, featuring<br />

the 200 mph<br />

turbocharged openwheel<br />

machines of the<br />

Champ Car World Series,<br />

along with the Atlantic<br />

Championship<br />

race, Star Mazda and<br />

Mazda MX-5 races.<br />

“We are excited to be<br />

part of the Champ Car<br />

Grand Prix of Portland”,<br />

says Jim Jordan,<br />

Alternative Marketing<br />

Manager for<br />

Mazda North American<br />

Operations. “This<br />

wonderful race and its<br />

twenty-four year history<br />

have long been<br />

considered the Gem<br />

of Great Northwest<br />

sporting events.”


#1 Sebastien Bourdais - LeMans, France<br />

• 2004, 2005 and 2006 Champ Car World Series Champion<br />

• 2007: 13th at Las Vegas, 1st at Long Beach and Houston, 1st in points<br />

• Nine Consecutive Top-Five Finishes in 2005<br />

• First Champ Car Driver in Eight Years To Win IROC Race<br />

• Won Poles For First Two Races Of Champ Car Career<br />

• Won FIA International F3000 Championship in 2002<br />

#5 Will Power - Toowooba, Queensland, Australia<br />

• 2007: First Champ Car victory at Las Vegas, fi nished 3rd at Long Beach and 11th in<br />

Houston, 2nd in points<br />

• Top-10 fi nish in just his second Champ Car start, 2005<br />

• Two victories in World Series Powered by Renault Championship, 2005<br />

• 2003 Formula Holden Champion<br />

• Second in 2001 Formula Ford National Championship<br />

#14 Robert Doornbos - Rotterdam, Holland<br />

• Third in 2007 Champ Car standings with a 2nd, 13th and 3rd in three races<br />

• 2006: Offi cial Red Bull Formula 1 Team test/reserve driver<br />

• 2005: Offi cial Minardi Formula 1 Team test/reserve driver<br />

• 2004: Offi cial Jordan Formula 1 Team test/reserve driver, third in<br />

F3000 Championship<br />

• 2003: Formula 3000 Championship 7 podiums<br />

#8 Alex Tagliani - Montreal, Quebec<br />

• Fourth in 2007 Champ Car standings with a 4th, 5th and 9th in three races<br />

• Finished career-best seventh in 2004 and 2005 championship standings<br />

• Scored fi rst Champ Car victory with win at Road America, 2004<br />

• Helped Canada to win consecutive Nation’s Cup victories in 2003-04<br />

• Finished among top fi ve in Toyota Atlantic Championship standings from 1997-99<br />

#19 Bruno Junqueira - Belo Horizonte, Brazil<br />

• Fifth in 2007 Champ Car standings with a 7th and two 6th place fi nishes<br />

• Three-time Champ Car Series Runner-up<br />

• Captured First Career Victory at Road America During Rookie Season<br />

• Earned First Pole at Nazareth in Third Series Qualifying Attempt<br />

• 2000 FIA International F3000 Champion<br />

• First driver since Bobby Rahal to win races in each of his fi rst fi ve years in Champ Car<br />

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#7 Oriol Servia - Pals, Catalonia, Spain<br />

• Sixth in 2007 Champ Car standings with a 2nd and 4th place fi nishes in two races<br />

• Scored fi rst Champ Car win with victory in Montreal, 2005<br />

• Finished a career-best second in championship in 2005<br />

• Gave Dale Coyne Racing its fi rst podium since 1996 with third-place run at Laguna<br />

Seca, 2004<br />

• 1999 Dayton Indy Lights Champion<br />

#2 Graham Rahal - Columbus, Ohio<br />

• Seventh in 2007 Champ Car standings with a 17th, 8th and 2nd place fi nishes<br />

• Made a dynamic Atlantic debut in 2006, fi nishing second in the series championship<br />

• Became the youngest-ever winner in Atlantic history when he won from the pole in<br />

Monterrey, Mexico at age 17<br />

• Raced for Team Lebanon in 2006 A1 Grand Prix Series<br />

• Won the 2005 Formula Atlantic title at the <strong>SCCA</strong> National Championship Run-offs<br />

• Finished fourth in the 2005 Star Mazda Series<br />

#9 Justin Wilson - Sheffi eld, England<br />

• Eighth in 2007 Champ Car standings with a 14th, 4th and 10th in three races<br />

• Scored fi rst Champ Car win in Toronto, 2005<br />

• Scored front-row grid position in just his fi fth Champ Car start<br />

• Won from pole in Mexico City in 2005 fi nale<br />

• 2001 FIA International F3000 Champion<br />

• Made 16 Formula 1 starts in 2003 with Minardi and Jaguar<br />

#2 Tristan Gommendy - Le Chesnay, France<br />

• Ninth in 2007 Champ Car standings with a 5th, 11th and 13th in three races<br />

• Competed in 2006 GP2 Championship<br />

• 2002 Champion French Formula 3<br />

• 2002 Winner of Macau F3 Grand Prix<br />

• Finished 4th in 2004 World Series by Renault<br />

• Competed in Formula Renault V6 Eurocup Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans<br />

#15 Simon Pagenaud - Poitiers, France<br />

• Captured the 2006 Atlantic title and the $2 million Champ Car bonus behind six<br />

podium results and a series-high nine top-fi ve fi nishes, currently 10th in 2007 points<br />

• Recorded his fi rst Atlantic win at Edmonton for Team Australia<br />

• Raced in the European World Series by Renault in 2005<br />

• Finished as series runner-up in the 2004 Formula Renault European Championship<br />

• Competed in the Masters Formula Renault Series in 2003, fi nishing third in the championship


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#28 Ryan Dalziel - Coatbridge, Scotland<br />

• Eleventh in the ‘07 Champ Car standings with 11th, 9th and 8th place fi nishes<br />

• 2004 – Gilles Villeneuve Award<br />

• 2000 – Finalist, The McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year Award<br />

• 1999 – Finalist, The McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year Award<br />

• Grand American Series 2nd place fi nishes – Phoenix, Laguna Seca, 2006<br />

• 2005 American Le Mans Series, third place fi nish at Portland<br />

#11 Katherine Legge - Northampton, England<br />

• Thirteenth in 2007 Champ Car standings with a 6th, 10th and 16th place fi nishes<br />

• First female driver to run full-time in Champ Car World Series<br />

• Scored victory in fi rst Atlantic race, Long Beach 2005<br />

• First female driver to win a major open-wheel race in United States<br />

• Third in 2005 Champ Car Atlantic Championship standings<br />

#21 Neel Jani - Luton, England<br />

• Fourteenth in 2007 Champ Car standings with a 10th, 7th and 15th in three races<br />

• 2006 Formula One Test Driver for Scuderia Toro Rosso<br />

• 2006 First driver to run an F1 and GP2 car on same day (Silverstone)<br />

• 2005 Runner-up A1GP World Cup Championship (Swiss Team)<br />

• 2003 Runner-up Formula Renault V6 Eurocup Championship<br />

• 2002 Runner-up Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Championship<br />

• 2000 Champion Swiss Formula Lista Junior Series<br />

#3 Paul Tracy - Scarborough, Ontario, Canada<br />

• Fifteenth in standings after missing two races due to injuries, Portland marks his<br />

return to the series<br />

• 2003 Champ Car World Series champion<br />

• Champ Car leader among active drivers in wins (30) and poles (25)<br />

• Leader among active drivers in laps led with 4,184<br />

• Four-time winner of Grand Prix of Long Beach<br />

#29 Alex Figge - Poitiers, France<br />

• Sixteenth in points after an 8th and a 16th in the fi rst two races<br />

• “Super Sub” Roberto Moreno took over the #29 at Houston, fi nishing 12th<br />

• Figge has experience in Formula Mazda, Formula 2000, Toyota Atlantic, Grand Am<br />

and American Le Mans<br />

• Finished fi rst in Toyota Atlantic race in Monterrey, Mexico 2004


#4 Dan Clarke -<br />

North Yorkshire, England<br />

• Seventeenth in the ‘07 Champ<br />

Car standings with 17th, 15th and<br />

12th place fi nishes<br />

• Finished 12th in the 2006 Champ<br />

Car Season Championship<br />

• Drives for Minardi Team USA<br />

#42<br />

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Todd Harris will pilot the GT Fluge Global Adventure Corvette in Sunday’s Rose Cup Race, and will be joined by team- team-<br />

mate Matt Crandall (not pictured) in the Fluge Panoz GTS.<br />

Photo by Chris Greenwood. From left, left, Nick Fluge, Steve Gatrell, Bill Harris, Kristen Moore, Norton Gaston, Gary<br />

Bockman, Pat McFall and Todd Harris.<br />

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18<br />

FESTIVAL TROPHY RACE ENTRY LIST<br />

# Class/Driver Hometown Car/Sponsor<br />

1 ITS RON TANNER PORTLAND, OR 71 DATSUN 240Z<br />

TANNER’S AUTOMOTIVE / TOP TECH MOTORSPTS<br />

2 ITE VAL KORRY SEATTLE ,WA 96 PORSCHE 911SC<br />

FORDAHL MOTORSPORTS<br />

3 AS JOHN D BLIZZARD HILLSBORO, OR 85 CHEVY CAMARO<br />

ROMBAUER VINEYARDS / THE BRAKEMAN<br />

4 ITA RICHARD HINDMAN VANCOUVER, WA 90 MAZDA MIATA<br />

5 ITE SCOTT RINDE PORTLAND, OR 98 ACURA INTEGRA R<br />

KING MOTORSPORTS / MUGEN<br />

6 SSC RANDY UNSBEE GRESHAM, OR 98 DODGE NEON ACR<br />

SPONSOR PR & MARKETING<br />

7 ITE NICK FLUGE PORTLAND, OR 06 CHEV CORVETTE<br />

FLUGE GLOBAL ADVENTURES<br />

10 ITE CHARLES K JESSUP VANCOUVER, WA 95 CHEV CAMARO<br />

NTI RACING<br />

16 ITE DARREN DILLEY HILLSBORO, OR 85 MAZDA RX7<br />

CHEAPFASTRACING<br />

ITA RICK DUCA BATTLE GROUND, WA 85 MAZDA RX7<br />

SILVERBACK RACING<br />

20 ITA JAMES BURKE PASADENA, CA MAZDA MIATA<br />

JBMC MOTORSPORTS<br />

28 ITS GREG FORDAHL BREMERTOM, WA 83 PORSCHE 944<br />

FORDAHL MOTORSPORTS<br />

33 CP1 FRANK McKINNON PORTLAND, OR 95 FORD MUSTANG<br />

.<br />

39 ITE SCOTT DAIGER SEATTLE, WA 85 PORSCHE 911<br />

.<br />

51 ITS MATT CHAMBERS ROCHESTER, WA 84 PORSCHE 944<br />

FORDAHL MOTORSPORTS<br />

52 ITE MATT RUDOLPH SEATTLE, WA 83 PORSCHE 911SC<br />

NEW LINES CONSTRUCTION INC<br />

53 HP SKIP YOCOM WEST LINN, OR 76 VW RABBIT<br />

WIZARD AND FRIENDS /TOP TECH MOTORSPORTS<br />

55 SPU RON CRAMER EUGENE, OR 94 ACURA INTEGRA<br />

HITECH EXHAUST<br />

59 AS DAVE DICKOFF BEAVERTON, OR 82 CHEV CAMARO<br />

62 AS BRIAN MEAKINGS PORT COQUITLAM, BC 86 CHEV CAMARO<br />

IWE / BIG-O TIRES<br />

68 ITE PHILIP BLACKSTONE EUGENE, OR 95 PORSCHE RSCS<br />

ACURA OF LYNNWOOD / ROTHSPORT RACING<br />

72 ITS JON WILSON PORTLAND, OR 70 DATSUN 240Z<br />

TEMP CONTROL / TOP TECH / COMPETITION MOTORSPORTS<br />

74 SPU MICHAEL R HARLEY MEDINA, WA 70 PORSCHE 914-6GT<br />

.<br />

77 ITC DANIEL W FROST CENTRAL POINT, OR 70 NISSAN 510<br />

PARADIGM PROPERTIES<br />

92 SPU CHARLIE BURROWS PORTLAND, OR 79 MAZDA RX7<br />

.<br />

0 SPU BILL THEW CRANE, OR 96 WESTFIELD SP-Z<br />

EASTERN OREGON ROAD RACING<br />

03 AS KEVIN B SMITH HILLSBORO, OR 82 CHEVY CAMARO<br />

STACEY & HOLLY SMITH<br />

07 ITE STEVE LAUGHLIN SEATTLE, WA NW PORSCHE 944T<br />

AUTO SERVICES WEST / RANDOM ENGINE MGMT<br />

09 DP KATE FLEMING REDMOND, WA NW 95 BMW E36 M3<br />

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ROSE CUP ENTRY LIST<br />

# Class/Driver Hometown Car/Sponsor<br />

1 GT2 BUD REICHARD SEATTLE , WA 97 MAZDA RX7<br />

A.E.S.INC / STAFF’S AUTO<br />

2 GT2 VAL KORRY SEATTLE, WA 96 PORSCHE 911SC<br />

FORDAHL MOTORSPORTS<br />

3 GT2 MATT CRANDALL WILSONVILLE , OR 06 PANOZ GTS<br />

MJ2 RACING / GRAN PRIX IMPORTS<br />

7 GT2 DAVE DEBORDE MINDEN, NV 77 NISSAN 280Z<br />

C&D PERFORMANCE<br />

10 SPO CHARLES K JESSUP VANCOUVER, WA 95 CAMARO<br />

NTI RACING<br />

11 GT1 TIM BUTSON AUBURN, WA 02 CHEV CORVETTE<br />

OXFORD SUITES / BALDWIN FILTERS<br />

12 SPO CINDI LUX ALOHA, OR 07 DODGE VIPER<br />

KUMHO / CORSA / MINTEX / BELL<br />

15 EP JOSEPH POTTER EUGENE, OR 67 ALFA DUETTO<br />

SPORTS CAR SHOP<br />

SPM DARREN DILLEY HILLSBORO, OR 85 MAZDA RX7<br />

CHEAPFASTRACING<br />

17 SPM KEITH JONES PORTLAND, OR 78 PORSCHE SC<br />

QUINN’S PRIME & VINE<br />

18 GT2 BEHRAM SOONAWALA SANTA ROSE, CA 75 PORSCHE 911<br />

THE RACERS GROUP<br />

21 SPO WOUTER BOUMAN NANAIMO, BC 93 MAZDA RX7<br />

.<br />

23 SPM CHRIS PALLIS MERCER ISLAND, WA 04 PORSCHE GT3<br />

HOMESTREET BANK/MICROSOFT/KID’S COUNTRY LEARNING CENTERS<br />

27 GT1 RICH SLOMA FORTUNA, CA CHEV CORVETTE<br />

RED LINE OIL<br />

30 SPM MIKE BOARDMAN LA MESA, CA 05 PORSCHE GT3<br />

.<br />

33 GT1 FRANK McKINNON PORTLAND, OR 95 FORD MUSTANG<br />

.<br />

35 SPM DANIEL JESSE GEARHART, OR 86 PORSCHE 911<br />

DANIEL JESSE CONSTRUCTION INC<br />

42 SPM CHRISTIAN GARRIS SAN MARINO, CA PORSCHE GT3<br />

.<br />

45 SPM ROBERT BOYER SAMMAMISH, WA PORSCHE 968<br />

RANDOM EMS<br />

46 EP BOB MULLIKIN VANCOUVER, WA 80 MAZDA RX7<br />

MBM PROPERTIES INC<br />

48 GT3 DOUGLAS RUTHROFF PHOENIX, AZ 90 NISSAN 240SX<br />

TEMP CONTROL MECHANICAL<br />

49 SPO TIM RALSTON PORTLAND, OR 00 MONTECARLO<br />

.<br />

53 GT3 COLLIN JACKSON LANGLEY, BC 94 NISSAN 240SX<br />

SPECIALTY ENGINEERING / BM&M SCREENING SOLUTIONS<br />

58 SPO NEIL SHELTON PORTLAND, OR PORSCHE 962<br />

.<br />

64 SPM MIKE MALONE YACOLT, WA 77 PORSCHE 911<br />

SILVERBACK RACING<br />

66 GT2 STAN BENNETT PORTLAND, OR PORSCHE 914/6<br />

STAN BENNETT SALES<br />

74 GT1 ANDY PEARSON N. WESTMINSTER, BC CHEV CAMARO<br />

SPECIALTY ENGINEERING<br />

76 ST ROGER STARK REDMOND, WA 06 DODGE VIPER<br />

PARTSRACK / DND FABRICATING<br />

77 SPM CARL VAN.AUSTEN SHERWOOD, OR 71 PORSCHE 911<br />

.<br />

78 GT2 BRIAN FIETE SEATTLE, WA 05 PORSCHE GT3<br />

.<br />

86 GT2 JAY CULBERTSON PORTLAND, OR 03 PORSCHE 911 CUP<br />

TEMP CONTROL MECHANICAL CORP<br />

93 FP GARY MURPH FAIRVIEW, OR 70 OPEL GT<br />

WIFE<br />

00 GT2 JIM WALSH REDMOND, WA 04 PORSCHE GT3<br />

MICROSOFT LIVE SEARCH<br />

04 GT2 SCOTT TAYLOR SHORELINE, WA 70 PORSCHE 914-6<br />

MEANEY RACING<br />

Neil Shelton will pilot the famous Monte Shelton Porsche 962 this year in Sunday’s Rose Cup Race.<br />

Photo by Doug Berger, www.digitalracephotos.com<br />

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There is nothing that lights your fi re like<br />

getting back into the racecar. After the fi rst<br />

lap of the national, I was reminded of why<br />

SRF used to be called “Spec Rambo.” A tip<br />

of the helmet goes out to the workers and<br />

stewards for seeing that everything came<br />

out all right in the end. I had to wonder<br />

what it looked like on the monitor in race<br />

control?<br />

Yes, P.I.R., our favorite city park, has<br />

gone high tech. They have installed nine<br />

cameras around the course so race control<br />

can now monitor any situation. Smile, Big<br />

brother is watching.<br />

Speaking of the park, I am told the infi eld<br />

work should be done by this fall along with<br />

the repaving. That is the extension of the<br />

Festival road out to the <strong>SCCA</strong> City road.<br />

The current grandstand will be turned 90<br />

degrees. The west end extension may wait<br />

until next spring.<br />

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The Duck Stops Here<br />

Howard Allen, Competition Manager<br />

Email: howduck@qwest.net<br />

PIR Track Improvements on the Way<br />

Also turn six will move fi fty feet to the<br />

west, which sets up a reconfi guration of<br />

turn seven. The plan is for the track to have<br />

two halves that can each operate independently.<br />

Hopefully we can obtain a map<br />

soon to show the exact details.<br />

Word comes my way that another racer’s<br />

better half on the mend. It seems that Deb<br />

Harlan fell off a horse in January and<br />

cracked her hip. Get well soon Deb.<br />

Get well wishes also go out to Mike Davies,<br />

former Spec Miata racer and brother of Jon<br />

Davies.<br />

It sure was an honor to have Sam Egli and<br />

Lew Scott together during the last event. I<br />

treasure every moment with these two. It is<br />

indeed a pleasure to be in their company.<br />

Believe a Corvette can lap the fi eld? Todd<br />

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Ken Garchow’s Porsche might just be the<br />

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A huge tip-of-the-helmet goes out to the<br />

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the SOLV north Portland clean up project.<br />

Another tip-of-the-helmet goes out to the<br />

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We’ll, the Gran Prix Imports May <strong>Region</strong>al/Nationals<br />

have come and gone. We<br />

had a very successful May weekend. 275<br />

total entries and when the noshows were<br />

accounted for we had 262 paying entries.<br />

This compares with 244 for last year. So<br />

if you are keeping track we’re consistently<br />

running about 10% above last years entries<br />

for the fi rst 3 <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Region</strong> events of the<br />

year.<br />

<strong>SCCA</strong> volunteers did an excellent job (as<br />

usual) during the May event exhibiting a<br />

winning customer attitude and a can-do<br />

spirit to make a very hectic weekend work<br />

smoothly and actually look like we planned<br />

it. With lots of visiting drivers chasing National<br />

points it’s a more hectic and pressure<br />

fi lled weekend than a normal laid back single<br />

regional, and our volunteer crews took<br />

it all in stride.<br />

Corner workers wrote whole books on<br />

some drivers, the Stewards in Impound<br />

spent much time counseling errant drivers,<br />

and Tech was busy investigating damage<br />

reports and writing up logbooks. We<br />

probably busted enough fi berglass on the<br />

fi rst lap of the Group 5 SRF race to build a<br />

small fl eet of boats! Amazingly everybody<br />

drove away from it too.<br />

E-crew had some excitement with fi res<br />

and a rolled vintage (!!!) car. In fact the<br />

brand spanking new number 26 Lola T70<br />

(again vintage) got tire marks on the side,<br />

Todd Butler, Road Racing Director<br />

Email: todd.sherry@verizon.net<br />

Rose Cup Features <strong>SCCA</strong> and Porsche Club Events<br />

so Vintage was less sedate than usual that<br />

weekend! Must have been those National<br />

Racing pheromones in the air! All in all a<br />

great weekend (not just because I got to<br />

drive a cool pace car part of the weekend,<br />

courtesy of Nick Fluge and Fluge Global<br />

Adventures.)<br />

So on to Rose Cup. We move to the South<br />

Paddock. It’s a familiar place but not so familiar<br />

anymore because home has moved<br />

to the infi eld over the last few years. It’s<br />

going to be crowded. Lots of big rigs. Lots<br />

of Porsches we don’t normally see, and<br />

we’re essentially running two events, an<br />

<strong>SCCA</strong> <strong>Region</strong>al and National and a PCA<br />

race weekend. Add in the special activities<br />

around special races, Vintage, Festival Trophy<br />

and Rose Cup,<br />

there’s lots to do<br />

and challenge us.<br />

Rose Cup is also<br />

the one event of<br />

our year that we<br />

really, really try<br />

to get spectators<br />

out. There will be<br />

lots of new folks,<br />

sometimes looking<br />

lost and confused,<br />

wandering the paddock<br />

looking and<br />

asking questions.<br />

Stop and take the<br />

time to meet, greet<br />

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April 19<br />

May 9<br />

May 10<br />

and talk to them, answer questions about<br />

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(near the old ATM south of the tower)<br />

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All for now, see you at the track<br />

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Rallying with Chris and Kristen<br />

Go Rallying with <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Region</strong> <strong>SCCA</strong>!<br />

<strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Region</strong> <strong>SCCA</strong> is blessed with an<br />

abundance of rally people eager to organize<br />

and work rallies, and compete in them<br />

too—like the other venues, we’re as crazy<br />

about cars and driving as the rest of the<br />

club!<br />

If you like the prospect of sliding your car<br />

around a cone course but on dirt, RallyCross<br />

is your cup of tea. <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Region</strong> <strong>SCCA</strong><br />

has partnered with the <strong>Oregon</strong> Rally Group<br />

to craft the fi nest RallyCross program in the<br />

<strong>SCCA</strong> nation, winning the Gold Standard<br />

award in 2006. We have 6 to 8 events each<br />

year at a variety of locations, and you don’t<br />

need any special equipment to come join<br />

in the fun. Bring the “family truckster” or<br />

that recently-purchased Subaru to the next<br />

event, go through our easy and friendly<br />

tech inspection and registration, and you<br />

are good to go! Information on the dates,<br />

times, locations, and of course rules can be<br />

found at www.oregonrally.com, or www.<br />

oregonscca.com. We bring the loaner helmets<br />

and set up the course, and you get to<br />

compete on it (and wash all the mud off the<br />

bottom of your car, too)!<br />

Maybe you aren’t too into that sort of<br />

fun… <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Region</strong> and <strong>Oregon</strong> Rally<br />

Group also have partnered up in the<br />

RoadRally program to bring you some of<br />

the best time-speed-distance rallies on the<br />

West Coast. Road Rally is not about speed;<br />

it’s about precision. A route is laid out on<br />

public roads and using legal speeds by the<br />

RallyMaster, an often-devious soul who<br />

delights in causing confusion and delay in<br />

the participants; fi nding the checkpoints at<br />

the right time is the key—but the hard part<br />

is following the route correctly and at the<br />

<strong>Oregon</strong> Trail Rally 2007 by Ron Sorem<br />

The <strong>Oregon</strong> Rally Group (ORG) and Rally-<br />

America, presented the 2007 version of last<br />

year’s “Rally of the Year”. <strong>Oregon</strong> Trail,<br />

and the three regional rallies Wagon’s Ho,<br />

<strong>Oregon</strong> or Bust, and Trail’s End covered<br />

varying venues from tarmac to gravel under<br />

the lights, with a grandstand view at<br />

Portland International Raceway and winding<br />

forest stages west of Hillsboro, with a<br />

Service Park in Vernonia.<br />

Seventy-fi ve cars started the rally on Friday<br />

afternoon at PIR. Stages 1 & 3 were nearly<br />

a full lap on the track. Stages 2 & 4 started<br />

on track, then moved to the gravel perimeter<br />

roads. Stage 5 started mid-straight,<br />

eastbound, passed the grandstand to an ontrack<br />

U-turn, then west down the drag strip,<br />

before the perimeter roads again, through<br />

the RV parking sod, and back to the track,<br />

reverse-course. Stage 6 was completely in<br />

view of the infi eld Motocross grandstands,<br />

site of future Super Special Stages.<br />

Retirements included the #20 of Comrie-<br />

Picard/Goldfarb who had pushed their<br />

EVO-9rs, through the start as the 75th<br />

starter, gaining one point, after losing a<br />

motor on the practice stages.<br />

Day Two, began at the Hillsboro Stadium.<br />

Ron Sorem and Max Vaysburd were there<br />

in the Legacy Turbo, as “Slow Pace” 00.<br />

“Ho Dow-wn”, SS7/10, was Music Road.<br />

The route climbed quickly into the fog,<br />

and Block/Gelsomino led Pinker (New<br />

Zealand) and Walsh in the rally by 0.9 seconds,<br />

after the fi rst run. “Ho Dow-wn II”,<br />

saw top cars a bit slower to the Music, but<br />

challengers picked up the tempo.<br />

“Cochran Loop”, SS8/11, was a steep climb<br />

into the clouds, with areas of downed timber,<br />

cut “just wide enough” for rally cars.<br />

Foust/Beavis took fastest time on the fi rst<br />

run. The second run was in better shape.<br />

From way back in the pack, Carl Jardevall<br />

made up 21 seconds over his fi rst run, only<br />

precise speeds, and the checkpoint locations<br />

are unknown. Yes, it sounds diffi cult,<br />

but it’s really not. All you need is a car, a<br />

friend to navigate, a stopwatch, clipboard,<br />

and a couple of pens (I always manage to<br />

lose one), and you are good to go. A passing<br />

familiarity with the rules is always encouraged,<br />

and they can be found on those<br />

websites shown above.<br />

Road Rallies can take you to a lot of interesting<br />

places off the beaten path—and the<br />

hard part is trying to fi nd them again after<br />

the event is over! Although I suppose if<br />

you wanted an extracurricular challenge,<br />

you could run the route instructions through<br />

again to fi nd that beautiful view, and also<br />

try to fi gure out what you did wrong that<br />

earned you those time penalties.<br />

Come rallying with us! You’ll enjoy our<br />

family-friendly aspect (since our entire<br />

families are involved—from the grandparents<br />

down to the littlest grandkid, we can<br />

vouch for that!), and we think you’ll have<br />

a great time!<br />

to retire overnight. Mid-pack, Amy Beber-<br />

Vanzo was 18.8 seconds better. Block/Gelsomino<br />

won the second run with 8:16.3 for<br />

a 54.91-mph average.<br />

“Reehers Camp”, SS9/12, was the longest<br />

stage of the rally, combining steep climbs,<br />

fast ridgetop, steep descents, for 16.37<br />

miles. The “big off” on the fi rst run was<br />

Car 10 (rental), Anton/Jozwiak, at about<br />

10 miles in -- and 200 feet down -- out of<br />

sight from the road. “Reehers Camp II”<br />

saw Foust /Beavis push their 2007 Subaru<br />

STI to a 17:30 fl at.<br />

Day Three, saw a break in the “<strong>Oregon</strong><br />

Sunshine” -- drier for the stages. The 5.52<br />

mile “Sterling Loop”, SS13/15, had a slight<br />

climb, through a series of right-left-right,<br />

slight crest, repeat... Then right after crest<br />

at “T” -- one problem -- the right can’t be<br />

seen, the lay of the land shows only the<br />

left.


Three course cars and “several” competitors<br />

took the “other right”, facing banner<br />

guard and road marshals. Fastest fi rst run<br />

was Block’s STi, 6:14.7 for 53.03 mph.<br />

Second run saw the battle of Foust versus<br />

Block versus Pinker. Tanner by 9 seconds<br />

over Ken, who was 2 better than Andrew.<br />

The “best of the rest” ran 41 seconds off<br />

the leader. Much of “Coyote Corner”,<br />

SS14/16, has been used before, in the opposite<br />

direction. A steep climb from the<br />

Start, then level along a ridgeline, downhill<br />

into tight corners. Several long-hairpinleft.<br />

Quick Kinks, then Hard Right, Kinks,<br />

Primitive Prevails at <strong>Oregon</strong> Trail Rally by Paul Eklund<br />

The second most repeated quote about rally<br />

is: “In order to fi nish fi rst - one must fi rst<br />

fi nish”. After approximately 110 competitive<br />

stage miles Primitive Racing stood on<br />

top of the <strong>Region</strong>al podium - with hardly<br />

any issues to speak of - and all<br />

while the event held a near<br />

40% attrition rate - only 46 of<br />

75 competitors fi nished. The<br />

team fi nished 11th overall just<br />

behind archrival and Primitive<br />

Rally School Instructor, Jamie<br />

Thomas. Other top regional<br />

contenders like the Hintz<br />

Brothers, Ralph Kosmides, and<br />

Cavett/Alan suffered mechanical<br />

woes or crashed and failed<br />

to make the fi nish. Andrew<br />

Pinker from Australia fi nished<br />

1st Overall and garnered a spot<br />

in the XGames Rally.<br />

“It was a very very tricky event.<br />

The roads are crowned, made<br />

of clay, and have a thin coating<br />

of loose gravel. Add in some<br />

rain, and trees on both sides<br />

and you’ve got a very slippery<br />

surface, a narrow margin for<br />

error, and major consequences<br />

for a mistake.” - a California<br />

Rallyist’s description.<br />

“We were glad to run a clean event this<br />

weekend. Ultimately, that was the goal after<br />

the past few <strong>Oregon</strong> Trail events.” said<br />

Paul Eklund of the team “We defi nitely<br />

needed to get the stink off,” chimed in codriver<br />

Jeff Price noting the litany of problems<br />

the team had faced in prior 5 years<br />

(gearbox (twice), out-of-gas on transit,<br />

hitting barrier at PIR, etc). And contrary to<br />

early spectator reports - none of the Primitive<br />

cars hit any rocks [there is a big difference<br />

in “coming close” and “actually<br />

hitting”]. Hell, we even managed to miss<br />

all the gates at PIR this time!<br />

By the way, thanks should go to the organizers<br />

for not putting up any gates. Just the<br />

same we missed most of the hay bales that<br />

took their places. MOST of them.<br />

Weather was not friendly after a beautiful<br />

start Friday evening at Portland International<br />

Raceway - but that is common<br />

for the <strong>Oregon</strong> spring event. Snow [midday<br />

Saturday] was reported falling on the<br />

stages; hail; torrential rain; sunshine; fog.<br />

It was all there - and we all drove through<br />

it. We actually did not think that the roads<br />

were all that bad - the gravel bases held<br />

well and the high crowns kept most of the<br />

water off. Some rutting occurred with the<br />

signifi cant run-off and standing water with<br />

mud was waiting for those who ventured<br />

from the roads but overall, not bad at all.<br />

Biggest “yikes” was the R3 into L3 [a ‘3’ is<br />

about a 90 degree corner] sequence where<br />

slight right downhill into Flying Finish.<br />

The top four cars were within 27 seconds;<br />

the next was another 26 back. Forty-three<br />

fi nishers, out of the 74 running starters on<br />

Friday. Andrew Pinker and Patrick Walsh<br />

took First Open and First Overall with<br />

2:00:32.8.<br />

we saw only a set of skidding tracks leading<br />

to the L3 - and exiting straight-away<br />

over the edge. About the time we exited<br />

the leading R3 corner both the driver, Dave<br />

Anton and co-driver, Dominik Jozwiak<br />

popped up onto the roadway - sans car.<br />

We believe they were about fi ve positions<br />

in front of us - we were the fi rst to<br />

see them return to the road and display<br />

their OK sign [obviously some of that<br />

time is securing the car and retrieving<br />

warning triangles etc - but they were<br />

DEEP (like 200 feet down). The inside<br />

story here is they rented the car from<br />

Canadian Pat Richard; Pat had actually<br />

pre-sold the car to a different pair and<br />

was due to deliver it after this event.].<br />

Kenny ‘Cowboy’ Bartram suffered the<br />

same consequences when he left the<br />

road [photo attached; Bartram] - all<br />

okay as well. Needless to say the E-<br />

Crew/Sweep Boys were a busy bunch<br />

of volunteers this weekend!<br />

Friday at PIR the Burmeister/Shindle<br />

- Mazda came over a crest on the back<br />

graveled dike road a bit wide onto the<br />

slippy turf and they made it through<br />

the tree and through one post. Some<br />

zipties and application of hammer and<br />

they were back in it. As a point of<br />

reference, the Primitive Subaru runs about<br />

85-90 MPH just before the crest.<br />

All in all, short of two spins and an almost<br />

mis-direction in a confusing corner we<br />

were very clean. Notes fl owed well and the<br />

SUBARU worked fi ne. We’ll have some<br />

time now before Olympus to complete<br />

some minor maintenance items without<br />

worrying about major repairs - a relief!<br />

Thanks to all our sponsors and supporters<br />

that made this victory possible: Subaru<br />

Northwest <strong>Region</strong>, Exedy Racing Clutches,<br />

PDX Tuning, PIAA Lighting, Royal<br />

Moore Subaru, H&R Springs and our terrifi<br />

c crew that held it all together for the<br />

weekend!<br />

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Frankie Muniz, TV’s Malcolm, says<br />

he’s focused on racing over acting<br />

After rising to fame as the title character in<br />

the long-running TV comedy “Malcolm in<br />

the Middle,” Frankie Muniz claims to be<br />

semi-retired from acting. These days, Muniz<br />

is devoting his energy to racing.<br />

Muniz is racing in the Champ Car Atlantic<br />

Championship for Jensen MotorSport.<br />

Muniz jokingly refers to himself as a “parttime,<br />

retired” actor.<br />

“I can’t say that I’m retired from acting<br />

because I’m pretty sure there will be some<br />

time in my life where I go back.” I’m only<br />

21 years old,” added Muniz.<br />

“But defi nitely racing is my passion right<br />

now and<br />

is all I’m<br />

focusing<br />

my life<br />

on. It’s<br />

amazing.”<br />

Muniz<br />

admits it<br />

was hard<br />

leaving<br />

his television<br />

f a m -<br />

ily from<br />

“Malcolm”<br />

after the show wrapped just over a year<br />

ago.<br />

“I had dinner with Bryan Cranston who<br />

played my dad about a month ago, and we<br />

talked about racing,” he said.<br />

“I defi nitely miss them.”<br />

Despite his claim that he’s done with acting<br />

for the time being, Muniz has several fi lm<br />

projects coming up, including “My Sexiest<br />

Year” co-starring with Harvey Keitel,<br />

the animated “The Legend of Secret Pass,”<br />

and the teen comedy “Parental Guidance<br />

Suggested.”<br />

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There are many tips-of-the-helmets to send out<br />

of this month. Let’s start with Jeremy Thoennes,<br />

head of technical services at the home offi ce in<br />

Topeka, and Stan Clayton from the club racing<br />

board. They attended the recent <strong>Region</strong>al/National<br />

in Portland and held an excellent question<br />

and answer session for the racers in attendance.<br />

Ifi nally had a chance recently to get into the<br />

backlog on my Tivo and discovered that our<br />

SEB representative, Ron Bauer, is a star on<br />

Speed TV’s “Set-Up” series. Did I see “Team<br />

Zebra” acting as Ron’s crew? Tune-in Wednesdays<br />

to see how Ron does.<br />

Best wishes go out to Artic Alaska’s R.E.,<br />

Cheryl Babbe, whose father is in poor health.<br />

Everyone here hopes for the best for you and<br />

your dad.<br />

At the recent BOD meeting in Topeka President<br />

Jim Julow reported that Pro Racing’s spirit “has<br />

infused new energy throughout the building.”<br />

Pro now has several other options in the fi eld<br />

to capture sponsorship and marketing partners.<br />

Pro and Inc have retained a professional “head<br />

hunter” fi rm to do this.<br />

The payment will be made based on deals delivered.<br />

Negotiations on the new TV package<br />

will begin in Charlotte the Friday morning after<br />

the World Challenge GT round at Lowe’s Motor<br />

Speedway.<br />

All is quiet on the fi nancial fronts and the forecast<br />

suggests that budget is close to actual.<br />

Early expenses and revenues are in balance with<br />

the business plan.<br />

A small decline in membership is ongoing. For<br />

the record we stand at 51,400 members, which<br />

is an increase of 317 since January. With three<br />

programs in place, there is reason to hope this<br />

26<br />

Howard Allen, Area 13 Director<br />

Email: howduck@qwest.net<br />

And a Tip of the Helmet Goes to . . .<br />

will soon turnaround. One of those programs,<br />

“First Gear,” just added 126 members, which<br />

brings First Gear memberships up to a record<br />

926. A separate “First Gear” program aimed at<br />

college students is in the works. Also once the<br />

staff gets over the licensing renewal “hump”<br />

they will be contacting non-renewals to fi nd out<br />

why they did not renew.<br />

I have some copies of the new brochure, which<br />

has a tracking number in it. Cost to the regions<br />

is minimal and betters the normal cost of copies.<br />

Solo and rallycross are both expanding, with<br />

Rallycross ahead of last year’s entries by fi fty<br />

percent to date.<br />

Speaking of Solo, changes are in order at Heartland<br />

Park after the feedback from Solo Nationals<br />

competitors. The paddock parking and organization<br />

will be managed by <strong>SCCA</strong>. HPT will<br />

also have bleachers on the east course, and the<br />

vendors will be relocated to a more accessible<br />

area.<br />

Information on the 2008 National Convention<br />

is now on the web site. The redesign of the web<br />

site with Haymarket is moving on with launch<br />

promised as NO later than championship time<br />

(September).<br />

My<strong>SCCA</strong>.com has not gone as planned due to<br />

problems with the developer but the launch is<br />

still planned soon.<br />

Colan Arnold reports that the membership<br />

breakdown is: Club racing 55.2%, Solo 29.6%,<br />

Pro Racing 9.6% and rally 5.5% with ten percent<br />

not marking a box on the membership application.<br />

Competition licensing for 2007 is off<br />

by 12% from the same period last year.<br />

Driver Development<br />

Professional Engineering and Data Acquisition<br />

Specialized Arrive and Drive Programs<br />

Star Mazda Factory Trained Mechanic on Staff<br />

Year Around Testing Available!<br />

The BOD agreed on the new Weekend Membership<br />

program for Club racing effective August<br />

1st. It will replace the temporary membership<br />

program. The temporary membership program<br />

was a failure. It was not being used as it was<br />

planned to be, and it caused huge headaches for<br />

registration. Less than 2% of the people who<br />

were given temporary memberships ever converted<br />

to full memberships. The weekend membership<br />

program will be valid for one weekend<br />

and will cost $15, with $5 to national). <strong>Region</strong>s<br />

will not have to purchase weekend memberships<br />

in advance. Implementation of the program for<br />

Solo and rally is still under study by the staff<br />

and the BOD.<br />

Colan also reported that ten thousand new<br />

members joined the club last year with 307 of<br />

those being issued new worker licenses. Unfortunately,<br />

550 members with worker licenses<br />

left the club during the same period.<br />

Jeff Dahnert checked in to say the margin loan<br />

was paid off. At this time last year it was “considerable.”<br />

The Mize-Houser audit with a clean<br />

opinion was approved by the board without any<br />

changes, and will be published in SportsCar<br />

soon. The form 990 and 990-T should be on<br />

Guidestar.org soon.<br />

Pego Mack and the rallycross offi ce got a huge<br />

hand from the board for the contingency support<br />

program secured by the marketing department<br />

for national rallycross.<br />

The BOD also approved a Club Racing Volunteer<br />

Incentives program and details will follow<br />

next month.<br />

Now for the bombshell of the month, this was<br />

NOT a matter of if but a matter of when. The<br />

BOD agreed in principle to adopt the FIA fl agging<br />

rules for club racing. NO date of implementation<br />

has been announced. This was due in<br />

part to pressure from three partners on the AC-<br />

CUS board, Champcar, ALMS and NASCAR<br />

(Grand-Am).<br />

The <strong>SCCA</strong> was the lone holdout. ACCUS is<br />

expected to approve $100K at its July meeting<br />

to fi nance this changeover and pay for new<br />

regional fl ag sets. Most of the worker base is<br />

more than familiar with the changes as they already<br />

use FIA fl agging at the above-mentioned<br />

events. As always the hard sell will come with<br />

the drivers. Stay tuned, until then:<br />

Duck-Out


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When I tell others what I do for fun, I simply<br />

say, “I race cars.” Most people don’t<br />

understand what autocross is about. When<br />

pressed for more details, I describe what we<br />

do. Most of the time I get a blank stare in<br />

return. Unless I go into a lot of detail, most<br />

people just won’t get it. I mean, we are just<br />

driving around in a parking lot fi lled with<br />

cones. What’s special about that?<br />

Autocross is a special sport. It is by far<br />

the most accessible “performance” driving<br />

sport. Almost anyone can compete and a<br />

wide variety of cars are welcome at events.<br />

Afi rst time driver that shows up with a car<br />

that passes a basic safety inspection, a driver’s<br />

license and the entry fee is welcome.<br />

Extensive safety equipment and dedicated<br />

race cars are not required. Speeds are generally<br />

low, but every driver will be challenged<br />

by the course.<br />

Fundamentally, autocross is about one car<br />

with one driver completing a tight course<br />

as quickly as they can. It’s a personal test.<br />

It’s an opportunity to enjoy the capabilities<br />

of your car without worrying about tickets.<br />

It’s a chance to meet other like minded<br />

people and learn something about cars and<br />

driving.<br />

Autocross also allows drivers to test themselves<br />

and their cars against others. Runs<br />

are timed. Penalties are imposed for not<br />

following the course. At the end of the day,<br />

we have results. Beginning drivers realize<br />

that they can stand to improve a bit. Veteran<br />

drivers check to see how they compare<br />

to their long-time rivals. Win or lose, the<br />

drivers that are at an event to compete are<br />

learning what they can from their cars and<br />

their competition. Some drivers fi nd they<br />

can routinely win their class.<br />

Outside <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Region</strong> there are Divisional<br />

and National Tour events. These events<br />

allow drivers to compete against competitors<br />

from other nearby regions.<br />

Solo II Report<br />

Andy Howe, Solo II Director<br />

Email: solo.howe@comcast.net<br />

Autocross is What You Make It!<br />

These events do require travel out of town<br />

and a higher level of commitment to the<br />

sport. Serious competitors fi nd these<br />

events to be very satisfying. It is not uncommon<br />

for a class to have some of the<br />

best autocrossers from 3 or 4 states at a single<br />

National Tour event. At these events,<br />

the driver that routinely won his class at a<br />

regional event may fi nd himself running in<br />

the middle of the pack. A few drivers will<br />

still challenge for a win at every event.<br />

For the handful of drivers in our region that<br />

are truly dedicated to the sport and want to<br />

know how they measure up to the best in<br />

the country, the National Championships<br />

are held in Topeka, Kansas every year. It<br />

is a very competitive event attracting over<br />

1000 drivers from around the country. Simply<br />

winning a trophy is a great honor. The<br />

drivers that win championships are truly<br />

great. Some of our champions have moved<br />

on to professional racing and have recognizable<br />

names - and these may not even be<br />

the most talented of our champions!<br />

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So, autocross is what you make it. It can<br />

be as easy or as challenging as you want it<br />

to be. It can be simply driving a car and<br />

having fun. It is improving driving habits<br />

and making new friends. It is a friendly<br />

battle with a buddy. It is fi ghting for the<br />

chance to say you’re the best in the region.<br />

It is seeing how you measure up against<br />

some of the most talented drivers in the<br />

world. You choose your level of commitment<br />

based pm what you want to get out<br />

of the sport.<br />

In the simplest terms, all of this can be had<br />

with a car, a helmet and an <strong>SCCA</strong> membership.<br />

Anyone that is reading this and wants to<br />

know more about autocross, feel free<br />

to drop me an email with questions. We<br />

would be happy to have you join us at our<br />

events!<br />

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30<br />

OREGON REGION <strong>SCCA</strong> BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING<br />

MINUTES - APPROVED<br />

DATE: 5/3/2007<br />

PLACE: Canyon Pearl Restaurant<br />

PRESENT: Board Members: Dan Halloran, Dan Mullin, Chris Hale,<br />

Andy Howe, Judy Cox, Nick Fluge<br />

Members: Karen McCoy, Mary Thompson, Bud Mansur, Dudley<br />

Milder, Michele Milder, James Paulson, Chuck Jarvie, Danielle Paulson,<br />

Michael Gatza, Gary Manchester, Denis Cornforth<br />

Absent: Jeff Zurschmeide, Todd Butler, Bob Smethers, Randy Unsbee,<br />

Paul Eklund<br />

CALL TO ORDER – Dan called the meeting to order at 6:55<br />

MEMBER COMMENTS – Several members of the Solo arm of the<br />

region were in attendance to discuss an incident that occurred at the<br />

last event.<br />

Circumstances were discussed and suggestions were made that might<br />

eliminate future issues of the same type from happening again.<br />

NEW BUSINESS – Dan spoke of an opportunity for the Friends of PIR<br />

that Gary Bockman came upon. They could use help to do some work<br />

at the local fi re station like spreading gravel, weeding etc. Dan encouraged<br />

us to become involved.<br />

Conference has decided to donate $1 per car per race to FOPIR, which<br />

would amount to about $1,000. Todd suggested that we do the same<br />

only use our budget process rather than putting it on our entry form<br />

for the drivers. We will discuss this further at the next meeting.<br />

The web page was discussed and a $ fi gure was presented. This would<br />

be to do the design work and also to migrate the old info into the new.<br />

The new site would also include Rally & Solo.<br />

Judy mentioned that she did not feel that it should look like other<br />

regions since we would be using the same designer.<br />

Dan felt that he doubted that many members go to the other sites and<br />

that actually it could be a benefi t as it would be easier to navigate since<br />

it would be similar.<br />

Nick felt that since we would be using a professional group it would<br />

most probably be great.<br />

Dan called for the question as to if we should proceed. M/S (Judy/Nick)<br />

M/P<br />

REGIONAL OFFICE REPORT – Billed 98 hours in April vs. estimate<br />

of 140. Forecast 140 for May.<br />

The company who insured the Inland Marine Equipment for Road<br />

Race & Solo declined to renew those policies.<br />

Our agent was able to obtain a combined policy for both groups at half<br />

the cost we were paying. The policy covers our combined schedules of<br />

equipment of $94,576. Road Race & Solo will each pay $674.50 to the<br />

region, as <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Region</strong> has paid the premium. Savings to Road Race<br />

is $460.50: Savings to Solo is $525.50<br />

We also have a Fidelity Bond in effect since February 1999. This covers<br />

losses due to dishonesty on the part of the Reg. Exec, Treasurer,<br />

Offi ce Mgr, and newsletter editor up to $50,000 each after a $1,000<br />

deductible. The premium for this bond is $259 per year.<br />

Karen provided fi nancial reports for review. Bank balances were<br />

reported for all accounts.<br />

TREASURER REPORT – None<br />

LOUD PEDAL REPORT – None<br />

COMMITTEE & DIRECTOR REPORTS:<br />

PROPERTIES REPORT - None<br />

RACE OP’S REPORT – Bud reports that he and Bob are all ready for<br />

the next event. There will be a BBQ on Saturday with snacks available<br />

on Friday.<br />

DIRECTOR’S REPORTS –<br />

SOLO II REPORT – The Solo group held their last event in the rain<br />

with a novice school on Saturday and a points event on Sunday. All in<br />

all it was a good event.<br />

During Rose Cups we will fi nd the Solo group doing their thing up in<br />

Packwood, WA.<br />

Andy will check with his group about the web site. He feels that theirs<br />

is lacking and they might be interested in joining our project.<br />

RALLY REPORT – Chris advised that there would be a Ntl/Div/Reg<br />

event this weekend at WA. County Fairgrounds.<br />

June 30th will be The Gran Prix Rally in conjunction with the All Club<br />

Party.<br />

The recent Stage Rally was a huge success and kept the Rally Group<br />

very busy. It proved to be the biggest one that Rally America has<br />

staged with 76 entries. The winner was an entrant from Australia.<br />

Pro-rally, there was a display set up in Pioneer Square that was a big<br />

hit with the public and will be utilized in the future for like events.<br />

Rally would like to give, BIG THANKS to the Solo folks for all of their<br />

help & cooperation during the Rally event.<br />

DIRECTOR I REPORT – No report<br />

DIRECTOR II REPORT – June 30. All Club BBQ is our next big<br />

event. Sponsored by Pro Drive To be catered by Busters, silent donation<br />

to sponsor all food and beverage. Pro Drive sponsorship to pay for<br />

associated items such as alcohol deferral and other. Planning for 200<br />

people, TC band to play, Begin at 6pm (or a little before).<br />

Hamburgers – Hot Dogs – Boneless, Skinless BBQ Chicken Breast<br />

Pork Spare Ribs, BBQ Beans, Potato Salad, Corn on the Cob, Fresh<br />

Fruit, Chips & Salsa , Canned Soda, Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Lemonade,<br />

Iced Tea, Popcorn, Snow Cones, Fudge Brownies<br />

May 26. Nick to be interviewed by “The Fuel Guy” (970AM radio)<br />

(Dennis Pittsenbarger), Saturday, May 26 at about 9:45-10:15am.<br />

Discussion revolves around <strong>SCCA</strong>, Track, maybe Rose Cups, Various<br />

classes, How Expensive, Etc. Please send me any thoughts that I might<br />

be able to put forth - should I receive that specifi c question.<br />

Suggestion from PR group is to consider making all pit crew offi cial<br />

<strong>SCCA</strong> members to increase membership.<br />

Still working on N.PDX youth donation (Todd Harris and ProDrive<br />

working with Mark at PIR to come up with the best opportunity here<br />

for N.PDX youth and for <strong>SCCA</strong> interaction).<br />

Cindy Lux and Scotty White ran successfully at Long Beach with support<br />

from our region in Speed Challenge.<br />

Another community invitation advertisement appeared in the Sunday<br />

<strong>Oregon</strong>ian (all funds donated) for our last April <strong>SCCA</strong> race. Our next<br />

(all funds donated ad will appear for Rose Cup weekend).<br />

We are pretty sure of securing a free ‘spot’ in the Friday A&E section<br />

of <strong>Oregon</strong>ian in future for our races.<br />

ROAD RACING DIRECTOR REPORT –: Trend is positive with<br />

entries being up for 2 events in a row, March and April. There is a lot<br />

of interest in the May<br />

<strong>Region</strong>al/National and in the June Rose Cup weekend, expecting the<br />

up trend to continue.<br />

Karen will distribute the Road Race April budget vs. actual summary<br />

to the BoD. Overall we are looking good, expenditures match plan, just<br />

slightly out of sync with budgets sanction and insurance payments vs.<br />

actual. (Sanctions and Insurance minimums paid 45+ days ahead of<br />

actual scheduled event).<br />

Entries up and revenue up.<br />

April 2006 was 108 entries. April 2007 was 124 paid entries + 1<br />

comp entry. Total 125<br />

entries<br />

Budget was $24,490, actual race revenue was $28,290.<br />

All other expenses for the weekend inline with expectations.<br />

80 of our 125 entries were via the online registration system at<br />

Motorsportreg.com<br />

(Continued on Page 31)


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spares, 3 sets whls. and tires including new<br />

rains, start racing a winner! $5,200 OBO. Tom<br />

Busic 503-656-9489. I can email photos.<br />

1985 RX7 full race prepared. 12a motor.panhard<br />

rear end, Tokiko coil overs and suspension. Full<br />

cage 5 point belts. Kirkey seat. Brake bleeders.<br />

Turnkey, nothing to be done to go racing. Extra<br />

seat for instructor. 503-682-0535.<br />

1984-87 “La-Z-Boy” Honda Civic Road Race<br />

Car #29. RS/SPU/P3 in <strong>SCCA</strong>/ICSCC. Holds<br />

qualifying and race lap records in P3 in the last<br />

3 PIR enduros. Runs high 1:22’s with a hot shoe<br />

and mid 1:23’s with average driver. 2003 fi nished<br />

1st in class, 2nd overall and fi nished over<br />

45 minutes ahead of nearest competitor. Fresh<br />

bottom end (2004) B16A engine 180+hp. S1<br />

close ratio gearbox. All the popular engine bolt<br />

ons. BIG brakes, 3 sets of wheels, Digatron, 18<br />

gal cell with dry break and 2 quick dump cans.<br />

Spares....like you’ll ever need ‘em though. Car<br />

runs on super no lead all day long. $9500 obo.<br />

Call Steve at 503-936-0620 or email at hershberger.family@verizon.net<br />

1963 Austin Healey Sprite, Mk II, Vintage Race<br />

Car, 1098cc Engine (New Rebuild), A.P.T. Race<br />

Cam, Venolia Pistons, Trailing link rear suspension<br />

w/ coil over shocks, Front Carrera shocks<br />

conversion, <strong>SCCA</strong> Racing History, spare Full<br />

Race 1098 Engine, spare 1098 block, heads,<br />

ribbed case transmission, Extra rims and other<br />

parts. $7,950.00 O.B.O. Call Ron (360)696-<br />

1130 or ronandleann@ netzero.com<br />

ITS 240- Rebello engine, AccuSump, locked<br />

4:11 rearend, fuel cell, MSD ignition, roll cage,<br />

exhaust pyrometers, Panasport wheels, 2002<br />

Paciifc Raceway record. Pix available. $8,000<br />

OBO.206-617-9921, dmcbain@apsco-inc.com<br />

NorPac Division Champion Vintage/Sports<br />

Racing class for 2004 and 2005 -Red Lola<br />

342 FF. Loyning engine. Spares include<br />

gears,frame, body parts and molds plus factory<br />

manual and spare tires. Everything to get<br />

started and stay there, consistently. $11,500,<br />

negotiable. Enclosed trailer also available<br />

(see ad) package price is $14,500 -- phone<br />

503.838.0239 or 503.559.0813.<br />

Race Cars For Rent<br />

Crossle 42S Qualifi ed to race in S2, SS2, and<br />

Vintage. Contact Tom Hendrickson for details<br />

503-780-0443 or tomcat44@ gmail.com<br />

8 cars to choose from! ITC, CP2/EP, A-Sedan,<br />

SPM, even a circle track Dwarf car!! Arrive and<br />

Drive, Trackside Support, Personal Tutoring.<br />

Competition Motorsports 503-281-1579.<br />

Club Rabbit - Track support, Fresh engine, fuel<br />

cell and fi re system. Available for Schools/races<br />

in Portland. Mike Volk rabidracer@ comcast.net<br />

503-452-3361<br />

Spec Racer Ford Rental - Arrive and drive with<br />

professional coaching. Schools, test days, and<br />

race weekends available. Pro Drive 503-285-<br />

4449 or www.prodrive.net<br />

Spec Miata Rental - great school or novice car,<br />

just built, race prepped to pro standards, no better<br />

cage in SM. Contact Pat 503-256-5829 days,<br />

503-682-0503 eves. or at mrpemsr2@ cs.com.<br />

Tow Rigs & Trailers<br />

For sale, small tire trailer with large plastic<br />

lockable tool box. New condition. Great for<br />

hauling tires, tools, helmets, etc to autocross<br />

event. Asking $400. Call Doug 503-347-7168<br />

or doug_raynekat1@yahoo.com. Can send pics<br />

Cars For Sale<br />

2000 Subaru Impreza RS 2 door, wh/gray<br />

leather, 104,000 mi, good cond., $7,000 OBO<br />

(707)480-8502 (541)536-6263<br />

Subaru’s SPT line. Excellent shape, will not fi t<br />

on STI Size: 17” x 7” Bolt Pattern: 5/100Off<br />

set: 55mmWeight: 6.8kg (15lb) Price $1000<br />

OBO. Phone: 360-721-0124<br />

(Continued from Page 30)<br />

Rose Cup: Schedule change processed to give<br />

Group D (FF, CF, F500, FV) their own race<br />

last thing Sunday afternoon. PRFA approved,<br />

no impact to non-Group D drivers.<br />

Question: Would Solo like to look at our online<br />

registration system http://oregonscca.motorsportreg.com<br />

and see if something like that<br />

makes sense for Solo as well?<br />

Web site: Rough estimate from Chico Web<br />

Design received. They are working on a formal<br />

proposal and hope to have it to us in time for<br />

5/3 BoD. This is based on their work looking<br />

thru our web site and on the knowledge gained<br />

from redeveloping the SFR web site.<br />

See: http://sfr.chicodev.com/index.php to check<br />

out the SFR site underdevelopment. This site is<br />

built with Joomla! which is open source, easy<br />

to learn and provides a consistent look and<br />

feel for our 3 venues. Chico Web Design has<br />

received very good comments and reviews by<br />

the SFR team working with them and comes<br />

highly recommended for this project. Dan<br />

Halloran will lead the discussion on funding<br />

and potentially going forward with this. Rough<br />

estimate is in the $10K ballpark.<br />

PAST RE – Absent<br />

ASST RE REPORT - No report<br />

RE COMMENTS – Dan covered his area of<br />

concern during the member discussion period<br />

as well as the New Business report.<br />

M/S (Judy/Dan M) M/P<br />

Respectfully submitted,<br />

Mary Thompson<br />

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