www.sjr-scca.org May 2011 [email protected]
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
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 [email protected]
Assistant R.E. J.D. King 856 694 5012 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
Licensing Terry Hanushek [email protected]
Merchandise Jim Tornetta 609 893 5701
Race Chair J.D. King 856 694 5012 [email protected]
Rally Chair Jim Wakeman 856 228 9249 [email protected]
Solo Co-Chair Ahren Ciotti [email protected]
Solo Co-Chair Craig Robson [email protected]
Flagging and
Communication
Dan Zane 609 351 3973 [email protected]
Scrutineer Volunteer
Needed!!
Starter David Teal 610 566 4795 [email protected]
Grid Bill Von Suskil [email protected]
Sound Alex Collins 856 983 2825 [email protected]
Registration Val Heun 609 926 4842 [email protected]
Emergency Vehicles Ray M and Sue
Marshall
302 235 1731 [email protected]
Timing and Scoring Jack Oliver 856 667 2858 [email protected]
Webmaster Meg Meyer [email protected]
South Jersey Region website: www.sjr-scca.org
New Jersey Road Racing Series: www.njrrs.com
At Speed: [email protected] editor Tom Smith
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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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] [email protected]
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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:[email protected]] Sent: Monday,
May 02, 2011 1:53 PM To: 'Race Planning
Committee'; [email protected]; [email protected];
[email protected]; 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 [email protected] 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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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