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News and INformation From Oregon Region Sports Car Club of America
July, 2019
Rose Cup Races Are Coming Up!July 12-14See Page 4
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News and Information from Oregon Region Sports Car Club of America
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On The Cover
Monte Shelton was a founding member of Oregon Region SCCA and a seven-time winner of the Rose Cup race. He passed away in June. Story on Page 3.
Photo by Jeff Zurschmeide
• July 2• August 6• September 3• October 1• November 5
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Oregon Region Remembers Monte Shelton - 1933-2019
Legendary Pacific Northwest racer Monte Shelton has died at age 85. His professional racing career included appearances in the US Road Racing Championship in 1965, ’67, and ’68. He competed regularly in the SCCA’s Can-Am series, from its inception in 1966 through 1974, and made several starts in Formula 5000.
But it was in the Trans Am Series that Shelton achieved his greatest professional racing success. In over 40 starts between 1976 and 1987, the Portland, Oregon, driver racked up five victories, two pole positions, and 14 podium finishes driving a variety of Porsches.
On the amateur side, Shelton won the Rose Cup race a record seven times, and had nine second-place finishes. He entered the very first Rose Cup race in 1961, and his seven victories were spread over five decades.
Shelton qualified for the SCCA Na-tional Championship Runoffs four times, first in 1968, when the event was held at Riverside International Raceway. His best finish came in 1975 — a second place in A Sports Racing at Road Atlanta driving a McLaren 8F, which he also raced in Can-Am.
Outside of SCCA, Monte competed 10 times in the 24 Hours of Daytona and had a third-place finish in 1979. He also competed several times in the 12 Hours of Sebring, and in the IMSA Camel GT series.
Shelton was a lifetime member of SCCA, and was one of the six founding members of the Oregon Region in 1962. In recent years, he raced a Volkswagen Rabbit at the regional level, and held a current competition license.
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“I have held an SCCA competition license for 60 consecutive years, and never had a waiver,” he said just weeks ago.
His final race was in March of this year.
Off-track, Shelton was Portland’s premier British car dealer, selling everything from MG to Rolls-Royce
over the years. In retirement he maintained a small business deal-ing in specialty vintage sports cars, known as “Monte’s Motors” after his first-ever car lot.
Shelton is survived by his wife Sue; daughters Darla Krieske and Jamie Martell; sons Tony and Neil Shelton; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Are You Ready For The 59th Rose Cup Races?
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A Full Weekend at the 59th Rose Cup RacesThe Rose Cup Races have never had more to offer than this year. If you love sports car racing, it doesn’t get any better than this.
Pro Racing is Back
The Portland racing community has worked hard to attract the newly namedPirelli GT4 America and TC Amer-ica professional racing series. The GT4 series includes FIA-homologat-ed production cars, carefully pre-pared to European racing standards. This series replaces the GTS class that raced in Portland last year. GT4 is part of the Blancpain GT World Challenge racing organization. Look for intense action in the pits as these cars pursue a one-hour race with a mandatory driver change.
The TC America series is return-ing with two race groups this weekend. The main Touring Car group includes powerful racecars from BMW, Nissan, and Hyundai. The TCR and TCA classes will run together in their own race group. TCR includes race-prepared current model sports cars from Honda, Mazda, Audi, Hyundai, MINI, Alfa Romeo, Subaru, and Volkswagen. The TCA class offers many of the same cars in a limited-preparation format.
As a special guest, the Saleen Cup series will put on a show this year. Piloted by aspiring pro drivers, the Saleen Cup races in identical Saleen 1 exotic cars built and maintained by the Saleen factory in California.
The Best of Northwest Racing
In addition to the professional race groups, the Rose Cup Races will again showcase the finest of local racers in four race groups:
• The Rose Cup Big Bore Feature Race presented by Proficio Singa-
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pore includes the fastest and most powerful racecars in the Pacific Northwest. Drivers give everything they’ve got to win this one.
• Spec Miata presented by Casa Bella Granite, Marble & Quartz is sure to be one of the best races of the weekend. Spec Miata drivers race in similarly prepared Mazda Miata sports cars. These highly competitive drivers always deliv-ered an all-out battle for the win.
• Spec Racer Ford presented by Market of Choice is among SCCA’s leading race groups. Spec Racer Ford cars are identical, purpose-built racing machines with factory-sealed engines. It takes both talent and skill to get ahead of the pack in one of these cars.
• The Wemme Trophy Vintage Group presented by Columbia Roofing showcases the best of yesterday’s racecars. Take a trip down memory lane to see how the great Rose Cup races of the past are still racing today.
All race groups will be on track several times each day, so you won’t miss any of the great racing action at this year’s 59th annual Rose Cup Races.
The Rose Cup Races weekend features practice and qualifying on July 12, and racing events on July 13 and July 14. Gates open at 7:30 am daily, with cars on course by 8:30 am on Friday and Saturday, and by 9 am on Sunday. Races run until early evening each day.
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Have You Joined Friends of PIR? It’s Easy and it’s Free! Portland International Raceway (PIR) is unique among North American racing facili-ties because the entire facility is a city park. As a public resource, PIR is affordable for us-ers and is available to numerous groups not connected with motorsports, such as runners, bicyclists, swap meets, and the winter light show. PIR is also used as a training facility for law enforcement agencies. PIR has been the host track for all 59 annual Rose Cup races.
As Portland’s only remaining auto racing track and one of the city’s largest and most diverse parks, PIR is a valuable community resource for numerous community activities. Local and national users alike have contrib-uted to PIR’s maintenance and enhance-ment and it has been largely financially self-sustaining. Today, the facility is entirely supported by the users who hold events here – no tax revenues are used to maintain or improve PIR.
Friends of PIR is a 501(c)3 non-profit orga-nization committed to the preservation and enhancement of PIR as a resource for those who use it, both participants and spectators alike; sustaining and expanding PIR’s civic contribution as an institution in North Port-land and providing support to ensure PIR’s ongoing value as a venue for motorsports and other diverse forms of recreation and entertainment.
Friends of PIR strives to maintain an open dialog with the broader community within Portland through meetings and other inter-actions which are aimed at establishing a relationship of mutual respect and can serve as the foundation for moving forward to find solutions to common problems. Friends of PIR is confident that continued collabora-tion with the community can lead to greatly improved relations between the community and PIR, to the benefit of all parties.
You are invited to join Friends of PIR. Mem-bership is free to anyone. Also, please feel free to forward any of our information to your friends or organizations. If you are interested in becoming a Friend of PIR, visit us online at www.friendsofpir.com.
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Tim Adolphson, Gig Harbor, WashingtonNo. 88 GT-1 Chevrolet Impala SS
Tim Adolphson is one of the boldest drivers in the Pacific Northwest. Tim is a veteran of the SCCA National Champi-onship Runoffs and the professional Trans-Am West series and he’s used to winning. He hasn’t yet won the Big Bore group at the Rose Cup Races, but this could be his year. Look for his powerful Chevrolet Impala SS to qualify at the front and take an early lead. If Tim breaks loose from the pack, it could be a runaway win.
Cindi Lux, Aloha, OregonNo. 45 TA3 Dodge Viper
Cindi Lux is among the best drivers in the Pacific North-west, but she’s never won the Big Bore race at a Rose Cup weekend. Her day job is piloting the No. 45 Viper in the pro-fessional Trans-Am racing series. “We are out to have some fun this weekend. It’s just tremendous being back home running at my hometown track. We don’t have the outright speed to win but we are reliable when it comes to finishes. I am a student of the sport and every time I get in any racecar I discover something new.”
Brian Richards, Burnaby, British ColumbiaNo. 12 GT-1 Chevrolet Camaro
Brian Richards is a four-time Rose Cup winner, back to try for a fifth win in his “Canned Heat” Chevrolet Camaro. Richards claimed the Rose Cup in 1993 and 1994, then again in 2011 and in 2017. Richards is known as a smart, careful driver who does not make mistakes. He qualifies well and then gets out in the lead in the first few laps. Once he has the lead, Richards is very hard to catch.
Scotty B. White, Auburn, WashingtonNo. 0 GT-2 Dodge Viper Competition Coupe
Scotty B. White is a past Rose Cup winner, and a World Challenge veteran. He’ll be racing his trademark No. 0 Dodge Viper this weekend, but Scotty is as comfortable in his Mustang running for an SCCA national championship. Scotty is known as a fast, smooth driver who can wait for the race to come to him. Watch Scotty take his time and reel in the competition before the checkered flag flies.
Four Drivers to Watch in the Big Bore Rose Cup RaceAmong the many great drivers in this year’s Big Bore Feature Race, here are four leaders you’ll want to watch closely. Any of these drivers could win the race, and all of them are guaranteed to make a hard play for the lead.
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GT4, TC and Saleen Cup PADDOCK
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Paid Parking
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Start Finish Duration Event Start Finish Duration Event Start Finish Duration Event
8:30 AM 8:45 AM 15 SRF Practice 8:30 AM 8:45 AM 15 SM Qualify 2 9:00 AM 9:30 AM 30 SRF Feature Race 8:55 AM 9:30 AM 35 TC/TCA Practice 8:55 AM 9:20 AM 25 Saleen Cup Practice 9:45 AM 10:15 AM 30 SM Feature Race 9:30 AM 10:05 AM 35 TCA/TCR Practice 9:35 AM 9:50 AM 15 Pirelli GT4ASX/GT4W Qualify Gr 1 10:30 AM 11:10 AM 40 TC Race 2
10:05 AM 10:40 AM 35 TCR/TC Practice 9:55 AM 10:10 AM 15 Pirelli GT4ASX/GT4W Qualify Gr 2 11:25 AM 11:50 AM 25 Vintage Feature Race 10:50 AM 11:05 AM 15 SM Practice 10:25 AM 11:05 AM 40 TC Race 1 11:50 AM 12:40 PM 50 Lunch11:15 AM 11:40 AM 25 Saleen Cup Practice 11:15 AM 11:30 AM 15 Rose Cup Qualify 2 12:40 PM 1:20 PM 40 TCR/TCA Race 211:55 AM 12:40 PM 45 Pirelli GT4ASX/GT4W Practice 11:40 AM 11:55 AM 15 Saleen Cup Qualify Gr 1 1:35 PM 1:55 PM 20 Pirelli GT4ASX/GT4W Pre Race12:40 PM 1:30 PM 50 Lunch 12:00 PM 12:15 PM 15 Saleen Cup Qualify Gr 2 1:55 PM 2:55 PM 60 Pirelli GT4ASX/GT4W Race 2
1:30 PM 1:45 PM 15 Rose Cup Practice 12:25 PM 12:40 PM 15 Vintage Sprint Race 2 3:15 PM 3:35 PM 20 Rose Cup Pre Race1:55 PM 2:10 PM 15 Vintage Qualify 1 12:40 PM 1:30 PM 50 Lunch 3:35 PM 4:10 PM 35 Rose Cup Feature Race2:20 PM 2:40 PM 20 SRF Qualify 1 1:30 PM 1:55 PM 20 SRF Sprint Race 4:25 PM 5:15 PM 50 Saleen Cup Race 22:50 PM 3:05 PM 15 TC Qualifying 1:55 PM 2:15 PM 20 Pirelli GT4ASX/GT4W Pre Race3:20 PM 4:05 PM 45 Pirelli GT4ASX/GT4W Practice 2:15 PM 3:15 PM 60 Pirelli GT4ASX/GT4W Race 14:20 PM 4:45 PM 25 Saleen Cup Practice 3:30 PM 3:50 PM 20 SM Sprint Race5:00 PM 5:15 PM 15 TCR/TCA Qualify 4:00 PM 4:40 PM 40 TCR/TCA Race 15:25 PM 5:45 PM 20 SM Qualify 1 4:55 PM 5:45 PM 50 Saleen Cup Race 15:55 PM 6:15 PM 20 Rose Cup Qualify 1 5:55 PM 6:15 PM 20 Rose Cup Sprint Race6:25 PM 6:40 PM 15 SRF Qualify 2 6:25 PM 6:45 PM 20 Vintage Sprint Race 36:50 PM 7:10 PM 20 Vintage Sprint Race 1
Schedule may be modified if neededCars will LEAVE the grid at the START times noted
Friday, July 12, 2019 Saturday, July 13, 2019 Sunday, July 14, 2019
59th Annual Rose Cup RacesJuly 12 - 14, 2019
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Tickets now on sale for 59th Annual Rose Cup Races featuring Pirelli GT4 America with TC America - Plus Traditional Big Bore Rose Cup!PORTLAND, Ore. (Feb. 20, 2019) – Tickets are on sale now for the famed 59th annual Rose Cup Races. The 2019 event will take place July 12 through July 14 at Portland International Raceway (PIR) and will feature Pirelli GT4 America and TC America profes-sional racing, plus four race groups showcasing the best amateur racers in the Northwest.
A Portland Rose Festival event pre-sented by Friends of PIR, the Rose Cup Races features racing competitors from both the Oregon Region Sports Car Club of America and the Cascade Sports Car Club. This year’s amateur race groups include:
Big Bore FOPIR Rose Cup feature race presented by Proficio Singapore: Large displacement engine cars like Corvettes, Camaros, Mustangs, Shelby GT350s, Cobras and Porsches. Three classes within one race called RC1, RC2 and RC3 depending on perfor-mance level.
Spec Miata Challenge presented by Casa bella Granite, Marble & Quartz: Famous for tight battles and finishes that are just inches apart, these Mazda Miatas are also in a fight for a season-long championship in the Northwest Spec Miata Tour.
Spec Racer Ford Showdown present-ed by Market of Choice: Open cockpit identical sports racer cars powered by 1.6-liter Ford engines put the focus on the drivers in this highly competitive group, with multiple lead changes per lap a common occurrence.
Vintage Grand Prix presented by Columbia Roofing: A Rose Cup Races tradition with a wide variety of brands and iconic models that will have fans reminiscing about their favorite cars growing up.
These four amateur race groups will augment professional race groups, including the newly named Pirelli GT4 America and TC America professional racing series, which features a large variety of makes with extremely close and exciting racing in a sprint race double header format. Fans can look forward to professional racing on both Saturday and Sunday.
The Rose Cup Races weekend features practice and qualify-ing on July 12, and racing events on July 13 and July 14. Gates open at 7:30am daily, with cars on course by 8:30am on Friday and Saturday, and 9am on Sunday. Races run until early evening.
Tickets are on sale now at RoseCup.com. Admission costs $30 for a three-day ticket with in-side parking. Single day tickets run $10 for Friday, $20 for Saturday, and $20 for Sunday. Admis-sion for children ages 12 and under is free when accom-panied by a paying adult. Present and past members of the military receive free admission (with valid ID checked at the gate).
Parking costs $5 for a single day, $15 for a weekend pass, and $175 for a motorhome pass that includes two three-day admission tickets. A limited number of camping spots (non-mo-torhome, tent, small travel trailer etc.) 3-day tickets are available for $60 and include one admission ticket and the reserved location by Turn Seven.
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SCCA Rally/Solo Senior Management Restructuring to Begin in 2019SCCA recently revealed a restruc-turing plan with the senior manage-ment of its Rally and Solo programs beginning in 2019.
Longtime program leader Howard Duncan will shift his focus to event operations for the Tire Rack SCCA National Solo program, with the search beginning for a new hire to take on the role of oversight and development for the Rally and Solo departments. Duncan, who joined the staff in 1990 and has been instrumental in the creation and continued develop-ment of the National Solo program, will remain in his current Sr. Direc-tor of Rally/Solo position through the 2019 Championship season before moving to the newly-created Sr. Manager of National Solo Field Operations position this upcoming offseason. “The demands of running the Tire Rack SCCA National Solo series make it extremely difficult to also develop and manage the business side of the programs—these really
need to be two different positions,” said SCCA Vice President and COO Eric Prill. “There wouldn’t be a National Solo program without Howard’s vision and dedication over the last three decades. He’s been flat-out through that time period, developing the series while managing all aspects of the auto-cross and rally programs and being a key member of the national staff.” “I am looking forward to being able to concentrate my efforts on the Tire Rack SCCA National Solo program and to having the new Director bring a fresh perspective to business operations and the development of the Solo and Rally programs throughout the country
at all levels,” said Duncan. “As the complexity and reach of all of these programs has grown over the years, it became increasingly clear to me that we needed to take this approach to see the Club grow to its full potential.” The incoming Director of Rally/Solo will begin a new chapter for the programs, building on its solid foundation with a focus on member experience, operational excellence, technology and program develop-ment.
Interested parties are encouraged to visit www.scca.com/careers.
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Solo Season Is In Full SwingThe end is in sight!!
With the 2019 Autocross season already 9 events in, the racing has been fast and furious! June 15th and 16th brought events 8 and 9 around, leaving only 4 events left on the schedule for 2019. July will bring the 2 Packwood National weekends.
The National Tour taking place July 13-14, and the National PRO Solo the following weekend, July 20-21. Registration is currently open for both.
If you have never done one, I would highly recommend it as they are both fantastic event, and its always fun to see and meet some new rac-ers from around the country,
With our June events taking place on Father’s Day weekend, it was great to see so many fathers and sons/daughters racing together! As Saturday rolled around, the weather was crisp and cool with overcast skies above.
The racing was hot and heavy though as Ryan Otis talked his way into a 2019 Chevy Camaro ZL1,
owned by Waylon Goebel. Ryan used Saturday to get a feel for the car, coming home in Second place in Pro Pax.
Ron Bauer came down from the speedy NW Region to wrestle the top spot away with a BLISTERING
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50.854 time on his third run. This would give Ron the top PAX time for the day for all the non-junior cars. On Sunday, it was Ryan show-ing just how fast the big Chevy could be taking the win over Dan Bullis by .345
In the Juniors, it was Andrew Nolke for the win in JA as both his brother, Gabe and himself set down some quick times all weekend long. Andrew was able to take the win on both days. In Junior B, it was that Otis family getting another win on Saturday, this time with Sam at the wheel. He was able to just sneak around the always fast Torin Mc-Cusker to take home the win.
Sunday saw Gabe running in Junior B, securing the win with Sam, Torin and Abbie Paulson rounding out the top 4 spots. Spitfire Rachel Kuehn took top honors on both Saturday and Sunday in Junior C.
The always popular S2 class saw some late run drama with Allen Westerskow throwing down a flier on run 3 to edge out George Emery on Saturday. George would get his revenge on Sunday taking over the top spot, with Matt Turner jumping up to take second away from West-enskow late by just .205.
NS3 saw some close action all weekend with the 2 C-Mods of Phil Leavens and Andy Howe leading the way both days. Saturday saw Phil taking the win by a mere .200 with Sunday being even closer as Howe would again fall just short, losing by scant .031 in the closet battle all weekend.
Pro Pax Ladies would be a weekend long battle with Lacy Otis taking a second on Saturday, and a first on Sunday to add to her points lead. NW Region, and National Champi-on Jessie Gauthier played the role of spoiler grabbing the win Saturday.
The ever quick Danielle Paulson sits in second place, and will be looking to chip away at Lacy’s lead at the August events.
With the season end on the horizon, many points battles are still up for grabs. CAM will be down to the wire with Aaron Folkerts holding a narrow 4 point lead over Brian Duncan.
NS4 see Garrett Cogburn hanging on to a slight advantage over Jake Hartough with Rio Rios hot on both their heels. S2 is shaping up to be
a battle to the end yet again, this year with George Emery and Allen Westenskow sitting just 12 points apart.
And in our Trophy Challenge class, Laura Duncan who has been show-ing great speed all year is sitting on top by just 7 points over Ben Holmesmith.
With only 4 events left, the gloves will be off and everyone will be out for blood as we return to Packwood August 3rd and 4th.
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PIR Clarifies Minimum Safety Requirements for Track UseTo reduce confusion and to clearly communicate PIR’s Safety require-ments for automotive and 4-wheel vehicle track events.
Below is the policy for minimums concerning corner worker flagging, communications, safety equipment and ambulance services.
These policies are effective immedi-ately. SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
Track Days, High Performance Driving Schools, Road Course Test Days, Road Course Time Trials
Ambulance
• Advanced Life Support Ambu-lance required
Safety Truck
• Street car road course track days/schools or testing of race cars with less than 6 cars
• IF User Group has a person officially trained on Holmatro Safety person
• PIR Safety Truck provided no charge
• Holmatro Rescue Tools pro-vided no charge
• IF User Group DOES NOT have person trained on Holmatro safety tools
• $150 for PIR providing safety truck AND trained safety person
• Holmatro Rescue Tools pro-vided no charge
Corner Workers
• When operating out of South Paddock: A minimum of 6 corner workers are required (T1, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12)
• When operating out of North Paddock: A minimum of 7
corner workers are required (Pit Out, T1, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12)
Communications
• If PIR Land Line is not used, User Groups’ Radios must be tested prior to the event to assure coverage is solid for ALL corner worker stations and safety personnel to hear each other
• PIR will provide two radios for control and safety truck at no charge if needed
• Headset for noise monitor to contact control for black-flags is required in the Drag Tower
SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
Test Days with greater than 6 race cars, Events with multiple race cars practicing, qualifying and racing events
Ambulance
• Advanced Life Support Ambu-lance required
• At LEAST ONE FULL Safety Truck with two persons staffed
• PIR Provided - $550/day for truck and two trained crew members
• Holmatro tools provided at no charge
Corner Workers
• When operating out of South Paddock: A minimum of 6 corner workers are required (T1, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12)
• When operating out of North Paddock: A minimum of 7 corner workers are required (Pit Out, T1, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12)
Communications
• If PIR Land Line is not used, User Groups’ Radios must be tested prior to the event to assure coverage is solid for ALL corner worker stations and safety personnel to hear each other
• PIR will provide two radios for control and safety truck at no charge if needed
• Headset for noise monitor to contact control for black-flags
We also want to reiterate PIR’s sound requirements. Track policy and wording in the PIR permit is that ALL User Groups must provide a person to monitor sound require-ments for their event.
If you do not have a person, you must say so on your Event Request form and one will be provided for you at an additional fee beyond base rent.
Remember, sound maximum is 102.9 dBA on the PIR meter. Ve-hicles are black flagged at 103 dBA.
See all sound requirements at these links: http://portlandraceway.com/?/about/policies and http://portlandraceway.com/?/about/noise_information Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, E.C. E.C. MuellerManagerPortland International RacewayPortland Parks & Recreation1940 No. Victory BlvdPortland, Oregon 97217503-823-5899 (office)[email protected]
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New SCCA Sunoco Fuel Card Program AnnouncedThe Sports Car Club of America is pleased to announce a great new member benefit through WEX, Inc - the SCCA Sunoco Fuel Card Program backed by unparalleled industry expertise.
If you have a business for which you and/or your employees drive a company vehicle, the SCCA Sunoco Fuel Card Program will save you up to $0.06 per gallon on fuel purchased at Sunoco-branded locations. Our special SCCA rebate applies to both regular and diesel fuel so all your vehicles can help you earn rewards!
Even better – As a special thank you to celebrate this new benefit, any application for a new account received before July 31, 2019 will receive a total of $0.12 savings on every gallon of Sunoco fuel pur-
chased for their first 120 days. That should easily carry you through traveling for Championship Season!
The SCCA Sunoco Fuel Card Pro-gram will help keep your vehicles moving with unmatched value, ease
and control. And best of all, there are no transaction fees.
Look for an email and ongoing marketing about this great program or simply click: www.SCCASunoco-Fuel.com
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Portland played host to event #4 for the SCCA Time Trials National Tour.
Over 50 drivers took turns circulat-ing the 1.967 miles track in Portland putting both man and machine to the test.
With SCCA kicking off the first year of the National Tour, the club is looking to infuse new blood into its program.
With already successful events at Thunder Hill in Cali, Pittsburgh In-ternational Race Complex in Penn-sylvania, and Carolina Motorsports Park in South Carolina, the tour has already proven to have legs.
The SCCA National Tour program
features multiple track sessions, along with a Time Attack section.
Drivers saw 2 practice sessions on Saturday morning, followed by 2 timed sessions Saturday afternoon. On Sunday, the drivers started with the Time Attack session, which showcased turns 4-8 in a segmented session.
They then moved on to the after-noon of 2 more full track sessions to finish off the weekend.
With 5 different prep levels, driv-ers chose between Sport, Turner, Prepped, Max, and Unlimited categories to participate in.
Each category saw different classes
based on car configurations. With all these class options, they are sure to have a class for you!
Max 1 saw two of the most unique race rigs to the track. Kevin Phillips in a 1991 Chevy S10 with LS power was able to wrestle away the win from Sean Fogli in a 1983 Volvo 242, also with a LLS swap.
Both vehicles were both beautiful, and well put together. And you have never heard a Volvo sound so sweet!!
Prepped witnessed Oregon region Autocrosser john Tritsch take home gold as he put his V6 engine swapped 1993 Toyota MR2 on the top step. Jared Floyd in a 95 M3,
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Taylor Wargo in an 04 G35, and Trevor McDermott in a 95 M3 round out the class.
Sport 1 was a battle of sheer muscle with Waylon Goebel leading the way in a 2019 Chevy Camaro ZL1. With local autocross legend, Tom Kotzian taking runner up.
Sport 2 was no less of a battle and it was 2 more autocrossers leading the way. Jason Hicks in his 2017 Mustang was able to keep Dan Bul-lis’s C5 Corvette at bay all weekend long.
Sport 3 saw the largest field of driv-ers as 10 racers chased the top spot on the podium.
In the end, it was local Spec Miata racer Tim Ferrick showing the way in his 2018 Civic Type R. Justin Moore in his 08 Cayman, and Annie Gill in her 2018 Type R rounded out the podium.
Looking at the results from Tuner 3, the M3 was the car of choice com-posing 4 of the 6 cars in class. But in the end, it was Ryan Baldwin in a beautiful Black Audi TT who drove great all weekend long to edge out Andrew Lee in his Mustang to take the win.
Tuner 4 was the second largest class, with the cars ranging from Honda S200s, to Mazda Miatas, and a few Subaru BRZs mixed in for fun. But it was a Cali racer, Tony Rodriguez, putting on a show in his Red S2000. Tony set blistering laps all weekend long to hold off stiff competition.
Unlimited 2 saw the largest mix of cars take to the circuit as a 350Z, Lotus 7, Mazda 3, a VW Corrado, and 2 Mazda Miata’s did battle. Dennis Thoney in a beautifully prepped 350Z was able to hold off
the pack in a stout class of cars.
Top overall time of the weekend went to Earl Zimmermann in his Chevy Camaro ZL1 with a combined time of 3:29.171, Dennis Thoney was second fastest overall with a 3:31.438, and Waylon Goebel third sporting a 3:33.807.
Fantastic action, beautiful weather, and some great racers made for a tremendous weekend of racing. If you have not tried A Time Trial, you should soon!!
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2019 Solo Nationals ContingenciesA detailed look at contingency programs for 2019 Tire Rack Solo Nationals can be found here.
With tiered registration beginning June 18 for the 2019 Tire Rack SCCA® Solo® Nationals, it’s time to take a look at all the companies lined up to support competitors at the 47th running of the event taking place Sept. 2-6 at Lincoln Airpark in Lincoln, Nebraska. Sign-up for contingency programs is conducted within online Solo Nationals event registration. Competitors may add or subtract contingency programs up to Sept. 2 at 11:59 p.m. Central Time. Late changes can be made upon arrival at the Solo Nationals venue at the registration tent.
A full list of programs, includ-ing details and instructions, can be found by clicking individual contingency links in the Solo Nationals dropdown menu at https://www.scca.com/pages/solo-contingency. Many opportu-nities require pre-registration with SCCA and/or with the sponsoring company. It is the responsibility of each competitor to make sure they are in compliance with each program for which they would like to enroll, including regis-tration, product use and decal placement. Once competitors have reviewed requirements for specific contingencies, registration for the various programs is conducted through a special MotorSportReg.com webpage.
Below is a quick glimpse at 2019 Solo Nationals contingency spon-sors:
Hawk Performance, Official Brake Products of SCCA (All Classes)1st - $100 certificate, 2nd - $90 certificate, 3rd - $80 certificate, 4th - $70 certificate, 5th - $60
certificate
Honda Perfor-mance Devel-opment (Select Classes)Eligible classes: 1st - $300 HPD Bucks, 2nd - $200 HPD Bucks, 3rd - $100 HPD Bucks
Bridgestone Tires (Select Classes)Eligible classes: 1st - $500, 2nd - $300, 3rd - $100
Falken Tire (Select Classes)Eligible classes: 1st - $500, 2nd - $300, 3rd - $200, 4th–15th - $100
BFGoodrich Tires (Select Classes)Eligible classes: 1st – 4 free tires, 2nd – 2 free tires, 3rd – 1 free tire Supplemental classes: 1st – 2 free tires, 2nd – 1 free tire
Design Engineering, Inc (DEI) (Select Classes)Eligible classes: 1st - $300 certifi-cate, 2nd - $200 certificate, 3rd - $100 certificate
Eibach Springs (Select Classes)Eligible classes: 1st – 4 free springs, 2nd – 3 free springs, 3rd – 2 free springs
Nissan Motorsports (Select Cars & Classes)Eligible classes (Current Select Models): 1st - $750, 2nd - $500, 3rd - $250Eligible classes (Non-Current Models): 1st - $500, 2nd - $250, 3rd - $125
#DrivingForwardTogether (Select Classes)Eligible classes: 1st - $100 and #DrivingForwardTogether T-Shirt
Hoosier Racing Tire (Select Classes)
Eligible classes: 1st – 4 free tires, 2nd – 2 free tires
Mazda North American Opera-tions (All Classes)1st - $800, 2nd - $500, 3rd - $250, 4th - $175, 5th - $150, 6th - $125Solo Triad Award - $600Competitors Bonus: Competitors who have competed in at least three National events without earning contingency from Mazda in 2019 are eligible to compete for $500 at the Tire Rack Solo Nation-als. Mazda will award the top 10 of those competitors based on PAX finishing position. Women’s Initiative (WI): Mazda will award any female Mazda competitor who finishes in Open Class 2nd-10th place a $150 WI bonus.
Nexen Tire (Select Classes)Eligible classes: 1st - $800, 2nd - $500, 3rd - $300, 4th - $200, 5th - $100
Toyota/TRD (All Classes)1st - $1,000
Again, it is the responsibility of each driver to make sure they are eligible to receive any contin-gency awards in which they are interested. Check requirements for each program by clicking here, and check back often for added programs.
Additional background about Tire Rack Solo Nationals is available at https://www.scca.com/pages/national-championship.
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Oregon Region Board Minutes - May, 2019OREGON REGION SCCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MIN-UTES
APPROVED:
DATE: 5-7-19
PLACE: Raccoon Lodge Restaurant
PRESENT: BOARD MEMBERS: Derrick Ambrose, Todd Harris, Kristen Moore, Jacob Sturgeon, Rio Rios, Tim Scott OFFICIALS: Karen McCoy, Mary Thompson
MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: Tim Ferrick, Allie Ferrick, Carrie Sutherland, Jeff Zurschmeide Bernadette Kuehn
CALL TO ORDER: Derrick called the meeting to order at 6:25
MEMBER/NEW BUSINESS COM-MENTS: None
REGIONAL OFFICE: Karen advised that her land line phone has seen better days and she would like to replace it. Minor purchase and read-ily approved.
She mentioned that the sound trailer is no longer being used. We need to decide what to do with it. It will need to be heavily cleaned before anyone could use it.
TREASURER: Absent
LOUD PEDAL: Absent
DIRECTORS REPORTS:
ROAD RACE: Kristen spoke about the truck that we purchased from Cascade is be prepared and will be ready for use at our May event. It
will be able to mount the new safety tool for use as well. Todd added that any special mounting brackets needed for install on different trucks were included in the pur-chase plan.
Kristen is looking into securing additional or replacement radios for the region. Prices vary from vendor to vendor. She is working with Ric on these,
SOLO II: Rio reported on their last event at PIR. He and EC met to discuss some issues that arose before the event started.
RALLY: Jacob spoke about their last event as being the worst experi-ence. It was at La Center with very muddy, icky terrain and lots of buried cars.
Events 4 & 5 had 105 entries on Saturday and 110 on Sunday. The May 4-5 event has been cancelled.
The next event will be May 18-19 at Packwood. VINTAGE: None DIRECTOR I: Absent DIRECTOR II: Absent PAST REGIONAL EXEC: FOPIR moving ahead with plans for The Rose Cup Event.
The region received $1250 for our help on the Porsche event.
FOPIR would like to have a booth at Rose Cup like the one that we had at the auto show. This would be a shared booth with us, FOPIR and Cascade. Rio asked if Solo could have their own booth and Todd said that he would check and advise.
ASST: REGIONAL EXE:
REGIONAL EXEC: Absent
ADJOURN M/S (Kristen/Todd) M/PRespectfully submitted Mary Thompson
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The PlatypusQuick release front
plate mount. No drillingrequired.
MADE IN USA
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2019 Oregon Region Road Racing Schedule
Road Racing Schedule
• July 12, 13, 14 Rose Cup
• August 9, 10, 11 Triple Regional
• Sept. 14, 15 Double Regional
Test Day Schedule
• July 11
• August 8
• September 13
Time Trials Events
• June 8, 9 (SCCA National Time
Trial Event)
• August 10, 11
• September 14, 15
Track Night in America
• May 17
• June 7
• July 5
• August 9
Street Survival
• March 10
• October 20
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July 12-14th - Championship Tour at Packwood, WA (National Event)
July 19-21st - ProSolo at Packwood, WA (National Event)
August 3rd - Event #10 at Packwood, WAAugust 4th - Event #11 at Packwood, WA September 21st - Event #12 at PIR South PaddockSeptember 22nd - Event #13 at PIR South Paddock
2019 Oregon Region Solo Schedule
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If you’ve been around Oregon Region for any length of time, you probably met Monte Shelton, and it was probably memorable.
I have two memories of Monte that, for me, perfectly illustrate who he was. The first happened some time after he survived a heart attack. He was telling me how he went to the gym six days a week, working out and running for a couple hours each morning. I said, “Gee Monte, I wouldn’t want to run a hundred-yard dash against you, and I’m half your age!”
Monte looked at me, smiled, and said, “I’d kick your ass.”
The second happened in the same era. I had a pretty hard day on the annual Monte Shelton Northwest Classic rally. Two of my old cars had broken down on the rally that day, and I finally rolled into the hotel in my daily driver during the “beer wash” car washing party.
I went into the hotel to check in, and when I came back out, there was Monte washing my car for me. I said, “Monte, you don’t have to do
Top Dead Center - I Will Always Remember Monte Shelton
By Jeff Zurschmeide, Area 13 Director
that.” He replied, “You know, my first job was washing cars at a lot on Sandy Boulevard, and I still love to do it.”
Those memories are pure Monte - equal parts competitive and gracious. He had a big heart and a genuine affection for people. That’s how I plan to remember him, and I hope the memory helps me become more like Monte Shelton.
Mariah wide body kit; Panasport wheels; fresh bridge port rotary engine with 8 hrs break in time; Bilstein shocks up front; KYB shocks in the rear; camber plates; Acker-man turn-in spacers; custom stain-less headers and exhaust; Miata transmission gear set; Lexan rear window; Innovate data acquisition; custom Tri-link rear end setup; Pan-hard bar; Torsen differential; adjust-able front sway bar; 12 gallon fuel cell; front brakes have aluminum hats; 8-point cage with NASCAR sidebars. Comes with enclosed 22 foot tandem axle trailer. $12,000.
Call Bill at 503-915-5532 or [email protected].
MAZDA RX7 1979 Racecar and Trailer For Sale
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Classified Marketplace
Memorabilia - I have many issues of Automobile Quarterly, an ashtray from Louis Dreyfus restaurant in NYC, a Watkins Glen GP sweat-shirt, and maybe a few other minor items. [email protected]
Helmet $35 (size 7, Snell SA85)Boots $25 (like new, Nomex III, size 10-12) Design 500 Custom suit $100 (Like new, fits 5’-10” to 6’-2 )Deist Suit (Free to new driver or worker or $40, size 6’, 180 to 200 lbs.) Misc. Racing Stuff $15Contact Sam Gotter at [email protected] or Vicki Gotter, 503-970-9913
1991 Mysterian Formula VeeVery well sorted, low hours on refresh, upgraded shocks, adjust-able front end, fresh spare motor, 3 extra set of wheels, low roll hoop, 2 spare noses, many more spares. SCCA and IRDC log booksMore pictures available.$8,000.00 Enclosed trailer available for $3,000.00Willing to make package deal Contact John 253 307-1982
HANS DEVICE Hans Device, $500, please contact - Larry Snyder ph. (206) 612-4965 or email: [email protected]
Reynard Formula Car Chassis For SaleUp for sale R&S MkVII chassis, It was manufactured in 2000 by Reynard Compos-ites and has never been used. It has correct Reynard part numbers and is in excellent condition. All the composite panels are good and the aluminium bulkheads are included. Also I have a large number of other items (suspension brackets, bushes,etc.) which can be available.Asking $4600 for the chassis.Contact Louis: Smartbusinez @ gmail .com
Spec Miata Rain Tires For SaleFour Hoosier rain tires - asking $499 Ran one session in the rain. Steve Bodeman - [email protected]
For Sale: 1965 MGB - in Kit Form1965 MGB - straight and NO RUST. This MGB was disassembled in the early 90s and painted taxi-cab yellow.
The previous owner never reassembled it, but all the parts are there, including an overdrive transmission and two engines. The engines are the original 1965 and a 1969 engine. New carpets are included, and the seats are in good shape. Everything’s here except the exhaust pipe, you just have to put it together.
1965 is the last year of the “refrigerator” door handles. You won’t find any other early MGB with this much potential at this price.
$4,000 takes all - Call Jeff at 503-330-3010
2014 Chevy Silverado 1500 4WD Double Cab, 143.5” LTZ w/1LZ 15,593 miles - 6.2 L Ecotec engine, 6 speed automatic,3.42 rear axle, GVWR 7200lbs, Victory Red, Leather front seats, Mylink Audio, 8 inch color touch screen, Bose 6 speaker system, 1LZ custom trim, Integrated trailer brake controller, 4” chrome tubular assist steps, LED Cargo box lights, Bed Liner, Car-peted floor mats.Aftrer market upgrades are a Leer 100XQ canopy, Rear 1 Inch Ready lift, Firestone Ride Rite air bags, Bilstein 5100 shocks, High country grille. Magnaflow exhaust. Off road tires and wheels (and stock wheels and tires)We’re asking $33,000. Please con-tact me at [email protected] or call or text 360-907-5327
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Regional Executive Tim Ferrick [email protected]. R. E. Derrick Ambrose [email protected] R. E. Todd Harris [email protected] Racing Director Kristen Moore [email protected] Director Rio Rios [email protected] Director Jacob Sturgeon [email protected] at Large Allie Ferrick [email protected] at Large Bernadette Kuehn [email protected]
Vintage Director Tim Scott 360-430-7577SCCA Area 13 Director Jeff Zurschmeide [email protected]
Region Officials
Time Trials Manager Allie Ferrick [email protected]/Merchandise Karen McCoy [email protected] Office Admin Karen McCoy 503-206-6391Secretary to BOD Mary Thompson [email protected] Carrie Sutherland [email protected] Pedal/Website Jeff Zurschmeide [email protected]
Rally OfficialsRoadRally Manager Russ Kraushaar [email protected] Manager Jacob Sturgeon [email protected] RallyCross Steward Rebecca Ruston [email protected]
Club Racing OfficialsRace Ops Manager Bob Smethers 971-207-5147Regl Points Keeper Karen McCoy 503-206-6391Vintage Racing Steward Spencer Gorham 503-667-4590Vintage Racing Points Jonathan Keeble [email protected]
Club Racing Specialty ChiefsCourse Marshal Mike Gunnip 503-880-0835Emergency Ken Killam 503-970-5644Flagging & Comm. Patrick Lundin [email protected] Marshal Jimbo Collins 971-563-2145Hot Pits Marshal Vacant TBDPre-Grid Julie Riehl 360-513-6728Sound Judge Sherm Egge [email protected] Tech Ric Farrar 503-245-2506Registration (pre-race) Karen McCoy 503-206-6391Registration (at track) Karen McCoy 503-206-6391Chief Starter Dwain Panian 503-285-0989Pace Car Tim Stanley 503-693-8139Tech Inspection Gordon Jones 503-730-9673Acting Timing and Scoring Randi Miller-Graffy [email protected] Services Peggy Price 253-350-1253
2019 Board of Directors