www.sjr-scca.org May 2011 SJRAtSpeed@comcast.net

Our brother in racing Walt Huber offered the

following insight:

Hey Folks,

Just did a little exercise after pulling a copy of

the Devil i/t Dark results off the NESCCA site.

I added up all the laps credited to all the cars --

and the result is 11,237 total laps.

Now, if you take the number of laps and

multiply that by the length of the track (2.25

miles), you come up with 25,283! miles.

Interesting number, ain't it?

Remember?... Back in school?... Your

geography teacher telling you the earth was

around 25,000 miles in circumference? Well

Wikipedia says the earth is actually 24,901"

miles around at the equator. So...

Holy Crap!! -- our race cars last Saturday

circled the earth -- and then some!!

Fan-freakin'-tastic! Great job Everyone!

Best,

Walter

What a great way to describe a great event.

The second annual Devil In The Dark 12 Hour

endurance race was amazing. NJMP went all

out and our SCCA regions did their normal

remarkable job running it.

I’ll wager we have nearly 50 cars next year and

a lot more spectators. NJMP made it so much

fun for everyone – bands, professional track

announcing for the whole 12 hours keeping

everyone abreast of the activity on track and in

the pits, great victory celebration, fun stuff for

the kids, ice sculpture, haunted hay rides,

mammoth screen x-Box racing competition,

even comfy chairs in a hospitality lounge in the

garage featuring a full catered buffet, bar, and

beer pong.

Heck, a couple amusement park rides and we’ll

be right up there with LeMans.

The Johnstone Racing overall winners were so

gracious in victory and appreciative of all the

effort NJMP and the SCCA put into the event to

make it special for everyone. Well done all.

And deserving victors too. Consider this – after

12 hours of racing, 25 cars finished within 10%

of the winners overall laps. 12 grueling hours.

And 25 cars finishing well and truly on the

pointy end of the stick. What a race.

To quote Walt: “fan=freakin’-tastic” indeed!

Your Humble Scribe,

Tom Smith

SJRAtSpeed@comcast.net

Getting ready to come out and play …

Circling the Earth

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Who We Are

Board of Directors

Regional Executive Jim Tornetta 609 893 5701 re@sjr-scca.org

Assistant R.E. J.D. King 856 694 5012 assistre@sjr-scca.org

Secretary Sue King 856 629 4966 secretary@ sjr-scca.org

Treasurer Craig Robson treasurer@ sjr-scca.org

Membership Meg Meyer 609 835 4450 membership@ sjr-scca.org

At Large Bob Childress Atlarge4@ sjr-scca.org

At Large Mike Allenbaugh 609 838 2800 Atlarge2@ sjr-scca.org

At Large Brian Heun 609 926 4842 Atlarge3@ sjr-scca.org

At Large Jim Wakeman 856 228 9249 Atlarge1@ sjr-scca.org

Specialty Chiefs

Membership and

Competition

Meg Meyer 609 835 4450 membership@sjr-scca.org

Licensing Terry Hanushek licensing@sjr-scca.org

Merchandise Jim Tornetta 609 893 5701

Race Chair J.D. King 856 694 5012 racechair@sjr-scca.org

Rally Chair Jim Wakeman 856 228 9249 rallychair@sjr-scca.org

Solo Co-Chair Ahren Ciotti solochair@sjr-scca.org

Solo Co-Chair Craig Robson solochair@sjr-scca.org

Flagging and

Communication

Dan Zane 609 351 3973 flagging@sjr-scca.org

Scrutineer Volunteer

Needed!!

Starter David Teal 610 566 4795 start@sjr-scca.org

Grid Bill Von Suskil grid@sjr-scca.org

Sound Alex Collins 856 983 2825 sound@sjr-scca.org

Registration Val Heun 609 926 4842 registration@sjr-scca.com

Emergency Vehicles Ray M and Sue

Marshall

302 235 1731 ev@sjr-scca.org

Timing and Scoring Jack Oliver 856 667 2858 timing@sjr-scca.org

Webmaster Meg Meyer webmaster@sjr-scca.org

South Jersey Region website: www.sjr-scca.org

New Jersey Road Racing Series: www.njrrs.com

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The GPS Car Rally (Going Places in Salem) Sunday June 12, 2011

www.sjr-scca.org The GPS Rally is a Course Rally only with the following four classes:

Equipped, Limited, Stock, and Seat of Pants (SOP). Newcomers to rallying should enter the SOP class. You will need a GPS unit or Salem County map to run the rally (we will have maps available for a $5 fee). You will use your GPS/map to find several intersections in Salem County (we’ll give you the town and names/numbers of roads at the intersection), then follow a few

written instructions to reach the checkpoints. Some intersections may require

being careful to find the correct location. Trophies will be presented in the manner described in the Standard General Instructions. SCCA points will be by separate

classes. Year End Awards will be presented in the three Course rally classes and the four Touring Rally

Classes. Special Awards Form your own competition group such as Best Chevy Entrant, Best John’s Sunoco Employee, Best Friends, Best NE Rally Club Member, Best Smith Family Member, or any common bond that you have. We only require 2 prepaid entries at least one week before the rally. Then we will get the set of trophies and have them for you at the rally. Special Awards are in addition to the other awards. Call for more information.

Rally Headquarters: Registration, Start and Finish will be held at J G Cook’s Carolina Blue Restaurant Registration Opens 10:00 am. First car off 11:16 am (Finish around 4 PM) 692 Lambs Rd Directions can be found at www.mapquest.com or in the General Pitman, NJ 08071 Instructions or via e-mail to jwakemen43@aol.com or 856-228-9249

Dash Plaques to the first 20 paid cars

Our dash plaques are about 3x4 inches and multiple colors.

Rallymaster: Clyde Heckler Registrar: Jim Wakemen Sr 36 Madison Drive 23 Silver Birch Rd Laurel Springs, NJ, 08021-2752 Turnersville NJ 08012-1911 856-228-3319 856-228-9249 checkrally@comcast.net jwakemen43@aol.com

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To enter the event, mail completed form (below) and a check payable to SJR-SCCA for the proper fee to the Registrar. Cost $35 with a $5 discount for prepaying and another $5 discount if both competitors are SCCA members. Note: Fee is $35 or $30 or $25. Please make the check payable to SJR-SCCA. General instructions will be e-mailed to all prepaid entries received by June 9th. Pre-registration is highly recommended. All minors must have a Minor Release Waiver signed by both parents/guardians. Please request the Minor Release Waiver in advance. Note: Included in the entry fee is a weekend membership in SCCA.

Driver’s Name

Navigator’s Name

Address Zipcode

Address Zipcode

Phone Phone

E-mail E-mail

Course Rally__________ Class Equipped______ Limited_______ Stock_________ or SOP _________

Check if Novice (no rallies before 1/1/2009) _______ .

Would you like a Salem County map for an additional fee of $5? Yes____ No____

You Done Well

From: Brian Heun

[mailto:bheun@ridgwaylegal.com] Sent: Monday,

May 02, 2011 1:53 PM To: 'Race Planning

Committee'; jrb@njrrs.com; chiefs@sjr-scca.org;

workers@scca-nnjr.org; bot@scca-

nnjr.org Subject: Great 12 Hour

Hello All,

Well I hope everyone has recovered from the 12

Hour. I just wanted to shout out to everyone with a

thank you for all the hard work that was put in on

this one. Not only did you work hard but you did a

great, great, great job.

Also, if there is every any doubt that all the late

night RPC meetings, all the heavy lifting, all the

hours spent in planning and running the events are

not really worth it, please just read the e-mail

below that was sent to Val, Terry and Don

Faurerbach at NJMP. Read the whole thing, it is

worth it. Coming from someone with Charlie

Greenhouse’s experience, this is not faint praise.

See you soon and thanks again.

Brian

All, I would like to thank the Jersey Racing Board

and NJMP for hosting an EXCELLENT event this past

weekend. In returning to SCCA racing with our

team last year after a long absence, we found your

region(s) to be very accommodating and

welcoming. I would like to specifically thank the

following folks in no particular order: Val Heun,

who is the best SCCA registrar (by far) that I have

encountered in my 20+ years of motorsports.

Thanks for being so accommodating and working

with our team to make registration seamless and as

little aggravation as possible. Your cheer and

cooperative efforts make my customers feel

welcome and in turn make us look good for

choosing your event. Terry Hanushek, for helping

us formalize Sports R as a class and working with

us to launch what I hope will become a long and

successful relationship between Entropy and the

Region(s). your chief of tech (who's name escapes

me right now) for being professional, helpful and

cooperative on all fronts. He makes you feel like

tech is actually a service rather than a chore to be

endured. I wanted to say that the Jersey Racing

Board is doing a nice job towards the goal of

creating the SCCA as an approachable, accessible

and enjoyable place to race. You ran a great event,

and should be commended for your efforts thanks

from all of us at Entropy Racing Sincerely, Charlie

Greenhaus PS, Please forward to any (or ALL) of

the folks that made the last 2 "Devils" possible. we

will be back!

We rock. We’re on YouTube baby.

Have you seen the most viral web 2.0 sticky video

on the Internet ever created? You know, the one

in the news lately that everyone’s talking about

with nearly hundreds of millions of views (well, OK,

just 60 views as I write this, but that’s like a rocket

before launch …)

Yeah, we’re on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEgbaQbECG0

or search with SCCASJR or South Jersey Region

SCCA while in YouTube for the video.

Motorsports has a lot to offer, and in saying that to

you as active members I’m preaching to the choir.

We’ve nearly doubled our South Jersey Region

membership in the last few years through the

strength of our programs and the blessing of New

Jersey Motorsports Park (www.njmp.com) in our

backyard.

But that’s not enough. There are so many car

enthusiasts and racing fans and sports aficionados

out there who are not involved or who have no idea

who we are, and we need them --- NJMP needs

them as customers, we need them as members and

entrants and volunteers.

The YouTube video and TV advertising we’ll be

doing with it is one step.

We’ll also be printing cards that you can use to help

us by leaving them at places you frequent where

motorsports enthusiasts go --- auto parts stores,

repair shops, even your favorite diner or deli. The

cards contain a calendar of our events at NJMP,

which is a great way to get folks interested in all

that the SCCA has to offer.

I’m member number 161521, I’m proud to know

members low down in the four digits, and I’m proud

to have brought in members hundreds of thousands

later than mine.

What we all share is that badge of honor, an SCCA

membership, a privilege, not a right.

And the endorsements we have on that

membership --- the credentials we hold --- are

earned, not given.

Pass the word. Come on down to the SCCA

National at NJMP the first weekend of June to join in

the fun and while there pick up a stack of cards to

hand out

We’re Handsome on Video too

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The Test Days You’ve Always Wished For

Joe Volpe, Director of Motorsports Activities at New Jersey Motorsports Park, has announced NJMP’s

new ‘Days of Thunder’ test days. Originally conceived of for closed-wheel cars with an open track

format, they will now include open-wheel car sessions too! It promises to be a lot of track time. Check

out the available dates above, and contact Joe Volpe for more information or to enter. There really isn’t

more bang for the buck out there in terms of track time for the money, and both Thunderbolt and

Lightning are a perfect way to spend a day with your race car.

Test and tune, get that extra seat time to practice technique or improve your line, or just smile

spending some extra hours on the track in a low-key environment.

We’re very fortunate to have a world-class facility right here in South Jersey with two unique and

exceptional tracks to enjoy. These are opportunities to enjoy our cars and driving that we simply did

not have before.

So support NJMP and enjoy these opportunities, and be sure to say Hi to Joe and all the staff at NJMP

thanking them for creating and running a Disneyland for car buffs right here in South Jersey.

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Pos

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

DNF

DNF

DNF

DNF

Not qualified

DNS

No.

28

57

99

06

8

81

68

33

92

12

27

83

16

74

41

32

04

18

3

2

48

7

37

77

9

30

94

13

98

66

23

26

87

24

15

PIC

1

2

1

1

1

2

1

2

3

4

1

3

4

5

1

2

1

2

3

1

1

4

1

6

3

7

2

2

4

8

DNF

DNF

DNF

DNF

DNS

Class

ITE

ITE

ITX

ITS

SM

ITS

SR

SM

ITE

ITE

SRF

SM

SM

SM

SSM

SSM

ITA

ITA

SSM

SSC

STU

SSM

ITB

SM

ITS

SM

STU

ITB

ITS

SM

ITB

ITE

ITR

ITE

ITX

Team Name

Johnstone Racing

Bimmershop

Bimmerworks

BERG Racing

Jim Locke Automotive

Craftsman Motorsport

Entropy Thing 1

Mitchum Motorsports

Team TrackPro

Uber Unknowns

Dog Gone Racing

Rhinoceros Racing

Baja Motorsports

Long Road Racing

Team Subway

Mitchum Motorsports

He-Man Racing

West Philly Racing

Shelton Racing

Dinah Weisberg

Hale Motorsports

SyncSpeed-Woodlawn-Ball&Ball-

Maximum Attack Motorsports

Iron Dragon Racing

Mostly Racing

Team T Karts

Radial Motorsports

DTM Racing

Scuderia Zissou

Elgin/MeatheadRacing

Team Troxell Racing

VAC Motorsports

Crucial Motorsports Group

NJMP Drivers Club

Super Unknowns

Laps

428

420

419

417

416

415

410

409

398

397

395

395

393

391

389

388

386

385

382

369

365

364

359

357

347

260

240

232

223

222

129

63

37

37

Total Tm

12:00:57.658

12:01:00.457

12:02:23.975

12:01:31.448

12:01:26.510

12:02:13.212

12:02:04.668

12:02:24.675

12:01:33.531

12:01:54.602

12:01:16.621

12:02:07.779

12:01:32.447

12:01:27.358

12:01:30.895

12:01:55.034

12:02:22.753

12:02:04.847

12:02:31.187

12:02:14.128

12:01:26.510

11:45:49.585

12:02:06.363

12:02:10.887

12:02:13.632

7:39:11.212

6:50:03.516

11:22:17.443

7:13:12.306

6:41:32.712

3:55:25.288

2:25:34.666

59:42.739

1:50:11.315

Best Tm

1:30.229

1:33.089

1:33.166

1:36.855

1:37.115

1:36.288

1:36.987

1:38.600

1:32.279

1:31.763

1:33.807

1:38.910

1:39.654

1:37.264

1:38.471

1:38.961

1:39.140

1:36.800

1:42.790

1:43.281

1:35.546

1:38.570

1:44.775

1:38.608

1:40.942

1:38.374

1:35.731

1:43.776

1:38.126

1:38.219

1:43.934

1:34.723

1:34.769

1:33.519

Sponsor

Bimmershop

Bimmerworks.Com

Berg Racing Mazda Redcom Kumho

Gleason Financial Ltd.

Craftsman Motorsport

Entropy Racing

Mitchum Motorsports

Trackpro Advisors

Brakeswap.Com

Dog Gone Racing

Doc Broomheads Garage

Baja Amusements

Long Road Racing/A.N.D. Skincare/Southerlee Ra

Subway

Mitchum Motorsports

He Man Racing

Drive-Gear.Com Icarp.Net Bimmerparts.Com

Automotive Enterprises / The Wheel

BERG Racing

Syncspeedinc.Com Woodlawngarage.Com Balla

H.A. Dehart & Son Techtonics Tuning Usrt

Iron Dragon Racing

Mostly Motorsports Auto Service

T Karts Precision Motor Werks

Radial Tire Company

The City Islanders

Scuderia Zissou / Dual Red Racing / Ridgespeed

Elgin/Meatheadracing

Team York Racing

Vac Motorsports Kw Suspensions

Crucial Motorsports Group/Asap Auto Repair

The Drivers Club

Associatedrubberinc.Com Olson Technologies

Sorted on Laps

Announcements

Car 3 - 2 laps Underweight

Car 33 - 2 laps Underweight

Car 18 - Last in Class - Underweight

Total Time of Race: 12:00:57.658

Printed: 5/2/2011 12:20:45 PM

Chief of Timing & Scoring: Meg Meyer

Chief Steward: Terry Hanushek

Orbits

www.mylaps.com

Licensed to: South Jersey Region, SCCA

Margin of Victory

8 Laps

Avg. Speed

80.143

Best Lap Tm

1:30.229

Best Spd

89.772

Best Lap by

28 - Johnstone Racing

2011 Devil in the Dark

12-hour Enduro 11-E-1365-S

Enduro

Race started at 11:59:46

NJMP - Thunderbolt 2.250 Miles

4/30/2011 12:00 PM

2011 Devil in the Dark 11-E-1365-S12-hour EnduroApril 30, 2011

Official Results

Interestingly, the 2011 event saw a few more frustrating mechanical failures for teams than the 2010

event, which was run in June under conditions just a tick cooler than the surface of the sun, but a lot of

cars completed a lot of laps and 25 cars made it to the checkered flag! Well done. Your humble scribe

and the mighty Scuderia Zissou Dopplo Rosso team had an embarrassing failure occur just over one

hour into the race when a coolant hose broke (one of the few parts not replaced before the race), and

then a complete and thorough transmission failure at about 7:15pm (the other part we thought about

replacing before the event but did not), giving us time to walk around and enjoy some of the sights and

sounds of this festival-like event that NJMP and the SCCA have created for us.

Ridgespeed Racing Teammates Matt Rooke and John Hainsworth preparing for the ProIT race at

Pocono.

May 7th and 8th saw the return of the Mother’s Day weekend Double Regional to Pocono. The

event was dubbed the Joe DeLuca and Linda Gronlund Freedom Races to honor the lives and

memory of two Northern New Jersey Region SCCA members who died on September 11th 2001

bravely taking out the al-Qaeda terrorist hijackers on Flight 93, which was crashed outside of

Pittsburgh preventing almost certain destruction to Washington DC. The timing of this event was

particularly poignant given the recent events in Pakistan in finding bin Laden and dispensing

justice.

Our region had a few drivers taking part in the event, in addition to numerous race officials and

volunteers. Frank Sanchez had a tough weekend after qualifying 2nd in SPU but ultimately not

finishing any of the races. It was great to see Frank and Tina, as always, and I for one always

enjoy getting their perspective and experience on a host of issues. We’re lucky to have such

consummate pro’s and passionate racers in our midst. Brothers Mike and Steve Thomas brought

their Spec Racer Fords out with Steve taking a pair of 4ths and Mike bringing home a 5th and a 6th

in this highly competitive Spec class. And finally, our John Hainsworth drove to a great 4th in ITS

/ 5th overall in the ProIT race, which started off dry but had 20 minutes of heavy rain and slippery

conditions at the end of the race. All the competitors did a great job managing the difficult

changing condition, all running on dry tires in the rain, and John did a great job with an overall

Top 5 finish.

Upcoming Events at NJMP!

June 3-5 – Jersey Devil National and ProIT

We’ll be running our National and ProIT on NJMP’s

Thunderbolt circuit the first weekend of June with a

test day June 3rd, two sets of qualifying sessions for

the National drivers on Saturday, ProIT qualifying

on Sunday morning, and the slate of National races

and ProIT race during the day Sunday.

This is a great event and I encourage everyone to

come out, whether as an entrant, to help out in one

of the specialties, or just to support the region and

the track spectating and enjoying the racing.

In particular, I’d like to encourage some of our folks

who run in Regional classes like Club Ford or IT to

come and run the National in their respective

National counterparts like Formula Ford and STU.

It doesn’t matter if you’re not making a bid for the

RunOffs this year – why pass up an opportunity to

go out and have fun on Thunderbolt? Let’s make

this a BIG entry and show that, at least in New

Jersey, Nationals are well-subscribed and successful

weekends.

I for one am really looking forward to this weekend.

Despite having had terrible results in the two prior

Nationals (2009 was a DNF and 2010 was a DNS),

I’ll be bringing a new (to me) and freshly prepared

Formula Continental to debut in the National, and to

support our event I’ll also be entered in the ProIT

race in an ITS car. 2 hours in the Enduro in April

just wasn’t enough – driving Thunderbolt is

addicting!

June 24-26 – Lightning Challenge and ProIT

Our very first NJMP event was the Lightning

Challenge in July 2008, so this year marks the

fourth annual Lightning Challenge (can you believe

it? 4th Annual already?!).

This is a favorite event for many and it should see

big fields again in 2011. If Thunderbolt is an

addicting challenge for drivers and teams, Lightning

is pure intoxicating fun. The blind and leaping

Turns 1 and 5, the neck-stretching Light Bulb – give

the guy who designed this place a pat on the back,

it is certainly no boring antiseptic modern-design

track, it’s old school bravado and courage on

Lightning.

There’s no excuse for missing this one. It’s going

to be a blast.

For both these events, please be sure to contact a

Specialty Chief or email SJRAtSpeed@comcast.net if

you can help out as a race official or volunteer.

There’s something for everyone, young or old,

physically demanding or relaxing, experienced or

new. Many hands lighten the load for all …

Also remember that NJMP will have the ARCA

Series stock cars on Thunderbolt on May 21-22,

including the RoadMods series in support. NJMP is

one of the few road courses ARCA has ever run,

and it is fun to watch the professional drivers who

specialize in oval tracks take to our road course.

And the RoadMods are a blast to see. Not only do

they only run ovals, a lot of these guys only run on

dirt ovals, so you can imagine how much fun it is to

watch them run a technically challenging and fun

road course. Don’t be surprised to see big plumes

of dust kicked up by cars off course in Turn 1 (and

elsewhere). Just figure that they’re cooling off their

tires …

And finally, an event not to be missed is the

Vintage Grand Prix / Family Festival / Blue

Angels Air Show over Memorial Day weekend.

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856-314-8005www.stehmsautorepair.com

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Need an alignment by guys who love racing and autocrossing? It turns out that Mr. Tire by the

Moorestown Mall in Maple Shade NJ (9 Collins Road, Maple Shade 08052) is run by two great guys,

Ron Murphy and Richard Henry, who are members and welcome the unusual suspension alignment

needs of racers and autocrossers. Be sure to give them a call at 856 439 1050.

And don’t forget two huge supporters of our events. www.treadzone.com run by Joe Specht is there

even when no other tire truck is there to ensure we have tires and tire services at all our events.

And don’t forget Geoffrey Hall’s work http://hotlapphoto.zenfolio.com/ --- his gallery of pictures are

breath-taking, and he knows the people and competitors so well that he is uniquely able to catch

those special and most memorable moments. For instance, his shot of Sue King at the 12 hour

captures her love and dedication to SCCA racing perfectly, and his ’12:01’ checkered flag picture is a

wonderful bookend on the event.

SOUTH JERSEY REGION SCCA

C/O JD KING

759 STANTON AVE.

FRANKLINVILLE, NJ 08322

The Official Newsletter

Of The South Jersey Region S.C.C.A.

Web site: www.sjr-scca.org

Member meeting: June 8 @ Uno Chicago

Grill, Route 73 Maple Shade.

Jersey Devil National and ProIT June 3-5.

Lightning Challenge and ProIT June 24-26

ARCA at NJMP May 21-22

Vintage Grand Prix May 27-29

Going Places in Salem Road Rally June 12th